BURN
BRIGHT
BRIGHT
Crouched over an alligator’s corpse, Ninazu tore into the meat without bother for table manners. Blood dripped down her face and neck, soaked her paws, and was all she could smell. She hadn’t eaten this type of reptile before, and she enjoyed the delicacy for a unique experience. However, she thought the meat tasted rather bland, for all the effort of taking over Tanglewoods’ territory.
Her ears twitched when the former second-in-command started screaming his head off. After wiping her muzzle with the back of a bloody paw, she lifted her head and leveled a glare at the Tanglers. The flames licking down her neck burned hotter, tinted darker, and became opaque. Her gold eyes gleamed red from their light.
“You again? Haven’t I beaten your ass enough?” She stood up, one paw on the carcass. “Very well. It’s gotten boring beating the shit out of Caesar. Promise me you won’t pled for more? Don’t tell me you’re not a masochist, Mister Brave Face, I see right through you.”
A sneer flashed across her muzzle, and she stalked towards the lion. “We’ll see how brave you are in a minute.”
Ninazu ripped three knives out of a Condemned member’s pocket, spinning the blades in the air with her magic. She brought them closer to her, spinning and swirling the blades, learning their balance point, their weight, their curve. None of the three were made for throwing, exactly, but she practiced earth manipulation enough to deal with that.
After the knives orbited her once, she sent them spiraling towards Aurum’s rope bonds. Of course, she wasn’t exactly gentle about it. He’d hopefully have cuts. Even temporary freedom comes with a price.
Her ears twitched when the former second-in-command started screaming his head off. After wiping her muzzle with the back of a bloody paw, she lifted her head and leveled a glare at the Tanglers. The flames licking down her neck burned hotter, tinted darker, and became opaque. Her gold eyes gleamed red from their light.
“You again? Haven’t I beaten your ass enough?” She stood up, one paw on the carcass. “Very well. It’s gotten boring beating the shit out of Caesar. Promise me you won’t pled for more? Don’t tell me you’re not a masochist, Mister Brave Face, I see right through you.”
A sneer flashed across her muzzle, and she stalked towards the lion. “We’ll see how brave you are in a minute.”
Ninazu ripped three knives out of a Condemned member’s pocket, spinning the blades in the air with her magic. She brought them closer to her, spinning and swirling the blades, learning their balance point, their weight, their curve. None of the three were made for throwing, exactly, but she practiced earth manipulation enough to deal with that.
After the knives orbited her once, she sent them spiraling towards Aurum’s rope bonds. Of course, she wasn’t exactly gentle about it. He’d hopefully have cuts. Even temporary freedom comes with a price.
© MADI