[<u>Everwood Hunting Ground - Dust</u>]<br/><br/>"We don't actually know what we'll be facing."  Vianna reminded Dust nonchalantly.  "I expect most likely it will simply be regular monsters for this area and the most dangerous thing will be a Great Jaggi or possibly a Tetsucabra, but those monsters are liable to be far more aggressive than they would be otherwise if the symptoms of this infection remain consistent, and there is always the chance of unknown variables..."  She trailed off, and flushed slightly, before shaking her head.  "What I mean to say is...  Whatever we meet will be aggressive, we may be attacked on sight.  For smaller monsters feel free to kill them, for any larger monsters I would prefer it if you disabled them if possible,<i>ideally</i>-"  She stressed the word, impressing it's importance unto Dust.  "-without maiming them."<br/><br/>"Which is another way of saying that really, I'd like you to be a distraction.  Do try to knock the monster out if you can, but mostly, just try to keep it's attention on you while I set up to knock it out myself."  The researcher patted the boxy construct on her back, only to be taken aback at Dust's question.  "You mean you...  Oh right!"  She laughed, a gentle laugh at least, not directed at Dust...  "I forgot, it's a bowgun, hunters use them all the time since crossbows are too weak to penetrate the hide of pretty much all but the very weakest of monsters, I forget that anyone fighting a human would have little use for all that extra power behind any single bolt..."  She grinned.  "I don't use it that often since I took guild tenure and became Investant, but I can still handle myself as long as you keep most of the heat off me.  I'll mostly be trying to put the monster to sleep with tranq rounds, oh, speaking of which!"<br/><br/>Vianna dug into a pouch on the side of her belt and passed Dust a couple of disk shaped objects, one imprinted with a green colour, the other a dusky purple.  They also had no small weight to them, hefting nicely, like a discus...  "Monster traps, they don't last long, but they help to keep monsters relatively still for a few seconds in most cases.  The Green is for a pitfall, the Purple is for shock, try not to stand too close to either of them once deployed or you'll go down too."<br/><br/><br/>[<u>Everwood Hunting Ground - Alistair</u>]<br/><br/>True to the form of her species, the female opened with a barrage of fireballs, first barking a trio of them towards Alistair, forcing him to dodge defensively before she charged, claws at the ready as flames licked from her lips, residue from those she'd hurled at him.  She kept her arms upraised, keeping her claws at the ready at the same time as she kept the harder scales of her forearms interposed between her and any counterattacks the hunter might manage.<br/><br/>There was fury in her eyes, the anger born of her mate's pain at his hands, and her assault was ferocious, closing and using her greater versatility with two sets of claws instead of one sword to unleash a much more rapid series of attacks.<br/><br/><br/>[<u>The Primal Forests - Kaze</u>]<br/><br/>They came together, her voice rising to a high keening note as he groaned, her legs cinching tight about his hips, locking Kaze in as though the vice-grip of her greedy womanhood wasn't far more than enough to keep him from escaping as he came inside her again.  Creamy seed flooded her womb, hot and thick to join the load he'd dumped in her before while she jerked and spasmed under him, nearly knocking him over with the force.<br/><br/>The flickers of purple sparks were faded, and as Kaze finally pulled out of her he realized that his head felt clearer, his senses even slightly sharper, more acute than before.  The sensation would fade in time, but it was oddly invigorating in the moment, he even felt a little stronger, more capable.  Maybe he could carry her back?  Before it faded away?<br/><br/>Whatever he chose, for the moment the Rathian was well and truly out of it, lying face up in the shallow water, her chest rising and falling as her body slowly rode out the afterglow, skin and scales shining wetly.  Her eyes fluttered, half awake but slowly succumbing to sleep at the same time, a lazy, satisfied look in the direction of Kaze, the icing on the cake -as it were- being the slow flexing of her thighs and the steady oozing of his cum from her pussy.<br/><br/>He was struck by a desire to take her again, and perhaps another time after that, knowing that her body would be just as tight her self just as receptive as the first time if he did, but the urge was not nearly as powerful as it had been before, present, but resistible...<br/><br/><br/>[<u>The Ancestral Steppes - Sonya</u>]<br/><br/>Sonya sunk her blade deep into the bug as she pierced through one of the dents in its shell, only for the bug to begin thrashing powerfully almost immediately as it squealed in pain.  Given the chance, Nat was backpedaling, reloading her bowgun as she tried to keep her distance, but that meant Sonya was alone for the brief moment as the insectoid monster yanked her around, leaving her barely able to hold onto her sword, much less properly pull it free!