towerofanimus | 02

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02 - Feral

Characters: Sasuke Uchiha; open!
Setting: All over the tower.
Format: Prose or action is fine!
Summary: Sasuke, partially transformed into a bright-orange youko, is slowly giving into his animal instincts to feed on human energy. Feel free to volunteer to be attacked or killed!
Warnings: Violence, most likely.

[He had to stop. He had to... he had to isolate himself. He had to get himself away from people... He had to...]

[...He had to feed. He was hungry. Fuck, he was hungry, and people had the food he needed, he was sure of it.]

[Maybe if he just took a little...]

[ooc: Hey guys! Things have been hectic this week; sorry about lack of tag-backs and the lateness of this post! Tags are coming soon, I promise!

Sasuke was killed by his costume last week. Per the mods:
[[[Sasuke's skin has been replaced with fox fur. It appears he once had a tail that was cut off; however, anyone who can see energy or magic will see he has at least one tail at all times, sometimes more.

Sasuke will want to gather and absorb energy--as he does so, his number of tails will increase, until he has nine. Unfortunately, he needs to gather energy from those around him, and doing so will kill them. He will have to drain a person fully to gain a new tail. Once he has nine tails he will have the urge to burn off all the energy by attacking anyone or anything who draws near until he returns to having only one tail.]]]

If anyone wants to die or at least be hurt by him, he's going to be stalking every floor of the tower trying to quell his hunger. He's not at all in his right mind, even if he is trying to fight the need to kill. I'm also happy to backdate any attacks to earlier in the week or postdate them to next week!]

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[Having a roommate and your best friend acting weird, it was time for Satoko to isolate herself. One of the places she had in mind was one of the forest close to the bottom level. She was told it wasn't safe.

In the meantime, she had began to set up a couple simple traps with the materials she had. It was a pity the pitfall traps had to wait. Satoko could be seen in the forest messing with the leaves by a tree.]

Edited 2012-10-27 11:44 (UTC)

[ooc: SUPER SORRY for the slowness! D: I've had life events and writer's block piling on one another. ♥ ~~AND THEN I POSTED WITH THE WRONG ACCOUNT~~]

[Tried as he might to isolate himself, it seemed he was always running into people. He couldn't quite bring himself to be unhappy about that, not when being near people began to quell his hunger. And here, he was even running into someone familiar. His eyes glittered when they lighted on the girl, Sharingan red but with foxlike slits for pupils.]

Satoko...

[His voice was gruff and laced with a growl, but still sounded like Sasuke underneath it all.]

[ooc: LOL should say sorry too v.v]

[Lucky for Satoko, her ears are sensitive and can pick up the slightest sound. When she heard Sasuke's voice, the girl immediately turned around. Satoko hasn't met the dangerous monsters yet. When she saw Sasuke's transformation, Sasuke's voice didn't registered. Her eyes widen as she lifted both hands up towards her lips. Obviously there was fear.

No... She didn't want to die, not again. One foot slid back followed by the next.]

[Sasuke was slow, careful, cautious in his movements. He approached slowly so as not to startle her, moved low and delicately with fluid motions.]

Don't be frightened...

[He didn't want to hurt her, necessarily. He just wanted to drink her chakra a little... he could do that without harming her, he thought...]

S-Sasuke...?

[His voice registered the second time he spoke. Her eyes fluttered when she focused her eyes to him. Her head tilted to one side curious and confused. After taken a deep breath, she exhaled a long sigh followed by a laughter.]

You shouldn't sneak up on people like that!

[She draped her fears.]

You look like a real fox.

*In that strange place, filled with things he doesn't recognize, Enoch presses himself to a wall. It would have happened with Belial if not for the alleged demise of his world, and it's happening now - struggle, even if it seemed he'd succumbed completely. That part of him that wants to hide from everyone so he can't kill.

He opens his eyes to see a man who appears as if he was meant to have a tail passing through on the stairs. Why...why did everyone else's costume mutilate them? Their hosts were twisted, they deserved-... And with that, his costume wins again. The tension seeps from him as he steps away from the wall.*

[SO SO SO SORRY for the slow! Life + writer's block punched me in the face. 8| ♥ ~~AND THEN I POSTED WITH THE WRONG ACCOUNT~~]

[Passing through, stalking nearly on all fours, Sasuke cannot help but have his attention caught by the blinding light coming from one side. The energy-tail twitches, fox-slitted red eyes squinting into the lab.]

[...Is that a person?]

[He should leave if it is. He isn't safe... but. But if that's a person, how much energy they must have...]

[Slowly, cautiously, moving with the shifts and limb placement of a natural canine predator, Sasuke steps off the stairs and begins to circle.]

((It's fine!))

*Enoch watched the stranger circle, stepping slowly in place, a hand going to his Arch.*

...Do you intend to attack me?

*Because, honestly, he would advise against it...*

No...

[There's the voice of a person in there, a human, somewhere underneath the endless growl and rumble. He still circles despite his words.]

I... don't want to.

[That sounds sincere. Completely. But he's drawing the circle in closer, if Enoch allows it.]

I don't even know you.

Do you have a choice? Can you bring yourself to leave?

*If he can choose to leave, then... Enoch recognizes the predatory gesture and knows a move to escape may make his urges unbearable. So he remains still.*

[Warring emotions flicker over Sasuke's face. Amusement. Confusion. Predatory hunger. Worry.]

I don't know.

[He squints, never quite looking at Enoch.]

I'm very hungry. [The growl is a little stronger in those words than in any other.] Food doesn't help.

So you go after others... *A long pause. Does he get rid of this killer now? Wait, is he even a killer?*

...Have you attacked other people here?

[A long, long, long, uncomfortable pause. Sasuke frowns as he circles, and there's a hesitation, a hurt in his voice when he speaks.]

...Yes.

Have you killed? *Enoch's voice is soft and sympathetic, though there is a tone of judgment to it in the way there isn't much of a rising intonation, and in his tight posture.*

[Jack isn't much for tranquil meadows, really, but. Well. After coming back he supposes he could you use the color and the peace. If only for a bit. Sulking a little, he's entertaining himself by throwing pebbles at Jack. Or perhaps Jack is entertaining him, by sticking around despite the rocks, dodging some and screeching when it doesn't. Pointless, painless cruelty as it might seem, at least it keeps both pirate and monkey somewhat at peace.

For a while.]

[SUPER SORRY for slowness, arrrgh! Life events and writer's block have been chewing on my head. 8| ♥ ~~AND THEN I POSTED WITH THE WRONG ACCOUNT~~]

[Sasuke is used to finding the meadow at least relatively empty of people, so it made sense for this to be his goal to escape temptation. Also, the meadow made him feel viscerally, instinctually peaceful for some reason. It felt bizarrely homey.]

[And yet, then here was someone. Someone unfamiliar. He almost turned and left, or went passing straight through... He needed to be far, far from people.]

[But dammit, he was hungry. ...Maybe the monkey...]

[Wordlessly, almost completely silently, he stepped off the stairs and began slinking slowly through the grass.]

[NO BIGGIE, don't worry. <3]

[Jack finds himself grinning a little viciously as the monkey dodges most of his pebbles. ~~He's totally not growing attached to the stupid undead pest, okay. He's not. Shut up.~~]

Not one to take a hint, are you.

[The monkey bares its teeth at Jack as the pebbles stop coming, then screeches a little and launches itself at Jack, going to hide under his hair.]

Bloody pest.

((And then I went on hiatus for a month and a half. I'd still like to have some CR with these two though~ If you want to let this tag lay here I won't blame you, but if you want to backtag I'm glad to do that too now that I'm finally back!))

[It was almost embarrassing how neither seemed to notice Sasuke's presence. The meadow was not the most friendly of spaces to a ninja (if it was to a fox), and while he kept low and quiet he was sure one of them would see him.]

[He almost called out to warn them.]

[Almost.]

[But almost before he could believe it he was within feet of them, and he could feel them, alive and - wait. The man was alive. The monkey... what the hell was it? It moved, but it had no energy at all.]

[But now he was close, and the man's energy was within breathing distance. He rose up, taking a deep, growling breath. Felt the other's energy shiver as his own began to grow. Yes. Just a little, Sasuke wouldn't hurt him, he'd just...]

[Breathe in and take.]

[<3 Don't worry about it, alright? We can backtag into infinity if necessary, no biggie. And if you want to plot out something out with these two, throw me a line at

faithbegetsfaith]

[Jack finally notices Sasuke as he turns around trying to pry Jack out of his hair. He blinks a little, squinting.]

You ain't lookin' so good, lad.

[In fact, he was looking kind of Not Okay.]

Not feeling so good either, [Sasuke responds easily, low, rolling growl underlying all his words.]

You have something I want.

Do I, now?

[Jack arches both eyebrows.]

Well, let not be said that Captain Jack is unreasonable, what do you want to bargain for it?

[Sasuke just takes in another deep breath. As long as he's this close, each deep, concentrated breath in will suck a little energy out of Jack and feed it into the fox aura surrounding him. Sasuke knows he should leave.]

[But it's like satisfying a deep hunger, and he doesn't want to stop now that he's started.]

I don't think you quite understand.

And I don't think you're very smart, but what we do, we live in a world of compromise.

[Jack the monkey eyed Sasuke not quite nicely, clinging to Jack's head and half hiding behind him. Jack noted, but decided to wait for a moment before running. He was pretty sure running was a thing that needed to happen though.]

[Another deep, sucking breath, this one more laced with growl.]

You're very wrong about both those things.

[Sasuke is usually quite, quite smart. And this world is less one of compromise and more one of greed, at least as far as Sasuke can see right now. No give-and-take. Just take.]

You think. The you think is very important. We're still talking about relatively pleasant unpleasantness discussed in a very civilized manner. But you're right. I do have something for you.

[Jack grins.]

Catch!

[UNDEAD MONKEY TO THE FACE. Or in other words, Pirates vs. Ninjas, that one time Jack Sparrow threw an undead monkey at a ninja and then ran away like the hounds of hell were at his heels. ~~For all the good that's gonna do him.~~]

[...Well it's certainly true that Sasuke was not expecting that.]

[Unfortunately for Jack, he's already got the Sharingan active.]

[So while the flying, shrieking undead monkey is a shock, Sasuke leans back just enough to snap a hand up and catch it around the middle before it can start trying to chew his face off. And aims to fling it to one side across the field before taking off after the pirate. Run, Jack, run.]

[He's running, dammit, he's running! He might also be yelling a little.]

Bugger, bugger, bugger, BUGGER ALL!

[Sasuke is chasing, and after maybe ten steps, he's chasing on all fours like an animal.]

Get back here!

[If that doesn't sound absolutely feral...]

[Sasuke is fast, though, and it's not long before he's gaining, catching up. Once he's close enough, he pounces, aiming to take Jack to the dirt no matter how much damage it does to either of them.]

Oh no, I know how that one ends.

[The advantage of being Jack, is that Jack has been tackled by pretty much anything that could have tackled him back home, he knows how to fall. Not gracefully mind, but when he feels Sasuke falling on him, he rolls down, pushing the limits of his agility, trying to cause the boy-monster-thing to stumble worse. Of course it didn't quite the way he intended, but he tried to roll back to his feet, body used to bending that way, hoping to get his word out in time.]

((ooc: Laboratory work for you?))

[It takes Kankuro a long moment to recognize Sasuke underneath all the orange and fur and whatnot.

And when he does, he's really not too happy about it. Anyone who wound up getting transformed this week seems to be turning into bad news, so he'll move carefully, not approaching through the jumble of the lab. He'd been hoping not to deal with anyone here...]

Damn, Uchiha. Not looking so hot, are you?

[ooc: works for me! Also, you KNOW why I've been slow as hell, ahurhur. Sorry about the wait regardless! ♥]

[The sound of his name - of his clan - gets Sasuke's attention, causes his hackles to rise sharply and obviously in a ruff of orange.]

Kankuro.

[It does sound like Sasuke somewhere underneath... though laced with a rumble and growl.]

You have a problem with the way I look?

[ooc: Yeah, I know ♥ Same reason I've been.]

[Kankuro doesn't know Sasuke that well, wouldn't be the best at picking out his voice and identity from amidst the fox, if his face weren't so clear.]

Guess it depends how you define 'problem.' It's definitely a different look for you.

Different.

[The sound would be a laugh if it didn't sound like a barking rumble.]

I wonder if this is what Naruto feels like half the time.

[A pause, and the voice changes just slightly, losing just a bit of growl, gaining a hint of sadness.]

I hope not.

[And that's one eyebrow going up. Kankuro's not too familiar with Naruto, but he knows how Gaara would feel about a similar comparison, and the answer is 'not too good.' Those sad last words do mollify him, though.]

I doubt Naruto spends much time at all running around with fur, so you're probably safe on that count. Think this is all you.

[Sasuke scoffs, the sound laced with a fox's hiss.]

Not that.

[He eyes the other, stepping slowly, cautiously closer. Gauging.]

...I don't feel at all like myself. [The admission is low, quiet. After a beat, he adds,] Inside. I don't... I don't feel.

[He looks at Kankuro more closely, and something glints in his eyes.]

Sane.

[Wow. This is so many levels of not good Kankuro can't even begin to enumerate them all. But the glint in Sasuke's eye, the hiss in his voice, and the threat and tension gathering around him feel, in a crazy way, all too familiar -- too much like the Old Gaara, the one from before the invasion of Konoha.

He takes a step back, giving ground; he doesn't dare look over his shoulder for the best avenue of retreat, not yet -- that kind of gesture is too submissive, in a purely animal sense. He keeps his gaze on Sasuke, carefully not quite his eyes.]

Maybe you should have a medic check that out, then.

[The words are more flippant than anything else.]

Or at least a date with a razor.

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02 - Feral

Thurs! )_) Floor 6th

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26th is fine! (floor 27)

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26th, sulking about the meadow floor.

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No dying, just hardcore energy drain and possible physical wounds. As discussed :D

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Muahahaha >3

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