Oroshi

In the Hunters Guild Hall, one could see various hunters, staff, and palicos wandering, eating, and drinking, or working. Some of the hunters were even gathered around the large notice board within the hall, checking over the various quests that were posted, there were even a few disputes between hunters on who was taking which hunt before an agreement came to a conclusion. At one of the many tables that littered the hall, near where the canteen was located with the palicos chefs were really cooking up a storm, two hunters ate their meals as they talked amongst themselves. And from the conversation, they didn’t sound too pleased.

“I still can’t believe we lost that Oroshi Kirin.” The huntress with a Bow on her back said as she munches away on a thickly made sandwich in her hand, before washing her latest bite down with a swig of her mug. “And having two of our party be taken down by that icy horse.”

“Yeah, that’s a real kick to the pride ain’t it.” the hunter with a Lance strapped to him grumbled. “But hey, at least Glenn and Clair weren’t fully frozen, and are still kicking.” The Lance wielding hunter said before taking a swig from his large mug.

“Yeah that’s true, but now they’re bedridden for a good long while.” The huntress said before taking a big bite from her sandwich.

And as she ate her sandwich, the Huntress thought back on the hunt, and started to run the play-by-play in her head. trying to figure out on what she could’ve done better to not only pin the Kirin, so it wouldn’t get away, to how she could’ve contributed more to the overall hunt. But as she thought back on the hunt that they failed an hour ago, a thought came to her as she thought about the monster.

“You know what really gets me, is that Oroshi Kirin just…vanished without a trace. Even the observers didn’t see where it went.” She then turned to look at her fellow hunter. “Where do you think it went?”

“Hard to say, but this is a Kirin we’re talking about, one of the more elusive and mostly unknown monsters in the world.” The Lance wielder said as he grabs the large meat on a bone from his plate. “Nobody really knows where they go, or how they can move around as if they’re, teleporting all over the place.”

“Besides, the mission is over with, so forget about the monster and just be glad we didn’t lose our friends.” the Lance hunter said through a mouth of meat before washing it down with a hefty swig from his mug.

“Still though, where do you think it went?” The huntress asked as she looked at her fellow hunter, who just shrugged his shoulder under his hefty looking armor, before continuing to stuff his face.

Deciding that it was no longer worthwhile to discuss the failure she, and her party, had in slaying an elder dragon, the Huntress went about eating her meal before it got to cold. After some time, the huntress and her party member finished their meals, but while she wandered off into the main town where she and the rest of her party was located, the other hunter was caught up in a little bit of side gambling to get more cash. So now the huntress just wandered around, trying to figure out what to do for the remainder of the day, but as nothing specific was coming to her she decided to see how her injured teammates were. they could probably use the company, same goes for her.

~~Elsewhere~~

Today has certainly been an interesting one for the Oroshi Kirin, to say the least. First from the encounter it had with those four hunters, who put up a rather decent fight, to being engulfed in a blinding flash of light that, somehow, moved it from the massive, isolated tower in the middle of nowhere, to being in a forest.

Then after exploring the forest, which had several creatures that the Oroshi has never seen before, from a large winged feline monster to a large rocky thing, both of which were greatly annoying to the monster. But the most annoying creatures so far, were those smaller equine creatures that made the same noises that the hunters made, especially the purple winged one which seemed to wiled a large amount of bioenergy, probably on par with some other elder dragons that the Oroshi as crossed paths with on occasion.

And after all that, the elder dragon then found a strange wooden cave that was up in a tree, with more noises coming from it.

“I still think we should try asking Bonbon to help her make candies, instead of being Spa Helpers.” One of the voices said.

“Nah that won’t work. Remember when we tried to help at the Silver Bit to get our marks?” one of the other voices said to the others. “Ever since then, no pony that works in foods knows better than to let us try and get our marks.” The voices continued on with this meaningless rambling amongst themselves, while the Oroshi Kirin just stood outside the wooden cave, and listened.

“Strange.” Oroshi said as the noises from the cave continued to squawk about.

After its little investigation of the strange tree cave, and hearing more noises from whatever resided inside it, the Oroshi saw nothing else of interest within the clearing and continued to trot about the land before coming upon a wide open field, which seems far more peaceful than the forest or the less dense grove of trees with red fruit. At least it appeared nothing would bother it while it attempts to rest. Trotting towards the lake, the elder dragon made its way to the sole tree of the field, where it promptly laid down with a loud yawn escaping its mouth, before curling into itself as it drifts of to sleep. And as the monster sleeps a thin vail of cool fog surrounds just a few feet around it, freezing the grass and sandy beach of the lake side, keeping the area nice and cool for the Oroshi as it tries to rest.

“Such a strange and bizarre place.” The Oroshi muttered to itself as another yawn escaped its mouth again, before it finally drifted off to peaceful slumber.

~~Orchard~~

It didn’t take long for Rainbow Dash to return to Sweet Apple Acers with some help for her friends, although the help would’ve gotten there sooner if the doctor and nurse were as fast as the pegasus, so the Rainbow had to wait for the hospital ponies to reach the farm where she guided them to where Twilight and Applejack were. and upon seeing the lavender alicorn laying on the ground, shivering like a leaf in a strong wing, and seeing the frost forming on her body where the spikes were embedded, the doctor and nurse immediately went to work.

“Alright princess Sparkle, we’re going to remove the spikes, are you ready?” the doctor asked the alicorn, who could only nod, as her mouth was chittering because of how cold she was feeling. “Alright then. Nurse Cold Heart the moment I pluck a spike out, you need to apply treatment quickly.”

“Understood!” the pale yellow earth pony nurse said, hooves at the ready with the disinfectant, bandages, and a few other knick-knacks the mare pulled out from the medical bag the doctor carried.

The two hospital ponies performed their task with expertise, as the moment the doctor swiftly yanked the ice shard from Twilight, which caused the mare to yelp in pain, the unicorn used some basic healing magic to aid and jumpstart the healing process, while the nurse quickly went about treating the wound before bandaging it up. this process took several minutes to finish, but once it was done the nurse pulled out what looks like a small shawl, and once the nurse placed it over Twilight the alicorn felt her body starting to warm up slowly.

“That blanket is enchanted to provide a steady warmth princess Twilight, but we need to get you in a proper warm environment.”

“Here!” Applejack said as she hauled one of the wagons over to the group. “Load her up in here, and we can take her to my place and put her in front of the families fireplace.”

“Good idea, but she’ll also need some to eat to help her regain her strength.” The doctor said as he used his magic to carefully place the alicorn in the wagon.

“While you all do that, I’m going to see if I can find that unicorn! He’s going to pay for what he did!”

“Hold it RD!” Applejack said before her ill-tempered friend bolted off.

“We don’t know who this fella is, or what he’s capable of. Best to leave him alone for the time being, but for now…” Applejack looked to the wagon, where her friend was laying in, slightly shivering as she bundles up in the blanket. “She needs us.”

The pegasus released a heavy sigh as folded her wings back up, and trotted up to the wagon as Applejack hitches herself to it, and began pulling it back to the Apple Families homestead. Where upon reaching the home the injured alicorn was brought inside, and was being laid on a makeshift bed of pillows that the Apple Family quickly gathered up, while in the kitchen Granny was making some soup for the injured mare.

“Twi, how you feeling now?” Applejack asked in a caring manner.

“A little better.” Twilight said as she looked towards the doctor. “Thank you for treating me doctor.”

“It was no problem; however, I do advise you take your recovery slowly and try not to exert yourself.” The unicorn doctor said before using his magic to pull something out of the medical bag. “For the time being, take one of these pills every day till you feel like you’re no longer in pain.”

The alicorn nodded as she used her magic to grab the bottle, and popped one into her mouth before swallowing it. after the doctor gave one final check-over Twilight, to make sure that she was indeed all right, the doctor and nurse left the house and made their way back to the hospital. Leaving the alicorn in the capable hooves of the Apple Family.

“So Twilight, what exactly are we going to do about this unicorn, huh?” Rainbow asked as she leaned against the side of the fireplace.

“I honestly don’t know.” Twilight says as she enjoys the warm of the blanket and the fire. “Actually, Applejack can you get me a piece of parchment and a quill?”

“You gonna write a letter to the princess?”

“Yes.” Twilight said as Granny Smith entered the room with a tray of soup on her back. “This unicorn is really dangerous, the ice magic he wielded alone was on a whole other level.”

“And the fact he didn’t care in using it to freeze the orchard, but also used it to attack you.” Applejack said in a rather upset tone. “So if willing to all that, what’s to say he won’t do it to somepony else?”

“Exactly. So I’m hoping the princess will have some idea in how to handle this, without ponies being harmed.” Twilight said before a small sneeze escaped her, causing her to inch closer to the fire, while Granny Smith gave her a comforting pat on the back.

Nodding in response Applejack then looked around the house for a piece of parchment and quill, while Twilight began eating the soup that Granny Smith placed before her. As for Rainbow, she just trotted out of the house and flew off, while promising to not go looking for a fight with the unicorn. But she never said anything about not looking for him, and keeping an eye on him, that is, if she can find the unicorn.