⇨ THE HUNT

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 173, the Afternoon
Where: Heartstone Manor Courtyard
What: Everyone goes into the forest with arrows, swords, and horses and is told to hunt and the kill the biggest beast they can find. Best kills win a prize! Or, if you'd rather not, you can wander around the forest and pretend to hunt instead.
Warnings: Violence and ethical quandaries.

BEASTS OF BURDEN↴ Come the day of the Hunt, everyone will be brought to the courtyard forest and provided with arrows, bows, and blades as requested. Magic and other weaponry can be used to hunt, but it is suggested by the Prince that the best kill is the one done in a gentlemanly manner, which probably means he will be most impressed by those using the tools provided. The "Best Kill" will be determined from a mixture or whatever beast the Prince decides is best, and the method in which it was killed. The less damage done to the body the better - tearing the body apart will receive poor grades. The corpses are not yours to eat or keep, and all must be returned to the Prince at the end of the day for judgment. The servants are especially nervous, tense, and solemn today, and unless they have no choice, most of them will be trying to give the courtyard a wide berth. Those that have to serve will have stony expressions, or at best will be trying to put on a cheerful face. If casually asked why they are upset, most of them will say something vague about the Hunt making them nervous, and how dangerous it is to participate. OOC: Those who make top levels will have a chance to be randomly selected for a couple particular plot events, so be prepared for that.

Comments

[starseedling]

"Oh... rats," he says, frowning back up at where the bat went. "Or, I guess... bats. H-Ha ha." He officially has no idea what they are doing.

"But... it's gotta be like working with the gem monsters! We've just gotta work with that will make it comfortable. Do you remember what bats like?"

He's just so sure that Peridot's bat essence is key to this scenario.

[periphrasing]

There's a pause while she thinks, mind still reeling from the thorough startling the giant bat just gave them.

"Fruit?" she suggests uncertainly after a second. "Fruit and... I don't know. Trees?"

This is dumb. But it gives her a different idea. One that she's not exactly keen on suggesting, given the risk it poses to her own person, but. It's all she's got.

"Maybe... I could try transforming? Maybe if it sees me with you, it'll see us as less of a threat."

[starseedling]

Steven gloms onto that suggestion immediately, and it is clearly the best idea he's ever heard regarding bat taming.

"Oh, yeah, yeah! Do that!" he says, pumping his fists enthusiastically.

[periphrasing]

Peridot takes a step back, holding her fists up in determination. She nods, cracking a tiny grin. Steven's enthusiasm is infectious like that.

"Alright... Stand back and watch me work! ...and uh. Maybe keep the bubble up."

There's an even brighter glow than before, and Peridot's shape warps and shrinks slightly, until the light fades and there's a fluffy round bat sitting on the ground where she was just standing.