TITLE: Appetite
E-MAIL: eli @ popullus.net
RATING: PG
POSTED: May 14, 2004
SUMMARY: They didn't die.
NOTES: For the Stargate100 "sushi" challenge, and this was just about when the apocafic was beginning to take over.




Stripping out the vertebrae is tougher than cutting off the head, but there's plenty left once Jack is done. Good. "Waste not" is more than a saying now.

"People have eaten this before? Without dying?" He holds his blade close, checking the meat -- think of it as meat -- for hidden threats.

"Not...exactly," Daniel admits.

"What does that mean?" Jack frowns at the dark outlines surrounding him that his mind labels as "people" only because they're fidgeting.

A pause, then, "Even Chaka cooked it first."

Jack winces.

"Fire would not be wise," Teal'c repeats.

"Yeah."

Jack closes his eyes.

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