Rainbow's Lonesome Road

by Centurion Pike-Wall


Meat (short)

Void considered her options. She had never eaten meat. She didn't even know if she could. Well, she could; she technically could eat anything. But, what of side effects? She had no idea what would happen if she ate it. It could make her sick, or worse. Her teeth weren't designed to eat it for a reason, after all.

But, in the end, what choice did she have? She had no other source of food. The massive amount of rain outside meant the plants were waterlogged, and even so, covered in mud. Plus, she would be soaked, and that could potentially be worse then eating meat. She made up her mind: she would cook it on the spit, and sat it. If nothing happened to her, she would eat more.

So, she turned over to the spit. Pulling it off the rack, she shoved into the can. The slab of dull red meat was slid out, and pushed to the center of the metal stick. She laid the spit back on the rack, and began to spin it. She had no idea what she was doing, so she just had to wing it. Ugh, bad pun.

After a few minutes, a terrible smell filled the air. She guessed it was the meat cooking, as nothing else was around. She was reminded of her burning of Garretts body back at the farm. The same smell, the same feeling. This was once alive, after all. Soon, the meat was a toasted brown color, and Void removed it from the rack. She laid it on a relatively clean stone, and began to cut it with a knife. Once in small strips of the cooked meat, she picked one up with her hoof. She gave it a disgusted sneer, before deciding to get it over with, and shoved the whole chunk in her mouth.

As she began to chew, she resisted the urge to gag. The stuff was, to put it simply, disgusting. It had a weird texture, weird taste, and just felt wrong. However, she forced herself to swallow it. It was the only food she had access to, and by god, she was starving. Her teeth weren't designed to read the meat, but fortunately the meat was already pretty soft and squishy. As such, it wasn't too hard to eat, but still not the best. It was no hayburger after all. However, it was one thing: filling. The once starving Void now felt slightly less starving. So, when she managed to stomach the first peice, she began to shove the others in her eager mouth.

As more and more of the meat entered her mouth, the more she could stomach it. It even began to actually taste decent. It was pretty tasteless in general, but it was bearable. The stuff was pretty filling though, and that was what was important. Soon, she had eaten the entire slab of the squishy stuff. Her teeth felt a little sore, but it was a small price to pay to get some relief from starvation. She was still hungry, but she had plenty of the cans. If she rations, she could last a little while in here. And if she could get some flowers or leaves or something like that, she could last longer. With the rain, she couldn't go very far, but she may be able to get some leaves from a bush near the face mouth. She had figured out a solution to her food problem! Even if she felt a little queasy, she had something to eat.......

Now What?