Dawnlark Plains Duties, duties, and more duties

Laika padded swiftly through Dawnlark Plains, eyes darting from place to place. There was sure to be some sort of prey near here, so she kept looking. In the distance, the ash covered landscape of Redtail Rise stretched out in the distance, it's magnificent an landforms looming up to the sky. Her head turned to sniff at the earth. There!

The scent of a pheasant made her heart leap. Finally! Her body instinctively dropped into a hunter's crouch, slinking her way along the scent trail. The scent was not stale, but it was not at it's freshest, so Laika knew it would be a ways away, after a while of weaving through the plains, Laika's speckled eyes spotted the bird. Her tail quivered as adrenaline rushed through her body and her head lowered.

The bird was pecking innocently at the ground, looking for whatever seemed appealing to it. Laika slunk forward on swift paws as she got closer and closer, making sure to stay downwind of the animal. Soon, she was close enough to leap so she did. She jumped into the air, the slight noise startling the bird into flight. But Laika was close enough that her claws snagged on it's wing, pulling the bird down. The bird struggling beneath her for a few more moments before going limp to a swift bite to the neck.