The White Hare

Pretty Little Prey: Nyxia

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Nyxia watches Jack happily walk towards her with a thin papyrus map. His radiating smile dragging a tenderness from the damaged organ that acts as her heart before her mind briefly flashes to the blank, predatory stare that he had when the "incident" occurred. Going from across a battlefield to on her in an instant. She remembers the sudden overwhelming weight of his presence lording over her. How the blood covered claws that had caressed her so tenderly were dug firmly into the solid tree on either side of her head. Face to face with him close enough to hear the warped growl coming from his chest and watch the subtle twitch of his lips as she was assaulted by the heavy earthy scent mixed with his sweat and blood. An overwhelming sweetness flooding her senses and clouding her mind.

Pushing down the feeling she coughs a bit with her own map rolled up in her satchel alongside a few healing potions as Jack walks alongside her. The trio moving outside of the community boundaries and through the serene forest filled with trees big enough to pierce the skies. The snow was a bit thinner here but still more than most could handle comfortably without specialized equipment or skills. 

Yanni invites them to ride on the back of a large reptilian mount but Jack and Nyxia pass. Instead running through the forest with the elf leading them. They were first going to hit the dungeon Jack chose because it was closer and then circle around and clear Nyxia's. Unfortunately the center only allows only one dungeon per person. Why it wasn't per group confused Jack if even smaller dungeons were considered week long expedition by most but he wouldn't complain. {Blackwater Well} was a dungeon that most would take maybe a month to clear out completely, then again the usual way wasn't to bullrush through a dungeon like a gods damned maniac. 

"Because of your level they seemed to have insisted in giving you a smaller one. [Fool's Mine] is considered a tier 2 dungeon at best and doesn't give good rewards." She rubs her head. "Why do I get the feeling he's got something else in mind?"

The buck hops around happily as they approach the mouth of the dungeon. Like it's name implies it looks like an abandoned mine with half rotten beams holding up the mouth of the entrance. The earth and gravel that sat off to the side in a large pile was currently covered in snow.

"Alright the inside of the dungeon is-"

"We will see when we get inside." 'No spoilers.'

"No! No being reckless-" Yanni tries to argue with him. The buck hopping inside with his mate behind him. 

"Why would I want you to tell me what's inside when that's half of the fun?" Jack gives her a slightly unhinged smile and the elf groans. 'I swear he's as bad as a youngling, no worse. He's as bad as master...'

The trio walk through the mine with Jack taking point. The burrow dweller spotting and disarming the many traps littering the place. The first monster they encounter in the sloping tunnel jumps out of a branching passage. 

A beast on all fours with chunks of lusterous gold jutting out of it's back charges around the corner only to have the buck crack it's skull with a spiked gauntlet. The large thick clawed hands of the creature going limp. The metal covered back and tail lose pebbles of material from the impact. 

["Gold" Tracking Beast Lv.11] 

Jack takes a bit of the metal off of it's back and crushes it between his fingers. Turning it into a fine powder. "Yep that's iron pyrite." Taking a closer look at the intact parts of the beast Jack finds it's paws are a lot like a moles, used for excavation and shoving away dirt while what's left of it's face shows it doesn't even have a mouth or eyes.