09-17-2019, 04:09 PM
Ever since his sudden transformation into a hellhound had happened, Wormwood hadn't really spared any more thought to it. Sure, it had been fairly confusing and unsettling at first, but there wasn't really anything he could do about it, except get used to it. Red had seemed pretty concerned about it, and still seemed like he was fairly worried about why it had happened, but neither he nor Worm could think of why his shapeshifting – a power he had never discovered before – would just go off like that, and make him into something so... disturbing. An unsettling looking blue hellhound with sparkling golden eyes that, from the outside, looked like he was rotting away. It was clear to Wormwood that obviously he wasn't dead, given the way his heart beat in his chest and air filled his lungs, but he certainly looked like he was supposed to be dead from the outside, with the rotted blue skin beneath his fur, and the rotted back lips that made him have a constant sharp toothed grin. So yeah, it was a little upsetting to be in such a form, but he was adjusting just fine.
Besides Image, Worm hadn't actually run into any other creatures that looked like he did now, with the exception of maybe Beck. But Beck was a ghost, not a zombie – not that Worm was actually a zombie – and he didn't actually look that rotted to the outside onlooker. Of course, he had never seen another creature that looked like him... until now. The hellhound had been out on a hunting trip by himself, sniffing around on his search for prey, when suddenly the scent of a squirrel reached his nose. He lit up and looked around excitedly for the source of the smell, moving forward before pausing in surprise when he found the small animal. The squirrel was upright, sniffing at an acorn that it had, and that wasn't cause for concern, except... it looked rotten. It's flesh was torn in certain places and it looked like it was rotting from the inside out, just like him. He frowned immediately upon this revelation, before charging forward to snap the smaller creature up into his jaws, teeth crushing against muscle and bone. He wrinkled his nose a bit at the feeling of the squirrel's skin in his mouth, and he trotted back towards town, still holding the prey in his jaws as he walked.
Once he reached town, he sat near the center of their little camp, and spat the squirrel out onto the ground, inspecting it. Beneath it's rotting outsides, the squirrel seemed like any other piece of prey, with good meat on it and nothing wrong, except for the odd outsides. It seemed that it had been just as alive as he was now, despite appearances, until he killed it. Glancing around camp, he hesitated before barking softly, prodding at the unnatural looking squirrel with a paw, "Hey! Has anybody else been finding prey like this around here? It looked all rotted and dead, but it was up and walking around, plus it seems like the meat is good... I'm just wondering if anybody else has seen anything like this." Unbeknownst to him, the very same "necromancer" that had caused his change into his hellhound form, Arethus, had been experimenting with prey in the area, seeing how he could bring dead souls back to life. However, he had only tested his theory on a few pieces of prey, so it would be unlikely anyone else had seen similarly undead looking prey.
( just for clarification for rule reasons, Arethus has not actually brought anything back from the dead, he just shoved formerly dead spirits inside of prey, which caused it to look rotted and undead despite being an alive body. Got the clearance for it from Tikki ^.^ )
Besides Image, Worm hadn't actually run into any other creatures that looked like he did now, with the exception of maybe Beck. But Beck was a ghost, not a zombie – not that Worm was actually a zombie – and he didn't actually look that rotted to the outside onlooker. Of course, he had never seen another creature that looked like him... until now. The hellhound had been out on a hunting trip by himself, sniffing around on his search for prey, when suddenly the scent of a squirrel reached his nose. He lit up and looked around excitedly for the source of the smell, moving forward before pausing in surprise when he found the small animal. The squirrel was upright, sniffing at an acorn that it had, and that wasn't cause for concern, except... it looked rotten. It's flesh was torn in certain places and it looked like it was rotting from the inside out, just like him. He frowned immediately upon this revelation, before charging forward to snap the smaller creature up into his jaws, teeth crushing against muscle and bone. He wrinkled his nose a bit at the feeling of the squirrel's skin in his mouth, and he trotted back towards town, still holding the prey in his jaws as he walked.
Once he reached town, he sat near the center of their little camp, and spat the squirrel out onto the ground, inspecting it. Beneath it's rotting outsides, the squirrel seemed like any other piece of prey, with good meat on it and nothing wrong, except for the odd outsides. It seemed that it had been just as alive as he was now, despite appearances, until he killed it. Glancing around camp, he hesitated before barking softly, prodding at the unnatural looking squirrel with a paw, "Hey! Has anybody else been finding prey like this around here? It looked all rotted and dead, but it was up and walking around, plus it seems like the meat is good... I'm just wondering if anybody else has seen anything like this." Unbeknownst to him, the very same "necromancer" that had caused his change into his hellhound form, Arethus, had been experimenting with prey in the area, seeing how he could bring dead souls back to life. However, he had only tested his theory on a few pieces of prey, so it would be unlikely anyone else had seen similarly undead looking prey.
( just for clarification for rule reasons, Arethus has not actually brought anything back from the dead, he just shoved formerly dead spirits inside of prey, which caused it to look rotted and undead despite being an alive body. Got the clearance for it from Tikki ^.^ )
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