11-02-2020, 12:22 AM
NOTHING BESIDE REMAINS — Anger. Fear. Anxiety. It all bubbled beneath Aurum's pelt, itching and tearing at his flesh like an uncomfortable and ugly Christmas sweater that would never come off. At least, never come off until Tanglewood was able to do something about their current intruders. They were still in the planning phase of things right now, and that was enough to drive the former proxy wild. He just wanted to dig his claws into someone's flesh, and make them feel the pain that Tanglewood had felt. Not only now, but over, over and over again. It seemed as though they were never free of some kind of bullshit, and that was enough to drive any man crazy – even one as usually calm and diplomatic as Aurum. The angel knew that he couldn't remain silent for much longer, but he needed to. They needed to figure out what they were going to do, which meant giving time for things to be planned out, and for the perfect moment to eventually present itself. Until that moment came, however, the lion could do nothing but pace, desperately trying to figure out some kind of outlet for the nervous energy that buzzed within him.
Ultimately, that outlet ended up coming in the form of the very captors that were holding Tanglewood practically hostage. Aurum happened to lift his head from his fury-motivated pacing, only to see a crowd of different Coalition members, most around to make sure that nobody was going to escape, just staring. Staring, and doing very little else, except for the occasional jeer or switching of shifts. Seeing them like that was enough to finally make him snap, his ears flattening down against his skull before he turned. He could feel frantic muttering from behind him as he took several long strides towards the crowd of Coalition members, lips pulled back in a snarl. Regardless of what those behind him were thinking, the lion raised his voice so that he would be heard, demanding of the crowd before him, "So, are all of you pathetic mongrels just here to stare at us? Keep us in this bunker and pretend that you're the big bad wolves of this world? Cause if that's the case, I'm even more embarrassed that such a group of idiots managed to take us over." His voice was harsher than usual, but he made no attempt to soften it, or calm himself down. There was no reason to, not when the bastards who had taken his home hostage were standing right before him, keeping all of them locked in a bunker.
He continued in something akin to a roar, his sharp and thick claws extending to curl against the cold floor beneath him, "If you're such hot shit, why doesn't one of you take me on, huh? One on one, just to see what you can do. I'll show you that it would just be best for you to back off, now." He wasn't about to make a serious bet on this fight right now, not if he could help it. Mainly because, if he did end up losing, he didn't want to put the fate of his fellow Tanglers up as collateral.
( please wait for [member=2040]ninazu[/member] to respond first ! ) — OF THE MAN WHO WAS BORN AND DIED A KING.
Ultimately, that outlet ended up coming in the form of the very captors that were holding Tanglewood practically hostage. Aurum happened to lift his head from his fury-motivated pacing, only to see a crowd of different Coalition members, most around to make sure that nobody was going to escape, just staring. Staring, and doing very little else, except for the occasional jeer or switching of shifts. Seeing them like that was enough to finally make him snap, his ears flattening down against his skull before he turned. He could feel frantic muttering from behind him as he took several long strides towards the crowd of Coalition members, lips pulled back in a snarl. Regardless of what those behind him were thinking, the lion raised his voice so that he would be heard, demanding of the crowd before him, "So, are all of you pathetic mongrels just here to stare at us? Keep us in this bunker and pretend that you're the big bad wolves of this world? Cause if that's the case, I'm even more embarrassed that such a group of idiots managed to take us over." His voice was harsher than usual, but he made no attempt to soften it, or calm himself down. There was no reason to, not when the bastards who had taken his home hostage were standing right before him, keeping all of them locked in a bunker.
He continued in something akin to a roar, his sharp and thick claws extending to curl against the cold floor beneath him, "If you're such hot shit, why doesn't one of you take me on, huh? One on one, just to see what you can do. I'll show you that it would just be best for you to back off, now." He wasn't about to make a serious bet on this fight right now, not if he could help it. Mainly because, if he did end up losing, he didn't want to put the fate of his fellow Tanglers up as collateral.
( please wait for [member=2040]ninazu[/member] to respond first ! ) — OF THE MAN WHO WAS BORN AND DIED A KING.
— Reggan