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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.

There will be a cross-faction book exchange and research effort hosted in Istredd's domain regularly. Please come by if you’re interested in helping with this, sharing books not available in your faction, or any other pursuit of this world’s knowledge.


And, if anyone’s seen Dean Winchester - in the Horizon or otherwise - Sam, Jo and I would appreciate a word.
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[personal profile] mobezon 2023-05-02 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
In a way. It used to be in what we called the red-light district. An area where a city allowed sex work practices. I had my club there, before it got shut down. Storyville no longer exists. It burned down.

{ he's not against sharing it with others, but for now he'll add this particular explanation to castiel. he feels comfortable enough. somewhat confessing he used to essentially be a pimp is not something to blast to everyone. }

The sign will be out. You can also wait at my favorite reading bench outside as an option.