Spineless Fishing

With his services in high demand in the Syndicate and with Caedes collaborating with him on his injector technology, Azrael's need for fresh stonefish spines had never been greater. He had collected a small amount with Mireia when he had arrived in Auster, but now even most of those had been used or broken. With a seemingly never-ending need for his particular brand of pharmaceutical applicators, the Saxe brute planned a trip down to Auster to hunt more of those dangerous tropical fish that had become his magnum opus. And who better to take with him than the lovely Melanth and salacious Helonia? Any chance he got to interact with the split wolves was a fascinating field study to him, and getting to spend time with her only further increased his chances of maybe getting his dick wet again. Hey, he was a brute of simple tastes.

An invitation had been extended to the mentally fragmented fae, instructing her to meet him down at Auster's western coast. He had planned to bring Mireia again to help with the spine collecting, but given her rather crude method of harvesting the spines last time, he did not wish to risk his personal Sidi's life when he was beginning to enjoy her. So he would borrow another Sidi instead! And who better than his other case study? Azrael went and collected Vanille from her quarters in the Sidi dens, wanting to drag her away before Cifarelli could find out he'd absconded with the fae. He was pleased to find her equally as blanked as when he had last seen her at her examination, her head an empty shell of who she had once been. It took very little coercing to get her to come with him, and with enough force, the pair were headed down to Auster.

They arrived in the warm climate of the southern continent just as summer was ebbing away into autumn. It was still hot and humid as he remembered it, but it was much grayer and rain was falling gently over the lands. Excellent! Fish loved the rain and it would coax the reclusive stonefish out to play. Ushering Vanille along with him, Azrael deftly avoided the borders of their enemy and made their way around to the coast, spotting the distinct black and white form of Melanth waiting for them on the golden shore. Az grinned; it was so good to see her again! "Melanth, Helonia, greetings!" he called out to her as they approached, paws crunching through the damp sand. "I hope you're ready for some fishing!" Turning his attention to Vanille, Az unslung his satchel from around his neck and dropped it into the sand with a thud. He then pulled out a pair of short scaling knives, providing one to each of the faes. After seeing Mireia's crime against nature the last time, this time he came prepared for them to properly kill the fish.

"We're going to be hunting stonefish today," explained the violet brute as led the way down the shore to a rocky cove hidden in an inlet, the perfect place to find hiding stonefish. "They look like stones, as their name suggests, and their camouflage is quite good." To demonstrate, Azrael waded out into the shallow cove and peered down through the crystal clear water. He slowly shuffled his paws along the sand, studying every rock he passed, looking for the telltale fins. When he spotted a rock with a tail fin, Az struck, pulling his own knife and driving it through the water to impale the fish. He then pulled the flailing fish from the water and brought it back on land, dropping its carcass to the sand so Melanth and Vanille could see it. "These are the little buggers. And these..." Az ever so carefully showed off the sharp spines that ran along the fish's back, "are what we're after. Just make sure you don't get pricked by these. If you do, the toxin will kill you in under half an hour, so I suggest you watch where your paws step." With his demonstration done, Azrael gestured towards the water to both women, ushering them to begin the hunt with him.

WC: 703
Total: 985 / 1500

"Azrael Saxe"