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 Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:06 pm
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A large brown paw came crashing down against the earth followed by a lout grunt. The Nightmare licked his boney maw as his long ears rested against his horror-movie-swamp-green horns. His darn leg was acting up again, how he hated it so, still the event did not stop the male's rather insane hyena like laughter from drifting out into the air. "Get the little bugs. Six. Six one. Get them and rip. Rip and devourer. Two. Two. Plan. Plot. The time is near."
Skeleton Key's musles tightened as he took a step outside. The cool night winds brushing against his fur, and spiraling through his ears. A long pink tongue rolled out of the Nightmare's maw slowly coiling around his largest key, the one straped to his right horn. The male had been plotting the demise of two bugs he happened to run into quite often. A former knight and a berserker. They would have to be crushed, war against the bugs one at a time. One at a time so what happened in the last war would not come to be such a bother ever again.
"Keys. Keys. Yessssssssss. Five. Five. Time. Tell. The little king is nearing the mountain top. One. One one."
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:24 pm
 Vellamo had grown quite a bit since she'd first encountered Skeleton Key, and she carried the key she had given him around as her most prized posession. Always clutched in her teeth when she was moving or held by a coiled tongue. Still, while she had grown in body, she was still young of mind and tended to play more often than not. She was getting there though, as far as maturity. She also still liked to mimic Key's style of speech. Which became evident as she came trotting up from behind, tilting her nose into the air slightly.
"Keys keys. Bug bugs. What bugs does he seek? One? Two?"
She didn't know of these 'bugs', thus the question. She wondered what he was planning, being quite the curious one and willing to follow him anywhere. Vellamo's spots glowed in the dark of the night, making her stand out to anyone who had sight.. which she did not. One had to wonder if she was even aware of that fact that she gave off bioluminescense.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:17 am
Skeleton Key had been occupied within his own mind to the point where he had not heard Vellamo trot up to him. His ears darted upwards, leaving their comfortable resting place upon his horns. There was no cause for alarm, he knew this voice, still the male flicked out his fleshy tongue just to be certain. Tricks were common amonst those you were fighting after all.
"Little Rabbit." he grined, his fangs glimmering in the small amounts of light. "Little Rabbit is big. Yesssssss? Like the pool. The pool has been good to you. Seven. Seven five." The Nightmare waged his tails momentarily, before a frown replaced his grin. "Little Rabbit knows nothing about the bugs? Educate. Yessssss. One. One. I will teach. The keys will teach. The bugs. Twenty. Twenty. The winged one. The feathers and halos. It has been war Little Rabbit. Rip them apart we will? Two. Monstrosities. One. One. We kill them before they kill us." he ended his explination with a hyena-esque laugh.
The two would have stood out to any passing, for it was not just Vellamo's spots that glowed in the darkness of night, but the spines growing from Skeleton Key's back. "Little Rabbit certainly must know? Eight. Eight. She must know of the ones with wings. Yesssssssssss."
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:55 pm
Ears turned forward at his greeting, and Vellamo grinned, certainly pleased that he had noticed she'd grown. She was definitely big now, and it was something to be proud of. "Little Rabbit is big, yessss" she hissed back, her tails wagging back and forth for she was certainly glad to 'see' him.
However, there was a distinct change in demeanor when Key spoke of the bugs. Vellamo tilted her head to the side, listening intently. She sat herself down onto her haunches, ready to be taught. Wings... halos... feathers, she had heard of such things. "Have heard, but never found bugs" she paused to think, wondering what ferocious creatures they must be.
"Rabbit will follow the keys and rip apart the bugs. Yesss... One. Two. Seven. Rip apart and kill." She nodded resolutely, for she would follow Skeleton Key and help him hunt down these bugs, the angelics that were hated so. She was a good little follower, that she was.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:39 pm
The male smiled (well if that was what you could call it). Good, the taste in the air had not lied to him she had grown. How long had it been since the Little Rabbit had actually been little? He could not quite recall. Though his mind had been a tad distracted as of late. Her growth could prove to be quite usefull to him and he would be sure to take advantage of such things. The keys after all did trust the female and it was not often that his keys would take a liking to anyone at all.
"You are lucky? Four. Four. Yessssss. You have not met any. You have not faced their trickery. One. Two one. Not faced. Not met. Those who would brag of their glory over ours. They think they see. They have sight. No? Nine. Nine. They do not see. The keys know. And the bugs are foolish. The bugs fought us." his voice trailed off into a hiss, Angelics had always been at the top of his 'dismember' list.
Skeleton Key was one who was only for his own kind, any who were not of Nightmare blood were nothing. Even those who had Nightmare blood runing through their veins yet were not a pure bred Nightmare were nothing to him. Needless to say his friends list was not very large.
A deranged grin peeled across the male's boney maw, his teeth gritted together tightly as he let out a snicker. "Yesssssss. Devourer the bugs we will." He swayed his tails from side to side, gently flicking one against Vellamo's throat. "They will not see it coming? Five. One."
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:06 pm
Her key resting on her paw, Vellamo was ever silent when Skeleton Key spoke. "The keys know" she repeated with a confident nod. "Trickery? Three. Three. They should be punished. Punished for trickery. We show them. Yes." A flick of her tongue given when his tail passed across her throat, followed by a blue toothy grin and a snicker.
"Are they tastey?" she licked her chops, "Where do we find them?" Key's friendlist might not be very large, but he atleast had one faithful friend in the form of a black and blue glowing female. The hatred for angelics had been passed on, and if she found these 'bugs' you would be sure that they would fall under her wrath. She nipped playfully at Key's tail, while her own wagged again, getting excited by the prospect of actually being useful and helping Key in a great cause. Plus the fact that they would rip and kill things. It sounded like fun.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:43 pm
"Yesssssssss." the Nightmare cooed, his ears returning to their resting place upon his murky coloured horns. "Punished? No. Yessss? Lock the little flies away. Like slugs in a box. Seven. Seven. Lock them in a box we will. Watch them. Watch them tear each other apart for food. Six. Four. Leave them for days. Drop like flies. Stupid bugs." Skeleton Key lifted his head letting out a booming hyena-esque laugh. The feathers would all drop from the skies.
His laugh stoped rather abruptly as Vellamo asked about the taste of the bugs. "Are they? Like winter into summer. One. Five five one. The feathers. Warm blood trickling down your throat. Yessssssss. Twelve. Very tastey. Very." It had been a while since he had tasted the blood from another Kitsusagi, it seemed like ages ago. He wanted blood and he wanted it now.
A slight gurgling was building up in his throat, something that was probably to become a growl of sorts. "Everywhere. To the hills. Five. Eight. The trees. The rivers. One. One. They are everywhere." the male scowled. "Finding them. No. That is hard? Yessssss. Hard." The male continued to flick his tails around the female's jaws, it was very much like he was playing with nothing but a kit. A single tail left the dance around Vellamo's maw as gently brushed against the keys around his neck, the metal chiming and clanking as they knocked up against each other.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:44 pm
So Key liked to kill slowly.. and torture... an interesting concept, one that Vellamo rolled around in her mind. Trapping them in a box... letting them tear each other apart.. it was almost poetic. When he laughed, she did as well. Her tongue running along her teeth as he spoke of their warm, tastey blood. She could feel her own Nightmare blood boiling within her in excitement and anticipation of a potential kill.. that feral instinct. He hadn't tasted blood in a long time.. but Vellamo had never tasted it.. and who better to introduce her, right?
Holding his tail in her maw and his tails flicking about it, she was obviously silent until Vellamo finally released it after the chime of keys. "We find them... hunt them. Two. Four. The keys will lead us, yes? We find and kill and feast." She then dipped her head and clasped her own key in her teeth once more.
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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:34 pm
Brows furrowed, his eye stitchings tightening. "Yessssssss?" his voice chimed along with the sound of the keys. The claws upon his forepaws began to dig into the ground, dirt starting to form minature mountains next to his feet. Skeleton Key's tongue slowly crept from his slobbery jaws, coiling around his keys. There would be blood tonight, he would be sure of it. And he had help this time around, those feathered freaks would not be able to gang up on him like they had done in the past.
The Nightmare's grin grew as Vellamo released his tail to speak of hunting the darn bugs. "Keys have taught you. One. One. Taught well. Nine. Five. Blood will spill. Mirrors and mushrooms." His head turned, soon glancing up to the moon. For the most part finding Angelics was easier during the day, creatures of the sun they had made themselves out to be (at least to the Nightmare). However such things did not mean that they wouldn't be able to find any, just because it was night.
"Take time. Five. Five. Finding wont be easy. Think they're smarter. Yesssssssssss? Two. Two. They are not. We will find soon enough. Then rip them to pieces."
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:51 pm
Blood tonight.. yes.. if they had anything to say about it. "Where do we go?" she asked, wondering where Key would lead her first. She knew they wouldn't be easy to find... so surely he had a plan, right?
"Mushrooms mushrooms... Vellamo follows the keys. One one." She snickered despite herself while walking up to the bigger male's side, meaning she was ready to follow him wherever he might go. He just had to lead the way. She knew that there wasn't anyone smarter than Key. She admired him above all other kitsu.
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:57 pm
Skeleton Key chimed his keys again, his tails stilling. "Where?" he repeated, canting his head to the side, ever so slightly. "Find them. Three. Three. We go where they go. Follow them to their places. One. Two one." A plan? No he didn't really have one of those. His plan was more of an idea, the startings of a plan.
"Yessssssss? Little Rabbit will follow the keys. Ten. Ten. The keys know all. Tell and lead is what they do. Following a stupid bug. Yessssssssss. One. One. Following I have been. Oh, how I. The keys. We. Have been wanting to rip him apart. Two. One. Goes to the same place almost everyday?" the male finished his little rambling with a crackling laugh. He would get the berserker now, rip him to pieces, him and his little bug of a brother.
"Come." he snarled as he began to walk off.
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:40 pm
So he actually knew some bugs that they could maul? Vellamo was getting excited and laughed with him again. Mm... her first taste of blood? It sounded like a lot of fun. "Follow the keys" she repeated, "The keys know all." Yes.. she knew this, and she confirmed it. She was starting to become just as psychotic and Key it seemed. But then.. hang around him long enough and it rubs off right? Especially with the high regard she held him in. The keys hadn't led her wrong yet.
At his command, Vellamo obediently followed after her mentor. Trotting along at his side with her own key clasped in her jaws. She really needed something to put it on, like Key did. Her tongue occasionally flicking out to make sure Key was nearby and to make sure she wasn't about to run into something. The hunt was on!
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:33 pm
 The male nodded, it hadn't really crossed his mind that Vellamo would not be able to see it. His mind was set for the hunt, the ideal kill. Yes, the Angelics they were hunting would not know what hit them. It was always two against one, but this night it would be a fair fight. Or as fair as two Nightmares could be anyways.
"Not long. Yessssss? Not long now. One. One. We follow the moon. The bug likes the moon. Four. Four six." he hissed, flicking his tongue out to make sure they were going in the right direction. "Many rocks. Eight. Eight. Many many rocks. We will attack the feathers first. Cripple the bugs. Two. Two. Ground them so they can not escape." his voice began to rumble, he was getting excited now. "The stupid crazy bug will attack? Yessssssssss. He is foolish. Thinks he is better. Nine. One. Take his wings out too. While he is close." Skeleton Key continued to ramble out a plan he was hatching up as they walked.
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Pullus yawned, his blue tails giving a gentle twitch as he lay sprawled out upon a rock, basking in the moonlight. He enjoyed the night, the time when bad dreams were everywhere. He was a tad messed up for an Angelic, though his sanity level was much higher then Key's. "Tw' li'le pi'geon b'nes spin'ng in a row~" He sang, eyes shut.
How fortunate for the Nightmares, the fight would certainly be theirs, the two of them against one little Angelic. An easy win, no problem.
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:47 pm
Vellamo listened carefuly to the formulating of Key's plan to pretty much ambush the foolish bug. She grinned, following closely and listening attentively. "Bugs attack... but we attack first? Surprise. Cat and mouse. Mushrooms? Pluck pluck." She giggled.. or atleast as best a Nightmare could giggle, in delight. She paused, to smell the air again, her claws kneading at the ground before following after Key once more.
She went quiet though, for was that another Kitsusagi that she smelled? It smelled different from a Nightmare certainly.. and instinctively.. she didn't like it at all. It had an odor that was unpleasant to her and she bared her teeth in disgust. An ear tilted towards Key... waiting to see what he would do or say next.
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:35 pm
Teeth clamped as Skeleton Key shut his jaws, his ears darting up then down. "Yessssssss. One one. One. Cat and mouse. Leaf and mud. Bugs to squash. Smush and disappear." The Nightmare's voice was growing quiet, a tongue uncoiling and floping out the side of his maw. They were getting close. Oh so close now. He could feel it, his blood was boiling now.
With a flick of his tongue he grined, "Close. Five. Five. Very close? We walk quiet. Eight eight. Two. Creep up and pounce. Only one. Six. Six. Only one tonight. Fortunate? Yessssss. Fortunate for us. Rip apart one bug. Leave a message for the other. Yesssssss?" Skeleton Key lowered his head slowly, gently creeping forward. The attack would have to be perfect, and why wouldn't it be? Nightmares were far more intelligent then Angelics anyhow.
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