The unmistakable sound of flesh being sliced open forced the hyur to flinch even harder as death's brutal call beckoned toward the hyur, drawing him into it's domain. Though, oddly, the afterlife as he had imagined it was not what greeted him...
As the seconds past he soon began to question if he had already been killed. He was well enough to tell that he still remained seated against the tree, upon the same damp, forest floor on which he had last drawn certain breath... but...... where was the pain? Why was it that he could he still hear his flesh being torn so brutally asunder?
Finally, curiosity overcame all else. Andre forced his eyes open as he anxiously sought to find the answer to the questions that plagued his mind.
As Andre looked on before him, his genuine bewilderment was disguised well behind a pained expression as the defeated Ixal crumbled lifelessly before him into the soil. The perpetrator, an unfamiliar miqo'te whom, after pulling herself and her weapon away from the beast, seemed momentarily transfixed on the results of her handiwork before eventually moving her gaze on to that of Andre.
"Are you dying?"Â she asked bluntly, seemingly absent of both emotion and interest.
Her question, regardless of it's tone, had no immediate bearing on the hyur as his eyes scanned from her, to the Ixal and back to her again as he struggled to make sense of the situation that had so unexpectedly unfolded before him. Was this... real? Or had he instead passed out and fallen prey to a deceptively, real dreamworld? He watched the miqo'te for a moment longer in silence before his lips parted slightly in an attempt to answer.
"I... uh.."
He blinked furiously as he dried to alleviate himself from the daze whose effects continued to dull his wits.
"I'm... I'll be fine... thank you.." he finally managed to blurt out as he struggled to pull himself back to his feet with evident difficulty. His answer, too, was lacking a connection if its own as he seemingly still appeared unsure of what had just happened. His eyes met with the female as he silently hoped for an explanation.
Just who was she and what was she even doing here?
As the seconds past he soon began to question if he had already been killed. He was well enough to tell that he still remained seated against the tree, upon the same damp, forest floor on which he had last drawn certain breath... but...... where was the pain? Why was it that he could he still hear his flesh being torn so brutally asunder?
Finally, curiosity overcame all else. Andre forced his eyes open as he anxiously sought to find the answer to the questions that plagued his mind.
As Andre looked on before him, his genuine bewilderment was disguised well behind a pained expression as the defeated Ixal crumbled lifelessly before him into the soil. The perpetrator, an unfamiliar miqo'te whom, after pulling herself and her weapon away from the beast, seemed momentarily transfixed on the results of her handiwork before eventually moving her gaze on to that of Andre.
"Are you dying?"Â she asked bluntly, seemingly absent of both emotion and interest.
Her question, regardless of it's tone, had no immediate bearing on the hyur as his eyes scanned from her, to the Ixal and back to her again as he struggled to make sense of the situation that had so unexpectedly unfolded before him. Was this... real? Or had he instead passed out and fallen prey to a deceptively, real dreamworld? He watched the miqo'te for a moment longer in silence before his lips parted slightly in an attempt to answer.
"I... uh.."
He blinked furiously as he dried to alleviate himself from the daze whose effects continued to dull his wits.
"I'm... I'll be fine... thank you.." he finally managed to blurt out as he struggled to pull himself back to his feet with evident difficulty. His answer, too, was lacking a connection if its own as he seemingly still appeared unsure of what had just happened. His eyes met with the female as he silently hoped for an explanation.
Just who was she and what was she even doing here?
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Characters: Andre Winter (Hy'ur) / K'nahli Yohko (Miqo'te)
