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𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 4m

"Have you got something fae and fancy for me to try?"

𝑨𝒊𝒍𝒔𝒂 @faeotheisles.bsky.social · 5m

"Have you tried hard enough?"

𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 9m

He can't get high. His system burns it out.

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𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐠. @mysticwong.bsky.social · 1d

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囚犯~ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕣 𝕀𝕟 𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖~囚犯 @unclewong.bsky.social · 19h

*ੈ°🪷‧₊˚༺🌳༻*ੈ🌿‧~₊˚
“𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙼𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚝𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊 - 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜.”

*ੈ°🌿‧₊-˚༺🌳༻-*ੈ🪷‧~₊˚

♡ + ↻ .ᐟ

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𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

"You song will draw them out for us to lay to rest."

𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

He only smiled, nodding.

He lumbered forward, but only going so far as to smell and sense - to see into the Umbra and listen for the hidden things that might endanger her.

"They are deep. And hidden." He placed a hand on her waist, just briefly.

𝑨𝒊𝒍𝒔𝒂 @faeotheisles.bsky.social · 1d

He was feeding her up.

That was almost romantic.

“Then I’ll dance as you do you do your best work, and if I can, I’ll cleanse this place.”

Even if it meant drinking down the magic within it and repurposing it. Which was the exact sort of magic she did.

Earth magic. -

𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

"They are ghosts of mortal men and my kinfolk. So should think so."

There was a pause. "The spirit world here is loaded with dread and suffering. I know not if your song could sway him. He will fight like me, but weaker. I do not need you to help me kill him."

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𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

Another long, drawn out pause. He did not look at her as he took his first step into the darkness.

"His blood will make you strong. To leave him in the coal dust felt like a waste."

𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

"They are ghosts of mortal men and my kinfolk. So should think so."

There was a pause. "The spirit world here is loaded with dread and suffering. I know not if your song could sway him. He will fight like me, but weaker. I do not need you to help me kill him."

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𝑨𝒊𝒍𝒔𝒂 @faeotheisles.bsky.social · 1d

Her eyes looked dull, brown but… hungry. She was looking at him with that same hunger, remembering the taste of his blood when he gave it freely.

One like him. But fallen.

One like him.

For her to feast upon.

She should worry about how happy that made her. -

𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

Shifted, passing into the shape called Glabro. His human form but exaggerated and husky, thin fur and longer hair. Might be mistaken for a man, but clearly in the buff - no mere mortal human. The Hunter's form she'd seen him take from time to time to fight different creatures over the years.

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𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

"The Dancer's are... All of them must die."

"The humans of my region died here in droves, forced to mine coal for their slave masters. Their restless moans offer it power. We'll sever them from the stone and you may feast on him when we finish."

𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

"One like me. But fallen. Fallen low."

He knelt by the mouth of the coal mine, a look of sickness coming to his lips.

"I caught his scent near the cabin a week ago - it walked too close to where we might raise young. Too close. It will have your scent too."

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𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

When his war form was simply unreasonable.

"Down in the hole is a thing you can drink, and around it are things we need the knife to kill. My claws can do it, but both are needed for the bleeding thing. The flesh eater, the blood drinker..."

He looked her over, tilting his head to one side.

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𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

Shifted, passing into the shape called Glabro. His human form but exaggerated and husky, thin fur and longer hair. Might be mistaken for a man, but clearly in the buff - no mere mortal human. The Hunter's form she'd seen him take from time to time to fight different creatures over the years.

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𝑨𝒊𝒍𝒔𝒂 @faeotheisles.bsky.social · 1d

Not so long ago it barely bothered her, but now it was a constant drumming at her.

Rabbits wouldn't slake it.

Mortals kept it in check for a little while.

But she craved power now. And that was new.

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𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

Rotted tracks led down the mountain from where they were - half way up the Appalachia range.

"I have prey, in the dark. Not the normal kind. Tell me, do you have my gift with you...? The klaive?"

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𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

Soon they were beyond and in different mountains. They'd left the State of New York long behind - and now they were in Pennsylvania. In just five minutes of running.

When they stopped, they were standing outside a cave - barely held open by the supports.

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𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

To exceed.

His muscles rippled and he was moving like a diving bird of prey. Bounding not just between the trees and down the mountain - but from tree to tree, from rock to trunk and back to rock - sometimes going nearly half a kilometer without his paws touching the ground.

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𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 1d

He closed his eyes as he began to run, and she felt a surge of heat emanate from his shoulder blades - as he channeled that profane 𝚛 𝚊 𝚐 𝚎 inside him. Sparrows, hawks, rabbits... All of them fast. None faster than the darting hare. The prey spoke, and his anger fueled his speed. Not to match.

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𝑨𝒊𝒍𝒔𝒂 @faeotheisles.bsky.social · 2d

Oh his back it was. Her skirts being pulled up over her knees and her feet practically buried in his warm coat.

“I always did want to see how fast you could run when you weren’t having to wait for me.”

𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 2d

He huffed, shifting and growing into an even larger wolf. Big enough she might climb into his back and run her through the trees .

A gesture, asking her to either climb on or change herself.

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𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒚 @sanguinesoiree.bsky.social · 3d

❝ . . . 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. ❞

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𝐢𝐯𝐲 🌱 @toxiclips.bsky.social · 2d

redoing cause why not.

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𝕱𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖈𝖎𝖆 𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖞 @thesnipercat.bsky.social · 2d

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ the 𝑺𝑵𝑰𝑷𝑬𝑹 cat

𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 8881 - 𝑷𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒖

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AMAZING.. @amazingarachni.bsky.social · 2d

// will most likely do those later

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𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 2d

He huffed, shifting and growing into an even larger wolf. Big enough she might climb into his back and run her through the trees .

A gesture, asking her to either climb on or change herself.

𝑨𝒊𝒍𝒔𝒂 @faeotheisles.bsky.social · 2d

“Ack, it’s nothing important. Just inconvenient and I’m annoyed at my own forgetfulness.”

She stretched, then wrapped her arms around his neck, her head buried in his fur.

“Let’s go hunt something?”

𝕏𝕚𝕦𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕃𝕚𝕦 @cycleofthewerewolf.bsky.social · 2d

He looks up at her,nudging her shoulder then licking her cheek.

He's concerned. Eyes locked on hers.