I really- [The words casual and careless, taken by the breeze before they fully leave his mouth as the knife slices through the fatty tissue down the front of the man. The shirt he was wearing, riding in to town, parting to flap around his torso as the skin splits around the sharp blade of a snake's tail.] hate repeating myself.
Why are you here?
[The man's eyes dart from the Darkling's to watch the onlooker, something like hope flashing across his face and it dies when nothing happens. There is no hope of rescue, no escape from the pain.
Eyebrow arched, the Darkling makes the shadow gag slither away for a moment.]
Yes?
[But it's more denial, more lies and the Darkling's hand clench as the shadows swam the bound man. Slither over his lacerated skin, slipping in to his mouth and deeper, filling his lungs until his eyes bulge.]
Useless. I'll find another one, you can stay or come with me.
[Leaving the alien to die in the sandy alleyway, blood still tickling out of to stain the ground as he steps over the weakly struggling man, heading out to find someone more eager to talk.]
CW: Violence and blood and death
Why are you here?
[The man's eyes dart from the Darkling's to watch the onlooker, something like hope flashing across his face and it dies when nothing happens. There is no hope of rescue, no escape from the pain.
Eyebrow arched, the Darkling makes the shadow gag slither away for a moment.]
Yes?
[But it's more denial, more lies and the Darkling's hand clench as the shadows swam the bound man. Slither over his lacerated skin, slipping in to his mouth and deeper, filling his lungs until his eyes bulge.]
Useless. I'll find another one, you can stay or come with me.
[Leaving the alien to die in the sandy alleyway, blood still tickling out of to stain the ground as he steps over the weakly struggling man, heading out to find someone more eager to talk.]