[EVENT] Something Evil this way Comes

[Metaphor]

Metaphor is a level headed creature.  He’d been around the world long enough to have seen a bit of everything, but this gruesome scene affected even the stoic red stallion.  It sickened him to see the brutality of the crime, so it’s no wonder that the scaled boy was so faint and confused.  Against him, Pan shakes like a leaf, and Metaphor provides little more than comfort to the dazed boy.  There is nothing the healer can do in this moment, for Pan has no physical need for healing.  He offers strength in the only way he can, by simply protecting the child as he regains his senses… and by shielding him from the growing crowd and accusatory stares. He listens as the black mare balks at them, and again as the brush rustles with another approaching beast, hiding in the shadows.  Turning toward Messalina’s hidden form, his chocolate eyes search through the foliage in an attempt to find the source of movement, but he is distracted again when Eulalie responds to Sloane.  Silently grateful for the interference, he lets the two swap barbs for a few moments, before finally clearing his throat in defense of the boy and his own wandering into a strange land. Forgive me for the intrusion… he begins, bowing his head in a sign of respect to the gold and cream mare.  Cliché as it may sound, I’ve only arrived to Novus mere days ago.  I was on my way southward, toward the Night Court, when I heard the boy’s call.  It was never my intention to stumble upon such a thing… I only wanted to help. His voice is calm and collected, soothing like rolling waves against a pebbled beach.  For Metaphor is a simple creature, and a kind one.  He held no allegiances in this foreign land, nor animosities.  Instead, the red stallion was merely an empathetic beast – a healer in every sense of the word. What happened here is something unforgivable… whatever beast committed such a crime, I fear that none of us are safe.  He nods toward Eulalie, offering a weak smile which is meant as a reassurance in an otherwise grim scenario.  But if there is anything I can do, I will offer it to your land.  I will help you seek justice for your fallen. m e t a p h o r MEDIC of the NIGHT COURT

@Sloane @Messalina @Eulalie @Pan