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CASTIEL (angel of thursday) ([personal profile] unwings) wrote in [community profile] abraxasnet2023-04-08 09:34 pm

@everyone (cw: pit shrine related gore)

It’s time we address the behemoth released from the shrines.

For those who weren’t in the pit, we shared the cavern with 4 occult shrines that produced a steady flow of blood. When the exterior of each was removed, a second was beneath - an armored figure with a spiked halo knelt in prayer, bleeding from empty eye sockets. Save for one other - a standing, armored skeleton-like humanoid carrying the upper half of an iron maiden, and wielding a spiked ball at the end of what appeared to be a chain of its own small intestines.

When the last of these shrines were opened, pillars of writhing flesh struck through the pit’s ceiling. Later, it was apparent these were the monster’s legs, and some were crushed underfoot when it began to retreat from its cage.

Proximity to the shrines caused a flood of sinister whispering and visions of a shadowed figure, and those of us succumbed to the ritual’s effects felt a certain draw to them. It’s unclear if the acolytes were hoping we’d interact with these shrines, as they never intervened, but the monster’s escape caused the eventual collapse of the pit and did them no favors.

Did anyone in the rescue team see where it went, after it broke off from the cavern? Best we learn what this creature is and what it’s capable of before we encounter it again.

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And, if anyone’s seen Dean Winchester - in the Horizon or otherwise - Sam, Jo and I would appreciate a word.
thedevilwhorose: » hallucination (but I'll try)

[personal profile] thedevilwhorose 2023-04-09 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Was the blood human, or something else?
thedevilwhorose: (I never heard before)

[personal profile] thedevilwhorose 2023-04-09 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Interesting.

The visions. Do you have anything more than "shadowed figure" to go off of? Something that can be compared to Solvunn's pantheon, however large that is. I don't know, that's a Michael Problem, he's in the cultfarms.
thedevilwhorose: (the unexplainable)

[personal profile] thedevilwhorose 2023-04-09 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Heels, well, at least it has fashion sense.
thedevilwhorose: (unknown the unlit world of old)

[personal profile] thedevilwhorose 2023-04-11 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
I could be like Michael and give you a hard time about having a hand at releasing that creature if you would prefer.
thedevilwhorose: (quiet my tongue)

[personal profile] thedevilwhorose 2023-04-24 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, can you imagine? I should go full method and see what happens.
thedevilwhorose: » hallucination (you're the paint can)

[personal profile] thedevilwhorose 2023-04-25 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Even short-term it'd be worth it.