The cave of Tunnel M has been very silent and still ever since a particular incident took place in the time of tenebrosity. The only sounds were the plummeting water and the dim pattering from the trickles of water that sieved through the cavern's slabs of rock. And of course the rippling of water in one of its lakes which had something in particular in its depths. The haunted silence was a stark contrast to when a particular incident took place here, which was filled with horrific sounds of violence which resounded throughout the cave. Low, furious snarls and the sound of flesh being torn with drops of blood and the puissant surges of Magick what they were. This all took place for when the lights had gone out and then stayed silent thoroughly from then on.

The return of the lights shows besides a flood, nothing in the cavernous Tunnel is obnubilating in the shadows that appear to be a cause for alarm. Everything was still covered in snow, ice and the dribbling of water which clung onto the slabs of rock and the cavern's sundry jagged rock teeth. The returned lights bathed everything in a variety of colours, but mostly white from the snow. But just further in, was a broken part of a rock ledge and small dulled stains of blood that splashed on some of the rock faces. The rest of the damage caused by the devastation of the incident seems to have all but vanish with time.

But, at the bottom of the land of this silent cavern, lies another thing that came from the fruits of that incident. It was on the shore of the vast lake, grey from being fairly deep down to not be able to accumulate as much light. Something sat there, a moiety of it still in the water while the rest of it sat safely on land, slightly bobbing in the water. It was a Chrysalis. The glassy shell, a size of a slightly large canine with colours of light blue and turquoise green patches, with a tiny speck of yellow adorned along the center. A chrysocolla chrysalis in other words. It did not bear a Gemling, it contained someone who has lived for quite some time and ended in this state when she was consumed by consummate madness from a virus that plagued her.

And soon it shall be time for her to live once again, time rejuvenating in this most likely has taken its time to rejuvenate her mind.

The being encased within was finally starting to become restless, being bound to the inside of the chrysalis with its walls as sturdy as a Gem should be. The being writhed against her restraints but nothing came of it, her body feels odd giving her an arduous time to muster the strength. She makes herself go slack for a second, and clears her mind, but keeps her muscles as clenched as they possibly can, which was facile on how cramped it was in the interior. She makes another endeavor pushing against her bindings once again, this time with a more composed mind she notices that her back has a lot more muscle than before... No, it's more than that. Making utilization of this, her strength courses through all her muscles and a cascade of cracking sounds was produced in her efforts. As this odd new strength, she can't quite make out, causes the walls of the Chrysalis to start breaking away like a net, strained crackling being picked up by her ears.

Soon with her efforts, the Chrysalis shattered, a flash of light that seeped out of the cracks from the inside exploded, eradicating the rest of the shell with shards of the Chrysalis flying everywhere. The flash of light emanated from the being who made their escape, at last, the light made it arduous to make out her appearance for now but her white silhouetted figure could be seen rising up as it did what appeared to be coughing up the ooze that filled her lungs from when she was inside, she didn't mind it an extravagant amount of it, as it was far better than when her lungs were filled with icy water which contributed to her near death experience.

With that done gradually, she climbed up the rocks to reach back to where the cavern was filled to the brim with snow. The burst of light enveloping her being started to dim when she finally reached safely back up, her appearance will soon be more clear to see when the flash of light is gone as she takes in her surroundings. Taking note of how she can see where she is now.

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ooc| Sorry if this is too much XD I have a bit too much muse for this one, I have been looking forward to finally making this thread here.
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"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

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As Gabriel trotted along the icy passage with a bejeweled bone held in its jaws, the cold pressed in on its bare skin. The clicking of its claws against stone soon turned to clinking against rivulets of ice, and then to splashes in pools of water that soaked the blankets of fur over its paws. Soon, Gabriel was reluctant to continue. The lights that lit up the passage now showed that the water was far deeper than it had been cycles ago, but Gabriel was lucky in that it could see beneath the water a haze of blue, morphed by ripples.

Despite this, Gabriel knew what it was.

Settling down on it's haunches with the bone at its paws, Gabriel settled down to wait for a while. Silence reigned throughout the cavern, and although it was bright this time, the atmosphere was the same as all the other times it had come here. Blissful silence reigning. Simply waiting.

Just as the dog was about to get up, return to the streets of Orion and head towards Polaris, the dog's attention was drawn by the sight of a light in the water... a light that emerged from cracks in the blue and green crystal beneath the water. Gabriel watched with bated breath as those cracks spread, tail barely twitching as the crystal unleashed something... or someone. Indeed, a familiar someone, from their prison.

It had been so long, and now Gabriel was finally going to find out whether its study partner was alive or dead, and Gabriel strongly suspected the former. But only time would tell.


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

tags: rinaotei
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The light circumventing her being still eventually started dimming to nothing, then just like a popped bubble the effulgent light just instantly vanished. With that, a familiar face and yet looking thoroughly different was shown clearly identifiable. It was Rinaotei, she still pertained some physical traits and albeit her overall shape was indisputably still that of a wolf, but there have been changes to her physical appearance making her appear less wolf-like.

Rinaotei's coat of the minuscule strands of charcoal fur around her four limbs was thoroughly shed, revealing completely bare scales that are identical to the colour as her charcoal fur. On the concave surface of the scallop-shaped scales, they appeared fairly smooth, but the scallops were fairly craggy and coarse around the edges. The newly scaly limbs were now bulkier and sinewy. The lupine mutant's claws have additionally grown quite significantly, especially her hind claws, looking more similar to talon claws now. The harrowing scar in her front leg was still there in spite of being in that Chrysalis, blotched with streaks of red since it was doused with chips of dried blood. Beneath her ears was a pair of ivory horns that were smooth, and impeccable.

But there was something else, the same feeling on her back Rinaotei felt a new sensation permeate her. Like some integrated weight on her back yet this weight, peculiarly enough, felt stiff. Making her whole back and rear feel stiff and a bit achy. Rinaotei stretches her sore muscles, the peculiar weight was hoisted off her back a bit, but still there albeit it felt a lot more relaxed. It felt like... That her own back has gained some extra limbs...

On her back, when she stretched her whole entire body, an unusual membrane was stretched additionally, they spread upward firmly looking akin to a pair of boat sails when they were thoroughly stretched out. It that had the same colour as her charcoal fur and, there was something on this membrane that looked akin to wires or perhaps fingers, which had the same whitish grey that the rest of her coat had. They were revealed to be wings, which additionally had some scales around the ivory fingers. Around Rinaotei's rear, her once fluffy tail was long and scaly, and also completely shed of its fur, the end of it possessing some dark blue-violet hook on it. This new tail was charcoal coloured too, losing the unusual wave markings her fluffy tail once had. Rinaotei right now is incognizant of the incipient changes of her tail and also the new drake wings but she has taken note of everything else.

Has she woken from her dream at last and is still alive? But, that doesn't explain why she was in a Chrysalis. Or why her looks have changed, for that matter. Rinaotei examined this landscape of whites, greys, and browns like she was unfamiliar with the place. But she has passed through this place so often. She was definitely alive that's for sure if she's in the old familiar cave of Tunnel M. Albeit something about it right now appeared peculiar, more so than her new appearance.

It's the water levels, they've risen quite a bit, this makes Rinaotei wonder how long has she been slumbering.

Rinaotei turns her head and sees a pink figure of sorts in the distance, consistently staring her. When she started also studying this other, it gave her mind a chilling sensation like she is supposed to recognize this other. She was puzzled, but still, Rinaotei looked back at them expressionless with a querying tilt.

Did they require something?

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"Talking looks like this!"

Thinking looks like this...

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