To hunt is to live (Neek, Closed)

by **Plague** on May 14th, 2011, 10:44 pm

Plague

40th of Spring 511AV

"Come brother, let us take to the sky. It is dark enough now for a good hunt, let us take advantage of the night."

Plague said this as he stared into the moon, and sat waiting for his brothers response. The brothers had been living near the seat of the world since the beginning of spring, and were beginning to settle in. Plague was starting to get a feel of what he considered to be his hunting grounds, where he has staked the claim of his dominance. And now he felt was a good time to exercise his power over this land. To be the strong, the hunter, and to overcome the weaker animals. Not to mention he was feeling hungry and they were running out of food.

by **Neek** on May 16th, 2011, 3:28 pm

Neek was just finishing hiding the facts that they had been here, covering up their fire pit and laterine, before his older brother said that it was a good night for a hunt and that they should take advantage of the night.
Half his mind was debating to tell his brother to just stay put in this place until he came back with food so that he wouldn't screw up with that again. Before he remembered the fact that his brother could probably break his wings off with no problem at all and that he wouldn't hesitate to prove that to him if he told him that in his face.

“Don't think going into the sky is a good idea," he pointed towards the thick bush of leaves and branches blocking their view of the sky. “Unless you want to catch some birds we aren't able to see any prey with all those branches in the way.” Neeks voice became a bit more nervous as he began to contradict his brother, hoping that he wouldn't attack him for his insolence.

by **Plague** on May 16th, 2011, 4:02 pm

Plague

His brothers response was surprising to say the least, very seldom did Neek venture to contradict his wishes. And the shock of his doing so was probably the only thing that saved him from getting a rather severe beating from Plague. As it Plague only leapt across to his brother and delivered a mid strength blow across his brothers cheek, as he leaned down into Neek's face growling out. "Going into the sky is a bad idea is it? Gah! What kind of hunter are you! We are the rulers of the sky, we can hear the beasts, we don't need our eyes for the hunt!"

Plague leaped back and caught the wind, sure that Neek wouldn't dare contradict him twice in the same night. And even more excited for the hunt now, than he had been before, Plague began to fly westward over the forest.

His wings were very quiet on the still night air, and he could hear even the slightest movements that took place under the tree-cover. But even though he would never admit to it, Plague knew that Neek was the superior hunter. So while he continued searching, he knew that his brother would be much more likely to find prey before he would. But when it came time to make the kill, Plague would be more than happy to break it's neck in a silent but final attack.

by **Neek** on May 16th, 2011, 11:16 pm

Neek's head was jarred to the side as his brothers punch slammed into his cheek, only the fact that his brother was to dumbfounded by that he was actually talking back to him to put his all in the punch saving him from being knocked on the ground. Before leaning so close he could smell his last catch on his breath and chewing him out for even suggesting hunting from the ground.
When his brother leaped back and took of into the sky Neek gave him a glare to his back only daring to do this because he was pretty sure his brother wouldn't notice.

“But I need to see the target to kill it with my bow.” He muttered miserably underneath his breath as he picked up his bow and gave a quick check if the quiver on his hip was still secure, before leaping into the sky and fought his way through the branches of the trees for a few moments before breaking through the foliage a few powerful flaps with his wings to bringing him up to speed with his brother, keeping close to the top of the forest as he did so, keeping his ears open for any sounds that would alert him for prey, it wasn't to long that he heard some faint noises giving away somethings position. Taking a wide circle to get rid of his speed he landed as quit as he could on some thick branches folding his wings as close to his body as he could before trying climbing down the tree far enough that he could his strong claws creaking the bark of the tree as they anchored themselves in it, slowly skidding down towards a branch that looked as if it could handle its weight and had enough place to use his bow at the same time. sincerely hoping that the beast didn't hear him.

When he heart the same digging sounds from a few moments ago and finally saw the wild boar that was digging around in the ground, searching for his food. Giving a predatory smile at the fact that the beast was apparently deaf or hard of hearing for not being able to hear his approach, he took out his bow and grabbed one of his arrows and carefully took aim at the thing. Hoping nothing would alert the beast to his presence.

by **Plague** on May 17th, 2011, 5:55 pm

Plague

As predicted it was his brother who first heard the sounds of prey under the cover of the trees. Neek suddenly dropped out of the sky into a large tree with good solid branches, that was free of excess foliage. So Plague wheeled and dropped silently next to his brother. Instantly seeing the boar, Plague whispered to his brother to attempt to hit one of the legs. A shortbow is far too underpowered to pierce the hide of a boar. They would have to finish him off by hand.

So Plague sat waiting in anticipation of the kill.

by **Neek** on May 17th, 2011, 8:17 pm

Neek winched as thanks to his brothers rather noisy landing the boar looked up clearly alerted. Not wasting any more time he quickly released the string of his bow and let his arrow soar through the air before planting itself firmly into the boars behind, causing it to emit a rather loud cry as it tried to get away, it was heavily slowed down by his arrow already, Neek quickly reached for another arrow as best as he could the body of his brother being in his way and also slowing him down.

Having half a mind of shouting every obscenity towards his brother for screwing up the hunt, still stopped by the thought of what he would do to him though, as he finally got his arrow out of his quiver and on his string he pulled it back again and took aim, hoping for that that would have been the killing shot.

by **Plague** on May 17th, 2011, 9:25 pm

Plague

What had seemed quiet to Plague was more of a shattering crash to the surrounding wildlife. Neek cursed under his breath but managed to fire off a decent shot from his bow, which severely slowed the boar. Plague let out a rage filled yell, and opened his wings as he leapt towards the wounded boar. As he flew towards it, another arrow inbedded itself in the animals side.

Plague laughed as he landed on it's back, and gripped it's neck with his hands. Once he gained a sense of balance the Zith reached down and bit the back of the beasts neck, severing the brain-stem for an instant kill.

However he had not come away unscathed. During the short conflict the boars tusks had cut a decent gash across Plague's cheek.

by **Neek** on May 17th, 2011, 10:06 pm

Neek didn't dare to fire another shot after his brother landed on top of the boar in fear that he would wound him and he didn't even want to begin to think about the beating he would get if the arrow didn't hit him in a fatal area and even then he would be in trouble if his brother didn't die in one shot. So he just climbed out of the tree letting his stronger brother finish dinner off with his claws and teeth, the wounded boar wouldn't have a chance against him.

A few moments later plague killed the boar with a strong bite in the neck, the beast letting out a few involuntary spastic movements before the beast went still and quiet.
Not really caring about plague's wound on his cheek, his brother has had a lot of worse wounds that he didn't die from so a simple cut like that wouldn't be any reason for concern.
Pulling out the arrows form the corpse, regretfully stating that one of them was broken in half and would have to be replaced.

“Lets get it back to camp and eat.” He looked at plague expecting him to take the boar and throwing it over his shoulders and beginning to carry it to home.

by **Plague** on May 17th, 2011, 11:03 pm

Plague

Plague licked blood from his cheek as he studied the fresh corpse of the boar. He looked for anything that could be of later use for malediction on the corpse. Using his claws and teeth he ripped the head from the body and handed it to his younger brother. "Hold that, and don't even think about loosing it." he said menacingly. Then he hoisted the rest of the boar up on his shoulders, grunting from the strain. Let's get going, this petching meat bag isn't getting any lighter."

As they walked towards their campsite, Plague began wondering what he would do with the skull, teeth, and tusks of the boar. It was a fascinating subject, what sort of results would he get from this morbid craft. It was never certain, which only served to create a sense of excitement every time he created a piece of legacy.

When they finally arrived at the campsite it was nearly dawn, which gave the brothers just enough time to devour most of the meat of the boar, and leave the remains for a light snack when they woke tomorrow evening. Unfortunately his exercise in malediction would have to wait for another day.

--END--

by **Archon** on May 22nd, 2011, 4:27 am

Illumination of Development

Plague

+1 Brawling
+1 Stealth
+1 Hunting

Lores: Leading with pain, Sylira Geography (Basic), Wild Boar (Basic)

Other: 1 Wild Boar head

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Neek

+2 Bow
+2 Stealth
+1 Climbing
+1 Hunting

Lores: Voicing an unnoticed opinion, Sylira Geography (Basic), Wild Board (Basic)

Other: -1 Arrow

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Notes:A simple little hunting thread, nice and straightforward. A few little problems with feeling a bit unrealistic, but nothing terrible.