[center] [img]https://imgur.com/uBSRxlo.png[/img] [h2]Bahlok Riil[/h2][/center] [color=gray][i]The Void, Shallows[/i][/color] [sub][b]Mentions:[/b] [@Punished GN] [b]Direct Dialogue:[/b] None.[/sub] [hr] [b]“What a mess.”[/b] Bahlok stared over the hellhounds brought back to the Void, along with the rest of the pack. The ones previously injured, well, she was just lucky that [i]bear[/i] used physical attacks. If the dogs had been hit by [i]magic[/i], they would take [i]years[/i] to pull themselves back together, instead of a few days. She looked over the worst of the bunch, namely the one hobbling around with its neck snapped and bent at an awkward angle. Immediately, black sludge oozed out of the slit in the back of her coat, and her Eldritch Appendange snapped up the hellhound, to which it whimpered. She forced it to lie down. [b]“Stop moving, idiot.”[/b] She surveyed the pack once more before she glanced to the side, and disappeared in a puff of smoke. She needed to rendezvous with Kipnu. Apparently, he'd gone and done [i]something[/i] while she had been busy carrying out his order. [hr] [center][img]https://imgur.com/pWAr4E0.png[/img] [h2]Kipnu Riil[/h2] [img]https://imgur.com/uBSRxlo.png[/img] [h2]Bahlok Riil[/h2] [img]https://imgur.com/IYihMs5.png[/img] [img]https://txt.1001fonts.net/img/txt/b3RmLjg4LjdhYmJmZi5UR0Y1YkdFZ1NIbGhZMmx1ZEdoMWN3LjA/sabrina-destiny.regular.webp[/img][/center] [color=gray][i]Layla's Apartment[/i][/color] [sub][b]Mentions:[/b] [@Punished GN] [b]Direct Dialogue:[/b] None.[/sub] [hr][hr][center][hider=Stileto & Silent Child - Super Villain][youtube]https://youtu.be/KkXYF8iUGPg?si=m5ItkI65Ljnjn91S[/youtube][/hider][/center][hr][hr] Layla sat hunched over on the edge of her bed in her apartment, trembling, her breath coming in weak, hyperventilating gasps. Kipnu sat beside her, staring with an unreadable expression. His face shifted as Bahlok teleported into the room, her smile immediately stiffening before flattening out. [b]“You did [i]what[/i]?”[/b] [b]“I don't want to hear it right now, Bahlok.”[/b] Balok immediately got up in his face, shoving Layla to the side. [b]“You really [i]are[/i] an idiot. You [i]adjoined[/i] with it? You realize how fragile the Hyacinthus bloodline is? This is the [i]last one![/i] You mess up and hurt it, or worse, kill it, and there's no second chances. The precious ambrosia will be [i]gone[/i].”[/b] Kipnu stared at Bahlok unmoving, not giving any indication of his reaction, before he leaned over and gently lifted the trembling Layla back up to a sitting position on her bed. Bahlok watched his movements closely, before a wicked laugh escaped her.[b] “Wait, don't tell me-”[/b] [b]“Her mind's been poisoned. I had no other choice.” [/b]Kipnu spoke abruptly, staring hard at his sister. [color=7ABBFF][b]“I miss Void… Take me to where Void is…”[/b][/color] Layla's voice was weak, barely a whisper as she stared unseeingly at the floor, the darkest expression on her face. [b]“She's too poisoned to sleep. I have a plan, but I need you to do something for me.”[/b] Kipnu said, not looking up as he spoke to Bahlok. Baklok gave him a skeptical smile. [b]“You're not gonna ask how your last order went?”[/b] [b]“I was watching the whole time. So was the mafia's puppet. She left shortly after you finished, same with me.”[/b] Bahlok paused.[b] “...Oh.”[/b] [b]“Go out and find us an easy target, easily palatable. I need to get her on my wavelength, weaken the hold of poison over her mind…”[/b] Bahlok tilted her head, then slowly shook it as she turned away. [b]“Whatever.”[/b] And she disappeared in smoke. Kipnu gently pulled Layla to her feet.[b] “I'm gonna make you feel better, dearie. Come with me, hold your breath.”[/b] And they both disappeared from Layla's room, a trail of smoke the only evidence they were ever there. [hr] [color=gray][i]St. Portwell, Dark Alleyway[/i][/color] [hr] The scrawny man dropped his knife as Bahlok's appendage smothered him against the brick, squeezing the air from his lungs. There was screaming behind her, but she paid no mind to the woman making her escape with her purse in one piece. [b]“A thug. You'll do fine.” [/b]Bahlok said ominously, giving him a tighter squeeze. Kipnu and Layla teleported in a few moments after, with Layla panting heavily. Smoke's Crossing took some getting used to. Kipnu appraised Layla carefully, before he guided her to the wall to rest. [b]“Layla, I need you to watch this carefully. Just like before. Can you do that?”[/b] A numb, tear-streaked face stared back, and Layla quietly nodded. Kipnu nodded, before turning to their prey. In the darkness of the alley, it was near impossible to tell as Kipnu slipped a needle into the thugs arm, making the man go limp. Bahlok released him, and he fell to the ground. That's when the feasting started. The gut-wrenching sounds of crunching bones, chewing of muscle, and devouring of a body whole as Bahlok and Kipnu made the man disappear, piece by piece. As Layla watched, her dull, lifeless eyes slowly, slowly widened. Some color returned to her cheeks. Kipnu looked up, and came back to her side. [b]“Better?”[/b] [color=7ABBFF][b]“I feel… electrified. Like I've tasted a new color. It’s filled me up. I feel like I'm floating…”[/b][/color] [b]“That's a fraction of how I feel everytime I feast. Now that we are connected, you will feel more of it, as this poison loosens its hold on you.”[/b] Layla stared for a long moment, before she blinked sleepily, her head nodding. Kipnu sighed, before draping his arms around his ambrosia, and looked up into the night sky. [b]“Perhaps now you'll finally be able to sleep. Tomorrow is a new day, after all.”[/b] And the three disappeared into smoke, ready to put Layla down for some proper rest before the new day began.