Keep moving
Deus
07-25-2022, 02:28 PM
Being in a band was... weird, different, and not at all Asmodeus' style. There was something lesser about no longer owning territory, like he and the rest of his Abraxas family no longer had a place to belong and be proud of. It was a very mortal line of thinking, and not something the prideful man would be comfortable discussing with Eligos. The reasoning had made a semblance of sense, Aerie no longer had enough members to patrol and protect their land. It was disappointing and shameful, and Asmodeus was determined to bring to his band a change that could find themselves seated back where they belonged, together. The first step in that would be new members, the strongest and most worthy of mortals. The wolf he had his eye on was not large, not muscled, and appeared to have an issue with the basic skill of perception. Deus idled passively a short distance away, every nerve on end as he watched to see if she would turn and meet the brutish beast barrelling down on her. Nope. Absolutely zero survival instinct. A 'better' Abraxas might leave her for dead, accepting that survival of the fittest was meant to exclude these wolves from the global bloodlines, but... well, Deus was his mother's son. A Nightingale as much as he was an Abraxas. He threw himself forward, barking sharply to his awaiting companions to free them from their awaiting crouch. The bear was faster than he'd anticipated, it would be too risky to hope that he could simply distract it from it's free meal. Rather than come at it from the side and roll the dice on it's target, Deus continued forward directly into the distracted stranger, calling out a warning as he entered an appropriate range. "Behind you!" The bear barrelled forward at a steady, thundering pace and Deus' sprint took him directly between the beast and it's intended target, arriving just as the bear lifted it's massive paw to strike. Taking the hit for her was not what he'd meant to do initially, but to risk a dodge would also risk the swipe going long and taking out the stranger. Deus felt the claws rake across his side, running from his ribcage up toward his spine. As soon as the pawpad crossed over onto his back the beast was recoiling in pain. The paw pulled away before great damage could be done, taking some of his defensive crystalline quills with him. Deus wobbled against the hit, seething, and took the momentary reprieve of the bear's confusion to face the stranger. "Move, move." He panted, aiming to grasp her firmly by the scruff and with it, encourage her backwards before the bear recovered and advanced once more. |
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