⇨ 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

[moonfang]

Vampires? Who cares about vampires? There's nothing here except Zangetsu and his quarry. And if they were going to protect the damnable stag, then goddammit, anything else will have to do.

There's a sharp pain and a heavy weight on his shoulder, below the large spines sticking out there. The feeling of long, sharp teeth in his flesh. Sticky black-blue blood leaks from the wound and has a foul, coppery-inky taste. For now, the pink lion was a bigger threat than Gon, despite the other trying to force his face away from the arm.

But he's not abandoning his prey empty-handed.

With a sharp jerk, Zangetsu rips the arm from its socket and abandons that attack. With Lion still attacking him, he lets out a roar, somewhere between an eerie howl and an inhuman scream, that shakes the surrounding trees and unleashes a burst of black and red energy from his body to try and knock the cat off.

[hippocarnival]

Yuya collides face first into the bubble as it encases them, trying to get to Gongenzaka before--well, he can't now, staring dazed for a moment from his pink entrapment before he realizes, or, this thing is keeping him from helping his friend.

His friend who's screaming, in pain, and Yuya tries to push himself forward despite the shield, slamming his fist against the wall.

"Damn it, let me out!" He spares Steven only a quick glance--is he the one responsible for this? Before he's back to staring at the violence in front of them, his attention going to--his arm, it's biting his arm. "Let me out, I have to--!"

Help.

There's so much blood, even when it looks wrong, Yuya knows it's blood. His skin goes cold and his mind blanks as he sees the arm separated, utterly, silently still.

For a moment. And then he's banging the bubble more insistently, his voice raising in volume and hysterics. "Gongenzaka! Gongenzaka! Let me out of here I have to HELP HIM!"