David
"So our leading theory is that both horses were taken to be turned into an abomination? If so, then we should just tell the owner what we know, but then again we better check around the barn area to see if we overlooked anything." *Syele spoke rather shorter than before and kept her eyes straight forward as they left the forest with a bit of hidden glee since they didn't have to fight off a cult.* "We might as well check on that ox trail when we get back anyways too."
Peter
*Mizu simply shrugs. She was unfortunately starting to get bored. After all what they were doing right now was no different what she did on a daily basis. Looking around the area and make note of any changes to the terrain. She was hoping something more exciting would happen, and her last hope was that the ox trail would lead to something.*
Adolfo
"Sounds like a plan"
Carole
*Theron nodded, deciding not to say much in the situation... As he was thinking about what where the third horse would be. He supposed that if the ranch contained the same necrotic energy, then the transformation would have started there... But then why would the abomination not kill the ox? No point sitting around and thinking about it, he guessed. Might as well go see for himself what was going on.*

*Theron then begun leading the group back to where the trails collided, where they would could go check up on the ranch or go down the oxen's path.*
Cathy
*As you three walk down the path, you would find that the tracks led down the hill into a field of open plains, the grass and fauna being a dry, unkempt yellow. The sense of desolation was abundant everywhere you all looked, the soft yellow of the grass enhanced by the sun's setting orange. There wouldn't be any sort of animal life from where you could see, but the oxen tracks led on towards the horizon. However, the feeling of necrotic energy was much higher here than in the forest, which would send grave chills down all of your spines. The Ox tracks, however, seemed to lead away from the source origin point of the necrotic feeling, which meant that the Ox would still be alive. Theron, with your Hawkeye vision, you notice that the tracks had spread farther and farther apart as it expanded into the horizon, seemingly as if the creature responsible had to break into a run of sorts. There also seemed to be a faint, low bellowing of a strange animal coming from somewhere off in the distance. It was near silent, but if you ignored the wind's howling, it was there.*
David
"So, what's the plan? Are we going after it or are we just going to report that it's alive and well in this direction? Because frankly, this entire area is starting to give me a bit of bad vibes and I fear we're going to be getting into something out of our league at this rate." *Syele spoke out feeling the chill travel down her spine and looked back toward the homestead area for a moment.*
Carole
"The man doesn't seem to care about the other animals, so we could go back to the estate and inform the man on the fate of his horses. This area seems infected by a abundance of necrotic energy, so I'll suggest he seek more aid from the capital's clerics and paladins."

*Theron nodded along to Syele, feeling his skin slightly crawl... He supposed it could have been some sort of effect from all the dark magic in the vicinity. It would be bad if this began to effect their health... It would be a shame if the person pulled back their pay once realizing his horses were as good as dead. Quite the shame, really, but Syele did make point that they only had to provide information on where they went... They should still be paid, even if the horses were undead now.*

`didn't you say three tho.`

`after looking stuff over, I assumed three because I found both "Horse" Tracks, said they merged into abomination due to necro energy, then today you said I still needed to find the other horse.`
Peter
*Mizu was surprised to feel a chill run down her spine as she herself was an undead being. Perhaps it was a chill of excitement? Fear? In either case, it was a sensation she hadn't felt in a long time and she was eager to find the cause of it. Even though the logic behind her two comrades made sense, she had found in her long life that a life bound by logic is a boring one and money wasn't really her motive here. Thus, she would offer her opinion on the matter*
Adolfo
"I agree that we only have to find information on the horses, but I'm sure if we deal with this necrotic energy we could win over some good graces and even some more pay. I say we investigate a bit further. No need to flee from something we haven't confirmed to be a threat, no?"
David
*Syele's expression was rather blank at the time and then finally her voice spoke out.* "Very well, but if the man will offer no extra money for our services then we will butcher him alive and hang him out on his estate door as an example. No one will miss him, no one will mourn him, and quite frankly we'll take our pay and leave afterwords while linking the blame to the guards if we have to." *Her voice kept at an audible level, it wasn't a shout or anything of the form so no one in the area could hear her easily.*

"Theron, your opinion?" *She turned to her partner for the time being, she didn't want to get into a fight, but it felt like it was going to be the only way to speed things along sadly.*
Carole
"I would rather not murder a notable noble and have the authorities searching for us across the land for some time... So it would be better to report back to the guild and have the capital force him to hand over the pay he promised."

*Theron spoke, sighing as Syele casually talked about how she was going to gut someone... But there would indeed be problems if they did not get their reward.*

"We'll follow Kayaa's suggestion and scout around further. It would be better for the village if we knew what could be endangering their lives, as it seems that whatever is causing all this black magic is close by."
Peter
*Mizu really liked the Syele's way of thinking. Brutal and straight to the point. Determined to get what she believes she deserves. Mizu contemplated gifting her with the blessing of vampirism so that she could be like Mizu's daughter, but decided against it realizing Syele would likely be upset at how limited her freedom would be as a newly made vampire. Thereon on the other hand seemed like a goody two shoes. It also didn't help that he was a skilled hunter. She had no doubt if she did come later in the night to feed on the noble, Theron would offer his aid and track her down.*
* At least for now the group had agreed to gather more information, something Mizu was absolutely delighted to hear.*
Adolfo
"Sounds delightful. As before, lead the way oh skilled tracker"
Carole
*At the behest of Mizu, Theron listened closely for the sound of the strange animal he heard previously... Then once he knew where it was coming from, he begun travelling towards it. He already had high suspicions of what was waiting for them, so he would have a hand on his short-sword as they approached it's area.*

"Do be ready for a possibly encounter with undead beings or mages skilled in those arts. We can do our best to avoid the situation, but taking down a few would make things easier and more believable... If the noble requests proof."