eventually

Asagi days was not going well, it was going all sorts of wrong actually. Ever since her mission to track down John Shepard had started things didn't just make sense anymore. First, everything was going fine, the prince's tracks were easy to follow and every time they would lose them Asagi knowledge of how the young strategist mind worked helped them reacquire the trail. Then they stumble upon more tracks, a humanoid and the other were without a doubt those of a deathmaw and after that things stopped to make sense.

Asagi and her team came to realize the three tracks were not those of a deathmaw following a prey, a camping site had marks of deathmaw lying and rolling on the ground alongside the two humanoids. Evidence of small animals being eaten raw by the deathmaw was also present along the tracks, animals that a deathmaw would not care to hunt, birds and animals too small to attract a deathmaw attention.

And then things got even weirder just before the captain found her target. Following the tracks in the forest when they heard a lot of commotion coming their way, not knowing who or what was coming running their way Asagi ordered her team to take cover in hope to be ignored.

It worked but what they saw running past them was hands down the weirdest thing Asagi ever saw in her life, the first thing they saw all put them on alert. It was a deathmaw running like its life was depending on it, anything that would cause a reaction like this out of a deathmaw was not a good sign. But then to the bafflement of the whole team, what came next was one of the smallest elf Asagi ever saw. They were all conscious the elf was also running from something but it didn't make the scene any less weird.

And now she was in a standoff with a bunch of humans woman, one was out of it muttering about being a good girl from now on, while another was what seemed to be comforting her but at the same time restraining her from going to John. And to top it all off that idiot was asking her to stand down. She couldn't stand down damn it, the commander was clear, the protection of John was primary. She was trying to think of how to make the young prince understand when what seemed to the leader of their enemies decided to break the silence.

" Tyra, stand down. wake Sam up and take her, Mira, Liselle and half the team back to the village." The captain said sheeting her weapon and indicate for the rest of her team to stand down as well. Tyra seemed to want to protest but after a few second she acknowledged her orders "Understood ma'am!"

"Inform Matriarch Sylvisa of the situation and tell her I might bring ......... guests."Finished the leader hoping to diffuse the situation. It was one thing to kill a bunch of folks of the kingdom, but one of the sons of king Dante was an entirely different story. The King fury was well known even out here and Hail didn't fancy the idea of being the one responsible for his wrath falling down on her village.

"Thank you, captain ........" Offered the prince while giving a pointed look to his own captain silently asking her to finally stand down which she did after making a show of glaring at her counterpart. The young warrior also gave the prince a heated glare and Hail noted with amusement the response she got from the prince. He shrugged and give her a small smirk that seemed to infuriate the captain even more.

"Hail, captain Lyria Hail." The warrior answered the silent question with a small smile at the young warrior antic. Suddenly everyone's stopped and all turn their heads toward noise coming from farther into the forest. There was a deathmaw sitting there watching them curiously, the tension the appearance created was replaced by consternation when a small elf came from behind a tree and started to rant to the beast.

" Damn it, you stupid meat-eating freeloader, stop running so fast. I don't care what John say, if you made me run like that for nothing I'll hit you with a fireball so bi...." The strange display stopped when the elf realized there was quite the crowd watching him like he had grown a second head.

" Oh ... hum ... hi!" The elf said nervously with a small wave. " You peoples don't happen to have run into my friend, did you? About 6" tall, dark and very short hair, kind of handsome and always look bored, make friends with weird peoples ... and things like this one." The elf said pointing at the deathmaw.....