This... was absolutely not how this was supposed to go.
It was just supposed to be a short trip out to get some fish and see if he could get any interesting samples. Basic research that should take a day at most.
That, of course, was before the storm hit. He supposes he should be glad his little boat didn't capsize, and that he didn't get washed overboard by the waves. Now he just has to hope that whatever that thump was that he heard last night, unable to see its source through the darkness and pelting rain, didn't do too much damage.
Even once he dimly feels the rain subside and the sun rise, it takes some effort to make himself pull the rain-beaten tarp from over his head, squinting through the bright light of day to take in the...
...The fish.
The tail end of the biggest goddamn fish he has ever seen, just on the other end of the boat.
Ginko stands up, slow and shaky, clutching the edge of the boat, and stares at it, trying silently to determine if it's any species he's seen, or heard of, or... or if it's alive.
dumbass fish gets stuck in a net, news at 11 (7)
It was just supposed to be a short trip out to get some fish and see if he could get any interesting samples. Basic research that should take a day at most.
That, of course, was before the storm hit. He supposes he should be glad his little boat didn't capsize, and that he didn't get washed overboard by the waves. Now he just has to hope that whatever that thump was that he heard last night, unable to see its source through the darkness and pelting rain, didn't do too much damage.
Even once he dimly feels the rain subside and the sun rise, it takes some effort to make himself pull the rain-beaten tarp from over his head, squinting through the bright light of day to take in the...
...The fish.
The tail end of the biggest goddamn fish he has ever seen, just on the other end of the boat.
Ginko stands up, slow and shaky, clutching the edge of the boat, and stares at it, trying silently to determine if it's any species he's seen, or heard of, or... or if it's alive.