01-19-2021, 11:44 AM
The darkness grew darker until a light behind him made the land warriors' night vision light up and he flinched while the goggles adjusted to the new level of brightness. Nox glanced back ready to yell but when the weave emanated from the Ascendancy himself Nox felt it better to just hold his reprisal. He grumbled under his breath something about taking civilians on a hunt. There was power everywhere, and normally Nox would be impressed bur right now the pull of the power was only heightening the pull of the darkness inside.
They drew near. His call brought them. The map indicated an intersection before a bend and Nox felt the small fraction of the horde just around it. Waiting for the power. Waiting for him. Eyes glinted in the light behind him. Nox gave a half-smile as one trotted out of the darkness near. Nox knelt down and held out his hand. "Nova."
His sister's former pup stopped well short of his hand. The rest of the horde growled in the darkness. The air rippled with their eagerness to feed. To rip open his four companions' veins and tear them apart limb from limb. It played out in his head, he felt their need. They fought his control. A low rumble echoed in the tunnels. It was fast when it happened, half the horde bolted from others up the passage.
Nox called to them. Hunger rose, the sounds of people filtered down the hall through the horde. "Fuck" Nox threw a wall of air up between him and the horde, Nova still on this side was already chasing after the horde. Nox started running up the passage they had gone. "Half the fragment is going to attack people."
He reached out to the horde and called to them, but their hunger was all that mattered. Fuck.
Moments, it was only moments later when the screaming started. A populated cavern with tents pulled into view and the land warriors adjusted to the campfire lights. A very large Oni covered in the slough of the horde. That was new... It ripped through the tents catching people and taking a bite out of the flesh and tearing apart and tossing the to the side, the smaller rat sized ones were scampering after the discard. Several dog sized one were chasing people.
They drew near. His call brought them. The map indicated an intersection before a bend and Nox felt the small fraction of the horde just around it. Waiting for the power. Waiting for him. Eyes glinted in the light behind him. Nox gave a half-smile as one trotted out of the darkness near. Nox knelt down and held out his hand. "Nova."
His sister's former pup stopped well short of his hand. The rest of the horde growled in the darkness. The air rippled with their eagerness to feed. To rip open his four companions' veins and tear them apart limb from limb. It played out in his head, he felt their need. They fought his control. A low rumble echoed in the tunnels. It was fast when it happened, half the horde bolted from others up the passage.
Nox called to them. Hunger rose, the sounds of people filtered down the hall through the horde. "Fuck" Nox threw a wall of air up between him and the horde, Nova still on this side was already chasing after the horde. Nox started running up the passage they had gone. "Half the fragment is going to attack people."
He reached out to the horde and called to them, but their hunger was all that mattered. Fuck.
Moments, it was only moments later when the screaming started. A populated cavern with tents pulled into view and the land warriors adjusted to the campfire lights. A very large Oni covered in the slough of the horde. That was new... It ripped through the tents catching people and taking a bite out of the flesh and tearing apart and tossing the to the side, the smaller rat sized ones were scampering after the discard. Several dog sized one were chasing people.
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