Event Private Red Heads Unite!

Faceless people. That's what the soaked photo of his old family had been reduced to. Everything in his bag had been reduced to soggy garbage, easily a couple hundred dollars in damage. Almost everything was replaceable, money , it just meant he would have to take up a few gigs. What he couldn't replace was his infant niece's cloudy eyes and how happy he looked back then. How dare that flaming bastard force him to resort to a water filled purse as a weapon.

The giant skull was 'extinguished' as quickly as it arrived. There was no need to stay any longer... or so he thought. As Juniper strutted off with the soaking bag slung across his bare shoulder, he heard the faint rustling of leaves, which would have been absolutely unsuspicious if he was alone in the woods literally any other night. Whatever the monster was, it was gaining on him, the rustling grew louder and louder. With the glow of his phone leading the way, Juniper bolted, it was useless to fight back if it meant that the few possessions he had left would get ruined in the process.

After a few minutes of sprinting through the forest, he seemed to have lost the creature, but he was hopelessly lost himself. Turns out his street savvy did not translate to his wilderness survival savvy, there were zero signs, landmarks, or roads to guide the way. So there he was, half naked and alone in a monster infested woods when he saw what appeared to be a giant bird. If it wasn't for earlier that night, Juniper would have guessed that it was another one of the things that spawned out of the fire. It was probably Drakenhardt kid, which lead Juniper to one question. " Excuse me! Kid! What the hell are you doing out here?"

In the darkness, or perhaps it was merely part of the dark, a creature prowled. It had never lost sight of Juniper, but any worthwhile predator knew when to herd their prey and when to stalk them.

It blended with the darkness, leaping out to strike only when the large bird-like dragon had been called out to. There were two prey items and three of these creatures.

Each was identical with inky black fur that seemed to move with the shadow itself, and three whip-like tails with knives at the end. Their claws were long and hooked, and they had three legs on either side of their body, but otherwise resembled a panther or other big cat or some kind.

The first, the leader, leap onto Virgil's wing. It held one side with its claws and teeth as it's four back legs struck at the membranes to keep him from being able to fly. All three of its tails sabbed into different parts of Virgil's body. A second one followed though this one was on Virgil's back.

The third, though, it struck out at Juniper from behind. Snapping at the back of his head and neck to either give him a quick death or hold him in place as its claws worked at his skin, shredding like a warm knife to butter.