"HAAAAAAAAA!!!" Edric screeched, charging into Canis.

A misshapen tentacle slapped against his hip with every lurching step he took. It split into four vaguely feather-like tendrils, in fact, so each impact was quadrupled. It was hecking annoying, and Edric wished he could turn his head far enough around to EAT IT. But he couldn't. Life was tragic like that.

Instead, he settled for wrecking the biggest, most obviously wreckable things he saw: piles of bones, arranged into shelters with empty spaces inside. THEY WERE TOO NEAT. TOO DELIBERATE. NOT CHAOTIC ENOUGH. I CAN HELP THEM WITH THAT!!!

The boar charged into the things, bellowing wildly, stomping his hooves, and swinging his head this way and that without a care in the world for what (or who) he might trample and gore. THOSE THINGS WERE DEAD. DESTROYED. G O N E. NOTHING COULD STAND BEFORE THE MIGHT OF HIS CHAOS.

But it was not nearly enough. Where was the blood? Where was the devouring? Edric wanted something to devour! Not to waste his beautiful chaos on old bones, the remains of those long dead! Fresh bloodbaths were required! Literal ones! "I'LL EAT YOU!!!!" he bellowed to no one in particular, crashing into yet another stack of bones and completely ignoring the pain as some tumbled on top of him--though they would certainly leave some painful bruises in the coming days.

@V-Labradorite-One if you want, also open to any Bonebound that want to investigate or literally anyone!

He rarely hunted in Canis, anymore. He did when he wanted to be close to the altar, though, and he did now- even if he could just as easily get to Orion from it. Eh- he needed some variety in his life, anyways.

He was in the mist of following a prey's scent when the crashing of bones drew his attention. That was a large noise, and Purity's head whipped around as he stared in its direction. Was someone there? His fur slowly raised as he waited for anything else, another sound striking in closer. "HEY-" he started, ready to reprimand, but the being yelled out.

Purity's ears went flat. Was it someone hunting? A child, perhaps? Great, just what he needed.

Pacing closer, Purity could already feel a growl wind its way up his throat. "You're going to scare away the Lessers! Stop wrecking things, and shut up!" A flurry of sudden anger raged in his heart, but he shut his eyes quickly and let out a huff to try and release those emotions. No, he shouldn't be mad at some (perceived) child that couldn't hunt, even as overwhelming, unplaceable entropic thoughts swirled in his head.

He couldn't see them, not yet, but whatever they were, they might be big. Tensing, Purity arched his back and made himself look big, his pupils thin slits as he waited for them to potentially answer.

@Edric

The bones had been disturbed, and it had drawn the attention of the Bonebound. One in particular, teeth slick with blood from the meal they'd been working on. Their pupils were dilated, and there was still blood in the air -- they were already feeling a little jumpy. A low growling noise started, and heightened in pitch through the breath into a distinctive whoop! sound. Warning. Alarm.

The sound of crashing bones drew them closer, eyes narrowed and alert. They knew that voice -- that was... "EDRIC!" Enoki roared, stalking closer to the scene of the crime. Their eyes narrowed at the sight of the cat -- whatever. Their head whipped around to a pile of fallen bones, cracked and scattered. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

This was their home, and he was destroying it. This was their territory. The warning growl rose up in their throat again.

three chaos kids what're they gonna do
@edric @purity

Orion had many nice amenities: a tower to stand and feel tall on; buildings to trash (even though they were already pretty far gone...); pretty rocks that reminded him of glass—but, it was woefully lacking in things to terrorize. What fun was there in crashing through a wall if there was no squealing victim on the other side?

Hence, Lam's—the SECOND!—presence in Canis. He'd been spitting sparks at the behinds of unfortunate cave rats, but—that war cry was irresistible. Surely, the... overgrown, big-toothed rat been talking to him, even from across the boneyard. It was an invitation to show off his strength, and who would he be to ignore it?

The beastie went scuffling for it, fiery eyes bright and eager. He skidded—potbelly swinging—to a halt not twenty feet away from the little party, and cried out: "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SCARE ME AWAY! OR EAT ME!"

Just to show how little eating of him would occur, the monster arched his neck to the air and let loose a rather impressive column of fire, about two meters long before dispersing. "I AM LAM THE SECOND! I AM STRONG," he crowed, and shuffled back to face Edric. Would he take the challenge?

@Edric @Purity @Enoki

Edric whirled around and limp-charged toward the source of the noise. Someone was telling HIM to SHUT UP?! To stop WRECKING THINGS?! HIM, the boar who had been tasked by the WHISPERS THEMSELVES?! He smashed his tusksinto another pile of bones with a bellow, just to spite the furry idiot. "DISGUSTING! I'll EAT YOU!" he roared. Anything who wanted wrecking to STOP was DISGUSTING! A DEFENDER of ORDER! He would DESTROY this cat!

But before he could get on with the DESTROYING AND THE DEVOURING, Edric was interrupted. BY THE KOLAYENA!!! THE WEAKLING WHO HAD THOUGHT THEY WERE SO KIND AND SUPERIOR!!! Very well. EDRIC WOULD EAT ENOKI INSTEAD!!! "DEVOUR!" he cried, a barely coherent answer to Enoki's question.

He started a second limp-charge--and then was interrupted, AGAIN. "WAIT YOUR TURN," he bellowed impatiently to the pathetic white thing. It thought it was so SUPERIOR, with its fire and stupid pretentious title? EDRIC WOULD SHOW IT. LATER. WHEN HE HAD DEVOURED THE FIRST TWO. The fact that he had but one mouth was a tragedy, a fault of his creation.

Starting with Purity, the WEAKLING CAT who REJECTED CHAOS AND WRECKING THINGS. Edric stomped his foot, roared, and lurched forward, swinging his tusks wildly at the maine coon.

@Purity
Round 1/?
Attempt: if tusks are teeth then this is basically devouring, right?
Defense: very funny
Injuries: none

One of Purity's ears flicked back as someone else called out-- Edric? This being's name was Edric, then, and Puirty made quick eye contact with Enoki for a brief second. 'Edric'll eat me. Me. Riight.'

He narrowed his eyes back before rolling them. Another being was roaring out, and Purity didn't turn to see Lam- no, he was staring down the boar, his pupils thin slivers as traces of a sneer crossed over his expression. He barely flinched to the mock charges, to the chaos Edric was exuding. Perhaps he could just hunt elsewhere. He could feel a hiss rising in his throat, and he made to turn away, taking his eyes off of Edric for a split second.

Then there was fire. Panic caught the breath escaping him at the moment, and he shot down to the floor in an instant, a panicked mewl forced out from him. The dragon was back. He didn't see Lam (the second!), but if he did, perhaps he'd only take his grotesque form as another layer of fear here, another excuse to run.

He didn't have a chance as Edric fully charged, surging toward Purity and taking him by surprise, bowling him over effortlessly. Pain flourished from the cat's side- he couldn't see if he'd been pierced, but he could feel a sudden bruise as something hit.

Blind instinct began to wrap around his mind. Everything had become a blur- chaos, entropy had begun to take hold, and his vision tunneled into adrenaline focused directly to Edric. This fool, who thought chaos unrestrained wouldn't bring his own end to him, would get a good lesson real fast.

A ferocious yowl ripped out from deep within Purity as he twisted around, claws unsheathed and aimed to rake down Edric's face. There was no holding back in this- pain would be delivered, if he managed to connect with the boar.

@Enoki
Round 1/?
Attempt: panic Claw Edric's head (or anywhere else)
Defense: None
Injuries: Several ribs bruised, somewhat torn side

Several things happened all at once, forming a cocktail of confusion and bad feelings in Enoki's stomach. First -- Edric, their friend, their ally, smashing around Canis and yelling. Desecrating the bones of the forgotten and gnashing his teeth at strangers -- that was bad. It went against the beliefs of the Bonebound, they were pretty sure. So there was the first conflict -- family versus friend.

The second conflict was, Edric had decided to randomly attack this stranger. What had Purity done? Anything? Fire roared through the air, hot from the stranger incoming, and their eyes were beady on Lam. "What are you--" But then, impact was made, and there was blood in the water. Enoki's mind kept spiraling, chaos versus reason versus love versus everything, and finally they came to a conclusion as their head whipped around --

"NOT! IN! CANIS!" they roared, and they launched themselves at Edric, trying to sink their claws into his hindquarters. They didn't want to kill him or anything -- certainly not. Edric was their friend! But, Chaos was hissing other instructions, and Enoki wasn't exactly sure who they'd end up listening to.

(gm tagging)
Round 1/?
Attempt: Tear up Edric!
Defense: none
Injuries: none

"WAIT YOUR TURN."

Wait his turn?! WAIT HIS TURN?! Lam (... Two!) would do no such thing!

The monster scuttled forward, distended belly wobbling as he did. All his points flooded pink with blood, and he... coughed? Retched? Gagged? His stomach tensed and relaxed, back curling and—there it was: a gob of half-digested rat that was just barely smoldering, tumbling out of his mouth and onto the floor.

Embarrassing! Hopefully nobody would notice that mishap, what with the brawl already happening, and think lesser of him—

@Edric

Edric laughed as Purity cowered, even though he probably shouldn't while he was running for breathless exercise reasons. But no one said the Altar granted intelligence. Was this chaotic? Yeah. So it was good enough, then. He laughed harder as he barreled into the cat with enough speed that his tusks tore Purity's flash. "YES!" he crowed, reveling in the taste of black blood so close to him. The cat was CORRUPTED! EVEN BETTER! THEY WOULD TEST THEIR METTLE AGAINST EACH OTHER, AND PROVE THAT THEY WERE WORTHY!

He laughed even as claws raked down his face, sending fireworks of pain dancing through his nerves. "YES! YES! FIGHT! DEVOUR!" he cried, tears coming to his eyes as a droplet of Oily blood hit it. Then pain tore through his hindquarters. Edric shrieked with an unholy combination of rage, pain, and hunger. Vision blurred, half-blind, he swung his tusks in a wild arc. They were all converging on him, which might have set off alarm bells before Chaos had taken over all his common sense. GOOD! he thought now. ALL THE BETTER TO DEVOUR THEM WITH! No longer did he have to chase down his prey--now they came to him!!!

His tusks cut through nothing but air, however, and Edric whined with frustration. "BLOOD!" he cried--no, demanded. "DEVOUR!"

@Purity Round 2
Attempt: hurt enoki badly enough to make him go away (with dove's permission)
Defense: wildly flailing head
Injuries: clawed up face and hindquarters

Purity screeched as he flung himself out of the way of Edric's face, scrambling backwards. Frantic eyes scanned the beast, calculating, struggling-

'Why is this thing so thick?' Even without claws, its hooves and tusks were sharp, its eyes wild enough to drive panic into Purity's heart. Another rolling scream rose through Purity as he flung himself back onto the boar, attempting to drive his claws and teeth into the frantic beast's back.

short post.. purity just cat screaming

Round 2/?
Attempt: Latch onto Edric's back and bite hard
Defense: None
Injuries: Several ribs bruised, somewhat torn side

@Enoki (ee :( idk what we should do with dove on leave rn)