Mary
"Very well. You track, I will kill," *Zara agreed to sharing the hunting roles. She had faith that Kora would be able to find the animal, but since Kora was uncertain about being able to kill it when they find their quarry, Zara would be the one to throw the spear.
'Throwing the spear', with Spearshot. Zara uses her magic spears to hunt with, though they are better suited for medium and larger prey since they do tremendous damage to smaller ones.*
"Let us begin then," *Zara said, standing up and preparing to hunt.*

`Agree to timeskip back to camp?`

"Not quite yet," *Zara said. She carried back the quarry after dealing the killing blow to what they hunted. Being that they were in the mountains, they would have found rabbits and goats, of which Zara carried two and one.* "I will sleep for the night and then move on. It is already late."
*Hunting takes some time. Of course it is not suitable for impatient people, but it was already the afternoon when they set out to hunt. By now the skies were darkening and the sun setting.
As soon as they returned to the campsite, Zara would set down the animals nearby and proceed to place more wood on the fire before it goes out. Then she'd go back to the animals to start harvesting from them; skins, meats, horns and rabbits' feet, things that can be eaten or sold.*
Rene
Kora watched Zara harvesting the animals, probably to sell their parts or to eat. She have never sell something at the market, her family hunted only for themselves. They had already their own business, making dealing with important people of her kingdom and fighting in wars and battles. Kora decided to not ask if she could help Zara because, even if it looked a bit easy for Kora, she didn't want to interrupt what the woman was doing.

"While this, I will prepare Blossom and my things for tomorrow."

She walked toward Blossom, which was laying on the ground, Kora's sword and shield were attached to the saddle of the horse. She decided to organize them and check if everything was okay with her friend.
Mary
"Very well," *Zara said.
She'd proceed to gut, flay, and harvest from their haul. Zara chose to start with the rabbits, as they were easier to manage than the goat.
On closer inspection, one would notice that Zara was using a ceramic or stone blade. It is likely that she prefers to create a hunting knife out of stone while she is travelling instead of actually carrying a metal one, likely to lighten the load on her cargo a little bit.
Zara went about the process quickly and efficiently, and very soon had already set up the pelt, meat, and miscellaneous materials to be prepared or stored, and moved the remains aside to dispose of them later, then started to work on the next one.
While she was working on the second rabbit, Zara decided to ask another question or two about Kora's affliction.*
"What exactly do you 'eat', when you eat people?" *She asked.* "The full body, the life force, magic energy, specific parts or internal anatomy?" *Knowing which is the case would make it easier for Kora and Zara both to narrow down any specifics, and eliminate things that are unlikely or impossible. Her next question depends on the answer.*

*Zara nodded in understanding as she continued harvesting the animals.* "You do not specifically require blood or flesh or bone then? Just any part of the body satisfies your hunger?"
*One could only imagine how it could be integrated into combat for Kora... It would be terrifying.*
Rene
"I think I don't need them, but I like the taste of blood and flesh." 

Kora licked her lips and fangs, imaging corpses for her to eat. She looked like a vampire by wanting to drink blood, but her horns were still making her a demon. Her eyes flashed red for some seconds and then stopped, coming back to the cyan color.
Mary
"So you do not know what exactly you need from the body then?" *Zara asked.* "If you could discover what it is you need to satisfy the hunger, perhaps you could figure out an alternative method of satisfying it without casualties?"
*Initially, Zara thought it was blood that Kora needed, but she (Kora) seemed to not be certain about what exactly she needs out of the body. Zara even has a theory as to what exactly may be the cause of Kora's curse, but she was still working on building it... And needed more evidence.*
Rene
"Yes, I think." 

Kora began to think for a bit. How was going to be her life without needing to eat and kill innocent people. She knows it isn't her fault, but now that she lived with it, she doesn't want to just let it go.

"I'm not sure about what I need of them, but trust me... I've tried eating other things. I can only say for sure that I **Need** Them."
Mary
*That answer didn't yield a lot of information, besides knowing that Kora has definitely tried in the past.
Zara decided to build the rest of her theory and be out with it, after she finished with the rabbit. Now only the goat was left to be harvested.*
"Do you think it is the blade?" *She questioned.* "I have a theory that your family's blade is causing you to have this 'Hunger' to devour people. Did your other family members exhibit strange or similar behaviour when they were the primary wielders of your family blade, by any chance?"
Rene
Kora looked at Zara with a serious and, a bit sad, expression.

"The only people that have used the sword was my grandpa, my father and my older brother, Aaron. But... I remember that everyone in our family ate humans with me. We were hunters at night..."

She chuckled a bit while remembering about her past.

"Aaron went missing one day, and I think it was because of the sword. But I don't know if that's going to help us with this problem."
Mary
*Well... Part of her theory was correct - that some aspect of her family and the hunger was shared.*
"So... You all ate people?" *Zara questioned.* "Were you always aware that it was meat from people, or did you only recently realise it?"
Rene
"No, I was always aware that they were people. But I was raised thinking it was correct and completely normal. For me, it is still normal. I just want to study and understand it better so I don't hurt my friends or worse."
Mary
*So, indoctrinated into cannibalism - for lack of a better term, Zara just called it cannibalism. The line is blurred, as to whether eating people of a different race to one's own is considered cannibalism or not. But I digress.*
"Then that means three possible things," *Zara explained.* "It is either a curse that affects the bloodline, a result of being indoctrinated into cannibalism from a young age, or a disease that you have contracted between 'then and now'."
*Zara has no true experience to actually know which of the three is the case, and truth be told she didn't even know if there were only three possibilities - there could be more. But it was the best Zara could come up with.*
Rene
Kora thought for a moment after listening to Zara, an idea coming in her mind.

"Wait... I think I have another theory... What if when I was a kid, my parents weren't crying from sadness when I dived into the lake? What if the lake is the reason...?"

She questioned herself, thinking more and more about it.
Mary
"A lake?" *Zara asked.* "It is possible that the water... May have been infected with a pathogen, which falls under option three."
*Biologically speaking, if it has been that long since Kora has been infected, the pathogen is very likely to be a virus. But this is a fantasy world, so it could have been some kind of 'water-borne curse' or something, or a made-up virus that just exists in Drase, sort of thing.*
Rene
"Probably..." She think a bit more, thinking about the possibilities. "Maybe a ritual with the lake?" She arched an eyebrow, looking around and then at the family crest attached to one of her belts. *A bird spreading its wings to fly...* What could it mean? She sighed, looking back at Zara.
Mary
"If it was a ritual or a kind of curse that 'infected' the water, you may need to go back there to find out what happened," *Zara explained.* "Though depending on how long ago it happened, it may be too late."
Rene
After hearing Zara saying *"...You may need to go back there to find out what happened..."*, Kora stopped for a moment and a flashback could invade her mind.

*The forest full on flames, some trees falling and much smoke coming from the fire making it almost impossible to see something around. Kora held firmly her sword with her right hand, her hair was a bit messy and she had a little cut on her forehead and a medium one on her left arm.

"Kai!" She yelled, her voice echoing a bit. "Aaron?!" She yelled, trying to find one of the two. "Where are you?!!" She looked around, hoping for one of them to be alive.

Three humanoids shadows appeared behind the smoke, seeming to have swords and daggers. Kora's eyes began to glow as the three appeared. Her mother, her father and their friend. -*

Kora shook her head, looking around and then spotting Zara. "Oh, sorry, I was just thinking about something."
Mary
*Zara noticed that Kora looked sort of zoned out. Probably trying to recall something important. In the meantime, Zara would crouch down again to start cutting up the goat.
Wasn't long after she started though that she 'saw' Kora coming back to. She nodded in understanding as Kora explained herself.* "Did you remember something that could help?"

Yo I'mma go clean up the house a bit and let my phone charge for a while. Catch ya later.