[Freezair]

Aliandra couldn't match Krystal's stride, but she did try her best to keep up. As the girl swung in and out of the shadows in-between the trees, she faded from sight, her form completely enveloped in darkness.

"I left my weapons at home," she lamented quietly, as she swung her way up into a tree. The eyes of Mote flashed briefly in the dank before vanishing. "I figured the camp store would have some better ones for a few gold pieces. After all, the farther you get from your home, the better the weapons you can buy always are," she said. Then: "Ooops. Sorry, right. Quiet."

At least she was invisible. People always associated Dark powers with evil, but Aliandra's old tutor, the genie named Zephire, had instructed her otherwise. Dark didn't mean bad or wicked. It meant night, silence, and secrecy. Which were perfect helpers on a hunting trip--so long as she kept her mouth shut.

She thought she saw something in the woods. Her eyes adjusted, and her surroundings flared into light. Some bushes were rustling. She redied her attack powers, just in case.

[Froma75689]

"Oh hi," she replied,"I'm Terra. I know it sounds weird not to eat meat, but that's only because I can morph into vegetarian creatures as well as carnivore, and if I eat meat, it makes me think about how it's like I'm eating myself," she replied with a shudder. "Here let me show you." She focused on a rabbit. She felt herself shrinking, and growing fur. She looked around, before morphing into a human again. "I don't have to be a wolf to hunt. I can use my powers also." She stood back, taking a small piece of earth and air as she went.  She formed a huge tornado with the air, her long hair whipping around her. The trees swayed in the wind. She then let loose the earth into the tornado. It was like a huge, swirling, tornado of rock. She slowed the wind, and released the earth into a pile in an empty  space. It felt good to be using her powers. She quickly remembered how she had to wear the special gloves, so she didn't accidentally use her powers. That would be very dangerous, especially her dark powers. Sometimes it could be a burden to be so young and have so much power.

[Kelica]

Little did the others know, it was actually pretty dangerous to leave Maia on her own. She'd probably spruce the place up a bit with flowers that Saan love the smell of and everything else goes into a sneezing fit when it's close enough, just to get on your nerves, or she'd set up some other nature-prank. Tonight? Boy, was this gonna be fun. She floated up the nearest tree. Lets wait until they're behind some animal, shall we?

[Freezair]

"I think I see something," Aliandra said, pointing below. Mote phased in and out to sneak a quick look. In the pitch-blackness of a wan fingernail moon, those with the powers of Darkness could be well advantaged. There was definitely a shadow approaching out of the woods. Of mid-height, with an unclear number of legs, it drifted behind the trees directly ahead of her. What could it be...?

[Krystalolive]

Krystal looked behind her, and there were trees. Where were the other people? Well, she got to hunt alone now, great. She jumped into a tree, silent as the grave waiting, bow ready.

[Freezair]

Aliandra tried to send a psychic message to Krystal. Admittedly, her projection skills were not fantastic, but she hoped she got the message out.

Krystal. There's something in the trees over there. Can you check ito out?

[Krystalolive]

Krystal was about to shot to shot a deer, when there was a voice in her head. There was pieces missing, weird. Krystal... something.... trees... check...out. She looked around trying to find out what it was. She saw a horse, well something that looked like a horse. What was that?

[Moofius]

OOC: I think I'm going to have to pull out of this one guys. You're al posting really fast and I can't seem to catch up. hee hee. So, if it's alright with you guys I'll pull out Hanone/Kurai. X3;;

There's a foreboding feel in the air that has something to do with a few people in here that I find difficult for myself to deal with. Sorry for the inconvinience. >o<;;

[Freezair]

((OOC: No problem. I know whatcha mean.))

Aliandra felt a nasty radiance off the creature in the trees. It was dark, but not like the Dark she knew and loved... this was beyond shadows and night. This was the essence of Evil. Whether it dwelled in Dark nights or Light days, there was no denying the malevolence it brought here. Besider her, Mote shivered. Both of them knew the... thing was a perversion.

It had the body of a horse, indeed. But it bore with it something noisome and foul. Upon its back, there appeared to be a rider. A rider with long, scraggly hair and wild eyes, dripping with stinking water, and glass-like, translucent skin that showed off the trace of its veins and entrails.

[Moofius]

OOC: Alright. I'll roleplay myself out. And Freezair, how much is the rent for that space there in your siggy? X3

IC: Well it seemed as if the hunting party had gone on without him, leaving Kurai undecided.

"You know there was only one person there that I found really tolerable," Kurai said quietly to himself (Which was actually quite loud as he was a dragon of some size), "Perhaps we should take our leave?"
It kinda' sucks that we're the only two guys here, Hanone added with a laugh.
"Alright. We shall take our leave then. I hope they are not to upset that we've gone," Kurai said, frowning to himself. It looked very strange on his scaly face. He must have learnt facial expressions from Hanone. He did look a little silly.

He opened his large wings and thrust himself up into the air. It took a little bit of time to catch the wind correctly but he managed it and took of, getting up high before turning left and flying off...

[Krystalolive]

Krystal looked down at the, thing. She looked at Aliandra and mouthed, 'What the heck is that thing?' She was kinda sick looking at it. She readyed her bow, arrow pointed at it. She waited for Aliandra's sign.

[Freezair]

"It's a nuckel," she breathed.

"Not the kind on one's body," Mote added raspily before fading back into the shadows.

"A kind of water monster," Aliandra continued. "They live deep in lakes and the ocean. Their breath can whither plants. And their skin is completely transparent, showing off their guts. They resemble centaurs, but only slightly. But they generally only appear when their waters are violated."

Now that was odd, come to think of it. What might have happened?

[Krystalolive]

Water? Was there a river or lake around here? Now that she thought about... no. She couldn't think of any. She pulled the string back on her bow, looking at Aliandra, hoping she would get the hint.

[Froma75689]

Terra was in wolf form, and her wolf side was frightened of the unknown ceature, angry that it was on their territory, and curious about why it was here. She growled at the creature, her long, sharp teeth glinting in the moonlight.  She demorphed, the terror was too much for her. "Why is it here?" She asked. She had heard of these creatures, but only in legend.

[Freezair]

Aliandra saw Krystal draw her bowstring. The draconic girl clearly intended to fight. The violet girl lifted her hand, and a small, lavender flame danced warily in her palm. The nuckle reared, and the yellow eyes of its gory rider flashed. Aliandra intended to fight if her companions did, but a part of her wondered. The nuckle was indeed a beast of Evil, but it did not come to fruition as a creature unless Evil deeds were enacted upon the waters in which it lived. What was happening here?