Snippet #2759208

Heart pounding, eyes wild and strained, silently scanning the area for movement, she waited. A twitch of movement, some kind of Elk looked up, clearly tainted by the wilds. Its three heads all stared at Astrid, at her twitching left hand swirling red and black, ugly with biomass. It had the look of prey; all nine eyes beheld her with fear, ready to bolt at a moment's notice. An acceptable break fast.

Astrid crouched, quiet and low, legs tensing, and with a swift leap she was only paces away from the Elk. It turned to run, but she was already on it, claw tearing into its flank and crushing its back two legs. It cried out in terror, birds flocking from the trees and away from the noise, its pack and most other creatures quickly and silently making their escape. Astrid howled with delight, as the Elk continued to attempt to flee, the front four legs scrambling desperately to carry it's broken back. "Sorry Love, Law of the Jungle" Her left hand crushed the Elk's first skull and it collapsed in shock.

She knelt by the beast, gnawing on its second skull with her left hand. Something in the distance shifted its weight, a rustle that sounded quietly in Astrid's ear and made her look up with the eyes of a predator. A bear, heavily plated in some sort of osseous plates and spurs, with long and serrated claws. It looked hungry, very hungry, however so was Astrid. She stood with an aggressive snarl, left arm swirling angrily as it digested the mutant Elk. The bear took a cautious step forward, a low growl in its throat as it sized up the girl. "Nuh-uh! Mine!" She shouted, the words grating against her throat. "Go find your own." The bear took another step forward, growling louder.

The Wilds weren't forgiving, something was always trying to swoop in and steal her food. She loved it, it wasn't a mistake you can make twice. The bear charged, a guttural roar of action as it tried to maul the small girl to the ground. With a light jump, she flipped into the air, her feet above her head and seemingly floating for a moment a few odd inches above the bear. Its neck was heavily armored by the bone spurs, but her claw tore through it all the same. She ended her jump and landed to the side of the bear, where she was met with a swipe of the bear's talons across her abdomen.

It's head barely held onto the body by a slab of meat and fur, jaw moving in mute frustration. She'd severed it's neck but the bear seemed less than put off by this. The slashes in her stomach started to close themselves using stored biomass. Astrid tackled the bear, clawing into it over and over again, her manic howling echoed throughout the Wilds.

It was silent, broken only by the occasional crack of bones as Astrid ate. She wasn't sure how many other things she'd eaten since the bear, or even where she was. She did know whatever she was currently eating wasn't nearly as tasty as Bear. "At least it sated my hunger," she belched as if annoyed with the thought.

Her clothes were ruined yet again, blood-soaked and torn, and she'd let her mutation take her on a bloodthirsty rampage. Astrid sighed, her left hand finally reverted to normal and been properly bandaged to hide its unsightly appearance, sitting on the half-butchered torso of Puma. She'd packed up what meat she could to take home and cook, but there was no way she could transport it all. "I Wonder how far out i am this time...." There was nothing for it, and she followed the signs of carnage, heading back to one of her makeshift camps.