[The Sunken Hollow- Kaze]<br/><br/>The best ambush site was an enclosed chamber with only a few exits.  At one end a small waterfall splashed into a surprisingly deep mossy pool in the rock and a broad opening in the cavern looked out into a massive chamber of stone, hollowed out by some massive beast or titanic force of nature.  This cave was a good ways up, making for a dangerously high fall, though it could be traversed safely -if slowly- with some care by hopping ledges down the side of the cavern.  Aside from this opening, there were only two exits, one opposite the massive cavern, the other adjacent a little ways along a broad ledge leading into a small pillared cavern of white stone...<br/><br/>How did he plan to trap and prepare before the Tetsucabra arrived?  It was a frequent hunting and watering ground for the pair, with regular visitations from herds of kelbi and the great pool to drink from...<br/><br/><br/>[<u>The Everwood Hunting Ground - Dust</u>]<br/><br/>It was a mercifully short time before Exhaustion and pain outweighed lust for Vianna as well, her cries trailing into whimpers and then finally subsiding into panting breaths that slowly eased into a more even rhythm of sleep.  With luck she would not remember those minutes she spent debasing herself at least, but when the two of them eventually stirred she refused to speak either way.<br/><br/>By then it was late afternoon, with the sunlight just starting to turn that deeper yellow as evening came on.  Vianna stirred, wincing at the aches and pains of her fight before slowly easing herself into a sitting position.  She had healing mixtures in her bag at the very least, and if Dust hadn't already found them, she was going to get one for him and one for herself.  Assuming of course he was awake by then as well.<br/><br/><br/>[<u>The Ancestral Steppes - Sonya</u>]<br/><br/>By the time Sonya awoke the sun was high, slowly filtering down through the trees onto her and Nat.  The bowgunner still slumbered next to her, peaceful despite her messy state, holding her hand loosely in hers.  Sometime in the night the felynes must have dragged a blanket over the two of them, but none of the little catlike creatures were anywhere to be seen at the moment, perhaps they were all in the main camp helping other hunters get ready to go about their days?<br/><br/>Wherever they were, they'd left behind a covered iron pot containing a breakfast of some sort of odd meaty stew over the coals of a banked fire for the two of them, not to mention the spring that burbled a few meters away was still open to use.  Finally, somewhere in the middle distance, a hammer beat a steady rhythm of clanging...  While Sonya took this in, she noticed Nat stirring next to her, slowly coming back to wakefulness as well.<br/><br/><br/>[<u>The Port City of Val Habar - Alistair</u>]<br/><br/><br/>"Mm..."  Sonya took her time before replying, slipping her lips over his cock and taking it into her mouth, tasting that familiar-yet-unique flavour as she suckled the tip of his length.  Her tongue slithered against the head of it, teasing under his glans and bobbing her head slowly teasing him to rock hardness before she pulled back with a wicked smirk, pulling herself up to sit back on the bed.  "It's certainly an impressive 'weapon' but even the sharpest sword is useless in the hands of an amateur..."  She spread her legs, showing herself off now, inviting him in.  "Show me your skill..."<br/><br/><br/>[<u>The Port City of Val Habar to the Sunken Hollow hunting ground- Crimson, Ameria and Wyn</u>]<br/><br/>There were a couple lingering glances either from novice hunters unused to such practices or from interested parties taking in the scenery but changing in public -be it by men or women- wasn't exactly a rare occurrence and no one made more than passing comment on it.  They planned and they strategized as they prepared, but it was true that by the time they were making their way aboard their airship to the sunken hollow the young hunter they'd been with didn't seem to be anywhere in sight.  That is, until they spied a hurrying figure at the entrance of the port, running with several barrels and a greatsword strapped to his back.  "Sorry!"  Darius clurted out as he got close to them.  "S-sorry, I forgot...  I went..."  He bent over, clutching his chest and wheezing from the exertion, he must have run quite a ways...<br/><br/>"I went to get...  Some bombs...  Didn't have enough gunpowder...  Needed to get some more, lost track of time..."  He finally managed to explain as he regained his breath.  "Uhm...  Sorry I'm late...  I didn't keep you waiting did I?"<br/><br/>Even as he explained himself the airship was beginning to lift off, captain satisfied that all the passengers were aboard as they rose and turned their nose towards the distant mountains in which the dead volcano known now home to the hunting ground known as the Sunken Hollow...<br/><br/>It would be about two hours to get there but once arrived it would only be a short climb down to the broad mossy ledge the hunting ground's camp rested on.  Attendant Felynes would help them bring the gear down and they could then study maps of the area.  Basarios enjoyed warmer places so the pair's nest would likely be at the heart of the volcano, a chamber where -though there was no longer any magma- heat still seeped up through cracked and blackened stone.  However, there were other places the pair could be, particularly since they would need to hunt, and there was a possibility that they had eggs to protect...<br/><br/><br/>[<u>Frozen Seaway - Rao</u>]<br/><br/>The hunting knife was a short blade, sturdy and thick but unsuited to those decisive blows that would be needed to fell the creature quickly.  It thrashed and squealed, in pain and made to bleed by a dozen wounds but still strong in the moment as it writhed, forcing Rao to hold tighter to stay on.  It was only after a few repetitions though that the monster figured out what it was doing wrong and -rather than thrashing upright- threw itself at one of the low ledges, forcing Rao to dive for safety or be crushed even as it stunned itself with the force of the attempt!