Grim Views

The trial was set. Before returning to the sleeping spells he'd recently taken to, Kyou laid out most of the preparations for the ritual. His body however was rather frail, due to the weakening magic keeping his soul in charge of his body. Time was running short, however after today it wouldn't be an issue. Preparations were made, and a few fellow Grim were summoned for this. He'd need help.

Kyou would need the prowess of a priest so pull him into his own mind and allow him to face his former self. He would need the demonic strength of a warlock to keep his inner monster in check, and lastly.. He'd need a strong resolute warrior ready at the blade... In case it didn't work. This process was rarely used for the case of a demon possessing a body, but in Kyou's case, the kicker was his biggest threat. He didn't just have a demon. He had a Pit Lord fused Old God within his shackled mind. The very fabric of one's mind could have unwound so easily, and it most likely should have. For Kyou to hold on to this monster for as long as he has, either he or something within him held a will so strong not even this monster could overtake it.

But now with preparations made in a large cell deep underground, the only task left was the tricky task of awakening Kyou and bringing him to the area where he would fight his battle. Awakening Kyou had become a rather tricky task lately. With the magic holding his body together weakening, more and more the power of an Old God would show, namely, his tongue. An apparent miniature fleshbeast would often be the first to awaken on him, springing out and lashing at anyone close. The sound of course would in turn awaken kyou, who would swiftly stow and seal the creature in his jaw and mask. No one reported being bitten yet, but the near misses occurred nearly had Kyou lashed for actions he normally would never take.
He lay asleep in his bed, peaceful, like he had been for the last few weeks. Almost like a child sick in bed.. but with an illness far worse than any cold.

Ruuki was losing her patience with the little Goblin's delays in his final trial. He had asked for help, and in this matter she'd granted it, but it wasn't wholly for the reason he believed. He was her Supplicant, and she was responsible, to a degree, for his actions. She'd given him her word that she'd keep him from harm, but in truth, it was to keep him from getting out of control and harming other Grim.

She sighed, shaking her head as she looked over at the sleeping Goblin, arms crossed over her battle-scarred breastplate. She knew Lilliana was capable of delving into minds, but for the warlock... she had an idea of with whom she needed to speak. She turned to leave for now, knowing the Goblin was somewhat safe and contained here for the moment.

"Lady Ruuki." A priest mentioned as himself and a warlock both stepped beside her. They had been hired in to assist with the ritual, risky as it was. For a brief moment the three stared at the sleeping form of Kyou. For once, peaceful, the little goblin was. Something like this was a rare sight to behold. But as these things would be..

"It's finally time.. eh?" Grumbled the rogue, opening one eye.

Some time later, the Grims had gone to a small chamber under the hall. Seal-able, large enough for the warlock's magic circle, and mostly, away from other Grim. The circle was already drawn out. Using markings from both the warlock and the priest, it would vastly increase spiritual activity. This was it. As Kyou strode in, he merely waited for the "go" before stepping into his place in the center of the circle. Passing by Ruuki, he merely turned his head and looked at her. His eyes were serious, and rather solemn. He nodded briefly and continued, confirming she remembered her role here.

"If you're ready. We'll start.." The warlock grunted, looking to his tome and taking his position opposite from the priest. The warlock looked to Ruuki and confirmed before turning back to Kyou and beginning to focus. The circle lit up with a fel green light as the warlock poured magic into it, all beginning to effect Kyou, who sat down and closed his eyes. Moments later, the priest began to focus and do the same on their end. The circle lightened in tone, and soon after, from the center of the circle, a hand made of the combined energies rose up, and gently grabbed Kyou by the back of the skull. This was to pull him into his mind for the ritual... but as soon the hand touched Kyou, some sort of energy pulsed!

Both warlock and priest flinched as the pulse of magic nearly knocked them backwards! However despite their focus, the circle remained unbroken.. Instead, something else had formed and now began to activate. Where Kyou sat was replaced with a black hole, which opened and began to do it's work, drawing everything in! The grip of the magical portal came one swiftly and without warning! It's strength quickly increased and hopelessly drew the 3 Grim into it!

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"What failed? Where are we, Priest?" The warlock growled, and in return the priest barked.

"Inside his head, but that's not the surprising question. Why did we get pulled in? And why are we in these cages?!" The priest asked.

Ruuki would find herself in a familiar scene. Inside a nearly demolished prison the main corridor a large door that looked to be once sealed.. but now, the door that held the demon was bashed open and empty.. The party of Grim was each inside a cage with no door.. the same one as the consumed souls were locked in before. They had become both guests and prisoners inside Kyou's very mind.. At first it seemed there was no one around but them.. but Kyou's presence, as well as that of another's could be felt.. very close.

"What happened to that little monster that has gotten us stuck?" The warlock growled as he looked around. The priest merely glared back.

"While this was supposed to draw just his consciousness in, something else pulled us in with it..." The priest replied, looking around as well. It wasn't long before a voice called out, similar to the familiar Kyou's.. but.. something else about wasn't right.. the tone was off.

"It wasn't hard. Since I had a priest on this side.. Though unwilling.. to help reverse that spell.. It's funny really, how gullible you punks are.." cackled the voice as its figure stepped out from the shadows of the decrepit prison. It was a goblin, young, and fiesty looking. He held a resemblance to Kyou... but wihtout all the robes and hood. the eyes looked the same.. minus the fire.. But this was very obviously NOT the goblin they knew... no. This was him.. The original soul..

Megas Manngear..

"Did you assholes REALLY think it'd be this easy?! I've been WAITING for this. A group stupid enough to honestly pull this crap! You see.. It's rather simple. I needed some more food. And since that greedy little thing has been collecting all those souls for himself.. I had no real option.. Hehe.. funny. he almost got the gains on me. had it not been for the old beast, he'd have been able to do this himself and eat me.. But no.. Fate is on my side.. and now, like you. In MY hands!" The goblin rambled as he walked down the small row of doorless cages, settling his eyes just outside of Ruuki's, looking in at her. "And to capture someone he actually liked with the group? I may just turn to fishing for business when I get out. hmm... what shall I call it? AH YES! Grimslayer Fishing Co. Got a GREAT ring to it! How's it sound, sweet cheeks?" He cackled and taunted as he looked towards Ruuki. The little goblin was toying with them.. taunting her.. Showing entirely different colors than the image before... and with what he mentioned of Food.. Things were suddenly far more dire than the normal.. Even for a situation revolving around Kyou...

Ruuki had been stunned that they'd been pulled in so easily, but it was no secret she was useless when magic became involved. She listened to the annoying little Goblin's self-praise, anger rising inside of her at her own stupidity and gullibility. She'd extended a hand to Brast to help him, which nearly cost her life and now, she'd gone and tried again with Kyoukimaru. Brast at least had an excuse, but this? This took advantage of the helping hand she tended to offer to all of the Supplicants.

Her golden eyes narrowed as she met Megas' stare, standing as tall as she could in the cage, fists clenched at her sides. She snorted, then crossed her arms.

"I'd like to see you try. I wonder, though, if you're really capable of controlling this body. Either you're extremely patient, or you're weaker than you're letting on. You've already shown you can't do anything on your own." She gestured to the burst open down with a tilt of her head. She gave him a dangerous grin. "I look forward to watching him devour you fiber by fiber of your pathetic soul."

The goblin immediately turned to Ruuki and shouted.

"SHUT UP! You have no idea what MY body has gone through! Pathetic? Why don't YOU try being responsible for the death of your friends. Everyone you knew, dead by your hand.. Try watching your body spin out of control! Try watching yourself destroy your family, your allies... your life! Pathetic? Oh no... I'm FAR more powerful than you can EVER imagine! As soon as I kill him, I'll absorb you... and him... and the old monster. And I'll kill you all... For all you've let him do... I'LL PAY YOU BACK TENFOLD FOR---" The goblin began spouting before a blade flew out of the shadows and whizzed past his face! Megas jumped back, turning around to look to the shadows. stepping out revealed Kyou.. "Finally showed up heh? Good.. Now we can get this started." Megas hissed before turning to Kyou. The two drew their weapons.

Megas readied, however looked ahead only to see Kyou's image vanishing from sight! Turning quickly, Megas was caught off guard by the swift shadow jump! Kyou burst forth and cleared two slashes both clean across Megas' back! Megas flailed to swing, only to cut the air, with Kyou nowhere in sight once more.. Again the nimble Kyou whipped from the shadows, descending upon Megas once more and slashing into the goblin, staggering him. Kyou's eyes widened as he saw an opportunity! Ripping into a merciless combo, Kyou burst through the shadows over and over and over again ripping through Megas with each jump! Megas' body was getting filled with cuts and slashes... yet no blood was spilling from any wound. Still staggering, he took the full front of all of Kyou's attacks getting torn apart by the flying blade storm!

Megas' body laid on the ground for a few moments, Kyou standing above him readying to finish the assault. but moments before he would cleave the little' rat's head off, Kyou launched himself back! Megas' body lurched suddenly, his eyes lighting back up, and though he lay on the sliced to pieces, he began laughing hysterically.

"Oh aren't YOU the skillful little rogue? Learned those tricks from the Shado Pan you slaughtered, I'll guess. No matter... You see.. What I learned is... form has no value. Yours is as you thought yourself to be.. A tiny little goblin. weak and pitiful.. You're quick, but that's all.. You were a fool to imagine yourself as MY body..." Megas growled as his body lifted up and immediately turned pitch black! Morphing and violently changing, spikes would randomly jut out in multiple directions. Whilst Kyou tried to counter, fending off the spines proved near impossible, pushing him to take a few more steps back. He looked to Ruuki briefly, but then shook his head and returned glare to Megas... Moments after the goblin finished speaking his body re-emerged from the tar like chrysalis it had assumed! A monstrous creature emerged. Looking between a Goblin, an Orc, and a Tauren in form, Megas looked down on Kyou, flashing a fanged grin as his eyes lit up red. "Surprised? I thought of the most powerful form out of the souls I had available. And once your dead, I'll consume that demon too and do the very same! NOW FIGHT ME!" Megas bellowed, his very voice shaking the prison! The real fight was about to start...

Kyou barely ducked and tumbled, avoiding fist after fist from his monstrous opponent! The advantage Megas had gained wasnt just brute force.. His body was extremely tough, and he was fast.. on par easily with Kyou.. It looked exhasuting, seeing Kyou narrowly avoid the massive hands Megas would swing, barely get into his defense enough to scratch the monster before having to again roll back out and step through the shadows!

"LOOK AT YOU. WRITHING AROUND LIKE AN ANT. HOLD STILL. SO I MAY CRUSH THAT WEAK BODY YOU CHOSE!" Megas howled as he violently stomped around. But to no avail. even at his strength, Kyou was nimble enough to dodge the brunt of everything. A scrape every now and again was all Megas could even ask for.. "WHAT'S THE MATTER. CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE, MONSTER?"

A Grumble was heard. "Busy..Eating..." Came Kyou's muffled voice. though it was clear enough, it managed to fall on deaf ears with Megas, who merely kept thrashing about. A moment later, Kyou swallowed hard, a large lump travelling down his throat as he did, and in turn he leapt backwards. Gaining ground, Kyou began to focus a moment, his eyes lighting up with a familiar glow! green flames burst from his eyes, flickering like torches out of his skull! And with it, Kyou unleahsed a bloodthirsty roar! Lunging forward Kyou returned to the offensive!

He ducked under a fist and launched up dragging his blade up Megas' arm, noticeably slicing it! Throwing his arm into Kyou, MEgas slapped the tiny goblin left, and proceeded to swing a hammerfist down onto him! He caught only smoke as Kyou stepped through the shadows once again, landing on Megas' back! Quickly plunging his blades into the monster, Kyou slid down Megas' back and rolled away as soon as he hit the floor. Again though... no blood.. Megas turned towards Kyou and charged!

"Don't you see?! ITS HOPELESS. YOUR ATTACKS CANNOT KILL ME! FOR EVERY SOUL I HAVE TAKEN, I CAN RECOVER! THERE'S NO WAY YOU'LL WEAR ME DOWN! GIVE UP!" Megas roared furiously as another onslaught of attacks ensued! He was correct though.. He was recovering. His arm had already healed, and his back was quickly closing wounds. And with no fatigue, his attacks continued at full strength! Kyou however, kept calm it seemed. He kept ducking and weaving, silent as a mouse... His eyes were invisible past the torches of felfire that burned brightly from them, but they remained locked on Megas at all times! The fight was moving around, and now neared the cage containing the warlock. At the opposite side and trying to get out, the lock squirmed as Kyou ducked away from a punch just in fornt of the cage! Ducking, slashing and jumping back, Kyou returned to his spot in front, only to see Megas readying his other fist to slam down upon him! For a split moment Kyou moved to dodge, but hesitated! A clang was heard! In a flash, Kyou had leapt up to the top of the cage and blocked the massive fist, letting his blades cushion the blow by digging through the creature's hand!

"GOT YOU!" Megas roared as he yanked his hand, knives included, away from Kyou, the blades launched out and flew across the prison! And with a swift motion, Megas lunged his other hand towards KYou and grabbed him, quickly lifting him up, and pelting him down into the ground! A crater formed around the goblin as he hit the floor! Kyou was quick to leap back, out of the small pit created by him, but injury showed. And Megas took full advantage of it! Midair Kyou was met with a giant fist! The cracking sound it made as it connected with the Goblin was sickening, but even after the brief moment of contact, Kyou was again launched across the large room and sent blasting into a pillar! Falling from it, and struggling to his feet, Kyou looked at his body a moment, then back to Megas.

"WHAT?! NO! YOU COULDNT POSSIBLY!" Megas roared again as he lunged across the room at Kyou! The nimble goblin had located one of his knives amidst the attack he took. And as Megas charged, it became evident in posture that Kyou was recovering too! No blood. None at all. "YOU'VE BEEN TESTING ME. YOU WISH TO WASTE THE SOULS WE'VE GATHERED?!?! YOU'LL DIE TOO IF YOU USE TOO MUCH!" Megas again howled as he threw another tantrum! Kyou's eyes still managed to remain locked. he appeared to be mumbling something as he did. But the onslaught of attacks continued and likewise, Kyou returned to his game of dodging and nipping at Megas, wearing his body down with simple slashes. It was showing.. After a certain number, Megas' body would pulse with a ghastly looking energy and his injuries would recover... They were mulling through soul after soul, and Kyou was doing nothing beyond fighting, dodging, and studying his foe.

It dragged on for minutes, But Kyou's plan seemed to be working! Megas was getting desperate to land a solid hit! Finally after a long parry resulting in Kyou slashing vertically up Megas' back, the pulse of energy that hit the monster shown differently. It was pure white! For a brief moment, Megas howled in what looked like pain as an image of a human rose out of the injury in his back, attempted to strangle the beast, then managed to get pulled back into the wound, his soul milled to sew it shut once again!

"ENOUGH! COME OUT AND FACE ME! I GROW TIRED OF THIS!" Megas roared! Looking around revealed that Kyou had once again vanished! For the brief silence in between fits from Megas, something about the prison chilled the air.. a familiar... frightening presence began to stew. The Grim priest suddenly gasped, clutching his head and shouting! Something seemed to be pulling his mind into pure fear! Hearing the call, Megas turned.. A sick grin crept across his face as he eyed the three prisoners...

"You won't come out? FINE! I SHALL START MY FEAST THEN!" Megas howled as he stepped towards Ruuki's cage. He extended his hand and picked up one of Kyou's knives from the floor.. The blade twisted and formed into a spear, and with it Megas aimed towards Ruuki, readied his arm, and cast it forth! The tiny cage proved useless to let Ruuki avoid! But as the spear drew in for the kill, A shadow washed forwards, and with it, the fleshy sound of a full stab followed!

In a moment, Kyou stood before the cage, his knife broken, his body impaled, the spear penetrated entirely and only inches away from Ruuki's face.. Megas howled with laughter!

"YOUR OWN BLADE. A WEAPON TAKEN FROM YOU. HA.. HAHA! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DOES?! You FELL for it!" Megas cheered as he stepped forth towards Kyou, who'd by now fallen to one knee... His body wasn't repairing.. Megas loomed closer as Kyou fell onto his hands, gasping for breath, his body starting to convulse. but he moved forwards, slowly.. but surely, bringing the spearhead away from Ruuki's cage.. And in the moment before his body fell to the ground, he gave her one last look... The torches in his eyes were gone... replacing them weren't even his own red orbs.. nothing.. His eyes were voids in his skull, and in the moment's gaze it sent chills.. With a thud, Kyou's body hit the floor, and there he lay helpless as Megas stepped before him. An arrogant laugh confirmed Megas' victory call as he spoke to the goblin before him. "I never forged a weapon. Because this ritual was meant to have one soul give up. Suicide. Die by their own hand. You gave me your blade, then so easily took it leaving you helpless. And for what? That? HA! You're nothing. and now, You will become nothing." Megas growled as he lifted Kyou's body up, pulled the spear out and cast it to the ground, it returning to the small butcher knife from before, and licked his lips. "Now for a good meal!" Megas bellowed as he tossed Kyou's body into the air, turned his head up and opened wide!

The following sound deafened all others! Kyou's body stuck midair after the thrown, his eyes visibly opening once more, and with that, his chest! A large black tendril blasted from the wound! This hit Megas' and in turn ripped his lower jaw off! The hit had the monster goblin reeling back, howling in pain! The injury failed to heal. But before him, something much worse played out. Kyou's body remained atop a pedestal of tar black flesh, spines jutting out at certain areas, and after a moment, both eyes and maws opened and shut independently from each other! Kyou's body began to swell as a voice filled the room.

"Form means nothing here.. That much is true... But... I never truly revealed what mine was... I waited.. for that soul to be vulnerable... Your little fit? Pathetic.." Kyou's voice, darkened by an evil tone, and followed by what sounded like hundreds of doppelgangers sounded across the room.. The Old God.. Looking at Kyou's body showed it swelling past the point where his robes that covered his entity could hold. While the nondescript howling from Megas sounded, Kyou's body burst! The clothes gave out and Kyou's body, his TRUE body, exploded outwards from atop the pedestal!

Tendrils, eyes, spines, gaping maws lined with sharp teeth, black blood oozing and drooling where possible, gouts of felfire, and burning patches of demonic flames all exploded outwards created a enormous mass of disgusting flesh and tentacles! All the eyes shifted to Megas, who now backed up, crawling away still locked in gaze with the monstrous form of Kyou. And as he spoke, all mouths did so in sync..

"What's the matter? Recover? Regrow your jaw, talk DOWN to me... Tell me how weak I am.. Did you forget? Forget what forged me? Oh wait... you thought it was YOU that did so... oh no no no... Not you.. Your mind was not your own the instant you ate this beast... in your madness, I WAS BORN. I understand now. But do you? Do you get it? Do you see what I see? Or did you honestly think this would be easy? DID YOU NOT QUESTION THE BEING BEHIND THE DOOR? DID YOU NOT QUESTION WHY YOU COULD NOT TAKE OVER?! DID YOU NOT EVEN THINK OF WHERE MY POWER CAME FROM? Just as you had your own friends in line for a meal... I HAD MY OWN BIRTHRIGHT IN LINE FOR MINE. An Old God.. Fused with a powerful Demon... As soon as I noticed... The fate of this battle was decided." Kyou's demonic voice bellowed, deafening all sounds beyond him! His body overflowed through the room, reaching the cages and encircling them.. But as if noticing this.. his next actions showed he meant to hide nothing.

Multiple tendrils lunged forward, spearing and gripping Megas by his limbs and pulling all them apart, dragging the struggling beast toward the large hundred tooth mouth at the base of Kyou's sinister body! The encirclement of teeth could barely be seen spinning, green lava-like drool splashing out from it. As the struggling body of Megas was pulled closer, pinned in a cross posture by the torturous limbs, Kyou spoke once more.

"What's the matter?! FIGHT BACK! USE MORE SOULS! TRANSFORM YOURSELF! FIGHT ME!! FIGHT ME! FIGHT ME!" Kyou taunted as suddenly Megas began to violently convulse, his broken body howling and screaming in both fear and pain! Multiple things began to protrude from Megas' flesh, Tendrils.. the spines had stuck into and pierced slowly through, and now like a malevolent plant turned back and dipped back in! Kyou was torturing the goblin! The horrendous sounds and scenes continued for what felt like hours, furthering the torment of the somehow still living Megas Manngear. The goblin screamed itself mute as it's tear filled eyes rolled back into it's own skull! And finally a loud crunching sound shook the room, a tongue shot out from Kyou's maw, Speared Megas, and dragged the goblin in! The following sounds would, like the prior scene, most likely haunt the memories of the grim members in view for eternity. Kyou's body had enveloped the entire prison, but refused to block their view of him...

With the host body dead, The image began to crack. Like before, the prison began to show itself as an image, losing its' shape and twisting as the spell was suddenly cancelling! Sight turned to a swirling vortex of colors, and the three remaining Grim went through what felt like well over one hundred different mage portals in one!


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An explosion blasted Ruuki, the priest, and the warlock out of Kyou's mind and back into the chamber that now lay nearly destroyed! Possessed by fear, both the priest and warlock quickly stood and sprinted out of the room screaming and crying!

Silence overtook the chamber as Ruuki lay ten feet from a black pool of essence. Kyou's presence was strong... but very, very different... The mass of black tar that lay piled onto the pool looked identical to the presence of an Old God... The prison of Yogg Saron would be the best comparison.. But amidst the quiet... it waited... The powerful being laying in the center of the room was pulsing... alive... but silent...

Ruuki had stood her ground, prepared for the possibility that she would die here and that Kyou would fail. She braced herself, fully expecting the spear to land a blow on her, but when Kyou leaped out to take the hit, she had to pause in surprise. Surely he wouldn't be so foolish as to let himself be defeated, right? She couldn't help bellowing in rage when Kyou was tossed up like some snack to be devoured, slamming her shoulder into the cage to try and find a way to break free.

The tide of the battle turned in Kyou's favor, thankfully, and she watched silently as Megas was loudly and painfully consumed. She had to give him points for following through in Grim fashion, at least. The view of Kyou's true form, though, that was nightmare fuel that was sure to stay with her, and she was pretty certain she would be the only Grim to see him like this.

The pain of being pulled through so many mage portals made her grunt as she tried to regain some control of where she was going, and for a moment, she blacked out. When she was able to will her eyes to open once more, she saw she was alone in the chamber, but it looked like a hell of a fight had happened. She looked around, wondering where Kyou was, at least until her eyes fell upon the black pool not far from her.

"... So help me if you turn into that tendril monster again I will be your worst nightmare." She growled out the warning as she slowly sat upright, rubbing her head.

As if hearing her voice, the mass in the center pulsed once more. A crackling sound was heard from beneath it as the seen managed to gain familiarity to something rather basic. the sounds continued and soon confirmed the purpose of the entire thing. It'd most likely been there the whole time. It was an egg. From that pool of highly moldable mass the victor would rise in its form. The fleshy sounds continued only for a few moments more before the crackling got louder, and the egg began to bend and crack! A brief moment of something black as night was seen behind the dark shell, and finally the entire egg was cast off aggressively! A small explosion blasted pieces of semi hard Old God flesh outwards! For a brief moment looking at the egg in the center of the room revealed a spirit formed Old God.. Kyou.. Grown and staring straight into Ruuki's eyes, and with it the madness and fear that it excreted also very briefly grabbed at her! But the scene turned out nothing more than an image of smoke, and once cleared, the room was simple and quiet once more. Despite the seen of some evil egg hatching the only two people in the room once again were Ruuki, and Kyou.

Kyou peeked over the edge of the eggshell, his face fully visible as his hood wasn't on. White hair, red eyes, and a surprisingly normal very young goblin face. He looked barely of age to even be allowed to fight. His head was all that was visible from over the eggshell. He looked to Ruuki and spoke.

"The healing was using the energy from souls that this body... err... my body.. collected. He almost used too many on his own. But I managed to come here and take this body after assuring my victory over the Old God. There was only one other soul I actually was able to let go.. The rest.. are gone.. Friends.. Family.. Comrades. I had to eat them to survive. I'll be honest. Eating fellow horde. It didn't feel right, and from me that's saying something.." Kyou started, sounding a bit somber. he looked at his hands, which were also bare. He stared for a few moments before speaking back up again. "So I'M gonna need to wash the taste outta my mouths! Lemme get dressed and I say we go for a snack. My treat, sound good?" He offered as he hopped up and over the eggshell! As he did his body revealed that kyou was completely unclothed, but aware of this, Kyou also vanished as he jumped, not scarring Ruuki any further. Lastly.. He distinctly said mouths.... not mouth.. Though it was subtle. It was possibly alarming. "I'll get dressed, and I hear Teldrassil Tenderloin is in great season this time of year. If we're lucky we can catch um in tree form if you're more up for a salad." Kyou again offered. His voice was back to normal, and even thought he was invisible his presence could be felt. He was most likely trying to get back and get dressed first... But beyond that his mind was on food... and killing Alliance, now seemingly lumped together as one action. What could go wrong?

"So long as you keep that feeling close, and use it to guide your hand in battle, you never will feel that again. Your actions, be it killing or eating, or both, should always be focused on the Alliance and those who would seek to destroy the Horde." She rubbed her neck, working out the bit of stiffness there. "And I want drinks and a proper meal, not some damn salad." She ignored the nudity as she stood up, surveying the damage. She didn't let on that for a brief moment, there had been fear, and it rattled her core. It's not everyday someone looks into the eyes of an Old God demon thing... whatever, and lived. She shook her head.

"So no more losing control, blacking out, randomly bursting into flames, teleporting and exploding out of Draenei chests?" She thought better of it, then shrugged as she exited the room. "Actually, I hope that last bit happens, it's amusing and it terrifies the pinkskins."

At the last comment, Kyou retorted. "No more? What are you talking about?" He asked. And though he was invisible it became obvious with the sudden heightened levels of fel energy, the heat of his usual flames, and most noticeably, the sound of a large fleshy thump behind Ruuki, that Kyou hadn't truly changed. the feeling of a large tendril gently brushing past the back of her armor only confirmed it.. Kyou was invisible, but the sound of chattering teeth and other rather unpleasant noises showed. His form may or may not be exactly what she saw before. He kept himself however, hidden here. Though it wasn't very comforting to know a horrendous flesh beast could turn invisible... It was also very obviously Kyou, and no one more. Ruuki was in no danger.

"The problem with my real form is that looking at it can also harm allies.. Doesn't mean.. It's not there.. Speaking of which, tummy clock says its steak time. Let me get some clothes, slip into a body more comfortable, and be on our way to get a real meal. The ruins of night elf territory sounds best for a moonlit steak dinner. We'll be on our way shortly.." He said as his voice lead down the corridor. His voice shifting from the obvious multitoned Old God back to the familiar voice of the tiny and apparently young goblin.

With the highly unnerving facts on the table, they were on their merry way. Kyoukimaru was a thief, a murderer, a cannibal, and by all definitions a monster... But this monster was now happily seated amongst a family that welcomed him, regardless of form. The peril would be unending... But only for the Alliance. This Monster, served the Horde.

Proof alone. That there's a spot for anyone, so as long as they're willing to take it..

~Finished~