Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-25808351-20181211225019/@comment-30014014-20181222221227

Images flicker one more time...

''The young man stands over a fallen beast. His stance, not one of triumph. Not one of relief or gratitude. His heart presses heavily on him. His breath is quick and jagged, a hand upon it. A galvanized hand stained still.''

''His innocence, stripped, Prad sinks on the corner of the wall, eyes trembling. This...''

This was the first time...

Prad...

...had...

...terminated another life.

''The entity in gray walks over, stepping over the fallen creature, quietly listening to the young man. His whimpers gaining in presence, ovewhelming. His tears sully the barren floor, slow to be whipped by the entity "Do not whimper at your act. It was but a necessary one"''

''"But...but I've..." He couldn't finish the sentence, the sickness in his stomach spreading, hindering his speaking capability.''

"This beast would have done the same. But, it matters not. I am here now. Come, let me 'help' you..."

''The entity has hand on the mind-wrecked Prad's forehead. A lulling sensation washes over his mind, taking a piece of the memory of what transgressed here, at this very moment...''

''...and banishing it. This incomplete, twisted, ever shifting piece of the puzzle. Not enough to lull Prad's heavy heart, his distraught sinking his conscious far from the waking world.''

"I will be here now. Do worry no longer. I shall take vengeance in your name. To those who have listened to your cries in indifference..."

''The eyes of the two merge as their bodies follow. The man in the wall's hidden irises take over Prad's brown color, prompting the young man back up. His gaze, one infuriated in a tearful hatred. Fire on one hand. Lightning on the other. Both hungry, trembling, whispering.''

''He-/-They step out, welcomed to many of the town's citizen stares. Eyes--melted in laughter. Visages--deformed by grins. Voice--toned in mockery.''

And then, he grins...