I spy something tall and spotted

Ezra led the charge, and then the hunt was on! Artorias nudged Jane and nodded, bursting from the brush to join in the pursuit of the long leggy creature. At first, the giraffes didn't seem phased by the small predators—at least not until they got close and started snarling and snapping jaws at their legs. That got them moving in a hurry! Artorias kept to one side of the giraffe while Ezra and Eska took the other side, snapping at its legs whenever it tried to divert off course and kept it moving toward their trap. Fortunately, the giraffe seemed much more interested in using those long legs to flee rather than to fight, so he didn't have to avoid the hooves on the end of each stilt-like appendage, he just had to run to keep pace with it. Thankfully, all his training made this a cakewalk.

Together the hunting party led the giraffe into the trap, and with a calamitous crashing of limbs, the large herbivore came tumbling down to the ground. Its long legs had gotten so tangled in the ropes that it didn't even stand a chance before Ezra was leaping onto it to try and keep it down. Knowing that his friend's weight against a creature of that size would be useless, Artorias didn't hesitate to run up to the giraffe's front, skidding to a halt while its head flailed to try and fling Ezra off. Drawing his sword, Artorias' eyes followed the giraffe's movements, finding the pattern and timing it with a wide arcing swing of his blade.

The sword carved clean through the front of the giraffe's throat, severing arteries and its trachea all at once. A massive spray of blood coated the dark-furred wolf, but the killing blow had been dealt. It would only be a matter of time before the giraffe succumbed to blood loss, but until it did, it was up to the rest of the hunting party to expedite its demise.

"Artorias Carpathius" | "Corbin" | "Argent"