05-23-2007, 09:07 PM
The early morning was dawning on Dante Island. It was day one, which meant that things were about to get a lot tougher than just sitting in a barracks talking to your opponents. Zangya trekked northwest towards the large hilltop in the very center of the island, as slowly, the sun peeked over the horizon line behind her. The moon, she could see straight ahead, was nearing the spot on the western curve where it would fall into an abyss of sightlessness, and it was truly beginning to feel as if the day was new now.
The princess of warriors adjusted her survival bag on her shoulder, her steps making a slight wispy sound as they passed through the grass beneath her feet. Suddenly, she heard the faint sound of a wolf?s howl. The cry of the night whistled into her ears like a siren?s song, calling for her to sample the flesh of the nocturnal beast. Licking her lips, she turned towards the noise, and stepped through the large columns of oak towards the source of the harmonic yelp.
As the canopy above her disappeared, Zangya lowered her form into the tall grasses of the isle, soon lying prone as she spied her prey sitting innocently on the peak of a large boulder. Slowly, the hunter pulled her chi pistol from inside the raven-colored knapsack, and turned on the chi emitters. She aimed the barrel at the wolf?s juicy-looking collarbone, and then heaved her finger backwards, and a solid blast of golden chi flew from the barrel, speeding towards the wolf. Within seconds, it struck the creature?s d?colletage, and the canine predator fell from its perch, having become the prey.
?Got you,? Zangya muttered, and then lifted herself from the ground and raced silently over to the spot where the wolf lay limp. Taking her sharp nails, she took the time to rip the fur off the canine, and then pulled a slab of meat from his dead body. Of course, it?d have to be washed before it was eaten, and as far as she knew, she was nowhere near water, and she did not want to use her drinking supply to clean it. She knew that she had two days worth of food left?if she found a stream or something within two days, she?d have another day with this slab.
The princess of battle made her way back below the awning of vegetation that encompassed the forest. She found her way back to the road, and once again began trekking westward, heading towards the large hilltop in the center of the island that they were on.
The princess of warriors adjusted her survival bag on her shoulder, her steps making a slight wispy sound as they passed through the grass beneath her feet. Suddenly, she heard the faint sound of a wolf?s howl. The cry of the night whistled into her ears like a siren?s song, calling for her to sample the flesh of the nocturnal beast. Licking her lips, she turned towards the noise, and stepped through the large columns of oak towards the source of the harmonic yelp.
As the canopy above her disappeared, Zangya lowered her form into the tall grasses of the isle, soon lying prone as she spied her prey sitting innocently on the peak of a large boulder. Slowly, the hunter pulled her chi pistol from inside the raven-colored knapsack, and turned on the chi emitters. She aimed the barrel at the wolf?s juicy-looking collarbone, and then heaved her finger backwards, and a solid blast of golden chi flew from the barrel, speeding towards the wolf. Within seconds, it struck the creature?s d?colletage, and the canine predator fell from its perch, having become the prey.
?Got you,? Zangya muttered, and then lifted herself from the ground and raced silently over to the spot where the wolf lay limp. Taking her sharp nails, she took the time to rip the fur off the canine, and then pulled a slab of meat from his dead body. Of course, it?d have to be washed before it was eaten, and as far as she knew, she was nowhere near water, and she did not want to use her drinking supply to clean it. She knew that she had two days worth of food left?if she found a stream or something within two days, she?d have another day with this slab.
The princess of battle made her way back below the awning of vegetation that encompassed the forest. She found her way back to the road, and once again began trekking westward, heading towards the large hilltop in the center of the island that they were on.