Thread: A Monster: Now and Forever (Razgriz x kuro_bara)

Ricendithas just stared at the floor, seeing the woman take his weapon but making no effort to stop her he needed a moment to rest, as his limbs felt like blocks of lead. Slowly he managed to push himself up so that he now sat on his knees, watching the scene before him unfold as heavy breaths were muted by the Gorgon's taunts. The rage from the young woman was palpable, and made even more prevalent when she began trying to sever it at the middle. Honestly, he was surprised she got as far as she did like their Lamia cousins, their bodies were riddle with thick, dense muscle and even with how much he'd burned away it would be a chore to sever. Eventually, the effort made her give up and simply go for the prize Raising the sword over her head, she brought it down on the monster's neck, blood oozing from the severed stump of a neck as the head rolled to one side. It was dead, its reign of terror concluded however, it seemed that that was the last of the strength she could muster. He watched her body fall to the floor, muted sobs leaving her and echoing ever so slightly in the dead-still chambers of the beast. Pushing himself to his feet, he slowly made his way over to the woman and retrieved his sword the Gorgon's last words rang in his ears as he picked up the blade and sheathed it. His eye then peered down at the woman before slowly looking up to see a perfectly preserved statue. Must have been someone important to her, he thought it was this that made him realize for her, this fight was a Pyrrhic victory. There was nothing that could be said, so he said nothing and left the woman to grieve his footsteps echoed into the ever-consuming darkness as he exited the cavern, his own fights ahead of him just beginning. Venice, Italy. March 1993 The warlock just stared at the witch that was a time when he was still green as grass, as they say. Under normal circumstances, anyone else who threatened him like this would have been interrogated and then swiftly executed. He did have the upper hand, in this situation at least the things he could do with his fire magic now compared to then. But...She did save his life that day. And even though deep down he wanted to burn that monster to ash and hear it scream for its life, the fact that she killed it made the concept of justice much clearer to him. In short, as much as he helped her...She helped him too. Regardless of that though, sirens could be heard wailing in the distance and voices could be heard outside the door, ushering everyone outside no doubt his little stunt with the ring of fire had attracted the authorities. Her offer would probably put him at a disadvantage later on the likelihood that she worked for whatever he was hunting had crossed his mind as well. But in this instance the choice was plainly obvious a fight now would likely incur heavy collateral damage and he'd already been made. Fine...But before I let you go, answer this one question I have was his reply he then added I found a man dead, but someone cast an enchantment to obviously make it look he was alive. That man also had the curse I'm afflicted with on him and was killed with a poisoned weapon that dagger you're holding looks to be about the right size. The caster would need exceptional skill to lay a subtle trap like that. Along with the fact that you knew of the curse leads me to believe that you killed that man.Tell me....Am I wrong?