The Unraveling - It Burns
11-14-2024, 04:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-14-2024, 04:03 PM by Nyx. Edited 3 times in total.)
Siduri sends a rock flying at the worm's face, though something unexpected happens- it's incinerated in a cloud of dark smoke as soon as it makes contact. (Siduri also finds an item, Goldfish in a Bag, added to your OOC account).
An angry plume of flames shoot out, lightly singing the fur of the wolves closest to it. The stick thrown by Tarnish meets a similar fate, immediately turning to ash and drifting down to the abyss below.
The flames fan out angrily as the creature lets out an ungodly screech, striking many of the wolves who stand nearby, even those who stand in awe. Illusion finds the fur on the right side of her chest singed, and the fire burns through, leaving behind a wide arched scar; another plume shoots out and singes Lyra's throat, leaving her eyes red and burning; Kaira tries to pull away from the jet of fire that shoots out, but isn't able to move fast enough as it strikes her back left leg, leaving behind a raw, pulsing burn.
The rock thrown by Gruesome is sent hurling back at him, pinging back up and striking the back of his head, leaving a bloody gash behind.
Calliope's attack seems to only further anger the beast. Its tendrils lash out at her, burning white-hot as they make contact with her face, leaving behind a mess of jagged wounds that spread over her right eye and forehead.
The head of the beast swivels around, its attention fixing squarely on Hikaru. The world seems to hold its breath for a second, waiting, still...
Then, with a sudden violent surge, flames erupt from the worm again, engulfing Hikaru entirely in a flash. His agonized screams rip through the air as flames consume him, obscuring him completely from sight in a blazing inferno. Even the sound of the roaring flames does little to deafen his tortured cries.
Kuroki is the first to react, clearly not wanting the man's suffering to be prolonged- one swift movement and he rushes forward, shoving Hikaru forward and into the pit below. Kuroki's fur is singed in the process, particularly around his front limbs and chest.
Hikaru's fall is deafened by the crackling of flames, but his screams stop abruptly.
Hikaru is dead, his body already turning to blackened ash in the pit below.
The worm only pauses briefly before redirecting its attention back to those that gather. It flings its long tendrils away from them, head reeling back before it bows back toward them, its head glowing with otherworldly heat.
Its hunger is not yet satiated.