monsters in the dark

[animusmods]

Characters: any
Setting: all around the Tower; please specify the date and location in your subject header!
Format: any/party-style
Summary: A general mingle log for characters to encounter monsters.
Warnings: PG-13; please include any more detailed warnings in your threads if necessary.

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[themonsters]

[The attack hits the monster full blast, and it goes flying a few feet back, screaming in a near-hysteric fashion from where it writhes on the ground. It claws at the air, and its dark blood spurts and gushes from the open wound, mixing with Anise's and flooding the floor to make it slick and red.

With effort, it manages to struggle to its feet, still screaming, but stumbles as it tries to charge Luke. It's clearly too weak and in pain to attack, but it will continue to try until it has been felled completely.]

[ambassadorasshat]

[Whyy all the screaming? He uses his free hand to cover one ear to block out some of the noise, even though it doesn't help all that much. He almost preferred the monster with the white mask, at least in terms of volume, though he would've preferred not to deal with any of them at all.

Fortunately, he's gained an advantage finally, as he's not nearly as injured. The blood covering the floor causes him to nearly lose his footing (and he's being extremely careful not to step on Anise's body--illusory body he guesses, he's still trying to wrap his head around the concept of everyone is wireframes--as he moves to meet the monster. Now that it's weakened, he's aiming for where he thinks vitals might be located.)

[themonsters]

[As Luke and the monster near one another, the monster makes one final lunge to collide head on with the redhead.

Even as the redhead's sword pushes into its organs, it uses the last of its energy to try and bite into the redhead.

To attempt to make him feel the same fear it caused Anise to feel, even if it is unable to kill him as it wants so desperately to do.]

[ambassadorasshat]

[The monster's attempt is successful, and Luke yelps when teeth sink into his shoulder, sending pain shooting down his right arm--his whole right side is going to be useless if he manages to get out alive. That'd be embarrassing, killing a monster by himself and then dying of blood loss on the stairs or something.

The feeling of fear has effectively paralyzed him from doing anything that isn't standing or keeping his blade wedged in the monster's flesh.]

Hurry up and...die already...

[themonsters]

[For a long minute that must have felt like an eternity due to the fear and the pain, the monster shows no signs of dying. Rather, now that it has a good grip on Luke, it seems to latch on completely, not wanting to let go of the prey it finally got a lock onto.

And yet...it can't do anything. It can't rip or tear into the redhead any further and its strength is fading fast against the blade stuck inside of it.

All at once, the hold it had on Luke slackens as the monster dies without even seeming to notice for itself. Heavily, it falls into a monstrous black-and-red heap.]