Raphael spent his morning moving back and forth through Celestial Falls. He and Athena little more then shadows as they checked every square inch of the proposed campsite. His intent was to clear it of threats and the pair had mostly succeeded. 

Rafe moved through the brush, an arrow nocked. His eyes scanning the clearing before him, he moved forward. Without warning the brush to his left began to shake and the body hit him.  Caught surprise the man stumbled and as he fell he turned to his assailant; Rafe's right hand moved to the others neck keeping the teeth away from him. 

His left hand plunged into that same mouth, hand closing around the object trapped inside. "Come on Theena give it here." He laughed pulling the tennis ball free. He got to his feet and after a quick scan of the area chucked the ball in a direction the pair had gone over a dozen times this morning.

With a rare playful bark, that made them both flinch, Athena threw herself after the ball. Her lunge was brought short by a sudden burst of movement away from the ball's path. A young buck leapt from the foliage. The pair of scouts recovered quickly, The pitbull-husky mix slid to a stop and glanced towards her human; At his gesture Athena charged in pursuit.

As the dog overtook the deer and turned it back Rafe reclaimed his bow. In a smooth motion he nocked a feathered arrow and fired it into the deer's chest. The creature stumbled and collapsed near Raphael's feet. "Well Theena, looks like we got lunch. Go get your ball, we gotta prepare the site."

Rafe quickly brought his rope out and hung the deer on the outskirts of the clearing. While it bled, he built a cook fire and prepared some extra wood. Athena kept watch as Rafe cleaned the kill and started cooking the venison. Neither expected all the meat to be cooked before the others arrived, but a warm meal generally improved morale.