imaglyphwitch: (oh no the pain)
Luz Noceda ([personal profile] imaglyphwitch) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-02-08 01:08 am

Mother stands for comfort

Who: Luz and you (and specifically with Luca)
What: Luz tries to resist the hex, and not mutate herself until she finally falls to beast hood
When: Middle of February (sorry Luz, no birthday for you)
Where: All around Trench

She'd read the sermon and was sure that was when the trouble began. Luz had thought, after getting others who'd been sympathetic and lent an ear to her troubles, that she might be able to ride out the crazy of this month, that she'd get to her birthday in relative peace. Unfortunately, things didn't get better: instead, Luz found herself plagues by the past: her father leaving, the scorn of being that "weird" kid in her class, and the things that came with her Deerington and new Trench memories.

After Varian, Luz had been meticulous about trying to keep such thoughts from consuming her, trying to talk to others when she could, listening to advice and meditating more than she probably had any month. But the thoughts kept coming, and no matter what Luz did, she found she was feeling more depressed by the day, even though she interacted with people and did her best to keep her smile up.

And then one day, she found it was starting to feel worse than usual, enough that she even resorted to turning to her bird form if only to escape those memories. Now they were starting to compound, and images of the cave men and the Blood Cultists and their attacks on her began to plague her nightmares. It got so bad that she woke up feeling the cuts in her skin as clearly as she had back then, and she would be breathing hard and be so anxious she stayed in bed.

She had no idea how to stop this, and moments where she started to consider self-harm surfaced, shocking her so badly she took a cold bath, shivering and in tears, wondering what would happen next.
droptheious: (His appearance is quite disturbing)

[personal profile] droptheious 2022-02-08 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Varian had heard the HOWL and that was enough to get him racing to the door of the house. Something bad was happening and he's terrified someone he cares about is suffering. He can feel the PULL of the bond- and even if he didn't have that, his tattoo letting him know where Luz is means he knows exactly who the creature that's tearing out of the house.

Naturally, he runs after her. She didn't think twice about doing the same for him when he'd turned, and he doesn't think twice now. Of course, she's got more legs than he has right now, but he's doing his best to keep up.

"Luz?! Luz wait!"
schoolingfish: (Sea serpent)

[personal profile] schoolingfish 2022-02-09 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Luca wasn't home, so he didn't hear the howl. He didn't need to.

He was already pretty far gone. Spending the day snacking on candy that caused amnesia and paranoia had done a number on him, and though the effects had worn off by the time he felt it, that only made things worse. Because Luz was in trouble, Luz was loosing herself, and he wasn't there to do anything to stop it.

As Luca raced through the streets, he panicked, and his own fear combined with the feeling of her beasthood pulled him down with her, so that by the time he reached them, his awareness had been lost. All he held onto at this point was a vague memory that he had to help Luz. Anyone else and anything else was tossed aside, replaced with hunger and rage. So when he sees Luz running away, his beast mind, the confused, muddled mess that it is, reads Varian as a threat.

Slithering from around a corner, Luca lets out a long, low hiss.
droptheious: (She'll say it's not your fault)

[personal profile] droptheious 2022-02-11 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
This was bad. This was really bad, and for a second, Varian doesn't realise it's Luca staring back at him. He comes skidding to a halt, knowing he's in a lot of trouble if he gets cornered here. He's not well suited for a fight- not against something as big as this. He hasn't got many weapons on him- he'd just raced blindly after Luz- so he only really has his coldblood powers- his grip on those tenuous at best.

He raises his hands, taking a step back.

"Easy, easy- I just want to get to my friend."
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cuddlery: (confused with tea)

[personal profile] cuddlery 2022-02-10 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Scorpia had made the mistake of wandering too close to the forest - and she came to standstill as she hears some kind of noise in the bushes nearby.

Tentatively, she decided to test for life and asked a simple, shaky, "H-hello?"
cuddlery: (in your face)

[personal profile] cuddlery 2022-02-11 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, this is very quickly not good! The creature pounces at her suddenly and strikes her legs. "Whoa!" She stumbles from the sudden force, but she manages to retain her footing. Her pincers raised, she eyes the creature warily while she's circled.

"Easy there. I- I don't want any trouble." She's not sure why she's reasoning with it. She's come to accept that the monsters here can't be reasoned with - and sometimes they have to be destroyed. Still, as her eyes follow the creature, there's one thing that stands out about it. One thing that's recognizable! "Wait... that hat!"

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danserai: princess tutu (30)

[personal profile] danserai 2022-02-10 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh. not good at all. ahiru quickly taps into the magic she needs to become princess tutu before deftly dancing in her path. the world slows to a crawl as the music starts playing. ]

You must stop!
danserai: princess tutu (176)

[personal profile] danserai 2022-02-11 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ ahiru reaches deep . . . it feels like . . . it feels like . . . ]

Luz?

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onerthes: (Commission: Pls Ask first) (28)

[personal profile] onerthes 2022-02-10 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Vira-Lorr didn't recognize Luz in this state. However, she saw some tattered shreds of cloth nearby that were at least an indication that this was probably a sleeper transformed, which set her more protective nature in mind. When she saw it, looking at her with ravenous hunger she steeled herself, gritting her teeth as something started to happen, causing her clothes to bunch a bit in odd ways, around where the joints were.

"Easy there. You really, really don't want to take a bite out of me. That would be bad for everyone." Ironically? It wouldn't have been nearly as dangerous for the corrupted Luz as it would have been for the pavement. A paleblood was the only type who could come into contact with her blood safely.

For the moment, though, she was in a defensive position. She either needed to subdue the beast so someone, preferably not a hunter, could come by and help, or get some distance...
onerthes: (Commission: Pls Ask first) (26)

[personal profile] onerthes 2022-02-11 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Fabric shredded with the strike, but at first there was nothing more. Vira-Lorr ducked to the side as the thing struck, barely missing a full-body strike. The claws raked down her arm to her now unsheathed blade. Where they struck, there was tattered fabric and ivory-pale skin that looked more like chitin than actual flesh. It resisted, though there were scour marks that hadn't quite broken the skin yet.

She could only keep this up for so long until some attack strong enough to actually break the skin came along, and that was when things might get very ugly. Hissing at the discomfort of maintaining the armored form of her body, she popped a smoke bullet into the chamber of the gun part of her blade, aiming to keep as much distance as possible. "Calm down there, little one. You're going to get both of us hurt. I don't want to have to hurt you." And she wasn't entirely keen on getting hurt either.

The most adorable monster!

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She's trying definitely!

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zib: (master of disguise)

[personal profile] zib 2022-02-15 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Zib ended up in the forest today after hanging out with Luca earlier, now looking for a place that might be a good spot for digging downward--Sayo had given him an idea not that long ago about how if he wanted to build a portal similar to the one back home, he should find a spot in the ground sturdy enough that it won't get dislodged and knocked over like... well, like the buildings that got destroyed when Varian entered beast hood not long ago.

As such, he's not expecting the sight of Luz, or rather, the strange creature that suddenly comes out of the underbrush to this spot here, and at first, Zib doesn't realize who it is, not noticing the remains of Luz's hoodie at this distance.]


Is that... a Chupacabra? No, wait, they're usually a little different than this, at least in the pictures I've seen...
zib: (ow the edge)

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[When the creature charges at him, Zib glares as he drops his hood and allows two PAK cables to quickly snap outward to try to grab the creature and restrain it, before it can make contact with him.]

Nice try, but I'm not interested in being anyone's meal today. If you know what's good for you, back off or else.

[Although, there is a thought that occurs to him that he should study this creature, given that it is quite fascinating after all. Maybe he can still find a way to do so... dead or alive, depending on if this thing keeps trying to attack him, that is.]

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Re: Back Home

[personal profile] subject_013 2022-02-14 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps she hears someone below shoveling snow off the driveway. Once that's cleared, there might be a fairly loud thump on the roof, followed by the sound of someone brooming snow from the shingles.

Don't mind the Vileblood who's being a combination dad and cryptid.
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Re: Back Home

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He'll pause, balancing carefully and threading the broom through his arms like a soldier with a rifle. "I'd finished clearing my yard and roof of snow. I figured I'd come around and render you lot the same service.

He'll lean carefully closer as he peers into the window. "Feeling a bit under the weather? I hope it's not that Lockjoint that's been going around."

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