Prey Can't Run Far
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ooc murr


Adelle was practicing the tracking skills Enzo had taught her. Most of the clumsiness that had accompanied her as a youth was gone now, though her large form didn't exactly strike most as graceful. No matter how carefully she moved, her build was large, and looking graceful when it looked like she was capable of mowing someone down without much thought was practically impossible. The muscles were clearer to see in secui form, instead of the shaggy appearance she carried in the others.


The warrior paced through carefully, nose to the ground as she followed the deer that she'd found. It wouldn't be too difficult to take this one down. Blood marked the path that she followed. Somehow this deer had managed to injure itself. The blood was drying up, already little when she'd started, but the injury would remain. If she could get her teeth into it Adelle was confident that she'd be able to kill it.

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Leaving the bird to do whatever business he did whenever he was alone, Alyssum set off that afternoon on top of Antebellum and strode off into the woods without Macbeth that day. She thought this was good for her as well; while the magpie had his alone time, the woman could work on her tracking skills. While she was not terrible at finding prey, having another pair of eyes to aid her had made her use of her abilities limited, and frankly, rusty. But, if she was going to help Casa in any way, working on her already built upon skills were for the best.

She stopped the mare with a gentle nudge of her heels as she scent something fresh, though faint--it was the blood of game. The woman slipped off of the horse, instructing her to go back to the stables or fields, wherever she wanted to go with a few huffs of her language, and began to follow the trail. She noticed that at one point, she scented another creature, a pack mate. In fact, it was someone she knew. With a grin upon her narrow face, she quickened her graceful pace, though altogether remaining silent in case the prey was near.

It was soon she was upon Adelle, the girl in her large secui form. Again, Alyssum was stumped to believe that the giant canine before her was even younger than she, but did not dwell upon it longer as she slipped by her side after giving a quiet greeting, crouching low to the ground with her bow unsheathed.

"How is the reading going?" she asked casually with a mocking smile on her muzzle. But, a moment later she became a bit more serious as she continued to say, "Do you know how far away it is?"

(301) Optime form. Equipped with bow and arrow.
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ooc murr


Adelle glanced back as Aly slipped up beside her. Her tail wagged joyfully, head nodding in greeting before she turned her head back to the ground. The dog was determined to keep this one from escaping. No matter what happened she would take it down, and everyone would be proud at how well she had hunted. The tautness in her muscles spoke of her desire very well. The deer wouldn't live long with her on the trail.


Reminded of the lessons she'd had on reading Adelle shook her head with a snort. She did much better reading animal trails than she did words in a book. Adelle did work through reading books occasionally, right now having found one called 'The Art of War'. It was a very fascinating book. Her tail swayed as it turned to the prey. The injury is drying. It's picking up speed. I'm guessing a few minutes away, maybe less if we hurry.

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Her grin deepened at her reply to her question about the reading, and turned back to the trail ahead of them. With a slight nod of her head to show that she had heard her, Alyssum began to think of what they could do to make that hunt successful. Rushing prey was not her style unless it was something slow, which a deer was not. Tapping a finger on her bow, she stopped when the idea came to her and shifted her position a bit so that she could talk to Adelle without causing too much noise.

"How about this: I'll get on the left flank of the deer, and you go on the right. I will make the deer come to you, right into your paws. You think you can handle it?" The woman did not think that the girl could not physically take the deer since, well, she could probably take down a buffalo in her halfling form. She just wanted to make sure she was okay with what she was suggesting.

"I'll give a signal when I am about to push the prey to you, it won't be hard to miss." She did not perform it then, in case it would alarm anything that was around them, to a greater extent their unaware game.

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ooc murr


She continued along the path, letting Aly keep up with her or not. Adelle was following this prey, and she wasn't about to let it go. She loved the small hybrid's company, but right now her mind was focused on the hunt, and her friend came in second. It wasn't long before there was a tap on her shoulder. Adelle stilled, her eyes remaining focused on the trail before her. Every muscle in her body was tensed, screaming for her to keep going. She could taste the deer in her mouth, waiting to pull it down.


Nodding her head Adelle grinned, canines flashing in the light. She could handle this. She could handle all of it. She was ready for it. As soon as Aly was done spoking Adelle met her eyes, icy blue burning with the heat of the hunt. She slipped down the trail, disappearing from sight as she moved as quickly as her large form was able to. Her paws thundered down the path, softened as much as she could before the deer came into view, clearly nervous. The wound had been fresh after all. Her eyes shot over, noting the partial flank wound. Someone had done a poor job.

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She noticed the vigor within the girl as she tracked down the deer, so she tried to make her words brief. It was like her excitement was contagious, since Alyssum, a woman of extreme patience when it came to most things, began to feel a little anxious. But, she masked her exhilaration until she and Adelle split up to side their proper flanks. Only then did she allow a big smile to cross her muzzle, and had to be careful not to walk forward too fast, or she would break the silent stalk she was performing.

Like she had said, she saw the beast soon after a few minutes of moving through the foliage. For a moment, she could have sworn she could have seen a large shape looming a couple of meters away, but it was hidden away as soon as she saw it. Quietly, she unsheathed an arrow from her quiver and notched it into place on the bow. She waited a moment, listening to the things around her. Everything was silent but for the deer's occasional steps that stirred the plants under it.

Casually, she whistled something that was akin to a bird, but the tune was not native to these woods. Anybody who hunted there would notice the foreign call. A half-second later, she released the arrow, and it sailed quickly into the air and implanted itself cleanly into its left foreleg, right where its elbow connected with its shoulder. She grinned slyly as it expectedly reeled to the right, where Adelle waited.

Standing up from her place to keep the deer running in that direction and to see what would happen, it was all up to the girl now.

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Adelle raised her head as a strange call echoed through the woods. She didn't recognize it. Realizing it was the signal her tail beat the air behind her. Moving carefully Adelle adjusted so that she was ready to pounce on the unsuspecting deer. Gradually she fell still, muscles tensed. The deer wouldn't realize what had happened. Adelle didn't see Aly leap out, but the deer turned towards her anyways. The scent of fresh blood rang in the air, exciting the dog even further as the deer pounded towards her. She took in the view of the arrow, a clean slice through the flesh. So that's how she'd done it.


Without making a sound Adelle pushed herself up. The movement was harder to execute than it looked. All two hundred pounds of muscle rose off the ground, fangs flashing in the air for a moment before it closed with a crunch around the deer's face. It wasn't able to stop from hitting the ground, nasal passages completely destroyed. The deer wasn't dead yet, though it would be soon from such a deadly injury. It thrashed wildly on the ground, legs kicking out. Adelle released the deer, the mangled skull shaking, eyes still intact. Moving around to the side Adelle set her teeth into the flesh there, and began to tear into it to quicken it's death.

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(247) Wasn't sure what to say, lol. xD

After standing there for a few moment, she followed after the deer where Adelle laid in wait, another arrow posed on the bow in case it was needed to steer it in the right direction. But, it was not needed, and backed off as the large girl leaped from the undergrowth and landed on the prey. Alyssum was careful not to get tangled with them, knowing that a good placed kick from a flailing hoof would decommission her from doing anything for a good while.

She allowed Adelle to finish off the deer without further interception, since she was doing alright by herself. She watched as she dug her teeth into the beast once more, and as the deer's movements began to become weaker and weaker. It was not until the game had stopped moving did the woman stop her circling and pointed down her arrow towards the ground. She approached the prey and moved it slightly with a foot as she inspected it closer.

"Its a shame... It had a nice, healthy pelt." She was hunter that used everything whenever she killed her prey, and while it was mainly for the meat, she also collected pelts and bones. But, the kill had been messy, though she couldn't blame the girl, and it would have been difficult to harvest the pelt without damaging it further. "In any case, you did a good job, Adelle," she stated as she looked back at her, a smile on her face.

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