The Hunger Speaks (Jason)

[ANDARIAL FEATHERSTONE]

Some Forest in New York

Everyone thought as New York as the city and only that, Andee knew otherwise though. She knew that hidden away there were some forests inside the state and they were great for hunting. They were home to all sorts of animals and whenever she was in New York she took her time to hunt there. Especially, when the Hunger was running strong in her veins like it was now. She wanted, needed to kill and rent and tear. She needed to feel the flesh beneath her teeth and the blood pooling in her mouth. And that's why she had separated herself far from civilization and gone deep into the woods. She was too dangerous to be around like this, any things that was alive was in danger, especially the easy prey.

She was naked and changing, she had shucked her clothes when she had left her GTO Pontiac and left them behind in the car. Now the crunch of bone and the rip of skin sounded through the air. Her soft groans of pain left her lips as she changed from a human to a jaguar. Fur exploded from her muscle and her spine elongated into a tail. Her feet and hands curved into paws, equipped with deadly claws that could rip off half a man's face with one swipe. She was small in her jaguar form but her teeth no less formidable.

Andee was soon fully formed in her jaguar, perfect and without scars. Her mottled pelt of oranges, browns and cream stuck out in the darker shades of the forest, but it didn't matter. Nothing could out run her in here. She started her hunt.

Soon she was on the trail of a young doe, her paw steps were silent in the forest as she stepped through the foliage. She was coming upon the clearing, the Hunger singing through her body, begging for food, and she saw it. The doe was laying down, half asleep and perfect for the taking. She measured the leaping distance, it would only take one bound of her mighty hindquarters until she was upon the poor creatures back. She rocked her hips from side to side as she lowered her front, and then leaped. The doe heard her and just as it started to stand, it was pushed to the ground by the massive weight on it's back. A raspy coughing roar fell from Andee as she sank her claws in and bit down upon the back of the deer's neck.

Her back paws slashed the deer's hind to bloody ribbons as she held on while it bucked. She then brought it down, by swinging off it's body and forcing it to the ground with her weight. Quickly she dispatched it and it died. She only feasted a little, it wasn't so much about the food as it was the killing. She was soon transformed back into her human form covered in blood and quite naked as she slowly made her way back to the car, leaving the doe for the other animals in the forest.

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Muse: AMAZING
Song: Circus- Britney Spears

[JASON LEANDER]

The ground crackled underneath Jason's feet as he steeped onto fallen leaves and twigs that littered the ground. With the forest as quiet as it was the crunching and snapping sounded a thousand times louder than it really was. But still he tried to keep an ear out for any other noises as he walked. He was told by some of the local towns people that there was something roaming around the forest, but no one could really give him a definitive description about what it was.

The closest thing he had gotten was that whatever it was it was huge, as hikers would come across the mangled bodies of dead animals. It had to be something huge to make as much damage as he saw was caused in some photographs the locals had taken of the carcasses. Jason really hated wanting into jobs without knowing what it was he was dealing with so he had hoped to maybe scrounge up some clues himself by searching the general area that the creature was said to reside in.

Jason kept his eyes peeled as he tried to look for any sort of signs of the creature though at this moment he wished he had more experience with tracking animals. The most he had was a two week crash course with an old hunter he had run to a year or two ago who pretty much gave him the basic skills. He sighed deeply to himself sometimes it really did suck that he was barely new to the whole hutning thing. He was a pretty smart guy since he was still in one piece until now, but sometimes he really wished he knew what he was doing half the time instead of making it up as he went a long.

He shook his head as if that would help dislodge the thought in his head, this was no time to be thinking that as he had to focus on the task at hand. So he kept on walking and kept a close eye on his surroundings looking for any torn tree branches, huge footprints in the ground or claw marks anywhere indicating if he was in it's territory or not. He only hoped that he caught a break before it started to get dark as he really did not want to get lost in the woods at night. Since most of the things that went bump in the night attacked when it was dark and especially in the woods where no one could hear a person scream for help.

[ANDARIAL FEATHERSTONE]

She stepped through the forest, annoyed by the prickle of leaves beneath her bare feet. Andee swore as a stick stuck into the ball of her foot and she leaned against a tree to pull it out. Removing it, she heard the familiar crackle of footsteps in the woods. She froze, her foot slowly placed itself on the ground as she tilted her head and she listened, intently. Her breath had quickened and eyes had shifted to the side as she slipped back into the brush and after whoever made the sound. The bushes scraped her legs as she ran through the forest, her form no longer silent like it had been in her cat form.

She was soon upon the trail of that who was making the sound. Inhaling, she realized that he was on her trail, or at least following the path she had made through the forest's undergrowth. Why? Was he hunting her? Her pelt prickled underneath her skin and the beast in her head told her this was a time to run. She didn't listen though, instead she followed him, slowly getting closer and closer. She seemed oblivious to the fact that she carried blood upon her skin and no clothes adorned her body.

"What are you doing out here at night?" Andee asked aloud, as she came within eyesight of him. She realized he could definitely ask the same thing of her, especially with the way she was clothed. Curiously, she tilted her head as she followed behind him, interested in his answer. Her eyes had slivers of gold interrupting the cool emerald green that usually were the color of her irises. Her body hummed with the slight adrenaline rush that the hunt had filled her with. Her excitement was easy to see by the color of her eyes. "Or are you merely going to tell me you are out here for a stroll?"

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Muse: Awesome
Song: Does Anybody Hear Her- Casting Crowns

[JASON LEANDER]

Jason had been deep into his thoughts when he heard the voice and quite frankly it had startled him. He jumped just slightly but it was enough for it to be seen that he was scared. He was silently thankful for the fact that he did not scream out like he would have normal done if someone spooked him from behind. As ashamed as he was to admit it he had still not got the hang of the whole hunter life yet. Which meant that every now and then something seemed to startle and scare him.

Thankfully most of the time when it had happened he was by himself or he was sure that he would be the butt of many jokes from a fellow hunter if he had been working with one. He took a moment to take a few deep breaths to settle his heart race down before he turned to face who it was that had spooked him so bad. But when he had turned around he was met with quite a surprise.

It was a woman who had spoken to him though in the diminishing light he couldn't quite make out to much of her facial features, but as he looked her over he noticed something else about her. He quickly looked away so that he was staring at a tree off to the side. Holy crap, he had thought to himself as she tried to process what he had seen. But there was no doubt about it he had seen that she was not wearing any clothes at all. He did his best to keep his composure as he answered her question.

"I'm out here looking for something..." he told her and then paused to swallow and wet this mouth a little as for some reason it was starting to feel oddly dry. "but I haven't been having much luck today." he added with a nervous sort of laugh.