The Unraveling - It Spreads
Blessed
11-26-2024, 10:57 PM
Barghest’s world shattered mid attack, the chaos of the fight blurring into a distant, meaningless noise as her gaze locked onto the sight before her—her Gem. Her sister. ”NO! GEM!!”
Gem hit the ground with a sickening thud, the shard jutting cruelly from her neck like an accusation against the gods themselves. Blood spread so quickly, dark and glistening, pooling around the too-still form. Too still. The truth slammed into Barghest’s chest like a physical blow, robbing her of breath. Her mind screamed against it, but the image was unyielding, seared into her soul. Her sister.
Gods. No. No, not her. Not Gem.
For a fleeting moment, the past rushed forward to greet her like a cruel specter. She saw Gem as a pup, all laughter and clumsy paws, her bright eyes sparkling with curiosity.
A sound rose from Barghest’s chest, a keening wail which fractured into a raw, guttural roar, laced with anguish so deep it felt like it would break her apart. The sound tore from her throat, savage and unrestrained. It reverberated off the walls of the cavern, a pained proclamation of her grief. What was she supposed to tell their mother? Father?
This can’t be real. This can’t be happening.
“No!” Her voice cracked with the weight of despair. But there was no time to grieve, no time to hold her sister’s lifeless form or curse the heavens for what had been stolen from her. The worm thrashed, each movement a reminder that the monster had to fall, that vengeance was all she could offer Gem now.
She turned, her vision swimming red. “You’ll pay for her! You’ll pay for all of them!” she snarled, her voice raw and broken. Her claws dug into the ice as she charged again, leaping onto the worm’s hide with reckless abandon. She sought its weakest points—the bleeding cracks Gem had helped create—and tore into them with every ounce of strength she had left, ignoring the tremors in her legs and the ache in her chest. She clawed deep, trying to lodge herself deep enough to bite and rend a hole through the whole beast.
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Gem hit the ground with a sickening thud, the shard jutting cruelly from her neck like an accusation against the gods themselves. Blood spread so quickly, dark and glistening, pooling around the too-still form. Too still. The truth slammed into Barghest’s chest like a physical blow, robbing her of breath. Her mind screamed against it, but the image was unyielding, seared into her soul. Her sister.
Gods. No. No, not her. Not Gem.
For a fleeting moment, the past rushed forward to greet her like a cruel specter. She saw Gem as a pup, all laughter and clumsy paws, her bright eyes sparkling with curiosity.
A sound rose from Barghest’s chest, a keening wail which fractured into a raw, guttural roar, laced with anguish so deep it felt like it would break her apart. The sound tore from her throat, savage and unrestrained. It reverberated off the walls of the cavern, a pained proclamation of her grief. What was she supposed to tell their mother? Father?
This can’t be real. This can’t be happening.
“No!” Her voice cracked with the weight of despair. But there was no time to grieve, no time to hold her sister’s lifeless form or curse the heavens for what had been stolen from her. The worm thrashed, each movement a reminder that the monster had to fall, that vengeance was all she could offer Gem now.
She turned, her vision swimming red. “You’ll pay for her! You’ll pay for all of them!” she snarled, her voice raw and broken. Her claws dug into the ice as she charged again, leaping onto the worm’s hide with reckless abandon. She sought its weakest points—the bleeding cracks Gem had helped create—and tore into them with every ounce of strength she had left, ignoring the tremors in her legs and the ache in her chest. She clawed deep, trying to lodge herself deep enough to bite and rend a hole through the whole beast.
Barghest is an androgynous woman, meaning she exhibits both masculine and feminine traits at the same time.
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