The season was very quickly coming to an end. It had been a few weeks since her children were born and while they weren't quite ready to leave the den just yet she was steadily beginning to introduce small bits of meat into their diet and that meant keeping fresh kills around so they could have tender meat to pick from for them. Alastor had done the bulk of the hunting for the first week or two while she was kept to the den with two blind, hungry children, but now that she was free to stretch her legs again and had begun to leave him on puppy play duty more often than not - which he was more than happy to do.

She smirked as she thought of him playing with their two gorgeous pups, something that had quickly become a pass time for her. It was almost more fun to watch this behemoth, demon of a brute act like more of a pup than their own children than it was to actually entertain them. She loped smoothly across the prairie with her aqua gaze focused on her surroundings, scanning for any particular prey that she might be able to quickly bring down on her own so she could get back to her family, though since it was late in the season the smaller prey was starting to get a little more difficult to come by.

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Being so large came with the burden of being hungry often. It was a good thing that Oxx liked to hunt. Really, he would have liked a petite young woman to hunt and feed him, but perfect women were in short supply. He'd only found one, and a huntress... she was not. Siren was a magical being. A goddess in wolven form. He would never ask her to hunt for him. So, he had to do it for himself.

Catching the scent of those strange, black and white striped horses, Oxx shifted his course, moving to the edge of a wide spread of long grass where he hunkered down and watched them. As he did, he noted another wolf striding by. And not just any wolf, but a hulking, purple shaded fae. She looked just as hungry as he felt. Together, they could surely bring down one of the stripey equines. "Lady," he rumbled in greeting, flashing his odd, serrated teeth in a too-wide mouth. "Shall we pool our efforts and share a meal?" Dark eyes glittered as he waited for an answer.

"Oxx Carpathius"

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and degradation of women.
Please don't read his threads.

Her aqua gaze had briefly lingered on the herd of striped equines, but if she was going to be hunting on her own she wasn't certain that it was a meal she acquire so she had been ready to pass them by in favor of looking for a group of prong horn or sheep. However, a deep voice caught her attention, making her steps pause she turned her attention toward the sound curiously. She spotted the grinning man from his hiding place in the grass and a smirk crossed her features as he invited her to join in on a hunt so that they could combine their efforts. His grin was not too different from her husbands, wide and menacing and interesting. "Certainly," she replied easily, turning her path toward him to come join him in assessing the unusual creatures he had been stalking. She settled beside him, eyeing the striped beasts. "Did you already have a plan in mind? Or shall we go for the old fast and bloody technique?"

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With no arguments, the purple dame came and settled down beside him in the long grass. Together, they inspected the grazing herd out on the plain. There were several of the creatures, their stripes playing tricks on his eyes. Once they were running though, it wouldn't be a problem. With the pair of giants on their tails, the horses wouldn't have a chance.

The woman spoke, asking after a plan. Her wording brought soft laughter from the brute and his mouth split in an even wider grin. "My lady... Fast and Bloody is the only way to live." Rising, he lifted one paw elegantly and motioned her along the pathway that would take them behind the herd. "Shall we?"

Quietly and carefully, the behemoth pushed his way through the long grass until it gave way to the short grass of the prairie. He picked his way along the hills and curves of the land, using the natural landscape to his advantage to keep hidden until the last minute. He cast his shark-like gaze to the woman beside him and nodded. Once he was sure that she was ready as well, the giant pushed off. Once they were running and the herd split, they could choose their target and take it down with brute force.

"Oxx Carpathius"

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violence,
sexual acts
and degradation of women.
Please don't read his threads.

Manea grinned in return at the brute's laughter to her questions and gave an approving nod when he agreed to the the brute force way of hunting. There was something to be said about having the patience and skill to calmly stalk and trap prey, but it had been weeks and weeks since she had gotten to have any good blood shed so she was eager for a good hunt. "Lets," she agreed with a smirk and followed beside him out across the prairie through the taller grasses. As they drew closer she separated a bit, snaking her way through the hills and dips of the land as they made their way toward the herd.

She found a dip where she could hide within running distance of the closest animal and then fixed her gaze on her momentary hunting companion to wait for his signal. As soon as he gave her a nod she nodded back in return and then she was off. She ran hard toward the herd just a few feet separated from the steel gray, speckled man, grinning at the feeling of her muscles pulling and her heart pumping. She had throughly enjoyed her pregnancy and every single moment spent with her children was worth it, but gods how she had missed this.

Once they were within range of the herd the sound of their beating paws gave them away and the striped horses began to stampede and break away from them with startled yelping noises. Her eyes locked on to one as a small cluster of them made the mistake of breaking away from the main herd to avoid a lone tree that was in their path. She gave her hunting partner a bark to get his attention and then sprinted toward the prey at the back of this cluster before it had a chance to rejoin the herd and sprung forward, hooking her deadly claws into its rump and toppling it down to the ground. She made sure to stay toward its back once she came down to the ground with it to avoid its flailing legs. She quickly rolled back to her feet and repositioned her paw that had been hooked into the side that was now on the ground so that she could claw into its stomach, pressing into its side with her weight to help keep it pinned down.

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The purple fae wasted no time in splitting from him so that they could cover more angles of the chase. She was smart and didn't have to be told what to do. He appreciated that. Together, they would make this hunt quick and both of their bellies would be full.

Oxx pushed off and the herd began to scatter, he noticed when some of the beasts split off, but the woman let him know just in case. His trajectory shifted and, as the purple fae hooked one of the animals, Oxx was already flying through the air, his great bulk slamming the ungulate into the ground. He couldn't pay attention to the woman now. All of his focus was on the thrashing snack beneath him.

With teeth and claws, Oxx crawled up the horses body, narrowly avoiding flailing hooves, until he could sink those very same teeth into the throat of the creature. Oxx's teeth locked just below the heavily rounded jaw and he held tight, his great weight and that of the woman's holding the creature down. It's herd-mates did not come to its aid.

"Oxx Carpathius"

Oxx is insanely mature and is prone to
violence,
sexual acts
and degradation of women.
Please don't read his threads.

Manea kept the striped horse pinned firmly to the ground while the equally ruthless male jumped into the fray, using his weight to keep it pinned as well until he could climb his way up to its throat, sinking his teeth in with a deep and crushing bite that ended the hunt as quickly as it began. It was fast and efficient, something she could certainly appreciate when she was on a mission to collect a meal for her family and return to them. There was a time and a place for kills that were slow and suffering and while the beast did flail and struggle with panicked yelps that the rest of the retreating herd ignored, it wasn't quite the horrific scenes that she and Alastor had created in the days that led up to their honeymoon night. Once their prey fell still she chuckled and allowed her grip on it to loosen, stepping off of the animal and giving her violet fur a shake.

"Not bad,", she said approvingly, giving the other man a grin. Looking down at their kill, she added, "Here, allow me." She grabbed one of its hind legs and rolled it onto its pack so that its round belly was exposed, stepping up toward its chest and using a sharp tiger-like claw to slice steadily through the skin from the base of its neck all the way down its torso to expose the tender mean underneath. "I'm Manea," she told him as she worked, casting a curious glance and a smirk up toward the speckled hunter. "What can I call you?"

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