Despite it being an early morning everyone seemed rather happy, expect for the prince who seemed like he’s about four hours too early for waking up. The opposite of his friend, Prompto seemed bright and cheery despite the early morning, much like herself. “I’m glad to hear that. I slept well too.” She responded just as bright and cheerfully as her fellow blonde. 

It came as no surprise that the sleepiest person would ask if they could drive instead of walk to the area were Deadeye was and her small sigh said everything, “No…” She reiterated her sigh vocally as she slide her hands into the pockets of her blue jeans. “Unfortunately it’s all on foot… for now.” Prompto’s joining in as a reassuring way to encourage walking made her nod. “A brisk walk through the morning forest is actually nice… when you don’t run into monsters of course.” She said with a small laugh and a gentle shrug of her shoulders. 

Ignis exited the trailer before offering the group breakfast along with Sarah, to her surprise. Taking a place next to Prompto, she explained that she took care of the Chocobos before she came over but when they returned the birds would need their lunch and if anyone wanted to join in the feeding process, she’d gladly take any extra help. The group sat around the camper eating and talking before cleaning up and heading out. 

Sarah led the way as she knew where she was going despite being rather nervous. She didn’t want them to get lost but she also didn’t want to walk straight into a group of monsters. 

“It’s not uncommon to hear Deadeye banging around this early in the morning. He seems to prefer the mist of the Nebulawood. From hunter’s accounts he’s roughly 70ish feet in height and around 220 tons. Anyone who has gotten close enough to it have reported that he’s injured. Specifically missing his right eye.”

“That’s useful information.” Gladio said as they hoofed it through the forest. 

It was a long walk but her attention turned upward as she pulled the group to a halt in front of a large rock quarry. A flash of nervousness moved across her face as she took a deep breath and turned to the four men. “This is where I’ve seen it climb in and out of. I don’t know if it necessarily lives here or not but it seems like a rather common place for it to vis—” [b]BOOM[/b] a loud bang was heard followed by a deep growl and Sarah spun on her heel in the direction of the noise. There, off in the distance a behemoth of a figure began to climb up the stone structure. The figure… “Deadeye…” 

Her small body shook slightly at the sight of it. It wasn’t very far away from them so the vision of just how big this creature was as it climbed skillfully over the rock and disappeared on the other side. Sarah didn’t make a sound until the breeze of the early morning carried something towards them, something she reached up and took from the air. Opening her palm she stifled a sob, a Chocobo Feather…