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So near, yet so far.

The physical presence began to fade. O-Kuni's manifested form was withdrawing back into the blade. He would continue to watch Javos, if only to enjoy what he knew was coming. By now, Iden was on his way back, with his base needs only marginally met. Javos would no doubt suffer again before Iden dragged him away, out of the Tavern, out of the country even.

You shan't ever be alone, poor little Ceilican.

As soon as Javos curled into a ball, something festering, decaying, and skeletal would be curled within the fetal position. His body had curled around it, almost as if it had appeared AFTER the position had been adopted. Certainly, the stink had only just arrived.

It was a diseased, blight ridden ferret. Most of the fur was gone, replaced by putrid flesh that flaked off in clumps. Bones were visible, and as a whole the creature looked as soulless as one would expect of the avatar of the newly corrupted Brujah.

The ferret was tossed at the shelves, merely because Javos had bodily hurled HIMSELF. Amidst the clatter of glass, as bottles were shoved aside.

Slowly, the rotting face peered out. The eyes, which looked black, as if filled with congealed blood, peered out at Javos in a mockery of the animal curiosity the original creature had felt. Quietly, the little rodent scrabbled from the shelf, and scampered towards Javos with that same, soulless gaze that made fun of its original self.

The ferret squealed when Javos pounced upon it. It seemed to be genuinely terrified, for all its macabre appearance, and it scrambled wildly to try and escape.

The claws did not stop the creature at first. It kept thrashing, a low groaning chirp being the only sounds it could make in it's desperation. Eventually, Liela would go still, though she was hardly dead or destroyed.

The stinking, pitiful creature he had torn into remained quite still. More flesh had been carved away, though it seemed the ferret would never quite run out. For every patch of skin and meat that peeled away, there seemed to be more, perpetuating the vile appearance it upheld.

Yet, after a few seconds, the ferret tentatively scampered up towards the terrified Ceilican. It seemed to be sniffing at him, with the nose that had long since been rotted shut by filth and blood.

As Javos tried to keep away, so then did the ferret try to ease her way up against the cat, nestling tenderly against his fur with a quiet complacency that ran completely against what the poor feline had endured to this point.

For all the little rodent stank of disease and death, it really was just wanting a nice warm place to curl up to. And so, that's exactly what it did. Liela was quite content to leave Javos in peace, once he stopped moving and let her into his fur.

And several long minutes would drag on. It was just a period of quiet, while the abomination was away. O-Kuni had no cause for input...which left Javos to his silent fears.

Of course, that wasn't to last, naturally. The blow came just about out of nowhere, a swift, sharp kick to break Javos from his little fetal position.

Wakey wakey little kitty!

When Javos flopped aside, Liela had been dislodged. She had fallen to the ground where the Ceilican had been. And slowly, Iden's gaze lowered to the pitiful little creature.

Huh.

There was a sickening crunch as the boot rose, and fell, crushing the decayed little ferret. The stink was made more pungent by the fact that it was now smeared across the floor in a grotesque sort of way. But he did not stop there. No, he leaned in to grab at Javos' neck, to lift him bodily from the ground.

Iden hauled him up, and it was uncertain WHAT he was going to do. But as Javos tried to claw his way free, Iden took notice...the armband was gone. And his face contorted into a display of rage incarnate.

You b***h!

Rearing his arm back, he hammerblowed Javos upside the head. He was brushing aside the claws of the tired Ceilican with blatant disdain for his wounds. He was gorged and strong, and Javos was tired and weak. His arm was torn open, but Iden pulled back, then slammed the cat violently into the wall.