Wild Game Hunters

**Date Started:** September 19th,
**Date Completed:** Ongoing
**Previous Role-Play:** N/A
**Users Involved:** User:PuddingCups. User:GeminiVIII. User:Jmayfie01

**Setting**: Clover Kingdom
**Characters Involved:**
* **Azure Deer:** Sapphira Diamante, Brigid Vesta, Guinevere

## Commence the Hunt

"Sigh". An exhausted voice rang out from a long corridor within the stunning building known to the public as the base of operations for the members of the Azure Deers. A building known for its beauty and refinement, the Azure Deer base was teeming with activity today. Aside from their normal operations, their base was especially active on this day. This was due to the sudden appearance of a dungeon uncomfortable close to the Clover Kingdom. This was something that had to be dealt with with a large amount of sensitivity. Dungeons have proved to be very volatile in the past, they couldn't risk anything from within it spilling out and effecting the public, on top of that they needed to recover whatever artifacts and tools they could from within it, this is where the Azure Deer's came in.

Down the same halls deep sighing could be heard, a crimson-haired man in knightly garb marched down the hall. He held his head high and his pride even higher, walking almost as though he was a great stag baring his horns for all to see. As he made his way down the halls, he would be greeted with a large door, blocked off by two guards of similar clothing to him. They each held long and well-decorated gold plated spear in hand, holding them before the door adding to the regality of space. As the man-made his way down the hall, without as much as a nod, each guard lifted their spears, each of them extending and arm to swing the large doors open with all their might. The doors began to inch open, revealing a regal, almost divine light shining from within.

Revealed to his eyes was a large library, one fit for the gods, each bookshelf and marble collum reaching higher than the eye could see. The light bathed freely within this room, the ceilings made almost completely of glass, so clear it was almost as though nothing was there. However, aside from the elegant decor, there was a large desk to the center of the room that would instantly catch the eye of those within it's path. Sat behind it was a woman surely of exalted ranking. Everything from her disposition to her posture said refinement, elegance, and power, she truly embodied the energy of the space around her and her status showed through the way the mana danced around her. She held a book out in her hands, however with the introduction of a new presence, her eyes trailed up from the pages and up to the man.

"I don't have time for your pestering, Lohort. I'm advising that you've completed the tasks I set upon you before wasting my time with your visit." Her words cut even deeper than her staggering glare. She spoke sharply and bluntly, even her tone of voice reeked of nobility. "The fact that I don't see the girls with you is reason enough to have you dragged from the premises." The woman placed a tasseled bookmark on the open page before slamming it shut and resting it on the table before her, leaning her elbows on the desk and resting her chin down on her interwoven fingers.

"Damn Sapphy, your words cut deep. You know I wouldn't do anything to disappoint you, right?" Lohort spoke brazenly, dropping to his knees and holding out his arms to the woman almost in worship, however, his tone was more so humorous than respectful. However, the most interesting part of his speech was the name he called the woman. From the exalted disposition and divine beauty, all the hints would point clearly to her identity. She was none other than Sapphira Diamante, noblewoman and Captain, of the Azure Deers.

Sapphira rubbed her temples in annoyance. "You've been here less than a minute and yet you've already managed to annoy me. I won't ask again, have you completed the task I assigned to you?" Sapphira retorted, glaring at the man as he made a fool of himself standing on one knee.

"Ouch! You know, Rosanne wouldn't treat me like this!" Lohort stood to his feet and crossed his arms in a huff, turning his back to his captain in an annoying display, all at the expense of Sapphira. "If you must know, I did do what you asked. But, who knows If you don't treat me better it might be the last thing I do for you. Hmph." Lohort said, turning his head back to glare at the woman, his cheeks filled with hot air much like a child.

"Of course she wouldn't! You both act the same!" Sapphira yelled in a small outburst as Lohort giggled like a child. She had slightly raised herself in response to the raise in her tone, allowing her to rather than lean forward, but lean back into her plush and velvety throne-like chair. "God willing it'll be the last thing you do for me. What's the eta on the girls? We need them here as soon as possible. They will be making first contact with the dungeon, I don't want any other squad swooping in and mindlessly blasting through the dungeon-like it's any old firefight." Sapphira ranted in frustration.

"Well, I sent out their summons as soon as I could. So even with the base being in slight disarray, they should be arriving any second now." Lohort responded, returning to a more respectable disposition and stance, turning his attention to the still wide open doors, seemingly awaiting the arrival of a few choice assets to the current mission.

Guinevere had been in her study. A room within the tallest tower of the Azure Deer base, accesses only by an unnecessarily long spiral staircase. Her face was buried in an old dusty book with it's leather cover flaking like skin and patchy illegible lettering on it's spine. A knock on the door startled the knight, pushing her out of her reading-induced trance.

"J-just a minute!" Guinevere frantically searched for a bookmark, pulling open drawers and looking under piles and piles of papers, in her rush she knocked over a pot of ink! The thick black liquid leaked from the jar and over the entire desk. Guinevere squealed at the realization, attempting to wipe up the mess which only caused the spread of the ink to worsen. Eventually she gave up and went to the door.

A lower ranked knight had been sent to deliver a message, he was young with green spiky hair and weak at the knees, out of breath from climbing the stairs. "GUINEVERE!!! MADAME SAPPHIRA HAS REQUESTED YOU!" He shouted, saluting as if in the army before dashing away, causing a large gust of wind behind him, nearly blowing off Guinevere's black witches hat.

"I- Well! F-f-for what!" She had lifted a finger as if to object but it was too late. He was long gone. "Hmm. Maybe it has something to do with..." Guinevere brought a finger to her lip, thinking about her own question. "Yes, that must be the case." Going back into her room, she grabbed a pink staff. Side straddling it like a proper lady, she didn't take the stairs but instead flew down their center, getting off once she reached the first floor where Lady Sapphira had summoned them.

Sylvia Vox was lounging around in her room, located in the basement of the azure deer base that went down a frosty staircase towards the underground room. She preferred it to be cold and away from the harsh rays of the sun so she made sure there were no windows and only beautiful blue candles that lit up her room.

As she was enjoying her daily training, making small icy snowflakes in the air, decorating them with beautiful patterns. A knock at the door interrupted her, causing her to sign in annoyance but nonetheless answered the door.

Standing in front of her was a shivering messenger with fiery red hair and tanned skin. “M-Madame S-Sapphira has requested your p-presence.” He was clearly shivering from the cold so she made a quick nod and closed the door. Sylvia quickly changed into her beautiful outfit and fixed her hair into a braid before heading up to the place where she was summoned.

Brigid Vesta sat drinking a cup of tea, overlooking the entire Azure Deer base from a large window in her room. Surrounding her was the gentle humming of what seemed to be AC vents, blasting cold air all throughout the room. Any normal person would be chilled to the bone, but she was simply unbothered. Despite the time that she'd sat there overlooking the gorgeous grounds, as she placed her cup down, steam still danced about the rim of the well-embellished china, as if somehow despite the cold air being pumped in, the small cup was still as hot as it was when it was poured.

Something about her surroundings beckoned the mind, many factors of her existence within it hinting at the fact that the vents were not for her, but in fact, existed for those around her. The room stood silent at least for a moment more before a loud knock could be heard banging from the woman's front door. She let out a deep sigh, brushing her finger around the rim of her cup and the plate it rested upon before standing to her feet.

"Just a moment" She uttered, as the words escaped her lips a warm heat radiated from her slender form, tightening the sleek leather garment that hugged against her body so tightly, not a wrinkle in sight. She made her way to the door, turning the knob and pulling the door open slightly, holding her head just out of the room door. The barrage of hot and cold was enough to make someone instantly fall ill, unfortunately, the person who would be exposed to such conditions was a large-bodied boy with blue hair framing his round and plump face.

He began to sweat profusely whilst also pulling his sleeves down around his hands, it was a confusing feeling to be certain. But despite the condition, he managed to get his words out. "Mrs. Vesta. L-lady Sapphira has summoned you to her grand chamber." He muttered, turning where he stood and speed walking away from the door without as much as another word.

"Oh, he must be in a rush." Brigid muttered to herself, pulling open the door to allow her entire form to make it out. However, before starting off to respond to her summons, she grabbed a thin wand from the table beside the door, locking it in place in a holster around her waist. "If this has anything to do with the dungeon that has just appeared, I'll be needing to carry this with me." She muttered to herself before starting off, presumably in the direction of Lady Sapphira's grand chambers.

Shortly after the arrival of Lohort, three women appeared in the doorway. In response to their presence, each guard slammed the ends of their spears down to make their arrival known to both Sir. Medraut and Lady Diamante.

"Oh, there they are!" Lohort wasted no time in gathering the three women, running behind them, and pushing them into the room as their feet would skid across the ground. He waved off at each of the guards, signaling them to shut the doors behind them, and that they did. "They're all yours, Sapphy. Now if you excuse me, I have business to attend to and that would include bothering the other squads so we can be the first to arrive!" Lohort remarked, slipping out of the doors just before they were shut completely, catching the cape of his clothing causing him to fall on the other side. The sound of fall would be muffled through the doors but not out of their range of hearing. Following that was a series of yells, seemingly coming from Lohort and directed at the guards.

Sapphira rubbed up and down the bridge of her nose, trying her hardest to ignore the buffoonery that played out before her and address the task at hand. "Welcome ladies. I'm assuming you each were met well by my summons and had an easy time navigating your way here?" Sapphira retorted, gathering a few papers in an attempt to clean up her workspace, her last remarks opening up the floor to the three women who stood before her to respond.

Guinevere saw the other girls, two knights of a lower ranking than her. Normally she wasn't seen by much of the squad, she chose to handle things behind the scenes. Studying magic tools and or making them, deciphering scriptures of ancient artifacts. Missions like this weren't exactly her specialty so it did come as a shock for her name to be called, then again, she was still a rather powerful magic knight and her arcane knowledge might be needed on such a quest.

Entering the chambers first, Guinevere responded to the captains question. "It wasn't hard." Guinevere chimed. "But why exactly *have* you summoned us?"