diamond in the rough | TSUYU'S PUNISHMENT

[Stryker]

[align=center][div style="width: 60%; text-align: justify; font-size: 11pt; font-family: georgia;"]☣ — His paw latched into her jaws, frost slowly crawling up his leg and causing a violent shiver to run through his body as he struggled to escape her grip for a few moments. Finally loosening his paw, the male let out a rippling growl. In a sudden movement, he aimed to backhand (paw?) Tsuyu in retaliation. "MOTHERFUCKING BITCH," snapped Stryker quickly. His haunches were flared, eyes narrowed. Soon enough Tsuyu began to pull away and drift off into his palace of hell, bringing her into a new dimension with new moralities. Her mind would eventually fade if successful, going into dark places... and it did.

'Tokoyami.'

There was his key to get in.

Beginning to pick at her locked mind, the lion grew closer. Ears perking, he smirked. Piercing neon eyes stared into hers as Stryker breathed heavily, hoping to catch her attention onto him and not on the fighting audience around them. This was his moment... No, hers. He softened up and lied back to observe how Tsuyu was feeling.  Back to cocky as usual. "So how do you feel betrayed?" he rasped lightly. "I assume you realize that we can no longer remain peaceful, Tsuyu." An unsheathed claw aimed to prod at her chest, but not enough to cut her deeply. "Or else-" With his claw, he would trace a small heart as he looked downwards. "-we lose people like-" A dark gaze shifted upwards, attempting to meet with her own again. "-Tokoyami."

"If only we had fought, we wouldn't of lost so many lives, sweetheart." His voice was calm with a bittersweet taste of his own malicious venom, hoping to persuade her to his side of the argument. "I could of kept them-" Stryker wasn't going to explain his past, though it was important to his motivation. The daddy issues card was overrated.  -And you could of kept him..." Now, to note, that he was not aware of the situation with this Tokoyami person. Truly, he did not care to delve into her past. Stryker was making assumptions.

The final test. If this had worked, then perhaps he could convince others to understand his state of mind... by force. Being misunderstood and attention seeking was rather troubling. "Wouldn't you agree?" came his final words, head craning to the side.