Hunting for a Good Meal {Night}

Ravi grunted as he drug the deer carcass along the forest floor. This one was a fighter, but eventually Ravi had brought it down. He hadn't had any meat in a while, the houses he was hitting all seemed to lack anything that wasn't junk food. He never liked killing deer for food, mainly because they took forever to cook on his small fire.

But hey, a boy had to eat. He glanced behind him as he continued to pull the deer along, his hands and bandages stained with blood. He could see the large sewer pipe that he used to get into this part of the forest in the first place.

A small smile cracked across his face as he saw the pipe. To him, the pipe was safety, leading into the maze of tunnels and drains he called home. He needed to wash this blood of before it dried, and get this meat on the fire. He was sure the sewer rats he lived with would enjoy this meal as well.

The boy froze for a few seconds as his sensitive ears picked up the rustling of leaves, the snapping of twigs. Another bear? He hated when they showed up after he had to hunt, it just meant another night he couldn't eat. He picked up the pace, trying to drag the dead animal faster towards the pipe before...whatever was following him caught up.

@"Nightstripe"

The scent hit his nose first. The scent of wolves mixed with that of a human. Ravi assumed that it was a werewolf getting closer to him, and his eyes darted between the pipe and the deer. He put all his strength into dragging the deer carcass, but it was for naught. Ravi locked eyes with the man who had appeared.

"And what do you think you're doing?"

Ravi's breath hitched, and he struggled to pull the deer faster towards the safety of the pipe. He kept his eyes on the bigger man as he did so, trying to hurry into his pipe. He said nothing, but looked nervous.


@"Nightstripe"

Ravi hissed, and struggled to pull the deer some more. He gave up his grip and took a step back, staying low to the ground, ready to bolt.

"I-it's mine! G-Go away!" He tried to sound confident and intimidating, but that was hard when you were as small as him. It didn't help that the man standing before him was much larger than him.

@Nightstripe

Ravi stepped back again, remaining silent. He continued crouching, low to the ground, his eyes darting all over the area. His instincts were screaming at him to move, to run into the safety of his sewers, but he was frozen in place. He just couldn't move, not while this guy was here, staring at him.

"F-Fuck off!" Ravi cursed, still trying to intimidate Thresher. He let one of his hands rest on the ground as he crouched, subtly making sure he would be able to have a handful, just in case.

@"Nightstripe"

Ravi's body had set itself into motion before the boy realized it. With speed granted through his already quick reflexes, he had hurled the dirt into Threshers eyes, and bolted off into the forest, gone in an instant.

Ravi had caught Threshers muscles tightening, and could see the anger in his body, not to mention his eyes. The smaller boy realized that Thresher would likely not listen to reason, and as such decided to bolt. He couldn't go into the safety of his tunnels, since Thresher was in the way. He decided to run into the city, and get to the underground. Hopefully he'd be able to lose him there...

@"Nightstripe"