Closed [Bronze Woods] Hunting With a Surprise (Crystal)

[Ferrin Al'Mandrikan]

Ferrin

Fall of 515 AV, Day 37

Another chilly day, especially into the woods. Ferrin decides to hunt once again, he heard a howl far off into the distance. The sun is slowly awaking, the horizon barely visible, but colors can be distinguished. Dark red, maybe ruby red. Soon the season will end, and winter will come right after.

Ferrin pulls over his hood to cover his sides of the face from the chilly winds. It doesn't do much but he is less exposed to the cold weather. Off a ways, Ferrin spotted a deer grazing whatever was left of the green delicate grass.

He went down on a crouching position, luckily there is no snow as of yet. Otherwise being stealthy would not be an option. He exhaled a breath of caution, the trees surrounding him didn't make him feel uncomfortable, but it felt like they were eyes watching his every move.

Ferrin stealthily slid out an arrow from his quiver, but he he accidentally stepped on a fallen twig, the deer tilted it's head and spotted Ferrin and his weapons. It sprinted off farther into the maze of woods. "Shyke, how can I catch anything if I mess up ask the time?"

He cursed once again and hastily put his arrow inside the quiver. Kicking the twig he died m stepped on in utter disappointment. He sighed and continue trudging off where the deer had traveled too.

Hopefully he is able to find it again. The tracks would most likely be covered up by the leaves and fallen wood. It would take forever to clear the way that the deer traveled.

He clutches his longbow with his left hand, giving a sign of caution for dangerous predators who want to attempt to attack Ferrin. But anyways, he hopes that he can find a sign to where the deer traveled, maybe it accidentally cut itself with the stick or something that can give him a sign.


Off a far distance a sound of barking could be heard, a dog maybe? But why is a dog barking within the woods, is it a lone dog? The barking continued until Ferrin thought he had heard someone's voice.

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"Pavi" | "Common"
"Tukant"

[Crystal Nightshade]

Once again fall has eased its way into the land. Seeing no greater purpose than to bring the warning chills of the forthcoming winter. The leaves persisted there occasional carefree drop from trees. The beauty of it was fascinating to Crystal who shivered from the cold. Of course, this also meant that soon hunting season would be slow, so she would need to stock up for the winter. Leo would soon experience his first snow, and no doubt the pup beside her would be in high spirits. Oh yes, the Woods held more excitement than the pup would get in her apartment, and he refused to stay home. After trying - and miserably failing - to keep the leopard cur in her apartment all day, she had given in to the pups unspoken demands. Though she was grateful he was partially trained to find game and keep track of it while alerting her with his miniature yips and yaps. Crystal had set her weapons the moment she stood outside the Syliras Gates. She knew how unexpected the Woods could be, and she accepted that fact. She also accepted that she was putting Leo in danger every time she let him tag along. Though with his form he could escape. A yip brought her from her thoughts, making her look at the pup below her. She knelt beside him and patted his head before standing. "Go." And off he went, dashing madly ahead of her as she lifted her bow, poised to strike as she followed behind him. He disappeared behind the tree line, and Crystal grabbed an arrow from her quiver. She pressed it lightly to the bowstring, prepared to let it loose if she found prey before Leo. It was chimes later when she heard barking to the northwest. She took a deep breath and sprinted carefully, trying to watch her footing as she stayed alert. She immediately slowed as she spotted Leo toying around with a deer. Something was keeping it from going back the way it headed from, but Leo kept it from running away from her. She could see him barking happily, and raised her bow to strike. "Away Leo!" She called, causing the pup to bolt away from the deer as she loosed the arrow for the deer's head. Hopefully, the deer had fallen.

[Ferrin Al'Mandrikan]

Ferrin

The day grew cooler instead of warmer and the yips and yaps kept Ferrin off of his thoughts and focused on what he needed to do. He kept hearding southeast, until he heard a sound from an unfamiliar voice. "Go." That lady said.

And it made Ferrins ears perk up as if he was a cat of some kind listening to a far and distant sound. He paced with faster steps hoping that the lady is not a hunter. He could feel it in his his guts that the deer is close by.

Then he heard it once again that voice "Away Leo!" It might be the fact she has a bow. And if she found the deer Ferrin would be disappointed if she ever shot down the deer.

As he got nearer he spotted the dog, oh but it does not look big enough to be a fully grown sized dog. A pup seems more like a correct... Assumption. He sighed and noticed the lady readying her bow.

Quickly he hid behind a tree to avoid being shot at, he didn't want to disturb the process. The deer seemed confused not only by the pup, but the two hunters that are trying to take it down is basically what is confusing to the poor beast.

The deer stands no chance with two hunters. Before the lady hunter fires her arrow Ferrin is deciding whether or not to interrupt the hunter, but he doesn't want to run after the deer again. So he just stood still hiding behind a tree with his bow hopefully concealed.

He took a few shaky breaths, maybe it is not such a bad idea to let the hunter know he is here? Ferrin does want some of the credit for finding it at least.

So the pup sensed the smell of Ferrins nervousness and tripped and yapped at its owner. Trying to get her attention once again. Well there goes an introduction.




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"Pavi" | "Common"
"Tukant"

[Crystal Nightshade]

A bark startled her as she released the arrow, putting off her aim as the deer got away. She turned to Leo, ready to scold him before she noticed what caused the uproar. Leo barked and snarled at a stranger who was approaching her from behind. She stayed alert just in case the man made any sudden movements and analyzed him. The ebony male had teal eyes and tanned skin. Quite tall as well, but perhaps that would give her an advantage in a fight. She visibly frowned, showing her displeasure with the man who had caused the loss of her game. His broad build would've been intimidating had she not been upset with him. She lowered her guard just a bit when he made no attempt to lunge at her, an he wasn't showing any intent to harm her. "Leo, sit." She commanded lightly, to which the Leopard Cur obeyed. Satisfied, she eyed the man in front of her with disdain. He had a Longbow in his hand, and she assumed it was used often. Crystal began to glare at him as it occurred to her the man might also be a hunter. She mentally growled at the thought. If he interrupted her hunt purposely..! No, she wouldn't make baseless assumptions. "Care to explain why you made me loose my game stranger?" She did not have time for this. She needed to track her game before it got to far. Before she the man before her speak, she held up her hand in a stopping gesture. "Go Leo!" She ordered, pointing in the direction the deer had sprinted off. The pup was hesitant to leave, but didn't want to be scolded so he left. "Well?" She added once the pup was no longer in sight.

[Ferrin Al'Mandrikan]

Ferrin

To no doubt, the female hunter lost her concentration due to interruptions. Ferrin panted a bit trying to regain his breath, chasing that deer took forever. She gave a few commands to her furry companion. And the dog ran off after the deer. Ferrin cursed under his breath in anger, as it seems that the female hunter didn't seem to notice that he has been chasing a deer.

She looked back at Ferrin with a look of anger/disdain. She asks Ferrin in frustration "Care to explain to why you made me lose my game stranger?" Ferrin took another breath before answering. The trees were beginning to creep him out a bit, as if they are chanting the word 'fight' over and over again. He cleared his throat. "Your game? I've made a mistake, while hunting and have been chasing that petching animal for the last few minutes."

Ferrin didn't want to sound rude about it, but he was so anxious, that the female hunter claimed the animal to be her game when he was the one who attempted to kill it first. But embarrassingly, he had failed. 'maybe they could work together? And not revolve to fighting?' From the looks of the female hunter she is a tad bit smaller than Ferrin. And she seems to have a mature attitude.

"I don't want to give any more trouble, I just want to finish what I started, if that is alright with you?"The thought almost seemed ridiculous, let alone announcing the thought. Ferrin exhaled, feeling a bit more calm than he had before. 'Fighting is not the answer,' Ferrin thought 'especially with a young lady.'

He looked around feeling a bit nervous once again. And back at the female hunter trying to maintain eye contact, watching for sudden moves. He doesn't want to die today, nor any other day. If it comes to a fight, he is prepared. His longbow and arrows. His short broadsword clipped to his waist and ready for combat if needed. He smiled apologetically, looking back to where the young pup had run off to.

A normal day of hunting, that just went the wrong way? So it seems at this point.


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"Pavi" | "Common"
"Tukant"

[Crystal Nightshade]

Crystal watched the man carefully, the sword at his hip gave him a more powerful look. Then he spoke, further upsetting Crystal. So this whole time she had locked on to another hunters mark? Now, usually she would have used the whistle to recall Leo, and be on her way in search of something else. Emphasis on usually. Never before had she happened upon another's target, but her mind would've rationalized that it was rightfully his. Thus explaining the reason the deer didn't simply run the way it had come from. However this man was rude enough to not even apologize for disrupting her before explaining kindly why she should leave this deer be. She failed to notice that he was simply put off by his surroundings, however she did notice his fidgeting. Her scowl simply deepened, and she dared not speak until she put her emotions in check. She took a deep breath, counted three ticks, and exhaled before attempting to speak. After all, the best mind is a calm mind. "You could have let me catch it. After which had you explained I might have actually given you the deer. Instead you barge in and make me loose an arrow. One that could have been in that deer had you waited. But alas, here we are in the cold because of your rude mistake." Yes, she felt much better. The fact that she had spoken her mind made the weight of her anger diminish. The deer was however got it first in her mind. It didn't quite matter whether or not she got it, but now she had to track it all over again. Now that she thought about it.. "We might as well hunt it together. After all I doubt if you'd be able to find it again without Leo's help. The longer we sit here and discuss it, the farther away the game will get." And as if on cue, in the distance she could here barking getting softer. It was bad enough she had barely heard it. She turned away and turned back to the man with another frown. She then grabbed an arrow from her quiver and placed it lightly against the Shortbow she had trained to the ground. She turned fully away from his and spoke. "Either follow or don't, I won't ask again." And with that she began a light jog toward Leo's distancing voice. Hopefully she could avoid getting tangled up with this man, but if not, she highly doubted if a fight would break. After all, one couldn't afford to lose focus in the Bronze. Especially when said person knew what dangers were out there.

[Ferrin Al'Mandrikan]

Ferrin

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The day grew, ticks went by after ticks. Thoughts rushed through Ferrins mind as if it was about to explode. Animosity risen through his emotions, but so did resentment, and confusion. Anger to reason that the huntress was so utterly disappointed.

Resentment because he knew that fighting isn't the answer. He felt confused for a quick tick that why these two emotions nearly released his thoughts as one. He shivered as the sweat began to dry off thinking.

The female hunter was really upset with him. Ferrin can probably come up with an apology later on without all of this madness. She simply insulted Ferrin, he cursed through his river of thoughts. Wondering if the female hunter can ever forgive him.

He can make it up to her, buy her a nice warm toasty meal. He knocked another arrow in his bow prepared to shoot the deer. "Sure, I'll tag along." He began with a slow jog took get the feeling of running.

After a quick tick he began to push his legs as fast as he could carry him. He is pretty fast, all the training with his father strengthened his leg muscles quite a bit. The noise of a dog barking was slowly fainting away.

He panted, "Apologise, I did not want to hurt the shot in any way, but I also did not want to get hit either by a flying arrow." he grasps onto the bow carefully, but he intends to show no sign of fighting with the young female hunter.

Running alongside her, he looks out for giant fallen logs and bushes that might block their path. Keeping a keen eye to his surroundings as they pass through theaze of trees.

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"Pavi" | "Common"
"Tukant"

[Crystal Nightshade]

So now the man was jogging beside her, and she gave him a quick glance before focusing on the woods in front of her. She didn't say much, instead focusing on the barks in the distance. They were getting quieter, quickly. Which only meant Leo was keeping tabs on the deer while it was running. The young woman side glanced him as he spoke again. Crystal let out her anger and annoyance in the form a small exhale. There was really no reason for her to be angry at him. She knew it, and she assumed the man knew it as well. However, either way he was still apologizing to her. Even knowing she was the one in the wrong. She sighed again before speaking. "Look," she began, closing her eyes for a second to gather her thoughts. When she opened them again she continued. "It wasn't your fault, so don't apologize. It was me who hurled the first insult, so I should be apologizing. I was in the wrong. I apologize for letting my temper get the better of me." She was composed now at least. The situation hadn't happened before, her hunting the same target as another hunter. All in all it wasn't an impossible scenario. The sooner she accepted her mistake the sooner she could learn from it though, so that's what she did. She had lost her temper Ecuador a small setback. "The name is Crystal by the way. Crystal Nightshade," she stated without turning to him. She continued at a steady pace, finally noticing the barking was getting closer. It sounded like Leo wasn't moving. Had the buck stopped? "What's your name?"

[Ferrin Al'Mandrikan]

With a feel of satisfaction. And not a feeling of being dissed. Had given the man a sort of appreciation towards the commoner. Fortunately, the two seemed to be getting along, be it if it meant taking it slow. "It is okay. We both made mistakes. And there is always room for improvement. We best now to catch that deer."Ferrin explained.

Mistakes can always be made. And once you discover what it was. Things will continue to go more smooth than difficult if one hadn't discovered their mistakes. As the two jogged, Crystal took a few glances here and there. She had spoken her name and Ferrin replied. "Mine is Ferrin. Ferrin Al'Mandrikan. Pleased to meet you."

Ferrin spoke as he looked ahead. The dog, that was with Crystal had lowered his volume of barking. The dogs' low volume of barking alarmed Ferrin. He hadn't heard a squeal of pain. Though, it probably had been muted by the dogs very own barking if any pain traveled through it.

Did it find the deer? Did it? Ferrin took his pace a little higher. And the two seemed to have been greeted by the dog soon enough. It slightly growled at him. And made a few guttural noises towards Crystal. Then, it rushed off towards the deer. The deer. It was found dead. Laid, on its side. With droplets of blood; which formed a small puddle of blood from its side. "Well, there is our game."Ferrin said partly coldly. Though, he gave a soothing smile, mostly the hint of jealousy had engaged his sentence. But, he didn't intend to do any harm.

[Crystal Nightshade]

That was odd. It seemed Leo had distanced himself from the deer. Why? The pup was a tracker, so unless something was wrong he should've been close to it. He was to far away. As the human duo approached the dog growled lightly a Ferrin. "Leo." Crystal warned, which suited the dog after a few yips. As he lead them to the deer, Crystal was stunned. Leo was just a pup, he couldn't have killed the deer himself.. She walked over to the deer, only to find an arrow lodged firmly in its abdomen. It had bleed out then. Crystal sighed, and chuckled lightly. The arrow wasn't hers, she could tell. It belonged to Ferrin. She assessed the deer a second time before gently setting down her how and the loose arrow. She then carefully removed the arrow before walking back to Ferrin. "Thought you might want to conserve your arrows." She said with a small smile, handing it to him. Though, now that she thought about it, she wasn't sure what to do with the deer. They could split it, or one of them could take it. And seeing as how his arrow killed it, the answer was clear. "Mm, nice shot. Congrats on the kill." She decided to just let him have it. After all, he killed it. It seemed as if he'd been in the woods longer than her as well. Besides, this was her way of apologizing for her actions towards him earlier. "Have fun with it." She said with a chuckle. Leo trotted beside her, but did nothing more. She bent to his level and combed her fingers through his fur. "Good job to you too boy," she said happily, earning a satisfied lick on the cheek. She chuckled before turning to Ferrin. "So what are you going to do now?"