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Date: June 21, 2012Setting: Foot of the Halcyon Mountains between Inferni and Anathema Time: Mid Afternoon Character Form: Optime Dress: Traditional |
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The journey had been long and tiring to get as far as the Halcyon Mountains on only two legs. If only he could have shifted. The journey would have been so much faster. But it was still too risky. The last time Jaden tried to shift had been accompanied by the rather unpleasant sounds and feelings of his injured ribs breaking. They were mostly healed now and he could tell that by the lack of pain he felt in them. Better safe than broken again though so he would hold off on shifting until all pain was gone.
They wouldn’t be able to go this far. He had been traveling for almost two days now to get as far as he was when a four legged wolf would have made it in half the time. Their hunt would probably have to be around New Dawn if he wanted to participate. There were deer here though. He could smell some close by and their fragrance had his mouth watering. The pack wanted to hunt so he couldn’t go and ruin his appetite… but the journey back would still take two days. If he ran it would use quite a bit of energy too. Then the trip back out to hunt again… he would be hungry. Plus this would be a perfect time to practice his tactics for hunting with the pack.
It didn’t take long to track the herd through the warm air of the clear day. He came upon them in the cover of trees on the outskirts of a clearing. Dozens of deer stood and meandered around in the field, eating and seeming to enjoy the day in their own simple minded way. Jaden stayed low and kept himself hidden behind a bunch of thick berry bushes. He slowly drew his bow and an arrow. The sound of a stretching bow string was easily lost to the insects and song birds of summer as the hunter took aim. If he were to hunt with others his first couldn’t be a kill shot. He needed to wound one and finish it off. He found a fine looking doe and moved his crosshairs from its throat to its haunches. One well-placed shot should take the animal of its feet.
The arrow sang as he let it go. The obsidian hunter quickly stowed his bow and charged forward with a snarl to scare off the other deer. His tactics worked perfectly. The doe fell with a sound of surprise fear while the others started charging away from their fallen comrade in fear of the wolf they saw. He ran as fast as he could but his two legs wouldn’t go fast enough. He watched in helpless exasperation while the doe brought itself up from its fallen position. He drew his dagger and dove for it but was too late. The deer took off as he hit the ground on his belly and slid a foot or two on the green grass. His prize charged off after the others with a terrible limp and his arrows still stuck in its haunch. He cursed as he pulled himself up and sheathed his dagger. He couldn’t catch the beast on two legs and would have to just watch as it got away.
Jaden does. Jaden speaks. Jaden thinks.
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