Pad was a scary sight when he appeared out of hiding, all sharp teeth and dark fur bristled on end so he looked even bigger. The luxere spooked immediately, turning to head away from the deadly predator as hooves churned the snow and the stag caught up with one of his does. The other had started to veer left, breaking away to the side, but Boreal put a stop to that as she bounded up onto a steel-drum stump and spread her wings in a flash of bright movement.
The doe rejoined her thundering herd and Tal had just enough time to grip his Knife and let out a resigned sigh, bracing for impact before the luxere reached the humans.
In their defense they did try to go around them.
Tal had other ideas, however. Swearing at himself, the luxere, and Ludo indiscriminately he lunged to get back in front of the stag as it tried to dodge. The startled deer tried to skid to a halt but put its head down to knock Tal out of the way with its antlers instead when there was no time to stop.
Welp. Good news! It hit his Vest, which covered the courier's poor, bruised ribs and protected them from serious injury.
Bad news! It hit Tal and flung him off to the side, his swearing promptly silenced as the breath was quite thoroughly knocked out of him. It might have been luck or skill (or probably a combination of both), but even at a distance his flailing stab went home and the stag bellowed in confusion before wobbling to its knees.
Leaving Sah with his choice of does for his own portion of the LongNight provisioning hunt.
The doe rejoined her thundering herd and Tal had just enough time to grip his Knife and let out a resigned sigh, bracing for impact before the luxere reached the humans.
In their defense they did try to go around them.
Tal had other ideas, however. Swearing at himself, the luxere, and Ludo indiscriminately he lunged to get back in front of the stag as it tried to dodge. The startled deer tried to skid to a halt but put its head down to knock Tal out of the way with its antlers instead when there was no time to stop.
Welp. Good news! It hit his Vest, which covered the courier's poor, bruised ribs and protected them from serious injury.
Bad news! It hit Tal and flung him off to the side, his swearing promptly silenced as the breath was quite thoroughly knocked out of him. It might have been luck or skill (or probably a combination of both), but even at a distance his flailing stab went home and the stag bellowed in confusion before wobbling to its knees.
Leaving Sah with his choice of does for his own portion of the LongNight provisioning hunt.
