Monstrum

[darklegaciesandnewgods]

                He turned his head. Where there should have been eyes there were only gaping holes, leaking blood and black sludge like a corrupt faucet. The antlers on his head were twisting and cracked, covered in broken edges like the blade of a knife. He opened his mouth then, revealing the jagged edges of fragmented teeth. The noise that left his throat was an inhuman screech that sent a sharp pain through the ears of the gathered researchers across the room. He shifted then, mangled hands and claws dragging across the concrete and emitting a noise that sounded like the concrete was a chalkboard. As he twisted around so did his back and neck, bending at an odd angle that made the humans flinch away. He tilted his head then. After a long moment, a wide grin of bared teeth spread slowly across his face. It was then he started reaching out.

[darklegaciesandnewgods]

             Experimentally she spread her wings, twisting her head around to peer at the silver feathers. It was like they were made of metal. Except they weren’t, not really. They couldn’t be. Metal did not feel soft and airy when it brushed against your skin and it did not flutter and bend when a breeze filtered through it. At the very outer-edge tips of her wings were spots of red that seemed to be, on closer inspection, almost eye like. They glowed and darted around, moving in the directions that her actual eyes did. She brought her tail to curl around her legs. It looked like metal and jewels, glinting in the light that came from the open doorway to the hall. It was as she licked her lips to get rid of the dryness that she discovered the fangs. There were more than two, more than three. It appeared that most, if not all, of her teeth had become sharp and pointed. The claws on her hands and feet made themselves known when she clenched her hands briefly and took a step, the ones on her feet clicking against the tiled floor. For a second, she stumbled. Finally, she gained her footing, a grin spreading across her face as she took her first successful steps towards the hallway.