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[Anastasia]

"Let me lead the way," Syala says, "Follow me."

With an amused look, the Red Knight follows.

[Ebiris]

Alicia lets Jessica and Red Knight go ahead before she too follows with her ranged weapon at the rear.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+53
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 58 > [d20=5]

Syala leads on smoothly, through forest that requires careful steps and travel "Shh," Syala murmurs as you go. Soon enough she stops and peers through a bush, kneeling. Silently and in your minds, 'There, look carefully past those trees.'

[Ebiris]

Alicia's a god she's fully aware of everything within 2 miles.

She looks past those trees.

[Anastasia]

Standing there is a stag. A stag tall enough to loom over you, majestic and beautiful. It's a casual glimpse of will to see it.

Jessica whistles low and murmurs, "Now that is a deer."

[Ebiris]

"It is," Alicia agrees softly. "Going to take it, sister?" she invites, so as to give Jessica a chance to show her stuff in front of Red Knight.

[Anastasia]

"Go," The Red Knight coaxes and with that, Jessica slips away and...

> roll 1d20+81 Stealth
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 83 > [d20=2]

Silence. Not a sound, not a sigh as Jessica is gone. The Red Knight watches intently, waiting as Syala smiles. "You'll see," she murmurs.

> roll 1d20+64 (+12 perfect wight)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 84 > [d20=20]
> roll 1d20+64 (+12 perfect wight) crit?
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 76 > [d20=12]
> roll 2d6+64+22d6
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 151 > [d6=2,1,4,6,3,5,4,4,2,3,4,2,5,6,4,6,1,6,1,2,3,1,6,6]

A blur of shadowstuff - barely a glimpse, and then Jessica blurs past the deer and lands, rapier slowly lowered. The stag collapses, a rapier-hole in its chest pouring its blood out smoothly.

"Splendid," The Red Knight surges forward, to Jessica in a moment. "One strike, one kill. An elegant hunt."

"The way it should be. No pain, no torment - simply the gentle release of death, when death must be dealt." Jessica agrees, looking down at the slain stag.

[Ebiris]

Alicia emerges from her crouch and out of the undergrowth, approaching her sister and the slain stag. "Could not have done better myself," she praises Jessica.

[Anastasia]

Syala claps slowly, "Masterfully done."

Jessica claps the Red Knight on the shoulder, "We'll eat good tonight, I promise."

Smiling back, "That we will!" The Red Knight agrees.

The two share a look and then Jessica says, "You must have so many good stories to tell, they'd be best over dinner, told to us all."

[Ebiris]

"It would be good to trade tales of battles and adventures," Alicia seconds.

[Anastasia]

"So we shall," The Red Knight agrees, "But only Jessica has claimed a buck. Alicia, show me your archery next - even as is, you should be a marvel with it."

[Ebiris]

"That might be more than we can eat, but I'm sure we can find a good home for any excess," Alicia accepts the challenge, preserving the stag so it can be properly butchered later and teleporting it back outside Red Knight's lodge. "Your kill waits back at the lodge, sister," she tells Jessica before she looks for any sign of other stags nearby.

Take 10 for 57 on perception/survival.

[Anastasia]

You have to look around a bit, but you find a hidden set of tracks a little away, leading further into the forest. Looking down with a casual glance, you can see they go about a mile, before a small spring where another stag drinks.

[Ebiris]

"This way," Alicia gestures and starts creeping off through the forest towards that spring.

[Anastasia]

How close do you intend to get before taking a shot?