Hunting mice... and generally getting to grips with dark magic

"So, you want me to shift to something other than a cat to play more with your dark magic... and then take you hunting?" Suzaku nodded as her riders question, ignoring the amusement that was apparent in the navy cats voice, though he was in his bestia shape as opposed to the cat; though both forms were as much him as not. "And in the jungle." Okay maybe she was still a bit miffed about about trapping her wings before in the jungles canopy. "Hmm." The cat hummed, his tail twitching. "Fine but we'll meet at the forest nearby." Suzaku darted out, her companion chasing after her. Snorting Meiron shook himself, he doubted the form he had in mind was what Suzaku would expect.... and it was a far different call than a cat. 

It didn't take long to land near the trees, thick dense, and swarming with life... for despite the Cenote nearby, Meiron's dragons didn't hunt nearby very often, the older and more experienced dragons were more apt to delve into the Chronoscape.  Her companion set about chasing some birds, as she waited for her rider. Flame tipped tail twitching.... and then she felt something, long and slithery and she glanced down to see a hooded navy cobra in between her claws. "Well.... you wanted a different shape, and this is far different than a cat, and you need to hunt differently." Somehow, the cat was smug even in his snake form. "Venomous?" She asked curious. "I can be, or i can hunt more akin to a constrictor. which is probably better for you." The dragoness nodded, her focus in the dark magic which while still not as comfortable as her fire, was becoming more and more familiar... Her form shrank, larger than Meiron's... and like her cat form, not quite a fully snakelike... she still had her feathered crest, and her sail.... and fires flickered here and there. Unlike when she'd first starting changing her shape to a cat, the snake was easier... a sign of her usage of the dark magic... "You don't have legs, so you have to ignore that instinct, weave..... " Meiron demonstrated, his tongue flicking out, as a snake would. Suzaku nodded, haltingly slithering over the darkened grass, night in full swing over the dark forest.

Meiron slithered deeper into the forest, his scales making no sound, and Suzaku followed, getting more comfortable with the movement. Her senses picked up a faint warmth signature...a  mouse.... while Meiron veered off, probably after something else.... Closer and closer she cre... err slithered, pausing when the mouse moved, she'd already banked her flames...... and then it scarpered off, her lunge to slow. Hissing, she continued .... if she was in her normal form... or even the cat........ The navy serpent was having a much easier time hunting the mice... far far more experienced... and he was smaller... and venomous..... the mice to wary of the larger serpent to notice the smaller one.. "You can use your fire to startle them?" He commented in her mind... and getting a negative sense back, which only amused him, he could offer more help.... but she'd figure it eventually.. so he left her to her hunt, her companion meanwhile chased a few birds his way... well since he was here.....

The night stretched endlessly as Suzaku slithered through the forest, testing her shape and skills.... the mice proving a adversary she hadn't anticipated.. they were small and ever so quick, and seemed to sense when she got to close.... Oh.... her crest flattened as she remembered something... event he venomous snakes were ambush predators... and she could climb....slithering up she used the dense forest to traverse, once a net which trapped her, in this form a obstacle course.... halting only when she was above a rather plump mouse..... waiting waiting.... and then dropping, striking quickly.... biting down and sort of spiraling around it... just in case it escaped..... though.. with her jaw been more powerful than a normal snake.... that was as step she didn't need to take... the poor mouse had died as soon as her jaws clamped down....... and then she swallowed it whole.... maybe not quite as comfortably as the cat-like form..... but another tool in her repository...