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FICTION
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Taxidermy can be fun. Sorta.
Warning! You know what's up. If you're not up to stomach the topic, skip to the next chapter.
It would be a lie to say I knew what I was doing but... I think that was the point of why Octavia had decided to invite me to try this out.
She had been looking forward to this, especially since it was one of those hobbies she liked a lot and wanted me around to see what it was about. I could tell the owlette wasn't trying to really hook me with this, but wanted to give me a 'taste' of what Taxidermy was and why she was so interested in it.
Via had a small section in her room which was devoted to that specific activity and I was surprised that I had never seen it before now. It was a neat section of the room with a curved desk which could allow multiple things to be put on it. Tools, resources to use and the 'victim' itself as the roadkill were very, very dead.
It was also already 'emptied' as its carcass was devoid of most of its inner organs, with the usual smell that would come from such a situation lessened if not outright hidden by the sterile smell produced by one of Via's sprays. The girl first had us wash our hands, put on masks and gloves, and then took the 'first one' of the list by herself.
I could tell Octavia was giddy for the occasion, but mostly because I was there to watch her do it and she wanted to show off a bit. In the lens of morality, I wasn't utterly hooked by this situation, but I could understand her logic and... I found it somewhat reasonable within its boundaries. What Via was doing, in her mind, was not just creating a statue, it was dignifying those critters which didn't get a chance to die with... dignity.
After all, those she focused on were not any dead critter she could put her hands on- It was only those that were roadkills or that died by stupid accidents. Those animals that, for a reason or another, didn't get a chance to at least face death as nature would normally give them the chance to. On most occasions, of course. Death by predator was deemed by Via the same as a death by natural causes.
I tried to handle a few, but I stopped at two. I was appreciative of her points and all, and I saw no point in condemning what she was up to, but I made it clear to Via I just couldn't handle it myself. She was actually happy I came out so politely about it and that I didn't make it feel so weird. It was there that she also mentioned how she had expected me to be more direct about it, maybe make it more difficult for her to defend her reasons and... she was super giddy through the rest of the day.
The sex at night sure showed this much to the both of us.
AN
Someone asked for this, but I just couldn't bring myself to go into details about Taxidermy. I know a few things, but I really don't have the mental fortitude to put that knowledge on 'paper'. It's that sort of personal restraint I can't go beyond for many reasons.
Still, a bit short so... today will be a double update day!
P.S. I now have a discord server! Discord .gg/ceBMM2Zz6c
