[AW] Tessellate

[Kauri]

burn through my love, i've had quite enough This illusion became increasingly aggressive, the pool of tar conjuring into a monster that hissed. His mind remained within the dark, swimming through the depths of his subconscious. Frustration soon took panic as its form, the stallion focused on escaping this growing deception. He backed away to see the substance simply follow him. Grief and vice were surely the things before him, finally wishing to destroy what fed them for so long. Throat managed a growl, legs circling him back near the creek's edge. If it wanted him, he'd let it have him. Parallel to the water that flowed next to him, he watched this beast pulsate and whisper complete nothingness. For a moment, anxiety-fueled heart was the one noise he could hear throughout. Beating against his chest, willing to explode from the utter distress. Take it, take it all. His mind snarled as he bared his teeth. Should this be his deities’ doing, they wouldn't have to worry about resistance. The stallion was ready—he has been for the longest time. Before his inner demons could snap his neck, the surrounding area became visible again. The dark hadn't heavily painted the place no more, the trees blanketed by the moonlight that graced them. There was bafflement. He stared at his shadow, expecting it to be up to some trickery. Ears then heard the sound of water parting in the way of another form. Had that pulled him out of his subconscious? Kauri would start to take a step back, forgetting he was right next to the creek. As a voice intruded his ears, he fell under. The sudden embrace of cold water was the last waking force he needed. Having fell in onto his side, there was some struggling to keep himself from drowning. Once he flipped himself over, he lay on the creek’s floor, his head atop the water while his body remained submerged. Liquid burst from his nostrils, dead eyes shifting to the one behind the voice he caught earlier. A certain anger appeared to seethe from him, but it was directed at himself and not the stranger. However, her question on whether he killed "it" did insult him. Dormant he lay with his sight never leaving the mare. He was quiet as he let himself calm down. Come a minute and his lips would part. "Did it kill me?" he batted back a different question. Gaze now shifted to the moon, absorbing its soft light to replace what his eyes have lost. Kauri wondered why the other was here, but soon recalled how much of a maniac he had been. "What do you want?" he bluntly asked while brows furrowed underneath his mask, the stallion going on to examine the looks of the stranger. "Speaks" | Thinks @Hydra Thank you!

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