10-18-2017, 07:02 PM
CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT
& SATISFACTION BROUGHT HIM BACK
& SATISFACTION BROUGHT HIM BACK
Ellyse's outward affection is unfamiliar, but oh, how he loves it. The black beast sighs, letting her words and her touch soothe the ache in his chest. There had been a time that his infatuation for Lucrezia had kept him blind to the wonder who was Ellyse; he had known her name and her prowess, but he hadn't sought to know her. If only he had done so sooner.
Ledger's bellowing voice draws them both from their private thoughts and gentle expressions. They are on their hooves at nearly the same time, and Dahmer (foolishly, perhaps) trudges forward to face the ivory polar bear. His chest, so recently warm with affection for the winged champagne mare, is tight now with rage and his blue eyes harden against the threat that is Ledger. The bear screams at him and he screams back, rising to the challenge just as Ellyse's voice reverberates behind him, calling for both of them to stop.
He is already airborne, his dark wings spread wide as his beady eyes watch for an opening to dive at Ledger's face. SCAVENGER! the bear screeches and for a moment, just a brief moment, Dahmer wants to laugh in the face of the madman. At the way he has unraveled. But, alas, he cannot -- not when he is privy to how Ellyse feels (had felt?) for the one-eyed flaxen. A pang of sadness reverberates through his heart and Dahmer is no longer set on harming Ledger, but on turning his attentions to Ellyse to be sure that she is alright. The new glistening sheen of her coat draws the raven in, coaxing him closer to her so that he circles overhead to inspect.
She pleads for them to stop and Dahmer heeds her call the way a hellhound returns to its master... the way his hellhound mother had returned to his father. He circles low to the ground, finding a spot in the grass beside the diamond-encrusted mare before curling his iridescent wings back to his lithe body. The black beast has to concentrate intently for a moment to shift back to his equine-self and worry clouds his thoughts, that perhaps the bear-Ledger will trample him or lunge at Ellyse in the few moments it takes him to shift back to his wingless, branded body.
Instead, though, the other male seems to sink further into his madness. He chortles at Ellyse, nearly sing-songy for a moment before coming nearer to her with insanity in his eyes. Dahmer doesn't know how to react, doesn't want to shove Ledger away in this state but also doesn't want him (is he ripping at his own chest now?) to further injure Ellyse, whether emotionally or physically. He, too, hears sobbing in the distance, but the blue-eyed stallion is too far enveloped in this interaction to consider where the sound is coming from, his heart pumping too quickly with adrenaline to pull his gaze away from the stallion who could change back into a bear at any moment.
He tries to find words, anything that could talk Ledger down from the edge of derangement, but Dahmer knows full well that any interjection from him will only fuel the flames of Ledger's madness. So instead, he stays silent with pinned ears and a sad ache in his chest, and presses his hip to Ellyse's to let her know that he will not leave her. To offer that same unwavering support that he has always given, without hesitation, to her as Ledger spills the contents of his chest to the soft earth of Tephra.
Ledger's bellowing voice draws them both from their private thoughts and gentle expressions. They are on their hooves at nearly the same time, and Dahmer (foolishly, perhaps) trudges forward to face the ivory polar bear. His chest, so recently warm with affection for the winged champagne mare, is tight now with rage and his blue eyes harden against the threat that is Ledger. The bear screams at him and he screams back, rising to the challenge just as Ellyse's voice reverberates behind him, calling for both of them to stop.
He is already airborne, his dark wings spread wide as his beady eyes watch for an opening to dive at Ledger's face. SCAVENGER! the bear screeches and for a moment, just a brief moment, Dahmer wants to laugh in the face of the madman. At the way he has unraveled. But, alas, he cannot -- not when he is privy to how Ellyse feels (had felt?) for the one-eyed flaxen. A pang of sadness reverberates through his heart and Dahmer is no longer set on harming Ledger, but on turning his attentions to Ellyse to be sure that she is alright. The new glistening sheen of her coat draws the raven in, coaxing him closer to her so that he circles overhead to inspect.
She pleads for them to stop and Dahmer heeds her call the way a hellhound returns to its master... the way his hellhound mother had returned to his father. He circles low to the ground, finding a spot in the grass beside the diamond-encrusted mare before curling his iridescent wings back to his lithe body. The black beast has to concentrate intently for a moment to shift back to his equine-self and worry clouds his thoughts, that perhaps the bear-Ledger will trample him or lunge at Ellyse in the few moments it takes him to shift back to his wingless, branded body.
Instead, though, the other male seems to sink further into his madness. He chortles at Ellyse, nearly sing-songy for a moment before coming nearer to her with insanity in his eyes. Dahmer doesn't know how to react, doesn't want to shove Ledger away in this state but also doesn't want him (is he ripping at his own chest now?) to further injure Ellyse, whether emotionally or physically. He, too, hears sobbing in the distance, but the blue-eyed stallion is too far enveloped in this interaction to consider where the sound is coming from, his heart pumping too quickly with adrenaline to pull his gaze away from the stallion who could change back into a bear at any moment.
He tries to find words, anything that could talk Ledger down from the edge of derangement, but Dahmer knows full well that any interjection from him will only fuel the flames of Ledger's madness. So instead, he stays silent with pinned ears and a sad ache in his chest, and presses his hip to Ellyse's to let her know that he will not leave her. To offer that same unwavering support that he has always given, without hesitation, to her as Ledger spills the contents of his chest to the soft earth of Tephra.
Dahmer
@[Ellyse] @[Ledger]