𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ

...𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝘼𝙨𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨. | sᴏɴɪᴄ ʀᴘ | ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ | ᴘᴇɴɴᴇᴅ ʙʏ #sʜɪʙᴇ

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

”𝓷𝓾𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓪 𝓬𝓱𝓵𝓸𝓲𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓷 𝓽𝓾 𝓲𝓪𝓭 𝓪𝓰 𝓬𝓪𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓱; 𝓷𝓲𝓵 𝓪𝓸𝓷 𝓓𝓾𝓵 𝓪𝓻 𝓐𝓲𝓼...”

• sᴏɴɪᴄ ʀᴘ | sᴏɴɪᴄ ᴏᴄ
• ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇs ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ
• ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴇɴɴᴇᴅ ʙʏ #sʜɪʙᴇ

[ᎠᎡ. ᎬᏩᏩᎷᎪN @AtrociousTyrant]

..Now he just had to deal with that annoying wolf’s village. Or what was left of it.

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid Arin had stepped back—almost out the door—her eyes pinning towards the striped visitor.

Another thylacine.

She sneered, almost viciously.

"Can't believe Wren will end up with a half-sibling.
I'll bring the champagne."

Even while departing—her voice dripped with sarcasm.

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

No one has seen her break in, the metal scrapping against the air duct walls.

Her clawed fingertips unscrewed the metal grate, sliding it open into the walkways.

Her leg extended out from the duct, her body slinking out into the frigid hallway.

+H

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid I sold away the rest of my life to a damn deity in the mountains to protect my son—if that's not stupid, I don't know what is.

I am stupid and afraid.
But my stupidity has kept me afloat this long—maybe you should consider a little stupidity."

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid She grabbed and pulled him up by his collar—so that Maw faced her directly.

She practically hovered close to his face—her ear flicking to the sound of light footsteps stopping dead beside the door.

Even her cold, dead stare had a forlorn look in it.

"I may be stupid. +

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid But it will make it easier for those people to find out about your secrets.

What woman would stay with you, at this point?"

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid She raised her face to his ear—her voice low and whispery.

"I never stopped loving you—I look at Wren everyday, he is my reminder of those sweet times."

Her voice was almost eerily calm—as she unlatched herself from the thylacine.

"Replacing me, will not make me disappear. +

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid A shaking hand moving to, seemingly caress his face. A small apologetic gesture...?

"There are no other thylacines. No other creatures like me.

Had you the same sentiments beforehand, maybe you should have thought a little more than twice over who you were playing."

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid A sudden, sharp creak—her grasp had practically caved in the chest plate over his body.

He could not see—but her blank, cold stare at the wall might as well set it alight.

"You're a terrible liar, you know."

Her furious, clenching fists betrayed her relaxed demeanor +

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid A part of me died a long time ago.

The only proof of me living, is Wren."

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid "I cannot say the same.

You saw how they left me. All of these enhancements and they poisoned my blood and made me go mad."

Her grip on him seemed to loosen—her head shifting to sit right in the crook of his shoulder.

"Even I do not know if I am alive. +

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid Arin heaved a sigh—before the side of her fist slammed into his jaw, her fingertips soon slowly caressing the underside of his jaw.

"You are a fool for giving up on something you haven't even bothered trying.

It's like you forgot how to live. Are you truly living, Maw?"

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid striped captive.

Peel away the possible contributor to his madness—but alas. His poor face would be mangled.

And who knows with his chest.

"Do you truly want to continue entertaining this Empire? Is that freedom for you, Maw?"

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid "Unfortunately.

I will not, Maw. Not yet."

The hand over his face, slowly slipped back down to his chest—her thumb lightly brushing against the seams.

"You admit you're delusional then?"

Part of her wants to peel away all of that t o x i c, disgusting metal off of her +

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid Her eyes grew half-lidded with her brow furrowing.

"Wren is your son, whether you like it or not.
You can have your gripes with me; but he does not deserve the burden of your own delusions."

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid She let out the most irate, gravelly sigh.

"Is that what your delusions tell you, Maw?"
She did not let him move a single inch—but she gently pressed her face against the back of his head.

"Did the cybernetics start to rot your mind away too, Maw?" +

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid it's not like he'd get much other than floor.

"That robot was setting you up to die.

This is a game to home and you are playing right into it, Maw."

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid Her leg hiked up to clamp around his waist, and knock him down—/hard/ to the solid floor panelling.

"You /IDIOT/, you are being played and you don't even know it!

I could have /killed/ you, had I seen you there!"

She had him pinned—he could still activate the portal, but +

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid is to piss me off?!"

She then pried him off the table, and slid her hand from his chest to his jaw—prying it agape.

"Surely you can be a man for once and admit that you're stupid for staying under that wretched man, yes?"

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid At that, she slammed his body into the testing equipment—she had him bent over the work table—his face smushed against equipment.

"That is 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 son.
Why did you even go there?!

You must have a death wish, Maw.
Or are you so desperate for me that the only way to see me +

[𝒜𝓇𝒾𝓃 𝒩𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃ℯ @regiisCaedem]

@ThylacineVoid "You already know why I am here, yes?"

The grip on his chest tightened—the claws starting to rip into his Empire uniform.

Had she no restraint she would have simply caved his sternum in right then and there.

She was sure smaller than him—but she had him in a death grip.