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[biteoffherhead]

[I hope you were enjoying a nice, peaceful day, Luceti. Normally, the natural game keeps deeper in the forest. But, as you know deer are, they started to shift their typical grounds to avoid Moro. Lately, she's been hunting a LOT pretty close to the village, since that's where the deer seem to think they're a little safer. On this day in

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[ankoku_fox]

[Now that she had found her Fox Rods, Ninetails was scouting her surroundings again. She was just around the village in her human form, getting acquainted with the area, when she heard and felt the rumble beneath her feet. Curious...an earthquake? No, this was unnatural.

When she saw the herd of deer come thundering towards her, Ninetails held her ground before nimbly jumping away, already with her prayer slips held between her fingers. No need to change forms here, she'd give her identity away. Yet this presence...]

The wolf god.

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[biteoffherhead]

[You're lucky that she plows headfirst into deer innards. Your scent is disguised!

...For now.]

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[ankoku_fox]

[Ninetails watches from the shadows with deep interest as the beastly wolf feeds. My...it was much unlike Amaterasu. For one, it was close to the size she herself was when she was a fox, give or take a few feet, and secondly, it ate much like the imps did on Oni Island. It acted less like a so-called god and more like a crazed animal. Ninetails sneered.]

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[biteoffherhead]

[Though her feasting is much less savage, it's still not a sight for timid eyes. She calmly breaks open the ribcage, lapping up the organs and swallowing them whole. Such a tiny snack, but she was taking what the forest could afford her to take.

...After consuming it, she carefully sifted through the bones, then began digging a hole into the dirt street. And burying the bones. Her jaw began moving, and a deep grumbling echoed from her chest, but whether or not she was saying anything as she buried her catch wasn't very clear.

After the fact, she seemed quite satisfied with herself, and playfully snapped her jaws at random humans to send them running.]

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[ankoku_fox]

[Now this is definitely peculiar. Ninetail's brow shoots way up when she sees the wolf begin snapping at humans left and right for its amusement. That was nothing like the gods she was used to. Amaterasu and the other fabled gods of myth were always the benevolent kind, but this one reeked of blood and not just because she slaughtered a deer.

Ninetails slid from her hiding spot and out into the open. Would this one recognize her as a demon as well? She had to be careful, but was genuinely curious. In her best impression of fear, the woman cowered.]

G-Gods above...I pr-pray for the flesh and blood of the s-s-sacred animal! Let its untainted s-soul rest in peace!!

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[biteoffherhead]

[Moro's attention immediately turns to Rao, and her lips curl up in a snarl.]

Begone, disgusting little human. You know nothing of prayer.

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[ankoku_fox]

[What a beast. This god acted more like she did in regards to the humans. Ninetails would have almost howled with laughter, or perhaps have been on friendly terms if Moro wasn't that which she despised most of all. Even so, it seemed she wasn't as clever as Amaterasu...or so the fox hoped. So far her presence wasn't detected.

Ninetails jumped back in a good portrayal of fear, holding her clasped hands up and bowing her head to the wolf.]

I-I merely...I am b-but a simple priestess. I w-w-wish only to offer my p-prayers to the fallen animal! You...You are a divine spirit, o-of that I am sure!! Please, l-leave us in peace. If it is an offering you desire, I-I will fetch the finest sake this place has to offer, o' great and powerful spirit god!

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[biteoffherhead]

I don't need your offerings, offensive little creature. You have long since betrayed my trust.

[She starts licking the blood off of her nose...]

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[ankoku_fox]

Y-Yet I know nothing of you nor the crime committed against you, o' great one, I humbly offer up my sincerest apologies!! Please, all I wish is for you to leave the people of this village in peace and allow me to offer my prayers to the fallen animal.

[And maybe scavenge on some of those bones. She hadn't eaten much recently, either.]

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[biteoffherhead]

[A growl starts to surface, as she goes to scold what she assumes was human.

...Well. Assumed up until that point. She tenses, inhaling deeply.

If you think she looked angry before...]

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[ankoku_fox]

[Ah...so she could sense it. Ninetails' lips twitch at the corners and she regards Moro quietly. She couldn't risk changing shape here where people could see. She wanted to keep a low profile until she knew everything there was to know about this place. Also, she still had to sniff out Amaterasu, too.

The woman backs away slowly, she can't risk too big a fight. Not out in the open, at least.]

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[biteoffherhead]

So you are the demon I sensed.

Oh, how eager I am to sink my fangs into you.

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[ankoku_fox]

Oho, how clever you must feel, mongrel. Yet it took you this long to sniff me out. The power of the gods truly is a fable...

[She chuckles darkly, closing her eyes. Once she open them, the iris is a deep red. Why hide when she's been found out?] As am I eager to test my newly regained power against such a lesser creature. Alas, our quarrel will have to wait. You are the one I seek to destroy.

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[biteoffherhead]

[Mustn't. Attack. In town.

Instead, Moro actually has the gaul to lie down, haughty as ever, simply smirking at "Rao".]

Then it will be so satisfying to prove how severely you have underestimated me. It has been so long since I've sunk my fangs into a demon. What joy that will be.

Hopefully, you do not flee in terror like the other demon here does. Such would be such a bore.

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[ankoku_fox]

[Oh, the killer instinct is just radiating off them both. Ninetails twitches her lips into a cruel smirk when Moro lies down, the temptation to ridicule her for that almost unbearable. She hates you, Moro. She hates you and everything you stand for, but you're only second to Amaterasu.]

You gods are all the same...filthy and disgusting braggarts. So sure of yourselves because of your titles. Though you are strange, mutt. I've never seen a god act like such a beast towards the mortals. [She grins now, eyes flashing manically.] Are you certain you were not raised by my kin? You act as a demon would.

And I do not merely spit insults and threats. If I intend to kill you, I will kill you. You must simply hold your sharp tongue until I deem it fit to end your worthless life.

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[biteoffherhead]

[Moro even sprawls her back legs out, getting herself comfortable. She isn't the slightest bit afraid.]

If you kill me, then you will surely have bragging rights, won't you? Won't that be quite an accomplishment. An impossible victory.

It is not my title. It is my role. My existence is merely to devour demons, and all else that threatens the forests. It just so happens that humans happen to be rather threatening to the forest, themselves.

[She is not phased by the insult. She's heard much, much worse from humans.]

I look forward to when you muster the courage.