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Adamantia did not even look at the man when asked, preoccupied with sharpening her carving knife. She was seated quite elegantly, one leg over the other and her back perfectly straight, as she dragged her whetstone across the blade's edge. With each rhythmic motion she started from the hilt and pushed all the way to the tip, producing the iconic sound of stone against metal.

It was not until she examined her knife closely did she respond, droning, "Down the path and to your left, close to the camp entrance. Look for a pretty blonde with a ponytail, you can't miss her."

Caboose walked slowly across the camp. He stopped and frowned deeply as he looked around. " Ugh." He mumbled a string of curses in ancient Wyverian and puffed out his cheeks. " Where is the Forge? " he asked. Looking at the other with an irritated and embarrassed look.

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@darkbets

"Riiiiiiight, so... Oh, here we go! Opelucid City!"

"You sure this is Opelucid City?"

Safine dragged her eyes across the non-existent skyline, seeing nothing but crowded streets and concrete giants. She grunted through her nose as she did and planted her hands, balled into fists, on her hips -- she then hunched over a touch as she turned to glare at her older brother.

"Seeing a noticeable excess of skyscrapers," she accused him, "are you sure we're in Opelucid?"

"Oh, I'm positive," came Ameth's reply, turning the map he was holding to show Safine. "See? Opelucid City!"

His sister moved closer to take a look at said map for herself, and Ameth immediately recognised pure and utter indignation when her eyes widened and brows furrowed. As she turned her chilling gaze towards him, expression incredulous, he did nothing but grin at her like an innocent fool.

"YOU'VE BEEN HOLDING THE MAP UPSIDE-DOWN THE WHOLE TIME?!"

"Hmm? Have I?"

Ameth looked down at the map again.

"Oooohhh, okay, that makes sense! Explains why the letters were so funny and the little compass icon was the wrong-"

Safine did not give Ameth the opportunity to finish his sentence before striking him in the gut with a lightning-fast jab! She sent him reeling in pain and doubling over as he wrapped his arms around his belly. Curiously, however, that did little more than force a (strained) laugh out of him.

She snatched the map away from him for good measure, opening it with a thoroughly annoyed huff and taking a good look for herself (while making sure the map was right-side up).

"We're in Castelia City, you moron!" Safine scolded, rolling up the map and repeatedly whacking Ameth on the head with it as he recovered. "Honestly, how did you convince me to let you hold the map!?"

He smirked at her with an obnoxious, punch-worthy smile, wheezing, "Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe you're the real moron~!"

Ameth laughed again, this time instinctively shielding his face and bounding away as Safine wound back, threatening to strike him again.

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"Busy with what, exactly?"

Adamantia was about to chastise him regarding the cleanliness of his field attire, always a stickler for the rules and being presentable, yet the way he hesitated with that last sentence... it piqued her interest. She inquired Church about what he meant with genuine curiosity and a desire to potentially forge new relations with other Riders, yet this was likely lost on the other considering she was still a Guild Knight; people trained their entire lives to take down the deadliest game: other Hunters.

It also did not help that Adamantia asked him in a way that could be interpreted as interrogation.

"I assume it had something to do with your... 'Monsties', you call them?" she asked, ever so slightly tilting her head. Still, her piercing gaze was so intense, Church would likely feel about as exposed as an open book...

"Gah!" Way to make him nearly jump out of his skin, Adamantia. "What?"

Bewildered, Church looked down at himself and instinctively brushed at his armor, as if worried there was even more dirt. Considering he crawled through caves with Mari on a regular basis, it wouldn't really be that much of a shock.

"Hey, c'mon, I keep my armor plenty clean," he insisted, even as he self-consciously looked himself over. "I just... haven't had a chance today. Busy with, uh, other stuff..."

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@ancient-pokehistorian, cont.

"Now, what do we have here~?"

This was a much stronger reply than Ameth had anticipated, and he loved it. From a quick skim he could guess that this was probably some sort of law enforcer, perhaps a detective, or maybe even a member of a criminal organisation. Then again, the mention of a 'tip' and the threat of a 'report' made it more likely that it was someone working under the law.

Ameth licked his lips and wiggled his thumbs before beginning to type.

These people were always fun to mess with, and his Rotom Phone agreed as it buzzed with excitement.

[TEXT] Riiiiiiight, okay, sorry pal.

[TEXT] Probably should've told you about the guys.

[TEXT] They don't really like strangers.

[TEXT] Also sorry about bailing. My gut was killing me, you know how it is.

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@wylkstone

Lazarus was staring directly at Nata. Unmoving, almost like a statue.

There would be nothing to fear, however. Nata would likely know that Lazarus had just eaten -- there was still some blood around the wyvern's maw -- and the beast was in no position to pounce regardless, lying down in a resting position. Still, Lazarus was an Arkveld, a great and powerful wyvern capable of matching and even surpassing the many apex predators that called the Eastlands home. Any scenario involving the Arkveld, especially in his Rider's absence, could be a precarious one.

And thus Lazarus continued to stare, idly curious as to what Nata was doing, standing so close to him.

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@thestupidmeanone

"You have some dirt on your shoulder."

As she said that, Adamantia proceeded to brush a hand over Church's shoulder. She did so once, then twice, then a third time, each motion curt and almost akin to rudely dismissing someone. Still, she did not appear to be overly antagonistic towards him, and after cleaning his shoulder she gave him a firm nod.

"Hunters and Riders alike are obligated to be presentable at all times. Keep that in mind."

Though there was no hostility, there was no denying that Adamantia was a touch stiff when speaking to Church. Perhaps she was not yet used to speaking to a fellow Rider?

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@rathalascendant

Welp, here we go again.

A now overly familiar scene, Rex had made himself busy with nudging Red -- the much younger Rathalos -- towards his nest. Each move was gentle, to be sure, yet simultaneously practised and firm. Years of handling juvenile wyverns have taught him how much pressure he should apply to where they are unharmed yet unable to push back against him.

Rosalind was already waiting over the nest, and she quickly began pulling and pushing Red underneath herself the moment Rex brought him close enough. She grunted and shuffled as she did, making herself appear like an overgrown scaly chicken as she used her chin spike much like how those plucky birds would use their beaks to roll wayward eggs towards themselves and tuck them away.

With the young Razewing safely tucked away, Rosalind and Rex would nuzzle their noses together and rumble with pure affection for one another. It was a truly adorable scene, also made somewhat comical by how Red would surely peek out from underneath the Dreadqueen's wings with an expression that could be likened to a pout.

Rubina, watching as she stood by Mari's side, could not help but chuckle.

"Kinda surprised Ratha's puttin' up with those two as well as he does. Most li'l ones they take under their wing usually put up more of a fuss."

There was a thoughtful pause.

"Uh, pun not intended."

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