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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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[iwillshieldhim]

[Something had gone horribly wrong. The last thing Gladio remembered was something rearing up out of the darkness of the cave they had been slowly making their way through, something that screamed like a child but was easily as big as a giant. It had spread its jaws wide, but instead of the physical attack Gladio had been braced for, putting himself between the daemon and his charge, it had breathed something out. A thick, noxious gas that immediately stung the eyes and throat, leaving them all choking as they struggled for oxygen or to even see.

Then, even as he had dismissed his weapons to grab Noct and run, the daemon had slammed into the side of the walkway they were moving across, crumbling it beneath their feet. There was the memory of his muscles screaming in pain, of falling, of trying to cradle Noct to him--

Then, darkness. Daemons only attacked humans, after all.]



[ooc: Gladio is a minotaur with a behemoth twist because why the hell not? His tattoo is barely seen against deep purple skin, where it isn't covered in matching fur. The man is even bigger, bipedal, with cloven feet and a great pair of curved, forward-pointed horns coming out from near his temples. Crimson eyed and a black-tipped bull's tail matches it off along with his hair extended down his back much like a behemoth's mane.]

Gonna use naga for this BD

[thenightsky]

[When consciousness finally started to creep back to him, Noctis knew something was wrong. He couldn't feel his legs and his whole body felt cold; so cold. A low groan escaped him as he tried to move, pinned underneath the weight of something--no, someone--which made it nearly impossible--

Or it should have. But slipping out from under whatever it was didn't seem all that difficult which was strange since he still couldn't feel his legs.

His eyes adjusted quickly to the darkness, too quickly actually, and Noctis sucked in a quick breath before twisting to try and see who he had been underneath. Unfortunately this gave him a look at his 'legs' which..were gone. In their place was a long, snake-like tail and oh dear god what had happened?! His panicked gaze snapped up to the figure he'd been under and even with his enhanced sight, in the dark he couldn't see the details but he could tell it was--]

G-Gladio! Gladio wake up!

because you're mean? XD

[iwillshieldhim]

[Vaguely he could hear someone calling his name, but it felt like he was trying to wake up under a thousand pounds of sand. With a slow effort, he pulled himself up into conscious enough to realize he was hearing Noct's voice and that sure as the hells woke him up. Unfortunately, it would nearly gore Noct in the process as Gladio's head came up, swaying awkwardly with the weight of horns that he'd never had before nor even knew of. His head felt thick, solid rock, but he looked to Noct--

His eyes went wide. Noct would see that Gladio's were a glowing red, like embers in a fire, but there was a look of horror across his face. Noct- that wasn't Noct! He pulled himself away hard, prepared to fight this daemon with Noct's voice, but stumbled hard with a scrape of hoof against stone as his entire body was massively, suddenly, unfamiliar in how it moved. Looking down (how in the hells could he see this well in the dark?!) he stopped dead on seeing torn leather, legs bent in a horrible way and- hooves-]

By the Six... [Breathed out.]

[thenightsky]

[As soon as Gladio moved Noctis was moving as well, trying to back away from the other because he could tell exactly what was going through the other man's mind. His tail didn't really want to cooperate though and he ended up just slumping backwards as Gladio fell, staring at the other with a bit of fear as his entire body tensed.]

Gladio, I--it's me. [Please believe him.] I think. [Even if he's really not sure right about it himself. He suddenly feels a bit sick to his stomach as the tip of his tail flicks and his tongue slips out to taste the air--

Okay that was weird.] Where...how is this happening?

[iwillshieldhim]

[A snake. It's a snake with Noct's voice. The slanted, thin-pupiled eyes, the visible fangs, that tongue... Gladio let out a hard breath and trying to put two and two together. Something was wrong with his body and this daemon with Noct's voice wasn't attacking him. Was it really Noct? Was this really him> His fingertips came up slowly to his face and felt the odd shape of it, up to the horns sitting powerful at his temples. ...Shit.]

I think. [Dry, and something very rarely in Gladio's voice, an actual hint of fear.] I don't have a clue. Last thing I remember was that... thing breathing on us and waking up to this nightmare.

[He forced himself slowly up to his feet, and as much as he was used to towering over things, he easily had at least another two feet on his massive frame. A true behemoth of a man, now. Still, even in the face of all of this, his eyes turned down to Noct and he rumbled.]

Are you... hurt? [Okay definitely wasn't the word to use right now. Something was nagging at the back of his head about what Noct looked like, but it wasn't immediately coming to the forefront.]

[thenightsky]

I--I don't think so?

[But he has no idea. His body aches, sure, but that probably has to do with the fact that he was just changed into..into..

Noctis finally gets a good look at himself and he feels like he's about to choke on air, eyes widening as he stares at the tail that twitches at the tip.]

I'm...this..

[He recognizes those markings. He knows what--why this tail is familiar. The prince looks at his shield with an unsettled air about him now, trying to swallow against the lump that had built up in his throat.]

Prompto and Ignis? Were they--I don't remember where they were.

[Focus on something else. Anything else.]

so is this before or after the incident with the Marilith? /aka does Gladio recognize or not

[iwillshieldhim]

Neither do I. Shit.

[Worse, he realizes, there's an even bigger problem. When he huffs, it comes out unintentionally as a growl.]

...If they see us, they'll kill us before they even realize who they are.

[He touches himself, brows knitting at the feeling of fur and muscle in ways that feel somehow completely naturally and utterly unnatural at the same time. It takes effort for him to properly keep his feet under him, the strange sense of balance and the lack of toes, but-

He looks over his shoulder, can't see it, so he feels.]

I have a Gods damned tail.

[Growl. It's disturbing to realize that he can see himself and Noct without any issue at all in what he knows is a pitch black cave.]

HM...let's say...after.

[thenightsky]

[The thought makes Noctis shudder, his tail curling slightly as he seems to fold in on himself.]

That'll be really counterproductive.

[He can't help but look Gladio over now that he can see a bit better in the dark, noting each and ever change the other has undergone. It's terrifying and..also strangely fitting in a way, not that he's going to say that outloud because neither of them are pleased about this.

The other's statement about the tail does get a dry look out of the prince though.]

Join the club.

that works

[iwillshieldhim]

Hff. [A snort at the dry look he's getting. He does walk closer, crouching down to get closer to Noct's changed height, not even hiding the examination before he realizes-]

Noct. You look like- [His head, this close, it's clear he looks vaguely like a behemoth's ugly mug, lifts to meet Noct's slitted eyes.]

Shit.