Taken by the Curse [Invite]

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Ravus didn’t know what would happen now. Of course he was afraid. He was human after all, deep down behind this disgusting creature he was right now. Ravus didn’t know the people of this world, but him maybe being the reason for the curse to spread on this world? No... no he would rather DIE, than let this happen! The black liquid would run from his eyes like tears he would have shed, would he still be able to in this form. It was also running down his mouth, dripping from his chin to the ground under him, leaving behind a small trail of drops as he stumbled a little, the lamp having fallen out of the alley shortly after he had knocked it away from him. His ears could make it a sound before the lamp fell.. someone was nearby. A woman... no.. His body slowly turned to the exit of the alley, his body starting to stumble in the direction. No.. don’t! He mustn’t!

As he reached the end of the alley, his demonic mutated hand would grab hold of the wall, shoving his body out of the darkness, his features moving almost mechanical and soulless as he slightly stumbled into the path of the girl... A slight, forced growl escaped his lips, his head slowly turning to face the human his demonic senses have picked up on.

When he saw the woman however, his eyes seemed to widen, the dark spheres narrowing shortly after when the realization struck him of who he might kill first tonight. That face.. those eyes. It was her. The girl he had met just a day before who’s guardian he had fought. She was alone in the middle of the night and this could mean her end. He just stared at her, his lungs still desperately trying to breath while the rest of his body was no longer listening to him.

She couldn’t release him...she was just a civilian. She will die through his hands if she doesn’t-
“You...R..run.. you must..”, he said with his demonic-warped voice, his clawed hand moving up to stretch out in her direction. He seemed so desperate as he pleaded her to go, an other growl following as his body was slowly starting to stumble in her direction like a zombie that was drawn to fresh meat to devour.
“RuN aWaY.”

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Ravus was certain it was the girl. His vision might not be like before, but it was enough to focus on her face better, now that she had turned around to look at him. The sound of breaking objects did nothing to stop him from slowly getting closer to the girl and he had hoped she would run and get more suitable fighters to take him down.. but she didn't. She didn't run and she didn't scream for help. The girl tried to help him? Had she completely lost it?

By the astral, what are you doing?! Run!! Get away from me!

She recognized him even in this disgusting form and maybe that had triggered her to not leave him behind, but for what price? He couldn't let his body kill her but there was nothing to stop him from doing so if she didn't run away from him!

She was in terrible danger and he had to warn her, whatever it takes, before it was to late!
“R-rInA...”, he repeated her name, seeming to try and form more words with his mutated vocal cords. It was hard to speak in this form, but only his voice was able to reach through the power that had taken his body and almost his mind completely.
“BuT ...I.. wIlL hUrT yOu...! RuN!”

His face twisted into pain, before madness seemed to take over, a scream of anger seeming to force itself out of his mouth before he would suddenly rush forward, his mutated arm trying to grab Rina's and throw her into the closest wall with inhuman force behind it. Ravus stumbled a few steps afterwards, hunched over slightly, his breaths coming out in struggled attempts.
“I.. I cAn'T.. cOnTrOl...!”, he wheezed, the hand that held the sword dragging it over the ground slightly as he started to slowly walk into her direction.

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The girl had no chance to defend herself. His powerful throw had send her into the nearest wall and it had shaken the young woman's frame. However, she got up again shortly after, holding her stomach as her eyes looked up to stare into his face, words of hope escaping her lips. He really didn't know if she was insane or had some kind of death wish trying to help him in this form. Had that hit to the wall not been enough prove that she couldn't face him alone? His sword dragged over the ground as he came closer and closer to the girl slowly, his mutated hand having returned to his side, almost hanging there without any life to it.

Ravus gritted his teeth, trying to control this somehow... There must be something he can do. ANYTHING. He couldn't just watch her be slain by his hands. He moved his arm up, the blade coming down with a scream from him, the slash sending a wave of darkness out of the ground the sword hit, the wave aiming at Rina and cutting through the ground to get to her fast. He had tried to warn her. What happened from here on could end in her death. Of course he would try to continue on his attempts to make her flee, but right now his words didn't reach his throat. All he could do was watch how his body seemed to lose control, going after the girl. Rina seemed to have a kind heart, ready to help those in need, even if it meant for her to be injured. It reminded him of his beloved Luna. He couldn't let the girl be slain by his hands. There must be something he can do to save her.

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The young woman tried to talk to him calmly and help him in any way, but right now the fear of her being killed was numbing any kind of reaction he could have to it. His attack had not hit her completely, but she had been scratched by her leg, the darkness seeming to eat away at her, reacting badly to her form. His body pulled the sword out of the ground again, continuing to move in her reaction, those dark eyes fixed on her body, the blade almost dragging over the ground again, his body seeming to be attracted to her darkness now and the life he could steal from her. She begged him to help her... she was scared. She was scared of the fact he could take her life today and so was Ravus. The fear was numbing his mind, his face twisting in agony.

She was right about everything she said. He didn't want this... and he knew she needed his help right now. She was in pain... Seeing her on the ground like that, trying to heal herself, her expression showing how scared she was... it reached something. Ravus body stopped moving forward, his hand that held the blade starting to shake.

Do something!! You are not a monster..!

He coughed out some of the black liquid, the scourge dropping to the ground under him as he hunched forward a little, the hand that didn't hold his weapon grabbing his torso, trying to claw at it how it seemed. Her words seemed to have reached him this time.

“Why....? why...?! You should have.. run...”, his voice finally broke through again, his mind seeming to hold the scourge back as best as he could right now, his body twisting in agony from the fight that happened within him.
“The curse.... GnH... You can't.. lift it.”

No, Rina couldn't take it from him. She was not chosen to do so. She was just a young woman that was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Even if she would have a way to fight him, she would first have to break the outer shell of the scourge to actually wound him and kill him. It was obvious she couldn't do it by herself. His clawed hand continued to scratch over the shield on his torso, trying to claw through it and rip it off how it seemed. Wait.. that was it! He could try and tell her how to defeat him. He knew his own weaknesses and if he was able to inform her about them, she might be able to pull this around. His head moved up, his black orbs staring at her.

“C-cut it.. Break it off...!”, he suddenly screamed at her. This might could work. He had done something similar in the fight with Noctis when he was able to find his voice. He tried to aid the prince and he could also aid Rina. If she couldn't run... than this might be the only option for her to survive.
“BrEaK iT!!”

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This was her only chance now. She had already been hit once and his deamon-side had smelled her blood, ready to go and wipe her life out and drag her into the darkness. The ex-commander couldn't let this happen to her, nor to anyone else. The starscourge was strong over the human mind and body, but Ravus was able to still remain some of his humanity even in this form. Maybe because he had the blood of the oracle in his veins, mixed with that of what the devil had given him?

Rina was in pain, even after she had healed herself. What had he done to her? Was she already being infected by the scourge from the wound? No.. no this is not how the infection worked. She was in pain, tears streaming down her face when she whispered her apology to him. Than the daggers came. She threw them, both blades hitting his torso, stuck inside of the black liquid that had taken his torso completely. The blade's tip broke through, cutting into the shield and leaving a crack in it. The blades disappeared again only to be thrown again and again. The deamon inside of him screamed at him to defend himself! It tried to take over again and swing the blade at the girl, but Ravus held it back, bracing himself for the pain that would soon come, not only from the monster that had been planted in his body, but also the blades that would break though the shield soon. As the blades hit him, the force would slowly make him stumble back and when the last blade hit and the shell finally broke, he would scream out in pain when the dagger hit the violet on his skin that had been hiding under the shell. The blade dug deep into his torso now, Ravus spitting out a little of the black blood in his mouth.

Now she could wound him and slay him, just like Noctis had. The shield won't be able to regenerate anytime soon so she had enough time to land more hits on him. He hunched over slightly for a moment, struggling to breath, the dagger still stuck in his torso. Ravus's senses were growing weaker again, the darkness trying to take him hostage once more, his hands hovering around the blade, shaking as he seemed to keep himself from pulling it out. His mutated hand grabbed the end of the blade before he jerked it out with a howl of anger, the blade dropping to the ground, the steel completely covered in black blood and scourge. One could hear the beat of his heart now...

The big sword returned to his side, the hand holding onto it tight now, his eyes moving up to look at the girl. He was targeting her, changing into a more firm stance before his body seemed to suddenly dash forward faster than a normal human could, the blade coming in to cut down her torso, almost able to run her over should she not move out of the way fast enough.

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The evil withing the ex-commander was angered by the girl's still beating heart in front of it. It wanted her gone and destroyed, squeezing the life out of her! The blade didn't make contact to the girl, but to a shield she had created, the blade being pushed down harder as the shield started to crack under the immense power in the royal's mutated arm. Those black eyes stared into hers as he pushed against the blade, mouth opening to snarl at her like a beast that desired to devour her in one piece.

The scourge was ready to kill her and the commander couldn't do anything about it. It was angered and he had grown weak from fighting it. He couldn't stop it or help her right now. It was in that moment, that a soft glow appeared in front of his eyes, magic starting to crawl up his body. The same magic the girl used on herself under the shield. Soothing words from her reached his ears and he could feel something now. It was calming and seemed to push away the fear in his heart and the anger and blood lust of what had taken him. The power behind the attack on the barrier started to falter, the shield stopping to crack, as the blade was now just placed on it, the expression on Ravus's face seeming to return to something more human again, black eyes widening slightly. The scourges power was still on him, but it didn't growl in his ears anymore. It had turned quiet, almost calm, just like the beating of his heart.

The blade finally moved away from the barrier, back to the side of his body as he stumbled back slightly, before it would fall out of his hand, his breathing seeming to have reached something rather calm now. Something that usually didn't happen when he was in this form. It was still forced, but no longer filled with fear and agony. Rina's magic had worked.

Black smoke started to rise from his body, his features sinking to the ground as he turned back to his normal self, the only thing left of the scourge the black lines running down his eyes and mouth.

Was this how his sister had always taken care of the scourge as she cured it? Had she calmed down it's anger on people? This girl has just saved his and her own life. But Ravus was tired now... and he could hear guards somewhere in the town coming their way.