(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6530/storypost.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>OOC:</strong>I actually had something a little bit different in mind for the hunt, so I'm going to rework things a bit to get it slightly back on track. The hunting group is more likely to head off into the countryside, and set up camp somewhere for the day. I see them breaking off into small groups, to hunt larger game, like deer, or perhaps a bear, even.<br/><br/>As soon as Imogene and Ivy get on their horse, and catch up, Ashley, they'll draw you off with them. Feel free to keep chatting with Kolette for a tiny bit longer, if you'd like. Phantom, if you'd like to join in, that would probably be best. If you and Kolette are getting along well enough, I could see you two keeping each other company for a bit of the story.<br/><br/>As in my new philosophy, everyone has at least one dedicated NPC to play with if you find things getting stale between players. For Kolette, that's Antoinette; for Phantom, that can be Bella for the moment (although I'm working on one or two other plot points for him as well). Ashley has someone incoming, and for now she has Ivy and Imogene to keep her company as well. Viktor Martin has his own plans going on currently, with Richard Dupont and Estelle.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>The dogs chase wildly after the fox, but they gradually begin to lose its trail. Barking and whelping loudly, they make quite a bit of noise at where they think it went: under a log, and further back into overgrown brush.<br/><br/>Frederick Martin, accompanied by many of the others who have stayed with the group, yells out. "Leave it! Leave it! The fox is just a game to get started, and it has outwitted the dogs, so let it go." In truth, Frederick had never enjoyed hunting with dogs. They were loud, and he much preferred to sneak up on his prey, and to take his animals down with a single, precise shot.<br/><br/>The older Dupont man nodded to some servants, and they went ahead, and leashed the animals. "We're not far from Avonleigh," he grumbled. "Walk them back to the manor and put them at ease. I think Lord Frederick wants to be done with the beasts."<br/><br/>Estelle was on her own horse, near to the younger of the Duponts. Richard Dupont was speaking with her, and she laughed at something he said, her voice silvery and fluid, like a serpent's tongue. It was clear to any who were observant that she was coming onto the man, and for his part, he seemed comfortable handling a noble lady. They were engaged in conversation with one another for much of the morning.<br/><br/>Poor Bella came riding back to the gathered horses, and shrugged, as if to say she had no clue where Lily and Sylria went off to.<br/><br/>Then Frederick spoke again, "Come on, friends, let's travel off the road, and into the country, and see if we can't find a good place to set up camp, and perhaps hunt some game."<br/><br/>(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6530/storypost.jpg)