Title: It's What's for Dinner!
Theme: Cat
Words: 163
Rating: K
Warnings: Uhhh... disgusting dinner?
Notes: This was inspired both by the way my dad teases me while eating in Chinese/Mexican restaurants, and a similar conversation in The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy. Sometimes skunks are called polecats, by the way (watch Seven Brides for Seven Brothers for a perfect example; I love the Lonely Polecat song).
Roger and Rayleigh's food troubles quickly became a running theme.
Summary: Rayleigh finds some meat for dinner. Roger is less than pleased.
"So… what exactly am I eating?" asked Roger slowly, looking suspiciously at the burnt meat on his spit.
"Cat," Rayleigh answered without batting an eye. He took a large bite of the meat nonchalantly.
"…You're kidding."
"Nope. That's grade A feline you've got."
Roger raised an eyebrow at his first mate (and, currently, only crewmember). "I don't believe you."
"Suit yourself," he shrugged.
Roger sniffed the meat suspiciously. "Where did you find a cat in the woods, anyway?"
"It was just wandering around. I don't know what it was doing out here."
"And you just thought to yourself, "Hey, we should eat that!"?"
He shrugged. "You wanted to eat, didn't you?"
Roger considered this. "Yeah, I guess you're right." He took another bite.
"…I guess I should tell you," Rayleigh finally said slowly, "it's not cat."
"Aha! I knew it!" the captain crowed triumphantly.
"It's skunk."
Roger threw a rock at him and decided that Rayleigh was no longer in charge of supplies.
