Caught in my Tracks (Kyra)

[Aello]

"If we're not careful, it'll burrow soon," the huntress commented as she wove her way in and out of the trees. "Since it has seen you, and knows we're coming." Aello's heart thundered against her chest, as her hands shed another sheet of sweat. Her palm slid against the supple curve of her father's old bow as she cut through the pulsating auras. Her eyes trained on padded feet, pushing up against the ground. Her mind on the ache of her own muscles, the thrill of the chase, as well as a subtle fear that their prey may get away from them. "Move to the left around the next bend," the huntress instructed. "Run parallel to me, so that we can box it in. If we're lucky, it won't be long until we're caught up..."

[Kyra]

Kyra didn't like the sound of that, if the hare escaped and burrowed underground it would be loss to them, unless Aello had some way of digging it up. "We can not let that happen. I have become very hungry."

They needed another plan, a better plan, and one that didn't even up with Kyra attempting for the first time to claw her way underground. So she followed Aello's advice and struck out and around to her left as they looked to flank the rabbit.

"I hope that this works." she added as she moved away an ran opposite the huntress on the other side of the path. So much trouble for a tiny piece of meat, Kyra would have preferred to put such hardy work into finding the deer that she had spotted.

[Aello]

"Of course you have," Aello muttered under her breath as she kept on running. Her arms swinging with each of her steps, her eyes narrowing on her target. Her chest rose and fell swiftly, as she listened to the last of Kyra's words. Something she didn't bother to respond to as she continued to follow the rabbit's path. The distance between hunters and the hunted slowly closing. Soon, the Treaver could just make out the rabbit's fluffy white tail with her true set of eyes, causing her to turn towards the Kelvic momentarily, and nod her head, assuming, of course, that Kyra would now know what to do.

[Kyra]

Kyra raced on along side Aello, the young kelvic's nose catching the air and allowing it to breath in the scent of the rabbit as she rushed towards it. It was different hunting with another, but for the huntress it seemed normal, or she was in her own world. Through the bushes they went, around trees and uneven ground.

They were closer now, and Kyra could smell the animal as if it were in her hands. She paused, allowing her hands to load her bow as she slowly moved herself just inside the ruffles of leaves hanging from a low branch. There she saw it, the rabbit that they had chased for the better part of several chimes. Kyra raised her bow with the arrow notched and took aim on the rabbit.

She knew that she had to make it count, otherwise she might find herself on another run. the girl focused her gaze, fingers tighten around her bow and she fired. The Arrow soared through the air and slammed into the rabbit turning it over. The kelvic turned to look at the huntress first, before slipping into the clearing to get the rabbit.

[Aello]

Her hips rotated as her feet twisted. The sides of her boots driving into the ground as the Treaver forced herself to a sudden halt following the death of the rabbit. "Nice shot," Aello commented absently as a delicate grin crossed her lips. Hiding her lie. After all it had been an easy enough shot. The woman turned as the Kelvic gathered her kill, moving back the way she had come. Stalking off silently into the forest, after muttering a rather simple command, "now eat."

[Verilian]

. . Thread Award . . Aello This character has been retired. If you become active again, resubmit the thread and I will grade your portion. Kyra +1 Stealth +2 Hypnotism +2 Weapon: Shortbow +1 Running +2 Hunting Lores: Using Hypnotism to Hunt, Following Aello's Lead, You Question My Logic? : Kyra - I didn't award a whole lot here, mostly because you didn't put a whole lot into describing your arrow shooting, and towards the end you just followed Aello's lead, so I couldn't give a whole lot of Hunting either. But if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to ask. Notes: Good thread, you guys. Kyra, I liked that you tried to hypnotize the deer. It's good to see the magic used in a different situation than what I usually see. Just remember to detail the effort and the emotional side of it as well. Hypnotism isn't telepathy, it is emotions, feelings, as well as thoughts. Anyway, good work, and keep writing! Notice As per the request of the Founders, threads cannot be graded unless your CS is up to date. This means you need to add threads to your thread list when you make new threads, keep your skills up to date, ledger, living expenses, ect. If you aren't up to date, you'll get a PM from me before i grade your thread. If you are up to date, disregard this notice.