Calypso sat atop the tree she scaled the night prior, once again. Looking into the night, through the clouds and heavy shadow that seemed to grip the area tight.

“Dumb clouds…” Calypso pouted with her more mature, angled face. “I wanted my lovely bone armor to glisten in the moonlight…”

She then looked at her claws, brandishing them to herself, letting them clash against each other as the sharpness was audible.

“I guess it’s rather fitting…” Calypso lowered her claw, looking out over the horizon. “I suppose the plan—which is just what life is gonna be now—is to hide out here, watch for prey… Maybe even visit the homestead from afar—maybe even protecting them from trouble! Now that would be—"

She snapped her head to the left and sniffed at the cool air. “Oooh. I can smell that. I can never forget that smell if I tried… But it means the one thiiiing~!”

It wasn’t just the suddenness of the smell that allowed her reservation of before.

This was simply her life now.

Calypso took a swan dive from the top of the tree, towards the smell, her sharpen arms in an airplane formation as she stared at the approaching ground.

As if it were casual, she then angled both her arms and legs in front of herself. Smirking as she was waiting.

Once palms and soles hit the leave-covered ground, Calypso used all of her might to sprint forward, sailing into the air in a single bound.

As the wind scratched at her face, it occurred to Calypso that she was getting tired smiling. She tried to remember the last time she smiled, let alone for how long. But it didn’t matter.

Thrusting out her limbs again as she landed, kicking up a wave of leaves once she made impact.

“HUMAN!” she screeched, looking up towards the disgusting aroma.

Only to find nothing left but blood.

“… Aaaaw…”

She picked herself up, patting away the leaves that snagged on her body as she pouted. Walking over to the spot and on closer inspection, it was a mauled campsite. There were so many shreds, it was impossible to discern what was tent, bags or clothing because it was smothered in blood.

Calypso used her claw to pinch and peel off a scrap, making a disgusted expression. “Still relatively fresh…” She then rolled out her steaming tongue, letting it flicker closer and closer to it, before ultimately stopping and putting it away. “Calypso. You may be a murderous creature of the night now, but you are not an animal.”

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She dropped it, but not out of disgust. But a chill creeping down her spine.

“…And something tells me that what caused this… Wasn’t an animal.”

Glancing around herself, she saw them. Different ones, but she couldn’t deny it. She could never forget them, let alone deny it.

Yellow, glowing eyes blinked at different speeds. Surrounding her at all sides. But now with her new eyes, she could see more. Despite being pure shadow, she could make out the various shapes and how… Wrong they are. A jaw that was twisted away from the head. A worm that stretched too far. A man that was split, held together by a flap of flesh. And they all gawked at her.

Calypso giggled. “Well. I know you’re not the same ones, but I’ve uh… Had a run-in with your New York branch~”

They just stared. Moving, breathing, looking at each other before returning their gaze.

“Awww, c’mon. I may look different, but I’m one of you now! You all look different from one another regardless, I’d thought you understand…”

Flexing her fingers that were sharper than a knife, Calypso shrugged. “Ah well~ It doesn’t matter if you understand me or not. I was but a silly, scared girl that let you kill my friend and alter my life forever. I’m hungry. I’m angry. And I need to work out this all-consuming aggression.”

Calypso licked her lips, hunched over with her claws raised. Assuming a battle stance.

She expected—no, wanted them to start swarming. To tackle her on the ground with their numbers so that she can swipe and wipe out an entire row of them at once. She wondered how easy it was for her to crush them, mash them, mangle them now that she had these wonderful powers. She could actually believe the anticipation could kill her right now, more than them posing a threat.

Instead, what happened caused Calypso to gulp silently. As if her accelerated heart rocketed into her throat.

Nothing prepared Calypso for the fact that the new intruder rested their chin onto the girl’s shoulder. As if nothing was wrong with this picture.

"Holy shit, you're such a newbie... Couldn't even sense that we were here the whole time? That's lesson one, man!" the female revealed herself to Calypso, in a causal and chipper tone.

Calypso could only give a crooked smile. In a full, swift move—this person established the tone. And easily took control.

“O-oh no…” Calypso responded, trying to look from the corner of her eye. “I’m well aware of how utterly fucked I am...”

“Good!” the woman patted Calypso’s arm. An arm that could be considered a weapon. “Smart and talented! You’re really interesting for such a low level Consumed…”

Calypso just huffed. Tried in vain to hide the fact that she was unnerved, but couldn’t hide the shaking she was doing.

“And considering how… A-affable you are?” Calypso smirked and shivered. “You must be very high level, yourself..."

“You’d be right, buuuuut not really—man, see, you got a great head on your shoulders! But where were we—ah yeah. Oh yeah, we're sort of a big deal…”

Calypso heard the soft footfalls, circling around the girl from behind, now meeting face-to-face. Even her writhing mind caught that it was just her. Not others. But why "we?" Quickly glancing about the area... It didn't mean the other monsters. They were frozen in place like she was.

Blonde hair that hit at her neck, dim golden waves that had streaks of black. Blue eyes that were big, and expressive. A grin that stretched ear to ear, which raised her rosy cheeks. A fashionable black coat, with a multi-color scarf wrapped around the neck.

Eerily pale.

"You're looking for food and a fight, huh?" her smile grew wider, showcasing very telling fangs. “You wanna tangle with me for a bit~?”