HAIL TO THE KING | capture the flag

[j a c k .]

the world was awash in a hush in the ashen city, until a very strange courier gathered the kodkod for the training regimine the mor had accepted only days ago. There had been plenty of change, already jack watched his clan scatter with vigor, egear to taste the blood of war, to fill the land with blood. Silent as the ardent didn't come as a surprise, the elderitch walking corpse was powerful, and as kydobi seemed less and less around, silent's sudden announcement came with no warning, no retaliation, only a bloody skull of a cat to adorn the wall of leader's skulls. Yet a name to be carved, silent's voice still shook the lands, an echo that rippled into action, into the pitt; humming, readying for war once again.

Even jack found himself thrilled at the concept, for all that the mor was one of masks, it was not something jack tried to hide. his excitement, to taste what had been kept from him- promised from him in each of his clan's eyes when he first came; gruesome, longing, blood-lusting clan. It was only a matter of time before they had rebelled, and in their fashion, such a brutal way. this was a stepping stone, and as jack walked up the red temple gates, taking position along his own flag as he heard gael speak, that thrill washed into him and suddenly jack were lucky to have his water canteen, an empty holster along the strap was filled by the open canteen. a knife of ice, clear as glass and sharper than steel. he grinned at gael's words, watching their new ardent take his own flag.

he was with a younger member, sweeny. while ot a disadvantage, the fact that bara was along the other team did make the mor tense; silent would be gunning for them then, if out of nothing else, to eliminate them faster? his mind raced with the ideas, as he waited for his team-mate. grey eyes like ice watched the rest of the teams follow in to grab thier own flags; jack would step aside for sweeny to take theirs.

jack would be better on the defensive against silent, and as soon as the thought occurred to him he took to watching their new leader, silently waiting to see if they would take their flag or simply guard it.