>>97090196
Hello and welcome all to the first public test of the Network 0/Union End to End Encrypted hunter messaging program. If all works out, we'll have a way to unilaterally share information on the forces of evil without having to fear data breaches!

I'm GNP, a member of Network 0 that has nothing to do due to being snowed in and in near-perpetual darkness! So I'll be in the thread to answer any questions and see how the launch goes. Even us, the people running the service don't have any information on you, so you should be safe. Still, things can always go wrong so please, don't Doxx yourself!

Hello fellow candle holders, how have your nights been? I'm on shift but im hoping my neighborhood is quiet this weekend, me & by teammate are cold as hell so being the stereotypes we are cooked up some chilli & were drinking hot cocoa

Stop making RP variants of your general. We don’t need half a dozen WOD threads like we don’t need half a dozen CYOA threads.

Oh what a fascinating program. Hopefully it can hold up while out in the boonies. Lord and Lady knows trying to find a signal in the mountains is murder but it's so fun having a party at a remote mountain cabin. It's so festive that I'm thrilled whenever I imagine it.

>>97090204
You should turn on some lights as you while away the hours. It can't be doing you good sitting there in front of a screen.
>>97090349
Positively dreadful. There's no airstrip anywhere close to where I'm headed so I've had to take a train and the blasted thing doesn't have any first class seating. I feel myself coming down with something if any more kids keep running throughout these halls. Anyway I hope your shift is manageable. Nothing like boredom to kill one quicker.

Neat program though I'm not exactly sure what these forces of evil are, my little group has been looking for someone to help us understand why our big game hunts seem to be unprofitable. Recently came to Florida hunting around local rumors but everytime we think we got someone, it turns out to be some native running around the Everglades. We would go during the day where things are easier to identify but sadly, our type of activity isn't exactly "legal" and python hunting has been boring us to death. We can tell there's something out there, but unfortunately we've ended up killing some guy instead chasing the rumors provided to our group. May have to lay low for a little bit.
>>97090349
Pretty good, pretty good. Always sunny out here now despite being a bit cold as of late. Beats England though.
>>97090464
>Taking a train
Thank god for driving, might never go back to England at this rate except if I get deported for killing that rather muscular native

>>97090349
Boring. My work keeps me in the middle of nowhere for most of the year and unfortunately I'm like 90% sure my cell took out all of the problem spookies in the area. On the plus side though, said job also comes with a building that was already halfway to a safehouse before I got to modifying with it. Was a sweet gig even before I became a hunter. Unfortunately now that I know what's out there, anime and video games no longer take the edge off the way they used to. I'm on radio scanners or doing research pretty much every night. Got a lot of pet projects all simmering. I helped a little bit on the coding end of /un0/ but it's not my forte, so I'm here volunteering.

>>97090464
Most of the lights in this building are old ass incandescents. So it'd be dim AND a waste of good energy. Especially since I'm running a generator. I was more referring to the outside anyway. I'm in spitting distance of the arctic circle, I take vitamin d tablets.

But it's not all bad. I converted an old room I never used into a gym. I do sets of bodyweight exercises once every hour when on the computer.

>>97090567
Damn, must suck to not get generous stipends from your group but I understand we can't all be rich. Still, it seems comfy. I heard this so called "hellscape" I reside in is unbearably hot but thankfully it's the winter time. Also, nice work out schedule, a gym would be preferable but the snow does get in the way sometimes. I had a home gym back in England but my friends and I had to move after the incident. Thankfully our lifestyle keeps us pretty fit and healthy until it doesn't, but them's the stakes

>>97090567
Oh my. Well that's definitely far further north than I imagined. I hope you're returning in time for spring. Good on you for keeping the exercise regiment up. It's so tedious trying to find the motivation for it. At least when it's something other than cardio.
>>97090545
Chin up, chap. You'll find your quarry. Have you done the old bait trick or are those rumors terribly varied?
Also I wish I could never go back to England. Thankfully, I'm away. Being on the continent and all, but I still have some ancestral property I can't shake so I'll probably be back by the middle of spring. Always better to spend Winter away from that horrid little island. There's never anything interesting anymore.

I feel luckier than most of you then, we may be in the cold but at least the fires of St Florian can help us.

>>97090545
What are you hunting exactly, our MO is to find its lair, set the place on fire when its at the most disadvantage, then show up & kill it with out axes, & blame it all on a rogue cigarette cherry or bad wires.

>>97090889
Hope so, we're not really getting paid for this one without proof since as the buyer really fancies himself one of those pelts. I actually like the British weather myself, but unfortunately driving is a bit of a chore over there and it's best me and my group stay away for now. Not entirely our fault it happened but these rich old sods have such demands we had to break a couple of laws and may be wanted until the boss can pay off the authorities.
>>97090951
Boss man says we're supposed to find some of the native dogmen and skin them but we can't seem to find any after a while. Maybe Nitro Express Rounds are not the solution, our previous mutant hunt worked out well with them but it seems these dog people are evasive if nothing else. Our informant says "They're definitely people that look like dogs" but ugly as the natives are I don't really think they qualify. I feel bad murdering some poor guy the way we did but who asked him to be out at night?

I've been hunting some thing odd in my neck of the woods for a while; serpentine, caustic spit, & it changes shape, some times its a lizard, sometimes its a fish, sometimes its a snake, like it can choose what sort of limbs & the number of limbs it wants. It's scales are downright bulletproof. Seems to prefer slinking around a state park. I tracked it to a drainage pipe but it flung itself into the lake when I attacked, molted to gain six flippers, & then disappeared my familiar lost the scent so I'm gonna be doing patrols til we pick it up again

>>97090196
This seems interesting, a bit more practical than going through the hassle of having to shedule a meeting and making sure security is tight. Anyway, hope all of you are doing good out there. The cold is going to be a pain but it's a lot easier to conceal weapons under a winter jacket. Keep fighting the good fight and may God be with you all.

>>97091354
Might want to wear some protection, I've never been asked to go chase something with acid spit but that sounds pretty dangerous, possibly more of a hassle than it'd be worth. Beggars can't be choosers though, at least you aren't trotting through a swamp every couple of nights
>>97091569
Likewise nameless friend

>>97091131
Tsk tsk, such odd employers. They should be considerate enough to cover fallout of your hunt. Like why else would they continue living? If you didn't kill it, they'd be dead. Well most of the time, those guys sound odd.
>>97091354
Oooh that sounds deliciously exotic. Has it changed to anything warm-blooded? Temperature difference is so fun to toy with and caustic liquid can give such a nice tingle.
>>97091569
Stay safe out there

>>97091659
I have a spell for that, protects better than tactical gear when it works, & a chemically treated poncho just in case it doesn't work. I'm more worried about hurting it than it hurting me. Hit it with the ol' Evil Eye but it keeps running & regenerating.

>>97091747
No. It seems strictly cold-blooded/primordial reptilian. It molts quickly to heal or change shape, but generally keeps it's sinuous form & a shitton of teeth.

>>97091354
What calibers and ammo you try against this thing? Also I'd consider adding a gas mask to your redundancies if you really want to cover all your bases. The air outside might disperse the acidic fumes, but indoors you'll be rubbing your eyes and coughing your lungs out. I sure hope that spell of yours is reliable.

>>97091747
Yeah well like I said, beggars can't really be choosers and we're already getting some nice pay out due to the unfortunate circumstances of England
>>97091756
Yeah the boss says some cells have guys that can use magic but we don't really know any of that so it's good old human ingenuity that keeps us mostly alive. Good luck with your reptile, most of the ones around here are more annoying than they are dangerous

>>97090375
Isn't this the kind of shit that /qst/ was made to contain?

>>97090632
>>97090889
As a job, it's actually pretty good for being a hunter, with the caveat that I can't travel much. Without saying too much, I'm a meteorologist that works for the government. This predates my being a hunter and has nothing to do with my hunter work. Basically, there was this old weather research building in the ass end of nowhere that was going to shut down if they couldn't find someone to keep the lights on and record the data its collecting. So, they were offering stupid amounts of money for the job, since few people want to live in a remote cold war era bunker. But I was fresh off getting my doctorate and I was always a homebody so it seemed like a good fit. I basically got to live in something mansion sized all alone with a steady, high-speed internet connection and a gun, doing work that's in my field if a little beneath me, but making way more money than most in my field do.

Several years later I learn the supernatural is real when what I can only describe as an innuit lich was finally unfrozen due to several warm winters. He wanted to wipe out all life in the area but we put a stop to that. I keep digging, mostly online and that's where Network 0 picked me up.

Mr. Venture, I'm slightly confused. You're a big game hunter that graduated to hunting the paranormal for profit?

And D. Grey, I don't get a lot of vacation time, but when I do I usually spend it still on the hunt, due to limited opportunities up here I sometimes feel like a benchwarmer ya know? I live and breathe the hunt, it gave my life a purpose beyond collecting a paycheck and finding dopamine hits. We're in a war dating back to the stone age that most people aren't even aware of. I never worked out before, now it's like a ritual.

>>97090951
We talking fire axes or do you guys have battle axe money?

>>97091946
I carried light when I first went hunting. Just a 45. But even with a shotgun or my magic it takes minimal damage then slithers off. I'm gonna have to find a way to trap it so I can overwhelm it's defenses or else find it's kryptonite. Problem being it can melt it's bindings

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>>97092119
Dig a big ass hole?

>>97092135
Can't do that without drawing way to much attention to myself. It's a state park. It also sticks near the lake, so I'd be digging in mud & hoping I could steer it toward the hole & not the water.

>>97092033
Yeah I worked with a Hammer of the church before & he used prayer so I know Christ our Lord really does work through his children, & I've heard of other cells out there with all kinds of strange tricks, but me I'm just a sorcerer. Nothing demonic or anything understand, I can manipulate space & time, use some other magics too. Started off with just a rifle & fear sweat, but I've always been interested in the occult, once I realized things actually DO go bump in the night I started applying some knowledge I picked up from old book & what would you know? Magic is real for those who have the spark. Still it's better to shoot something than try to hit it with magic

>>97091770
>>97092119
That sounds tricky, how hot does it get in your area? The cold-blood may allow for some kind of freezing agent alongside the trap, though it's kind of annoying to find liquid nitrogen. Might have a concern about shattering the reptile if you do procure the means to freeze.
>>97092117
A lich frozen in the tundra? Fascinating. Thank you for putting a stop to it. Sounds like a wonderful set up you got going on though I can understand feeling antsy.

It is why I'm stuck on this train. Lord and Lady knows going through old tomes looking for answers drives me up the wall, but my estate is the only occult archive for the county it is in. Boredom sets in quickly, simple mundane pleasures become like ash after the hundred thousandth time, though it sounds like you're spared that particular brand of suffering Net0. In any case, you're doing good work. This program thing sounds great. Have you properly armed your premises against intruders? Could help the feeling of not doing enough.

>>97092033
Right right, very understandable then. Hopefully your luck can turn around. Any new rumors spring up for ya?

It never fails to surprise me how so many things that bump in the night also tend to use modern technology. The amount of nasty critters who we've tracked down thanks to them having Bluetooth headsets or earbuds and/or phones is staggering.

>>97092192
>though it's kind of annoying to find liquid nitrogen.
Could rig up something using compressed air canisters. Not the easiest method, but easier to obtain and at worst you just look like a tweaker when you buy them in bulk. Not to mention they are under pressure and can be used as n explosive as well, which is always helpful.

>>97092117
I suppose as far as "hunter" work it's pretty safe. Have never really been anywhere too cold for comfort after a little temporary job in northern Scotland in the winter. Something about a night time predator but we just torched their hideout during the day, not too complicated. At least it pays well. Well, as the name implies, I had a fun little hunting party originally before I decided to start investing in some businesses that went under. We were just the sort of lads to run around hunting elephants or hippos, but out boss decided he would pay off our debts if we did some style of hunting for him. You know at first I thought it was just fun and games he wanted some trophy hunting done for nice pelts.
Then we actually met the clients and they started saying some crazy lunacy about nocturnal blood drinkers and golems that drain the energy of a land or something and their aspirations to steal their power for themselves or something. A lot of bullshit I figured but it paid off my assets and the stipends and budgets were pretty impressive compared to my rather ordinary hunting expeditions. Of course then I had to actually hunt the damn things and then I saw why the paranormal stayed paranormal when a regular guy walked off from a batting to the head. I think I'm in over my head at this point since this is basically just "need to know information" and clearly, my group and I are just here to shoot the things and deliver them to the clients. Pay is good though, don't have to really worry about taxes now that I'm apparently an international criminal
>>97092170
Sounds like a bunch of nonsense but well, I suppose dogmen and night crawlers are some nonsense too. Maybe I'll see about picking up one of these occult tomes to help out as good old hunting might not make it far enough. I don't want to be forced to evict another place because a client got impatient again

>>97092221
There's some guys who not only hunt monsters, but EAT them to gain their power. Lucky you just found the weirdos who just see it as extra exotic hunting & not the cryptid culinary creeps

>>97092206
>>97092192
Eh, I'm gonna have to experiment that's for sure

I hope your nights, evenings, days, mornings, or what have you continue going splendidly. The train I’m taking proves to be a study in the torture known as boredom though...I shall give them points for points for supper. There was a most succulent rabbit dish the cook was able to make. It was positively mouthwatering, roasted to perfection, and it smelled divine when it was placed in front of me. I cannot place the sauce used, but it was delectable! I need to remember to ask the cook about it.

Anyway. As the rabbit did its level best to distract me from those awfully sticky children, a most charming character decided to introduce herself to me. She said her name was Mel, I’m sure it stands for something but I dare say she enthralled me right then. She has the most gorgeous head of dark hair I have ever seen, like the finest obsidian sanded into strands that stretched to the middle of her back. Eyes of dark amber. They seem to be almost molten, no matter the lighting she’s in. I dare say I’m envious. Her nose. It is quite lovely and rather straight. It’d make a right triangle flattered with how her nose mirrored such a hypotenuse and the most fitting pair of lips I’d ever seen in this hemisphere. Painted like her hair, it made her perfect ivory teeth stand out all the more.

I must have looked like a right fool being captivated by a face, no matter how ravishing. Something brushed against my leg, I never found what, but it pulled me from her spell. After profusely apologizing for my rudeness, and introducing myself, we found some common ground. She’s apparently traveling to visit some family near where the cabin resides, so I asked her about the area. The way she talks of it is rather charming, and we talked so much that time flew by. We’ve been having drinks in her cabin for the past little while, though I feel the night lengthening. I should say my goodnights. Thank you all for helping with my boredom.

I shall be at the cabin tomorrow. Hopefully.

>>97092119
I'd like to suggest adding some explosives to the mix (I'm a fan of the overwhelming firepower method). A crate of dynamite is usually solution, even if it doesn't kill the thing it should hurt it. Remember, every good ambush starts with a bang! If the thing doesn't die and you know you can't kill it? Use the confusion to get out of dodge. I'll warn you, they're not as easy to source as a gun, you need to know a thing or two about them and you definitely do not want to get caught with a trunk full of stolen dynamite.

>>97092117
Special blessed fire-axes. My group are all firefighters & sworn to St. Florian. We come from an ancient order. Fight fighting makes for a alibi for killing monsters. Got a vampire sleeping in its lair? Send the rookie to set the house ablaze & we go running. Holy water in the hose, silvered fire axes ready to chop. Most monsters hate fire, & we know how to use it. We've got brigandine & kevlar sewn into our bunker gear so were almost as armored as soldiers. Fire covers up most of our work too & the local government is sort of clued in & doesnt ask questions if we do things discreet

>>97092367
>Eat them
Well, I mean. When in Rome am I right? I've been given multiple assurances these things we're hunting aren't actually people so I guess eating not-people would be fine in an emergency. Still would be rather difficult to stomach, I mean would you eat a human shaped cow?
>>97092409
Careful there with the dame, that level of captivation seems pretty out there. But I'm glad were enjoying yourself in conversation. Just careful around the cabin.
>>97092484
Very cool to see modern day Knights Templar in action, a bit heavy on the arson though I think. Some of these properties could still have value to someone

Out of curiosity...do any of you have a preferred weapon of choice?

>>97093019
Axes and Fire
>>97092825
Order of the Knights of Florian, in point of fact

>>97092192
Oh this place is so fortified at this point. I updated all of the old CCTV cameras to something a lot crisper with my own money. It already came with storm shutters on all the windows capable of withstanding a category 5 storm, which we don't even get up here in the first place. There's a courtyard sorta place I double fenced in with concertino wire. When the weathers' nice I grill out there too. I even increased the armor of the wall itself in some sections with sheet metal, all peened by hand! I've got my command room which is the observation deck I do most of my work in, but it doubles as a good computer room in general because even with the heater on its freezing. Obviously I can't go around placing bear traps, there's a town nearby, but I have a bunch of traps and barricades down in the basement for a worst case scenario. Yep. Fort GNP is all but impenetrable.

>>97092206
Yeah, and their opsec is usually shit. Like normie shit. But according to some of my Net0 buddies there's a minority of them that have scary good opsec. Like, not only can you not break in good opsec, but by the time you get back to base it's been ransacked good. So keep your guard up.

>>97092221
Dang man. Do they have you ever do capture bounties or is it dead only?

>>97092367
>EAT them to gain their power.
Who the fuck is going dungeon meshi on the monsters?!

>>97092484
You ever run into a monster that approach struggles against?

>>97093019
My hunting rifle. It's an old wood and steel bolt action but it was free, it's accurate, and it hits hard- from a distance. Also as long as you're not in a big city nobody looks at you weird for having one.

>>97093019
Well, our more classic approach to hunting with elephant guns did not go unnoticed by the boss. Unfortunately and unlike >>97092440 my grandfather never quite taught me to make explosives. Very unfortunate I'll never get to blow things up but that gets much more attention. And when the elephant guns fail, we have a couple of Beretta's. More than likely though we're probably dead
>>97093113
See, that's what we're trying to figure out. Most of the time we're just killing some nuisances but recently these clients have it in their head that they want some pelts from dog people and well I can't exactly say no. Maybe we try a live capture soon, but my group and I should do more research. Wouldn't want to nail another native again lol

>>97092409
This is a textbook case of being charmed, take notes everyone. Whatever that thing was, it wasn't human.

>>97093019
Depends on what the target is. I'm a generalist so the usual go-to is a reliable semi-auto / pump action shotgun. Multiple types of ammunition are great when you have no idea what might jump you. A good handgun and a knife are also important. If I was going after something a bit meaner than your average bloodsucker I'd try to requisition a USAS 12 or something that goes bang.
>>97093644
The Devil's minions can take many shapes and forms. Be wary of anyone suddenly taking interest in you for seemingly no reason.

>>97092440
It's a state park dude. I mean, I know how to make them, but I prefer not to.

>>97093113
I think it stems from Mummy eating cultures & guys like who Venture Cap is working for. They kill some bygone cryptid & think, "After I stuff it's head on the wall, I might as well make a nice steak out of the flank"

>>97093019
Going loud, stealth, or tactical?

Like I've said before, if I'm just poking around & I don't want civies to see me or the monster to catch on that a hunter isnt afoot, I have my .45. For when I know what I'm hunting I use a shotgun & usually some specialized rounds. Smoke grenades mixed with incense or holy water mist & other specialty grenades for damage & warding. I also have a few transmutated item combinations. Magic is of course always an option.

I finally found you! It's been weeks following the clues, the number on the billboard, the license plate on my neighbours car, the sounds in the radio static! 97090196! I've been humming the tune all week, it's driving my partner crazy!

I normally don't go in for puzzles, but this ARG was intense! People have been visiting me about it, someone even called the police! He looked important, called himself Mr White. Didn't look like Brian Cranston though. They were all after the code I was working on, but winner takes it all! I did have some help, shoutout to the guy at the coffee shop who helped me when I was going off on a tangent.

Holy shit it's even in the captcha!

>>97094095
What about Harvey Keitel?

>>97093274
Pelts from dog people? Did they give you any real information about what you're hunting? I've heard campfire stories about werewolves before and they're supposed to be real nasty business. If these dog people you're after are shapeshifters, those guys tend to turn back into humans when you kill them. So you'd have to skin it alive, which is pretty f-ed up.

>>97094030
That's disgusting.

Dreadful news friends. I finally got off that horrid train and reached the cabin. When I find the cleaning staff responsible for its upkeep, I shall extract my vengeance from their hides. Dust everywhere, and there are still covers on all the furniture! It is like no one planned for our arrival. I went to find the host, a Dr. Green, of this little party to properly complain about the state of things. Instead you know what I find? A dashing if forgettable man. I think he said his name was Nate Grant. Who has two first names? Ridiculous.
Anyway that’s not the cause for concern. The concern stems from the fact that Dr.Green invited that Babylonian whore that considers herself my rival! Bonnie Russa, with a delectable little peach hanging off her by the name of Melissa Plum. Oooh I feel myself catching fire recalling Bonnie’s smug smile as she showed her invitation. Apparently, the good doctor was hosting this party to try and hunt down a local...hell, what do the youth call it? A “kryp-did.” Supposedly a local legend that’s active in the winter but Dr. Green hasn’t yet arrived.

I felt my sanity slipping away at this news, so I’ve retreated to a room that is now mine to recover and to formulate counter plans to Bonnie’s tricks.

>>97093644
>>97094001
Now now. Not everyone that approaches us is a demon. Quite a few women, and men, approach me and they tend to be human when we start having rough relations. Although I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to make sure. Some warlocks only start writhing after blood’s been spilled.

>>97093019
I have a most wonderful leaver-action gun I take on hunts. I was privy to a witch hunt about a decade ago and I was able to pilfer some metal ingots from their hut. Wanting to do my due diligence, I sent them to a contact in Italy and commissioned them to make me a work of art out of the metal. They sent the gun back and it works like a dream.

>>97094398
Damn, I don't know if I really have the stomach for torture like that if that's the case but maybe we can just pawn it off on someone else. I mean, they aren't people-people but I'm not animal torture enthusiast. Maybe we'll try our hand at capturing one live and then doping it up on horse tranq. Hopefully, we aren't leaving any swamp fertilizer this time
>>97094423
Never heard of Ulysses S. Grant? Grant can be a last name sometimes. It is pretty unlikely, this Nate guy seems strange. Anyway good luck on this kryp-did hunt, Lord knows there's some strange things out there

>>97094466
I've got a bad feeling about your employers giving you very little information about what you're hunting alongside very specific demands and hush money. No offense, but it sounds like you don't even have enough information to reliably identify your targets in the first place. That's a recipe for disaster.

If you're lucky, your dog people aren't the werewolves I've been told about, but something else entirely. If they are werewolves, silver bullets are the only reliable way to kill them, so I have been told. Still, I'd have an exit strategy if I were you.

>>97094527
There's nothing that can't be done with the right amount of excessively large cartridges I'm sure, but I'll keep in mind having an escape route for my group and eye. These swamps get rather annoying to run through. As for the employers, they're paying me pretty well and I already signed the contract so it is what it is. Apparently they've been eyeing us for a promotion but we'll have to get them something that isn't the charred remains of the formerly-paranormal. Surely nothing can go wrong, surely. Though, maybe I should keep some silver on me

Friends, what are some items you consider absolutely essential for your safehouse. Food, weapons, game, anything. I need to hit a general store and I am drawing a blank on what is best gotten for the coming nights.

>>97094466
>>97094863
You may want to get your hands on some elephant tranq as a back up. You can never be too careful, though skinning's easy. Just close your eyes and pretend its a deer or other game you've skinned before. Watch your fingers naturally, and keep pumping that tranq. It'd be just awful if it woke up halfway through the degloving. Oh also consider purple flowers. They could help if you're reaching for the silver.

>Grant
Oh yes, I remember that general from the Americas. Seemed like a tough sort from what history has on him. Much different than the Grant I'm currently stuck with. He came to check on me, in his cute little way, after some time had past. Apparently he's a friend of the Doctor's and had been hoping to meet him. He wanted to return a little white lotto ball he had drawn from the last party he was at. It was remarkably familiar, I think I have a similar one somewhere.

>>97094987
Well for food, I'm quite the pasta fiend. It keeps well, is very filling, hard to mess up cooking, and you can make a lot of different tasting dishes with pasta. The only nitwits who think carbs kill are tren-bloated gymrats who think grotesque muscles and no fat is peak human physique. Real athletes carb-load. I don't exactly have the best variety out here, but both meat and seafood are plentiful. Don't knock caribou until you've had it. As for weapons, I've slowly been building up a stockpile. I got my hunting rifle, a couple of cheap pistols, several knives of various sizes including some mall ninja shit I regretted buying immediately, a shovel, a fire axe, and a flare gun. The flare gun is massively important. I'm also trying to DIY a reloading bench to save on ammo costs. I play a lot of video games, but I'm not sure if that's your style. Probably the biggest recommendation I would give if you're gonna be isolated for a while is a good internet connection. I'm not gonna pretend it's the same as face to face conversation, but it can do wonders for alleviating any cabin fever. Though in your case you seem to have plenty of company.

So you and this grant kid won a lottery when you got to this meet-up? That's odd. Is this a hunter affair or just a rich person's getaway?

Update on the hunt. After some research it might be a lindwyrm. You ever wonder why all those Scandinavian drakes & snakes have so many different limbs & stuff? It's this motherfucker here, sometimes he has legs, sometimes its fins, etc, but that's because they molt to match their needs. Also explains the scales protecting it so well even against magic. Something is wrong with this one though cause it shouldn't molt so fast. Back to the research

>>97094987
Magical wards in every flavor & power you can get. Your safehouse should be spiritually & supernaturally impregnable. After that, it needs to be as materially & physically impregnable as possible while remaining discreet. As for what goes inside? Back up power in two varieties, weapons & ammo, clothes, food & if possible, ways to create more food, a greenhouse/in door greenhouse, chickens, etc. A bolt hole to the outside. Books. Recreational material. Your loved ones.

>>97095563
You know there's nothing wrong with having some muscles on you in a fight, as long as you don't loose flexibility. But I eat like trash. Fast food & cheap crap. I don't have the cash to buy good food or the taste buds to do that chicken & rice wrap every day.

>>97094987
>Friends, what are some items you consider absolutely essential for your safehouse. Food, weapons, game, anything. I need to hit a general store and I am drawing a blank on what is best gotten for the coming nights.
Weapons are a must and I mean it. Proper weapons - automatics, precision rifles, grenades, blessed tools and holy artifacts (if you can get your hands on one call us, we'd be very interested in those), cheap hutning rifles and .38 revolvers won't do. Make sure you have spares (especially if you're operating in a group!). After you're done with making sure you're hidden and proper security measures (even simple tripwires are better than nothing) are in place you can get food. MREs are great for stockpiling but you'll probably need some normal food too. Depending on how you operate you'll need a way to communicate, secure channels (must for me) are preferable. Get some holy wards if you can, it may sound silly to some but once you see faith, true faith in action you'll quickly change your mind.

Here's a thought...we've been debating using explosives to rig the place to blow in case it ever falls into the hands of our enemies. We can't exactly leave evidence of our existance to these wicked beasts and their servants.

>>97095563
Ah no. The night I got my little white ball, I ended up hosting a party later in the week. Killed some tit party crasher that said he was a vampire. Shame he just couldn't quite pull himself back together after being quartered though his dying torso spiced up the party some. Quite a few ladies got to ride him through death throes before we tossed him onto the bonfire. They were rather sated after, said it was much better than other times they've ridden vampires. Dead fish that they are.
Grant had mentioned how he was at a uni party with Dr.Green earlier in the week when he drew the ball. I suppose this whole little party I've been invited to should be hosted by Grant but I think Green forgot to inform him of his duties. I suppose I should help the little puppy out. Gotta get some fun out of this disaster of a trip.

>>97095563
>>97095960
>>97096071
Pasta's an inspired choice. I gotta remember to stock up so my rival will have her favorite spaghetti whenever I have to cook. Hopefully they have. From what Mel told me, the area's other plentiful in game so meat will be a non-issue. Suppose I should make a day or two of it, drag Grant along. See if the lad can properly shoot. Lord and Lady knows Bonnie can't. The little battle bunny prefers things nice and personal. I should...check with her, see if she brought all her weapons. It'll shorten up the shopping list if I don't have to get axes. Thinking on that, I should see if there's an armory tucked somewhere in this cabin. Mel had told talked about how it was a hunter lodge in seasons past. Hopefully they updated it to modern weaponry before it fell into disuse.

Right outside of a full kitchen restock. I think I'll look into flares, flare guns, typical emergency supplies. Shovels. I should stop by the butcher. See if I can't get all the blood he has on hand or arrange for its delivery, the applications one can do with it is always surprising. Candles, gotta have candles. Maybe hit up the church too.

>>97095960
A lindwyrm sounds properly alien. You ever come across evidence of it eating? I imagine all the limbs allow it to tear its prey to shreds.

>>97095991
Muscles I'm fine with. Trying to put some on. I have any issue with weird roidfreaks.

>>97096398
Wait, what the hell? Am I reading this right? Am I having a stroke? You guys ripped the limbs off of someone who was probably a vampire and then doinked the torso before killing him?! What. Why? What's wrong with you guys? Why do that?

>>97097038
Not all who hunt do it for altruistic reasons. Sometimes you're gonna run into some degenerate seeking thrills.

>>97097038
Pretty sure. There was quite a large amount of substances at the party. It was kind of a potluck situation, I provided mostly pretty things alongside alcohol, a decent stash of uppers, and other guests brought more substances and/or liquor. As for why, well, the guy came in ruining the fun! Shouting about the help I hired. That I had apparently ripped him off. Or that they had stolen from him previously. I believe I was coming down from something so my memory’s hazy.

First off, that’s ridiculous. I pay for goods fairly and considering they were temporary hires for the party, it was clearly his personal problem. He should’ve waited until after the party if he wanted to rough them up. I tell him as such and then, being the magnanimous person I am, I asked if he wanted to partake. He was clearly high-strung after all. The brute roared in my face, throwing some friends to the ground when they tried to restrain him, and began to strangle me. It was quite a sight, so I’ve been told.

He was shouting something about how he was gonna take his time killing everyone there starting with me. Bit into my neck and I am brave enough to admit I think I died a little when he began sucking my blood. Jokes on him though, my blood was likely 150 proof with the way I was preparing to celebrate.
The liquor and residual uppers must’ve hit him all at once, cause about (eh) thirteen seconds later he stumbles off me. Someone hands me their cane, I push it through the dude’s chest and he falls over. He appears frozen giving us time to get a several axes, and as we are rendering him invalid, some of the ladies notice his stiffy and made jokes. Really brought some levity to the situation. Near-death attacks are a downer.

Once the quartering was done, I apologized for the interruption and we resumed the party. I cannot rightly tell you why the ladies gave him a try. Again not nearly alive enough to be worth it, if you ask me. Werewolves on the other hand, they tempt me.

These Werewolves might actually be a bit of trouble. Going through the market today and from the distance I could have sworn I saw the same guy we shot a few nights ago right as rain. May be in over our head but now we know where he shops. Still a bit unnerving.
>>97094987
Always have a bit of that cheap dollar store ramen for when funds run low, but generally just enough ammo to not get outgunned. I'll be taking that tranquilizer suggestion, I'm not sure anyone capable of living through having their shoulder torn off like that will be easy.
>>97095960
So this is like a shapeshifting lizard? Our current quarry of shapeshifter seems relatively squishy by comparison though I'm sure your affinity towards magic might help you out there
>>97097038
I thought about roiding once but then I got inducted into this crazy shit and going through the motions of hunting while managing the gym and the whole cycle process seems like a pain. A bit dangerous too, arguably reminds me too much of the whole providing geriatrics with the secrets of the paranormal
>>97096398
Is this a sex thing?

>>97097394
>degenerate seeking thrills
I'm no stranger to thrill seeking for sure but there's trill seeking and then there's finding out fairy tale monsters are real and want to eat you
>>97097395
Oh so it is a sex thing.
>Werewolves on the other hand
Why? Granted I've only partially met the one, but this seems a bit freaky. I'm not sure I want to be thinking about that, considering what the clients may have planned with the creature after we skin him. My boss has told me a few stories of what they did with the previous mutants and it was very much not wholesome hunting

Hi, I’m a new here. Got some experience hunting, but it’s the first time I’m trying to socialize with other hunters.

I’ve done plenty of work in the past, mostly been employed by leeches, hunters and dogs.

>>97097604
>>97097626
Listen it's only kind of a sex thing. My Rival, curse her, boasted one time about choking a werewolf to death. She buried an axe in the fucker's throat and had to stay on top of him to keep the axe buried. Called it the biggest thrill of her life. I am pretty sure I chipped a tooth with how hard I was grinding my teeth that night. Also it's about the thrill. Playing the most dangerous game can get dull after a while. Isn't that why you moved onto "night" hunting? Fine. Okay, maybe, there is something about those big muscled forms that can get one all bothered and hot. It is not weird.

My normal proclivities aside, I feel must mention again how weird I am finding your employer to be. I gotta imagine half the fun of acquiring the pelt is the hunt itself. The surge of energy and passion one normally gets from a hunt deepening into something more primeval as you rend the quarry's hide from slick and living body. In any case, I hope you were just imagining the guy in the market. It'd be quite frightful if something came back.
>>97097793
Hello. Always exciting to meet another hunter. Are you currently hunting anything?

>>97097604
Yeah it's more of a snake thing. My magic isn't helping much at all, it's more utility than anything. Now that I got a lead I might be able to do something more effective.

You might want to skip the tranqs & just blow that guy apart again but this time drag the body off to watch it for a bit

>>97097626
Probably those Ashwood freaks? Idk, they get their rocks off doing fucked up shit to monsters. It's best not to associate with these types. Especially when they can't even keep it in their pants on an online forum. Like, do we strangers really need to hear this guy gush & creaming his pants over some lady he saw on the train or at some party or whatever? I don't know about you but I ain't here to listen to voyeuristic bullshit.

>>97097876
No, I’m currently looking for work after a leech prince tried to enslave me instead of paying me

>>97097793
You were EMPLOYED by monsters? How's that work? You didn't hunt us did you?

>>97097793
Welcome friend, I have had my own share of questionable employers don't you worry. Never one of the hunt targets though, sounds weird to work for something I might get asked to kill the next day.
>>97097876
Well, at least werewolves are alive compared to the other ones we can be running into. I haven't actually seen one do any shapechanger things except from a distance so I'm afraid I can't quite see the appeal, and I'm not really sadistic enough to go watch something bleed out on the floor that way.
As for the clients, no clue what they are envisioning though seem rather insistent on living quarry. Maybe they're setting up some game reservation in some lawless land like Africa? I remember that being pretty popular in the trophy hunting circles I used to get dragged to in my childhood. My problem is more so trying to capture them alive without getting murdered or resorting to noticeable acts of terrorism.
>>97097898
I would but the clients really want either one alive or the pelt, and word of mouth around here is that you can't skin them after you kill them, bit of a conundrum. I hope I'm just imagining the market guy out of guilt or something, but it didn't seem to notice me so all should be good.
I can't really speak as for Ashwood, the boss hasn't really told us much except he'll pay us to go hunt and kill. I have my suspicions though given the specificity of some of the requests but then again he could just be an independent like my group? The boss keeps mentioning an initiation if we're competent though. It does make me feel rather uneasy, I'm just hunting these spooks as a job. Not sure I'm ready to get dragged into some weird sex cult to get more funding but maybe it's just the boss's initiation and I can keep being impersonal.
Anyway, good luck on your snake thing then. I suppose all this crazy shit would inspire someone to learn magic but for now all I I've needed are a few guns and a pipe bomb I bought off the market.

>>97097905
Dreadful business. Sounds like you got away for the most part. Hopefully some work ends up in your lap soon.
>>97098239
Curiouser and curiouser. If you do not mind me asking how did your current boss contact you? Or did they give you a business card?
>>97097898
Tch, fair enough. I let myself get pulled into the story. I should've cut it short, I apologize. Hopefully something turns up for your wyrm.

>>97098296
The boss found me at a bar, said he'd seen my skills at hunting and asked me if I would like to do some hunts "of a more grandiose kind" in exchange for helping my group's financial situation. I thought he meant we'd be hunting hippos, elephants, poachers. Not men who can literally turn into wolves or other weird things. The first red flag should have been when he said we could start the same day in Northern England. Ended up chasing down some fellow who looked like two to three dudes put together when we took off his trench coat. I might be in too deep