"So, the rumors are true then?" The pink haired woman asked rhetorically, looking over the latest information from their mainland home base. "An entirely new continent, full of new monsters and even new elder dragons. What a discovery. And to think, we only really found it by following elder dragons." The woman said softly, putting the paper n her desk as she looked over the monster reports, finding a few brow raisers. "My, for such an island its remarkably lacking in monsters. There is variety, yes, But with the amount of area i'm surprised more haven't come in. Maybe it's a sign?" She mused, looking over the reports. Rathalos, Diablos, the normal crew, along with a few newcomers she had never heard of before. "I wonder just how these monsters act around humans, how they interact with the world? If they ever were taken off the island, what would happen?" She mused, before shaking her head. "Of course, i can't ask for samples. They don't trust my branch, They think we're insane! Just because we refuse to go against a previously unknown way of life!" she muttered.
In fact, the Royal Paleontology Scriveners Guild refused to believe a word she said about what had happened on this continent. No matter what they were told, or who told it to them, they refused to believe that anything bar a Shagaru Magala could cover the large island-continent they had taken up residence in in that odd black smoke that was reported. They didn't want to hear about ancient legends, corrupted monsters, or Riders. The suicidally raging monsters were obviously suffering from the Frenzy Virus, despite it even targeting things like Konchu and Shakalaka, who were immune to the Frenzy Virus do to lack of size.
But the people knew better. They had seen what Katsuki, the Rider she had grown to trust as a solver of problems, had returned with. They had seen the white fur turned pitch black, the monstrous horns, the lion-like face. It matched every description she had ever read of the Makili Pikeru she could find. The Black dread.
But the guild didn't care. This nearly world ending event never happened, because they refused to believe that there was such a thing as kinship stones, as Riders.
And for the life of her, she couldn't prove them wrong! If she sent a rider on a ship to the mainland, their precious partners would be hunted and killed! She had seen how Katsuki treated her monsters, a tender touch here and loving pat here and there, even making sure to guard them with all her strength when it came to battle. Her village, she learned from her assistant, had called her the 'Wild Child' of Pondry Hills. A girl who, despite all attempts to rein her in, could never quite leave the monsters outside their walls, the very wild and angry monsters, alone. She was normally seen fishing with Arzuros, shepherding Apanoth, even helping a Velociprey, 0one of the few monsters no one could bond with, with a broken leg. She truly embodied the Rider code of being one with nature. She only killed when she needed to, stole only a few eggs here and there to keep the species alive and well, and despite taking the gene's she needed from the monsters she hatched, she always was teary eyed to see them run off into the wilds. Her personal stable paw in Gildergarm had even said that she could be found talking to monsters as they passed, hers or wild! It was like she was just part of their world, another monster in their cycle. now, that didn't mean they never got rowdy, but that's what she had her kinship stone for. Her bonded monsters could appear next to her at a moments notice, ready to defend her. The most ferocious of these was her partner, Ratha.
Despite the childish name, there was nothing cute or cuddly about that dragon. Ratha was, of course, a Rathalos. the King of the Skies. And he proved it in every fight he ever got into. If the monsters trying to attack his rider ever took to the air, he struck them down with extreme prejudice. The dragon had multiple ways of slaying their opponents, and more often than not it was Katsuki halting his jaws that had saved the life of a few Hunters who tried to attack him. A monstrous dragon, katsuki had helped outfit him as best she could to make sure he survived, and he showed it every second he was in battle.
But Katsuki, despite her control of her monsters, was still a child. A hero, but a child nonetheless. No one outside of the continent treated her like anything but the child she was, iand if ever she left with a monster at her side, she knew there would be an incident the moment she stepped from the boat, even with her stone keeping her friends in control.
She couldn't go to the mainland, it was too dangerous. Despite her constant begging, her constant want to see more of the world, she couldn't relent. If she ddi, the wrath of the hunters guild would fall on her tribes head, and with the kinds of things she had seen Katsuki ride…. she didn't know who would come out on top.
'But what if,' A traitorous part of her mind whispered. 'we got another place to back us up? Their already gathering the fifth fleet, the one they say will solve the mystery of the island. Why not give them a fighting chance?' Her thoughts purred. 'Let the riders go, All of them. they'll have eachothers backs. Any who try to harm one of their monsters will find more weapons then they think aimed at them.'
With a conspiritory grin, Captain Simone of the Royal Paleontology Scriveners casually rang the bell on her own desk, her apprentice rushing in, red beret bouncing on her brown hair.
"Yes Captain Simone, how can i help you?" Lila, childhood friend to Katsuki, asked with a seriousness she had come to expect of the young girl.
"Would you mind calling Katsuki here?" Captain Simone asked, smiling. "I had an idea i think she would adore."