John
Lucien agreed with a nod and smiled back to the dark elf. *"Indeed."* The man then pointed his sheathed weapon towards the direction of the cause. *"It's that way, Ik."* He turned towards the oni after explaining and placed a hand on her shoulder, his gentle gaze attending her facial scars. *"Don't worry when I talk like that. You know what hides inside me. I'll let it all out, but only when the time is right."* He caressed her arm to hopefully encourage her and grinned, as genuinely as he only could with her. *"I won't be reckless, okay?"* The hooded one tapped her pauldron twice and spun.

He looked at the semi-naked elf and slipped past her. His odachi no longer hid under the cloak and was now properly held out by the swordsman. His gaze turned stern, focused. *"One minute and you go down where I showed you with the knight. Me and the mage go this way. Come on, no time to waste."* He instructed the wizard. If she followed, they would start circumventing the main road ahead. The man would be silent in his step, preferring to remain next to trees and blend in their shadows. His eyes had no rest, absorbing as much as they could from their surroundings to prevent an ambush.

The strategy was simple. Cover two roads, create a diversion. Should the mage be in trouble, he could protect her - or so he believed. For the other two he had no doubt, as they were both sturdy warriors. The lurking duo would try to pause about a 100 meters away of the object's side, in a potentially taller place with good coverage - so that they could remain camouflaged yet have a clean view of the rest of their party. Somewhere along the way Lucien would ask Harley to check her knight. Despite tactically doing so to keep in touch with his allies, on a deeper level he was worried about Ikari.
James
She'd give Lucien an affirmative nod, and her free arm shortly wrapped around his back, giving him a tight and brief squeeze of a hug. Her voice still a whisper she leaned close, "Good. You're doing better, and that's a promise you better keep." She gave him a quick and surprisingly warm flash of a smile as she gave him a quick pat on the back before letting go.

She then quickly turned away, rolling her shoulders as she awaited the minute to pass as the other two moved through the woods. Her only company was the summon, but that was fine. She began to stroll towards the area that was pointed out to her by Lucien earlier, assumably with the summon. The area being the one with the supposed dark mass. Notably, she'd be keeping an eye and ear out as she did so for any movement. She kept her both her hands on the grip of her monstrous blade, which was currently levied over her shoulder, prepared to swing at anything if necessary.
Sandra
*The four of them, including Ikari's Knight, would begin to creep their way towards the mass. Lucien would be able to stay silent as he took his own unique path towards the thing, Harley tagging along with little difficulty. As they slowly made their way towards it, the staunch scent from earlier would only get stronger. You could feel your stomachs begin to churn, forcing those with a weak constitution to feel rather nauseous. Zeroing in on the thing's location, the three of you would be able to take notice of a deep crunching sound coming roughly from the area where the black mass was situated. However, it was unlike the crunching heard from the Knight as he stepped upon leaves and branches; this sound had a much deeper quality as if it were a log. The party would also be able to take note of the sound of strained breathing coming from the same place.*

*Lucien and Harley, coming within 20 meters of it, would be able to see the true identity of the mass. Hulking over some poor hunter's corpse, it was an amalgamation of bones, animal carcasses, and dirt. There were patches of missing flesh marked scattered all across its body, flies swarming at the openings. It was akin to a bear, yet at the same time had features that differentiated it from one. A single wing of some large bird sprouting from it's underbelly; a moose head jutting out from it's right side, hanging low, as it was dead; The front right leg being completely removed, replaced with some sort of paw from a dog. The head of the creature itself wasn't even that of a bear - it wasn't anything at all, really. Where a head should have been was naught but a stub at the end of a neck. That wasn't to say, though, that the creature lacked eyes and a mouth. Directly below the stub were 3 large eyes, the size of teacups, arranged above a vertically-running mouth in a rough triangular formation. The size of its maw was, to say the least, gargantuan; it was about 1.8 meters long itself.*

*In every sense of the word, it was an abomination.*

*As Ikari approached with her knight, the knight, whose armor would prove to be a burden stealth-wise, made a noise. The beast continued to gorge upon its prey, yet Lucien and Harley would be able see the moose head on the side snap up. It gazed towards the direction of the noise; although it was blind, its sense of hearing was unmatched. Any further noise could cause it to alert the abomination as a whole, yet Ikari could not take note of this fact for she was simply positioned badly relative to Lucien and Harley.*
Curtis
*Harley with a weak constitution was starting to feel Nauseous.* She held her stomach and was trying to keep some vomit down. Otherwise she would alert the monster. Thankfully, she was able to keep it down lifting her hand up and making her knight stomp in place. She needed to be careful as well knowing the armor was making a noise, nor could she alert Ikari that they needed to stop. She was holding her stomach and motioned for her knight to try and stop Ikari. 

Her summon would stop and then turn its attention to ikari to stop her. It's armor would let out a soft clang. Harleys eyes would then shut and make an "Oooo..." Face knowing that she had probably alerted the monster. Her eyes would glow a crimson color. She had hoped that it would be enough to alert her!