Green pasture

Solus would wave sheepishly to his first minion Gennin to arrive. Apparently Monk was a man of little words. Silent waters can reach very deeply... Since the boy didn't say much it would be difficult to make an accurate reading of his character, in very sharp contradiction to the next one to arrive, Kagetora, whom would also be greeted from a distance with a wave.

That guy was like an open book, and thus quite predictable. The new Kimono was as always fashionable and an eye catcher. Solus had never caught Kagetora wearing the same clothes twice, so where he left all those clothes was a mystery to the Genmaster. Also quite Kagetora-ish, were his next actions: trying to become friends with everything that breathed in his sight.

The two seemed to be each others opposites. Having very different people on the same team was always convenient, it made the ways a team could tackle a problem much more diverse. On the other hand it also had the disadvantage of causing strife and tension. However, Solus believed that with Kagetora's friendliness and with Monk's silent presence the two weren't very likely to get into an argument.

Ayone would make a surprised sound and sniff Kagetora's hand, examining it for food. With the absence of that particular substance the animal would lose interest and start scraping the earth with it's talon, ripping the pasture apart easily.

"Easy girl, the cows have to live here." Patting the bird the Kazeraikou would calm it a bit. Kagetora's voice off course was the one to break the silence. "No, it's not, unfortunately." He would raise a picture for the two to see of the creature that was in the mission file. "It's strong, huge, heavy, and thus very difficult to move. Oh, and it can be made into excellent shoes and purses, that's why we have been called in. We need to find it first and then we need to keep any poachers away whilst we move it to the Zoo in the Hi no Kuni Capital, it will be safe there, I presume. So, do you guys have comm devices?"

No comm device? Well, he would probably not have said much in any case. Solus would raise his hand and twirl a bit of his hair around his hand as he would be thinking about the comm device problem and Kagetora's proposal. "Hrmm, yes, you should be able to lift that, but it will probably put up some resistance, so it might be a bit harder than pulling a dead weight..."

Reaching up he would touch the beak of the bird next to him and gently push its head down. After whispering something in the orniths ear he would turn to his teammates. "From the mission papers we know that the package likes to eat and sleep. So, we are simply going to check all sources of food nearby. Kagetora, you mount on my bird, Ayone, and Monk, you tail me. That way Kagetora can look large distances and cover large areas at once, whilst we look under the trees, where his vision should be limited. Kagetora, to steer the bird you have to talk to it, your teamwork will probably be far from perfect, but you'll just have to stay in the air." Taking out his own Comm device he would show it's settings to Kagetora before plugging the device in his ear. "Use that frequency. Remember, stay close to us, or we might lose the connection. Oh, and don't fly to high either, stay close above the trees, that way we will pull the least amount of unwanted attention." The medic would wait until the fashion beast had mounted up before beckoning Monk and jumping into the trees. "Stay close and frosty."

With the aid of a small amount of chakra under his soles the Kazeraikou would run straight up against the first tree he encountered. Once in the heavy foilage of leaves he would start jumping from branch to branch, lowering his speed until Monk could catch up with him and trail along with him. Apparently the bow was an archer, that meant he would have a keen eye, always good in a searching mission.

A short blink later the Kazeraikous eyes had turned into a deep green colour, leaving only a small circle of the original purple colour behind around the iris. This would greatly enhance his vision, and make it much easier to find any traces. "Monk, cover our left flank, watch for traces of a big creature, like footsteps and broken branches. But also look for traces of humans, if we find poachers those could lead us straight to the creature.I I'll look to the right." Following roughly the sound of flapping wings they would start to make their way towards the river.
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"Let's fly now!" The line seemed to make a gigantic impact on the bird, who would snort and spread her fifteen meter wingspan wings. With a most giant leap she would propel herself into the air, exposing Kagetora to a force of 5G. The boy would have to hold on tight. Luckily the bird would soon fall back in a really gentle pace, gliding just over the trees, occasionally breaking the silence with a single flap of her wings. About half a minute later Solus's voice would crackle through the comm device."See anything?"

Raising his hand the Genmaster would usher Monk to a standstill. In the distance there would be a campsite, but it was to far away to discern anything meaningful. "I've got visual contact with a camp, continue searching but don't stray to far, we might need you to launch a surprise attack." Giving this message his coordinates to Kagetora through the comm device Solus would silently point out the camp to Monk with his left hand.

Biting his thumb the Genmaster would roll up his left sleeve and smear some blood over a mysterious tattoo on his arm. A raven would poof into existence. "Could you check that out for me?" The Kazeraikou would whisper to the bird, pointing once again at the camp. Giving a single nod the black shadow would take it to the skies, gliding gracefully to the encampment and landing on a nearby branch. Feigning stupidity as it would start to assess the encampment.