Nira quickly ducked just as the arrow flew over her, missing her by a fraction of a second, and carefully she lifted her head just to see the beast fallen by an arrow in its neck, not to mention the other stuck in the side. They made their way to the animal, suffering in its final waking moments of pain....so much pain. Atremis? What divine be he? Nirayane thought, nevertheless thanking Veralyn for their prey this night and giving an offering of blood by slitting the doe's neck and petting her softly as she died. May your death not be in vain, O kin of the forest. May your meat give us nourishment and your fur clothe us from the cold, and may your bones become ashes and return to the earth from which you were birthed. May Veralyn bless their next kill. But after their prayers were given to the respective deities, Nira went to work, first gutting the beast of undesirables and taking what meat she could from the animal. It bothered her slightly, the girl cutting off the ear, but Nira didn't pay it much mind. She was impressed indeed with her skill, a nice, clean shot.

"we should set up some snares for smaller animals." Chloe said jumping up after finishing the prayer. looking in her back pack she pulled out a small length of wire and made a small snare on the floor. "that should catch us a fox or a rabbit" She said shouldering her bow again

Nirayane nodded to the idea, even smaller game was worth the catch, but as she finished dressing the doe and stuffing the hide in her leather satchel, she heard another noise, this of men, drunkenly chortling and disrupting the tranquil night, and worse as Nira overheard them guffawing and rudely chattering amongst themselves.....they were poachers, cruel, and a spit in the eye of not just Nirayane, but the goddess as well, may Veralyn bring justice by the hand of the huntress. In her anger, Nira snarled clenching her teeth in paroxysm and grabbed up her bow taking off into the woods, her ears burning with their scathing bite, "Heh! Look at this, lads! Ain't she a beaut?" "Aye Maevus! Good on ye digging that pit! Poor thing never saw it coming haha!" "Well don't just stand there ye lazy bastard! Gimme a hand wi it!" "Well ye gonna kill the damn thing first?" "Bah! Son of a bitch is gonna die anyways! Now help me skin it! We'll get good coin for this fur. Might fetch a little extra for the antlers too." What vileness, what defilement of the forest kin, treating a kill as nothing more but monetary gain. They were a disgrace to Nira, these four drunken bastards, even sullying the sacred hunting grounds with discarded flaggons of ale and mead....for this, they had to die. Nira drew her bow to the first poacher she singled out, and then she let loose on him, her arrow sticking him through the throat, a sadistic grin as she watched him scream in horror and choke on his blood. "By the gods! We're under attack!" They soon shouted and tried to run...but none would escape, especially when the other hunter joined Nira in dealing the justice of Veralyn and Atremis upon them.

Vallyn snorted at Hotarubi, shrugging. He then turned to the other guild members and shrugged. "The next heist, I will plan. It will involve stealth and no bloodshed. Honestly... I was thinking that we keep low and make them think we fled somewhere far off. We meet with the poor, fill their pockets with riches to feed them for a month. If we want to help the poor, we must first fade into the shadows. That is the role of a Master Thief. Not fireworks." The thief scolded, finding their childish acts a bit taxing to his own nerves. "Unless, you think, it is better to have the city guard double its ranks each passing heist we do that involves revealing ourselves." As if to emphasize his point, he reached within his cloak and retrieved twelve coin purses. "During your escape, I managed to get us some loot. I have to say, you're all at least helpful as a distraction." A sly smile appeared on his pale face, as if daring Hotarubi to question his capabilities of being a thief.

Vallyn snorted at Hotarubi, shrugging. He then turned to the other guild members and shrugged. "The next heist, I will plan. It will involve stealth and no bloodshed. Honestly... I was thinking that we keep low and make them think we fled somewhere far off. We meet with the poor, fill their pockets with riches to feed them for a month. If we want to help the poor, we must first fade into the shadows. That is the role of a Master Thief. Not fireworks." The thief scolded, finding their childish acts a bit taxing to his own nerves. "Unless, you think, it is better to have the city guard double its ranks each passing heist we do that involves revealing ourselves." As if to emphasize his point, he reached within his cloak and retrieved twelve coin purses. "During your escape, I managed to get us some loot. I have to say, you're all at least helpful as a distraction." A sly smile appeared on his pale face, as if daring Hotarubi to question his capabilities of being a thief.

"Ah, I've gathered some loot thanks to the ruckus as well" Nadia said, beaming. She pointed to a table with lots of antiques on it. "I just need to sell em and then I can give them out" she said. "Though distracting people should be what I'm doing" Nadia said, pouting and looking up at Hotarubi.

Chloe quickly sprung into action grabing her bow she fired 1 arrow which managed to pierce the man at the backs ankle and nail him to the ground.

In a matter of seconds, two were slain by a swift arrow piercing their chest and through their eyesocket in such a gruesome, beastly fashion, but not a shred of mercy would be given, no quarter whatsoever. Nirayane killed the last one standing, but the poacher who was pinned by her companion's arrow she left alive, for the girl claimed that kill for her own. "P-p-please.... gods...have pity on me..." He begged whimpering like the spineless, worthless coward he was, but none would be spared the judgment of the forest. Drawing her knife, Nira handed the sinister, shining blade to the girl and nodded to her, Finish him off. He is your kill. Slit his throat and send him into the Abyss.

"You managed to get some loot? What about me? I'm the one that actually had to get near the rich swine to get this." Belaziri said, looking at Vallyn, thumping on the top of the chest as the last tumblers unlocked and she opened the chest. "Finally I was beginning to doubt myself for a moment." She muttered as the emeralds, rubies, diamonds and of course gold, spilled out. "Huzzah." Turning she did a little half curtsy to Hotarubi and made a face at Vallyn, "My work here is done for the night, once Nira and the new pup get back let me know. I'm famished." With that said, she turned on her heel and walked out of the room to head up to her sanctuary to destress.

"Scum like you deserve hell. however hell is too nice for you." Chloe said lowering the knife to the man's throat. all went silent. not a bird around made a noise. she gave the man his last rights before muttering a small incantation cursing him to eternal damnation at the depths of the underworld. "May hades have mercy on your soul" She said slowly pulling the knife across his throat. She cleaned the knife on his shirt and handed it back to the elf as she watched the man choked on his own blood and see the life slowly drain from his eyes. she then put her hand on his head and muttered another incantation and stepped back. the man became dust and disappeared with the wind. "lets go before someone shows up"

Veralyn would see to it they were eternally punished for defiling her dear children, hunted by her wolves upon the sacred grounds of Altia and ripped apart over and over. After they were dealt with, Nirayane sheathed her knife and coldly she kicked their worthless corpses into the pit they dug. Many a poacher who crossed this grim, open grave would be sure to learn....never cross the Goddess of the Hunt. She was intrigued though noticing the one the girl killed withering to ashes and being scattered to the four winds. Giving her a soft pat on the shoulder and a nod, Nira agreed it was time to return to the guild. They had plenty of meat from one healthy doe and the rest had scattered due to the commotion. Not to mention...their guildmates were probably starving by now.

"Thanks again. the bow is amazing and i don't think the night could have gotten any better." Chloe said, She pulled her hood down for a second to move her shimmering blonde hair out of her eyes and then almost immediately put it back up.

Nira smiled wryly and nodded again in reply to her gratitude for the bow, gesturing for her to keep it. A good hunter needed a good bow after all, and the girl, she was quite the avid archer and knew the way of the forest well. It was a shame the elf couldn't speak. She would've liked to ask her for her name or say that she thought her hair and her eyes looked pretty, but nevertheless Nirayane could only smile...as much as she had in a long time.... While she was preparing to return to the guild, a sudden breeze caught her fur hood and whisked it from her head, her sapphire hair flowing freely before she caught her hood again and pulled it back with a slight blush of her pale cheeks.

"Im Chloe by the way." She said turning and extending her hand towards the elf.

Chloe.... it was a nice name for a girl, Nirayane thought with a soft smile, her hand reaching slowly to take Chloe's lightly and give it a shake. Of course, now she had to give her name. She glanced around for a bit, nervously nibbling at her bottom lip before she had an idea, snatching one of the arrows from her quiver and kneeling towards the ground. She wrote her name into the soil, but unfortunately all she could write in was the elven language, just three obscure, runic symbols comprising her first name, Nirayane. Hopefully Chloe could understand it. If not, then Nira would just have to learn the human language then write her name. Standing again, she brushed the dirt off her knees and called Dmitri to her, the hawk returning with a small rodent clutched in his talons, as if the cheeky bird didn't eat enough already. Nirayane petted him and smiled back to Chloe, motioning for the two of them to return home...or at least what counted as home.

"Nirayane. Well nice to meet you" she said. turning to walk back towards the guild

So she could read elven, Nira thought while treading along the pathway through the forest, back towards the hollowed tree in the center, where yet another entrance to the guild hall lied. At least someone knew her language, but strange how for most humans, even the most astute of scholars, it took almost months to learn a fourth of the elven alphabet, and even more to speak the language fluently. Yet Nirayane disregarded the notion and kept waking. Someone understood her. That was all that mattered. Once they were safe and sound in the cistern, Nira approached Hotarubi and the others. Meat, just as promised. She gestured, setting the bloody sack full of venison on the table and snatching a few coins from the chest for herself, an old bandit habit.

"Welcome back" Nadia smiled at the people that just got back. "How was the hunting?" She asked, taking out a cookie from somewhere on her and eating it.

"We got a Doe and set some traps for smaller animals. we also bagged some poachers."Chloe said grabbing a small loaf of bread from her pack. she broke a piece of and ate it. she pulled down her hood allowing her hair to flow free. "where'd you get the loot?" she asked

"Took them from a house. It's enough for today's work I guess, seeing that there was a ruckus. It was a good distraction but if too many things are stolen the king would notice" Nadia said, munching her cookie and looking at the new person. "You're new. Want a cookie?" she asked, holding out a cookie to Chloe

"We got a Doe and set some traps for smaller animals. we also bagged some poachers."Chloe said grabbing a small loaf of bread from her pack. she broke a piece of and ate it. she pulled down her hood allowing her hair to flow free. "where'd you get the loot?" she asked

"Took them from a house. It's enough for today's work I guess, seeing that there was a ruckus. It was a good distraction but if too many things are stolen the king would notice" Nadia said, munching her cookie and looking at the new person. "You're new. Want a cookie?" she asked, holding out a cookie to Chloe

Chloe leaned over and took the cookie from the girl. "Thanks, Im Chloe By the way. ive got some bread left it you want some?"