Yet it was an attack that never connected. No, instead the man revealed a small device in his hand, a button was pressed and a scream came from Claudia who collapsed onto the ground mid-motion. Lily worriedly ran over to her friend, glaring at the cultist leader as she yelled at him. "What did you do to Claudia?!"
The cultist answered her glare with one of equal coldness as he replied harshly. "I merely removed the limiter of her collar to teach you two a proper lesson. Now look at your friend and try to doubt my words again."
Lily turned her gaze toward Claudia who kept lying on the ground, whispering softly. "Don't look at me Lily... Please close your eyes for a moment."
Claudia's shaky voice made her all the more worried as she tried to help her friend upright but soon realized what the cultist meant as she did so. The eyes of her friend had turned a pure black, a trail of blood dripping from their corners. "Claudia?! You're hurt!"
Yet the cultist leader was quick to correct her: "She isn't hurt, she merely reverted to her state as a ghoul." Claudia turned toward her, tears mixing in with the blood as she whispered softly. "I can't hold myself back much longer Lily-"
Claudia hesitatingly lowered her arms to her side, making Lily dread all the more what was to come. She knew what her friend was about to say. "Please kill me Lily... Before I hurt you!" But Lily shook her head violently in response. "No! I'm going to keep our promise! I'll save us both! We'll get out of here and flee to Hargeon!"
Lily gently reached with a hand for Claudia's, attempting to grasp it lightly. "Lily... please..." Yet the poor girl didn't want to hear it. "I'm going to introduce you to Sofia and Alisa, and we'll eat lots of yummy seafood together!" But it was too late. Claudia tearfully jerked away her arm as it became consumed by her kagune organ, the bladed appendage manifesting as Claudia tried to tear it off from her arm. "LILY! KILL ME BEFORE THEY MAKE ME KILL YOU!" The desperate cry of her friend finally was accompanied by the shattering of her resistance as Claudia lunged toward Lily, the girl letting out a panicked cry as she raised her arms. But the blow never came.
WC: 400
Total WC: 600/1000