The Devourer
he / him
36
January 8
Lavender Town, Kanto
heterosexual
general of war
god general
Murderers are not monsters, they're men. And that's the most frightening thing about them.
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Zev Harcourt
THE LIGHT THAT BURNS THE SKY [FW2]
POSTED ON Dec 3, 2023 21:51:28 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","zev3"] [attr="class","body"] A loud groan filled the air as Zev pushed open the front door of the building that had once housed Howling at the Moon. The hinges were busted, preventing the door from swinging open or closed with ease. That was fine. He did not intend to stay there for long.[break][break] The large windows facing the street were completely shattered. Judging by the few bricks scattered on the floor, the damage had not been caused by Pokémon but by humans. Desperate ones, perhaps.[break][break] The front area was empty, save for the debris dragged in from outside; all the furniture that had decorated the space when it was his bar was long gone.[break][break] However, much to his surprise, the back area with the kitchen and offices was not empty. Several worn sleeping bags, blankets, and basic tools for camping were gathered in the far corner, as if multiple people were living there.[break][break] Curious, Zev made his way to the hidden room that he'd once used for clandestine meetings with other members of Team Rocket. That, too, was empty, but a peculiar stench hung in the air. It reminded him of rotting meat.[break][break] And as he crossed the room, it grew stronger the closer he walked to the trap door set into the floor. He saw at once that it bore a heavy padlock.[break][break] Slowly, Zev crouched next to it. The stench had grown overpowering. He summoned a blade of crystal to cut off the lock, then grabbed the latch and pulled.[break][break] TW: GORE [break] The crawl space between the floor and the building's foundation was only large enough to house encapsuled Pokémon or other objects for smuggling. But there, stuffed to the point of suffocation, were bodies in the process of decay.[break][break]
A cursory glance revealed that none of the bodies were whole. Each one was missing at least one limb. But on closer inspection, these dismemberments had not led to blood loss and, eventually, death.[break][break]
Instead, the points of amputation looked treated, as if the perpetrator had removed parts with the intention of keeping his victims alive.[break][break]
Zev scanned the nearest corpses. They were emaciated and covered in filth, but bore no wounds to suggest a violent death. These humans wasted away here, he realized with sudden clarity. They were abandoned. [break] His curiosity sated, he closed the trap door and stood. While he contemplated what to do next, a noise from elsewhere in the building reached his ears. He backtracked through the halls and returned to the front area in time to catch sight of a shard of Necrozma as it exited through the open door.[break][break] "Wait!" he shouted, but it didn't seem to hear. He dashed out after it as it continued down the street.[break][break] Ahead, an Ultra Wormhole opened. The shard disappeared through the portal. Zev picked up speed, racing toward the rift and jumping through before it could close. [attr="class","pkmn"] [newclass=".zev3"]--accent:#975fb2;font:13px Roboto;[/newclass] [newclass=".zev3 b"]color:var(--accent);[/newclass] [newclass=".zev3 i"]color:var(--accent);[/newclass] [newclass=".zev3 u"]text-underline-offset:3px;text-decoration-color:var(--accent);[/newclass] [newclass=".zev3 a"]font:13px Roboto;color:var(--accent);[/newclass] [newclass=".zev3 h1"]font:16px Roboto;color:var(--accent);font-weight:bold;[/newclass] [newclass=".zev3 h2"]font:14px Roboto;color:var(--accent);font-weight:bold;[/newclass] [newclass=".zev3 .body"]background-image:url("https://image.ibb.co/cpf8Wc/flower_patt.png");background-position:bottom;background-repeat:no-repeat;text-align:justify;[/newclass] [newclass=".zev3 .pkmn img"]margin:-10px -7px 0px -7px;[/newclass] [newclass=".zev3 .credit"]font-size:13px;[/newclass]
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