06-22-2021, 09:42 PM
She wanders in search of her father, or really anyone who seems similar enough for her to get attached to. Tonight she finds herself curled between the hills of Loess and nestled in the scrub grasses. Sleep finds her easily after a long day of searching despite the constant ache in her eyes. Her cheeks, at least, have grown numb beneath layer upon layer of scar tissue formed by the acids weeping from her now empty sockets. The night is hushed and ideal beneath the full milk-white moon.
Ideal, that is, until a new pain forms along her spine. At first, it is only enough to make her stir and roll onto her other side with a huff. The quiet throbbing quickly builds so a sharp stabbing sort of agony that draws her from her rest. Rend whimpers and tries to paw at the air in the hopes of working the pain out from her back, but this only causes it to erupt over the rest of her body. She snarls and begins to thrash as barbs form down her back. Scales push themselves through her skin as two lumps form across her shoulders. Hooves become talons, her tail thickens and grows spikes to match her father’s.
When the wings split her skin open, she yowls and snaps her jaws in confusion mated with horror. Her blood paints the dirt around her as her rebirth draws to an end. Newly armored sides heave with each breath while electricity crackles over her skin.
Ideal, that is, until a new pain forms along her spine. At first, it is only enough to make her stir and roll onto her other side with a huff. The quiet throbbing quickly builds so a sharp stabbing sort of agony that draws her from her rest. Rend whimpers and tries to paw at the air in the hopes of working the pain out from her back, but this only causes it to erupt over the rest of her body. She snarls and begins to thrash as barbs form down her back. Scales push themselves through her skin as two lumps form across her shoulders. Hooves become talons, her tail thickens and grows spikes to match her father’s.
When the wings split her skin open, she yowls and snaps her jaws in confusion mated with horror. Her blood paints the dirt around her as her rebirth draws to an end. Newly armored sides heave with each breath while electricity crackles over her skin.