lullaby | lost child

   

 
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SNARL

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[abbr= Female Hyena || 3'6" At Shoulder || 180lbs ] Physical [/abbr] || [abbr= Scarred || Striped || Smells like Woodsmoke || No Identifying Scent] Details [/abbr]

   

[abbr= Tanglewood] Group [/abbr] || [abbr=  Blazic Needs Your Teeth#0965 on Discord || Message me!] Player [/abbr]

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[div style="background: transparent; height: 30px; width: 90%; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 15px; color: #9e2518; text-align: center; margin-top: -20px;"] "Too far gone, now"

  Snarl's decision was made for her, with the approach of Safflower. She glanced towards the intruder - eyebrows lowered as her gaze fixated. They took a defensive stance, so Snarl followed suit, snout beginning to prickle and contort. She knew the look they gave her all too well - worried. Panicked. The hungry hyena has no self control, right? Take as old as time. As old as Iun, as old as Famia. Finds a child, can't stop herself from eating it. Food, food, food. Of course. Or killing the potential competition, right? Cause a baby was such a threat, cause she's just a fucking savage with no restraint.

The hyena coughed.
Words held no malice, at first, despite her stance. "Sibling, eh? Where's t'parent-" Broke off her stare as the child first began to move. Only glanced for a moment before returning sharp gaze to the intruder. Only now, did bitterness seep into her words. "Kid coulda been killed." She coulda killed the kid. Shoulda. Woulda. "Gators, snakes, owls. Y'looking t'feed non-clan life? Didn'cha hear what they said - feed em and they'll just come back, yeah?" The hyena still easily backed off from the child - in fact, the more distance gained, the less her muscles tensed.
All tension lost was gained once again, as a plant-covered mass sludged into view. The hyena lowered her front, hackles raised, a low growl rumbled out of Snarl's throat. Took a moment of wrinkled nose, for her to remember - this was the same creature that had approached when she first returned. Some creature of earth. Though the hyena calmed somewhat, she still remained ready to attack. Two stanced ready to fight, and Snarl wasn't planning on losing any today. Wrinkled her snout again, as the plant beast began to hum. Bid the child good riddance as it tottered towards the parasite.

Coughed as Ivan approached. Finally, someone got it, even if that someone took the form of a tiny little cat. Though at the same time, he didn't get it. Naive. The hyena was used to the reaction, by now. She wasn't surprised, nor should he be. Kid would learn in time. That's just the way it goes. Assumptions made, reactions taken.
Hypocrite, some part of the hyena's mind spouted. You were going to kill the kid. You should have killed the kid. Don't act like you're so innocent. They assumed fucking right, , you're just as bad as the rest. Kid've been better off. Coulda, shoulda, woulda killed him first. Make them know they're right. Coward, hiding behind inaction. Coward, that you hadn't just gotten on with it from the start. Coward, worrying about consequences. When had that ever stopped you from doing what you wanted, what's right? Had this pitiful little clan rendered you weak? Was that it? Was Snarl being a little baby again? Acting like a little kid?

The voice of a cheetah brought Snarl out of the state, blinking up from a face that had fallen from aggression to complete blankness. Snorted, at his ask of the creature. Let out a few raspy laughs that devolved into a coughing fit, wheezing intermittently. For the moment, the hyena was indisposed.