THE FRUIT FROM THE TREE •• pittian visitor

[wormwood.]

i was born, on the highway, in a train wreck

with a heart, that was beating, out of my chest

The words that left Kydobi's mouth were like pure acid on Aurum's ears. So much twisting of the truth and guilt tripping just to make it seem like he was in the wrong, when reality here was a fucking Pittian, standing on their border preaching to them about what was right and wrong. He snapped back nearly immediately at Kydobi after the first comment, his tail still lashing viciously behind him, "You know very well that Goldie isn't our enemy. Goldie isn't a fucking Pittian. You are. She's just forced to stay in your shithole of a territory until she can find one of you bastards suitable to run the place decently, and I unfortunately doubt that'll happen." His words were cold, and cruel, but he meant every one of them, taking another step forward. Even though lava was not yet pouring forth from his mouth as it had once done in Astiar's presence, his words still felt like they were bubbling and burning as he snarled, "You can act as if you are in the right all you want, Kydobi, but your mangled half truths will never be accepted here, because we can actually see them for what they are. Simple manipulation. I didn't attack some 'poor defenseless Pittian'. I attacked and I killed an enemy of Tanglewood. One that had fought me fair and square just moments before, and was in the middle of attacking another when I pulled you away. I won't say I didn't kill you, because put quite simply, that would be a lie. But do I regret it? Not at all. I would fight and kill you again if I needed to. Hell, the only reason I don't kill you right now is because of Piers. Because you are not some poor defenseless Father. You are not some pitiful innocent soul who was denied the right to see your child because some unjust lion came down and brought swift justice upon your head. You are nothing but scum. Lying, manipulative, murderous scum, who lives in a group that ruins lives. The next time you want to lecture me about morality and fairness, I want you to think about Beck. And Sam. And Kiira. And Red. And my fucking son. You don't get your have the high ground when you died defending the group that stole my child from me, and brainwashed him. I will not have you manipulating Piers like that." He was practically trembling with rage as he spoke, every sentence bringing him a sentence closer to the male, and the faintest step closer to crushing his windpipe once again. It would've been so simple... so satisfying. After Piers spoke, Aurum turned to him, his one blue eye boring into the boy as he said softly, shaking his head as he let out a sigh, "He's feeding you lies, Piers. He was never some defenseless warrior on the field that I murdered. I killed him in battle, when he was attempting to maim and kill another. He's doing nothing but manipulate you, as I'm sure was his plan from the moment he left the Pitt." He couldn't make it so that Piers would believe him, but he would make sure that the child could understand what had really happened, even if it was in the most simple of terms, since he hadn't been there to witness it for himself.

Aurum was intent on keeping his word, and letting Kydobi speak to his son, even as he heard Kaz's soft words that he was expecting orders, but then something unexpected happened. As Aurum was watching the scene, rapidly growing tired of Kydobi's dawdling, a second Pitt scent entered his nose, along with the sound of buzzing. Eye darting upwards, Aurum froze as he saw Astiar descend down alongside Kydobi, the creature doing nothing but sitting there and staring at them evidently because of Kydobi's presence. And that... that was the straw the snapped the camel's back in two and stomped on it. Not only was Kydobi here, spewing lies, trespassing, and trying to manipulate his own son, but he had brought the fucking creature back onto their territory. The creature that had stolen his son from him. The creature that had already trespassed on their territory before. If Aurum had been tightly wound before, just barely holding himself back from attacking, he had finally lost it. His claws sunk into the earth as he roared to those present, fire immediately flaring in his chest as his anger surged to life, no longer bound by him holding it back, "Tanglers... ATTACK! Get these intruders off of our fucking territory, now! This is ENOUGH!" He had enough of pleasantries, trying to remain neutral, and grinning and bearing it. Kaz was already awaiting orders, and he got the feeling that Snarl was as well... well, now the proxy had provided those orders. Immediately after snarling out his vicious and deadly words, Aurum gathered flames up into his mouth, spewing a huge flame ball at Kydobi to drive him backward, back towards the Pitt. He wouldn't try to maim or kill the other... not yet at least. If Kydobi or Astiar chose to fight back and attempt to stay? Well, that would be a whole other story.

( attacking: [member=4490]Kydobi[/member]
Kydobi can just dodge the fireball if you want lmao )

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