There it is my prey a worm. I guess I is fitting since I am a bird but a worm? Didn't my mother say it was a serpent? I hover above the worm still thinking about not hunting it down.
I mean what if it tastes bad like real bad like 3 day old construction worker socks bad. I sure am struggling real hard thinking about eating a worm. I guess even if I don't eat it I can bring it to mother as a gift of my first hunt.
I puff my chest out thinking about receiving her praise. Caw Caw Caw I laugh to my self. I'm becoming a Momma's boy I thought to my self.
The worm look up and noticed me cawing to my self like a lunatic. Ahem Ahem I mentally cough and try to compose myself. I stare down at my vicious prey and I get my self ready for an epic fight.
I flap my wings increasing my speed as I dive towards the mighty worm. I can imagine my beak piercing the fowl thing like a spear through flesh. I get closer and closer but suddenly the prey disappears from my eyes I strike the ground with a loud thud. Ugh it hurts. I try to move but my beak is stuck in the ground which is much harder than anticipated. I struggle to get out then I see it from the corner of my eye it wiggles around at me. Is it mocking me? Fury arose from my chest I focus on my core and draw strength.I put it all into my wings and flap as hard as I could. I escape and focus my anger at this mighty opponent which had avoided my dive. It must be smarter than it appears to avoid my attack. Yes, that must be it. I try to calm my agitated heart and prepare for another fearsome exchange with my fated enemy.
The worm ignores my presence and continues to wiggle around in a taunting manner. The anger spikes and my eyes glow red and I thirst for blood. When suddenly the human shaped constilation starts to glow subtly and rationality hits me like a ton of bricks. calmness returns to my mind and I notice a slight glow on the worm it must be affecting my mood and rationality. This is such a fearsome creature. I take a big breath to calm myself further and I start to think about how to deal with this creature.
It continues to wiggle around not noticing that my calm and rationality have returned. I get slightly embarrassed at my previous behavior but I power through the negative emotions. I think about my previous attack and notice that I should have been more stealthy. I start to fly higher hopefully away from the worms attention. it stopped wiggling and looked around but it didn't see me. I can't believe I lost aggro that quickly.
This time I quietly started to glide down being careful not to make any noise. I quietly landed on on the ground next to it and before it noticed me I gave it a quick peck. Boom! A loud explosion happened as soon as my beak hit the worm and an awful stink exploded all over me. It was absolutely disgusting made me feel dizzy, my eyes were watery and I felt like I was breathing in deviled eggs farts. I had to quickly flew from this hell.That worm was definitely a Worm of Mass destruction I thought to my self. I tried flapping my wings but. I couldn't get any power behind my wings. I had to settle for hopping out of the are of effect stank.
After 30 or so hops the smell started to lighten up and I continued to hop in hopes for fresh air but the smell never left it clung to me. I felt like a failure I couldn't even hunt a worm and now I was smelly I bet I couldn't hunt like this I would just be giving away my position.
I decided to return to mother and I explain my failure and of course she laughed.
Why did you go after the those nasty things Heart rending calamity bugs have no nutritional value.
I though those were the serpents you were talking about...
Those are worms son how can you not tell the difference between a worm and a snake?
Mom I...I dunno. I felt great shame at my mom's chastising.
Look son just watch the eggs I'll be back. She just flew off and left me alone. The feeling of shame quickly turned into anger and I made a vow to kill everyone of those worms. In the middle of my righteous fury mother quickly came back with a sample of the serpent she had mentioned before.This is what you were supposed to hunt son. She placed the serpent by my side and she quickly jumped into the nest to watch her eggs.
Thank you mother I'll be sure to hunt better next time now that I know what I'm supposed to hunt. I picked up the snake and flew towards my nest where I placed it inside. I examined it for a while then I decided to eat. Tomorrow I will hunt a snake for my mother. This was the last though I had before eating and falling back into my cultivation routine.