Alta
*Ikehara returned after an hour or so, a few extra scuffs across her face and exposed skin from fighting back the forest. Slung across her back were the flasks, now full with clean (enough) water, along with a trio of hares; bound by a length of rope and hanging off the hook on her crossbow.*

"Something to eat for now. We'll hunt something decent tomorrow, when the light is better."
*She concluded with another huff, this one from exhaustion as she expended the last of her useful energy for the day. Settling beside whatever Terrel had set up while she was gone, drawing her dagger and getting to work skinning her game.*
Vanessa
*Terrel had been sitting near a makeshift fire while he waited for her to return. So much time had passed, that part of him had begun suspecting she either completely wandered off or had something happened to her. With the sound of her making her way back into camp, Terrel's head whirled around.*"Where did you g-."*He cut himself off, the question soon being answered in seeing the game she had brought back during the time she was gone.*"Here I am thinking you fell into the bay."*He commented as she came over to begin working on skinning the animals.*"Nice catch."
Alta
"It'd have taken this long to find the stream, anyway. You think it's close, considering we're near the desert?"
*She raised an eyebrow to his mild incredulity, but brushed it off once she heard a compliment. The okamimi smiled wryly, finishing off one of the skinnings and handing him the meat to season or cook bare.*
"It's a good glade. Lots of fauna."
Vanessa
"I'd think it's close enough considering we'd been following the bay this whole time."*He commented in return. Terrel tilted his head back a bit as she went to hand him the meat, lightly holding up his hand in turn.*"Enjoy your catch."*He said to her.*"I, uh still don't eat meat."*At the last part he let out a bit of an awkward chuckle, though at the very least she could enjoy the fruit of her own labor. Terrel looked away from her to focus on the fire.*"Good to hear there are other animals out here. Now we actually know there's a chance of survival."*That bit was of course a joke considering how long they traveled the desert without much signs of life, though he found it amusing either way.*
Alta
"Hn, sorry... Got a little too into it."
*She sighed, a touch bashful from her mistake. For Ikehara, the concept of cutting out meat from her diet was unthinkable, though she attributed that to her ethnic quirks. Her ears flattened as she thought on this, figuring that a hunt would prove meaningless if Terrel wouldn't be interested in venison...*
"Where are we headed tomorrow, then? Or a few more days here?"
Vanessa
"There's no rush if you want to hunt to your heart's content out here."*He said with a light grin.*"I'm sure Tzu would like it very much."*The Silnari reached for his hair, taking out a small bird-like Rodent from it and holding it out to her.*"No fun in letting the catch go to waste, right?"*He asked her, noticing how deflated she seemed. Terrel supposed he could see why, the catches being meant to share, but even if he did not care much for eating it, he could find other ways to put it to use.*
Alta
*Her ears perked up at the little creature, twitching gently at the sounds it made.*
"I forgot you had a furrow. Where'd you get him, anyway?"
*She cooed, feeding the little one scraps of cooked rabbit as she ate from it as well.*
Vanessa
*The furrow took pieces of the rabbit, nibbling away at it as it sat down in his palm.*"I was paid to go exterminate a group of them that was becoming a nuisance at this farm, but I decided to keep this guy at the very least."*He answered, briefing around the details of events that went on that day.*"He was a trooper. Tried to put up a fight till the very end."
Alta
"What, did you take it instead of payment?"
*She smirked at the creature, nodding appreciatively at his origin. Unless it was a useful thing, Ikehara couldn't imagine taking in a wild animal - far too liable to act out, especially during a hunt or a march. She fished out one of her broken crossbow shafts, spearing one of the rabbits and holding it over the flame.*
"Is that sort of stuff solo work?"
Vanessa
*Typically, though I usually find myself having to work with others whether it's for better or for worst."*He said, noting all the jobs he had done. Some people were easier to work with than others, though as long as the job got done, he didn't care so much.*"The Centaur I worked with then was fine though. Helped out a lot to make the job go by quicker, especially with the furrows that tried to run off."
Alta
"Centaur, eh? Don't see those outside their tribes that often, these days."
*Again she cooed, this time from a mild interest in such an abnormal acquaintance. Even for her, some of the other demi-humans were a rare sight; Ikehara having grown tired of the reams of elves and macen running about.*
Vanessa
"Can't say I've met many on my travels either."*He said.*"I never thought too much of it though, but I occasionally see him every now and then at least. Who knows, I'm sure we're bound to find some out here while we're traveling about."