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In shock I see the mandibles not snap on me but get stopped by…
"Inv?"
Murmuring his name out loud, I see him somehow stop the dropwig with his bare paws!
"Grahhhhhh!!!" I hear Inv roar and I see one of the dropwigs mandibles snap right off.
SCREE-
Before the dropwig can even register its new grievous wound, Inv picks it up by the other mandible and-
BANG*
Slams it against the wall of the corridor!
'W-woah!' Regaining my bearings I quickly get up and move back a bit. Holy shit that was really close!
Out of the way, I watch as Inv overwhelms the dropwig in brute strength!
BANG*
not using his claws but a curled-up fist I see him repeatedly punch the dropwig!
BANG*
over.
BANG*
and over…
BANG*
and over again…
BANG*
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BANG*
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BANG*
At this point the dropwig has long been dead… it's not even recognizable anymore… just a… pile of battered flesh…
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Finally stopping, Inv turns around to me wide eyed. Seeing the mixture of the grey skin and of him covered in green blood with bits of dropwig flesh hanging from some parts of his body doesn't really paint a pretty picture…
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"Ar u ok Joey?" Inv asks in a… monotone voice…
"Y-yeah… I'm ok…" I stutter back. Hearing the way Inv asked me the question makes me wonder if he sees me as a nuisance… I wouldn't blame him… if it weren't for him, I would be dead right now…
Feeling my chest hurt from guilt, I look at Inv waiting for him to say something else…
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Slowly… I see his skin turn back to its casual blue… then starts turning a darker blue. As if coming out of a trance Inv looks around. First seeing the battered corpse of the dropwig. Then… he looks at me…
"J-joey… i-i… i-i sory u…" Inv look's down at his paws and sees the green blood completely covering them. I watch as he tries to stutter something out.
Seeing this complete switch all of sudden I wonder why he's so conscious about what he did and looks like.
'Is it because of me? He might be thinking about what happened last cycle… maybe when his skin is grey it heavily pushes his emotions down letting him kill and fight with ease…' I think to myself.
"I-i-i d-don-
Not wanting a repeat of what happened last cycle I stride right in front of Inv. Reaching up I grab both sides of his face and pull it down right towards mine.
"W-w-wa r u d-doing Joey??" Inv asks completely wide eyed by my sudden action and closeness.
'I want to comfort Inv, I really do but we can't do that outside the shelter! I need him to get his head straight!'
"Inv look at me!" I sternly say, raising my voice.
"O-o-ok??" He stutters out probably even more confused than before with his eyes still slightly darting around avoiding my eyes.
Wanting to get his complete attention I say once more.
"Look at me Inv! Look straight into my eyes!" I yell out!
O-ok!!?" Inv shouts out looking straight at me now. With him not thinking about how he looks and having his complete attention I say the most important thing at the moment.
"Inv, I don't care how you look right now. We can deal with that when we're back in the shelter!" I say back in my most serious voice I can muster.
"B-bu-
"NO! No buts!" I yell back cutting him off from saying anything else.
"Now! What you're going to do!" I say and push my face even closer that our heads are now touching.
"You, are going to open that big mouth of yours and start eating that damn bug!" I point to the unrecognizable dropwig corpse.
"H-h-huh?????" Looking back and forth between me and the pile of flesh Inv's face is only one of pure confusion.
Pressing my forehead even further into his.
"Eat, the damn, bug" I point at the bug and say this in a way I can't even describe. The closest word would be… demanding.
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After a bit more time I finally let go of Inv's head.
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Still looking a bit confused he looks at me for another moment… then… gets on all 4's? As if forgetting how to walk on his 2 legs Inv walks? Crawls? OK ill just say walk towards the corpse since he seems to go pretty fast while on all 4 limbs for some reason…
"O-ok?? I gu… gu at beg??" Inv says back in a… confused but much calmer tone than before.
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'Was… was I too aggressive?' I worriedly think to myself. If he wanted to, he could've definitely pushed me away since he's stronger than me… so he basically let me grab him like that…
So, I don't think he's mad? His skin is also back to norma-
CRUNCH*
oh… now he's eating. It's not that I'm not used to seeing… stuff like this but it's just something I don't really like seeing. But not wanting to be so apart from Inv I walk up right besides Inv who is… tearing apart whatever is left of the dropwig stuffing it into his mouth.
Noticing my presence, Inv looks up at me from his crouched position his mouth still full of… flesh…
'I… I think I am crazy…' I think to myself. Looking past the gory sight all I see is my partner… this is just how he eats. Why would I judge him for something like this?
Raising a paw I slowly move it towards the top of his head and… start petting him. It doesn't exactly feel nice with all the… blood and matted fur but I keep doing it regardless.
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A/N: ok but just think about it. Living in a world like Rain World would be really gory. especially with how Inv's main source of food comes from killing other creatures.