The Fossa bristled at the look of glee on the bat's face, its fur bristling in a way that didn't seem aggressive, but happy. He shuddered at the expression on its face, and the beast's laugh. Who was it talking to? He couldn't see anyone else! It was crazy!

Mongo roared in fury, squealing loudly as the beast's breath once more blistered the skin of his face. It hurt, so badly, but at this point he was blind to any page, only able to focus on rage.

He took off at a dead sprint, leaping at a tree, attempting to get the height he needed to pull the bat down.

"Speech looks like this."
Thoughts look like this.

@umbra

Crack smiled even wider at the roar and the squeal. Good. This was going well. The voices had nothing else to say and it was alone now, to do its job. It licked its lips and watched carefully as they sprung up to grab it.

Their jaws closed around its leg, drawing blood, but not strong enough to break it. It was pulled off the tree, but it made no noise, instead reveling in the pain shooting up its leg. It had never experienced pain like this and just the small taste...it was wonderful.

As they reached the ground, it let the force swing it up and over the creature. Sharp teeth shining, it used its wings to propel itself towards the back of their neck.

Round: 5
Attempt: bite down on the back of the neck
Defense: none
Injuries: bleeding leg

Caliante
Salvation
Rusty
Crack

Speech is "Bold". Thoughts are italicized.

Tag: @Mongo
Notes:

Mongo launched himself off of the tree with a snarl that seemed much too loud for such a small critter. Triumph raced through his veins as his teeth closed around the bat's leg, although the bone didn't give under his teeth, to his disappointment. But still, he managed to pull the monster down to his level, twisting and hoping to let the bat absorb the impact.

Unfortunately, he wasn't successful, and the bat managed to twist and land atop him. The bat proved to have teeth much larger than it should have, agony racing through him as something in his neck popped under the force of the bat's bite, pulling a scream from his throat. He began to thrash and flail, attempting to free himself.


Round: 6/#
Attempt: Thrash free
Defense: Thrashing
Injuries: Bite taken out of shoulder, severely burnt face, chunk taken out of back of neck.

"Speech looks like this."
Thoughts look like this.

The scent and taste of blood was nourishing to Crack. Whatever food that the four of them had eaten since hatching had satisfied their body, sure, but this, this is what Crack wanted, needed, to taste. But it was over so quickly as, suddenly, it found itself having to flutter its wings to get back in the air as the creature tore themselves away. Crack fluttered back a little bit before catching onto a branch in a nearby tree, where it hung and aimed at the creature again.

However, the air wasn't coming to its mouth. It felt the heat in its stomach, but nothing came to its throat. I told you to stop using it, asshole, Rusty hissed. Crack snarled deeply, frustrated by the lizard's interference. They had cost it a scream and an attempt of pain. They would pay dearly for that.

Round: 6
Attempt: breath attack
Defense: none
Injuries: bleeding leg

Caliante
Salvation
Rusty
Crack

Speech is "Bold". Thoughts are italicized.

Tag: @Mongo
Notes:

Thoroughly panicked, the fossa flailed and thrashed, screaming in panic. With a sickening ripping feeling, the bat came loose, and he could hear leather-like wings flapping to seperate them. He whirled to face the bat, teeth snapping shut centimeters from its wings as it took flight.

He was relieved that the bat couldn't use its spell, but didn't show it, instead bristling furiously and sending Magick into the ground, aiming to dislodge the bat from its roost.

Round: 7/#
Attempt: Knock the bat from the tree!
Defense: none
Injuries: Bite taken out of shoulder, severely burnt face, chunk taken out of back of neck.

"Speech looks like this."
Thoughts look like this.

The tree Crack was perched in suddenly started wobbling and, before it knew it, everything was shaking so bad that its claws could no longer hold. Without a sound, it fell from the tree and flopped to the ground. Stunned and still on quaking ground, Crack struggled to get himself up. Finally, he managed to flop himself over onto his stomach. It didn't really attempt anything else, though, as it suddenly felt its hold on the body slipping. The other voices, feeling this, immediately started fighting back.

Growling, it brushed them away before opening his mouth for yet another blast of hot air. The heat was so intense this time that the voices froze with shock as the throat of the bat burned and blistered from the temperature. Tears involuntarily came to its eyes, but it grinned with delight, wondering how lovely the scream would be this time.

Round: 7
Attempt: breath attack
Defense: none
Injuries: bleeding leg, minor bruising

Caliante
Salvation
Rusty
Crack

Speech is "Bold". Thoughts are italicized.

Tag: @Mongo
Notes:

The Fossa grinned, fighting the urge to whine as the movement pulled on the blisters forming on his face. Oh, that hurt, that hurt, that hurt! But he forced himself to focus on the fight, eyes never leaving the bat as it tumbled from the tree.

He surged forward, wanting to set his teeth into the bat before it could regain its senses. But he was just a breath too late, and suddenly there was sheer pain on his face. Mongo staggered back as though inebriated, with a bonechilling scream, short legs coming up to paw at his burning face. He shook his head, trying to regain his senses, seeing black nip at his vision.

But then, adrenaline ran through him, pulling him from his fog of pain. His head snapped up, and his sole pupil shrunk, giving him the appearance of a truly feral animal. The hair on his spine rose, and he began to stalk forward, snarling furiously.

Round: 8/#
Attempt: Not pass out
Defense: Nothing
Injuries: Bite taken out of shoulder, 3rd degree burnt face, chunk taken out of back of neck.

"Speech looks like this."
Thoughts look like this.

@Umbra

Crack almost sighed at the sound of the scream. Actually, it did. A long, shaky, sigh followed by wide, round eyes, watching the creature with intense joy and fascination. It had never done this before, never heard such joyous music. Yes, this is what it was meant to do, bring pain and chaos and bad things. Crack was its name and a crack in the world it would be. Its companions chose the name well.

Suddenly, as a weakness in its control flickered, the three voices surged against it. Screaming insults, furious shouts, and moans of terror and grief. It had already taken too long in control. But still, the fight wasn't over! It had to kill the creature and finish it off! It needed to kill him to be satisfied!

But none of the others were having it. With a final tug, Crack was pulled away, back into its corner as Caliante asserted dominance over the body. Apparently, the other two had no problems with this and sat back to watch with wide eyes.

With a gasp, Caliante awoke in the bat's body and pain shot through her leg from the bleeding wound. With a cry, her claws opened with surprise and she fell from the tree, slamming to the ground just in front of the burned, furious animal.

Desperately, she looked up, fear clouding her vision as she was faced with sharp teeth and bristling fur. She scrambled back as words started to pour from her mouth. "W-wait," she cried, with a warm, kind voice distinctly different from Crack, "I'm not going to hurt you! Th-the one that did this to you, its no longer in control. I-I'm sorry, none of us wanted to hurt you!"

Round: 8
Attempt: caliante is gonna take over
Defense: none
Injuries: bleeding leg, minor bruising

Caliante
Salvation
Rusty
Crack

Speech is "Bold". Thoughts are italicized.

Tag: @Mongo
Notes:

The Fossa bristled in anger as the bat made a satisfied sighing sound, as though he found this amusing. It only served to infuriate the Gembound, making him look more monster than Fossa. The fur on his body was standing on end, making a small creature seem much larger, and his lips were writhing around gleaming teeth. Most of the fur on his face was burned away, the skin visible blistered and burnt.

The bat suddenly fell from its perch, making the Fossa step back. What had happened? He sniffed the air, never stopping his snarling, as he tried to figure out what had happened. And then suddenly the bat was scrambling back, as though fearful. Hah, the monster pretended to be hurt! He lunged forward to snap, only for the bat to speak in a much different voice, high and feminine, undeniably kind.

"But you just hurt me! What do you mean in control! Explain!" he snarled furiously, digging his claws into the soil in an attempt to keep from attacking the bat.

"Speech looks like this."
Thoughts look like this.

@Umbra

For the first time in a long time, it seemed that Caliante finally had control of the body all for herself. The other voices were hushed into a stunned, fearful silence while Crack crept around at the back, furious satisfaction billowing from its presence. Caliante took a shaky breath as the creature advanced on her. Her heart was racing and every instinct told her to flee. But she had to explain, she had to apologize for being unable to hold back her body.

"M-m-my name's C-c-caliante. There's three o-others inside this body. Th-th-their names are Rusty, S-s-salvation,
and C-c-crack." She took a deep breath, trying to get herself to calm town.

You can do it. Get it together. She nodded at Salvations tone and shakily got to her feet, trying to control her trembling. However, when she spoke again, it was with a more confident voice. "Crack is the one who fought you.
It took control and wouldn't give it back. We tried to stop it, we did. We can't every apologize enough for its behavior."

She looked at the creature with guilt. Had their body really done that? Burn his face so horribly, bite and rip at his skin like that? "Is there anything we can do to make up for it? W-we could treat your wounds! Or find you some food. O-or, well, you probably don't trust us anymore..."

Caliante
Salvation
Rusty
Crack

Speech is "Bold". Thoughts are italicized.

Tag: @Mongo
Notes: