Nikolai
: As the sun began to set, Nikolai had slowly stirred from slumber and left his temporary hiding place within the woods to once again track and hunt. Slowly cracking and stretching his limbs and joints as he emerged, he looked up towards the darkening orange sky and took a deep breath. Leaning back in he quickly grabbing his makeshift daggers of stone and bone before heading deeper into the woods, ears raised and eyes wide as he moved at a slow pace. Every dozen feet or so he would sniff the air, trying to see if he could pick up any scent, his eyes easily adjusting to the dark as the sun set further, casting the forest to the mercy of the moons pale shimmer.
Anaya: within the glow of the trees popped two little white eyes and the sound of hooves on stone, the small under three foot tall white shimmering goat trotted out of the wood line and gave a Blaaat holding its head up all proud and happy, it had a little red hat on its head with a small white pompom on the end of it, it wiggled its oddly adorable tail back and forth as it looked at the monster of a being that came into the woods this day to do what was expected of a beast.. eat little goats maybe. The goat gave a snort not having a care in the world as it trotted on top of a large rock and gave a another Blaaat and then stuck its little pink tongue out of its mouth and flopped it around a little “bla, bla blaaaat” it said softly as it looked at what seemed to be male and tilted its head in wonder at the thing.
Nikolai: Nikolai's ears would raise to their highest as he turned his head slightly and froze the rest of his body to focus on the sudden appearance of a white shimmering goat. His eyes skimmed around the small mammal, or at least he assumed it was still one, unsure of how to react and gathering his thoughts as he took a slight step back, watching the goat as it moved around and blatted. Had this been a normal goat, he would have made a move depending how it reacted to his, but the shimmering light and the hat caused Nikolai some worry. He hasn't had great luck with magical beasts in the past. Another step back was taken, as his ears shifted, trying to listen for if anything else was possibly in the area, his stare not leaving the odd creatures form as he tried plotting what his next action should be as another slow step back was taken.
Anaya: the goat watched the being as he backed away from it, no it was friendly, so very friendly it moved foreword as it gave another blaaat not as loud this time to not scare the big thing, how could something he could fit in his mouth be so scary to him. Its little tail wiggled as it hoped foreword again reaching away three feet from the male. It gave a quiet blaa and moved a little closer, it was within grabbing range but it did not care. Its white fur shimmered as its little tail wiggled happily wanting the man to say something, could it talk, was it able to talk, was it able to do hand signals or body language, it could do something and in hopes that something was not run away “bla bla” it tilted its head to the side in ponder the little white pompom falling into its face as the hair flopped over.
]Nikolai: He wasn't sure if the goat was intelligent and just that confident, or just that dumb to approach him in such a carefree manner. Shifting his stance as he looked down at the shining mammal, eyes hurting just a little as the goat shimmered brightly before him, he leaned down a little to slide a furry hand below the goats chest if it stayed still and attempted to lift it up to head height if successful. If unsuccessful, he would recline from trying to grab it and maintain a nervous glance at the apparent magic infused creature.
Anaya: The goat let out a blaaat as it was lifted into the air its little legs waving in the air. It looked at the man with a dorky grin on its face "bla blu blaa" it said as it waved its little legs still as care free then ever, its bright eyes looking at the man
Nikolai: He scrunched his face up, glaring at the goat, trying to figure out the answer to his own thoughts, until he was cut off his thought process by hunger and refocused. "....I might regret this..." He said in a deep tone, one mixed with the voice of such that hasn't been used in a while, as his mandibles appeared to part slightly, Nikolai opening his large maw widely, his free hand moving behind the small goat as he tried to grip it's entire backside. Exhaling hot, humid air over the goat, he began trying to push the mammals head and neck into his mouth, going to worry about the legs in a second if he even got that far(edited)
Anaya: The goat got smaller as it started into his maw, almost like that was the place it wanted to go, it went into his mouth all the way to the point he had his jaws shut around it, oh boy were did the light go, this was not going to do it was wet and dark in here and that would not do at all. The goat gave a very very loud BLAAAAAA as it started to light up the hyena man bug things mouth starting to glow, then his whole body started to glow, he was luminescent (will last 2 hours in game time) the goat gave heavy pressure onto the beasts tongue as it started to grow a bit, not fast so he could be spat out but as it was growing the goat booped his horns against the inside of the males mouth and let out a very happy blat (you have 4 round hallucinate, you see everything you love, the world is rainbows and bubble gum everything happy but as this goes on, you start to see nightmares slowly setting in, on the third round the nightmares replace the good bits and on the last round the world is a black place were your deepest fears are a reality to you. Then it all fades away and goes back to normal)(edited)
Nikolai: Nikolai merely grinned a little, not knowing why the goat felt like it fit better, hunger making him not think this through as he soon was able to close his mouth. He was about to open the jaws at the back of his throat when he noticed his body starting to glow entirely after a short noise from the goat. He instinctively closed his throat maw as a response, shortly feeling the goat grow in size once more and then the short boop to his palate from the horns. The glowing alone was enough for Niko to open his mouth wide and lean forward to drop the goat back onto the ground as the hallucinations began. To any thing that would be watching would merely see Nikolai looking around in disbelief, his eyes faded while his expression softened. His tail would sway a few times until he shook his head "....No... This can't be.. Dtaz lus'd rx yxuq... Uyx gio yxuqqg txyx?"
Anaya: the goat gave a little weee sound as it got back up to its normal three foot stature and wiggled its little tail something forming on the ground, a pendent of sorts, something anyway, no clues or anything on what it did or the reason why it was there but it was there all the same. the goat then moved wiggling its bum and trotting off into the wood line to leave the man with his floating butterflies and his god knows what else, but before it left it paused turning back around to sit on top of a rock and view what was taking place, it did enjoy a good show every now and agein.
Nikolai: Nikolai, lost in the hallucinations wandered forward, barely missing a tree he didn't seem to notice as he kept speaking Kidtxy, ap dtud az gio, tin puyxz dtx dyarx. Tkk, si... Ntg nioqw gio rx txyx... Xy wis'd- nuad, ntxyx az dtaz wuyesxzz... Ad'z u dyuj! He would have a mixed expression of happiness and confusion upon his face, and as time moved on he seemed to look around the woods more. He stood straight and looked forward again to speak. "Gioy sid yxuqqg txy, gioy sid yxuqqg txyx. Loyzxw kufal, Xy'k fiasf di eaqq dtud fiud." He seemed to stop focusing as he spent the next few seconds looking around for something, his breathing speeding up a bit as the visions before him slowly begin to change.
Nikolai: His ear went low, his expression was one of shock and growing worry as the hallucinations suddenly took a turn for the worse. His tail and manes slowly poofed up as he looked around, his breathing becoming quicker as he tried to stand firm, but whatever he was seeing was quickly wearing away at any willpower he had. The large being slowly began to shake, trembling at the sights before him which was rare for him. Tears formed in his eyes as he reached back, seeing himself as cornered rather than just against a tree, he cowered dropping to a knee as his tail went between his legs. His breathing was quick and erratic, his pulse jumping and mind running. Tears began to fall as he looked up, clearly nothing in front of him to the goat that was watching but a tree further ahead. His eyes began to glow, the trembling stopped as he growled loudly, all of his muscles expanding slightly as if flexing as he was forced into a primal instictive rage from being cornered. With a loud haunting laugh he burst upward with a slash from his right hand, his back right appendage also stabbing forward, as he began moving forward, slash after slash in the air up until he hit another tree. He layed his strikes out upon the tree, claws and spikes tearing into it up until the hallucination ended. He growled loudly, stretching out as he screaming to the sky and looked around for anything living to tear into.(edited)
Nikolai: Through the bright glow his own body was giving off thanks to the magic goats actions, the enraged Nikolai was unable to see much of anything in this state. Blind and furious with the last thing in memory being the hallucinations, even though they have vanished, he would blindly swing around, slashing with his claws slowly moving away from the location unknowingly. Every step was a strain at the force he was slashing at, and began panting as he was quickly getting fatigued.
Anaya: Softly there was a little voice, of a woman, she walked out into the woods as she saw the glowing bacon from a far "hello?" she called out moving closer. she was an average peasant woman with a normal not overly tattered green cotton gown and a small bonnet on top of her brown and cinnamon hair. "um i was working the grounds of my house and saw your glow, um who is there!" she called out worried that she was walking into danger, she could hear some banging and small moans from what was giveing off the glow "um i have some food you are free to have some" she softly moved slowly one step at a time pressing forward gulping back her clear fear, her legs quivering as she spotted him there and stopped dead in her tracks. "oh, shit" she was able to mutter as her green eyes fell on what looked to be a hyena but, it was a monster. she was frozen as she looked at it fear all over her face "um, i, i, i. come on Darcy get agrip it is just a animal, dont be scared" she forced a smile and held out the little basket she was holding "i have food if you want some"
Nikolai: Nikolai's ears perked up as suddenly a voice came from further away, disrupting the otherwise silent night if you ignore the raging Niko. On a heartbeat, the frenzied from fear Nikolai changed direction and headed straight for the woman that called out into the dark. Still fairly blinded without focus, he half smashed into a larger tree on the way, bouncing off of it and growling as he stabilized himself. Panting heavily he stood there, the growling turning to simple panting for air, faltering to the right as he reaches out for the same tree, he leans on it with an arm as the glow in his eyes grows lighter, all of his muscles relaxing as Nikolai slowly regained composure from his fear induced rage. He hadn't consciously taken notice of the woman just yet as he took his time to calm down a bit. "...Cursed... Goat..."
Anaya: she watched him smash about and run into a tree and almost lose him self, he is going to get hurt she thought to herself, but he, he is a monster thing, a demon a, she did not even know what he was or were her mind was but without her even thinking about it she was over beside him and words were coming out of her mouth "let me help you up" she said softly putting her basket down and putting her body under his large arm, she was so small next to him as she helped him to his feet "cursed goat you say, there is a goat in the woods this time of year, grants wishes, do you mean that one, it cursed you, strange of the thing" why was she talking, no dont talk to it, it is going to eat you, yup we are gona die. her mind was going a mile a minute as she let out a breath hoping, praying to the divine above that it would not be her last one.
Nikolai: Nikolai's ears shot up as he heard a voice, turning to look at the woman that approached. He closed his mouth as he deep quick breaths through his nose, and pushed off the tree to stand tall again as she tried to get below his arm to help, of which he stared at for a few seconds before looking back down to her. "The visions.... Were beyond painful... And now I'm cursed to... glow as it does... This night... Not going well...." He said, panting as he spoke, his other hand raising to wipe his eyes from the tears he had from before the rage, and his mouth. '....I've never had someone... Approach so quickly before, your... A strange one..."
Anaya: "I have seen Monters before I guess, I mean I am so rude you are not a monster you are just, different is all but that does not mean you are bad I, i have met nice beasts out here and you looked like you chould use a hand" she gave a nice smile and took the mans paw to lead him a little "I have a spare bed you can have for the night it is safe there and your glow might be gone by morning, and being in a house will stop you being well a bacon for things scarier then you are out there. I once saw a grand dragon in the woods here, way better to be inside I do think, and I got more then enough water even for you to have a bath if you want, and eat some of the good I have a garden we have plenty"
Nikolai: Nikolai tilted his head a little as she spoke, a sort of deadpan expression on his face. He saw and felt her grab his hand and try to lead him, the heavy gnoll not taking a step. "....I'm going to be blunt here, this seems far to good to be true. I've been led into many traps before so I'm a little hesitant when one offers so much expecting nothing in return, what is the catch? What do you want?" He said with a slight growl, glaring at her and moving his clawed fingers on the hand that isnt being held as he stretches them a little.
Anaya: She paused and looked back, what was she thinking of course he whould not trust her she was a stranger "ok it is to good to be true, my two screaming monster children just might think you are a super puppy and try to ride you, and if that happens I do hope you dont take offence they both do like new things and are not scared of anything, I swear if they found a cave lion they would want to pet it. And if it.makes you feel better to pay back the kindness I choud use some wood chopped for the fire. Gets hard doing it when night time comes around. And I know I am seeming still to good to be true, but to be honest whatever you think might be at my house is not as bad as what comes out here in the woods at night."
Nikolai: He look down at her, unblinking as he tried to focus past the glow that was partially blinding him in the dark of the night. Monster children? He couldn't quite put together if she meant her children were poorly behaved, or actual 'monsters'. He looked back towards the goat, and thought he had not seen anything dangerous in his time here so far, but he could also not forget the goat. He realized she could be right, and reluctantly sighed before looking back at her. "Fine, that hole I dug out merely covered me from the wind anyways. Don't take this as me trusting you, I will be watching." He replied, many things running through his mind as he struggled to get his thoughts in order. "Lead the way, this glow limits my ability to see in the dark."
Anaya: She gave a polite grin as she slowly took his paw in her small hand to help him walk "here it is this way, and I whoud expect nothing less from you" she sounded so nice as she talked and then pulled him slightly to lead the way three the trees over a small hil.amd then down to a nice little cabin and horse pen and nestled in the woods. She walked to the door as she opened it and waited for a.moment as the sound of feet filled the air and two little children one boy and one girl ran to there mother and wrapped there arms around her "mom mom mom we missed you, I missed you more fhe Jenny did, she complained the whole time you was gone she is a bad baby sitter can we feed her to the wolves" the boy laughed as his sister looked at there mother "I am not I fed him and watched him like normal and I am one year older I am a good babysitter and holy dragons did you get a new pet!" Both kids looked around the ages of six and seven as they looked to the giant bug hyena man "can we keep him please please please" they both talked together before the woman put her fingers to there lips "now shush you both he is our guest now go get dressed it is time for bed get your water and get to bed with ya both" both kids looked so sad as they just looked at the Male and did not want to leave.
Nikolai: He sighed as she once again grabbed his hand/paw and held it in front to follow, not wanting to step on her ankles by walking too closely. He felt a little uncomfortable by the tone, it was too friendly for someone that looked like him, but given past near death experiences and what led to them, he decided this time around he would at least try to not be outright hostile. He tried to keep an eye on here as they walked, as well as the surrounding terrain despite the glowing hindering his vision at distance greatly. He stood still behind her once she eventually stopped, watching as she opened the door and ear raising as he easily heard the feet running towards their location. He looked a little to the side as they spoke to their mother, not overly interested at the moment, and giving a deadpan expression. She did warn him that may happen. He rolled his eyes as he kept listening before noticing in his peripheral vision that they were staring. He sighed, turning to look down at them before squatting down a little and giving some effort to be not hostile. "Ya both better listen to your mother, I should still be around in the morning. Hopefully less bright..."
Anaya: The kids both had jaws dropped and minds just all the place as the smallest one once the big furry man leaned down reached up with grabby fingers grabbing a hold of his big fluffy cheak fur "can we be friends" she asked as she pulled his big bulky head down into her arms hugging him rather abruptly before her mother grabbed both her and the boy and patted there bottoms "get to bed you two" she said sternly as both kids gave a grumble and then hurried off that younger girl looking back around the cornor just to get one last glimpse of her new found favorite friend before she vanished away to get into her night gown "I am so sorry about that I hope they did not bug you much, and your glow is oddly nice " she chuckled as she walked a bit into the cabin and tucked herself into the kitchen the sounds of pots and pants breaking the air "are you hungry, I got a boar the other night there is still alot left"
Nikolai: He was gonna chuckle, thinking they may have been frightened a little bit, before his expression went deadpan once more. He did his absolute best to not growl as grabby fingers got a hold of his cheek fur and tried to pull him in for hug. He sighed and waited, standing up quick as she shoo'd them off to bed and watched them hurry off. He looked to her as he rolled his shoulders a little and changed his stance. "I'm surprised their so fearless, heh, they keep that up they could become great warriors if that's their path. Assuming they don't get in trouble they cant recover from. And yes, I was hunting when I ran into that wretched goat. This glow is blinding myself..." He said, taking care to follow as he ducked through the doorway, closing it before following and being mindful of his height in their home.