The group congregated to their usual meeting spot, conversing with one another as they awaited for more. As it looked like they may have had an issue with numbers and possibly not having enough for one of the bigger marks, several new faces appeared.
A male midlander servant of one of the newly appointed hunters; formal, precise, dapper. Julian offered his services by her orders to attend to a more important matters... (cleaning gear from previous hunt) The group saw a glimpse of his abilities from a previous mark, but were never really introduced then.
Another new face appeared as well, a tall Xaela mentioning having a direct relation to one of their associated hunters named Erdene. Perhaps Nergui was they curious about the details of the lodge that they were told, or maybe they were looking for some practice on hunting with some gil on the side?
There was an old, familiar face, the previous bartender of the lodge. The miqo’te named Kiba entered casually and pulled out a bottle seemingly out of nowhere from the bar, a bottle Flynt had long since thought was gone. While seeing some old friends may have been his intention (...or probably just coming for the booze), the mention of gil for taking on a hunt was all he needed to hear to count himself in.
Flynt brought them all aboard for the upcoming mark...
The group gathered at Quarrymil in South Shroud, the details of the mark hinting that some creature with wings was causing issues in the nearby area. Several of the victims wound up petrified, slowly being treated at the nearby settlement. The group had some suspicions on what the mark could be, but they ventured southward along one of the roads to try and confirm what they thought...
The sounds of screaming echoed in the distance, a male yelling at the top of their lungs for mercy. The group barely manages to get to the location in time, stopping the Ahriman from claiming another victim. The hunters did their best preventing themselves from gazing in the creature’s eye for too long, pummeling it with a barrage of slashes, stabs, and spells.
Despite the voidsent summoning several imp-like creatures to aid it, the group of hunters laid the creature low, saving the merchant from a truly petrifying moment.