just crystal bear things
Kristen Seasonal
12-30-2021, 12:46 AM
It took everything Asmodeus had to not let himself fall into the depths of despair. As a young child he'd lost his uncle, suffered heavily, and slowly day-by-day began to heal. The grief felt heavier now that the one he'd lost was none other than Danta, his big-little-sister. To make it only that much worse, her murderer was his uncle. Deus worried that should he allow himself to feel that pain that he'd never crawl back out from beneath it. At his heels trailed two puppies, each who he had been tasked to train into suitable companions to assist him in battle. They were gifts from his uncle, but he could not dwell on that lest he start to resent them, too. They bounded alongside him the entire way to the prairie, where Deus had hoped to find within the plentiful valley a suitable meal to take home to his grieving mother. Prey seemed to be more scarce while the world recovered from the sickness and neverending night, and Deus made two laps around the valley before giving up on all plans for dinner. Finding himself a soft patch of grass he lay himself down and sighed, his Malinois puppies taking his break as permission to go play. Perhaps had he been less caught up in his thoughts he may have heard the crystal-infected bear coming up from his rear. It wasn't until one of the puppies gave a loud squeal of alarm that Deus' attention was drawn swiftly toward the attacking predator. Word Count: 253/1500 |