It is not. Larvae means that flies have been buzzing for several days, and wood shouldn't ro--
[Alucard cuts himself off. The wind has changed, and the scent from the pile drifts with it. The scent is.
Not what wood ought to smell like.
Alucard places both of his palms flat on the ground, steadying himself. He knows the smell, but he has to be imagining things. If it is coming from near by, where perhaps a body has been found after all these months, fine. But if it is from where he suspects then there's a problem.
He leans in, hair dangling forward, and sniffs at the wood pile from a few inches away. A sickly sweetness fills his nose. Bile tries to climb up Alucard's throat from how unexpected the scent is.
Alucard is on his feet in a moment, backing away.]
Every single shipment of lumber that has been delivered from Solvunn needs to be inspected, especially if it has already been put to use. The wood's decay is not only accelerated, the profile of it is all wrong. Human flesh smells like that and attracts larvae in the manner we're looking at, not wood.
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[Alucard cuts himself off. The wind has changed, and the scent from the pile drifts with it. The scent is.
Not what wood ought to smell like.
Alucard places both of his palms flat on the ground, steadying himself. He knows the smell, but he has to be imagining things. If it is coming from near by, where perhaps a body has been found after all these months, fine. But if it is from where he suspects then there's a problem.
He leans in, hair dangling forward, and sniffs at the wood pile from a few inches away. A sickly sweetness fills his nose. Bile tries to climb up Alucard's throat from how unexpected the scent is.
Alucard is on his feet in a moment, backing away.]
Every single shipment of lumber that has been delivered from Solvunn needs to be inspected, especially if it has already been put to use. The wood's decay is not only accelerated, the profile of it is all wrong. Human flesh smells like that and attracts larvae in the manner we're looking at, not wood.