Stay down if you know what's good for you! [ she hates turning her back on an opponent. but her concern for those inside, and her fear for artemis, are stronger still. venus races to the entrance. her arms come up to protect her face from the intense heat. no matter where she looks, she cannot find a small white cat. ]
Artemis! Artemis, where are you?
[ only the snap of the fire and the cracking of beams answers her. before panic can coil in her chest, she hears a distant cough and the sound of her name. a strange shadow lumbers toward her out of the smoke. dashing forward, she seizes the body artemis had been painstakingly dragging out.
she drops the man on the cool grass outside the blazing compound. his breathing is shallow, his once fine suit burnt. the skin revealed by the ruined clothing has darkened to a furious red, blistering before her eyes.
beside him, artemis drops heavily onto his haunches. his usually pristine white fur is blackened by ash; he coughs into his paw: "he was the only one. everyone else is dead." artemis' head hangs despondently. venus lays a hand between his ears. ]
no subject
still.
venus: 1. pyromanic psycho murderer: 0. ]
Stay down if you know what's good for you! [ she hates turning her back on an opponent. but her concern for those inside, and her fear for artemis, are stronger still. venus races to the entrance. her arms come up to protect her face from the intense heat. no matter where she looks, she cannot find a small white cat. ]
Artemis! Artemis, where are you?
[ only the snap of the fire and the cracking of beams answers her. before panic can coil in her chest, she hears a distant cough and the sound of her name. a strange shadow lumbers toward her out of the smoke. dashing forward, she seizes the body artemis had been painstakingly dragging out.
she drops the man on the cool grass outside the blazing compound. his breathing is shallow, his once fine suit burnt. the skin revealed by the ruined clothing has darkened to a furious red, blistering before her eyes.
beside him, artemis drops heavily onto his haunches. his usually pristine white fur is blackened by ash; he coughs into his paw: "he was the only one. everyone else is dead." artemis' head hangs despondently. venus lays a hand between his ears. ]