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The situation before her and the sight of others around joining the fray, it was only natural for Bianca to find her hand reaching for her bow next to her. Hurriedly departing from her vehicle, her senses quickly began to take on the situation.

The sounds of chaos filled the air around Bianca, as she could hear the screeching of the demons alongside the cries of both civilians and fellow demon slayers. There was no more time needed to think.

Now it was time to do her job.

Taking off in a sprint, Bianca easily leaps upon the jammed cars ahead of her, allowing her a better vantage as she bounded towards the conflict. She lined a shot as she rushed ahead, but it was clear to her that this position was not optimal if she wanted the best shot and minimize the chances to hit a comrade. She needed higher ground. And with her trained eyes, she quickly found a route to it.

Changing her direction slightly more to the right, Bianca headed to the side of the road towards a building she noted had a good firing position into the street below. When she was at the last car before the sidewalk, she jumped off towards a street light on the side, kicking off it to get her the leverage needed to grab hold of an open window on the second floor. Quickly pulling herself within, no time was wasted as she bursted out of the room and made her way to the closest stairway toward the rooftop.

Upon reaching the roof, Bianca was already pulling out an arrow as she approached the side looking down at the street. Many of the foul creatures were finding themselves in clashes with her fellow hunters. But in her scanning, she noted a group of five ghouls who were fastly approaching the frontline. Uninterrupted, they could very well lead to more casualties to their forces.

It was but only a moment later that a slight whistle in the air could barely be heard as Bianca took her first shot, striking true as it deeply embedded into the leading ghoul’s head and collapsed onto the street. The other four behind him stopped, their fiendish eye’s searching for where the shot had come from. This momentary stop proved fatal, as in rapid succession two more of their numbers found themselves struck down by an arrow themselves.

One of the last remaining two then caught sight of her upon the rooftop, letting out a roar in fury in her direction to give warning to the other ghoul and what others may have heard him.

His reward for this? An arrow sailing into his open maw, piecing out the back of his throat and silencing him for good. With the fourth one neutralized, Bianca turned her bow to where the last one was, only to see the space now vacant. Her eyes narrowed as her gaze quickly ran across the road, looking for the last one.

Where did it…, her scanning stopped as she caught movement down the street. There!

Bow once more drawn, she finds herself waiting for a clear shot as the ghoul’s running takes it through various destroyed vehicles strewn across the road. With it disappearing behind a large trailer, she knew she had very limited chances before it made it to the battle line. Internal calculations and placing trust in her own instincts, Bianca lets the arrow fly at the opposite end of the trailer.

The next few seconds seemed to blur as her focus was on the arrow. Her breath held as she began to see the beast creating out the other side. And inner relief as she could see it’s foul ichor burst out its skull, releasing a deathly wail as it collapsed to the ground, unmoving.


You know me Hawth, tagging in my interest.
Satoshi Kataoka


Interacting: @Hawthorne

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The first rays of light had only just crested over the horizon when Satoshi’s ears caught the sounds of rustling underbrush. Quickly falling into an all too familiar routine long since molded into him years ago, he slowly pulls his bow from its resting position upon his back, taking a firm grip on it. Just as easily, he gingerly pulls one of his arrows out of the quiver, readying it with the bow to be fired at a moment's notice.

Easing himself up behind a tree, he cautiously leans himself around it towards the encroaching noises of something coming his way. At first, he sees nothing. Several moments pass like this, Satoshi keeping himself still and his breathing measured. Then, movement catches his attention across the way. As his attention focuses in, a small grin comes to Satoshi’s face.

Coming out from behind underbrush, a fairly large and older dark grey haired boar makes its appearance. It seemed that it’s looking for an early meal, as it was eating various bits of grass and brush. All the better for Satoshi. It’s attention on eating likely meant he had a better opportunity to line up a proper shot. Knocking the arrow into a firmer position on the bow, he kept himself tight beside the tree he was behind, as he lined up his shot. Seconds passed by, his fingers ready to release as soon as it turned to a better angle. It would be a couple dozen more until he sees his chance. With the boars side now in sight, the arrow was let loose.

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The sun presenting more of itself over the horizon, Satoshi walks out from the thicker parts of the woods back onto a clearly more traversed path. Securely strapped across his upper back, the now deceased and field dressed boar rests upon his shoulder. A happy little hum could be heard from him as he thinks upon what to do with it upon returning to Drakesfoot. The meat was certainly going towards the company's food supply. Every bit to save money was a good thing in his book. As for the pelt and the rest? Well, hopefully he could find someone willing to buy it from him.

Going to Beato is probably the safest bet, he thinks to himself, shaking his head. She’s more likely to give me a fair value for them over any other merchant here.

The sound of footsteps from up the path snaps him from his thoughts. His head looking up the path away from the city, he sees a lone individual making their way towards him. At first, it seemed like it was just some regular traveler making their way just like him towards Drakesfoot. However, when his eyes catch sight of a familiar looking Hoshidan blade at their side, he recognizes who they belong to.

“Good morning, Matsuyama-San,” Satoshi calls out at her approach, bowing his head as he slips back into a familiar way of addressing. He did not get much opportunity for such things, having found that most others outside his homeland and those from there use such honorifics. “I was not expecting to run into anyone else out this early.”


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Asher






His finger unconsciously twitches as he watches Jessica approach the goblin with the candy bar. While he was the one that had put up the idea of them possibly being hungry, if it wasn’t the case and she or Carver were attacked instead, he would feel guilty about it. His breath held a moment as the goblin swipes the candy bar, before releasing in relief as it indeed devours the offered bar, now seeming wanting more.

Letting his form relax slightly, Asher responds to Carver. “It is indeed good it was hunger after all, and that you had come so prepared as it were.” He gives their client a nod. “You are also correct, that we should make haste to a spot further along while we have the chance.”

Following Carver after slinging his bundle of candy bars into the woods in the opposite direction, Asher hurried alongside Carver, keeping himself at the ready to protect him, should the goblins change their minds or something else comes along due to the commotion. They still had a job to do, after all.
I think I too, would like to hear about perhaps some more of the potential events before deciding, though I’m down to skip to the main plot if that’s what we need to do.
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