[En Route to the Frozen Seaway - Genji and Kyra]<br/><br/>((@Solai: Well I can run the environment and other monsters in Whitey's vicinity if you'd like, but otherwise yeah.))<br/><br/>The shop owner may have been a lax fellow, but Genji could already hear the sounds of a rising argument beginning behind him as he hurried away.  It could prove troublesome next time he was in Val Habar for certain, even if it had held some short term gain...<br/><br/>He had his hot drinks at least, though they really weren't exactly an<i>expensive</i>commodity...<br/><br/>The pair of hunters made it out before the anger caught up with them, and before long the airship was lifting off and turning northwards towards where the frozen seaway divided the arctic reaches of Gahji from those of Theron.  It would be a couple of days in the air before they arrived at the outlying villages from which they could begin their hunt for the Zamtrios menacing the region, how they intended to spend those days was up to them.<br/><br/>((You can either skip to arrival and the start of the hunt or have Genji and Kyra take some time to get to know each other better on-route, I'll leave it up to both of you.))<br/><br/><br/>[The Ancestral Steppes - Sonya]<br/><br/>Given the strain Nat's bowgun had already suffered at the slicing forelimbs of the Seltas it made a degree of sense for Sonya to put herself to take the brunt of the fighting this time around, though even if they were individually a non-threat, numbers could lend even Jaggi an edge over nearly anyone.  If it weren't for that half the pack seemed gone from the area -likely out hunting with their leader- Nat would have shaken her head, but as it was, the numbers shouldn't be too bad.<br/><br/>With a little luck, the plan should work just fine.<br/><br/>"Got it."  Nat nodded, and then jogged over towards a series of high ledges from which she could rain fire down upon the other pass while Sonya drew the main attention of the pack, taking a few minutes as she climbed and clambered above the oblivious Jaggi and Jaggia below before finally she looked back at Sonya and gave a thumbs up.<br/><br/>Time to get started...<br/><br/><br/>[The Port City of Val Habar - Kaze]<br/><br/>There were a few other details before he left, how the monster girl would be picked up once captured, and a reaffirmation that Kaze most not tell the villagers of his intent in the area.  Apparently the local villages close enough to see the Zinogre from time to time were rather fond of her, considering her a good luck charm for her strange pigmentation and the fact that she and they tolerated each other to the point that they did not attack each other for territory.  Unfortunately, this meant a local guide for the outer reaches of the area would be out of the question...<br/><br/>With some new armor to resist electricity and not much money left to his name after paying for it, Kaze made his way north...<br/><br/>It would be a few days before Kaze arrived at the Frozen seaway, politely dodging requests by villagers as he made his way past the outlying villages and into the hunting grounds themselves.  Whitey's lair was supposed to be quite deep in the area, in a series of caverns tunneled into the rock and ice of the handful of landmasses buried under the snow and glaciers that characterized this region...<br/><br/><br/>[The Port City of Val Habar - Alistair]<br/><br/>The huntress rolled her eyes at Alistair with a heavy sigh.  "I was trying to invite you to come investigate them with us, did the Kut-ku hit you in the head or something?"  She grinned, taking some of the heat from the insult, though it still stung.  "They'll let groups go where they wouldn't permit single hunters, especially when it comes to investigative missions and the like, since we aren't expected to fight anything out of our league on those sorts of quests."<br/><br/>Her partner shrugged.  "Think about it is all, you've still a few days of recovery ahead of you at least, and no one else is taking that request for the moment.  If you're interested, I'm Lucas and she's Helena, we're staying just down the street in hunter's housing, just ask the felynes in the area."<br/><br/><br/>[The Everwood Hunting Ground - Dust]<br/><br/>It wasn't just a momentary effect though, but a continuous one, and even as Dust forced the desire down it kept coming to the fore of his mind, not overwhelming, but slightly distracting at the very least no matter how he tried to push it away.  Then Vianna swept her hand down to signal the attack and unfolded her bowgun from her back with a *snap*, firing at the monster girl as she suddenly swirled into motion, shots deflecting off surprisingly tough hide for a creature that looked so fragile and feminine.  As she twirled, a slight glow of purple light flared around her for a moment, and a slight haze seemed to hover around her form...