*The silent form moves swiftly through the tall grasses upwind of the masses of prey* -- Stalking Grounds

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Date Posted: 16:47:00 03/23/02 Sat
Author: Ayrist
Subject: *The silent form moves swiftly through the tall grasses upwind of the masses of prey*

*She had left the Sanctuary after making sure that Akartis was in the capable hands of others. She had left him unconscious, but trusted the healer as she had watched her skill while healing at the Lake, and she had great faith that Akartis would be revived by the time she returned. But now, she needed to relieve the immense anger and pressure that had been resting in the back of her mind the entire battle. And so, senses onced tuned in to that the thought of the blood of a red, now shift to the blood of any other creature she could kill. Her ears flatten against the back of her head as her eyes settle upon the flank of a strange creature, a mix of a terran lizard and ostrich... a Preda Ben. She shifts her head along the multiple creatures within her vision until her violet orbs lock upon one with a deep gash on it's left side, she inhales the scent of the blood and with a grin promises to finish the job that some other crett had left undone. Staying low to the ground, hidden muscles ripple under a dark black flank as she moves slowly towards the prey of choice. She waits until she is about 10 feet away from the creature, and grins to herself at her ability to remain undetected. Then, with a roar of pure malice she leaps from the ground, neck somewhat extended. Her foreclaws tear deeply into the creatures back and she pulls her backlegs up. The Preda Ben heads into a surprised run, screaming in bloody pain. Then, out the blue, it jerks it's neck around and begins to peck savagely at Ayrists unprotected head. But her tailblade meets it first, claws digging farther into the creatures muscle to stay upon it's back she deftly parries aside the creatures beak, leaving a large dent. The Preda Ben screams again. The black Korat then digs both razor sharp hind-claws into the creatures muscular legs, attempting to slow it down and partially distract it. This works well as the Preda Ben is forced to slow the pace due to immense pain. With this safer speed, Ayrist is more comfortable to move her weight forward so she can lash out with sharp teeth towards the Preda Bens throat. But the prey is ready and brings the deadly curved beak down to crush the Korat's head, Ayrist senses this movement however and jerks her head to the right so that only her ear is damaged. Then, before the Preda Ben can attack again, Ayrist lashes her coiled neck forward once more, and recoils it to bring back the bloody throat of the creature. Unable to make another scream the Preda Ben merely moans as it's slow lope comes to a stop. Ayrist loosens her bloody hold upon it's flank and flings herself from it's body before it falls silently to the ground. Grinning broadly with the stress relieved from this kill, she wraps her tail around one of the Predabens long muscular legs and begins the long haul to the Sanctuary. She ignores the pain of her left ear, of which half is left.*

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