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Who: Amane and open!
Where: The Coral, then onwards
When: Evening, after this
Status: Open.
Style: Actionspam baby

[After texting Cielo about it, she leave the Volo Dorms as quietly and discreetly as she can. She doesn’t want to trouble her dorm mates, especially with what she needs to do to satisfy this Atma-driven hunger. It’s necessary for her to hunt once, but it doesn’t make it any easier.

Eating people is bad.

She head to the Coral, intending on meeting up with Cielo for the hunt. Amane could always do it alone and let her demon handle it, but having someone by her side would make it a little easier.]
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[After the hunt...

She’s still in shock. At how easily satisfied she get from devouring the poor local, and how delicious they taste. Do people always taste that good, or did the Atma change her tastebuds as well? She can’t be sure, but her mind is still reeling from it.

Until she returns to the Volo Dorms, Amane is in a daze and slowly heading back, trying to clean the blood away before she’s there.]

(OOC: Thread with Cielo is closed, but Amane's open after the hunt!)

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[Some of the changes this curse brought was harmless. Fun, depending on the change. But for a number of people, it's anything but fun or harmless. It's terrifying.

If she doesn't want to hurt people, she have to hunt. The life of one person compared to many others; it would be logical to pick kill one person to save many people, but it's emotionally hard.

Hearing Cielo's approach and greeting, she looks up at him.]

Good evening.

[It's so normal seeming that one might think that they were just going to hang out and watch movies until early morning. Oh, how he wished that was all they were doing. And even after this week is up, what happens then? What will happen to him and the rest of the Embryon?

He doesn't want to think about the possibilities.

The plaza is a lot emptier at night, though not completely devoid of life. But it was just quiet enough that they could do this quickly and without being seen.]

We'll do this fast.

[If only they're hanging out and do something fun. Maybe they can do it another time, when this curse will be long since over. But that means handling the aftermath of this curse. Her and others who was given an Atma.]

I know. [Without causing a loud mess or fight. It would be bad if people find out she's doing this. It's worse, since she's also on the Defence Force.] Let's find someone.

[Quick.]

[Yes, quick. And then Amane can be safe. Cielo usually does his hunting from above, but he's not at all unfamiliar with staying on the ground. The first thing they need to do is find somebody alone, and it doesn't take long for him to spot a local wandering around all by himself.]

That one. Do you want to [kill him] or should I?

[She stare at the local. Cielo's question is on her mind right now. Can she really bring herself to kill a person? Or let Cielo do it, knowing he kills a person for her?]

I...

[Maybe Cielo should do it.]

[He can already tell she's not comfortable with it. Good, she shouldn't be.]

I'll do it.

[And he's off to tail the local, waiting for him to turn down an alleyway or somewhere similarly secluded where he can strike without being seen.]

[She's still standing, watching him trail after the local. After a while, she quietly follows after Cielo.]

[Hunting is all about knowing when and where to strike, so even if it does take a bit of time, Cielo is patient. Finally, the local does turn down a dark alleyway and he follows, the claws on the gloves he's wearing extending. Once they're in enough darkness, he pounces, driving the blades into the local for a quick kill.

Even if he has to use a different method than what he usually does, it's still quite clear he's frighteningly skilled at this and that he has, indeed, done this many, many times. Looking down at the body, he realizes that this is the first time in a long while where the hunger doesn't gnaw at him. Where it doesn't threaten to consume everything, including himself.

But he'd gladly take it back if it meant that no one else had to suffer it. There are good people who were cursed with Atma this week, people who have done nothing to deserve it. People who, unlike him, aren't monsters.

He signals to Amane. Time for the hard part.]

[She stands there and stare at the dead body. The shock and sadness is nothing new to her. Amane saw plenty of dead people back in the lockdown, when she's just too slow to save them in time.

But she can't help but think the dead local looks appetising. And with her hunger, the local's just almost irresistible.

Another moment of hesitation. Just one step.

At least...it's just Cielo here, who understands.]

[She slowly walks over to the local's body, until she's next to them.

The Atma mark on her face glows and seems to spread. And then her body changes. Her feminine figure grows and change, until Amane becomes the demon she suspected to transform into.

Jezebel.

With her two arms, she pick up the body. The rosebud with the mouth, not her head, reach over and...take a bite. And another, until her hunger finally takes over to eat.]

[Cielo has seen many demons in his life. Of the people he's seen so far in Vatheon who were cursed with Atma this week, he's recognized all their forms.

But he's never seen a demon like Jezebel before. All he can do is wait for her to eat, watching and listening for any signs that someone might be coming upon them.

There's nobody.]

[Compared to other demons in her world, Jezebel is unique. The demon was old and powerful, not as powerful as Belberith, and is also crowned with the name of "Bel".

No demon will ever be like her.

The sounds of eating stop. She's done eating and her hunger's satisfied for now. She won't be able to lash out and risk people's safety this week.

Jezebel...Amane stare at where the corpse used to be in her hands. A number of thoughts run through her mind.

She ate a person.
Is this what being Jezebel is like?
The person taste good to her tongue.]

[Even after she's finished, he still waits a moment. Inexperienced demons sometimes find it hard to control their new bodies. There's blood on the claws and some on his clothes from the kill, but he should be able to make it back to the base without being seen.]

You okay now?

[It's never easy at first.]

I'm...not as hungry, now.

[Which doesn't answer his question, exactly.

A moment later, Amane realised she's still in her demon form. Um.]

[...oh. She's still in her demon form. It's probably not a good idea for her to stay like that.]

Think about changing back into yourself.

[Demons in general can look quite disturbing, but there's something about Jezebel that especially unnerves Cielo. It's the roses, he thinks. He's just too used to thinking of plants as wonderful, peaceful things. He was so thrilled when he first came to Vatheon and saw a flower for the first time ever in his life.

Flowers shouldn't be demons too.]

[She thinks about changing back. To the human form she's born in, what she normally looks like. Just with the Atma on her cheek until this week is over.

Sure enough, Jezebel's large form change and shrink back into Amane's familiar figure.

...So that was what it's like to become a demon.]

[Phew, that was over with.]

You should be fine now.

[In no danger of losing control. The only obstacle now was for both of them to get back to safety. Cielo knows he can - he's done it so many times it's second nature for him.]

Can you make it home by yourself?

[She slowly nods.]

Yes, I can make it back home.

[Maybe in a slight daze, but she'll get back.]

...Cielo?

[He was about to leave, but stops when he hears her say his name.]

Nya? What is it?

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...Thank you.

[Just two words, but there's a lot behind it. Her gratitude for his help and being here tonight.]

[Thank you. It's very nice to hear those words. Even though she knows what he is, she knows what he does, she can still find it in her to thank him.

For someone like Cielo who wants nothing more than approval, acceptance, and affection, it's great.]

You're welcome. Stay safe.

[Amane has suffered a lot from Atma, but she'll be okay now. When the week is over, her tattoo will fade and she can to back to being a human again. Cielo glances down at his shirt for a second, his own mark displayed prominently on it in olive green.

Even in this form, the Rainbow Arch still brands him. He has mixed feelings about that.

Assured that Amane will be safe, he leaves. No one seems to have seen or heard what happened, and getting back to the Embryon Base should be easy.]

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