Like a Stone

Vale's adrenaline was at an all-time high, pumping through his veins and giving him the ultimate high. Eyes widened as he watched the beast struggle between the choice of losing its paw or sacrificing its own life. A chuckle escaped him, barely audible through the skin and fur trapped between those massive jaws. His pupils dilated, leaving the amber in his eyes barely visible. The beast lifted its mangled paw and draped it over his back and he couldn't help but feel excited. Elias then latched onto the other side of the large cat's neck and Vale knew what he had to do next.

He allowed the voices in his head to consume him, letting the sound drown everything else out. It wouldn't be too long before the cougar was dead thanks to the major blood loss, but he didn't want to let that ruin their fun. The brute was almost positive that Elias knew what he had planned next. He let those volatile jaws close around the beast's vitals further, feeling the release as his canines punctured one of his major arteries and then completely severing it. The beast's next movements were his last as the life drained from it into Vale's maw. Oh, sweet release.

The voices began hissing, "Tear it apart, destroy it." Vale was more than happy to oblige, he'd only hoped that Elias was on the same page as him. The savage in Vale had taken control, and the man had willingly handed him the wheel. His hold was already as tight as it could be, so what kind of damage could he possibly do? Barbarian was about to rip this poor thing to shreds, or at least try to. He looked up to his friend, a smirk playing at the corner of his lips, before pulling at the creature's thick flesh. Its neck wouldn't be torn apart that easily, but he was trying to make it weak. Finally, after pulling for a bit, he'd shake his head side to side, looking to sever the thing's head from its body.

The flesh on his side of its neck was beginning to sever, thanks to the lifeless creature's now dead weight and Vale's pulling and thrashing. Still, it wouldn't be enough, he and Elias would have to sever its jugular and spine to truly set its head free from the body. Vale changed his positioning since Ellas' hold was already focused on the thing's jugular, Vale clasped those jaws around his spinal cord. Letting his teeth close around the thick cord and surrounding skin and muscle. His jaws should have been getting weak at this point, but thanks to the little frenzy he was in, it didn't bother him. Once he felt confident in his hold, his eyes went wide again, placing his front paws on the creature's neck for some sort of counterweight. He tore into the carcass like it was nothing, finally, the release beneath his jaws was felt as the cord snapped all that was left was to tear through the muscle and skin. Vale did so with ease leaving his part of severing its head was done, and with Elias working the other side, it would be completely torn away by now.

Vale looked up to his friend with nothing to say, all he could do was laugh at the pitiful thing. It started out as a low chuckle that eventually transformed into a darker maniacal cackling. The man's fur was covered in blood that was likely beginning to dry, with the gashes in his side it was hard to differentiate between the cougar's and his own. Still, this was a success for him, the voices in his head praising him, begging for more. Vale's head cocked and ears twitched. Now he just had to get them to quiet down again. Letting them free was much different from pushing them to the back of his mind, and a much more difficult task. His head began pounding, and the man's eye twitched as he struggled to quiet them. At least until he remembered having to focus on Elias before. Vale searched for the man's ruby gaze, his voice strained as he managed to call for him,"Elias..." All he needed was for his friend to talk him down again. He might have been learning as far as fighting went, but he still had much to learn with his psyche.

"Talk."