Blanca the white rabbit was still recovering in the woods from her little slip-up last month. Since then, she had gotten her hands on a “smartphone” and found this “subreddit” about hunting her. She had just found the post about when she was caught last month by that human huntress and her dryad friend. Being roasted on camera was incredibly embarrassing and she hated how popular the video of her getting roasted was getting. She then noticed a recommended subreddit, “r/mythicalhunters”, which describes tactics for hunting mythical game and what to do with them. Blanca had become enamored with a recent video, a clip compilation from someone called “SparkMaster”. She’s evidently a popular cooking streamer who has an insanely beautiful voice. Blanca was watching the clips of a recent stream where she was using a reverse phoenix’s ice to freeze itself into a popsicle when she realized she was getting distracted and it was almost sunset.

She got up and tried to reposition herself, when she heard footsteps. She turned off her new phone and went for her third favorite hiding spot, prepared for tonight’s round of hunters. She looked through the foliage at who was trying their luck with her this evening. She couldn’t see any faces, but so far it was standard affair: night vision goggles, camouflaged traps, bait that has never worked even once, walkie talkies, and some other general supplies. This would probably not be an unusual night for her. The next few hours were also quite standard, with Blanca avoiding the same tactics most every hunter uses to try and catch her, which only managed to bag the hunters a lost camper. Half an hour after the camper was caught, Blanca noticed something: one of the hunters’ voices sounded kind of familiar… He was one of SparkMaster’s assistants she’d heard from the clips. This might be a bit more difficult than expected.

Later in the night, Blanca smelled smoke and realized she hadn’t seen a hunter in about an hour, indicating they were taking a break and probably about to eat that camper they caught. This meant she could get to a better hiding spot. After checking to make sure nobody was nearby trying to nambush her, she leapt to another tree. As she jumped, she caught a whiff of their meal and realized she was also pretty hungry herself. ‘When was the last time I had any kind of meat, now that I think about it?’ she thought to herself. ‘Maybe I should try my hand at cooking the next hunter who falls for their own trap.’ The thought subsided when she slipped into a hole she’d dug under a bush and heard a bell ring… it was tied to the branch of the bush. This wasn’t the first time hunters used this tactic against her, so she knew what to do: stay still while a nearby animal investigates the noise. An animal she didn’t get a good look at did come to see what made the noise and her pursuers did return to the spot and the animal ran off, causing the bell to ring when it jostled the branch. The pair that arrived to investigate looked like they were about to leave, when a woman’s voice Blanca recognized as belonging to SparkMaster reached her ears. “Now to figure out if she hid nearby, ran past, or if that was really just set off by an animal.” Blanca was no stranger to hunters who actually knew what they were doing, but they weren’t especially common in these woods. Even then, she knew what to do. Either they would investigate her hiding place and she’d leap out of it to another, they would investigate elsewhere and she could stay still, or one would investigate elsewhere and leave the other for her to evade. She was not familiar with what came next as her stomach growled very audibly. SM and her assistant were now very aware of her location and threw a net on the bush. Blanca had been in tight situations like this before and was preparing her usual way out of nets. Before she did, SM was quick to speak up. “Huh, didn’t think she’d be on the run hungry! How about this, Blanca, you make this a bit easier on us and you can have some of the food we brought!” Blanca’s stomach growled again and the net was clearly of higher quality than she was used to, so she frustratedly said “...Fine...I want some of that camper, though.” SM smiled.

The white rabbit, Blanca, was now in their camp and in a cage with some of the roast camper SparkMaster had caught a few hours ago. He was spiced more heavily than Blanca was expecting. SparkMaster broke the silence. “The name’s Taylor, by the way!” Blanca looked to the side and dryly said “Nice to meet you… I guess…” “You mean nice to meat you?” Taylor responded jovially. Blanca just glared at her. “Yeah, I guess that wouldn’t be the best pun I’ve ever made… You sure are putting that camper away!” Taylor continued, handing a plate with more meat on it to the white rabbit. “You must be starving! Or maybe you’re seeing why everyone likes you so much!” Blanca gasped indignantly as she took the plate. “I’m not actually into this! I just don’t get much meat in my diet.” Taylor laughed. Blanca, whose face was now more red than her fur was white, snapped back “ENOUGH!” After a moment of uncomfortable silence she looked to the side and meekly asked “S…so what recipe are you going to use on me?” Taylor, pretending to ignore what just happened, nonchalantly said “The fans have been demanding a BBQ stream and I felt like giving them something special, so you’re probably going right on my grill.” Blanca felt her heart-rate spike. She has been caught only a few times, but from what she’d heard, getting grilled was one of the more intense than most other methods. Taylor noticed this and put her hand on Blanca’s back. “Don’t worry, I’ll make the stream quick. My schedule for the next few days is kind of booked!” She lied comfortingly. Blanca was not very comforted, but she didn’t exactly have many options.

The following afternoon, Blanca had arrived at her latest captor’s house, still in the cage and now tied up in cooking twine. She couldn’t do much but watch the stream get set up. Salt, Pepper, Garlic, Butter, and some other equipment were put on a table in front of a camera in the backyard while Taylor wheeled out a rather large and expensive-looking transparent grill and began fiddling with it. One of her assistants came to bring Blanca out. “The guys who make that grill are sponsoring this stream. It’s built to handle 2 people comfortably. It would be great if you can somehow say something about that when we get started.” He casually remarked. “‘Comfortably’ probably isn’t going to be the right word, given I’m about to get cooked alive.” Blanca responded grumpilly, prompting a laugh from the assistants and Taylor. “I like her already! Keep an eye on the grill, it takes forever to heat up and I want to stream on time this week!” The streamer said as She went back into the house. Blanca was placed on-set, still frustrated she’d semi-agreed to this. Taylor came out not long later, having abandoned her dirty hunting clothes and came out wearing only thigh-highs and an apron. “Woah. What I wouldn’t give to see her turn golden brown” Blanca said, both to her own surprise and a lot louder than she thought she did. “Million follower special, dear!” Taylor offhandedly replied. Blanca blushed a little.

Not long later, The stream began. Blanca was prepared for Taylor’s quite loud intro. “GOOD WHATEVER TIME IT IS FOR YOU, EVERYONE! It’s time for that BBQ stream you’ve all been bugging me about! With me here, I have Blanca the white rabbit!” The camera panned over to the pale-furred bunny girl, who just glared angrily at the camera. The camera panned back and Taylor continued. “She’s been like that all day, just ignore her. We’ll just be doing a regular recipe, butter, garlic, salt, and pepper. Nothing fancy like the bunny boy from last month… Hey, Laurence, where did we get that one?” One of the assistants, who was busy pulling Blanca from her cage, replied. “I think we just grabbed him from one of the walking trails.” Sparkmaster began lathering the bound rabbit with spices. “People say we should put up a sign there warning walkers that we tend to pick up our main ingredients there. It’s marked as a hunting ground, people are just salty.” Taylor said as she spiced Blanca up. “Given how much salt you’re using on me, I’m not surprised!” the pale-haired prey said. Taylor laughed and grabbed an apple. “Anything to say to the viewers before you go in?” Blanca turned from the camera. “Ok, then. Before we get into the lore around this cute little morsel, what’s the chat saying?” Taylor looked at a screen off to the side “...What are you guys on about now? A raid?”

The next thing Blanca knew, her captor was also on the table, bound in cooking twine and being lathered in butter. “Was not expecting a raid today. Uh… thanks for one mil, guys!” She said as an apple was stuffed in her mouth. Blanca laughed, before letting out a yelp. Laurence had shoved a carrot into Blanca’s ass. “Chat says that since we’re doing stuff with rabbits, we should include carrots.” Taylor, who was being coated in more spices than Blanca was, interjected. “That’s actually a misconception, carrots are actually-” Taylor cut herself off with a yelp as she was given the same treatment. After the surprise huntress meat was finished being prepared, another assistant asked a question to the two. “Anything to say to the viewers before you go in?” Blanca humphed and looked away. Taylor cheerfully said “Well, it’s been an honor cooking for you all this time and I’m excited for- '' She was once again cut off when an apple was shoved into her mouth. Blanca, upon seeing the apple she would be gagged with, panickedly shouted “NO WAY! THAT THING’S WAY TOO BIG FOR MY MOUTH!” “That’s what she said!'' Laurence laughed as he shoved it into her mouth and hoisted her up and onto the grill.

A sizzle could be heard as the two were put onto the hot bars of the grill. Blanca didn’t want to admit it, but seeing Sparkmaster go stiff on the hot metal was quite an appealing sight. Maybe she’d get into grilling, herself. The experience wasn’t as bad as she thought… even though she was still being cooked alive. Regardless, all of these thoughts were things to consider when she got back to her forest. Taylor was still reeling from suddenly being on the menu. She is almost never actually the one being cooked, she couldn’t even remember when her last time over the flames was. The stream loved seeing the two squirm in the grill, even if the live chat was as bad as it always was. Blanca quickly picked up on the exotic spices her hunter was now coated in. She’d have to ask about them if she got a chance. Even if she didn’t get into meat, they might liven up some of her usual meals. The exotic spices had been kept on hand lately just in case they hit a million followers, and they finally got to see their use, even though the follower count dropped back to 999,970 an hour later.

The two took a while to cook, but eventually both were golden brown. Blanca managed to get back to her forest and find her phone, managing to catch the end of her stream. The white rabbit wasn’t too thrilled to see herself well done so soon after the last time, but seeing Sparkmaster in the same shape was an appealing sight. Maybe the white rabbit would find the full VoD later. Blanca sat there watching the two bodies get reviewed until a thought crossed her mind. ‘If we’re trying out meat and hunting, maybe we should get SparkMaster myself. No doubt she’ll be after another mythical figure soon. Might be worth a shot.’ She shook her head before looking to the side, giving the idea a second thought. “Save a friend the embarrassment and get a good meal out of it… It could work.”