[<u>The Primal Forest</u>]<br/><br/>The tracks were infrequent as the broad but shallow pool's bottom was mostly stone, but after some time spent searching Kaze eventually traced them.  They ventured north, deeper into what quickly went from a shallow river pool into something of a canyon, hemmed in by vine-and-moss-covered walls on all sides at the very back of which he could hear a gentle hiss of the waterfall that fed into this place.<br/><br/>The area was hemmed in on three sides, but Kaze could see no sign of the monster girl here...  There was a faint tingle in the air though, like static electricity, raising the hairs on the back of his neck, and he thought in a brief instant he saw a flicker of purple light out of the corner of his eye, but when he looked, he saw nothing but drifting leaves in the gentle breeze, in the shadows of the canyon...<br/><br/>The walls could be mounted easily, the western face leading to a cavern in the rock while the northern end next to the waterfall climbed up and into the forest canopy.  The monster girl must have climbed one of those, in fact, if Kaze were it investigate he would find sharp nicks in the vines of the waterfall face, indicating clawed hands...  He could pursue further, explore to the west, or turn back...<br/><br/><br/>[<u>Everwood</u>]<br/><br/>Alistair hurried, hearing the pack gathering as he sprinted along the canyon floor, heart in his throat as every screech from those pack leaders could indicate he'd been spotted.  Every glance back showed only a chaos as the pack gathered around their leaders.  None had turned back towards him...<br/><br/>Finally, after what seemed like entirely too many minutes of heart pounding flight across the canyon floor, finally he made it to the exit, but with one last look back Alistair caught sight of flashes and gouts of flame amongst the pack, as well as flashes of brilliant red and blue...<br/><br/>That was probably the Kut-ku, the pack must have found it while out hunting, and now, there was definitely a fight.<br/><br/>If he wanted his prize, Alistair was going to have to get involved..<br/><br/><br/>[<u>Ancestral Steppes - Step Cliffs</u>]<br/><br/>The Seltas was already beginning to draw back when Sonya lashed up wildly and it bucked, screeching and chittering in alarm.  Its scythlike forelimbs pulled out of the ground with the sudden motion, giving the huntress beneath the monster more room to move if she could muster the strength!<br/><br/>However, every action has an equal and opposite reaction, and in this case while the Seltas' front went up and back, its abdomen pressed down and forwards, pushing even deeper into the poor girl as the entire weight of the insectoid creature was behind the thrust for a brief instant!