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 Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:05 pm
Hashashad listened raptly, tearing away at the corpse as they prattled on. Only when he had had his full did he finally stopped chewing. His belly was warm and full, bloated with the soft, sweet foal flesh.
Something was going down here, something interesting. He crept closer, letting the darkness that he called upon obscure his figure, closing his extraneous eyes so as to not be seen. They were speaking of the land below - the place of sulfur and fire. He listened closely, hoping to gain insight, some measure of power over even these. Something to haunt and visit upon others.
And finally, he could see them. One of them stood massively tall - built like a bull but taller still than even one of those simple bovines. His spirialing horns reached taller still. Another, covered in thick fur with paws like a dog and the face to match. Other faces in his large wings snapped and snarled at the bull-demon.
So there were other monsters in his land aside from the one who had escaped from him.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:13 pm
Cerberus is maxed outCerberus's ears flattened and the snarl returned. The she-fox, the skinwaler, her... she had manipulated him, tricked him into doing her bidding. Was this demon trying to do the same??
"NO TRICKS!" Cerberus bristled and snapped, his eyes flashing in warning. He had been lied to, manipulated, and used. He was done with that. "Lie to me and I will take your throat in my teeth. The last one who tried to use me..." He trailed off but one of his pinions snapped at the tail that hung from his neck.
He held the demon's amber eyes, tail swishing indecisively. On the other paw, nothing.... ever came free from a demon. "If you tell me the truth, and ONLY if you tell me the truth... I will owe you a favor. But if I find out you have lied to me, I will take what you owe me out in your flesh."
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:32 pm
"Then we have a bargain, hound." Dyson stated with confidence, refusing to show a mote of fear or hesitance. The hound was using his words, specifying for this contract a little more than Dyson had hoped, but still... being owed a favor by the Guardian was no small matter, and it was something that would be worth the price.
And Cerberus was in luck. Dyson did know a thing or two from his ranks and time down below that he wanted to know. Just now... he'd at least have to give him a piece of the truth. Not all of the truth, of course not. The hound wasn't clever enough to have bargained for that. But enough.
Dyson cleft a clod out of the dirt between them with his left front hoof, leaving a large indention in the forest floor before leving his gaze at Cerberus.
"Place your mark, and this deal is made. My information, for.... a favor." He smiled.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:24 pm
Interesting. Interesting. The beast crept closer still. Too engrossed were they in these bargains that they had not noticed his approach.
The hound, the one with the wings, he seemed almost too familiar. The red eyes that gleamed out of his pelt were not unlike Hashashad's own myriad eyes. And yet, he had hidden himself well enough in the darkness he had gathered not to be seen. That or the beast was too engrossed with his bargaining.
Hashashad had to keep from chuckling to himself. He knew a con and a mark when he saw them. This might be entertaining, if nothing else. And potentially useful, if valuable knowledge was being exchanged.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:29 pm
Cerberus is maxed outCerberus hesitated, the stillness in the air drawing out uncomfortably long as he scrutinized the mark in the dirt. A devil's bargain. It set his fur on edge.
What would this demon have him do at some point in the future? What was he even bargaining for?
But he would keep his word, and he must tell him the truth... those were the conditions as well. And if this stallion really could give him an answer he had sought since his arrival in these lands.... maybe it would be worth it.
Finally, he placed his paw inside the divot the stallion had cleft from the earth, leaving his mark.
His eyes fixed back on Dyson.
"Now tell me, Demon. What do you know? Why am I here?"
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