They all raised valid points and Hattori nodded. He did not think mere trip wires would work on such a beast, they'd sooner snap the lines than take a hard fall. They had plenty of bamboo back home, snapped and sharpened to a point, surely they'd be able to quickly put together some sort of trap-something that would wound or cause the beast to take a tumble. That's all they needed, an opening or opportunity. He cast his gaze skyward and his eagle was quick to land by his side, he spoke quickly and quietly in his foreign tongue, commanding for a message to be passed on. The hunting party would have to wait some time till the supplies arrived but soon enough a bunch of akita on paw arrived on the scene with the cart loaded sharpened bamboo stalks all tied together with rope.

"These should suffice." Hattori said, raising a paw to test the sharpness. If the beast ran into them at a great enough speed it would easily become impaled, unable to escape. It might not be enough to kill it outright but it would do enough damage to make the kill possible. All they needed was to organise the cluster in a blind spot and aim them just at the right angle.Then the party could drive the creature towards the trap and work from there. "Lament, Plague and Hela, take the cart and circle around the herd. I trust your judgement. Find a blind spot and get the trap in position and return to us."

There was far too much sitting around and waiting, listening to the adults talking but Kuroki did his best to be patient. To keep his mouth shut... and not chew on Kit's or Ike's ears. He trusted his Dad's judgement but his plan didn't seem all that exciting till the dogs arrived, struggling to tug along the load of bamboo that had been gathered from Rekaru Island. That...was a lot of bamboo darn. So they were gonna stick the creature on the pointy ends and then kill it? Well...Kuroki wouldn't have thought of that, he supposed he still had a lot to learn. Cool.

Still a little miffed he wasn't allowed to play a fun part he began kicking up snow, accidentally aiming it at his sister's and Malachai's face. Ooops.

Hela was with her full attention to whatever Hattori would say or decide about how to get down one of the beasts. She wasn't a big fan of the horned man but she wouldn't lie when thinking he was smart and not a fool. The place sounded splendid and she was excited to get it going. She ignored the rest as she didn't want to lose any bits of information of the plan and do it in the best way possible. Looking at the cart Hattori spoke about she nodded before sending a glance to the rest who were going to help ver with setting the trap. Well she guessed that with such a thick body and small head being behind them would mean they wouldn't have it easy to spot them. "Let's use their size as our strength. We can place this behind them but we'll need to be as quiet as we can." Her voice was low so they wouldn't betray their position to the big creatures. "What do you think? Lets go?" She told to her partners in crime. Calmly she took some time to analyze her options por placing the cart in a place where it could be of use for the plan to success. Perhaps behind them? "Talk"

Panic was also upset for not being allowed to participate in the major kill. Just to be back up support. That wasn't how Panic worked. She enjoyed more to be in the middle of the ruckus rather than just sitting and waiting. Well she hopped that once she was one year old they would take her.mlre seriously and like that beside her bother she waited with an expression or boredom. But waiting for being able to help. Her snake rested around her throat as Fear was also bored. Wolves were boring for the viper. There is when she felt snow being thrown to her brother. And couldn't help but laugh.

"Speech"

Lament snapped to attention as his name was called, and moved forward to help with the cart. He let his attention move to Plague and Hela. The latter of which was already speaking. “I agree” he said to her “With the three of us, after we find a position to lay the first trap, I suggest we have one on watch and two digging” It wouldn’t be terribly quick to dig deep enough to lay them steadily in the earth. Especially considering the need to camouflage or keep the trap from being painfully obvious. It would do them no good if the beasts swerved the spiked sticks. The trade off for speed, would be ensuring they could lay the trap without being discovered.

"Speech"

It was a little frustrating to watch the adults speak and lay down plans around them. She did want to be a part of everything, but… she was also happy to be a part of anything.

When Kuroki kicked up some snow, she sneezed violently, and crawled out from her hiding spot under his chest. She shook out her coat, sniffed disdainfully at her brother before collapsing at Ike’s side. She spared a wink to her sister, wiggling her brows as she started to form a big ball of snow in front of her paws. Angling herself so Ike’s body hid it from Kuroki’s view.

"Speech"

Suggestions on their plan were thrown out into the air as the adults decided the best course of action. She kind of wished some of the children had added their ideas in but they were too preoccupied with the restrictions they were put under or the distraction of the other puppies. She could very easily see the dissatisfaction in their features, but they would have to learn one way or the other their place within the Empire. Her own heirs were royalty but that did not mean they would be put in any more danger. They were children and they needed to know their place. Especially her son.

The boy’s impatience grew as he began to kick snow and Venom was swift to intercept him. She put a paw to his shoulder and her sunset gaze grew hard as she looked down at him. Hattori was the harsh parent, but Venom would not put up with his immature antics. She shook her head and gave him a glance that very clearly stated if he put one more toe out of line he would be barred from the hunt all together.

Ike listened carefully and her bright eyes shifted to each adult as they spoke their ideas and theories to the ground. The tiny Princess had little to no idea how they might conquer the giant beasts. She could hardly hunt a rat let alone figure out how to take down a mammoth. She was minding her own business and paying attention to the goings on around her when Oki began to throw snow she did get distracted by the stoney snow in her face. She sputtered lightly and before she could retaliate her mother was already there beside her brother.

Dual toned eyes grew wide at the expression her mother gave, and she was so glad that she wasn’t on the receiving end. The girl leaned against her sister as she hid as well.

Plague eyed the bamboo that Hattori had the akitas fetch and nodded approvingly. This would work nicely. He brought his emerald gaze back to to Shogun when his name was listed along with Lament and Hela to go place the bamboo where it needed to be for their traps and he nodded readily, getting to his paws as he turned to the other two wolves. Hela was right - stealth was going to be necessary in order to pull this off and not start some kind of stampede too soon. He nodded in agreement to Lament as well when the man spoke about splitting the duties between digging the holes for the bamboo spears and keeping look out. "We can rotate out. The ground is going to be difficult to dig with it being so frozen. No need to hurt our paws more than necessary." Shouldering a portion of the cart, he nodded to the pair and added, "Lets go." He went off from the group with his designated partners, keeping a close eye on the wooly elephant like creates as they drew closer. They truly were massive and it was hard to believe that they were real. Slowly they got the traps in place and laid the ground work for the pack to hopefully have a successful hunt for one of these strange creatures. Plague | Viridis | Procella

"Speech"

Malachai, only really tuned back in as his mother spoke, ears perking slightly as she spoke, doing his best to try and retain her words and try to at least understand which direction the conversation had gone, which was harder to do now that he'd zoned out halfway through... His attention turning towards the cart like object that rolled into view and man did he wish he'd paid attention now, trying to piece it together and he finally managed to grasp they were going to use it ram others the big creatures...

And then he got beaned in the head with snow... He turned quickly to glare at the prince that had flung it at his face, and bit back the smirk that crossed his face as the empress stepped in to set him straight, he rubbed his face on his shoulder and noticed that some of the adults were rising to their paws, doing the same, not wanting to miss even the little he was being let to do.

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