Iris Madril
Location: Building 2, Her Room
Interactions: Lilith
@Foster
Iris let out a huff of annoyance when Lilith told her about how the gremlins were causing chaos in their building. She was sick of these gremlins already. They had ruined everything about that day. It was supposed to be a fun day of hunting and it was spiraling into a day of anxiety and stress. She was content to just let them be. Other members of the condo were sure to be still hunting them down and turning them in. The stress wasn’t worth the chance for a new phone.
Iris took a big swig of her drink, tucking her other arm behind her head as she closed her eyes. She could feel the wolf under her skin, itching to get out. It rolled along her nerves and sent a shiver down her spine. She needed to maybe call it a day, even though she wasn’t all that tired. Just give up on that day and go to bed. In the morning, the game would be over and the buildings could go back to the way they were. That seemed like the most reasonable plan.
Iris understood Lilith’s pain about being stuck in building two. Though the werewolf could easily go outside without worry that others would notice her, these buildings were still her cage, though not in a physical sense. Iris didn’t trust herself outside the complex with the human population. Her anger and meager patience kept her locked solely behind those walls. She couldn’t imagine herself interacting with the humans again. She refused to allow herself to turn into the monster that still haunted her dreams more than ten years after the incident.
When Lilith recommended them go hunting the gremlins like the monsters they were, Iris just stared at her in disbelief.
“Have you lost your mind? I know you heard of what happened to Velvet!” She chugged the rest of her drink before standing and heading into the kitchen.
“You want me to wolf out just so we can go and make the gremlins regret messing with building two?!” She hurled her empty can into the trash can, the force of it causing the can to rock violently. The problem wasn’t that Iris couldn’t do it. She could. She had enough protein in her body now that she could switch to wolf and back without any kind of consequences. The problem was that she wanted to. Oh god- did she want to.
She moved to the counter, looking back at Lilith with an intense gaze. Her grip on the counter was so tight, her knuckles were white and she could feel the song of the hunt calling to her, pleading with her.
Just let go. It sang in her ears.
Come and run. Come and hunt with me. She groaned loudly as she dragged her hands down her face before she clasped them over her ears and shook her head.
“It’s such a bad idea.” She pulled on her ears, knowing that covering them wasn’t going to stop the song. It came from within, from her wolf half. It boiled her blood and quivered her body.
But those damn gremlins were causing so much trouble. She could help bring this damn game to an end. But what if the wolf got too consumed? What if they got all the gremlins but that wasn’t enough. She groaned again, banging her head down on the counter as she dragged her fingers through her hair. Her nerves prickled and her body screamed at her to let go. The wolf thrashed at its containment.
Without moving her head from the counter, she reached out to open a drawer. She pulled out a revolver before setting it loudly on the counter next to her. She looked up at Lilith, blue specks dotting her brown orbs.
“Fine. Fine. But you need to take this. If things get out of hand, shoot me. Silver bullets. Take my legs. If that doesn’t work go for my lungs. If I’m still going,” she put a finger between her eyes as she stared at Lilith.
“Don’t miss,” she hissed before pointing back to the gun.
“The wolf is a different beast with the hunt. Don’t miss.” Iris was pretty sure that the wolf already had its fun the day before and the moon wasn’t full anymore, despite how close it seemed. She hoped that things wouldn’t get out of hand but Lilith had said she was trained as an adventurer for years. She could handle the beast if it started to cause trouble. So with a groan and a deep sigh, Iris began to unthread her boots. She wasn’t going to let the wolf ruin perfectly good clothing.
“I mean it, Lilith.” She said as she threw her boots to the side.
“Don’t let me get out of hand. I’m trusting you.” She locked eyes on the spider woman, the blue almost completely engulfing the brown now.
“God, this is a mistake. I just know it.”She walked into her bedroom and stripped out of her clothes before finally releasing the chains on the wolf. The shift rolled over her, changing her once more into the large black canine. After a few moments, the wolf came trotting out of the bedroom, crystal blue eyes locking on Lilith before a predatory grin formed on its muzzle.
“A hunt you say! Let’s fucking go.”
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