Snippet #2769636

Natisha had been tucked into a corner of the assembly hall during the presentation by the division director. It was a typical speech meant to rally new bloods to the Hunters. A speech that she had heard many times over the last few years.

"Different continent same speech. You'd think they'd liven it up a bit each year."

She'd heard that notoriously the American's were a trigger happy, rude and raucous bunch. However as she looked around it all seemed very orderly. Must be Director Ramos' influence, she thought to herself. Pushing herself off of the wall she decided to move on to the armory before the speech even ended. Natisha had brought in her personal weapon to have the blade sharpened before she took on a new mission. Always be prepared her father had taught her, she didn't even notice the flock of faeries that escaped by that time she was already in the armory.

The armorer smiled "Ah back again I see. Almost done with your weapon. If you want to look around for a bit I'll have it right out for you."

Natisha nodded "I want to thank you again. I didn't have the chance to get it sharpened before I left home," she said while looking around at the various guns, swords and daggers for sale. "Not that they gave me much of a choice either." she said under her breath as she leaned in closer to get a closer look at a semi-automatic.

The older man gave a deep throaty chuckle, "By the way your baby in the aviary seems to fitting in nicely. She's so little I don't think anyone has noticed her yet. But, once she gets a little bigger you may have to find a different place to hide her."

Looking up from the gun she smiled. "I plan training her as soon as she's big enough. My father told me about early hunters using gryphons as mounts. I think Sprinkles will make for a great companion."

The armorer nodded "Yes, but that was a long time ago. Still, If you're going to be doing a lot of hunting on your own having a gryphon on your side can come in handy. However, you might want to have a word with Director Ramos about the little girl. The director may seem like a bit of a hard case. But, I'm sure if you explain to her the situation she'd understand. She did accept you after hearing your story after all."

Natisha sighed. It was true, after the incident for "insubordination" back home the Australian Division Director had passed Natisha's record over to several different divisions all over the world. They had all passed and she began to think that she might have to give up on her dream of becoming a full fledged hunter. Needless to say Natisha was surprised when word came back that the USA Division had decided to take her on.

"I think I'll wait till Sprinkles is a little bigger and has grown more accustomed to being around me and other humans. That way it's apparent that she can be easily tamed."

The armorer came out from behind the counter and held out Natisha's weapon to her. "There ya go good as new."

"Thanks again." Natisha said.

"A good silver blade, you know I heard about a mission earlier today a silver blade like that would come in handy for. You might have a go at it," He gave her a crooked smile.

Natisha smiled "Thanks for the heads up. I might check it out." As if by fate it was then a handful of hunters walked into the armory.

They were discussing the mission that he had just mentioned a mission that involved a lycanthrope. Her silver Kusarigama would definitely have an advantage. There was a young man, a young woman and well if Natisha educated guess was right a witch. She'd heard rumors about the US divisions witch hunter but she didn't believe it till now. She could try to take on the mission alone however a lycan can be hard to tackle alone because they can be very unpredictable. Natisha thought for a moment watching the group as the conversed and prepared. This was different than what she had experienced before coming here. She didn't have a superior officer that would pull rank. She assumed that the two humans were beginners, the one that worried Natisha the most was the skinwalker witch.

"What more can I lose might as well take a leap and go for it." She said to herself as the group began to head out.

Natisha cleared her throat as she stepped up behind them. "Pardon me, but I overheard that you had taken the mission for the lycanthrope in the nearby village. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind an extra pair of hands on your mission?" she said while trying to dial back her accent.