i am the one hiding under your bed

[feigned]

MONSTER OPEN POST

want to play out fun/gruesome/depressing/etc. monster scenarios without the pressure of having to app into a game? thread them out here to your heart's content! post a toplevel with your character's preferred monster(s), a short description of the changes they've gone through, and/or examples of things you'd like to play out. then tag around and terrorize others!

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[comeuppanced]

[ how did they get into this kind of mess?

easily. they're both magnets for trouble, really, so lightning's not all that surprised, when it comes down to it. what she hadn't expected was the red eyes. the sharp teeth. the claws that sprouted in place of her fingernails.

it's all pretty annoying, when it's all put together.

shame about that craving for souls, though. ]

Doing alright, Vanille?

forgive me and dont feel like u need to reply ;_;

[feigned]

[unlike lightning, vanille has been through this song and dance before. she knows what the peninsula does to its victims (because that's what they all are at this point), and she has been through the transformation in what feels like another lifetime, the coping with having to devour fellow humans and all.

what she hadn't ever expected, though, was to go home, be human again, and then be forced to go through the monstrous changes again. she knows, kind of, what it's like to be a gargoyle, but being a fae is so much harder. for instance, it's with a strained grimace that she answers lightning, like it's almost physical painful for her to try and weasel her way out of expressing her true feelings.]

As all right as we can, you know?

[she could at least lie as a gargoyle. that helped keep things in the realm of comfort, of safety. she doesn't very much like this change at all.]

latches onto you!!

[comeuppanced]

[ there's a tiny inkling that vanille's lying. lightning knows her well enough. she should, after all they've been through together. there's a part of her that should be more irritated, maybe, that vanille's not being entirely truthful. but she also knows it might come as a comfort.

and right now, they need all they can get. still, lightning sighs, her hand twitching. where the claws have freshly sprouted, there's pain, an itch she can't scratch. she's tried--they've ended up bloody and raw. ]

Yeah. [ simple, quiet answer. being a demon is, quite literally, a pain. ] You're taking this well. Better than most.

[ it's a quiet urging. vanille's hiding something, and she's not sure what it is. but she'd certainly like to know. ]

[feigned]

[on top of what feels like sparks alighting themselves within her when she feels the familiar compulsion to lie, light's prodding is like a jab at vanille's heart. she knows what happens when she lies. the truth gets obfuscated, things snowball out of control, and eventually even vanille forgets what's real and what's not. but how is she supposed to explain that she has been here before, when she chose to feign ignorance upon hers and lightning's arrival?

she should have learned when she lied to fang about their focus, all that time ago.

she keeps her face straight, but her wings subtly flutter—she hasn't quite learned how to control them yet. the light speckled fae wings are more twitchy than the heavy draconian gargoyle ones.]

It's nothing I'm not used to. I mean, remember when we were being hunted all across Cocoon? The only difference is this time... we actually are the monsters people think we are.

[comeuppanced]

[ lightning crosses her arms and looks off to the side. it would be easy to keep pushing vanille until she tells the truth, wouldn't it? lightning's learned to keep a cool head; she's not as impulsive or fiery as she used to be, though she has her moments.

but there are some things here that startle even her, catch her off-guard. lightning looks to vanille, eyes searching her face for what might be a little too long. ]

You sure that's the reason? I'm used to that, we all are, but even I get surprised here and there.

[feigned]

[what feels like a jolt of electricity runs up vanille's spine. she attempts to shrug it off, despite how awkward she feels under light's unfaltering gaze.]

Well, the changes have definitely been surprising... I hadn't expected this, after all.

[...at least that one for sure isn't a lie. she gestures to her chest, tapping at it with a claw. she has since abandoned her form-fitting halter top, replacing it with a plain baggy shirt that's more akin to a burlap sack. even with the fashion change, though, the fang-filled mouth she now tries to hide can still be seen through the cloth.]