Hunting and Trainging

that's an idea...but i want you to suddenly change as soon as she detects you;re Lycan. she has to deal with suprise. i already told her that the training will seem very brutal and like torture at times. she's gotta get used to it. i made a blood pact with her, so she knows it won't kill her, but i need her to go through hard training as what i usually hunt ain't humans, fledglings or pups.

she wanted her student (possible students) to know what they're getting into

well, i'll have to organise it a little more. i'll be telling her it's her first day of training, but that's it. i'll just wait for a right moment and let you know. don't go too easy on her, but don't go to hard on her. i want the fight to last a little while. all part of teh training. i'll be shouting isntruction to her as well, so she's not totally on her own. but yeah.

she then began fiddling with her lighter, lighting it and flicking the lid closed again, occasionally making the flame grow bigger through her talent with the weapon

Taylor nodded

thanks...i'll make it worth your time as well. ask what you'd like for helping me train my apprentice and i'll do my best to do as you ask.

she bowed her head a little, mind already racing with ideas on what to do for training, and wondering what she could get Zeke to do to really push her little apprentice's boundries

"Getting to put a vampire in its place is reward enough for me."
He said with a devilish grin.
"I can't wait."
He lay his head against the wall, eagerly anticipating the training.

Taylor snickered

yes, the apprentice is a touch rim and proper, but a good sort....deep down to those she respects. also, these prim and proper aspects about her, along with her elegance and stuff and lady like personality, it would help to get to certain places i wouldn't be able to myself. don't get me wrong, she's blunt and to the point, but a lady...unlike me....i'm anything but.

she pulled out a small throwing knife and began doing little tricks with it, flicking it about and rolling it around her fingers as well as throwing it around a little

a habit from when she's restless and wants to do something

"Sounds like she would make a good assassin if you can teacher her good stealth techniques.
Women with a bit of charm are always under-estimated.
Would be interesting to see her try to be an on info recon."

that's my plan eventually, when i want her to specialise. first off, i'm gonna get her in basic training. and basic training isn't really all that basic with me, but it's a good starting point and will cover her ass if something were to come up where she can't use stealth. but yeah, she'll be the one to get information i'm unable to retrieve, and with her Vampire abilities and stuff, she'll find it easier than me. but i need to see the full extent of those abilities, and see which ones she has. but ya. when shes fully trained, she'll be very dangerous and be my lightweight fighter/stealth, and intel recon. but i'll also be needing a few other areas covered as well. i can teach others too when i find them. hell, if you wanna join up, and wanna learn something new or correct something of mine, feel free. i won't complain.

she leaned back in her chair and began blowing smoke rings again

Taylor nodded

i've always got as much as possible planned. of course, i can't plan for everything, but i try to calculate many scenarios at least.

she chuckled at his reply to her offer

awesome. it would be useful to have someone with your senses. a Vampire's is good...but a Lycan's is on a different ball park. with both sets, it would be difficult for any to sneak up on us, alongside my senses as well....i make sure to train each sense daily. there might be some days you'll see me blinfolded, have my sense of smell blocked, my ears covered, or have had something to completely numb me. it's all so i can work on other senses and not be so reliant on one.

she sucked on her cigarette, chuckling quietly before shaking her head

but yeah, any ways, the bigger the group the better, to a degree. i have my eyes set on something called a 'Cold Bounty'. it's got a big pay out...but that's because it's near impossible to complete the bounty...so it's gone cold. however, it's still a Bounty that's in action, and we could take up. i just need a few more to sign up to this. every other bounty group that tried to take on the 'Cold Bounty' died....some would call it suicide to take it on she grinned broadly, a dark and dangerous aura around her i call it sport and a real challenge

it's a 'sign up for details' one. however, that just adds to the interest. none the less, i managed to dig up a few minor things about the 'Cold Bounty'. apparently it's here in Italy, part of the reason i came here besides getting some rest and gathering myself. its something to do with a village a few thousand miles south, heading onto the island of Malta. folks from the village disappear...and that there are strange noises and smells coming from the mountains bordering the village. they say it smells like burnt flesh and hair. the Villagers would also find scorched bodies. they would check the bodies and dental records. most of the time it was other villagers...sometimes it was the bodies of the Bounty Hunters that fancied their chance at succeeding. nasty ends....but deserved for their fool-hardyness.

Taylor made small gestures with her hands as she explained

the money is insane. we're talking 158,000,000 euro here. it's no longer just effecting that little village. that mountain range is impossible to pass, killing trade routes to many other villages and causing famine and poverty in many places now. hell, it's even beginning to effect the main tourist sights as the rumours and stuff are spreading about all of this to the main cities. it's killing the island....and the price for dealing with this is ever increasing. but i need more folks if we're gonna get good on this deal.

Taylor chuckled, grinning and nodded

aye. i'm going to dig around a little more, but i'll see if i can get my new Apprentice working on it with me. i'll see just how good she is at information gathering. this, thought it sounds fun, will be a mega challenge that could end us all. i've only ever heard of one other incident like this, and it was another 'Cold Bounty'. i'm half hoping it's like the other one...and half hoping it's not. if it's like the other case, i'm going to need a hardcore elemental that specialises in flame and water manipulation, and i'm going to need a healer. this will have to be strategically done....or we're literally toast on this thing. everything has to be planned to the finest detail

she leaned back in her chair, tapping on the side of the worktop, thoughtfully puffing on her cigarette

i can't wait to get more apprentices and train 'em! she laughed, plans and ideas already running through her mind

Taylor snickered

aye, i'm worked up as well....however, i need to locate my little Apprentice. last i spoke to her was when we were in our room. however, we can go back to the forest and train ourselves. i could use more practice in clsoe combat with a Lycan. would be a different experience to simply killing them with a well placed silver round form a sniper Taylor chuckled, stumping out the last of her cigarette on her arm

she definately needed to train in that area

Taylor laughed and followed, stretching out her limbs as she went, and pulling on her usual pair of gloves and adjusting her goggles on her head

eventually, they made it to the forest clearing

she noticed Zeke 'limbering up' by clicking his joints

but she knew the first thing to get one up on something stronger than yourself is the element of suprise and throwing them off balance

moving swiftly, she didn't wait for zeke to be ready, and leaped forwards, instantly tackling Zeke to the ground

this sin't going to be like the Playfight. this is going to be a little more serious...but not deadly. it's training.

with that, she pulled back her fist to punch zeke

Taylor gritted her teeth and shut off any and all pain signals like she had taught herself to do so.

tensing her stomach muscles, she made herself coil up enough that she could get her feet high enough to kick Zeke's jaw hard enough for him to let go

when her wrist was free, she quickly flipped to her feet and didn't give Zeke too much of an opportunity and tackled his side and rammed him into a tree

she couldn't hold back the yell of pain at that attack, but beat back its importance to the back of her mind as she clasped her hands together in a fist, and brought it down onto his neck to stun him slightly and make his jaw slacken a bit

she did it again to make him let her go completely and a third time by swinging her hands around hitting him in the base of his throat

scrambling back, she held onto her bleeding hip, thinking of what to do next.

an idea came to mind and she ran at the wolf, only to jump over it and up a tree so she had a moment to think properly...with a height advantage, she now had a little more power behind her attacks as she could use momentum form jumping down to add force behind her attacks

she braced herself for her next attack