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deercountry2023-03-25 05:45 pm
likethelight) wrote in deercountry2023-03-25 05:45 pm
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We're chasing the rabbit like creatures of habit
Who: Allen & various
What: Catch-all
When: March into April
Where: Various
Content Warnings: N/A, but Allen himself has a lot of dark horror, holy war child soldier, and child abuse CW that can come up.
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Divine Dog Totality is usually reserved for intense combat;however [eyebrows raise as he gestures at the bleak scenery] given the climate of high corruption in the surrounding area, I'm anticipating a greater number of possible trails for tracking. His nose is much more keen then say Pepper or Kage. And he has an inate tendency to go for the heavier energies because he needs to feed more. Ultimately giving him the edge over the other two and making him the best choice for this mission.
Oh, [ stated much like an after thought ] And as a bonus, his physique is a natural deterrent. Most low level creatures tend to stay away.
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Megumi has always been more well thought-out and strategic than Allen, it's a very large part of why Megumi and only Megumi is the person he wanted to go on this kind of mission with. Primarily because he's the only other person Allen's met with the same kind of combat exorcism experience as himself that's actually applicable to much of the nature of this world, but also because of his cautious and prepared nature. But even knowing that, the depth of his reasoning kind of blows him away. He blinks.
...But then he smiles. Slow and warm, eyes bright but gentle. Intelligent in his own, separate kind of way. ]
It's funny... [ Giving Grey Ghost a final parting pat, he turns and smiles to the other exorcist with a pack gripped not so tightly. ]
Even with how dark this place feels, all I can think about when you explain it like that is how I feel so relieved that you're the one I'm here with.
[ You're a good comrade, Megumi.
Allen makes an offhand motion with a gloved hand, waving them forward. Let's go, let's go. Into the temple, and then through the portal into the maw of the other world. ]
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I agree...trust can be very hard to come by.
[The answer doesn't come intuitively and takes him a moment to muse over. Managing to say as much as he did is honestly a lot, and he takes Allen's gesture as an excuse to venture forth.
Heading towards the temple, the outside walls are lined with sheets of moss. It's evident that the building has not been taken care of in a while. A thin layer of paint has all but peeled away exposing the base structure to the elements. A few windows are smashed in and it's difficult to discern if the shatter was caused by something internally or externally. For the ones that manage to stay in one piece, a thick condensation has built up almost as if someone's been breathing on the glass panes making it near impossible to see through.
Time certainly had a way of making places return to a much more natural state. As the two approach, a wet grassy humid stench wafts from just inside the door.]
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He becomes quieter when they enter though, paying attention to their surroundings and the warning pulse of his left eye. Ever since he first stepped foot in the city weeks ago, when it instantly activated with an almost painful degree of seeking thirst for the corruption in even the temple itself, every gut instinct he had screamed to be careful for what had to be an incredibly powerful corrupted soul. Beyond that of any beast's that he's encountered, and the reason for their quieter mission today. If the nature of Riteor isn't that so much of a vengeful and spiteful pthumerian but one who has become intensely corrupted or a Beast... that changes things, doesn't it? To Allen it does, at least. In a good way, a hopeful way.
Corruption and beasthood can be cleansed, after all. A dark personality cannot.
But it's also going to give him an absolutely horrendous migraine, with his eye in overdrive and him unable to control it or shut it off. It's fine, he's resigned himself to that, but it does make him consider for the first time if maybe there's something that he could wear that would calm it at least when he needs it. But it's a passing thought, one he doesn't actually entertain, and the red glow of his iris pulses lightly against the black sclera in time with the red light that's emanating from in front of them.
The door's ajar, almost like someone was expecting them and left it open. Allen gives Megumi a brief look that's as disgruntled as it is unsettled, before he takes handle and opens it further to the ruined nursery. Funny how there was never any explanation they could find for why it's a nursery at the back of the church, something that niggles at the back of Allen's mind still as something that has to be important but he doesn't know why. The portal in the wall greets them, bathing the broken crib and rotted toys in the dull red light.
For a chilling moment it sounds like there's the wail of an infant, but it's just the creak of the door as Allen opens it. It still makes him cast an itchy look at Megumi though, before he studies the portal again. No difference from when they had been here before, it just sits there like some glassy gargoyle waiting for the spell that will free it. The headache is getting worse.
He huffs lightly and looks back at the room behind them, annoyed with the situation and how it feels like there are unseen eyes watching them, before indicating the portal with a small tilt of his chin. ]
After you two.