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#26Saturn 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Tue Sep 28, 2021 10:03 pm

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The strangeness continued as lucretia realized that this didn’t feel like any dream that she had ever had before. The denseness of the fog, the droning of the bugs, the wind against her face. That low sensation of the sun not quite hitting your skin but it is still there. It was too acute. Too accurate. She continued forward as she saw that figure yawn up to her.

The details were hidden behind the fog but there was no mistaking some of it’s features. A wolfish head, long sharp claws, a somewhat hunched appearance that only shifted when it noticed something. Noticed her. It didn’t seem hostile and that worried lucretia a little bit. Well worried as she could be in a dream like this.

She felt her breath catch in her throat and she’d slowly approach it. She felt nervous, uncertain. There was that edge in her heart she couldn’t quite place either. The sort where it felt like something was grabbing onto you and holding you down to just see what was going on.

Lucretia hesitated and she could hear that growling again; it was low. Sounded a bit familiar for some reason; she’d narrow her eyes and step forward a little bit more. Noting that this shadow… was a lot bigger than her. She met the self same Icy eyes that she often found in a mirror and her heart caught in her chest…

The real version of her’s breathing shifted a bit; from soft and gentle to that of someone having a little bit of an issue with whatever was going on in the realm of dreams...

#27Decima 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Tue Sep 28, 2021 10:28 pm

Decima
The changing of Lucretia’s breathing prompted Nadine to look over her shoulder at the other woman. Nothing seemed amiss from what she could see, so she had to guess that the Icebergian was having a bad dream or something. Whatever struggle she was facing would have to be fought alone, though; there was nothing Nadine could do for her at the moment. If she had some proper tools and items on hand, maybe the demi-human could have grown lavender to burn as an incense. For now however, all she could do was silently wait things out and monitor the situation.

Returning to her own thoughts Nadine looked back to the fire. She remembered something she wanted to do, and rose up from her seat before heading to the door. A couple steps were taken out into the night as she scanned the area around the cabin. She couldn’t see any draugr even with her night vision, so that was a good sign at least. Speaking of signs… Nadine turned back to the cabin to glance up at the sign above the door. The woman raised her hand up towards it, and as a green magic seal appeared in front of her palm a vine grew out to grab the plank of wood. The vine slowly pried off the offending sign before Nadine retreated back into the cabin, placing the sign in the fireplace.

#28Saturn 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Tue Sep 28, 2021 10:39 pm

Saturn
It was like a wall presented itself to her; she could feel those eyes. She could see the distinct shapes and the humming started to grow further and further. She could feel the growling rolling from the jowls of the beast in front of her. She’d take a step backwards; away from the beast but that just brought it forward with her as though she was being challenged. Like her stepping back not out of fear but uncertainty was what it exactly needed.

It reached out and the white fur was the first thing she saw of this beast proper. The grip around her neck hiked her breathing in the real for a moment before it eased out once more. She could feel it pulling her off of her feet and she met those eyes. Staring at it for a few moments. She wasn’t sure what she was looking at. It drawing nearer and nearer until…

The icy eyes met her own firmly; she could see every feature in it like there was no question. No concern; the line that went over one eye brought her hand up to touch her own face. Eyes widening slowly while she mumbled both in and out.

”You can’t be serious…”

#29Decima 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:30 pm

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Nadine’s eyes shifted from the fireplace to Lucretia’s bag on the floor. Between the two of them she didn’t think bread and jerky would be enough, at least not for herself. Hunting here was going to be difficult as well, even if she did have bait in her own bag. Nadine didn’t particularly care for carrots outside of stews, but in this situation she couldn’t afford to be picky. It’d be irresponsible of her to only hunt for meat in Harrogath, and would only slow the two of them down. She rummaged through her own bag before pulling out a pouch of seeds, and went back outside again.

Kneeling in the snow she pushed six small seeds down into the earth. Then she put her hands over the ground, making a magic seal form below her palms with swirling green and blue colors. By pulling moisture and nutrients from the surrounding soil and accelerating the vegetable’s growth she soon had half a dozen carrots ready to be plucked out of the ground. She returned inside once more, replacing her pouch of seeds in her bag before cutting off the leafy bits of the carrots with a knife. The carrots were quietly placed in Lucretia’s bag while the cut greens were tossed into the fireplace.

#30Saturn 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:49 pm

Saturn
Lucretia’s breath caught again and she’d stare at this wolf. This werewolf that was holding her off the ground. It hadn’t done much, sniffed at her, took in her scent. Inspected her. Eventually it’d let her go with a growl; something you’d expect to hear from a human. Something that slipped out of lucretia’s mouth.

”Weak.”

It was gutteral; almost accusatory and it didn’t care for the idea of what Lucretia thought was strength. It’d pound it’s chest; snarling in agitation and step over the woman; practically in one another’s space. Lucretia having to scoot back just to avoid getting stepped on for the most part.

”You buy your. Weapons. Your armor. Your trinkets. But they aren’t true strength.”

The wolf spoke haltingly, slowly walking circles around Lucretia; Staring at her and taunting her lifestyle with it’s mere presence. She could feel it egging her on and it’d slowly approach her from behind. Sinking it’s claws into her shoulders, causing her to wince.

”You’ve denied yourself true strength for far too long Wolf. The prey you hunted before didn’t even challenge you. Only the shepherd came close and he died by mistake. Is that all you can muster? Life through luck and mistakes?”

The woman hesitated, unsure if she should even answer this creature. Even if they were right about shepherd there were other challenges that surely meant something right...?

#31Decima 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:27 am

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Weak.

Had she heard that right? Nadine glanced back again to the sleeping Icebergian. She could only fathom what kind of dreams the woman was having, but it didn’t sound like she was having a pleasant experience. She considered waking Lucretia up, but ultimately decided against that. For now at least, she’d let her friend fight through her own battles. The demi-human returned to her seat next to the fire with a canteen of water in hand. She opened the container and put a palm over its open neck. Manipulating the water she syphoned the canteen dry, ending up with a perfect sphere of liquid floating near her palm.

She then leaned faced her palm towards the fire, moving the orb of water close enough so it would start to heat up at a steady rate. She wasn’t trying to boil the liquid, just warm it up for a pleasant drink. The sphere rotated slowly to help spread the heat around. Once she saw traces of steam rising from all sides Nadine pulled the sphere back to herself, and carefully poured the water back into her canteen. She then slowly sipped at her warmed drink, enjoying the extra heat added to her own body.

#32Saturn 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:36 am

Saturn
”Every time you’ve nearly died I stepped in to save you Wolf and I’m sick of watching you grow in all the wrong ways.”

The wolf growled at the human, kneeling down to grip at Lucretia’s throat with a strong hand. Staring deep into her eyes and practically spitting in her face while speaking at her. Something was close to snapping between the both of them and it wasn’t something that should have been.

”Caged. Sheltered in a warm heart. You do everything for the right reasons but eventually you’ll do it at the wrong place and won’t be strong enough.”

The wolf stood tall, pointing out int he fog. Growling in irritation as the woman struggled. In the real Lucretia shivered as though something was amiss. Something was terribly amiss. She could feel itching all across her skin but it wasn’t the type of itching you’d expect. Like it was under, around and all over her entire body.

”Today we take the step we should have taken years ago.”

The wolf started to drag Lucretia through that wall of fog; growling low as ‘the beast’ started to lay claim to her. Uncertain and unwilling to go with it. She’d grasp at the grass underneath her but her hands passed right through it.

”I refuse to be caged any longer Lucretia.”

#33Decima 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:58 am

Decima
When Lucretia started shivering, that’s when Nadine decided it was time to check on her properly. Capping her canteen and putting it aside she moved next to the couch to get a better look at things. She placed a palm on the Icebergian’s forehead to see if she was suffering from a fever. That didn’t seem to be the case. Was it the rabbit that she had eaten? Probably not, or else Nadine would have been suffering currently as well. Lucretia hadn’t mentioned being injured, and a quick scan of her body didn’t reveal any signs of reopened wounds.

Unsure of what to do Nadine put one hand on Lucretia’s shoulder and lightly shook the other woman, trying to wake her up.

“Lucretia? Lucretia. Hey!” She lightly patted the woman’s cheek with her other hand, trying to rouse the Icebergian from her troubled slumber. When her efforts didn’t seem to work she stepped away to grab her canteen again. She removed the cap before holding the container over Lucretia’s head, and then she slowly poured the warm water onto her friend’s face.

“Lucretia!” If this wasn’t going to wake her up Nadine was going to get ready to haul the other woman to her feet and slap her.

#34Saturn 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Wed Sep 29, 2021 1:09 am

Saturn
Lucretia could feel herself slipping away with every inch of her that was dragged through the fog. She felt like she was drawing and being torn down brick by brick. She felt her heart flutter and her body practically screaming at her to get up; to fight back. But her strength didn’t seem to matter as she passed inch by awful inch. She felt herself dwindle further and further.

The first pat from Nadine didn’t do much to stir lucretia or the beast. There was a slight shift and she felt the beast growl. Gripping at her chest and then hauling her firmly into the fog. She felt that twisting sensation and that’s when the pain started in earnest.

The twisting unrelenting pain that the beast immediately capitilized on. The water that was poured on her followed by the name brought her eyes snapping open. But rather than the human eyes that lucretia boasted from the time Nadine met her was in fact that of a wolf instead. Still as icy as the icebergian’s but none of the recognition.

There was hardly any time before her body started to convulse and warp repeatedly. Muscles rolling and skin sloughing away in an effort to let all that fur start to burst forward. The woman pushing at the other with a snarl. Slowly standing up. Proving that Lucretia’s 6’7 was nothing compared to this monstrous 9’9. The equipment she had been wearing practically tore off in an effort to get away from their host.

The beast looked around the room for a few moments and it’s eyes eventually locked onto nadine. It’s lips pulling back over it’s teeth in a snarl and there was the sound of it’s claws slowly extending.

This beast was not lucretia.

Sure it’s fur was white, there was the icy eyes and the scar over her face. But everything about this situation now screamed that whatever was standing in front of her meant her the worst of ills. Even beyond that if nadine wasn’t careful.

”Nadine.”

The beast knew her name and growled it out; almost pleased as though it was complimenting itself on a job well done. The beast was sure that if it fought her friend that… maybe lucretia would grow beyond what was needed of her.

#35Decima 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Sun Oct 03, 2021 10:48 pm

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When the Icebergian’s eyes finally opened Nadine was about to breathe out a sigh of relief. Then convulsions rocked Lucretia’s body as muscles expanded and white fur tore through ripping patches of skin. The breath that Nadine exhaled became a gasp as she was shoved backwards. Werewolf transformations weren’t anything new to the demi-human, but the uncanny lengthening of bones and tissue still caused her to frown in displeasure. Lucretia’s own transformation stretched her out a full meter in height. Had Nadine not already known the other woman was a werewolf she might have already started running for her gauntlet.

It wasn’t until she noticed the creature’s claws extending, and saw that murderous glint in its eyes did she realize one key fact at play here: Lucretia was a feral.

‘Ah, crap,’ thought the demi-human dismally with an inward sigh.

“And here I was just starting to think that we had escaped Dahlia together,” muttered the woman as her own eyes glared back at the feral beast. Perhaps this would be the fight that she had always wanted from Lucretia, though. The idea of holding back against an opponent nearly twice her size was laughable, and this entire situation made her start to question Lucretia’s intentional silence about being a werewolf. If they both survived this fight, perhaps Nadine would get her answer.

Ignoring the sting of betrayal for now Nadine ran towards the door, swiping Indra’s Gauntlet off the table as she ran past it. The weapon was barely clasped onto her arm before a yellow magic seal appeared above it, and with a sudden lunge Nadine quickly burst through the front door and into the quiet night beyond. Another flash of yellow in the dark, and another lunge carried her further from the cabin.

#36Saturn 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Sun Oct 03, 2021 11:02 pm

Saturn
The reason behind Lucretia’s silence might have felt like betrayal to some. But truly she had no idea, no idea that her red moments were really her transforming into a beast that tore her foes limb from limb. No idea that her family had quietly disowned her to the hunters. No idea that the things she chased were frivolous as a dream. No idea that her inner strength stemmed from something so monstrous.

But if there was something that she and the beast shared it was the sheer fucking will. The intense desire to keep going and even as Nadine practically bolted away from them the werewolf didn’t even falter. Nadine was faster sure but what could someone do in such a situation like this? On the inside of a building no less! Grinning ear to ear the beast lumbered forward, reaching out again to grasp at their friend.

But then like a rocket nadine shot off, earning a dumb blinking from the werewolf and it’d snarl. Charging after her and busting through the doorframe with ease. After all what did she need of shelter? The wolf cast about and narrowed their eyes. Seeing that yellow the werewolf roared and ran after nadine.

It was sturdy and durable; hard to slow down and even harder to make it give up. That being said. Lucretia was not fast as a person normally and neither was her werewolf form. Feral or not the limitations of her transformation was obvious!

#37Decima 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Sat Oct 09, 2021 9:09 pm

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It wasn’t often that Nadine found herself being the one pursued during a hunt. Ever since she had left Minstrel to become a wandering mage though, it seemed that her adventures continued to involve other people in different ways. Even if she had been serious about her proposal to fight with Lucretia back in Hosenka, what was coming after her was not the Icebergian. There would be no pleasure in this battle win or lose. She couldn’t exactly decide whether that was the greater despair over the feeling of betrayal.

After her second lunge Nadine glanced back over her shoulder. The pale furred beast was giving chase as expected. The demi-human was willing to oblige its blood lust with a fight, but only on her terms. Nadine didn’t feel that she owed this feral the dignity of a fair fight. She waited until the distance between them closed to ten meters before another yellow magic seal flashed above Indra’s Gauntlet. She lunged again, this time moving to the side instead of further away from the cabin.

“Slow,” she shouted contemptuously as her landing kicked up a small splash of snow, twenty-five meters away from her initial position. Again Indra’s Gauntlet flared to life with another magic seal, its light reflecting off of Nadine’s own glaring golden eyes. The next lunge carried her another twenty-five meters, straight forward and back towards the cabin.

“Weak!” she chided the werewolf with another shout as she landed again. The woman then started sprinting back towards the broken doorway of the cabin, calling out to the monster behind herself.

“Fight me as Lucretia, or don’t bother at all!”

#38Saturn 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Tue Oct 12, 2021 9:30 am

Saturn
What amounted to the feral beast pursued Nadine relentlessly, even though she was quickly outstripping it in terms of fleeing. Or what it figured to be flying the wolf continued forward. Snarling as it saw that the Demi-human continued to use that gauntlet. It would need to remove that from play if it wanted to catch the morsel that was fleeing from it. It’s rudimentary knowledge of how items worked let it chuckle at the idea that it was slow. It’d growl out a single word in response to the ‘slow’ remark.

”Mana.”

The wolves eyes tracked the other woman and it’d narrow it’s eyes as it was called weak. The earrings jangled on it’s ears and it was distinctly reminded of hte needs that the woman had in order to fight against the creatures of the night. But it could feel the warmth and power from these items. So it’d allow it to stay for the meantime. Until the fight was done.

No sense in hurting itself around what amounted to it’s prey. The Lycan continued after nadine, growling a bit at the idea of “Lucretia” fighting this woman. It couldn’t help but let out a loose cackle; whatever nadine had said seemed to amuse it endlessly. It’s jaws widened in a mockery of the icebergian’s own smile and it wouldn’t be hard for Nadine to spot that it seemed amused.

”Am Lucretia.”

The lycan slammed it’s fist on it’s chest and started to run after the woman again. It seemed like it knew what the other was doing or… was just seeing if she’d use more of that gauntlet of hers. If that was the case it was only a matter of time before the other would run out of mana. Which then meant none of that magic item use. Unless Nadine had something to counteract that which… Well the wolf didn’t really know if she did or not.

Or if that was possible.

#39Decima 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Sat Oct 23, 2021 1:13 am

Decima
Contrary to Nadine’s initial impressions of the werewolf, it didn’t seem like it was completely feral once it had uttered the obvious weakness to the demi-human’s speed. The way it had answered her about its identity also brought back lingering doubts concerning the Icebergian’s initial friendliness. Silently cursing her own naivete she dashed into the cabin and ripped her gauntlet off from her hand. Casting the item aside she then grabbed at the giant sword propped up behind the couch they had been sitting on. The blade itself was longer than Nadine was tall, but Nadine found the blade to be light enough for her to hold steadily in one hand.

She cast the sword’s sheath off with her free hand before backing away from the wall and facing the cabin’s entrance. She might have been untrained in swordsmanship, but it didn’t take a tactical genius to know what side of the weapon was supposed to go towards your enemy. With her strength as well the demi-human was fairly confident in being able to at least match the werewolf’s ferocity.

With Yoru in her right hand, she held the sword out to her left side, ready to swing forward with it one-handed in a horizontal motion at a moment’s notice. Her left hand clenched into a fist at her side as she then waited for her prey.

#40Saturn 

New Discoveries [Lucretia] - Page 2 Empty Sun Oct 24, 2021 2:07 am

Saturn
The ‘feral’ werewolf continued to stalk after it’s prey; noting that it was going into the building that they just had come from. She wasn’t as fast as the bloody crocodillian but that was fine. She had her prey cornered now of it’s own volition. Which it took a moment for the werewolf to realize that the weapon that lucretia carried was in there along with being exceptionally good against werewolves. It’d growl a bit and moved forward.

Nadine was questioning lucretia’s initial friendliness; but in truth the beast wasn’t lucretia in the venue of personality. Just a wild and hungry beast; that had the cruelty of intelligence behind it as well. Maybe if lucretia had worked in the form she’d likely end up being far more in tune with herself.

The werewolf had a few options on how to approach her prey. Why would she bother coming in through the front entrance when it could easily break in through the various walls? But that would require a lot of effort and could potentially damage it’s claws… ergo. The best choice was the choice from the front. Filling the hole that it had made, it’s eyes adjusted and it’d stare at Nadine from just outside that sword’s reach.

”Tch…”

It knew of the blade, lucretia was happy when she got it. Figuring her work would be easier with it; not knowing that it’d be just as powerful against her transformed form. For a moment it looked as though it might just leave again before leaping forward, bringing it’s arm around to try to slam it’s fist into the side of nadine’s head. If she wanted to play that way the werewolf would just be more careful of that sword!

It didn’t know how tough nadine was, just how strong she seemed to be. Which also meant that the werewolf held her in some form of higher regard than it did to it’s precious owner...

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