[<u>The Port City of Val Habar - Dust</u>]<br/><br/>The Investant looked surprised.  "I wouldn't expect you to admit that sort of thing...  Most researchers wouldn't even consider you for field work without significant experience.  In fact, if my theory didn't suggest such a low risk, I would have you out on your ass right now..."  She smirked up at him.  "Consider this a test of sorts then I suppose...  Do well and I might see to having you trained properly to work with me more often."<br/><br/>Vianna turned around, a cheerful spring in her step as she strode back into the room that Dust could now see was an office of some sort, trapped in some limbo of organized chaos.  Everything seemed to have a place of some sort, but those places tended to be unconventional, and as a result many things were strewn about in places that defied conventional organization.  "We'll be exploring the Western Everwood, monsters seen there lately have mostly been minor -Jaggi and the like- but even the normally docile ones have been quite aggressive of late.  There were rumours also of a dragon or draconic wyvern of some sort, but those have died away.  I don't think we'll be meeting anything quite that scary."  She chuckled and looked around the room once more.  "Shouldn't take me more than an hour or two to clean this all up and get packed, I've got a caravan already prepared outside, the attendant Felynes can help you find it.  Bring a tent, and whatever else you'll need for combat and exploration, I'll handle the rest of the equipment."<br/><br/>She looked back at Dust and grinned.  "Oh, and just because you can fight humans?  Doesn't mean you can necessarily fight monsters.  You're putting yourself onto a whole new level here Dust..."<br/><br/><br/>[<u>The Primal Forests - Kaze</u>]<br/><br/>Awkwardly hurling so many bombs at once scattered them well short of the Rathian as she took to the air, but while they failed to do any further damage tO the monster girl they did set up an effective smokescreen as they detonated, blocking all sight of Kaze for a long minute, the force of the explosion buffeting the monster girl, preventing her from simply chasing straight after him.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, even with that head start the cliff was a long way down, and Kaze had only made it halfway by the time the Rathian came soaring through the opening above him and whipped around, aiming a wild fireball at the vines.  It did not strike true, detonating a handful of feet to Kaze left rather than striking him head on, which -while it would not have killed him- would have surely made him lose his grip on the vines.<br/><br/>The second fireball was sure to aim true however, and Kaze could see her preparing one until suddenly she reeled mid-air, roaring as though in...  Pain?<br/><br/>The black particles were denser around the Rathian, and now the purple flashes were rippling up and down her body, causing her to jerk and spasm her flight growing erratic until she tumbled, giving Kaze the precious minute he needed to finish his descent as she crashed into the pool and slumped there, unmoving but for the purple light crackling over her skin and scales and the black dust still swirling around her prone form...<br/><br/>Was she dead?  Just what was going on here..?<br/><br/><br/>[<u>The Ancestral Steppes - Sonya</u>]<br/><br/>The Seltas responded to Sonya in kind as her enjoyment became more and more apparent, greater enthusiasm behind each and every motion as it thrust.  Now that it knew she was feeling true pleasure that signalled to the Insect that its 'queen' was ready to be fertilized.  In a way, Sonya was sparing herself extended humiliation by allowing herself to enjoy it, as a huntress who resisted and held herself back from enjoyment might have been taken for much longer before their assailant finally deemed them ready to take their seed.<br/><br/>As it was, the huntress could already feel the Seltas' thrusts shortening and speeding up, transitioning from powerful motions that claimed her cunt fully with every one of them as the Seltas slid it's cock from barely inside her until it was as deep as it could go and back again to a rapid thrusting that neve withdrew more than half of that thick shaft from Sonya's tightness at any time, constantly pounding into her, pressing into her cervix over and over, ready to spill its cum into her womb any minute now!