Luna let her horse follow after Cyrus, "I-I'm sure the horse can handle it. Now let's go."
She set her horse to a gallop to try and make up the lost ground. That and the sooner they got to the guild, the sooner they could get this over with.
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Cyrus pulled his mask over his face and urged his horse to go into a steady gallop.
He was very quiet, not even knowing what to say to Luna. He was feeling broken and he just wanted to put an end to this, in whatever way possible.
Luna eased up once they were a fair ways away from the guild. Not too slow, but slower than before. She glanced over at Cyrus and put her lower facial mask on. What was she supposed to say to him? Everything's a mess at the moment.
Cyrus looked to Luna, then looked away.
“Thank you for standing by me still.”
His grip on the reigns was very tight, and his shakiness and other signs of anxiety had never really gone away.
"Y-your welcome," Luna responded glancing over at Cyrus, "I-It's what friends do."
Cyrus lifted his head to look ahead of himself, and he forged on. He ran a hand through his hair.
“It hurts so much…” he whispered.
Luna looked at him, "Hm? D-did you say something Cyrus?"
“N-no…” he replied. His voice was going all hoarse again, “It was nothing.”
Cyrus shuddered just pondering over everything that was happening.
Sparrow slowed her horse until he was only just moving. She whistled a couple time and Ryker screeched, soaring up and spreading his wings. Anyone at a 7 kilometer distance could see the bird
Luna looked up and saw the bird, "O-Okay. Isn't that Ryker?"
Cyrus looked up.
“Yeah, it is. Let’s hurry,” he said tersely, pressing his horse to approach a hard sprint towards the bird.
Sparrowflicked the reins again and the horse started running. She whistled again and the bird started following her. She hit the edge of a clearing just as the sun was going down. She rode across the flat terrain and passed through a couple more clearings and forests before stopping for the night in the roots of a large tree.
Luna pushed her horse after his. The bird had disappeared, but it hadn't been to far from where they were. If they pushed it they could catch up to Sparrow and be together, it would be a lot easier to do the mission as a group.
“It’s getting dark. With any luck, she set up camp,” Cyrus said, “We could catch her.”
"D-Definitely," Luna nodded and spurred her horse to just keep going a little bit further, "C-come on."
Sparrow used a large Bush and a tranquilizer to calm her horse and hide him whole she herself nestled deep under the extruding roots and put a lightweight blanket overtop. Completely hidden, it would take a trained eye to find her within this vast forest.
Cyrus moved ahead, keeping a careful eye out for Sparrow.
“Let me know if you see anything,” he said.
Luna nodded and glanced around the forest looking for any of the signs of Sparrow's camp, "Y-yeah. I-I think I see something over there," she pointed over at a large tree.
Cyrus squinted his eyes.
“I just see a tree…”
He pulled his horse closer and scanned the area.
Ryker screeched from above the treetops, alerting Sparrow of intruders. She groaned silently and peeked out slowly from beneath the blanket. 'Cyrus and Luna.' she thought irritated
"Duh," Luna said pulling her horse even closer being careful as to where it stepped, "S-Sparrow hides her camps in the environment."
“Right,” Cyrus muttered, “Hard to spot unless you have quite the discerning eye.”
He kept going forwards until he saw a spot in the bushes that was slightly different, like it had been tampered with.
"D-Did you find something?" Luna asked Cyrus.
He pointed at the bushes, nodding.
“Help me investigate further?”
"Y-Yeah," Luna hopped off her horse and held the rains in her hand.