Neverwinter Forest [ic joining] pilfer and plunder

Clouds rolled across the sky, dripping their wet silence across the forest below. And in that forest, the spider lurked, unfettered by the grey murk.

The spider did not hunt; it set it's trap and lay in wait, intelligent, nimble. Like the spider, the stranger who lingered upon the forest's edge skittered between the shadows. Her head low and eager in it's search; not hunting for prey, as evident by the stranger's disregard for a set of rabbit tracks that were passed over without a second thought; but predator.

She hunted for wolves, for where the wolf roamed, food was sure to surface.

Layers of snow hid the sounds of her movement. Layers would obscure the road behind her. The creature tangled her way through the crook of trees and, with a caress of her slick strides, she came upon an unforseen hollow.

The exposure put her at risk. With a low hiss of annoyance the ink-stained girl ducked low, and tried to slink along a new path. She was met with a wall of trees in one direction, and was forced to reverse, only to find another dead end.

There was nowhere for this spider to hide.