our neurotic inside dog got out and is running way too fast around the neighborhood

[crittersheep]

WHO: Rose (+ Lethe, Charon, and Maomao)
WHERE: outer meadow
WHEN: Day 27, night

[Rose has been running around for the past day and a half, prepping everything they'll need for the mist expedition to save Angel Devil from eternal wolfhood. But in the wee hours of the morning, the night before they planned to head out, Shadow Fiend's bell jingles gently. If she weren't still awake, she might have missed it. But she doesn't, and when she follows a hunch and checks on Angel Devil's location, she gets the distinct ping of a flock member in the pasture—before it recedes back into the vague sense of "in the mist."

So screw tomorrow morning. This might be the best chance they have of avoiding an extended mist expedition. And so, a mass cube call goes out, to all of Rose, and Lethe, Charon, and Maomao, too.]

WAKE UP! Um, sorry. Change of plans, we're going after Angel Devil now. I just sensed him at the edge of the mist. He stepped back inside, but he can't have gone far—this might be our best chance. He's not far from where we planned to meet up tomorrow, too. Okay! See you there.

BAITING THE TRAP (MINGLE) | THE BUFFENING | OUTSIDE THE MIST | INTO THE MIST | BOSS FIGHT | PILLING ROSE'S DOG (SAVAGE) | AFTERMATH

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azdaja you're next ♡ feel free to react to this tho gang

[finalbows]

<sub>[ Two things happen at once.

Lethe's fist makes contact,
and Melody's barrier firms up into place, right between herself and the Lilies, and Wolf Devil.

Makes a pretty neat noise, when both of these things connect at the same time. The wolf yelps.





Fucking goodbye, Angel Devil! He goes flying from Lethe's Turbo Powered Weed Protect Punch × Melody's Tetrakarn Barrier Reflect Combo, rolling when he hits dirt again.

For this precise moment, he's stunned still. ]</sub>

Re: azdaja you're next ♡ feel free to react to this tho gang

[mykidisthebest]

[once he's sure Angel Devil The Giant Werewolf is flying off in another direction, Lethe immediately turns around and bodily picks up Charon while he still has super strength]

You didn't even try to run away?!

[SIMPLY CARRIES HIM OUT OF COMBAT RANGE, THANKS]

Re: azdaja you're next ♡ feel free to react to this tho gang

[endsjustified]

[a very startled blink, but does not struggle]

It would have been pointless. Better to trust in your and miss Melody's strength.

Re: azdaja you're next ♡ feel free to react to this tho gang

[mykidisthebest]

[it's really nice to be trusted!!!!!!

but also please have some self-preservation!!!!!]

Miss Melody did all the hard work. Make sure to thank her later.

Re: azdaja you're next ♡ feel free to react to this tho gang

[endsjustified]

I can thank you both, can I not?

Re: azdaja you're next ♡ feel free to react to this tho gang

[catposting]

[ Lethe you are very cool. normal guy my ass ]

Re: azdaja you're next ♡ feel free to react to this tho gang

[axingnicely]

[ +1 ]

Re: azdaja you're next ♡ feel free to react to this tho gang

[wants_the_phd]

[Holy shit this is getting WAY too close for comfort. Did he ricochet off Azdaja's barrier just now? aaaaaaaaa maybe this is a good time to consider running away aaaaaaaa]

Re: azdaja you're next ♡ feel free to react to this tho gang

[finalbows]

<sub>[ hi azdaja, even if you run, uh

there's a werewolf coming for you while monologuing ceaselessly in people's heads,


Blood... blood, blood, I need blood, just enough-- I've been twisted, after all, haven't I? By this world.. like all of us have. Now... I can't heal myself on my own power, anymore... My victory... It's never been all mine... it's always been that unreachable star, hasn't it, always just past where I can grasp it... Ever the dog, waiting for its day. Well. Even a dog. Bites.

I need-- blood. I need. Help. Help. Yes. A little blood. One more sacrifice. I'll be whole.

You'll do SO nicely. The straggler. Always away from the herd. You set yourself apart. You make yourself... perfect... prey! ]</sub>

1/

[wants_the_phd]

[nnnnnnnnnnnnNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN]

[wants_the_phd]

[okay she WAS running away, but it's obvious there's no chance in hell she can get away from him when a single stride is like 10x her body length]

[In an instant, he's upon her, jaws open wide—]

[at the last moment, she wheels around and-----]

[wants_the_phd]

[—EXPLODES out of her clothing, her every dimension lengthening, bristling from snout to tailtip with gleaming black and red spines. Where Azdaja once was, there is now a big angry pinecone shucking shreds of fabric like confetti. Muscles ripple under her skin as she twists, dodging around Angel Devil's snapping jaws, and she sinks ten claws built for rending solid stone into the side of his enormous face and neck.]

[finalbows]

_{[ ARU? ]}

[finalbows]

_{[ fucking OWIE why is lunch so sharp-- ]}

[axingnicely]

[endsjustified]

[dude]

[strateelgic]

[He thought she smelled a bit off...]

done

[wants_the_phd]

[—Then sinks her teeth into the side of his neck, just behind the jaw where his mane is thinnest. Grappling him with all six of her clawed limbs now, her every spine erect with fury and panic to make herself her most unbitable shape, she clenches her teeth and injects him with every drop of venom in her body.]

Re: azdaja you're next ♡ feel free to react to this tho gang

[crittersheep]

[ THAT YELP SUMMONS A BUNCH OF GATORDAWGS FROM THE LAKE. THEY'RE FAST AND HEADING RIGHT FOR THE CLUSTER OF ROSES (specifically SHADOW FIEND, POND FIEND, FACE-MAKING DEVIL AND BLOOD FIEND).

they're not exactly the type to chase prey, but y'all are getting injured and knocked about right in front of their salad.



OH NO WHAT WILL EVERYONE DO ]

[pleasantmisery]

[well, Angel Devil seems to be down, as far as she can tell, and Blood Fiend is bleeding from a frankly alarming number of places, so Shadow Fiend's making for the gatordawgs, her shadow flickering out on the ground and flickering back into existence as a slightly translucent black double of her]

No!! Go away!!

[crittersheep]

[ i'm so disoriented. but i'm still HUNGRY. TRIES TO EAT THE SHADOW ]

[themanofyourdreams]

[he's KICKING A DOG IN THE FACE is what he's doing]

You think we have time for you right now?!

1/2

[crittersheep]

[ BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS, MORON.

one dog gets kicked and rolls away dramatically. that's enough time for another two to leap up behind Face-Making Devil, jaws snapping and aiming for his head -- ]

2/3

[crittersheep]

[ then they both just

freeze.

all of the gatordawgs surrounding them are frozen, actually. like ten of them. they're clearly still alive, just...

well. do you remember that time Blood Fiend pulled on your fear and pain and used flow control on you, locking you in place?

this isn't that. it's almost like... ]

[catposting]

[ it's almost like the fear itself is locking them in place. they can't move. they can't attack.

surprise surprise he can incapacitate any wildlife that's scared of him. it's mostly a passive skill, so it doesn't take much energy. canonically it also works on beastkin but he's still at level 30 lmaorofl

Blood Fiend himself is still crouched where he fell, eyes wet with blood. he's panting, but otherwise not making a fuss, or giving any sign that this was his doing.

GET YOUR MEAT WHILE YOU CAN, TEAM ]