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Wolfing It Down

The psionicist often wondered why the colloquialism “wolfing it down” became popular in other planes. Any yet, if any were to observe him eating his evening meal like this, sitting by the campfire and without any of the utensils common to the more civilized settings he and his associates are accustom, he imagines that would be a very appropriate description.

Though he is a teacher, detective, and all around upstanding member of society at large, many often forget that Rabrandt “Enigma” Cyanis is also a adventurer, equally comfortable sleeping by the light of a campfire as he is in a soft, warm bed. The powers of a mind mage make him uniquely adept at catching his own game, and he’s cooked enough campfire meals to make something tasty with limited resources.

He’d rather not give rise to such undignified stereotypes, but not at the expense of his own nutrition.

Another YCH from LittleBadWolf back in October of 2020.

I remember this one clearly, because this was commissioned a roughly the same time I decided to watch the Netflix adaptation of “A Series of Unfortunate Events”. The author of the books has a particular fascination with etymology and wordplay that shines across the series with a dry wit, and the Netflix version preserved that element of the text. I wanted to take a crack at a similar style using a phrase appropriate for Enigma.

Honestly, I likely could have done better in retrospect, but I’m happy I made the attempt all the same.