A Disturbed Mind at Rest

[Talon]

As the hemata's claws began to dig deeper and deeper into the edge of the spring, he clenched his teeth, hauling himself out.

"Yeah, I'm.... I'm fine... j-just gimme a sec, I'll be right back..."

With that, he rapidly skittered off into the nearby woods, face contorting deeper and deeper into a feral snarl.

MUST... FIND... FOOD... Were the only words to echo through his head as he leapt from rocks to branches, yellow eyes flitting back and forth.

He gave a pleased hiss as he found a small cluster of deer, and immediately leapt down from a branch onto the closest, a rather large stag. It issued a shrill cry as it bucked about, yet the hemata wouldn't let go as he issued his own hissing cry, sinking his large fangs into the animal's thick neck. Though the other deer scattered, this one would be enough to fill his needs for now... after about a minute of struggling, the deer finally collapsed, moaning as it started to 'wither' slightly, eyes glazing over as Mortis drank deeply from its veins. Another minute or two passed, and Lowan gave a content sigh as he walked away from the dry corpse, stepping back into the springs area as he laid down next to one of the springs.

He rolled his eyes back up at Mercurio, unaware at least half of his entire head and most of his foreclaws were stained with blood, and his now-black veins were slightly visible against his dark-blue scales. He smirked, then replied in a relaxed tone,

"Sorry... had to take care of a problem. You were saying?"

[shdwdrgn]

Mercurio gave Mortis a silly grin knowing he had gone to feed on an animal rather than feeding on her. She raised on hand and pointed to his face.

"Well Lowan you may want to wash up a little bit unless you're saving that little bit for later", she made a small laugh at the end of her remark. She gave a slight pause before asking, "You never met Shiryu by chance did you?"

She proposed a question that had been in her mind for a little while now. She was rather curious of how he was received by others around Nightshade. She had never talked with anyone about what they thought about him before and it was nagging in her mind now that he was gone. She wondered if any of the other locals of supernatural status realised his absence.

[Talon]

Mortis hastily cleaned his maw and claws of blood at Mercurio's laugh, then pondered the question that soon followed.

"Have I ever met Shiryu? Hmm... not that I'm aware of, I'm afraid. Other than that time at the construct's old base, but no, I never really acquainted myself with him. It's a shame I hadn't either. He sounds like a decent man, from the way you speak of him." He replied.

He scowled, wondering how many paranormal residents knew about his recent transition into undeath...

I don't think even Shive knows... ... and he was like an older brother to me... He thought with a sigh.

[shdwdrgn]

"Hmm that's a shame. He probably would have liked you. You are a nice person, you know that Lowan?" she asked him. "This has been a nice relief actually talking to you about these things. It eased my mind from the disturbed state it's in."

She pulled regular clothes out of her bag and set them on the rock preparing to change back into them. She sighed and turned to Mortis.

"Do you mind looking away? I'd like to change back into my regular clothes now," she informed him. She waited for his reply before making any motion to remove the towel from her body.

[Talon]

Lowan sighed, complying with Mercruio's request as he looked away.

"Ah, it's no problem. And believe me, I know what it's like to keep your emotions pent up for far too long... ... and I'm sure I would've liked him too. But, as it seems to be around here, death doesn't seem to last very long, so who knows... you may see him again, far sooner than you think." He muttered.

He paused, looking down at his foreclaw as he scowled.

"... I know this much as well... now I have the potential to live for eternity... heh. Ironic..." He grumbled.

He drummed his claws on the surface of the water as he awaited Mercurio to clothe herself again.

[shdwdrgn]

Mercurio began by putting on her undergarments one at a time taking care not to get too close to the pool as she did so. Once she was done with that she put on a light purple tank top that was very indicative of her body shape, followed by her shorts that came down to about mid thigh and were slightly taught. She placed her towel and bathing suit in her backpack and pulled her socks out of her shoes putting them on.

"Ok I'm done changing now, you can turn back Lowan", she said. "If you hear anything about what I can do to get Shiryu back I'd appreciate it if you told me."

She slipped her shoes on and stood back up sliding her pack on. She looked to Mortis and smiled.

"I can't thank you enough for the kind words you gave me today Lowan."

With that she blew him a kiss and started her hike home.

Such a nice wyrmling. I hope that things work out for him with that girl of his. He needs it.

[Talon]

Lowan gave a cheeky grin at the retreating Mercurio as he replied,

"I'll be sure to do so! And no problem, it was my pleasure!"

He watched her walk away, eyes gleaming in the darkness as he stared at her hind's 'attributes'. He continued to stare into the night even after she left, and he eventually muttered under his breath with a deeper grin,

"I'd bite that any day of the week..."

He gave a short bark of a laugh, then slithered out of the spring himself, taking off into the night sky on noiseless wings.

((End thread))