Abo was doing his best not to move, but after almost an hour he was starting to feel antsy. He had pushed together as many leaves as he could find from the forest floor into a pile and was now hiding inside. It was a silly way to catch his food for the day but if he was going to hunt, he might as well have some fun. His discomfort was suddenly erased as his nose twitched, smelling a familiar scent. Something was approaching and he couldn't help but grin to himself in anticipation. [i]Lunch.[/i] Despite his excitement, Abo's heart seemed to slow down and his ears perked, listening to the sound of the creature coming closer. Twenty feet away. Four legs. Ten. Hoofed. Five. A scrape of the ground. Silence. It stopped moving just a few feet from the leaves, but wasn't spooked. Abo didn't wait a second longer. 

Without warning, he pushed off the ground and pounced out from the leaves. His claws and teeth sunk into the deer's neck before it had a chance to react. He secured his hold like that of a tiger with one hand digging into its shoulder and the other in the side of the stomach. The animal tried to bolt forward, but Abo held fast with his bare chest against the deer's thrashing body and his black tail wrapping around one of the legs. He plunged his sharp teeth deeper into the deer's neck causing it to let out a cry of desperation. It's struggle was short and it crumpled to the ground with Abo still attached. He took a second, savoring the taste of its flesh in his mouth before letting go of the deer's throat. Abo took a step back to look upon his kill. The deer now lay on a bed of blood spattered leaves, its eyes wide with fear. The moment was interrupted abruptly with a rumbling growl from Abo's stomach. He couldn't help but chuckle since it had been a few days since his last meal.

He knelt down beside the deer, bared his teeth, and plunged into the deer's abdomen, devouring as much flesh as he could. It took less than a half hour to finish most of the deer. Normally that would have been too much food, but winter would be here soon and Abo knew how difficult chasing down rabbits could be in a foot of snow. His mouth and hands were covered in blood from gorging himself. Abo found his way to a nearby pond, stripped off his pants, and jumped in naked. It was cold, but it beat being lethargic and dirty all day.