ORIGIN

The hunt was on. Wynry had ran ahead as per usual and she was left to hunt him down in a game of hide and seek along side the love of her life. Paws moved gracefully across stoned floors, dampened in noise by the pads of her paws. Vazi's hooves clacked almost loudly, but it didn't matter. They were fully grown. Both of them as tall as they would ever be and it was funny to think that the stag next to her had once been much smaller than she. Now, she stood with her head aligned about his shoulders. It was funny to think, but it really wasn't a big deal to her. Their focus was to find wynry and win the game, but Arkrael honestly couldn't keep her mind from the stag she was traveling with in search for the sheep. So she really hadn't been paying attention to any scent trail the cute little Wynry may have left behind in his hurry to go hide.

However, now that she was searching Orion all on her own after Vazi had suggested they split up to find Wynry all of her hunting senses seemed to come rushing right back to her. Her nose worked easily, bringing in the many scents that lingered within the particular area in Orion she had been in. Nothing. Not a single sign of Wynry was left. All she managed to catch was a few prey and if she wasn't mistaken a large feline that must live around the vicinity. A huff escaped the wolfess as she lifted her head and turned her multi-colored eyes about the area. He certainly had gotten better at hiding hadn't he. She was just about to move on to a different area to try and catch a trail, but when Vazi's frantic voice reached her ears Arkrael fell absolutely still.

Her heart began to beat wildly as she instantly turned on paw and sprinted after Vazi, desperate to catch up as Vazi went rushing down a tunnel that led out of Orion. She wans't sure what caused her love's sudden distress, but it was definitely something to do with Wynry. Adrenaline coursed through every inch of her and she cried out for Vazi, not sure if he should be charging ahead without checking to see if there was truly any danger. It wasn't until the sudden scent of blood washing over her sense did her heart drop into her stomach. 'No...' She cried mentally as she forced herself to run faster.

She came upon the scene instantly, just as Vazi began charging the large while... three headed beast. "Kerberos!" She roared his name, hackles bristling as she ran at the both of them. Wynry's scent mixed with the blood and she knew. She knew the moment she saw Kerberos that Vazi's brother was no more. "Get away FROM HIM!" Her voice quivered with her rage as her lips peeled back to expose dangerous fangs. It was daunting the size this creature had grown too. The last time she had laid eyes upon him he was nothing more than a pup. A pup who had managed to scare a nice little mark into her right shoulder.

Just as she made to lunge and shove the beast away from Wynry, Vazi had managed to get in her way so all she could do was skid to a stop before she collided and sent them both rolling into the unresponsive sheep. "What have you done!" She cried angrily, lurching forward towards the beast that now towered over both she and Vazi. He could easily become a foe worth fighting. A challenge even she would most likely struggle to control. Yet she did not back down, she would not. Her tail flagged high behind her, hackles raised as well as a line of fur running down her spine to the base of her tail.

"Speech"
'Thoughts'

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Tags: @Kerberos
OoC: IT IS TIME! (RAFIKI VOICE)

She could feel the burning behind her eyes. The thought of Wynry being killed was hard to bare in thought, but it wasn't anything she could focus on right now. Kerberos had responded to her presence and a blast wave shot from him and knocked her plum off her feet and sent her skidding back across the ground until she hit her shoulder into a wall. A soft cry escaped her as pain jostled her scared shoulder. Ever since Kerberos had wounded that area it had never really stopped hurting. Quickly she drew herself up to her paws, pushing the sensation away as she once again faced Kerberos. Brows furrowed as he went on in his defense. Jumbled words never finishing a sentence, but all saying the same. He didn't do it. Ears pinned back as she looked towards where Wynry was laying only a few feet away from Vazi who was now rising to his hooves. She could see no visible teeth marks anywhere, just the blood that seemed to be seeping out of his nose and mouth. Kerberos had not done this.

She swung her attention back towards the three headed beast as Vazi began to scream at him. "Vazi!" She called to him desperately, but she knew deep down in her gut he would not listen. She had never seen him so angry. The very air in the room seemed to shift and change due to his rage. She didn't know what to do as she stood practically frozen in her spot. Her shoulder felt numb, her heart felt numb... Everything felt numb. Tears were slowly welling up in her eyes and there was nothing she could do to stop it. She had only heard of a few deaths. Deaths of those she did not know so it did not really give her much to dwell upon, but this was Wynry. This was her soulmate's brother. Her brother. Confusion radiated from her as she struggled to contain her tears and focus on the happenings going on. Vazi was fixing to try and kill Kerberos and Wynry was lifely upon the ground only feet away from where she had been knocked away.

If Kerberos had not killed Wynry... then who had?

"Speech"
'Thoughts'

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Tags: @Kerberos
OoC:

Sickness began to roil around in his stomach as he watched the creature struggle desperately to keep hold of the ledge. But it had already been done and he watched as it cried out, bleating and screaming as it crumbled away. Louie watched on emotionless.... Senseless. For a brief second he had almost lingered in an ethereal state before he was gone from his vision, the shrieks as he fell and then the crack of bone as he landed at the bottom. Immediately, Louie began to panic, he reeled backwards and began to shriek and howl himself. A murderer, he had become a murderer.

Exhilaration and excitement were drowned by the reality that he had taken his first life. Should it only spiral down from here as he became the senseless murderer within Origin cave? slouching backwards, he took a few shaky breaths trying to steady himself. This would be fine. It was fine despite the continuous ringing of those cries... Those desperate attempts to try and remain upright. All it was was a death... Mortality was something they all suffered and he knew how one could just erase a creature from existence. Everything was fine. It was fine.

Voices drifted up from below and he paced towards the edge, his ears flat against his head. Making sure not to accidentally walk too far as his peripherals were off, he patted the ground in front of him with his right paw trying to get a sense for where the ledge began. Peering down, he noticed a monster, a three-headed creature he hadn't yet had the pleasure of meeting and a deer. Chaos soon unfolded as Vazi's accusations rang out, echoing off the walls. Another canine joined them completing the trio as they almost attacked Kerberos. It sickened him to think, but the chaos below was giving him a rush. He had caused them to tear apart at the seems and none were the wiser.

Aware that he needed to get out, he merely watched as they chased off the three-headed bow and he scowled. Fuck, now he'd have to try and slink out without being caught. Not really sure what else to do, he crept back to the wall to get a good guide across to the other side which was the entrance to Monoceros. Shivering and shaking with the adrenalin, the good feelings and the bad, he began at a slow lope before developing into a panicked canter as he tried to get away from this place. He'd made his first kill, it had opened up the reality that all he was was a monster.

But what he found most sickening was the enjoyment he felt. A grin crept across his face and he held back a laugh as he galloped through the tunnel to get away from the pair left with the corpse of his cloud-beast friend.

Arkrael could do nothing but watch in horror. It wasn't long before Kerb was turning to flee after he had sent a mirror image at Vazi. The stag had soon given up after that and she watched as he moved over to where Wynry lay. Ears pinned back as she tried to keep her tears at bay. It wasn't time for her to mourne. Slowly she walked over to them. "Vazi..." She murmured gently, lowering her head down to softly nuzzle at his cheek. She didn't know what to say to him. There was nothing she could even begin to think of that would fix this for her love. All she could honestly do was try and be there for him. She circled around the two, looking Wynry over as she did so.

There had to be an exaplanation. Something to show there was foul play. She knew in her heart Kerberos had not done this, but Vazi would surely not listen. She had no doubt he would blame Kerberos as Kerb had been the one he seen over Wynry. Quietly she sniffed around, inching closer to Wynry to see if his wool would carry the scents of anything or anyone that may have been around. When all she could smell was Vazi and hints of Kerberos a frown marred over her features. Slowly she lifted her gaze up towards the cliffs above. "Vazi... He had to have fallen.... We should check up on the cliffs to see who was up there," she murmured turning her gaze back to Vazi and the motionless Wynry.

"Speech"
'Thoughts'

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Tags: @hasira
OoC: bleh