Chapter 44: Definitely Overestimated
Crynn POV
O'Connell flipped the meat a few times before finally setting it down on a man-made aluminium foil bowl. Everyone, aside from me, has their eyes following the direction of wherever the hyena meat goes. Their eyes blinking at the sight of the bowl being brought to them. As they received the bowl of meat goodness, their noses approached the steaming meat, bringing the aroma of the steam into their nostrils.
And the whole process was God so embarrassingly cringe-worthy. I like them, also got a bowl, and it's definitely not as great as what they're all conveying it to be, even O'Connell is totally unfazed by this. "30 minutes everyone, eat well to travel well!" O'Connell announced while lending everyone a knife and a fork each.
The group started to hold the now searing hot bowl on some cloth for insulation and for ease of consumption. I followed suit in using some cloth as holders for the bowl, this proves to be quite the new experience for me. I've never went camping before and that means I've never eaten food on the ground without any table. And so far, learning all these new things after i'm already dead is a very nice experience.
I looked to the sight of Jonathan and Warden hurriedly and unrestrainedly cutting the piece of hyena steak. Thankfully Evelyn is much, much more presentable as she sliced the meat softly and unabashedly. And hell! Jonathan and Warden looked like hungry ghosts that haven't eaten anything in centuries, aren't you shameful. I stared as they ate as hungrily and savagely as they can.
It's time to test it out myself, I set my fork aside and brought my knife near. I slowly cut it open, the juices flowing out and the pink red flesh of medium rare poking out of my cut. I increased my power and shook the knife back and forward and back and forward until the meat has successfully separated itself from the main steak.
I then grabbed my fork and stabbed the meat with it, carrying it up to my open mouth. As it entered my mouth, I suddenly realized how I've been eating sandwiches and even after crossing worlds, I'm still eating those sandwiches in the desert. I suddenly became hopeful for eating something else other than those horrid sandwiches.
And I just noticed something, how can the never ending platter of sandwiches still work in this world or does every world have magic in them. That' something to ask the Voice later on. Time to continue my supper, as I bit into the hyena and pulled it off the fork. I slowly chewed it as the juice flowed out from the chewy hyena meat. And is it delicious.
The answer is, of course its not. At most, it could be said as average, in terms of taste, any beef steak could beat this. And in terms of texture, it's harder to chew and swallow than beef and certainly not as fragrant as any common meat found inside a Carrefour supermarket. Wow, is delicacy in Egypt this... bad.
I agree that hyenas are edible and that it is not a bad food, but doesn't Egypt suppose to have any ordinary meat any country would have and as O'Connell said, its the 70s, most countries should have access to better food. If this is enough to make 1 Egyptian and 2 Egyptians of foreign descent salivate, then what if they were brought into any ordinary oversees restaurant?
Wouldn't they simply jump onto the food and ate it all without any care for the world or simply anyone. Ok philosophy timeout, I should just focus on the food then on the mission. I cut more steak and ate more steak as I saw the rest almost finished from their 'hungry' personas. At least O'Connell is eating it as slowly and as relaxed as me, it's good to have someone of similar aspects near you.
10 minutes later, I'm sure done eating, everyone is waiting for us though as they had already finished about 7 minutes ago, don't you think eating too fast can cause choking and minor indigestion? Well I'm done anyway, "Where should I throw this foil," I can't just throw it in the ground, that's littering! (A.N: No littering okay guys!)
"Just dispose of it into that black plastic bag there," O'Connell pointed to a big black plastic bag tied onto a camel. Ah, smart, with this we won't need to litter, adventurers really should follow this example unlike those adventuring games and movies where they throw all their unused trash to the ground, truly uncivilized.
I walked over and tossed the foil right into the plastic trash bag and walked back to sit for another 15 minutes before we all continue our journey. "So Evelyn, Jonathan, you two British," what's better to forward time then small talk right and added with my curiosity of knowing everything, what's wrong with asking right.
Jonathan opened his mouth to answer but not as fast as Evelyn can cut in, "British Egyptians actually, my mother was Egyptian and my father was British," fair enough but though I see more British than Egyptian in both of them. "What brings you two here, to Egypt," conversations must continue. "Well, our father was an Egyptian historian and we're born here in Egypt anyway, never really went back to Britain."
That explains, just as i was about to continue my talk, "تعال ...واصل..."
(A.N: just think of 'تعال واصل' as Ancient Egyptian even if its Arabic, I can't find an Ancient Egyptian translator and there's no Modern Egyptian either so I'll just stick to Arabic)
A ghostly sound vibrates through the wind and the night, making all our backs tingling and everyone stood up in surprise, "What was that!" O'Connell shouted through the skies, looking everywhere for the source of that ghastly sound. "That sounds ancient!" Evelyn gave an opinion of her own in the midst of slight panic.
"I'm sure we'll all be fine," I calmed down and started reassuring anyone, sounds like those are commonplace in horror movies or thrillers, so a creepy sound in The Mummy is nothing misplaced. "We have stayed here long enough! Let's continue!" O'Connell commanded and began packing up all his cooking supplies. "I'll have your gun cleaned once we arrive!"
Even I've already forgotten about the gun problem, gotta thank him again later. But for now, its time for another great adventure!
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