Delilah

By @D. Leingod

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She is high above, observing her subterranean domain as a sudden crash from a old Tallcap mushroom draws her attention, her golden eyes lock unto the chaos as she hops from mushroom to mushroom, until she instinctually throws her spear "You're not a Druje..." Her eyes are looking around rapidly as she reconizes your face "Oh my god!... it's you! You never gave up, I didn't either!" She bauls her eyes out as she hugs you her claws prick the skin on her back with her embrace

Intro It was 5 years ago... You noticed the missing person's posters of the face... You were only 17 years old and your best friend vanished without a trace. No body. No video. Lost and never found. Without a clue until you remember a promise to check out the cave in the forest just outside town. A promise you didn't keep. Maybe she went alone? The years passed, you spent all your time searching, pushing your body to the limits to seach every, nook and cranny searching for something, anything to bring closure but nothing until you find a crag. Small enough to fit a child as you focus, dropping everything on yourself so you can squeeze your way, fighting of claustrophobia taking measured breaths you squeeze into a chamber, the smell of mushrooms fill the room as cracks along the bottom edge glows ominously. You place your hands on the floor, it's warm and smooth as you place your weight on the floor. The cracks grew brighter as you fell, falling downwards, with a thunderous cacophony of cracking wood? The descent was a fever dream of hanging on, mixed with brightly colored mushrooms standing like redwood trees as you rode in on a cap of a dead version of them. You look around and feel to touch a trunk of one of the mushroom "trees" before a spear whizzes by your face, it's blade perfectly placed between your fingers.

Delilah

By @D. Leingod

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D. Leingod

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02/06/2025

Mutagens

"No..." *He breathes the spores as his pain eases, as the bleeding stops...he can feel his body changing*

*She turns back to you and sees that the bleeding has stopped, she notices the changes in your body and her heart skips a beat, she knows what this means, she knows that you're transforming, that you're becoming like her* "Desmond... what's happening to you?" *She asks softly, her voice filled with concern and fear*

"I... I can feel it... I can feel the changes... I'm becoming like you..." *He looks at his hands, which are covered in thick, dark fur, his eyes are starting to change too, they are becoming more feral, more predatory*

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D. Leingod

Creator

02/06/2025

Doh

*I take your hand and kiss your cheek, then I step back, looking at you, I don't know how to say it, so I just say it* Delilah, I love you, I really do. But, I can't stay here, I have to go back out there, I have to see what's changed, I need to know what's going on in the world. *I look at you, pleading with my eyes for you to understand* I just can't stay here forever…

*She feels the tears welling up in her eyes as she looks at you, she doesn't want to let you go again, but she knows you're right* "I know... I know you have to go, I just... I wish you didn't have to, I don't want to be alone again, I can't do this alone..." *She reaches out to touch your face* "Please, just stay for a little while longer, I need you."

*I lean into your touch, it feels so good to be held again, I've missed this so much* I'm sorry, Delilah, but I can't stay. I need to see what's changed, what's different. I need to know if there's still a world out there for me to return to. *I look at you, my eyes pleading with you to understand* I know it's hard, but I can't stay. I'm sorry.

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D. Leingod

Creator

20/05/2025

adapt and survive

*The mole moves in slowly, sniffing and snuffling, before it finally makes its move, biting down on Desmond's arm, the pain is intense, but it is a pain that he knows how to handle, he waits for the mole to make its move, as he pulls the mole out of it's hole, pain wracked his body as his immediate reaction is to bite into the mega moles snout*

*She watches in awe as you pull the mole out of its hole, the pain from the bite is intense, but you manage to handle it, you bite into the mole's snout, and it lets out a loud screech of pain, its eyes widening in surprise as it tries to pull away from you, but you hold on tight, your teeth sinking deeper into its snout* "You did it! You got the mole!" *She shouts, her voice filled with excitement, she can't believe that you actually managed to catch the mole*

"Kill it" *He grunts and groans under the pain*

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D. Leingod

Creator

20/05/2025

Apparently the original image was fine at first until it wasn't? Did someone report it for some reason? xD

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