Nature Study 3: Independant Study.
#3 of Nature Study series
The polar bear subject has his own interests to explore...
** This is just a teaser... I've had some long term writers block sadly.**
It had been some time since he smelled the strange creature that provided such confusing and wonderful experiences to him. Others things like it had come and after drawing him into a different side of the enclosure, they would close a opening and remove old fouled snow and provide fresh. He would smell the air with his great black nose and get their scent, but none smelled like the one. After the things he had experienced he felt a building desire to have those feelings again, but had to find the one creature who could do it.
Snow crunched loudly under massive white furred paws as he paced along a side of his enclosure. Keen brown eyes examined the strong bars searching for the means of exit. Somehow the other creatures entered and left so there had to be a way. Finally, noticing something different and where the smell of the other foreign creatures was strongest he found a small gap in the metal where ice had gathered and prevented the door from fully closing. Looking it over the bear found it opened when he leaned against it and so he left the place where he was kept. He sniffed the air and searched for the smell of the creature he had come to enjoy visits from. It had been too long a time since the creature had come to him and a desire to experience those wonderful feeling had begun to build. If the creature would not visit him then he would track it down.
Following the familiar scent of his curious creature the great bear made his way down some kind of passage way. The smell of other like creatures was also evident, the bear only knew the one smell and it's owner was what he wanted to encounter. Not far from the area he had been in for all that time he found anther portal that was closed. Smelling around the blockage the scent he was tracking was strongest beyond the paused to ponder the thing keeping him from the creature he sought. Feeling around with a large forepaw he found some kind of device that caused the blockage to open when he pushed on it. With the way now clear he continued to follow the scent and entered the now open area. Beyond was some kind of den that must belong to the it, but his goal wasn't currently home it appeared. So with nothing else to do the bear would wait for his creature to return, smelling around he found a spot where it's scent was strongest and he figured it to be a sleeping area. Leery of the unknown, the bear climbed into the strange creatures sleeping area and settled down to wait for its eventual return.
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Finally back on ship, my research team and I had had returned from following some tracks in the snow. After hours of following them we lost their owner in an area of broken ice sheets which left us unable to continue after it. Two weeks had passed and I had been swamped with research collection but finally we had reached a point that we could take several days to relax and have a break. I thought of my private research and was looking forward to visiting my guest in the hold. I had begun to miss the bear and our private time together. So I left word that I was not to be disturbed in my research with the bear and the captain assured me no one would bother me and my subject. Going below deck I made my way to my room to change and gather some supplies for tonight's study time with the bear. Walking down the passageway to my cabin I noticed that my door was partially open when I reached it. Paying it no mind I just assumed a crewman failed to close it fully after dropping off some data that had been collected. The room was dark but I knew the layout well enough to find my way to the chest beside my bed where I kept my spare clothing. After bumping into the chest I felt around in the dark for the switch that turned on the small light by my bed. It clicked on and now with a small amount of light I removed my top and leggings. Stepping out of them I opened my sea chest to recover some of the booster and the mating scent gel I had created in weeks prior. Rummaging around for a fresh set of clothing I was alarmed when I heard something heavy moving behind me. Suddenly a great hairy arm grabbed me and pulled me backwards. I fell onto my bed but found I was not alone in it, the male polar bear who now had me pinned to his chest with both of his powerful forepaws. Needless to say the experience triggered a great amount of fear.
** I've been working on this story and this is about as far as I have got. I will post more when its ready.**