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Mother of monsters - Ripley and co. - Anaxarete - 10-21-2019 She did not keep her monsters leashed. She knew better than to try to keep them tethered, tied up, or locked away. They were bound to her, yes, she kept their urges sated so that they did not consume Beqanna. But she did not stop them from wandering. She wouldn’t empart such cruelty upon those most loyal to her. She always remained mentally linked to them - an invisible tether between her mind and those of her magnificent monsters. And today, the monsters were restless. They had wandered far from the shadows in the forest, into a great expanse of desert. She could feel the curiosity through the bond...that and the ever-present hunger. It had been a long time since the pair had wandered so far, and the shadow-mare was intrigued by this new development. So the shadowmare followed her creatures. She stepped into the void of shadows and emerged under the bright sun of Pangea. She’d long since forgone diplomacy. There was no polite pause at the border for an invitation. Aside from her beasts, it seemed very few called this place home. She could sense so few, so there was nothing to give her pause as she set out to investigate. This land was...intriguing. She had never spent much time in the desert - but there was a beauty in the desolation here. She spoke directly into the minds of the monsters - luring them to her, not forcing them to her side. “Come to me.” @[Ripley] Sorry no HTML! RE: Mother of monsters - Ripley and co. - Ripley - 10-21-2019
@[Anaxarete] RE: Mother of monsters - Ripley and co. - Anaxarete - 10-21-2019 They came to her. She knew they would. They were magnificent creatures. Otherworldly, even though they had been born of mortal blood. They were violent from the moment of their birth, coming into this world in a haze of blood that gore that never truly left them as they grew. The bloodthirst could never truly be sated, and hunger had the potential to drive them insane. That is where she interfered - keeping them sated. Keeping them safe. If allowed to rampage through Beqanna she feared that they would be hunted and butchered. So instead, she ensured they were sated just enough not to be a threat - until the opportune moment when they would be unleashed. Their minds were not at all comparable to the equine mind. There was no mortality, no restraint, no moral foundation. There was only hunger. Bottomless, depthless, hunger. “What have you found?” She speaks to them mentally, in a way they will understand, hoping they can convey to her what it is they’ve discovered here - what force drew them out of the shadows and into the sun. RE: Mother of monsters - Ripley and co. - Ripley - 10-21-2019
RE: Mother of monsters - Ripley and co. - Anaxarete - 10-21-2019 They do not tell their mother-master, rather they slowly reveal themselves in a series of images and emotions. It would be alarming if this will not well practiced between the trio. She can feel their excitement, smell the fresh blood, sense the places they wanted to investigate further. Even monsters can sense the promise in this place - the potential that lurks in the shadows and crevices cut in the dry earth. They also share memories with her - memories of a time when Beqanna was different. Memories of a time when Beqanna was perhaps more dangerous - more unpredictable than it currently is. Perhaps that’s what this place needs now - a reminder of what the world used to be like. A reminder of how it could so easily be tossed into chaos again. She would not be an observer. She would not doom those loyal to her to live as outcasts - restrained to the shadows. Her shadows. “Go on,” she spoke - both outwardly and into their minds. With the thought she granted her permission - freed them to nest in the canyons and caves. To feed. To feast. For she knew they would come if she called them. They always did. And she loved them for it. With that the shadowmare turned her gaze towards the heart of the quiet kingdom. The monsters were right. There was potential here. It was time for her to coax it from the shadows. @aliens |