sticksandbones | bark bark bark!!

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arknights: phantom

bark bark bark!!

Who: Beat + you
What: Beat says hi! Also WTF!
When: Leap Yeap
Where: The Network and the Grove
Warnings: lots of swearing, will change if more comes up

AIGHT YO who the fuck messed with the Fog this time it's fuckin BLACK I thought we was all agreed bout not messin wid it! weird as fuck even more so than when it was brown an no you cant blame me this time!! i aint do nothin!

[This is how this young adult writes I'm so sorry.]

but aight whatev so where is we this time like cool we get to ~~komuni~~ talk wid each other still but this aint dyster

lest i dont think

it dont smell like it

i mean it kinda do like it got that whole death thing goin for it but it also dont smell like uh stale

oh right aint no usernames wid this its beat yo shadow gal said to write in it to say hi who all here holla at me or come find me im at a well?

also man someone bring me a bandaid i got fuckin bit by something in the forest i dunno wtf is going this fuckin event but i might zombie i dunno

[ After scribbling all over the network Beat will just continue to sit where he sat, which is on the well. That's right, he plopped his ass right on the edge of the well. Do you want water? Too bad, tell him to move. He will then unceremoniously stuff his journal into his pocket the best he can by rolling it up, and sniffing the air. That sure is a fucking large ass werewolf just sitting there, trying to figure out where everyone is by sniffing the air. So even if you don't see his bullshit in the journal, you might run into him if you're trying to get water.

Come say hi, he's a good boy. Even if you don't, the moment he zones in on your scent, he might be locking eyes with you. Even if he can't see you, if he can smell you he's going to stare.

It's fine, that tail wag says he's friendly. ]

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i dunno what that word means!

[HUFF!!!]

different gods same shit yo

uh wait you mean you can turn into a monster here too?

[Like he said. Ignoring that. For his own sake.]
There is a man here dealing with the corruption of the Forest, by my understanding.
Never mind the shadowy folk that run the shops. They were more human, once.

[RUDE!!]

well

fuck yo

outta the fryer an into the fries

[Absolutely not.]

well im already a monster so prolly aint gotta worry bout that what they gonna do unmonster me? but still this sucks.

[Don't say anything. Don't say it. Just let it go.]

What do you mean, "already a monster?"

you know hair teeth claws the desire to maim and murder and all that horrid shit

uh not that ima maim and murder im good

[Maybe.]

... A werewolf?

[Is it weird that Luca doesn't seem surprised? Maybe, maybe not.]

Where did you say you were from again.

Ye!

Prolly ain't hearda the place, yo. We all called it Ryslig, I dunno if that was the actual name of the pen'sula or jus' like a whatever this is what we call it now sort of thing.

You are correct. I am unfamiliar with the place. But I am not unfamiliar with werecreatures and shapeshifters.
The common experience is... curious, to say the least.

.. huh really? thats really neat tho like we got werewolf stories back home home but they was just stories i think i dunno anymore cause my own home is fuckin weird

i dunno if i look like a typical werewolf tho you know i dont think im super scary looking

May I ask you something personal, then? What is the faith like surrounding Werewolves? Is it considered a godly boon? Or something more.

In truth, I could not tell you if you looked like the werewolves of my world or not. I did not make a point of treading through their lands, and if I did, I seldom ventured out at night. I wasn't going to make an enemy of the locals, you see.

like back home home where i was originally from or from the pensula cause the pensula aight this is a long story but the short of it is god made of fog got fucked by humans and pissed so she turns peeps into monsters that look like her old children so shed think it a boon but were like nah this sucks yer making us eat humans

oh

i mean everythin i know bout werewolves is like we cool if you wanna visit like ye we got territory but we aint gonna be pissed if you pass through

wanna see what i look like??

Right. Vengeful gods. You mentioned that much.
Though I more meant where you were originally from. Or any tales you may have. If that's not too much to ask.

That is not necessarily the case of the weres I am familiar with. They were fierce protectors, a standing army against the night, all at the behest of their diurnal... goddess. Many were known for their violence, especially after manifesting their Blessings.

OH ye sure uh lesse like.................................... honestly? i can't member much. sorry yo. but i know someone who can fill you in hold on lemme hollar at him.

[Josh will get yelled at to come write in the journal.]

oh... ngl somethin similar can happen with us. summa us got super fucked with the moon cycles an when the full moon comes around we get like way stronger but also like way more feral an shit

plus if we get too hungry we go insane an become super violent an attack everything an anything

Riiiight.

[He's not holding his breath, but thanks, Beat!]

It's unfortunate to hear such patterns are common. Though I cannot say I'm particularly surprised, either.
... You have to feed as a werewolf? Dare I ask on what?

[Listen Josh will show up soon! Swear!]

i dont really know if you wanna know yo...

Other people, then? Unsurprising.

Ye she was pissed at humans so we had to go eat the unchanged and as much as we tried to like

you know

no waste it and share to cut down on deaths and stuff... yegh you know how it went

Well.
It is as I said.
The gods are cruel no matter where you find yourself.

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they always doing something yo

tho

hm

i gotta give credit to one god i uh

kinda endin up marrying him???

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[It's time for NEW HANDWRITING! This handwriting is much neater.]

Interested in werewolf lore, I hear?

In the world we come from, werewolves are fictional. That being said, being fictional, they are often used as a metaphor for a large variety of things. I've heard theories that they represent anything from man's struggle with masculinity to mental illness. Transformation often comes in tandem with the full moon, though there are some varieties that seem to be more in control during the rest of the month and out of control during the full moon, or other slight variations thereof. Common weaknesses are silver and wolfsbane. Lycanthropy is typically contracted via being bitten by a werewolf, although there are some versions of the tale where it is simply something that a person is born with.

Any questions?

Edited 2024-03-05 03:48 (UTC)

[Hi, Joshua! Or you know, whoever you are.]

So there are a few similarities from what I am familiar with then. They are very real in my world. Additionally, weres of my world are not bitten, but chosen by their Beast. However, the weaknesses line up, as do the lunar cycles.

Thank you for this information. Truly.

Oh? Sounds like an interesting way of doing things. What do you mean, chosen by their Beast? I'm curious.

Beasts, one of these days I ought to just post a page about it somewhere. It's getting exhausting, explaining it over and over again.

The gods of my home are referred to as Beasts. There are five of them, one for each country — save our eastern neighbors of Venatus. They wound up with two, somehow. The Beasts once waged war against themselves, at the expense of the land and their people. In order to continue their feuds, they opted to gift portions of their power to their people. This is a Blessing, and Weres are the recipients of such a gift.

It might not hurt.

I see. So it's a godly boon more than the curse that most modern werewolf media portrays it as being. Interesting take.

"Boon." Not every Blessing is so well-received. I know this better than most.

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