Tome of Rathyn: Boss Battle - Open Locks

10. Everybody Stay Calm! The Trash Monster’s new, agonizing cries are causing mayhem. Feelings that have been long hidden resurface in some, and pure panic sets in for others. Draw or write your character’s reaction to the Trash Monster’s fresh agony.

 

Rathyn was still busy collecting ingredients and items when a bellowing cry caused him to freeze. It felt intense, almost as if it was tugging at his sense of being, but he managed to shake it off for now. Gathering all these wonderful items was way more important after all!

When he had a beautiful, glowing mushroom in his hand, his eyes began to dilate for a second when another agonized cry echoed through the surroundings. It began to affect him, the collective pain of the Trash Monster merged with his own emotions and unlocked seals which Rathyn temporarily had put on himself to be approachable in the guild he found himself in.

„Heh-…“ One hand was lead to his face, shaking, while he suppressed the urge to break out into laughter. It was really difficult. He could feel the artificially attached parts of his body tingling, similar to a handful of bugs which tried to burrow themselves into his skin. It was disgusting. A feeling he hated more than anything but he usually managed to distract himself from it. Right now it was amplified, wanting to be heard and felt no matter what.

His other hand, still clinging to the valuable mushroom, cramped in an attempt to not crush it. Fingers bent in almost unnatural ways in an attempt to keep hold of it without squishing the delicate surface.

His strong sense of wanting to preserve ingredients managed to win after what felt like an eternity while being frozen on the spot with an eery smirk on his face, crooked and bent. He thought highly of himself. He knew that he was his own person, not someone to be controlled by someone else or any emotions. They tend to only be in the way, one reason why he lost his moral compass over time.

„Stop whining you little bitch..!“

Still slightly shaking, he put the mushroom in his pocket and turned away to put distance in between himself and the annoying situation.

Not today. Maybe next time I’ll let it all out.