the black bean massacre; action

[mongoosegrin]

[Alex shoved the stupid little bean stuck in his pocket into the dirt of one of Edel’s plants before setting off, just before the sun rose.

he’s been very careful about a single thing and careless about the rest, but he’s finally, finally done it. blood - not his - is soaking the ground near his feet, and the animal is dead and no one or no thing

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AFTERWARD, OPEN TO ALL

[mongoosegrin]

[Fexis leaves the swampy stink of itself when it’s gone and the body, Alex’s again. the scourge blackened his legs and creeped across his arms to places unseen despite the shredded clothes he has from all the fighting, a nick here and there from each body that saw fit to retaliate.

with no claim to the world, those souls Fexis drank were restored to bodies already restored, and that would all be to its dismay if it had a chance to know. still, the bite of the mongoose can fester as a parting gift.

but what a feast it had been...!]

(LOCKED TO CERBOS + EDEL)

[mongoosegrin]

[he remains unmoved, no longer the threat. he breathes, but barely, because even the strongest of his like aren’t likely to walk away from a beating of that magnitude.

maybe he doesn’t deserve it, but he dreams of nothing all the same; the whole ordeal ended with Rin’s blood.]

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[creepinginmy]

[He could smell it. The carnage. That's not how Jack would describe it, though, oh no. All he could think of was how nauseated he suddenly felt, hearing people fight and scream and rush to help in the distance as blood spilled on Splendor's once immaculate grounds. He yelled questions at Cerbos -- what in God's name is happening?! -- but all he got in return was the monster's excitement crinkling in his ears. Cerbos knew. It was a black bean, just like the one they had. It had been put to use. And oh, how it had

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[apathycary]

[ Edel's stomach was empty. The feeling of dread circumvented throughout him. This wasn't normal. Not at all, no. He wouldn't even begin to dream that this all started with one of his very own potted plants. No, no.

There was so much going on around him. He dared not look around, no. In his hand he flicked a conductor's baton. His catalyst for magic when a book wouldn't suffice. This was an emergency. This was a dangerous threat.

The rumors in the air were what worried him. He would have stayed holed in his room had it not been for the cries and wails that he heard.

It was impossible, wasn't it? That's what he wanted to think. It couldn't be, no no. What could have driven this? This was all too familiar to him, all too fresh, all too memorable. His fingers tingled as his chest tightened. He was no athlete, but his body refused to stop. It would be too much right now, far too much of a jolt in his panic-stricken body

[creepinginmy]

[All of his movements are slow, paced. Not at all like what the creature that helped Alexander fight, not at all. He isn't in a hurry, and he'll appreciate this more than he appreciated Raki's little sacrifice after months of starvation. Just like Cerbos carries with him the stench of a monster's dark insides, Alexander's perversion and addiction to violence makes him... bearably resistible. He remembers almost slipping up and using his bean just to get a taste on their last encounter. Once again, it turns out that being patient was exactly the right thing to do

oh god oh god oh god

[apathycary]

[ The disturbance in the air nearly chokes Edel. If he had known any better, the disturbances were almost that of lucid chimeras from his world, monsters with varying mutations of magic. Once human, they only satisfy their sorrows and anger by feeding on flesh. He stumbled and rushed towards the fragmented field of magic, the bursts of wind around him aided him in his flight, but he honestly knew not what he would confront in this madness.

A monster? A friend? ]

Alexander!

[ The burst of wind that came with Edel's magic senses drifted throughout. As he rustled through to the final clearing, just what was waiting for him there?

Although he was ready to defend himself, Edel was no where near prepared for what awaited. ]

Is that you? Answer me!

and another billion years later...

[creepinginmy]