Larry
The woods were thick, to the point where it the sun would rarely reach the ground. The ground was covered in roots from trees. On the gorund they would see the occasional track from some animal, claw marks on tree trunks and paw prints sunken into the ground from a creature much larger than your normal wolf.
Zelda
_Almann also sees this (he has 400%+ eyesight) and starts jogging his way towards the marks and following the trail so that Alarise and see further along the forest and perhaps spot the werewolf._

"You see the trail it left? Let me know where it's going and if you see anything yeah?"
Sharon
*Alarise looks to the trail, pointing at where she sees it leading. She has 800%+ eyesight.*
Larry
The tracks continue for a bit, but suddendly stop. Where it stops there seems to be some kind of clearing a short distance away.
Zelda
_Almann thinks this through. Clearing doesn't gurantee the beast is there, they should also expect a possible ambush, at best Alarise needs to get into a good position to face the creature and for him to give support to her during the fight. The person the guy said that was with the beast might also be there to aid it._

_Almann lowers his voice to a whisper_

"Alarise, mind if you get down from my shoulders? We should advance shoulder to shoulder instead to make it easier to engage if the beast is waiting in ambush. We also need to keep a look out for the other man that is with it, it may be helping keep it alive."
Sharon
*She'd hop down from his shuolders, keeping alongside him. She was as silent as a mouse.*
Larry
Upon enteringt the clearing they would find that there was 7 Macen within, having set up what appeared to be a temporary camp, they all seemed pretty friendly to one another. One of them noticed the two and ran over, "Hey, did you two get lost or something?" He said, a wide smile on his face.
Sharon
*She looks up at Almann, assuming he will answer for them because she doesn't wanna say anything.*
Zelda
_Almann would scan the faces to see anything that would give one of them away as the beast. If one of them is seems winded, tired, sweaty, it'd possibly be a sign. Werewolves are shapeshifters, it's very possible one of these people are the beast. If so, one of these people are the beast, and another is a conspirator of them. They should get to know these guys, sniff it out, and end it to avenge the man's friend._

_Almann smiles_

"Yeah, a little."

_He chuckles_

"We were following some big game and it lead us here. You guys out here hunting too? See anything good?"
Sharon
*Olivia took a seat, just listening to the conversation as she has nothing to dad.*
Larry
The man smiled, "No, we aren't hunting, we live in the woods actually, ya know, connected to nature is one of the best ways to live." The man said smiling. There was one person who looked winded, a man with a cane and what looked like a wounded leg.
Zelda
_Almann has a mental facepalm. The hobbled man doesn't seem to be a threat, but he'll keep him in mind just in case. For now, he'll see if he can get some information out of these guys._

"Aye, the woods open one's heart and mind. Seems our prey got away though. Pretty disappointing. Truth is we've heard there's a big animal in the area that attacked a hunter a little while back, and we've been sent to check it out. Seems to me that natures got it's own ways of fighting back, eh?"

"Anyways, got any idea what roams these woods? Seen anything large pass by here? Any information is helpful."

_He sits down and once again scans their faces to see any changes in mood and facial expression._
Larry
"Hmm, well I don't know about large beasts around here. But he might." He said pointing over to a woman tending to a wounded man. "She knows more about the going on in the woods than I do." He said chuckling lightly, "Oh, I never got your names. I'm Jacque, pleasure to meet you both."
Sharon
"My name's Alarise~!" *She waves.*
Larry
The man smiled and nodded, walking away towards the man with the crutch.
Zelda
_Almann would go over to the woman and man, evaluating both bottom to top. The man is wounded, Almann suspects the hunter that was killed by the beast was experienced enough to not just lay down and die. The beast would have been injured a little during the confrontation surely? The woman may also be complicit. These two he will have to keep an eye on..._

_Almann looks to the man_

"What happened to you? Wrestle with a bear and win?"

_Almann laughs_

"My name's Almann by the way."
Larry
The man coughed with laughter. The woman shushed him as she spoke, "I'm Elica, this is Lykos, he went out in the woods to get some berries for me and found himself attacked by a wolf. Lucky he escaped with only a few bite marks." She said, her voice sweet and calming.

The man spoke, his voice rough and grating, "I told you woman that was no wolf it was a monster."
Sharon
"..Do you remember where you found it?"
Zelda
_Almann would wait for a response, disregarding the man as the potential werewolf_
Larry
"A half mile that way, he getured to the east. If it wasn't for Elica I probably wouldn't have made it back."
Zelda
"Ah, lucky that then. Did she find you and have to drag you back to this camp or did she bravely fight off the beast herself?"

_Almann turns to the woman and grins_
Larry
Elica spoke up, "I know a few tactics on how to scare an animal away, can't live in the woods without learning something." She said, finishing wrapping the mans wounds she patted his shoulder, "Alright, give it a few days and you should be healed up just fine." As the man walked off, she turned to the other two, "So what are you two in need of?"
Zelda
_Almann gestures her off to the side, lowers his voice and takes a serious tone._

"I'm going to cut to the chase: he wasn't attacked by a wolf. We've been following a werewolf's trails after an attack on a pair of hunters, one of them dead. It lead to this clearing and camp, I suspect someone around here is the beast. I also suspect Lykos was attacked by the same monster. Who went out before or around the same time Lykos went out in the woods?"

_Leaving out the conspirator with the beast will feign ignorance of the whole situation, and perhaps lead to more information about the beast and the conspirator. Almann keeps his hands by his side, closer to his dagger than not._
Larry
She thinks for a bit and pulls out a journal, "Well this morning Jacques was out for some wood. Then later on Julie left to get some herbs for me, about an hour before Lykos left Cole and Ferin left together, like they do every day." She said trailing off as she thought, "And that's all I've got so far."
Sharon
*She thinks of possible people that could be the one they're looking for out of that sentence, blinking rapidly while she thinks.*
Zelda
_Almann nods_

"Are all of these people present in this camp right now?"
Larry
"Yep, sure are, if you need any other help just stop by and I'll assist you."
Zelda
"Do you have ideas as to the direction these people came back to the camp?"
Larry
"Well, Cole and Ferin came back from the south, Jacue from the west. And Lykos the east. I don't remember where Julie came back from, I was asleep when she came back."
Zelda
_Almann nods_

"Thanks! Wouldn't be able to fix this 'issue' without ya. Where are Cole and Ferin in this camp?"
Larry
"Well Ferin is the man with the messed up leg. And Cole, I've got no clue, he wanders around this place a lot."
Zelda
"Alright, we'll go meet Ferin, but what does Cole look like?"
Larry
"Bulky lad, long brown hair, couldn't possibly miss him."
Zelda
_Almann looks to Alarise_

"Any questions to ask?"
Sharon
"....Is Cole a fast runner?"
Larry
"Fastest runner here, "Why?"
Sharon
"..No reason~! I just wanted to know incase I feel like racing~." *She innocently smiled as she let the excuse roll of the tip of her tongue.*
Zelda
_Almann smiles_

"Thanks Elica. We'll be going to talk to Ferin for a bit, we'll come back if we need you."

_Almann gestures to Alarise that we should be making our way towards Ferin._
Larry
"Very well. See you two around."
Zelda
_Almann begins to walk and turns to Alarise_

"You notice anything?" _He says as they get a far enough distance away_
Sharon
"Nope! They were really nice to us, and I doubt they're sketchy enough to be our lucky beast. I'd bet this Cole is, though. Maybe."
Zelda
"We'll see once we talk to Ferin I feel."

_Almann reaches Ferin_

"Just talked to Elica, you're Ferin right? I'm Almann."

_Almann offers his hand and takes a seat next to the man, scanning him once more._
Larry
The man was clearly aging, his hair beginning to turn gray and wrinkles forming on his skin. The man shool Almann's hand, "I am, is there something you need?"
Zelda
"Aye, just want to ask you about Cole, hear he's the fastest guy around here. Turns out my partner here..."

_He gestures to Alarise_

"...Is looking to race someone. We just wanna know a little bit about him, what's he's like, basic stuff. We'd also like to know where he is, but no one seems to know so far where he is."
Larry
"Cole? Well what you trying to learn, it's true he's the fastest around here. As for where he is I think last I heard he was out chopping wood for the fire tonight."
Zelda
"Hmn, what is he like? Elica said you went out into the woods with him earlier today."