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Jerarda had to smirk, after all only this alkidike would inquire of a monstrous reptilian creature was edible. Sure she supposed you could cook and eat the creature...after being mauled by its claws and ripped apart by its teeth. So instead of saying yes she half a so-so gesture with her hand and then went to put a keep quiet signal to her lips. Her antenna twitched as it sensed the vibrations in the air, turning her head she noticed that..the radaku its brilliant dark blue hide sparkling in the bits of sun was watching the pair of them.

Bringing its nose to the air it sniffed before it curled its lips up in a menacing looking snarl, though it hardly seemed interested in picking a fight with the two as it circled around the tree before it wondered off looking bored. It would most likely be back...thus they needed to be careful.

"I think it had been planning to hunt in the stream...strange that it was alone.." Jerarda murmured careful to examine the area before she gestured it was safe to come down. If slowly. Foot to branch and then she would wait a moment before pulling herself down, then she would observe the surrounding area before going down to the next branch. After all if there ws one...there were likely other radaku. But with nothing in the immediate area she felt it was safe to come down and fish.

"Alright, perhaps you can show me your skills? You seem quite knowledgeable in the process of gathering food. How would you catch the fish in the stream?"

So at least the girl was quite knowledgeable in the field of fishing, and probably gathering of all sorts of foods by the sounds of it. It made her smile if only cause it showed a certain amount of passion if they were so interested in trying all sorts of different foods. The alkidike watched as Vollerei moved into the shallows and like a finely tuned predator already threw a fish to the shore towards her feet. It took only a moment for Jera to pin the flailing fish down and then to retrieve a rock to smash it over the fish's skull. Now limp she could admire its size and looked up to where her sister was standing.

Efficient. The girl liked to get the most amount of food with the least amount of work. One could suppose she was lazy but this was not the case.

"You did that very well." Jera stated as she had no qualms about sitting down and doing the dirty work, after all you didn't want the fish to go bad just because one was could be squeamish about gutting it. Planting her spear beside her she took out a small knife she carried for such occasions. After all why would she sully her blade to gut fish?

"Perhaps together we could get all sorts of fish from the river. I've seen shifters use nets before, but I have my spear..if you are willing to give that a shot." It was rare she would offer someone to use her weapon of choice. Though honestly she wasn't afraid of being unarmed, she could fall back to her own trained skill of unarmed combat and would prefer it.

Jerarda was making short work of the fish before her, though even that didn't seem fast enough as another fish came towards the bank and in her general direction. It would be better if she could smoke the fish, preserve it. They would have to be careful though, after all the smell of blood would attract predators so maybe it would be better if she cleaned the fish off closer to the river. Though..there were creatures in the water to worry about as well.

Moving to stand up she calmly moved over to where the second flapping fish was and beat its skull in with the same rock as she had with the other fish. Quick and efficient she moved the fish over to where she had gutted the previous one.

"Of course. I am curious to see how well you do with it." Jerarda encouraged as she well enough knew that when she had first gotten her spear she had been quite terrible at using it. But she had been more stubborn back then, unwilling to shift from what she knew she was good at.

Looking up towards the tree's she picked up her first filleted fish and quickly climbed up into the branches to lay the carcass across a broad limb. After all if they had to flee for some reason from a predator on the ground at least the fish would still be safe. Climbing back she returned to her gutting gesturing or rather encouraging the girl to take the spear and take a crack at it.

The alkidike woman looked up sharply as it seemed that Vollerei managed to actually spear a fish on her first try. Beginners luck? Or perhaps she was actually more in-tune with the weapon that she had been at her age. Though her eyes widened as the girl went to turn and ended up floundering in the waters.

Jerarda went to stand up, as if wondering if perhaps the fish she had managed to spear was actually too big to handle, though the woman had by now surfaced and spear and fish were still in hand. Chuckling she went to rinse her blade off quickly before tucking it away and hopping over lightly to where the girl had been standing and offered her a hand up.

"Looks like your enthusiasm got the best of you, but good job on getting the fish on your first try." Jerarda was actually rather proud her sister had done so well using the spear. Blinking...she felt her antenna twitch something was approaching them. Looking over her shoulder she spotted ..it the radaku from before coming out from the brush. Apparently it hadn't gone away as the woman had hoped but instead seemed to be keeping a wary eye on the pair as it approached the gutted fish that was laying on the bank.

Jerarda wasn't quite ready to have the spear thrust back into her hands, she had been formulating a plan to get back to the trees since Radaku weren't known for climbing but it seemed her focus was now going to be making sure Vollerei didn't become a meal for the radaku.

The creature had slowed its approach as it seemed that there was competition for the meal that was on the ground. It could easily go get its own fish from the river but this seemed a lot easier to let the humanoids do all the work. It had hoped it seemed that it wouldn't be caught in its thievery. It stared at the one that had growled at it, then back to the one that had the more concerning weapon in hand.

"Vollerei ...don't..." Jerarda started before pausing, don't what? Protect your hard earned meal? Giving it thought after all she would of done the same thing. Moving forward she lowered her weapon, she didn't want to kill it but if they needed to...

Jerarda gave the woman a questioning look before a grin broke across her face. It wasn't a question of wither or not they could eat the creature, surely it was edible it was more how much risk did they want to put themselves for a meal? Taking a few steps forward the woman pointed the tip of her spear towards the halted Radaku.

"You really want to taste it?" Jerarda questioned her sister as the creature before her seemed to tilt its head towards the pair, as if it was listening to something else, its long tail was lashing back and forth betraying it agitation.

Though it no longer seemed that interested in the pair or the fish, it had turned its head looking deep into the forest behind it. Suddenly it bounded forward, leaping or at least attempting to leap over the stream although it didn't quite make it across. A splash and the large creature was now hauling itself out of the water before fleeing into the forest.

This...didn't bode well.

Her antenna twitched sensing the vibrations in the air...the problem was they were coming from the ground. "To the trees! NOW!" Jerarda shouted as she moved forward giving a slight shove to Vollerei in the direction of any higher ground.

(next post I'll roll to see if it hits or she hits it XD If you like the creature is a type of carnivorous tunneling bug. They are about the size of pot belly pig and usually there are 3-4 of them in a herd. They are armored like beetles and weigh about 60lbs they like to surprise their prey by springing up from below)

(rolling a D4 to see if she manages to dodge or gets hit. evens means she dodges and odds means she gets hit second roll is to see how well the beetle thing attacks. 1 is rather poor and hurrah Jera dodges!)

Jerarda felt it right under her feet but was able to nimbly leap out of the way as the creatures head and for legs erupted from the earth. It was chittering, making sounds like annoyance at having missed its prey. Now exposed however the beetle didn't think to go back under the earth to try another surprise attack. After all the surprise was..out, it had its other herd members to still surprise the creature.

The large mandibles in front of its mouth clicked together as it tried to rush the woman, its many legs moving at once to give it a burst of speed you wouldn't expect from a tunneler.

Jerarda wasn't a stupid woman, she had heard of these creatures and had seen them from time to time taking unsuspecting prey from below. Usually a kifna if it landed on the ground for some reason and occasionally they would try for larger prey like Radaku. Typically they were the type to lay in wait...but food must be scarce if it forced them to move in herds under the forest floor.

Bringing her spear down the tip of the blade bounced harmlessly off the creatures armored shell. Alright then, into the tree's she'd go. Moving quickly as she felt more tremors under her feet she leapt into the closest tree and climbed it. Luckily these beetles were not climbers...

"I am not sure what the shifters call them. I call them Burrowers.." Jerarda managed as she took a breather from the higher branches.