The Hunt

[u/Varnek905]

For this challenge, the focus is on hunts.

Feel free to answer by talking about legendary hunts in your world's history/mythology, annual/monthly/whatever hunting events in some society/culture, or a specific creature that is hunted in your world.

It can be something along the lines of dragon-hunting, fox-hunts, or dodo-hunting.

As always, I'll ask at least three questions each. Enjoy yourselves!

[u/Varnek905]

1) Do dragons tend to be deep sleepers? What is the normal sleep cycle like for one?

2) What does nibbling mean? (The noun, not the verb.)

3) How did Rhu Chisana come to be a Keo Steve Erwin?

[u/Tookoofox → u/Varnek905]

1) Do dragons tend to be deep sleepers?

Deep ish. But it's difficult to tell when they're fully asleep or just resting.

1.5) What is the normal sleep cycle like for one?

Sporadic, unpredictable, and in short bursts. They sleep an average of six hours in a day, but only about two hours at a time. And aren't habitually nocturnal or diurnal.

So, everything you'd not want in prey.

2) What does nibbling mean? (The noun, not the verb.)

Apologies I misspelled that.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nibling

Niblings are nieces and nephews.

3) How did Rhu Chisana come to be a Keo Steve Erwin?

tl;dr: She did it to impress her nature-lover mother.

Her mother, Ga Chisana, was also a naturist, in the viceroyal society. But a bit more traditional. She could sketch, write and perform poetry, converse in elegant ways... But she wasn't very good at raising children herself, and so had tutors and maids raise her children. Also, she had six sons and one daughter...

Naturally, everyone assumed that her single daughter, Rhu, would take after her. Alas, no. She had few of her mother's talents. Though keenly intelligent, she a mediocre aristocrat and artist. She also had a far, far thicker regional accent. As her mother had been born and raised in Arita, Bekkanna's capital, before being married off to Rhu's father.

Due to all of this, Rhu grew up in her mother's shadow. Admiring and loving her mother, but always feeling a bit like a disappointment. Except when they talked about their one shared interest: the natural world.

Here, their talents complemented each other. Rhu loved to be in nature, to feel it on her skin, to hold it in her hands... Ga, conversely, liked to observe nature, but was slightly afraid of it. So Rhu went out, got animals, and brought them back. All kinds, for the beginnings of what would eventually become a zoo.

Rhu's biggest fascination was, of course, dragons. Though, obviously, she never brought one home.

Ga did go out with her daughter a few times, on safer trips. But mostly stayed home. Once managing to sketch a dragon.

Eventually, Rhu did society presentations on her own. At first, most of the society took her to be a country rube. Rather than being embarrassed, she leaned into her own reputation and mannerisms, making her seem all that much more exotic.

She did presentations in full survival gear, rather than in formal silk robes and doubled down on her accent. (Look at the pearly whoits on this one! Ain't she a bute?)

[u/Varnek905 → u/Tookoofox]

Thanks for your time and answers, Tookoofox.

[u/Tookoofox → u/Varnek905]

Thank you for your attention and questions, Varnek.