The creature slowly moved through out the room before centering on one of the guests left over in the room, a swift whistle, a gurgling scream and a loud splattering is all that is heard before a loud crunching and cracking sound is heard.
Reyna’s next move was to pull her skirt up into a much more mobile outfit. Her mother didn’t fight a lot, but the few times she had, she was always wearing dresses and needed a way to make it work. After she figured it out, she taught it to Reyna too.
Madelyn reached up and grabbed Oliver hand and pulled him down into a crouching position, She put a finger up agents his lips know they were both blind, Please under stand this means no sound, don't say anything.She quietly started to take off her shoes to eliminate the sound they would make on the floor.
Soon the crunching finished and the creature moved on traveling back towards the rooms exit and was soon gone. A few minutes later the light returned revealing the grisly remains of someone who had obviously been partially devoured, next to the corpse, was a piece of yellowed parchement with an inscruption seemingly written in blood. On the palate it said
“A dear treasure stolen, not to be returned. Loving families torn apart utterly crashed and burned. To save them you must first find the key, search the world from end to end best start within the world tree. And at the crossroads of the universe the piper lies in wait. If heed this warning you do not, await a grisly turn of fate.”
Cade suppressed a whimper and gently squeezed Jaxon’s hand, “The room went dark. And there’s this horrible sound like-like claws scratching the floor.”
Thanatos’s pressense was reassuring, but that sound was a pain to hear and a little terrifying. Chelsea tried to figure out what was making that horrible sound and where t was coming from
Involuntarily, Jaxon’s wings opened again to curl around him - and Cade, by default - protectively, like a shield. After the noises stopped, he whispered, “What about now?”
Reyna wrinkled her nose and stepped closer to the remains, nudging the parchment with her foot and reading it aloud for everyone.
"That did happen right?, it wasn't one of my episodes." She looked around trying to make sense of what took place.
"That did happen right?, it wasn't one of my episodes." She looked around trying to make sense of what took place.
Thanatos turned to her taking his mask from his face and throwing it to the floor. “ I assume this doesn’t usually happen then?” He asked
Involuntarily, Jaxon’s wings opened again to curl around him - and Cade, by default - protectively, like a shield. After the noises stopped, he whispered, “What about now?”
Reyna wrinkled her nose and stepped closer to the remains, nudging the parchment with her foot and reading it aloud for everyone.
“Some really horrifying sh- … really bad things.”
Jaxon started mumbling to himself under his breath, death grip tightening.
“It wasn’t an episode, this doesn’t usually happen, and this is a stupidly cryptic note. Fun,” Reyna said drily.
"No we don't usually release a monstrosity in the middle of a party." She looked around, "Death is not on the schedule. I normally try not to run my parties like the white court runs theirs."
"No we don't usually release a monstrosity in the middle of a party." She looked around, "Death is not on the schedule. I normally try not to run my parties like the white court runs theirs."
“ what happens now” he watched her silently for a moment “ do we just leave ?”
"Unless you would like to continue with a corpse on the floor… yes, the party is over." She looked at the corpse and sighed, "So much paper work." she said under her breath.
“I don’t suppose there’s a way to identify the body now,” Reyna said to Maddie, nudging a piece of the corpse with her foot. It rolled over and hit the ground with a sickening splat.
She shrugged, "Magic? or the caterpillar might know." She looked to the exit, "I'm more worried about what did this and were the others guest went."
“Hopefully nOT also eaten.” Reyna knew she sounded ridiculously calm about the entire situation, but she couldn’t help it. During stressful times, she tended to lock up emotions and let autopilot do the work.
I swear if this has been cause by any in court drama. I will end the faulty system. She looked around "Not eaten would be preferable." she agreed, "Any one have a clue at why this happened?"
“There’s a corpse on the floor.” Cade muttered.
“There’s a corpse on the floor.” Chelsea muttered under her breath.
Althea stood to the side drinking her tea, after the creatures appearence and death, she needed something to remind her she is not dreaming."
(Let's play spot the British XD)
Oh, the sweet summer children, Madelyn looked between the twins, I'm not sure how much experience with the war they had, but they aren't nearly as messed up as I am. Madelyn tried to feel some kind of sympathy for the stranger, but the most she could muster was at lest it wasn't someone I knew. She walked up to one of the tables and pulled the table cloth off with out disturbing the placements, an old hosting trick. Madelyn used it to cover the corpse.
“There’s a what?” Jaxon blurted our, looking around wildly. Reyna spared him a glance before continuing her sweep of the room, smiling gently at Cade and her other friends.
“I suppose cleanup is in order,” she suggested. “Though I’m not in the mood to touch that.”
"I'll take care of clean up not like it bothers me," Madelyn said as she when around collecting a few more table cloths before going back to wrap up what was left of the body.
Reyna bent down to pick up the note gingerly, reading it again. “Sounds dangerous.”
“A corpse.” Cade sighed, “And a lot of people are missing.”
Did I… know that person? Chelsea took a step back, looking warily at the corpse.
Jaxon blinked and stepped closer to Cade, before realizing what his wings were doing. “Oh, sorry, you mind the wings?”