Breaking Whim ((Closed Morion - Owhyee, FINISHED))

[OwyheeJasper]

     The mountain was steppe and there was little safe footing at this height. The air quality was thin which for a gem was not a problem as their bodies adapted. In truth even the brisk cold wind that would cripple a normal human was only moderately effective. The palms of his light projection were scraped and sore from the cliffs gritted edges. "M'lady are you sure it's really out here?... I see... well if your sure. No... NO!.. I do not believe you should be here with me. Because you have very little combat prowess M'lady. Yes.. yes you could but still... I do not think such a risk is worth it. Don't worry, I will be home soon. Soon as I find this thing."

    Demetry lept the last few meters to a moderately flat area. Demetry turned about looking to the wide outstretched landscape. The snow covered peaks and valleys were beautiful. The orange hue of the setting sun glistened off the snow making a soft subtle smile cross his face. "At least at a height such as this the likelihood of running into humans is small. These accursed corrupted monsters only complicate everything.... Tsch... if both sides could cooperate maybe we can end the anomaly." he sighs standing and brushing snow off his knee.

    "Well till such a time... I can at least run these errands for M'lady." there was a low rumble and Demetry closes his eyes turning around and taking a few steps forward. The rumble increased slowly and Demetry altered his stance, with his light weapon forming in the hand behind his back. The dagger was firmly clutched and suddenly the ground beneath him split in twain. The rubble screamed out in agony as stone shrapnel cut into Demetry's legs. 

    Demetry jumps to the right to avoid what came next. A long thin protrusion with flat black serrated objects littering the surface. The alternating pattern almost seemed feather like and each surface had a interesting naturally created emblem. "There you are.... hello friend. Let's dance." Demetry's demeanor changed slightly as a smile grazes his face that could only be described as chilling. A face of a killer..... a face unsuited to the man named Demetry.

[OwyheeJasper]

    As the monstrous creature erupted from the ground like a predator bird piercing the canopy of a thick wood, Demetry could only stand in awe. The beast tightly enclosed for but a moment, yet still able to blot out the sun with it's mass. The creature unfurled itself presenting a bird like form with maw similar to a baracuda's mixed with vulture. The corrupted gem's neck adorned with white fur that ran the length of it's back split every so often by serrated black plumage. The beast flapped in place causing enough of a wind that Demetry skirted slightly across the ground and the snowy mist hazed his vision.

    Deep in his mind he could hear the voice of his Lady crying out for him to run. The beast was to powerful she claimed, a monster far beyond what the intelligence she gathered claimed. Demetry tuned her out, he respected Lady Tabitha... but, now was the time where here input was not needed. Demetry was a highly skilled fighter... and he knew this could be his death kneel before him. 

    The beast let out a howling call that echoed through the valley and down to Earth proper. It's call so powerful that surely any gem could hear it if they were but in the area. "Bad move Birdy... you may... have.. just.. ." Demetry's voice halted when over the peak of the mountain a figure large and wide gripped and claw'd it's way over the pinnacle. The beast had features similar to a gorilla; but, only in silhouette and motion. The face of the creature looked like a bat nosed wolf. It's eyes were red and it's body littered with carapace like structures that resembled fur patches. 

   "Well then... that's a problem." he chuckles under his breath. The laugh perforated with concern and fear. But, Demetry was stalwart and surpassed the fear jumping toward the bird like corrupted ready to let this onslaught begin.

[OwyheeJasper]

     Demetry's first attack was a simple one he stabbed his dagger into the gullet of the bird creature and slammed his feet hard into the space between pelvis and legs. The divot crunched and cracked as Demetry slid the blade up the birds mid-section and particulates of anti-light poured from the severed light form. The bird creature roared in agony and flew into the air lengthening it's form as it did making Demetry's feet come out from the divots. 

    Now simply secure by blade alone his free hand grabbed onto the underside of the bird which was layered with tiny serrated scales similar to that of shark hide. His hand split from the tight grip and yellow light particles seeped from the open wound. He winced in pain as the wind around him got colder and colder. When he looked down he saw just how high they had gotten and he knew he was in trouble.

   Suddenly one of the bladed tendrils from the birds tail feathers wrapped around his waist tightening like a python. When the blades ends met flesh the dug deeply and secured his place in their clutches. Demetry screamed in agony and pulled his blade out of the beasts abdomen and violently stabbed into the tendril hoping beyond hope it would let go as he felt his light form practically being saw'd in half. It took a few strikes; but, finally the tendril let go flinging him toward the mountain top he once stood

    There he would see the wolf like gorilla corruption lavishly looking his way as a gooey ooze dripped from it's maw. Demetry closed an eye as he free fell gripping his abdomen. The cold biting wind antagonizing the open sores making him almost poof from that alone. He swallowed down hard and began to focus up. He would flip mid air once... twice... then suddenly his form took on that of a yellow spiraling saw ball. The cold brisk air snapped and the sound of snapping atoms could be heard. The sound was best described as the chittering of electricity; however, no electricity was formed.

   The wolf beast lept from it's perch and swung a both mighty paws back as if to slam into Demetry. When almost fully charged which took mere seconds the beast reached Demetry slamming it's clawed hands to both sides of the spiral. The rampant energy from the impact spewed out black absences of light and yellow particulates. The beast clearly felt pain as it roared and anguished as the flesh of it's claws chipped away.

   Eventually no amount of momentum could save Demetry and his Jasper like spin cycle was stopped despite it being the absolute form of such an attack. The beasts hands now tattered like the fringes of a rug. It leered at the small figure as it's claws dug into his sides. Demetry could feel the beasts claws entering the spacing between his ribs and he screamed out in pure unbridled pain. Light fluids spatting from his mouth as he wept.

[Morion]

Morion, as a giant alien panther moved like a shadow between the trees. Powerful jumps from a rock to a branch, landing in the undergrowth, runing, hunting...
Like a beast
He was never too stable mentaly; the missions and torturing self doubts manifested in a raging inner storm, or worst, a maelstorm, that threatened him to swallow his sanity.
Before Earth he was an Assassin, and and Infiltrator/Spy. Wearing faces, forms... he could be anybody
Except himself.
He neglected his true self, and slowly started to forget, who is Morion?
But always had his Diamond, to tell him what to do! If She wanted him to be a killer, he become a killer. When she needed a spy, he become her eyes. If she needed an Infiltrator, the Quartz studied the Planet in question and become one of its inhabitants, or just chosen somebody and stole his or her life and identity.
The orders of his Diamond kept him sane.
But now... on Earth he started to losing it
Without guidance, he can only cling to his mission. The Mission, to set things right! Be a good Gem. Be a Loyal, good soldier. Make his Diamond proud!
But...
...but he found himself more and more in his favorite predator-form, in the form of the big black alien "panther"
The form of a Monster

"You are a Monster...."

In addition to his problems, from the raging maelstorm of his soul another personality started to emerge. Not really a personality per see, just the amalgam of self doubt, questions and insanity
Worse yet, this inner voice started to manifest itself in ghostly form



"Let it go Morion.... just... let it go. Let the Monster be itself. Be the monster you truly is! There is no point to fight it... just look in to a mirror! Oh... I forgot, you HATE those things! they remind you to the Truth. That you are not real! There is no such thing is Morion! Just a monster... projected from a stone."

Shut up!
He tried to run faster
Tried to lose the inner demon
Tried to ingore it
Then he run out of ground as he run into a chasm and sudenly found himself in the air
Powerful claws grabed the stone wall, and like the cats, he just hunged there panting
Then he noticed the fight
Monsters...

"Monsters like you..."

Whispered his inner voice, from the crack of his mind
SHUT UP!!!
He released his grip on the stones, and with sharp claws and fangs plunged himself in to the fight
Slashes with claws, bitings with fangs, powerful blows of the paws
Without caring of his surroundings, he fighted, like a force of nature
Tornado of destrucion!

"Like a monster...?"

SHUT UP!!!

[OwyheeJasper]

     From the angle Demetry was in he couldn't see the black panther form of the Morion he met before claw like a manic beast into the gorilla like corruptions hide. Slowly the three forms descended back to the mountain top and the beast yowled in rage his claws pulling slightly from betwixt Demi's ribs. He bemoaned the pain but raised his arms in the air then outstretched them wide. In a instant a yellow shield projection formed launching the beast, and the panther away tumbling down the mountain side and Demetry to his knee's.

   He held his arms aloft and the half circle shield stood brandished skyward as his ripped open sides seeped light fluid down his legs. He coughed violently, the snow looking like someone took a luminous highlighter and snapped it in twain. As he attempted to catch himself the bird like corruption came screaming downward and began clawing at his shield projection. The furious talons and tendrils spiking down on it's surface. Each hit causing more and more damage to the surface. One tendril spiked straight where Demetry's hand supported the shape and went straight through it, and his palm. The serrated plates flared and lifted him up through his own shield and a second tendril sweeps high in the air.

    Meanwhile as the wolf gorilla and the panther fell the beast readjusted his position and began attempting to punch the attacker squarely in the side and head. The now malformed boney forms with bits of light chunks barely clinging on slammed haphazardly in Morions general direction. The beasts back reflecting much of his hands as chunks of almost meaty looking light form bled out light absences. The beast was by far one of the strongest adversaries this Morion likely faced. Both these corrupted entities a class of their own.

   The pair of beasts finally plummeted into a valley and whether the gorilla wolf successfully hit at all ((is your decision, however, mind you if your gonna play here please accept a beating lol)) was hard to tell. The beast fell further away then the panther and slowly stood and slammed its forepaws into Earth as if preparing another attack.

    As Demetry was lifted skyward by the perched bird he felt as if this was it. He would be broken here.... his Lady without a guard. "Tabitha.... ." he spurted out with a mix of light fluids. Then in an instant that swinging tendril cut his arm off at the elbow and he fell to the ground again. His body was wracked with wounds and shifted about as if he was so close to turning into a gem. "No... can't... must... must stay whole." the light fluids slowed down to a crawl and the birds talon caged around him. The bird dripping fluids down it's legs and seemingly trying to make them land on his gem. Demetry didn't know how corrupted were made so he rolled away and pulled his dagger out with his remaining hand cutting two of the talons in half.

   The bird flew up and squelched out a noise of pain. "Two shields left... and still some time till I can spin again.... one arm down... holes along both sides, and my body feels almost split in half.... good times... you son of a... ." The bird slapped Demetry with a wing sending him sliding and tumbling into a nearby rock formation. From the snowy dust he launched himself forward piercing into the neck of the beast and ridding it like a bull.

((Feel free to control either corrupted. Just know these both are the type of beast to kick our butts normally. Demetry is a top of his class fighter and as you can see he is getting wrecked. We will win of course but be mindful.))

[Morion]

Morion went berserk

"Good... goood.... let the Predator do the work! Lean back and relax"

SHUT UP!!!
It was his first real fight since he arrived to this cursed planet
So much happened since his arrival
Too much
Enough to crack his soul, not his Gem, not physicaly at least
But his mind was fair game
He was no better than these corrupt beasts!
Powerfull monsters... he never seen anything this powerfull before
Broken ribs, pain...
His inner demon laughs:

"Oh come on! Your body is not even real! Don't delude yourself! You are just a projection from a stupid stone! Hard light! You dont have real bones, or anything... "

SHUT UP!!!
The pain was real tho
Bloody real!
Like the deep cuts, bites and slashes
He howled in pain!
His inhuman voice was worst than his alien appearance
Morion was... not completly himself
Not in the sane way that is
With an insane frenzy he fights.... fights with everything in his way! Headbutting the monster, kicking the Earth, clawing a bush, biting deeply in Demetry's soulder or thigh, if he is too close...
An insane raging storm of claws and fangs, with a destructing and selfdestructing "style"

[OwyheeJasper]

    Demetry places the heels of his feet into the cuff of the long neck of the bird like monster. "Come on... only a little while longer... keep it together." his only arm clung to the dagger and every shirk of the bird loosened the daggers position. The gaping wound widening as the dagger slid about and black light absence shot out at Demetry.

    The beast bounded skyward once more and flipped mid air into a barrel roll and Demetry was forced to use his teeth to secure his position. All the while Lady Tabitha sobbed and called to him in his ear. He didn't acknowledge it... he didn't want to. He needed to focus just to not gem and fly off into the landscape just to shatter. 

    The wolf gorilla scrapped with the panther, his previous attack dismissed as the beast before him clearly wanted a more violent confrontation. It's bubbling churning bile ridden mouth spewed it's caustic smelling fluid all over there battlefield. The clearly specialized attack was pungent and dulled the senses. The Morions enhanced panther form likely tortured by the paste as it's senses were assaulted. 

    The gorilla corruption beat the Earth frustrated every time it missed and attempted to grab the Morion and squeeze him like a bottle of toothpaste. If successful the grip would be powerful; however, as the hands of the creature had been torn to bits already there was opportunity for escape.

    Whether the beast was able to grab the panther or not his carapace like fur tufts were broken and battered. A oozing black light absence fluid seeping into the snow making it a dull grey. Areas where the liquid met bubbled bile looked even more horrific as the blue hue of the bile illuminated in eerie aura.

    The hole in the bird corruptions neck had become rather wide, so wide to secure his spot Demetry had to reach into the bird's orifice and grab what he assumed to be his esophagus. His light dagger faded in a glow of yellow light and Demetry screamed out only to keep his body working. The bird began flying above the other fight and Demetry began pulling on the organ. Soon the esophagus could be seen outside the neck. However, he didn't have enough force to cleave it. Unless... Demetry activated his second light shield after plunging his hand deep in the birds neck... .

[Morion]

Moiron senses were in chaos
He wasn't in the best state of mind, and the overwhelming stench just made the situation worse
His eyes and nose were in flames!
Like his whole mouth
When the thing grabbed him, that was pure agony, almost enough to puff him back to his Gem
But this rather painfull and uncomfortable position was a good opportunity too...
Hi sank his claws in to the beast's "flesh" trying to get a good grip
Good enough to "climb", get close enough to the monster's throat, its gorge to do what big felines do the best!
Grab the beast's throat with the bite of the powerfu jaws of his, to rip it out, and maul it with feral force!

[OwyheeJasper]

     The Gorilla like Corruption tried to smash the Panther into a paste; however, the loose fibers barely holding it's hands together were easily ripped through and the beast was forced to let go early. The Panther climbed up it's torso and taring chunks of carapace away at the same time. When the Panther reached his throat that is when the beast truly felt pain. It's neck was tore into and blue caustic fluid gushed out all over Morion. He would likely be unable to see or smell anymore; but, the deed was done. 

    The gorilla monstrosity tossed the Panther away and let out a fluid gurgled wolf howl as it clung to it's own neck. The beast began clamoring toward where it threw the Panther on unsteady legs. The beasts free hand swinging in mad desperation as it slipt and slid on the snow and blue luminous liquor.

    Demetry's hand went inside the orifice and the second shield was formed and from way in the sky Morion could see a black figure with a sudden yellow glow appear and the black figure separated in twain. Demetry's attack had destroyed the neck of the creature and it's head fell down grabbing onto it's foot with it's barracuda like beak. Demetry cried out as the teeth gnawed into his flesh and operated without the main body. "What in the heck are you!" 

    Once again Demetry found himself free falling and suddenly engulfed by serrated feathers as the beasts wings wrapped around him. Morion's battlefield became engulfed in shadows as the colossal bird beast fell like a black egg with Demetry being the golden center. The two of them landed only a few meters from Morion and the wolf gorilla corruption. A snowy mist banked over the rocky surface of the mountain and yellow light mixed with black absence shot in every direction.

    When the snow settled the only thing Morion could see from where he stood was the gorilla corruption charging and jaw descending down like a cobra as if to swallow him.

[Morion]

The world was a hellish nightmare
Apocalyptic battlefield!
Well... at lest to the two Gems
Screams, howls, shrieks and caws
Then the whole bloody chaos exploded with the deafing roar of the impact
Morion was dizzy
Half-sane, half-insane, totally confused
The pain draged him back to the horrible reality
Tossed him to the monsters to be their lunch!
Their prey
Something snapped
He IS the Predator!
Damn it, his is the nightmare!
When the jaws descended, the strong clawend paws grabbed them
One the upper jaw and one the lower
Growling and snarling, with a triumphant bellow, he tried to rip the skull open, pulling the lower jaws down, and pushing the upper one up, untill the bones and sinews surrenders themself with a sickening wet sound of the cracking and tearing

[OwyheeJasper]

     The gorilla like corruption clawed at the beast that reformed in such a way to even attempt this act. His jowls strained and slowly muscle and tendon snapped. The sound of creaking could be heard and the black light projections flowed from the breaks. The gorilla like creature managed to get one last attack in on the half blind, half deaf Panther as it's claws raked across it's back. The attack was it's final act before there was a poof of light and the beasts corrupted gem landed in front of the panther.

    The large gem rolled on it's side before firmly planting itself in the snow and was left to the Panther's discretion. Meanwhile a bit further away there was a small yellow beam of light that shot up to the sky and the bird and Demetry were nowhere to be seen. Around this time Morion could do as he willed with the corrupted gem; but, slowly a figure could be seen walking over the crest of a ledge.

    It was Demetry. His severed arm was being held and his head seemed split. A light seem cutting down the length of his skull. His leg was ravaged in such a way that it looked as if it survived a wood chipper. His sides having four puncture wounds on each side. Demetry had indeed met Morion... but, he had never met the panther.

   He opened his mouth to speak "Just.. yo.. blurrgh.. bluu.. ." he coughed up more light fluids and fell to his knee's. Any gem would be shattered right now... any gem would have broke. He fought both of these creatures for who knows how long on his own, took one out, injured the other, and then fell a unfathomable height... twice. "Come.. on .. mon.. bleeehhh.. ah... *hack* *cough*." 

    He brandished his light dagger in front of him and slowly his body slumped "Can't gem... can't gem... Lady... Tabitha... ." his arms fell to his side. In his delusion fevered pain he thought he was still holding his dagger; but, even that was not true. Helpless to what he thought was a threat his body slowly cracked in places. Why was he so adamant about not gem'ing. Frozen in place of the snowy mountain his barely held together projection wept.

[Morion]

The beast stood there, panting, in pain, but triumphant
He let out a roar, let the world know who is the the real monster here!!!

"You are, darling... you have just proved it. Instead of your humanoid form, with weapons, you choose to fight as a monster! And you have enjoyed it! Every bit of it!"

The voice in his head laugted
SHUT UP! Shut up damn you!
But Morion was stil confused, his mind was in the state of ... well... he wasn't quite himself.
Or sane
He was most of a predator, than an intelligent, civlizied being
He was a predator
And there was only one Prey
A wounded Prey
The panther shook himself, then jumped, landed next to the other Gem

"Come on, bite his limbs of! Bite out his Gem! He will be your first victim!"

NO!

"It didn't count as cannibalism if you don't swallow.... He is a Rebel..."

NO! NO! NO!
SHUT UP! Just shut the hell up! He is not a Rebel!
He is a Quartz, like me!
Loyal Quartz

"Anybody could be a Rebel! Even the Grand Inquisitor! You heard him! How he talked..."

N-n-no... no... I... I wont!

"DO IT!!!"

NO!!!
With a shirek, and a flash of light, the Panther dissaperaed
Morion shapeshifted back to his humanoid form
Panting and shaking, he holded his head

"No..."
"Yes! He is weak... he is bearly lives. Do the right thing! Crack him! Or buble him..."
"He is not a Rebel.. he is... he is wounded!"
"Dont be sily... he is a Gem, like you! Just hard light! Just sank your claws in his belly!"

Without realizing, Morion shapeshifted his arm to a clawed form, and sanked it deep within the wound

"Goood... it feels good, admit it! Rip him open! Grab his Gem! Tear him to pieces!"
"NOOOO!!! What have I done!!!

Quickly he pulled back his light covered clawed hand, shifted it to a normal form
He paniced
What have he done?!

"What the Monsters do... now kill him!"
"SHUT UP!!!"

He stumbled to the corrupt Gems, and bubbled them, then returned to Demetry
He knelt next to him

"Please don't die... don't crack!"

As gently as he could, he scooped the Jasper up, and put him on his shoulder
The Diamond knows where they were at the moment, Morion was lost

"You are in the wild, where the monsters belong... you are a predator, and he is your prey. Just eat him... and if you want to play the civilized monster, take his place at his Mistress side"
"SHUT UP DAMN YOU!!! I'm not going to hurt him..."

His voice was weak
He was weak
If Demetry was conscious, Morion didn't even notice while soliloquizeing
A cave!
He found a cave
This would be an ideal hiding place to recover
A little camp fire, a little warm light...

[OwyheeJasper]

    Demetry was only catching every other thing that was happening around him. He had managed to bubble the bird and send it off to M'lady Tabitha. He just needed to get a grip and take out the two remaining corruptions. The wolf and this dark figure before him. He spoke in gurgled words as the figure approached. His hazed vision didn't allow him to make out specific features of the cat... but, he could tell it shifted to a more bipedal form. Shifting.... a gem. Thank goodness... thank goodness... another ge... eee... .

   Demetry looked down as his gullet was pierced where the bird had grinded it's tendrils. He reaches out and weakly grabs the hand that had pierced him and coughs more emmisive yellow fluids. He looks to the attacker and speaks, "No... noo.. don't. I.. ." he placed a hand on his malformed gem. "Gem... fellow... gem.. help... he.. ll." he slumped and fell to the snowy Earth as the claw was withdrawn. Was this gem a rebel... a Crystal Gem attacking him for his uniform.... or... was this a corrupted gem. What was happening?...

    His world was in chaos as his form desperately clung to the broken light projection. By not poofing he was likely causing his gem strain; but, at the same time he felt if he did he would die. "Stop.... stop..... have... too." he tried to speak meekly as he was set down on the cold mountain cave floor. It was then he passed out... he didn't poof; but, his awaking mind was simply shut down.

   Demetry would come too with a single eye opening as the other couldn't. He would see a campfire. It's low moving glow shifting the shadows of the cave?... He was in a cave? The shadows seemed to conform to a shape in his milky eye. "M-Moriion.... ?"

[Morion]

"He is dead..."

Stop it! Ne he isn't. Yet

"Yet..."

His inner voice giggled
Just shut up!
Morion was in his human form
But tonight it was different than the one he wore when they have met
No armour
No cloak or hood
No mask, no nothing
Just the Gem in boxer shorts.
Morion shakes his head, and let his grey, long hair to hide most of his face... or... the lack of it. He never paid attention to his real face, so his facial features weren't so elaborated.
He never needed them to be, wearing mask all the time, or impersonating someone else afther he stoled his or her features, or be in a nonhuman form... it seemed a waste of time, to bother with his
Still, there were some details.
The shadows of individuality.

"So you don't want to kill it, fine... fine! Then what will you do?"

I dont know! Shut up! I've heard some of the Qurtzes can heal! The Rose Qurtzes!

"Field medics... warriorr doctors. Defenders. But you? You are not a Rose Quartz. You are a Smoky Quartz. Remeber? One of the killer types?
"Damn it, even humans, lowly humans can heal! I've heard it!"

Mumbled in himself and sit nex to Demetry
thanks to his inner monoluge he didn't relized the Jasper is awake

"Okay Morion... you can do this! Just do what humans do. You saw it... what is it called? A healing kiss!"

Uncertain what to do, he leaned closer, bited his lips
A kiss on the forehead
That should help!
A little
Maybe^^

[OwyheeJasper]

    Demetry was a little confused. It was similar to Morion; but, it lacked most of his accessories. His face was something horrible as well. His face had very few features. It was as if he was a blank slate.... heh, truly a blind loyalist through and through. But, he seemed decent enough and he did save him... he thought. He remembered just then that someone had pierced his stomach and he couldn't even muster the ability to look at himself well. Lying there in so much pain he could barely tolerate it, the only comfort he had was the movements of Morion. He was talking to someone... or to himself.  Either way Demetry was hard pressed to hear what was being said.

    Slowly the shadowed form came closer and his light projections hair seemed to drape over his face for a moment. He tried speaking again to get his attention. Demetry wasn't even sure his vocal cords were working. "Moor- whaa?" Demetry then felt a subtle kiss on his brow and his yellow cheeks became more amber. What was he doing?... did he just kiss me.... nonon, course not... haha why would he. He is likely just using an ability, Demetry thought. Yeah... that's it... that's all that was.

    Demetry tried to speak again, "Morion... ."