Haunted Wood ⁠—so you can't crawl no more,
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Helpless? He was injured, but there was an innate confidence within Revui that even Black Hat had been unable to shake from him. A sense of pride in himself and his abilities, even if he had a piece that was broken and even if he couldn't make it out of the pit. He didn't want to be out of the pit all that badly. It kept him at a distance from the rivals above; he was fed, treated for his wounds, and left to his own devices more often than not, but most importantly—and this was an angle he had not yet explored—he knew that the woods were not too far from Moonspear. His proximity to his home turf gave him a sense of comfort that nobody could take away from him; nobody knew his ties, after all.

But none of that was important in the moment. Not while the stranger crept closer, slid down the side of the pit, murmuring softly to him. Like the slave Androcles trying to soothe the savage lion, the woman tried to get near enough to goad him; he had not been stuck with a thorn as in the story, but she should have considered herself lucky that his hind leg was still mending. If he had the capability he would have launched himself after her as soon as her shadow crossed the ledge.

It's all a dream, my boy, she drawled to him. He did not move, but he watched her. Try as he might to lock his gaze upon her own, Revui's ability to focus was diminished in his current state and so his attention drifted lazily, in a haze, making the image of the dark woman blur in his tired eyes.

The woods have always been filled with these soft doe-eyed things;
with hearts beating for the arrow, the bullet, the lance.

I have always been the huntsman.  ⤑

Messages In This Thread
⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Revui (Ghost) - October 12, 2019, 12:20 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Vanity - October 13, 2019, 07:23 AM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Revui (Ghost) - October 13, 2019, 10:53 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Vanity - October 15, 2019, 02:59 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Revui (Ghost) - October 16, 2019, 09:39 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Vanity - November 19, 2019, 02:00 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Revui (Ghost) - November 27, 2019, 02:08 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Vanity - November 27, 2019, 02:46 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Revui (Ghost) - November 27, 2019, 02:53 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Vanity - November 27, 2019, 02:59 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Revui (Ghost) - November 27, 2019, 03:08 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Vanity - November 27, 2019, 03:25 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Revui (Ghost) - November 27, 2019, 04:53 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Vanity - November 28, 2019, 01:53 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Revui (Ghost) - November 28, 2019, 03:00 PM
RE: ⁠—so you can't crawl no more, - by Vanity - November 28, 2019, 03:46 PM