MHW:IB ; The Search For The Sapphire Hunter!

12. The New Recruits

A few hours later...

The night came over the day as the surroundings slowly turned dark. Houses lit up, illuminating the cold and barren Seliana. Bloom and Jerry were in the gathering hall's cafeteria, waiting for their food to arrive by a palico on a pulley system. However, it was taking a much longer time than usual.

"Huh, they never take a long time." Bloom said, tapping his fingers.

"I wonder what happened." Jerry said.

Meanwhile...

The kitchen was burning. That's it

Back to them....

"Might be something serious." Jerry said before taking out an encyclopedia about monsters and starts to read it. Bloom just kept on tapping his fingers. Two palico arrived with their food on a pulley system but however, they were singed to the tail.

"What happened?" Jerry asked as one palico delivered his food.

"The kitchen burned, meow." The palico said, removing the cover.

"That's terrible! Do you need help with cleaning?" Jerry asked, concerned.

"No worries. The grammeowster chef will deal with it." it said before walking to the pulley thing.

"Ah, I see." Jerry said before digging into his food.

A few minutes later....

Jerry and Bloom had finished and they were now going back to their room because...it's late at night. They were conversing and chuckling at each other's jokes. Suddenly, Jerry accidentally bumped into someone, causing him to fall backwards.

"Owwww..." Jerry groaned. A hand held out to him but nothing was said. Jerry looked up and saw a guy with short yet fluffy red hair that slowly transitions to black. He had dark blue pastel eyes and a warm smile on his face.

"Thanks..." He said, grabbing his hand and pulling himself up. The guy didn't say anything but just smiled.

"Hey, are you going to say anything?" Bloom asked, a bit confused on why he's not saying anything. He looked at Bloom with a surprised look before doing a chuckle. All of a sudden, he did wyverian sign language.

"I'm sorry about my behavior. I'm partially mute." The guy explained. Jerry understanded what he did but Bloom was a bit confused.

"What?" Bloom asked. Dave sighed. Jerry whispered what he just said.

"Ohhhhh. I'm sorry, I was, well, too busy with some work so I didn't focused on wyverian sign language." Bloom apologized, chuckling a bit.

"It's okay! Not much know except for my friends do." He signed.

"Hmm, I haven't seen you around here. Are you by any chance, new?" Jerry asked. He nods, smiling.

"Ah. Where's your...group?" Jerry asked once more, looking around.

"They're in their rooms. We're just here to help out with the amount of tempered monsters." He explained. 

"Ah. Well we better get back to our room. What's your name by the way?" Jerry asked.

"Dave Williams, but you can call me Dave. How about you two? What are your names?" Dave asked.

"I'm Jerry and this is Bloom, my friend." Jerry said.

"Ah, you're in the ecological team!" Dave signed. Jerry and Bloom were surprised.

"How do you know?" Jerry asked confused. Dave giggled.

"I have my ways." Dave signed before waving goodbye. Jerry was dumbfounded but still amazed by how Dave knew. Bloom, on the other hand was still confused on what just happened.

"I definitely need to learn wyverian sign language." Bloom said before yawning.

"It's getting a bit more late. We should go back and hit the sack." Bloom said.

"Yeah, you're right." Jerry said. They then proceed to head back and sleep.

The next day...

Dave was at the gathering hall cafeteria wit his group.

"Ugh! When are we going to hunt some monsters?! I'm craving for blood!" A girl with blue green hair and a dark pastel green highlight said.

"Chill, we just got here. Until the commission tells us to hunt a tempered monster, we'll be doing nothing much." A red haired guy with glasses said.

"Yeah right, as if a smartie like you knows the feeling!" she snapped back.

"Calm down. We don't want to upset Dave and make him aggressive." a girl with black crow-like hair and pastel pink highlights on the tip.

"Right about that. I don't want blood on this, priceless outfit. You'll anger me twice as much." A sassy male with brown hair that transitions from brown to green to gray on the tips.

"Oh SHUT UP SASSY MAN! Least I don't waste my time on something like outfits." He gasped.

"How dareth you sayeth that! I'm not someone like you who craves the blood and flesh of other beautiful monsters!"

"Oh what are you, a rider?! If so, you're weak as hell!" she argued. And then they started to argue. Cory and his group entered the gathering hall and saw them arguing.

"Woah woah, what's happening here?" Cory intervened. The girl and the sassy male looked at him.

"HE insulted me!" She yelled.

"AND SHE called me and my outfits USELESS!! Gosh, blood cravings are sooooo much greater than outfits!" He said sarcastically. They continued to bicker and the crow hair girl was getting annoyed.

"TOBY! SIRI! STOP IT!" She ordered sternly. They looked at her and stopped. She turned towards Cory and his group.

"I am very sorry about my...colleagues. They bicker stuff like that." she apologized. behind her Toby and Siri were staring at each other angrily.

"No worries! Also, I haven't seen you guys before." Cory said.

"Ah. I'm Crow Maverick, I'm in charge of this crazy group of 5." Crow introduced herself.

"WAIT, YOU GUYS HUNT TOGETHER!?" Hooper asked, in a loud yet shocked tone.

"Isn't it told that only one hunter in the group dies when they return from missions, causing it to be a bad oath?" Lara asked. Siri looked at her before laughing.

"And what do YOU know about that 'legend', handler girl?" Siri mocked her.

"Hey!" Lara said, angry.

"Calm down, Lara. She's just jealous of how great you are!" Cory exclaimed.

"Ah, lovebirds. Cringe. Anyways my name is Siri Maverick but I prefer Siri." She said, slightly showing off.

"Alright, Maverick." Lara said, sarcastically. Siri's face changed from a chill face to an angry face.

"WHAT'S THAT YOU LITTLE SCUM? YOU WANNA FIGHT?!" She yelled. Crow yelled at her not to fight but Lara giggled.

"Ah yes, I will." Lara said.

"Lara, no." Triana said, with a stern look on her face. Hooper also had a stern look on his face. Lara turned to look at them before giggling.

"No worries, she'll know who to not mess with." Lara assured them before walking towards Siri. Immediately, Siri took out her sword and immediately rushed towards her, about to stab her. All of a sudden, Lara dodged and grabbed her arms, pinning her down.

"I see you're a sword and shield user." Lara said.

"Yeah, once I get out of your grasps you'll see what it'll do to your pretty face!" Siri said before attempting to get out only to fail. Lara smiled as she gripped Siri's arms tighter. Siri yelped in pain.

"Ready to give up?" Lara asked, now with a sadistic look on her face.

"Alright alright! Let me go!" Siri said. Lara got off of Siri and she got up and ran, hiding behind Crow.

"See, sister? This is the reason why you shouldn't mess with someone you barely know!" Crow reprimanded Siri.

"You guys are sisters?" Hooper asked.

"Yes, yes, I am. She dyed her hair to make it look like this." Crow explained.

"Ah. Can we go back to introductions now?" Hooper asked.

"Ah yes, my name is Toby Mcgee and I'm a fashion hunter. Any monster I see that has potential will be spared by my elegance." Toby said, with an elegant tone.

"Ah, so you trap monsters?" Cory asked.

"Yes." Toby said.

"I'm Bob Williams and I'm basically the one that plans which quest." Bob said. Everyone then stared at Dave. Bob nudged him a little and whispered something into his ear. Immediately, he did wyverian sign language which surprised the group.

"I'm Dave Williams, brother of Bob! I'm partially mute but I can handle it well." Dave introduced himself.

"Wow, you know a lot about wyverian sign language!" Lara said. Dave chuckled.

"Yeah yeah, he's the MaSteR oF WyVErIaN!1!!" Siri said, sarcastically. Lara and Dave shot a glare at Siri causing her to be silent.

"Anyways, I'm Lara, their handler. This is my sweetheart, Cory!" She exclaimed, holding his arm.

"Nice to meet you all." Cory said, smiling.

"I'm Triana." Triana said.

"And I'm Hooper, the leader o' this group." Hooper said.

"Why are you guys here?" Bob asked.

"We're here because the Sapphire Hunter." 

"Who?" Toby asked.

"The Sapphire Hunter." Lara said.

"Ah, her. M'lady always has been kind to monsters like I have. We have a very deep connection to sparing monsters. I wonder where she has gone off to." Toby said, worried.

"No worries, she's in Hoarfrost Reach with a....Viper Kadachi? I don't know how that's possible." Lara said.

"Ah yes. She always mailed me that she always sees a Viper Kadachi following her on every quest she was forced to participate. She stopped mailing one day and I was afraid it got to her. But now I see that in another perspective. She is alive and well, with a monster that obeys her and is loyal like our palicos. Her bravery has inspired me to be more confident in monsters than ever. It's-." 

"Yeah yeah fashion boy, we get your little speech now can we go HUNT SOME FRICKIN' TEMPERED MONSTERS?!" Siri yelled at Bob. He sighs.

"You know if you do that again Dave is going to be upset, right?" Bob said.

"Yea. I know." She said before turning away muttering in wyverian.

"Well, we better go to Hoarfrost Reach and find some tracks. I guess we'll see you later at another time?" Cory said. Dave nodded and waved goodbye as they left.