• Closed • Release the Beast [Burning Mountains]

The Sessfiend reappears in the Burning Mountains.

80th of Vhalar 716

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Vivian Shiryu
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Vivian lost control of the horse just as she neared the water, the horrid barking and the beasts sudden appearance causing the horse to panic. As the horse reared up to kick at the devil-dog, Vivian completely lost her seating and fell of the horse, landing in shallow water. Taking advantage of the beasts brief obsession with her stolen horse, Vivian rolled into deeper water and got to her feet.

The river was shallower than she had hoped for, only coming up to her knees when she stood. Wanting as much water as she could manage, Vivian stepped back into deeper water, holding her sword and shield in a defensive stance. She stopped when she got to water that came up to her waist, hoping that she wasn’t making a really stupid decision with this move. The devil-dog, however, wasn’t quite as tall as Vivian herself was, so it would be even more submerged than she was.

As she pondered her decision, she realized something and edged farther towards the far shore of the river, stopping when the water was again only up to her knees. She figured she’d have a better advantage if the beast was in deeper water than she was, but she still was hoping that it was scared of the water, or at least would be weaker in the water than she was on dry land.

As she pondered, however, she noticed something. The beasts flames were damper than they had been back at the fort. Perhaps it needed to feed more in order to fuel its fire, which was something to keep in mind for the future. Granted, at the moment it did her no good to know that, as the beast was apparently busy eating Blackwoods horse. Grimacing, Vivian settled herself so that she would be ready if the beast attacked, watching for anything that indicated the beast was about to lunge towards her.
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Zvezdana Venora
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The stallion gave little fight once the windpipe had been sufficiently clamped off. It kicked and wiggled a few more times before its suffocation was complete. Desperate for air, the equine’s mouth was dropped open and gasping, it’s eyes wide with fear, shock, and dismay. It already realized it was going to die, but it fought until the last little bit of energy was gone. Once it was dead the beast let go of the horse’s neck. It was a clean death, despite being a painful and frightening one. The messy part came next.

Hunger was an understatement to what the demon felt now. It was starving. Feeding was pertinent now, it’s prey momentarily forgotten as it began to gorge itself on the beast. The heads went after the abdomen first, tearing into the flesh that held the innard in. Once it ripped through the thin layer of muscle, the maze of intestines dropped on in a steaming and stinky pile. An almost happy yip escaped the dog’s mouth as it tore into the sacs to reveal the remains of the horses breakfast. Paws worked to remove the hay debris, more focused on shoveling the loops of bowel into its mouth. The smoke, scant prior to the meal, began to pour out of its back with gusto. The acrid smell of burning flesh filled the area as it continue to feast.

Despite feasting on a good portion of the innards, the beast was still starving. Everything it gulped down was met with the eternal furnace of fire within the back of its throat. Nothing ever made it to the stomach, forcing the beast into a perpetual state of range. Eating was necessary in attempts to escape the hunger although it was futile. Nothing seemed to satisfy it. An extra burp of smoke came from its back as it tore through the diaphragm, adding the horse’s heart to the ashes that filtered down from the sky.

It spent about 30 bits feasting before it looked up with new energy. The horse was a meal, nothing more. Vivian was still its target. Stepping away from the carcass for a moment, the demon began to pace back and forth along the river bank. At 30 feet long, the river was too long for it to safely jump. Vivian had been wise to move into the water, a natural quencher to fire. Behind it, the smoke from the created forest fire began to increase as other foliage caught fire. Ahead of it, water barred its passage. It was only a few more breaks before dawn, when it would lose its grip on the vessel it had been forced into.

It wanted Vivian. Nay, it needed Vivian. She was a meal that it had not yet tried. A loved one of the vessel would only fuel the rage of the vessel, providing more opportunities for it to transform and expose itself to the mortal world. The goal was to kill everyone that Zvezdana cared for, and leave everyone else behind. As long as Vivian was in the river, it too would stay. At some point, she was going to have to get out of the water.

The beast even tested itself, taking a step or two into the water. Tendrils of red blood mixed with the water as the river lapped against exposed muscle. The chill was frightening, forcing the dog to look down. What it saw, scared it. Only a moment did it ponder on its reflection. Then the rage set back in and it back pedalled up the river bank. Whatever it saw, it clearly did not like.

For three breaks the two of them remained there. The beast split its time between pacing along the river bank and eating the remains of Blackwood’s horse. Only when the sky changed from black to dawn did the beast begin to grow more more bold. It attempted to step into the water again, going as far in as to allow the water to touch its belly. When this new sensation occurred, it looked down, caught its own reflection, and ran out. No matter how hard it tried, something about its reflection irked it immensely. Scared it even. Finally, as dawn threatened to give way to morning, the beast had to concede to this stand-off. Begrudingly, it ran towards down river and into the woods to find a safe place to lose its grip on the vessel.

It was not the safest place to transform. A large river was on one side and a growing forest fire was occurring on the other; however, the beast had little choice. It had run out of time, far too invested in pursuing Vivian. Finally, in the middle of the forest, the beast began its transformation back into Zvezdana.

This was far less painful than the transformation into the beast. Every inch of the beast seemed to melt away. It laid down and curled up as the tissue dripped onto the forest floor, pooling around a naked pregnant woman. The two heads simply disappeared into a puddle of blood, the earth soaking up the fluid greedily. Once the beast was gone, Zvezdana lay passed out and naked, covered in blood on the forest floor.
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Release the Beast [Burning Mountains]

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Name: Zvezdana

Knowledge: N/A

Loot: N/A
Injuries: N/A
Fame: N/A

Story: 5
Collaboration: 5
Structure: 5

Name: Seira

Knowledge:
Qe’Dreki: Resent your presence
Location: Jorick’s Keep
Vivian: Done a lot for you
Vivian: Cares for you
Vivian: Wants you to stay put
Jorrick’s Keep: People eating beast
Vivian: Fighting a hell hound

Loot: N/A
Injuries: N/A
Fame: N/A
Devotion: +1 praying to Zanik

Story: 5
Collaboration: 4
Structure: 5

Name: Vivian

Knowledge:
Zvezdana: Changed in Andaris
Zvezdana: May have a condition
Disguise: Masking appearance
Riding: Saddling up in a hurry
Riding: Getting a frightened horse on the right track
Tactics: Bringing a threat away from a crowd
Zvezdana: Becomes a hell hound
Tactics: Dampening a hell hound

Loot: N/A
Injuries: N/A
Fame: +2 for leading the beast away

Story: 5
Collaboration: 5
Structure: 5

Comment:
This was an interesting thread, I had not yet seen what had happened to Zvezdana. Everyone’s structure and form seemed to be on par and the story was interesting, I was wondering how Vivian planned to deal with the beast. My only complaint is that the twins didn’t really have much purpose on their part and felt like filler.

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