All that glitters is not gold; DJINNI

[Pazuzu]

"Evil requires no reason."

The forest was always the perfect setting for a horror story. The branches would creak and scratch, rubbing against each other. The sky would darken. The wind would howl, rushing through the holes in the trees, rattling them and then rustling the leaves and the brush as it swept through. There would be eyes in the shadows watching and the moon would be hidden behind a mass of dark clouds, hiding the only light.

And then the monster would come.

All black and with the shadows that seem to cling to him. Seem to be a very part of his essence. His eyes would shine, despite the lack of light and the gleam of his teeth would still be visible. And that would only happen if he decided to just scare you outright and didn't decide to prolong your torture. If it was the later then you would hear and feel his breath right next to your ear, only to turn and see nothing. Something would brush against your back, against your arm and another sharp whirl would greet you with nothing but darkness. A laugh would echo and chills would crawl across your body.

Until the fear was all you knew. Every noise was the monster. Every noise was the last moments before your death, until suddenly he was there. Then he was even more horrifying than you thought with his face (that might have been handsome had you not seen the evil in his eyes, his smile, in his every gesture) and the eyes that were black as pitch, and how very normal he seemed.

Then just when your body couldn't take it anymore, he leans closer and his predatory smile is the last thing you see.

He releases the mare from her terror, releases her soul as he had held it captive billowing before him and allows her the release she had needed once she had stumble upon him. Pazuzu was a monster with a smile and charm enough to get what he wanted. She was nothing to him and he leaves her still cold form there amongst the woods, within the leaves where the animals and scavengers would tear at her until nothing but her bones were left.

He moves away from it, feeling very content until he sees her with the gold in her ears and around her hooves. His black body is silk, moving through the lengthening shadows of the rather perfect spring day. Nothing at all like the vision he had placed there in that other mare's mind. Until finally he is there with his black eyes and black smile lingering on his lips. "Hello." He says, his voice practically purring.

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[Djinni]

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She’s left the Chamber – and Walter – for the day, and has returned to the forest. She loves the trees here, even in early spring when they are bare and their thin branches provide no shade. The pines of the Chamber are evergreen, but Djinni has always been fond of variety.

When she’d left the border of the Chamber and was without the watchful eyes of the raven she had shed her grey coat for a brighter one, and as she enters the forest it is as a perlino overo with dark eyes and the build of a sleek warmblood mare. She has not changed it several days, and it feels good to do so. That, and the brightness of the early winter sun of her back is a pleasant feeling, and so even when the shadows comes towards her she does not greet them with a frown.

The black stallion is unfamiliar but rather close, and the thought of what Raxa would do if someone were this close without an invitation brings a smile to Djinni’s face. It fades only slightly at the darkness in the stallion’s eyes, but he has said hello and so she greets him with the same, stretching out her muzzle in the way that she always does. “Hello. I’m, Djinni.” She has never been turned down – even Walter quietly submits and lets her do as she will – but she half wonders if perhaps her muzzle will pass right through the shadow stallion as though he is nothing but smoke.

the road to hell is paved with good intentions

[Pazuzu]

"Evil requires no reason."

Someone should have probably warned her. Really, it was almost unfair. He ponders all this in the seconds it takes for her to lengthen her nose out to his, the most standard greeting for any horse. It takes him the same amount of time as he stretches his out, seemingly to copy her action but it is with sharp wolf fangs that he grabs onto the very tender part of her nose that she had so willingly trusted to him.

Wouldn't she be so surprised? By now the pain was overwhelming and the blood was almost dripping from his mouth. The metallic taste coated his tongue and he could have smacked his lips in pleasure she tasted so good. He imagined her reaction would be to jerk away from his teeth and so when she tugged (again he assumes) he held on for just a moment longer, until he suddenly released her. His tongue slides across his teeth and he sighs happily. "You taste extraordinary." He says. Those sharp teeth are almost too big to be in his mouth, so his mouth is slightly open, his lips still curled in that wicked smile.

He can smell the magic that tingles in her blood. Some had it more than others. The magic that he owned practically curled around him, visible in its energy. Once it had been so pure, so filled with light and good intentions. Saqr had owned it then, Saqr had been master of it and then, then it had transformed into something other, something darker. Each owner (were they really the owners?) had changed it, until it found its own way, driving some insane.

And thus Pazuzu was here, the evil and conniving bastard that he was. He was the perfect balance and loved causing the pain, but didn't necessary run out to find it. Others had been careless with it, even going so far as to hoard it within themselves to use it for good. Those small bursts of white light in something so dark had been instantly consumed.

His eyes seem to whirl with colors for a moment as he turns his gaze back to her. "Djinni." He says her name, calmly, almost oblivious to her blood that runs down her face, down his teeth and chin. "It is a beautiful name." He says after a moment, another smile, this one more charming than the last. "I am Pazuzu." And here he dips his head ever so slightly, almost mocking.

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[Pazuzu]

Pazuzu and Megz thinks that this thread should be a thing again.