Marie
Icarus, a small, pale elf, turned his towards the others in the group. His silver eyes seemed cold and calculating, as if he was sizing up the others in the group. Satisfied with his analysis, he nodded at the two of them cautiously. "Hello. My name is Icarus. I assume you are the "Others" That the mysterious letter spoke of?"
Dominique
Gabriel would arrive to the scene accompanied by a wolf. In its appearance, it looks indistinguishable from a regular adult gray wolf. The only thing that might tell it apart from wild wolves is that it bears a collar, formed from a loose rope with bright green feathers attached. As with his regular herb-hunting preparations, he would focus on his smell sensing. He finds it usually helps with both spotting herbs and finding predators.

He greets the others, "Hello to you too. And, I believe so. I am Gabriel, and this is my wolf. Don't mind him, though. I usually have at least one of them accompany me in trips like these. But it's nice to be accompanied by others for once."

`Gabriel has a summoned Spirit Wolf, for 15 Mana and Mana Cap, leaving him with 75 Mana and capped at 75. He also has his Hunter's Nose perk active.`
Laura
Charlotte didn't bring her horse. It would have been faster for her to walk here, Barley tended to be a bit of a burden in forests. Armed with her bow and longsword along with Almain River armor, the 196 cm tall Steppe elf gets ready to start the quest. Well, maybe she should introduce herself first. 

The Steppe Elf nods, acknowledging the question, "Yes, I am one of these... 'others'. The name's Charlotte Bellator. I do quests occasionally. This one had unusually high pay, so I took it." The elf is noticeably lean, and holds her bow as if an enemy could pop out at any moment. Her longsword hangs from her sword belt, and her dagger is on the back of her belt. She seems excessively armed for what seemed like a simple guarding quest. 

Charlotte continues to introduce herself. "I work as a hunter." The elf had a high voice that rang out clearly. "I hope we get along, even if it is a simple quest."
Kanesha
At this point those of you with keen sense would hear some scurrying among the leaves. Looking up you would see a squirrel climbing down a tree. What catches your attention is the amount of intelligence in the squirrel's eyes as it makes its way toward you all. You then all see it slowly transform into a into a tall yet slim humanoid figure wearing dark robes and a hood that completely covers his face. 
"Glad you three could make it. Seeing that you all are here, I can only assume you have accepted the job. The boss who had sent you the letters apologizes for not meeting you in person. He is a very busy man, and hopes that I, one of his most reliable employees, can manage you all" 
The man then pulls out five sheet of parchment, handing one to Charlotte and Icarus and two to Gabriel. One of the parchments is a map of the forest with three locations marked in blue. The other one handed to Gabriel has a portrait of a plant. Gabriel being well versed in plant life would recognize it as feral marijuana, a more potent version of the marijuana plant. 
"This is a rather simple job. You two, Icarus and Charlotte will be escorting Gabriel here as he collects herbs. Goes without say, but if Gabriel were to die, you two won't receive your pay. Gabriel on the other hand will be paid on how many herbs he finds. I will also be accompanying you all as an observer. Any questions?"
Dominique
Gabriel accepts the two sheets of parchments. He studies them both, putting together that they'd be harvesting this plant. Having a visual representation of the herb handy would definitely help. He rolls up the parchments and tucks them away. "Understood, I am in your care." Gabriel bows to the other two who would be protecting him, then turns back to the hooded man. "May I assume your employer won't mind if I... Kept a few samples for myself?"
Laura
Charlotte studies the rudimentary map, and nods. It was quite straight forward from here on. 

The Elf then proceeds to ask a question about the quest that was quite necessary for its success of this quest, "I see. Are there any dangers that I should keep my eyes out for?" It was good to know the dangers and why exactly the collected of the herb needed protection.
Marie
Icarus accepts the paper, and quickly glances at it, taking note of the important details. 

His brow furrows in slight concern, but the expression quickly fades away. 
"So, what's so dangerous out here that Gabriel would need protection?"
Kanesha
The robed figure shakes his head at Gabriel "Unfortunately that cannot be allowed. For this job you would technically be working under a temporary contract. In that regard, every herb counts, but he is paying you more than what he would normally pay his employees for this kind of work. If you cannot accept these conditions then I must ask that you leave."
He would then turn to Icarus and Charlotte. "Well, there have been reports of a necromancer hanging around these woods. He seems to be rather fond of the herb we are trying to collect, and as such he had placed some of his creations to guard them. The three locations marked on the map are the suspected location of the herb as well as where said undead creations lie."
Dominique
Of course they wouldn't want that, they might be worried about competition after all. He hoped, but he guesses that's unfortunately not the case. "No, I understand. I will turn over every herb I harvest." He ponders the explanation of there being a necromancer and their creations possibly guarding the herbs they're setting out for. "I wonder if we might run into the necromancer himself... I hope we're lucky enough not to have to deal with him *And* His... Necromancing."
Laura
Charlotte flinches when she hears the word 'necromancy'. That never particularly boded well for quests such as these. 
Sighing, she nods, then makes a remark, "I guess we'll have to be concentrated on protecting our herbalist here." The quest suddenly sounded a bit more threatening than before.
Marie
Icarus remained stern, although a little annoyed, at hearing that they would be fighting the undead. "That will mess with my senses quite a bit... And the undead are nothing to take for granted. We should exercise extreme caution."
Kanesha
The robed figure nods "Caution is always advised. I will not interfere with your gathering, so best of luck." With that the robed figure walks away from you three and transforms into a rabbit as he darts between the shrubbery of the forest, leaving you all to carry out the job.
Dominique
"Alright, thank you sir." Gabriel bows with one hand over his heart, then watches as he disappeared into the forest. "I guess, time to get to work." Gabriel focuses on his senses, enhancing his vision and sense of smell greatly. It would likely help him in both finding the herbs and identifying potential threats. He commands his wolf to stay alert as well, and growl should any kind of danger approach.

`Gabriel cast Predatorial Senses for 5 Mana, leaving him with 100 Mana remaining, capped at 100. He would recast Predatorial senses as necessary, keeping him at that amount for a while. I messed up earlier as Gabriel starts with 120 Mana, 75 is if he has all three wolves summoned, but he currently only has one. He now has +600% sense of smell and +400% visual acuity.`
Laura
Charlotte also activates her acuity and smell, now able to see with 1400% her usual eye sight and smell 1000% better. Her blurry perk also activates, making her 500% less visible. She readies an arrow, and motions for her quest-mates to go. She would follow closely, although behind as to give herself more range. "I'll follow closely, I have a bow- so, I'd prefer if someone took the lead in front of us."
Marie
Icarus hunches into a stance, and his veins slowly start to turn black. He uses force of nature for 20 mana, decreasing his pool down to 130, increasing his general speed by .4 to a total of 1.5 and movement speed by 12mph to a total of 51mph.

"I can take the lead, or potentially scout ahead if you would like."
Dominique
"Please do. I can protect myself to a degree but I'm by no means a skilled combatant." Gabriel keeps his wolf close to his side. He's already scanning the treelines. "Would you be bringing up the rear, Charlotte?"
Laura
"Yes, I'm much better with the bow than I am with the sword. Although if desperation leads to that, I could join the front. We should start with the closest one." The Elf's armor was under a layer of woolen clothes, and therefore made her less visible than normal. "Let's try not to die."
Marie
Icarus nodded in agreement. "Ok, perfect. Which way am I heading?"
Dominique
Gabriel pulled up the map to reconfirm, then pointed to the direction of the cluster closest to them. "That way, I believe." He would find it a little harder than normal to look at Charlotte, but recognize what it was. He activates his own ability, making him a little harder to see. He passes on moving quietly, reasoning that it won't be as helpful in this case.

`Gabriel activates his Blurry perk, making him +100% harder to see.`
Marie
Icarus turns his head to follow where Gabriel is pointing. "Ok, got it. Be back soon"

Due to the darkness of the forest, Icarus has 150 feet of darkness vision, and a +100 percent boost to all senses.
Kanesha
You all head to the nearest marked position on the map with Icarus in the lead, Charlotte in the rear, and Gabriel in the center. The forest gets thicker the deeper you all head into it, but Icarus' impressive speed he easily traverses through the forest to the location. 
He would be the first to notice the lack of plant growth in the area. The few plants and trees that do grow look perverted and twisted. The soils gives off a purplish tint and you can't help but feel slightly empowered. However, you do not see any threats nearby for now, but the land gives off an aura of death.
Gabriel, your wolf would start growling as you get near to the location and stench of rotten flesh fills your keen nose. You scan the area ahead and see the twisted landscape. Everything at first looks still, but as you look closer you see figures moving very slowly toward Icarus.
Charlotte you would see and smell the same thing despite being further back, and infact sensed it before Gabriel. With your keen eyes you would see 4 macen walking toward Icarus. It looks like a family, a father, mother, and two children, a daughter and son. However their movements look janky and their skin has a greyish tint.
Laura
Right as she smelt and saw the 4, the elf uses her max running speed of 36 mph to sprint towards Gabriel, then holds him back, an arm in front of him. "Wait until Icarus Comes back to get out of the tree line." If he didn't come back, they would investigate. But risking Gabriel at this early point wasn't a good idea. "We'll just watch." The arrow faces one person of the family, nocked and ready to let loose.
Dominique
Gabriel would be slightly surprised by the sudden hulking figure in front of him, but holds his ground. His wolf stays by them, snarling but ready to intercept any zombie Macens that might slip by Icarus. Gabriel in the meantime would look around, in case they might get flanked.
Marie
Icarus, unaware of the danger, would continue jogging towards the destination at a speed of 35 mph. As he starts to run further, he realizes that he's lost the scent of Gabriel and Charlotte, and a new, foul odor fills his nose. He would attempt to turn around and run back in the direction he came, hoping to regroup.
Kanesha
As you being to run back you start to hear moaning. 
"S... Sa... Save... Meeeeee..."
"Do... Dooooon't... Leaaaveeee..."
"Mo... Moooomyyyyy..."
Looking behind, you would see 4 macens walking toward you? Well you think it's walking, but their movements are very irregular. Nevertheless they are pretty slow so you don't think you would have any trouble trying to regroup.

Gabriel and Charlotte, as you both stand guard waiting for Icarus your noses picks up more foul stenches and Gabriel's wolf is clearly agitated. You two can't see anything, but things are clearly moving through the shadows of the forest toward you all. Fear is in the air, you as a living being feel like you don't belong here, that you should leave. However, you still haven't caught sight of the feral marijuana, the primary objective for this mission.
Dominique
Gabriel can feel the hair on his neck stand up as his own wolf bristles in response to the unnatural scent. Gabriel is already starting to weave his hand across the air. Magical blue sigils form a blue glowing circle upon completion, a second wolf emerging from within. This wolf bears blue feathers on its collar. Gabriel prepares to cast once more with his left hand, while his right reaches for his crossbow.

`Gabriel cast Spirit Wolf for 15 Mana, lowering his remaining Mana to 85, being capped at 90. He also has 120ft Night Vision, which may or may not help him see through the darkness of the forest.`
Marie
Icarus stops, turning his head towards the 4 macen. He hesitates for a moment, then turns back towards the direction he came, running at a brisk pace of 40 mph back to regroup before the impending fight. 
Icarus has 150ft night vision +100% buff to all senses for a total of 300ft night vision, which he attempts to use to spot the group that he accidentally left behind.
Laura
Using her exceptional vision and skill with the bow, Charlotte decides to take a shot at the head of the.. Macen. It's shot from the tree lines, and aimed straight at the eye of one of the undead, aiming to pierce through and reach the brain.
Kanesha
Icarus, you make it back to the group, but as you do you see Gabriel summoning another wolf and Charlotte letting loose an arrow. Following its trajectory you see it sail through the air and pierce straight through the eye of the mother macen. Her head tilts back a bit from the momentum of the arrow. You all are aware that should've been a fatal shot, but she continues to walk forward with the arrow in her eye at her slow pace. 

After examining the forest some more with your night vision Gabriel, you notice a feral marijuana plant behind the 4 macens. However it looks twisted and gives off a dark aura.
Dominique
"I see our mark, but it looks... Off. It's behind those *Things* Following Icarus!" Gabriel set its sights on it. Sure it looks strange but that would be for his employer to deal with. He would send his blue-collared wolf towards the family of four, hoping it would tackle and maybe rip out one of their throats. The green-collared one would stand behind Gabriel, guarding his blind spot. Gabriel would wave his hand in the air. As his spell completes, a third, red-collared wolf would join their ranks.

`I assume enough time would have passed for Gabriel to regenerate 5 Mana, but he will lose his Predatorial Senses. Another casting of Spirit Wolf would cost him 15 Mana and Mana Cap, putting him at 75 Mana remaining and capped at that same amount.`
Marie
Icarus shakes his head at the recently shot macen. He looks at the group 
"So, obviously, these macen are very much so undead. Anyone got any silver/skull bane on them by chance?" 
Icarus would turn back to the group of macen, holding his hands to outstretch his vampiric claws, and he bares his teeth. He steps to position himself defensively towards the macen, ready to move.
Laura
"I am halfway sure that these... Creatures are undead as welll. I don't have any, but do you have any weapons that would affect them?" The Elf nocks another arrow, and she simply depended on the others for the killing of the others. "I thought the rewards were a bit too high," She grumbles, then starts planning. "What if we led them away from the herb with one person, while Gabriel and another takes the herb?" The elf releases the arrow at the other eye of the undead, using her enhanced eye sight to her advantage yet again. She could make out the retina of the zombie itself from here, and even count the veins— it wasn't too hard to shoot that.
Marie
Icarus thought carefully
"If we could remove their limbs/heads we could render them helpless, and take whatever herbs there are unchallenged. Or we could have Gabriel quickly grab them, and run off while we fight the macen."
Kanesha
The blue collared wolf would make its way to the daughter macen. The daughter seemingly opens its arms out as if expecting a hug.
"Puu... Pppyyyy..."
The wolf leaps on her and knocker her over as it chomps down on her neck. In an adorable but also terrifying manner, despite having her throat being ripped apart the daughter macen wraps her arms around the wolf. 
"..G... Oo... D...Pu... Upp... Y..."
As you let loose another arrow Charlotte it pierces the other eye of the mother. This time however her body goes limp and falls to the ground, unmoving. The father and son macen slowly make their way to Icarus, but they are still a distances away.
Mildred
*//Yes! Kill him! Use your fear!*
Marie
Icarus, encouraged by the fact that the undead can at least be immobilized, rushes in towards the father and son, attempting to kill/immobilize the father, then if successful the son. 
"Charlotte, Gabriel! Aim for the.. Boy!?"

"See if you can take him down, I've got the father!"
Dominique
As gruesome as it is, Gabriel commands the blue-collared wolf to continue tearing at the daughter. He hoped his wolf would be able to reach her spinal nerves and render her immobile. He feels a pang of sadness at the daughter's words but steels himself, reassuring that this would be a mercy to them. He would send the red-collared wolf to do the same towards the son.

"Only silver I got are the coins in my pouch!" He growls. "I don't think we should split up. Don't know if there's more. Might get swarmed."
Laura
Charlotte nocks another arrow, aiming at the son's right eye. She lets it loose with no hesitation. She could attempt to hit anything she could see, unless they were too far away. It was one of the pluses of her enhanced vision. She then readies another arrow, and shoots at the left eye if she has enough time or actions to. Considering that she has 2.0 gen speed, it's probably gonna be shot after a split second.
Kanesha
The blue collared wolf continues to tear away at the girls neck as she 'hugs' the wolf. As Gabriel expected, the wolf eventually reaches the spinal nerves and with a quick snap of its jaws the girls arms go limp. However her voice sound distraught as she begins to cry? You can't really tell as her vocal cords are also destroyed so it just sounds like pained moaning. 
As you get into melee distance Icarus the father opens its mouth and groans "...Sa... Ve... Us..." 

He then attempts to lunge for your neck with his mouth in a biting motion. However you are much faster and lunge your claws across his head, decapitating the father. However his body still stands and its arms aimlessly lunge at you.
The son receives two arrows to his head as expected of Charlotte's impressive archery skills. However it continues walking toward Icarus and along with his father and he attempts to bite Icarus' leg.
Dominique
With the daughter immobilized, though unfortunately not quite dead, Gabriel would send the blue-collared wolf towards the father. Hoping to assist Icarus, he commands it to bite at the fathers legs. The red-collared wolf would also be commanded to tackle the son away from Icarus and start tearing away at the son's neck.

With the green-collared wolf guarding his rear, Gabriel would try to move forward slightly. He would like to start making their way towards the twisted marijuana.
Laura
Charlotte nocks another arrow, and starts moving with Gabriel, although still standing a bit behind him. "Try to remain out of their vision." She keeps her nose and eyes out for any other opposition in the area.