creature from the black lagoon || feast 3v4vmutt
Jul 30, 2021 17:16:45 GMT -5
Post by Python on Jul 30, 2021 17:16:45 GMT -5
a r i e l .
"freedom, oh freedom
like a hearbeast
can drive you mad"
All she needed was time.
She was frozen in place, but the world was spinning without her. A gash bloomed across Blade's stomach, splitting her open by the seams. Her blood drenched the soil and Ariel's failure to act said everything about her character - coward, coward, coward. There she stood, eyes like a deer in headlights, watching a disaster unfold as if it were worlds away from her.
Yet if she inhaled, she could smell the blood and the rain and the oil dripping off of the lake monster.
Those senses awoke something in her. Much as the day before, her legs moved without her permission. Ahead, she could see Le Roux and his partner double-teaming Blade. She didn't understand why it was always Blade; she was a sweet girl, perhaps a little rougher around the edges compared to Ariel, but wouldn't that make her more intimidating?
"We're just doing what we have to."
Her legs carried her forward, and she realized he was right. It hurt to watch them take Blade apart piece by piece, but Ariel had killed Nora without hesitation. She had to do it, or Areto and Blade might've bled out. It was by no means heroic, but it was the cause and the reason. If she did something, people got hurt. If she did nothing, people got hurt.
It felt worse when she did nothing, so despite the fear sinking deep into her stomach, she continued her charge. Her thoughts fell behind, several paces behind her. As she aimed her spear at Le Roux, she didn't know what would happen. Would Nora's death serve as a step in the reaper's directions, or would she hesitate at the last moment?
There was no time to think about it; time was a luxury she couldn't afford.
[attacks julian - spear]
5cOurGNoLTspear
Miss -- 0.0 damage
accuracy reroll
spear
Stabbed in Foot -- 8.0 damage