[Trade] Not a Drill (Summer 2024)

Not a Drill - (Summer Seasonal 2024)- Sashimi

Writing by: Lil Monster

Da gallery: https://www.deviantart.com/xxinsanenightmarexx/gallery

Word count: 800+

Dino’s Included: Sashimi (1492)

Pale red eyes scanned the beach and the glistening waters that slammed into the tide as it came in, a loud annoyed sigh coming from the pale jaws. Sashimi was tasked by his much larger boss unknown as Lady to observe the new type of shark she had brought back to their turf later that morning, and he was not looking forward to it as sharks weren't his best interest but non the less he was here standing on the beach. As the large pale sucho continued down the beach keeping a keen eye on the water as Lady had given him the rundown of what to look for, it was now up to Sashimi to find them and having the hard task of catching the slippery creatures.

The pale male sucho watched the waters closely as he approached the water entering as the water coated his scales giving off a cool feeling, well he was now in the water his task was in progress.

“Why do I always gotta go off and do stuff for Lady, not like she needs anymore sharks?” He grumbled under his breath before slowly entering the water, the waves covering his white scales. As Sashimi looked over the water before diving under to get a better look trying to remember what Lady had told him to look out for, it was hammerheads? She wanted to study more due to them coming down because of the hot summer heat.

The water had been quiet as he moved through the reefs looking in between the large tide pool rocks that scattered the sea floor. He needed to find a small one but it seemed that was going to be a much harder task than he thought, with a splash of water now catching his attention.

The splashing of water and movement of fish underneath the water had caught Sashimi’s attention; it was a small hammerhead shark that was coasting along the sand banks. This would be the one he would catch but how would he go about doing it as he remembered what Lady had briefed him on about the hammerheads before he went out looking for them.

“Well here goes nothing, time to see if I can catch this little bugger” Sashimi said as he paddled towards the young hammerhead who was slowly costing the bottom stopping for rests along the way. Lady had wanted a smaller specimen so this one was going to be perfect for Sashimi. The large white sucho opened his jaws grabbing the tail end of the baby hammerhead as it went to struggle away from him splashing around, the small shark had some fight in him as it thrashed against his jaws even though he wasn’t hanging on hard but enough it couldn’t go to far from him.

“ Ha I caught it, this little bugger man, are these things strong?” Sashimi said through splashes as he came up to the surface dragging the hammerhead to the shore towards a dark tub that was sitting in the sand. It was now time for Sashimi to get the hammerhead in that tub he had found earlier near the turf and that was going to be a task for him but he was up for it.

Sashimi stood tall as he lifted the hammerhead in his jaws with all his might , the hammerhead thrashing around in his jaws. Finally making it to the sand he tossed it in the tub that had some water in it just enough to keep the shark covered.

“That will do, looks all snug in there until I can get it up to the pool” Sashimi said to himself as he looked proudly at his catching work, soon picking up the tub in his claws as he lifted it and began walking back up the old rotted steps that led all the way back to his and Lady’s turf. She was going to be so excited that he had caught one that she was looking for and it was a first for him as he had never seen the hammerheads before as they usually stay away due to the water temperatures but with the hot summer they had traveled around.

Finally coming to the turf Sashimi placed the tub on the ground as he looked into a large pool that had the much bigger Hammerhead “Guess she wants it here” he said to himself as he dumped it in before wiping his jaws off. He had caught one and they did look alot cooler than the normal sharks he had seen around the island but that was enough for the large white sucho it was time for a break and to let Lady deal with her new pets.

“Well break time, goodluck ya little nibblers” he said walking away from the pool, that was enough of a encounter for him for today.