Open Finished The Night Is Dark And Full Of Terrors

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The darkness clung to the trees, their tendrils slithering through the night like mangled wooden fingures. The air was reasonably warm now that the weather had started to improve, though there was still a crisp breeze that whistled through the leaves. The blanket of cloud shielded the light of the moon from the forest, making it hard to see a few feet infront of you. This was no problem for Lux, though.

He wanted to have a stroll through the forbidden forest, not far from the place where he arrived on the planet. The dark did not frighten him, he allowed himself to glow as bright as a blazier, revealing his path ahead of him. Leora meandered through the trunks, swirling and circling. Every so often, she would change form to an eagle and soar above the canopy and swoop down again. It seemed quiet - too quiet. He had heard that this forest was full of beasts and things that go bump in the night, but he was yet to see anything. The only sound present was the wailing wind and the occassional cricket.
 

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Nasci laid on the forest floor motionless, hidden away in thickets and shadows. But her torpor was interrupted as object of pure light soared just past her. Her body lifts from the ground, dead leaves slip off from her exoskeleton as she slowly comes to life. As the light moves on, she slinks her among the undergrowth. Normally she would sniff out her prey but even with her poor vision she can easily make out the glowing figure gleaming like beacon of light in twisting darkness. She purrs softly, a hundred feet chitter and echo along the detritus of forest floor. Once she nears the strange luminescent being, she calls to him from the very edges of darkness just out of range of his light.

"Fu fu fu!~ This be new and exciting! What radiance you dawn, your form blinding as if though these eyes are unworthy to witness you. Yet... what strange creature art thou? You carry not the stench of angul-kind or their wretched ilk... *hisses under her breath* so what does that make you if I may intrude?" she inquired from a safety of of shrubs, not yet revealing herself to the mysterious herald of light.
 

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Wandering through the thicket, Lux heard a voice in the darkness. The voice sounded feminine but their seemed something not quite right about it. They sounded young and from what Lux knew from back home, young often came with innocence but there was something about it that unnerved him; an underlying sense of danger and evil. Leora screeched and circled high in the air as an eagle, unnaware of the conversation below.

He pivoted to try and locate where the voice was coming from. The longer she spoke, the more he was certain of her whereabouts. "Hello," he greeted. "My name is Lux." He squinted slightly to try and see the person. "I am a being of light that is not of this Earth. And who might I be speaking to?" Slowly moving closer to the person, he raised his hand out infront of him and shone a beam of light in their direction. Not blinding but bright enough to see who was hidden in a veil of shadow.
 

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"Lux you say? Fu, an appropriate name of one of such luxurious luminescence. Since you have given me your name I will give you my name in kind." she replied, moving herself out from the thickets and into the direction of his light.

At first, he would see only the brown-skinned voluptuous form of her human form, wearing nothing lingerie more fitting on day on the beach than in dark forest. Yet she appears remarkably clean, only a few scuffles of dirt on her skin and stray twigs in her hair distract from her obvious beauty. For a moment, her body seemed to have floated off the ground until it realized that womanly figured was attached to much longer body visage of an enormous centipede rearing back to make herself tower above Lux. Her more mysterious appearance becomes more obvious once she enters the spotlight, light glistens off her chitin in a waxy luster. Where one expect dainty human feet are intimidating talons and on her head were a pair of coiled antenna. Her entrance was grandiose, strutting forward as she showed off as if she was a perverse piece of living art.

"Fu fu fu~ I am Nasci, humble spawn of the most damnable and wrenched of the Demon princes of hell, the Lord of Flies and the King of Gluttony, Beelzebub." introduced Nasci, giving the curt bow to Lux before rearing back body so that she continues to look down upon him.

"And what might bring a sweet cake of your likes to these dark places? Your presence here is... most befitting yet welcomed all the same... fu fu fu~" chuckled the demon centipede woman, staring down glowing person as she contemplated with what she should do with him.
 

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He gave a small laugh at her comment. The woman seemed to have a different way with words than others he had spoken to on the island, more formal and almost sophisticated. When the figure emurged from the shadows, Lux was quite surprised. He didn't know where to look. The girl had hardly any clothing on. "Oh, you must be freezing out here," he began as he took off his jacket for her. No one should be that underdressed on a night like that.

However, he paused as more of the girl scurried into the light. She was now towering over him, a long insectoid body glistening in the spotlight trailing off behind her with dozens of legs protruding from the body. He wasn't sure how he missed it before but two antennae were writhing from the top of her head and two larger legs a with sharp spike at the end of each one were where her legs should be.

Initially, he was surprised but it would be impolite to be scared by a person's appearance. "It is very nice to meet you Nasci. I'm afraid I have not heard of your father but no doubt he is well known." From all of the titles she gave him, he presumed the man was widely known. "I just came for a stroll here with Leora," he explained as he gestured up to the
eagle made from light circling in the bejeweled night sky.
 

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"Ho ho ho hoo!? A gift? How gentlemanly of you." remark Nasci as she takes the offered coat, snatching it from his hand. "Likewise, it is most fortuitous of a meeting in this late eve Lux."

Nasci then giggled a little, amused with his explanation. Its fairly late for most creatures to be stirring for leisurely strolls such as Lux and his companion Leora to whom she is now introduced to. Her head follows the movement of the glowing bird, soaring hi above the two of them. She quickly loses interest in the eagle though, it too high and above for her to reach. Her focus shifts back to Lux as she hugs the coat he had given in her arms.

"Hmmm~ Lovely meeting you as well... you know...." Nasci tip-toed closer to Lux, lowering her body so that she was more or less face to face with Lux now while she continued to speak "... if your so concerned for my well being... we could cuddle amongst one another for warmth. Would you like that like muffin cakes?~" suggested Nasci, giving Lux a toothy grin.
 

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"Indeed it is. Do you live in these woods?" he asked. Lux stayed perfectly still as the woman lowered herself down to him. He had no reason to be sacared, his kind were immortal. He smiled at her and said, "As nice as that may sound, I'm going to have to decline." He was not interested in finding a relationship at the moment. Lux wanted to find out more about the place he would spend the next 500 years on before settling down.

Leora swooped down from the sky and morphed into a cat before she hit the ground, landing on her paws softly. She slinked over to Nasci and rubbed her head against her, purring. Lux laughed at her as her form changed once again to an eagle and perched on his shoulder.
 

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"Fu fu fu!~ You think myself lost? Not lost but... distracted lets say..." trailed off Nasci, her antenna twitch, as if in reaction to something but continued to speak nevertheless "...though, if your offening guide me out I may consider..."

The large centipede woman then furrowed her brow as she massive body begins encircle Lux, displeased that he would so refuse her offer. If he was no good for comfort, then perhaps he will serve best as food.

"-yet yet yet... you have refuse an offer most generous so if your no good to me as lover of the night, perhaps... you shall service me better as meal-piece for my ravenous hunger?~ Perhaps you should reconsider your position you find yourself in?" conjured Nasci, speaking as if her pleasantry voice would mask over her obvious threats against Lux.
 

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Lux's gaze followed the woman as she began to encircle him, Leora's eagle head swivelling frantically. He knew that he was in no serious danger, though he could shake the feeling of being intimidated. There had never been an incident on his home where a person was digested so he started to doubt whether his race's immortality would prevent his light to be snuffed out forever.

"I doubt that I would be quite palatable," he told her politely. "But I still have to decline your offer, despite how generous it may be." Surely she would not really try and eat him; he presumed it was just an attempt to scare him. Anyway, he had Leora on his side and could move at the speed of light. Though, the latter may not be much use if the woman tightened her hold on him since she had now fully encircled him. His body was still physical, after all, and speed would not help if he was detained. Keeping his guard up, he was ready to leave the ground if anything sudden happened.
 

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"Fu fu fu fu~" chuckled Nasci, grinning hungerly at Lux "OH I digress, I find you to be... very very much palatable. And whom said that you had any choice in the matter."

Nasci's lower jaw unhinged, tiny voracious mandibles erupts from her mouth that attempt to claw at Lux's face as she lunges. Simultaneously, the rest of her centipede-like body tightens into a knot as she tries to ensnare him into her trap. For her size, she is capable surprisingly great speeds in short burst so she believed that this engagement was already won. Yet, will her speed compare to the speed of light? Probably not but if Lux doesn't react the question would be moot anyway. All she needs to do was to constrict him with her elongated body, like noose tightening around his neck.
 
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