bad moon rising

[soundsurfing]

Who: Beat + whoever wants to fight a crazed werewolf
What: It's the first Full Moon since he's been here, Beat wants to try out his Full Moon form. Oops. Flowers.
When: March 25th
Where: The Grove
Warnings: yikes. gonna be blood. violence. written big dogs with bared teeth. gore. saliva. description of flowers under the skin/coming through.


opening: i hear the voice of rage and ruin

Beat's excited, because this is the first Full Moon he's experienced since arriving in the Grove, and he really wants to see how many of his powers have made the cross over with him. Plus he's his strongest when it's Full. It fills him with energy. A desire to run around. He's given Josh a heads up about what he plans on doing.

He doesn't expect it to go so wrong.

The shift (cw: saliva, bared canine teeth) starts off perfectly fine. Limbs elongate, his aspect becomes more bestial, more wolf like. Fur blanches and silvers out, and his eyes glow with the light of the Moon. He lands on all four and shakes, feeling good. Strong, powerful. Itchy?

It starts as a crawl under his skin, something familiar, squirming underneath there. Like when the mushrooms sprouted. Worriedly, he begins to scratch at himself, turning his muzzle to chew. Slowly little purple bell like flowers begin to sprout throughout his fur following in the wake of his raking nails and teeth, peeking through the cuts and bites he makes. Dripping blood as they grow and sprout. Beautiful and deadly. Aconite. Monkshood. Wolfsbane. It doesn't take long for the flowering poison to seep into his blood, igniting burning pain. Driving him to claw at himself to try and rip it out, before his mind sinks into the grip of it as well. And another little voice, seeping in. Whispering. Urging him to let loose. Claw. Bite. Spread.

He was never good at resisting mental influences.

a. don't go round tonight, it's bound to take your life

[ With a loud wavering howl, Beat will put his incredible since of smell to use and begin the hunt. He won't attack those he already smells the Corruption on, but anyone else is fair game. It may be night, and people may be in bed or asleep, but that won't stop Beat from breaking and entering into buildings to stalk down his victims. The hunt is slow, deliberate.

And if he catches sight of someone who smells uncorrupted, fresh? He stops, stares. Eyes glowing, breathing coming out in a warm almost foggy manner. His posture hunched, arms closer to the ground. Seems to be waiting for something. Or thinking, pondering the environment.

Otherwise he moves around the building, claws scraping, motions deliberate as he stalks.

That's not creepy at all. ]

b. i know the end is coming soon

[ Though he will go inside to hunt his prey, he will mostly wander around outside, creating a horrible cacophony of howls and snarls. The Guardians he will try to avoid, especially Zahliya, quickly running from the Gargoyle if he attacks or comes too close. But outside, he's unrestricted as he would have been indoors. He's under the Moon, wild and free, and seems more keen on running around.

He smells of soil and decay, rot, and an underlying cloying scent. And blood, as by now he's undoubtedly injured, either by himself clawing or the fights he might have picked. And if anyone crosses his path, they will instantly have the Werewolf baring down on them. Teeth snapping, claws attempting to grab. The motion is almost rabid. A far cry from his deliberate actions while inside a building.

He will keep this up until the Moon goes down, or until he's successfully put down for a nap. ]

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[soundsurfing]

[ With Josh's back to him, Beat - the Wolf - sees it as a prime target. While the two talk, distract each other, the injured beast creeps forward on quiet paws. Slowly, carefully. Stalking.

Mouth slowly opening, aiming at Josh's leg. Quiet. Keep focused on the other, keep talking. ]

[leggierissimo]

[Just because Sesa isn't the one that's eager to fight doesn't mean that Josh is here to protect him, exactly. He's here to keep Beat from dying, and if this continues on, that's likely what's going to happen. Beat is, ultimately, from his world, thus it all falls under his jurisdiction. Anyone else is out of luck.]

Oh, he's not. He was brought here the same way any of us were. You've probably talked to him, in fact - he's very friendly. Well, normally, anyway.

[Whatever look Sesa is giving him, Joshua looks entirely unfazed.]

He said that he was going to try stretching his muscles, so to speak, since the moon is full. Clearly, something went wrong.

[His ears are nowhere near good enough to pick up the sound of quiet approach. He's well aware that Beat is behind him, though, and still very much dangerous, so if Beat was to try to bite him... Unfortunately, his teeth will end up bouncing right off a barrier. No bites for werewolves!]

[soundsurfing]

[ MAN! His teeth just colliding with another barrier finally sends the Werewolf over the edge. He will AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA in a scream at Josh's shielded leg, then turn and begin stalking away.

Limping away, really, oogh. Hurt. No fight. Sesa can't shoot at him with Josh in the way. Retreat now. ]

[sesa]

[The sudden appearance of the barrier makes Sesa flinch, moving back a step as he watches the way Beat bounces off of it and cries out his displeasure. It takes a moment, but he seems to give up the fight after that...looking more than a little beaten fr his efforts. It's enough to get Sesa to lower his gun finally, trying to ignore the tremble in his own shoulders.]

Clearly.

Are you certain he will not attack the Grove again? Is this something that will wear off, or...?