Keen Eyes & Silent Steps [Scouting/Tessia]

[bunji]

In one hand he held a blank sheet of paper that looked worn, and aged in the other hand he held a marker with a black tip ready to write on the map when he would start scouting the new area to draw in more maps. He would sit atop the flat surface of a boulder that was around his height, his fluffy red tail would wag side to side as he played with a piece of straw pinched between his lips. Twirling around the straw he would glance down at the blank sheet of paper, his red eyes trailing down the flat piece of paper, and his mind thinking back to the many times he had taken part in these missions. He knew from experience along that these missions could get dangerous; but then again he was also confident that he would be able to handle any trouble that's thrown their way. With his trusted katana which needed to seriously be redone already, or replaced and his sisters awesome onyx black axe he was confident they'd be able to handle things.

A soft yawn escaped the fox tails parted lips his ears twitching a bit with the sound of the surrounding wilderness, he could only wonder what monsters found themselves out there lurking in the depths waiting to get their hands on any poor adventurers that lurked too far off the beaten path. "Guess this is why we do what we do..." he said to himself as he glanced down at the map once more, rolling up the piece of paper. He would begin to tap his lap with his rolled paper, and his marker pretending to play a drum, boredom was clearly setting in as he waited for his sister to show up.

WC: 295

[Tessia]

The flier had challenged her as a hunter and as a person.  Sure, most of her mind was made up that gathering intel on the new are would help everyone.  But, Tessia had that lingering though in her head that maybe she could prove herself as a hunter as well?  Often was she praised by her Father as a "sitter" type, one who does really well at one point, usually with a bow and tracking movements of animals.  She had to remember to get her hands on a decent one soon...

Taking the route out of Windsor as instructed she walked into the campsite.  It was a site, all manner of players moving about, some exchanging maps, others readying to charge into battle to help forward the ground covered.  She adjusted her ax and kept her face a bit to the side to avoid the looks of people she didn't know.  Even now, with all her desire to help, and even a little tiny bit of pride at stake, she still couldn't believe that people were adjusting so well.  She looked for her Bro's familiar head of hair among the groups.

Finding him just outside of the encampment, looking bored as ever she approaches.  "Hey Bro!  Heh, you certainly seem busy."  she said in a jaunting manner.  She offered her fist for the bumpish as she stretched her legs and put her ax away into her equipment.  Despite it still being advised for her to be armed, she didn't want it to slow her progress or speed.  Father always said, "Better to be fleet of foot than sharp of blade Dearest, be ready to run always."  She eyed her Bro, hoping he hadn't noticed her rather bold decision to go in unarmed.

[bunji]

He would let his mind drift, and wonder off leaning it back he would gaze up at the clouds high in the sky allowing his mind to be wrapped around the thought that distracted him at this moment. That very thought belonging to the many memories of the ninja elf girl he had met a few weeks ago, their many misadventures in which the two had taken part together realizing just how strong the bond had become between them. He couldn't be that surprised either, they did rely on one another a lot it would be in the middle of these thoughts that he found himself suddenly snapped back to reality by his sisters familiar voice. With a few blinks he turned his attention towards her, giving her a warm smile as always which was accompanied of course by their secret greeting with a closed fist he bumped his knuckles against his sisters, pushing off the rock on which he sat he allowed his cloak to flow with his movements splitting at the center a bit. This revealed his new armor he had put together, the leather armor was made of a black chest piece with a crimson falcon popping out in the center, the forearm protectors, and a pair of sturdy looking greaves with a diving falcon decorated on the black surface of each.

With his still trusty katana at his hip he eyed his sister for a bit before chuckling "Nah, just thinking about my new crush" he said knowing he was poking at his sisters curiosity a bit doing so on purpose even. With that he turned to walk a few steps ahead, having noticed her lack of a weapon he would glance over his shoulder at Tessia; "I'm going to be babysitting today then?" he asked clearly pointing out her lack of a brandished weapon. Lifting the blank page to his face he would begin to doodle on it with the special marker, "We head East from here, some other scouts earlier told me the trail gets a bit bumpy, and steep but I'm sure we can handle that" he commented as he began to draw the first area that would make up the path from this camp.

WC: 372

[Tessia]

She cant help but make a face at his statement, knowing full well that he would say something at least.  "Well you know, a ax is still a ax.  It's weight would prove quite hampering to my speed and movement.  Besides, I do count on you ya know.  And whoever "she" is, she's lucky to have you near Bro." she playfully winked before getting serious and stretching a little more to loosen up.  "Bumpy and steep isn't a issue.  The main problem I will have is making it around things.  This game at least let's us communicate using telepathy.  So there's that.  I will make whats called crop circling."

She scoots next to her Bro and indicates that she will go in a widening circle, scouting possible paths and keeping a eye out for open areas.  The open areas marked would be good for smaller campsites and maybe makeshift stalls for food and such.  Indicating that she then would go wider and wider in a area and keep to the circular motion mitigating the chance to get lost.  "I will set up trail markers for you to follow so that it'll be easy, should we have a fight though I will send you a message."  she smiled confidently having done work like this before with her Father back in the Black Woods.  At least here there was more challenge then just the stray pack of wolves or poison ivy.  

Offering her fist again she said, "Still, props on the catch, I hope she will make you some good food."  Teasing and grinning a bit more she couldn't help it.  It was just too fun to get her Bro all riled up, maybe a good thing too considering the impending mission and the threat still rather high.  She awaited her Bro's response to her plans, hoping that they didn't have to fight any of these Golem's she has heard about.

[bunji]

He would not be able to hide his blush even if he wanted to staring at his sister he would pout a bit looking away feeling his face get a bit warmer thanks to her words, "Sh---she's not a catch yet" he whispered realizing that he still had a long way to go before he found the right moment to ask Hanelli anything concrete about them being more then just friends. Lucky for the fox tail his sibling would go passed the subject to gear focus back towards the task at hand, he would listen quietly to his sisters words paying attention to everything she had to say. He would stare at his sibling blinking quietly as he listened to her, "Uh okay..." he said not entirely understanding the concept but figuring he would follow her lead either way with that he turned his attention to the distance, she was going to crop circle...whatever that meant.

"I will, move ahead. Lets keep telepathically in touch, and if anything we can send message via the interface...you do the crop circle thing. I will go map the surrounding area, good?" he asked turning without waiting for an answer the eager samurai rushed into the wilderness his long black cloak rustling behind him. With a quick step he would hop over a nearby bush with a map in hand, well a soon to be map the sheet of paper was still blank Bunji was already carving away at the piece of paper. Laying rows of ink on it in order to clearly draw in the path he had just been on with his sister, then he would begin to draw in the surrounding forest all the while using his ears, and eyes to keep alert to any surrounding dangers. He was still relatively close to the road, so any dangers he may come across could be worth noting for future adventurers.


WC: 320

[Tessia]

Tessia still grinned at her departing Bro's back as she approached the low brush.  Calming her mind and crouching low, she made a large "X" in the dirt.  Closing her eyes, she allowed the flowing sounds, smells, and warmth of the forest to wash around her senses.  It was a bit warm here, a nice cool breeze now and again, faint chirping of birds nearby, the occasional rustle of animals and perhaps bigger things not far away, continuing to recede from the advancing camp.  

Opening her eyes she bolted forward faster then usual, low to the ground and following the flow of the trees.  Keeping her eyes open as she pivoted and maneuvered her hips and legs over the uneven terrain, she could spot her Bro in a clearing drawing a map up.  She activated the communication mode of the system and spoke to her Bro wordlessly.  "Hey, I will keep a radius around your progress, moving forward in a ever increasing arc like i said.  If I spot anything you'll know before it reaches you.  Love your armor by the way."  She smiled to herself and did a low twirl to avoid a boulder, took mental note of how the trees squeezed ahead as she silently bolted in a forward arc through the brush.

There was something exhilarating about dashing silently through forests that always made her fell free.  Like one of the animals that lived there, she too had to defend her home back in Germany.  "Ich vermisse home." she said quietly to herself.  It was so true it stung, being here and fighting for theirvery lives.  She sped on, ducking down to skid past some low hanging branches and halting to swipe at one of them with a throwing knife.  Leaving a large "x" on it, she stood and stretched quietly, listening for her Bro nearby.

[bunji]

Bunji kept moving keeping his ears open for any sounds of enemies nearby, after drawing the new area in he would move forward at that time his mind hearing the echoing voice of his sister in it, he would nod a light blush coloring his cheeks at her compliment. 'Sounds good sis! and thanks heh' he said responding back with his own mind, the young samurai kept moving ahead pushing his way through the brush the carved path he was on being drawn onto the surface of the map. He would stop when he heard something familiar, the grunting of pigs better yet no, they were boars. He would follow the sound being cautious as he walked along the wilderness, his ears twitching their reaction to the sound he was following coming in the form of them bending, and moving in several directions. Finally when he was able to pin point the sound he would crouch staying low, and thanking his dark armor for blending into the shadows that coated him with a blanket of camouflage.

Using the telepathic communications he would contact his sister, 'Yo sis! I found a small group of Boars, they seem like the older ones...they are pretty close to the path so I am going to mark them, and maybe find an alternate path that takes future adventurers a little further away from these guys' with that mental comment he would begin to draw in the details. Bunji would make sure to measure the distance so he could put it in, a solid 10 was right between the gap which was made between the path, and the area where he had drawn in the boars gathering. Bunji would then dash away moving as quickly, and quiet as he could working his way around to find that alternate path he hoped to make things easier for future adventurers. Without much delay he would find that path, it was an arc that went in circles around the area where the Boars were gathered; he would follow it all the way through until he once again stepped back onto the regular path.

With a smile on his face he put in the new path, making sure to note that this new path had a wider distance between it, and the boars gathering place. When he was done he would keep moving down the path, "Heading down the path now sis, where are you?" he asked her looking around every now, and then before focusing on the map drawing.


WC: 421

[Tessia]

Hearing then noticing to her Bro from cover, Tessia slinked further away to keep pace and continue her wide radius of movement.  Darting past some fallen trees she would slow and get in close to were her Bro had noticed the boars.  They were kinda cute, despite the fact that a lot of new players would have to attack them.  Turning away and bolting forward, she makes note of were she left the other mark on the opposing tree, being sure to make another just adjacent from it.

Moving along then at about a good 20 feet from her Bro's position, she felt it before she saw it, immediately halting her movement and lowering her stance as low as she could.  The ground shook a bit as just ahead in a rather large copse of trees, a Golem slowly milled about around level 10.  She stared and slowly retreated backwards, being sure to keep her eyes on it, and staying as silent as possible.  Keeping a good range of 30 feet from it, she called her Bro, "Hey, up ahead is one of those Golem's I've heard about.  It's level is 10 but, we shouldn't bother it right?  This is a scouting mission, and it doesn't seem all that aware."

She awaited in the brush silent and eyes trained on the creature.  It was comprised of rocks and from what she could see, a bit of odd swirling magic holding it together.  If it hadn't been for her exposure to the games similar, she would be quite a bit more scared then she was.  Sending to her Bro again, she said "It will be a pain getting around it, as I'm not sure of it's aggro radius.  I will leave the decision up to you."  She couldn't help but grin at that statement, she liked seeing Bunji in a leadership position.  She awaited for patiently for his response.

[bunji]

Bunji moved along until he heard his sisters voice in his head, this was enough to stop him he remained still yet alert, as he heard the information he was given that was echoing in his head. Once the information was giving to him he would reply back, 'Sounds good sis...I'll go ahead get a look at what we are dealing with' he said a she moved forward his cloak rustling at the ankles behind him as he ran forward. He would slide to a stop pressing his back against the tree he was closest to, he would use the surrounding blanket of shadows to hide him from view his dark attire blending in nicely. Peeking from behind the tree he would focus his attention on the Golem, his red eyes glued on the creature as it moved around he could see the magical swirl around its body, Bunji had dealt with these things before. They had a surprisingly wide aggro range, they were able to detect movement based on vibrations activating the telepathic communications he would direct a message to Tessia. 'Sis, we cant get around it without risking being caught. I'm moving in first, you will come in after when its distracted to get a clean hit...if you have any wind based attacks I suggest you use them' he commented to her.

Bunji would draw into the map first making sure to mark this area, just in case there woul be more Golems here once he was done he put the items away then drew his katana. He would sigh deeply, then open his eyes when he did a crackle of electric energy would burst from his body enveloping his figure he dashed out from behind the tree then charged forward. He would use the boosted speed from [Denkosekka] Bunji would step into the aggro range of the monster, when it noticed him it would attack aiming to smash the man. Moving to the side he avoided the smash from the Golem, Bunji would bend his knees then dashed forward slashing across the surface of the Golems arm. The beast howled in pain turning around to swing with the arm that had been slashed, Bunji would duck barely dodging it. He would then prepare his following attack, Bunji would raise his katana overhead gathering the wind around the blade he would swing it down use [Izunagiri] releasing a dense blade of wind from the sword.

The blade of wind shot forward the blade would smash into the Golem the blade of wind would knock the Golem back, digging deep into its flesh the beast would howl in a mixture of pain, and rage. Stomping forward it would move towards Bunji, the samurai took a strong stance with his sword at the ready. It was time for his sister to shine...

WC: 474

[Tessia]

Look's like they had no choice then.  Slipping her menu open quickly she withdrew her ax as it formed upon her back.  There was no way she could match blow for blow her Bro's strikes, so she would have to hit and run like the assassin she was.  Her senses dimmed, as her muscles relaxed into the low stance for Fatal Ambush.  The tattoos upon her forehead and shoulders glowed softly as she heard and saw her Bro bolt past her to attack the Golem.

She could almost feel the magic flowing through her form, as everything slowed to a major crawl and a familiar haze clouded her vision.  Even as her Bro fought it, it was like he was moving about in a pea soup fog.  Focusing on the Golem, Tessia saw her moment to strike just as Bunji released his wind attack.  Leaping out under the cover of the strike, her form flowed effortlessly outward and upward as her ax came out to strike seconds after her Bros strike hit the Golem.  She pivoted with her blow to allow the ax to slide across the Golems body instead of becoming wedged into it's skin, narrowly being missed as it lumbered after Bunji striking and roaring.

She skidded behind it and swooned but managed to regain a bit of focus quickly as she spun around and crouched.  It's HP was a little close to half, she nodded and slipped her ax atop her back, her other hand diving into her knife pouch and drawing out three knives.  "Bro, my damage is good and low so it should ignore me for the most part, I am going to speed up with Accel Dance using my knives.  Hopefully it will let me land another clean hit with Ambush...ugh..." she said, as her head spun a little she let herself relax a little.

Her Bro was good at fighting and more a match for it than her at the moment, her voice was even a bit strained talking with him through the link.  Hoping she hadn't worried him too much, Tessia watches the ongoing bout between her Bro and the Golem, knives ready to throw to gain some quick use out of Accel Dance when she saw the opportunity.

[bunji]

Sword and fist clashed, he was so locked in the battle trying not to become a pancake that he failed to notice when his sister jumped into the fray only aware of it until she sent him a telepathic message he would fight on against the Golem. Bunji would catch the words of his sister, she founded tired had she hurt herself? Or maybe exerted too much in the attack? Whatever the case he would keep fighting using subtle swipes of his katana to slash at the swinging fists of the Golem, as long as he kept its attention on him by being the loudest one in the room it would not attack Tessia. Bunji would dive back into a sloppy but surprisingly HP saving roll, he landed on one knee pushing up to stand upright as he raised his katana overhead. Bunji acvitated another Ace Skill this time, [Kabutowari] with its activation he rushed forward with a quick dash heading towards the Golem when the thing swung he dodged. Narrowly avoiding the blow he got within range then swung his katana straight down in a single vertical slash the powered up blade digging into the hard skin of the beast, Bunji would swing upwards after that.

Both swings connected, he would roll to the side diving out of the way of the wild hay maker swing rolling into a clean landing he would look up noticing when the Golem rushed in towards him aiming to close the distance to smash him. Bunji would brace himself then use his sword as a make shift shield, the hard fist of the creature crashed into his sword knocking Bunji away. His feet slid across the ground as he came to a complete stop his cloak flowing wildly around him, and dust picking up everywhere; the beast howled into the air slamming its fist together, and charging the red head again. Full aggro on him, this was Tessia's chance! Why? Well because the Golem was within range again, and it was swinging at him Bunji was dodging purposely keeping the Golem focused on him not wanting it to be knocked away by any of his attack, it was then that he made a mistake his eyes widened, and the Golem hit him. A thunderous sound echoed into the atmosphere as Bunji found himself pinned to the ground by the Golems fist, his HP dropping a bit, the beast raised its second fist ready to hit him again...

WC: 326

[Tessia]

She watched from cover as her Bro took on the lumbering thing.  His fighting was spot on, and him being a higher level always helped, but she felt odd as she watched the Golem, her eyes kept returning to its joints.  Waiting for when Bro clashed with it a second time, Tessia bolted from cover and snapped her throwing knives at the spot she had been staring at, combining each toss one after the other with Accel Dance.  She could feel her movement speed up after each shot, targeting one of its arm joints, each knife seemingly hitting that odd swirl of magic, and causing it to slow and sputter out each time.

After her third toss, she was running at full blur, her vision almost affected by the speed of her strides , as she kept in aggro range of the Golem to avoid losing the stacks of Accel.  Drawing her ax she almost yelled out as her Bro got pinned by the thing after taking a major hit.  There was no way in this reality Tessia was going to allow that.  Activating Quick Draw, she lowers so low to the ground as she feels her silver marks on her body shimmer with the magic of the skill.  Unlike Fatal Ambush, were there was sufficient build up towards the strike, She was almost unaware of even striking it as she suddenly blinked and was on the other side of Golem, her ax out and suddenly bright red with friction heat.

All at once the area of its arm joint were she had been throwing the knives slid apart, its supporting magic gone thanks to her knives and massive slash from her battle ax.  The creature seemed to not quite understand why its arm was crumbling away, as it stepped back and regarded its limb oddly not able to keep Bunji pinned anymore.  She had attacked with such speed that she had passed her massive ax straight through the Golem's joint, leaving only two smoldering halves as it fell away.  She grinned and quietly slipped into the cover of brush once more, letting her Bro finish it off.  He probably didn't even see her fly by.

[bunji]

He was pinned, all he could do was wiggle under the weight of the Golem that had him pinned in place the samurai had no way of escaping the second attack all he could do was go wide eyed with anticipation as he prepared himself to have the second attack come smashing down on him. Bunji would suddenly be saved, by what he assumed was his sister when he least expected it the girl would dash in well at least he thought it was her. All he saw was the Golems thick arms fall to bits, the pressure it was putting down on him would be relieved, rolling as soon as he could he would stand up at full height a few feet away. The red haired samurai would eye the massive now armless beast, "Thanks for the save sis!" he called out as he raised his katana overhead ready to finish off this damn thing, he would then move forward using [Kabutowari] once more to allow him to move with greater speed, and hit with greater damage. The fox tail samurai moved forward making his way towards the Golem, without its arms it was useless unable to defend itself reaching the striking range he would swing his katana downward the sharp blade digging into the enemies body.

Bunji would smirk as he spun around slashing horizontally across the creatures torso, each attack chipped away at its HP he would proceed to follow through unleashing a series of quick slashes one followed after the other as he continued to damage the monsters HP. When he was done he would slash downward one last time not relying on his special attack anymore he would allow the creatures HP to deplete lower as it finally hit zero. When the Golem's HP did drop, the entire thing would burst into large particles of data that lit up the area around him. The samurai would let out a long exhale, feeling relieved that he had defeated the creature he would stand upright again, rolling his neck, and sighing a bit. "Looks like we did it sis!" he called out with a chuckle following his words. Standing there he now waited for his sister to emerge from the surrounding brush which hid her from view.

WC: 380

[Tessia]

Stepping out from the cover of a nearby tree, Tessia sighed and held her ax out to the side with the edge still smoking.  "Yeah Bro, We did it." she said trying not to sound too put out. Eyeing her weapon as it seemed to be glowing less faintly as it cooled, she wondered if it could be placed back in inventory like this.  "From here, let's move ahead and not fight anything.  The purpose of this was to scout and not fight after all.." she nodded as the ax finally seemed to stop smoking and put it away in her pack.

Lowering to the ground a little and bending her fingers to angle with the marks she already made, she estimated that they had covered a good half mile perhaps?  Not enough, she wanted to at least cover a bit more before returning.  Looking up at the sky, she estimated around four or so hours left before visibility would become a issue as well.  All scouting was best early morning and just afternoon.  No sense in trying at night as it was much more likely you were the one ending up being watched.

And hunted.  Stretching a little to limber up once more, she eyed the route ahead and was thinking of points to mark.  There would be more Golem's, and she would have to account for them as well as stay way out of their aggro range.  "We have to move.  Time's already against us here, what with the sun setting in a few hours and the likelihood of Golem's being more active at night.  At least, I am willing to wager that they would be.  Who or whatever is animating them would be wise to use night for covert acts."  She waited patently to hear her Bro's responses and thoughts, doing small squats and arm stretches in the meantime. 

[bunji]

Just as he was sliding the blade of his katana into the scabbard which rested on his hips he would catch the sound of his sisters voice, turning over his shoulder to stare at her he would give her a nod. He slightly picked up on her less than cheery tone, but when he watched her eyes how they stared at her axe blade he could tell she was upset about something with her weapon he would say nothing; if she needed it repaired he knew a good blacksmith anyways. His mind would for a moment fade back to the image of the towering man named Pyre, he knew the man well they had adventured together shortly after meeting in the blacksmiths forge; Bunji had to admit for such a big guy Pyre sure was quite the scholar type. Chuckling just as his mind came to the present, he would hear his sisters words silently agreeing with her but waiting for her to finish her explanation, when she spoke of the time they had left he looked up at the skies noticing the already darkening clouds. It was obvious the sun would soon set, so without much time to waste he turned to his sister.

"Alright bowflex, let's get moving" he said with a chuckle noticing how Tessia was preoccupied performing squats, and stretching he would move forward picking up his speed as he ran down the path. One hand held onto the scabbard of his katana, the other swung at his side as he kept moving forward his speed maintaining as he kept moving, his cloak would rustle in the wind behind him, and his eyes kept focused on the path ahead. He would come to a sliding stop leaving a thin cloud of dust to linger around his ankles, Bunji was surprised...they had reached the edge of a cliff. His eyes scanned the surroundings for a bridge, but he found nothing, "Well then..." he said walking to the edge to peek over it coming to find nothing but an endless pit. Turning from it he faced his sister, "There is no way as far as I can tell to get across...any ideas Sis or do we turn back?" he asked her waiting for her to take the lead on this one.

[Tessia]

"It's simple, we follow the edges and map it until we catch up with the other scouts marks.  There's bound to be tied off branches or similar nearby.  Let's finish with that and then we turn back Bro."  she smiled at his comment about her movements and pointed off to the right.  "I will go that way until I hit a marker.  You go to the left and do the same.  You will most likely hit something first so I will try to be quick about it."  Waving as she darted off, Tessia crouched low and disappeared into the brush.  Slowing her pace, she began to scan tree trunks, low hanging brush, and signs of people movement through the dense forest.  Way off in the distance, she spotted what looked like something flowing in the wind.  As good a spot as any.

Darting towards it quickly, she kept a eye on how close she was towards the edge of the forest and that daunting cliff.  It was a gorgeous view and reminded her a lot of home.  Shaking her head a little she kick flips off a fallen trunk and maintains a easy landing, not even breaking her pace.  Immediately ducking under some low vines, Tessia finally approached the large tree with the odd cloth flowing from its trunk.  Coming right up too it and looking around quickly she approached, the cloth was long and red and whipped easily around in the cool breeze.  Whoever left this here knew that it would be a good spot to tie it off, meaning that they had more or less covered a good amount of ground.  Despite the Golem slowing the pace a little bit.

Moving to a adjacent tree and slipping out one of her throwing knives, Tessia carves into the bark a big "X" and then clears away some of the extra bark off the mark so that its easier to see at a distance.  Contacting her Bro she said, "Yeah, just as I thought Bro, I have already come across fellow scout trail markers.  Be sure to leave a mark were you find one as well then we will head back.  Despite the rouge Golem, I'm surprised this went so well.  Hopefully this Sarum proves to be a livable place ya'know?"  She grinned a little and headed back to the spot were she parted ways with Bunji, Casually flopping onto the soft soil and enjoying the sights of the cliff.  It was all so nice, the scenery, the smells of a dense forest, the cool breeze tossing her braid about here and there.  She waited to hear back from Bunji and to deliver the report back to the main group.

[bunji]

He would listen to his sisters words, he would nod at her as she ran off turning to go off his own way the fox tail would stay alert to his surroundings his eyes looking any sign that could be left by any other scouts. He would also keep his ears keen to any surrounding sounds just because he didn't want some monster to rush out of the bush, and take him down. Falling from this cliff would suck even if he did revive after, either way the male shook the thought away then ran towards the other end in the far off distance he would spot something, his eyes narrowed as he came to a stop. He wanted to be safe before advancing any further, getting low the fox tail would focus his eyes on the distant object noticing the red cloth that danced in the wind flowing freely from the branch that grew out of a thick tree. Coming to stop near it he looked up to see the cloth up high out of his reach, whoever put it up there must be limber, and a good climber. Turning away he would draw his sword, Bunji seemed to be walking away when suddenly he spun around two quick slashes delivered onto the surface of the tree.

Lowering form his attack stance the samurai left a deep engraving on the surface of the tree, he would push his katana into the scabbard it belonged to, he would begin walking away when he caught his sisters message he continued walking letting her voice echo in his mind. He would wait until she was done talking then he dashed towards the area where they were both supposed to meet, Bunji remained focused as he ran his legs moving as fast as they could, and his body moving forward with strong momentum. When he finally arrived he met with his sister the two of them stopping in front of one another. He would give his sister a smile "I got the message just couldn't reply was working my way back, I guess we should head back to the main group turn in our maps" he said to her showing his map where he had drawn in all the details of the landscape, he would turn walking back towards the main group with his sister in tow.