Rumors of monsters have led him to the Cotes Ward in the hopes of- well, even he’s not sure what he’s hoping to find. Demons? Maybe. At least that would be a link between his home and this place. They said if he looked hard enough he might find bloodthirsty beasts, and boy, has he been looking. Long and hard enough that if, for some reason, you’re in the bad parts of the Cotes Ward, where vegetation has since reclaimed most of the street and buildings, you’ll hear the loud crack of a skull spattering against the curb.
Not Nero’s skull, of course. But rather the skull of a strange, shadowy canine whose red eyes fizzle out beneath the Devil Hunter’s boot. “Really didn’t put up much of a fight, did’ya?” Nero says to the corpse, leaning down to examine it closer. He really can’t tell if it’s the sort of thing that would crawl out of a hell gate or just another one of this island’s stupid farces.
It’s another sound from behind a crumbling wall adorned with moss that brings him back to his feet, baring Red Queen with a twirl to grip her better. “Here to tango?” He asks, assuming the noise belongs to another of the creature’s kin, “Better come quick. Dance floor’s open for business.”
( He doesn’t know that those sounds are coming from you, @toweringshadow, and he certainly doesn’t know that bigger beasts, far more careful and quiet than the small dog at his feet, are almost upon them. )