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D'Neville Mansion Lake.


Most of Zombie's days were spent wandering around on two legs, exploring and collecting things into a small box she had crafted. She was quite handy; but artistry wasn't her only gift—she simply chose it most often as an outlet, considering her ill feelings had yet to be directed onto anyone. The black wraith, however, did not always enjoy being in her more dextrous form. There was a sort of simple pleasure in being on all fours, a sense of instinctive wildness that livened her senses and brought new light to the woman's surname, Feral. This was how she was now, albeit small, she was a dark shadow streaking across the mansion's yard, an almost insignificant speck until you noticed the glint of her wine-red eyes, reflecting morbidly in the dim light of the moon.

White cutlery flashed as the skinny 'yote gave chase to a frightened vole, and she snatched up the poor creature, allowing a singularly tortured squeak before dispatching it. She carried the plump creature in her jaws, padding lithely into the dense expanse of vegetation before emerging beside a small lake she had not yet explored. Zombie glanced left and right cautiously, before setting her tender meal down and lying in front of it like some sort of big-eared cat.

Her sleek body stretched, and her bushy tail gave length to her otherwise very petite frame. Her eyes gazed silently onto the reflective pond water, and she waited—perhaps no longer feeling hungry. The strange woman's ears were erect, and she listened patiently for any noises in the darkness. Perhaps she only felt comfortable eating once she thought she was truly alone. And satisfied with the silence, aside from the bothersome crickets lounging in the thicket behind her, she sunk her claws and fangs into the juicy meat of her simple catch.
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Is it possible to backdate this thread for the 21st? If not it’s cool; I’ll make it work. ^_^ I left the post ambiguous in certain places for that purpose. Word count 546 - 5 points



The moon had always had a strange effect on Ykesha’s body. The light reflected brilliantly off the bone-white fur that covered the majority of her, but held a sort of pasty ghost’s breath across her brindled back. She didn’t seem solid; perhaps the fae wasn’t a luperci at all but simply a spectral beast half-formed from the condensation of sweat and breath. The woman wasn’t aware that she looked unhealthy without the sun’s all-encompassing rays. No one yet had warned her that the moonlight, despite its cliché character, did nothing to enhance her beauty. It only violated it. So it was with a certain air of unnecessary confidence that the brindled lass moved within the D’Neville grounds, the harmless orb above dripping unattractively on her shoulders like saliva from a diseased man’s mouth. The woman paused on her quiet stroll, running a hand back through her hair to lift it free from her face. Two pale eyes, so like the heavenly sphere above her, searched through the stars briefly, jaw falling open in empty thought. Ykesha sighed in content, her chest silently growling as the illness within her turned.

It’s still tonight, the fae mused. Her face bore open to the cosmos for another silent minute before her hand fell away from the bangs wound between each finger. The mansion’s grounds, so taciturn in nature, cupped the woman’s quiet mind with gentle palms. A slight smile graced her face in return. The lethargy of Inferni’s castle had never much bothered her, but still, the woman did long to inspire it a bit. Briefly, she wondered what the grounds would look like while on fire. Her smile broadened.

Yet a distant disturbance pulled Ykesha from the bright image in her mind. With a start, the fae recoiled, clutching her fists to her chest as when natural when unnerved. The doe’s hueless eyes widened in the darkness, unaware that another had been in her presence this whole time. With dextrous movements the woman’s weight redistributed on both legs as her spine straightened and she drew to her full - yet unimpressive - height. Briefly the woman’s nose took to the air and she inhaled.

Iron greeted her.

Ykesha’s face snapped in the direction of the blood though her eyes found no beast she could identify. The musk of coyote dripped over the grounds like syrup, but this was Inferni--the place was saturated in the scent of her kind. With tentative steps the fae drew closer where she’d heard the brief disturbance--like two bodies rolling in the grass for play. Her breath was shallow within her lungs, producing a gentle wheezing sound which rolled like the lapping of a lake on a stone beach. Ykesha was all but quiet in her approach, yet her attention rested on only identifying what had made the noise.

But only darkness greeted her.

Curiously, the fae’s ears flicked forward, face melting from one of concern to one of curiosity. Either she’d been mistaken, or whatever had aroused her from her thoughts was as black as the night around her. With restraint, the young woman called out, her voice falling softly like silk curtains played with on a breeze. “Hello?”

Above, the moon grinned wickedly onto the radical pelt of the once beautiful Ykesha.

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