Title: Castigation
(Aun and Chax resume the attack, striking at the dendrites and tossing more eluctuant capsules. Suddenly, some strange tendrils approach Aun.)
Aun: Hia, what are these—? Oh, nai. NAI.
(The tendrils resemble the dead Ancestor arms underneath, but are overgrown with dark material that animates them in an unwholesome manner. One seizes Aun and the other swoops down to slay him.)
(The scene shows one of Aun's memories of his youth, of the love and care that the Ancestors bestowed upon him as a child, mocked by these foul appendages.)
Aun (crying out in horror): NAI! NAI!! NAIIEEE!!!!
2 thoughts on “Castigation”
JJA
Aun is recalling events long past…
Hamachisn't
Whoa… WHAT??? “infected ancestor arms”? Infected with what? By what?
In a bleak alien landscape, two creatures raised from birth to be each other's enemies decide to think instead. One seeks Botaram, a place of high ideals and austere beauty; the other seeks to protect Botaram from being defiled by creatures like the first. An uneasy truce is formed amid heartbreak and broken ties, and through the ashes of their world they search for a truth that may no longer exist, abandoning friends, honor, and perhaps their lives… or worse.
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