SPOILER!!: Odessa!
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Originally Posted by
Tegz 
West wasn't rushing into the next part, instead he turned the pod over and examined it, wanting to get a good look at the fiber bits and how they connected together and how it all worked. Would it be easier to pull all the fibers out and then try harvest the seeds, or to do it while it was actually in the pod? Also it was a bit like unicorn tail hairs wasn't it? With the sharpy sharpness.
So maybe he could pull them out...
Oh hmm? He looked at Dylan.
"Try cracking it against the bench. Like push it against that while you pull the sides down and back, then you'll crack three parts at once." West suggested. "Its what I did and it worked real good."
"So, get leverage?" Dylan eyed the opening he'd just successfully created in the shell and then eyed the edge of the workstation bench. Perhaps if he used the pressure of his own body weight against it to hold the thing in place...and then just broke away at the pieces with his hands...Ugh. Okay.
".....I think I got it."
He stood, positioning his body directly over the pod, while he stood just behind the bench. Keeping it in place with his hands and body weight, he grasped both edges of the shell and got an extremely focused, concentrated look on his face. Did they see this look? That meant business.
Shell, prepare to be
VANQUISHED.
...and then he was pushing down as hard as he possibly could...which was pretty hard...JUST IN CASE anyone was wondering. He didn't train like a BEAST for quidditch reasons to be weak. So, yea....He unintentionally flexed as he continued to push, though...Lots of pushing...Dylan must have pushed for like ten minutes or so...
SUDDENLY!!!...There was a resounding
CRACK! as the resistance in the shell gave away, collapsing under his pressure, pushing backwards onto the bench surface.
"Wait...I think I got it..." He finished pulling the jagged pieces away and also set them to the side, as West had done. That was smart. There was no telling if they'd be used for something else or not...