[center][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5494758][img]https://i.imgur.com/9BCGgou.png[/img][/url][/center] [center][h3]--Aventon - Forest Outskirts--[/h3][/center] While the Knight-Witch was busy being the eyes in the sky for the villagers and their newfound allies, the hunting party continued to investigate the scene of the crime. [color=d9457c][b]"Hmm..."[/b][/color] Remilia lowly hummed as she noticed the various scents she could gather, then began classifying them in her head. [color=d9457c][b]"I concur,"[/b][/color] the Scarlet Devil quipped at Youmu's hypothesis, [color=d9457c][b]"Several sizable creatures had made their marks here, we're dealing with a pack of… whatever they are."[/b][/color] Then the Half-Phantom Gardener's inquiry to the hunter actually brought Remilia into a brief contemplation, [color=d9457c][i]Youkai? Hmmm... is it possible? Then again, who's to say that my kind only exists in Gensokyo? I can even use myself as an example, Flan and I weren't natives of the realm...[/i][/color] [color=d9457c][b]"Youkai are a family of both sapient and non-sapient species of creatures, Sir Derek,"[/b][/color] The vampiress explained matter-of-factly, [color=d9457c][b]"For an easy parallel, the term 'primate' consists of both you humans and those apes and monkeys, sapient and non-sapient, but primates nonetheless."[/b][/color] This Derek person might be a human peasant, but he didn't appear to be intellectually-challenged so that should suffice, [color=d9457c][b]"In this particular case, indeed, I agree that we're dealing with the latter kind of creatures, or 'rahi' as Sir Lewa would classify them as."[/b][/color] [@PKMNB0Y] [@VitaVitaAR] [@Lugubrious] [@EchoWolff]