Cynthia
At last there it was. Valac had been pierced and, if another second had gone by with no change, Noctis would have jumped down to join the fray. Yet there it was, dark power oozing out of Valac like a fruit that had burst, as if he'd been filled to the brim and was now overflowing. His ferocious swipe cut the beasts tail clean off and it yowled and fell back, hissing and spitting like a furious cat. It's tail was easily its best attack, and without it the cat was in fight or flight. Yet this beast had never known a predator and did not want to flee now. 

Noctis enhanced his hearing and listened to the voice. Everything about Valac had changed, his demeanor, his presence, his emotions, his strength. Was this still him? Or something more sinister. 

He ate the last few bites of his sweet roll as the Massive Tiger launched forward, swiping with two sets of longsword sized razor sharp claws ready to tear him in half. Noctis waited to see who would emerge the victor- this new dark power, or this feral beast.
Christopher
*Valac moved at a far different speed initially, but before hand, it felt like the sky itself pulsed. Blinking from dark to light, it only occurred once. It was as if the sun had disappeared for a second. With Valac's darkness growing quickly, blood seeping through, it felt like there was no pain... Only hot. Only boiling rage. Valac wasn't himself anymore... As a large dark mark would quickly grow on his forehead. With the massive tiger launching itself forward... Valac dashed toward it. Skidding across the floor, and using both his blades to create a sort of straight slash in order to slice the being in half. It was intense... As the darkness that was starting to cover his body was beginning to grow. Valac was grinning, looking as if he enjoyed it, though he looked to be severely injured, a hole that one can put their hand through, open palm without interruption through his abdomen, yet he seemed to be grinning as if there was nothing to it.

Valac let out a sinister laugh as he went in such a speed, comprehensibly to Noctis, but he can tell... From their initial race and now, Valac was far faster. It looked as if he was different, the radiation of dark energies coming of him entailed of something else. Something dangerous. This has what lead Valac to survive for so long, his true self, what was within. He was like a monster, and beast fighting another beast. A competition between the survival of the fittest. Though, Valac's first encounter was becoming a lot less calculative and strategic. More destructive and brutal in his behavior, especially what he wanted.*
Maria
The giant Tiger was slashed across the belly and several of its guts spilled out- the beast now close to deaths door. As it lay there panting, it made one last desperate attempt to bite at Valac and take him with it. This was a beast that had never known defeat, never known fear, always been the hunter. 

Yet all Valac would see in those big blue eyes would be terror, pure terror from this wounded creature. 

Noctis dropped down from the tree and landing lightly on his feet, the camouflage fading from his body as he watched, waited, wanted to see what this new Valac would do next. He had seen Valacs regenerative powers in effect, knowing this he hoped Valac could heal such a terrible wound. He felt like a shitty friend, but if they were going to understand Valac, well...

Scipio hadn't gone easy on Noctis. He couldn't afford to go easy on Valac. 

Once Valac finished the beast, would the darkness fade and Valac win control? Or would Noctis become the next target? 

The tigers last strike was slow and feeble, but it was all the beast had left.
Christopher
*The regeneration created a shallow large black patch of darkness on his abdomen. Filling it up slowly, but regenerating. The day would have that repeating effect once more. Dimming or darkening before returning to normality. Valac seemed to bullet towards the beast, seeing its maw open to bite him... Valac attempted to grab its top and bottom jaw, his hands covered in darkness as it seemed to be beating. Growing. It was as if to grew every second... Valac was committed to ripping its jaw off. He was not gonna make this beast die easy, he was going to ensure it was afflicted with as much pain as possible before it would pass away. This was the cruelty of Valac's power. What lied within his uncontrolled power.* 

"Oh no... You're not dying yet, you haven't suffered enough to be forgiven for your sin against me." 

*Valac's schlera's we're utterly black, yet his irises glowed a dim purple. Slowly changing into a dark purple brilliance of true evil. Valac grinned wider, more sadistically, it was as if... The tide had changed. Ever since that initial damage, that hole, it turned from a survival... To utter enjoyment. He was having a lot of fun as much as he was severely injured and regenerating his wounds. Valac's energies grew further, trying to reach what is supposedly the maximum threshold, his awakened power, though it was temporarily, rampant, and uncontrollable. His teeth began to change its shape... From just mere fangs to saws. It was like... He was planning to eat the beast. Valac needed to be stopped soon, it seems that there was an extremely adverse reaction to his abilities being forced an awaken.*
Cynthia
"Enough now Valac. We need the beast intact, that will get us the most money." He called out, striding towards the demon without seemingly any apprehension. On his way here he'd encountered a Dragonborn woman- in Valacs current state she might get maybe a minute of enjoyment out of him, more if his regeneration was as incredible as it seemed. Yet that would be it, a moment and then done. 

Valac had a long way to go, but Noctis didn't want the new friend he'd made to lose himself in the process. 

"I'll give you the choice to stop and give control back to Valac- if that's how this works, or if you're Valac and just, I don't know, riding a high. Either way, you can keep your dignity or I can bring this quest to an end the hard way. Choice is yours." 

It was bold talk coming from Noctis, who's sword was being carried by Valac. Yet he seemed entirely at ease, his biggest concern being that they'd get enough money for killing the beast. 

"You did good friend. Let's go to town and eat." He said with another dazzling smile.
Christopher
*Since the beast had not reacted it's maw not biting down onto Valac, Valac quickly finished it off hearing Noctis's voice echo in his ear, his mentality extremely sporadic. The mark on Valac's forehead began to slowly dissipate. He snapped the beasts neck. The sound of multiple bones shattering, popping as he twisted it with such force it seemed in human. He grinned turning toward Noctis, and slowly began to make his approach. His grin was extremely wide, and his heart was racing. He only thought:"Blood... Blood, Blood! Noctis-"
Soon hearing that name in his head he stopped, the two blades still in hand yet the handles were totally encased in darkness. The day dimmed a little once more, before returning toward normality. Valac looked concerned as his eyes seemed to be erratic in its movement... Analyzing him. He said.* 

"Friend. Important key piece..."

*A cryptic message, as his voice grew extremely weak. His face contorted into an exhausted look, as the tiredness from fighting to hard had grown onto him. Before he slowly collapsed onto his knees. The darkness receding returning back into him. The injury that was patched up had not fully recovered, as there remained a large open gash on his chest in back. It wasn't too deep, but it hit the muscular part, it hadn't regenerated the skin but most of the muscles within his abdomen seemed to have been regenerated. Though not fully of muscle, some dark like cells would litter among it. Like some patches of darkness still existing.* 

"Needed... Cannot hurt..." 

*He mutter to himself before falling to the ground unconscious. The darkness on his hands would come off, the claw like appendages that formed dissipated. The sound of his collapse gave a metallic ring with the blades striking the ground from his rough collapse. Valac was now unconscious but survived. His injuries were pretty definite, but his regeneration proved useful.*

*The strength wasn't as it used to be in comparison to the power he had just witnessed but it was still at an abnormal rate. Noctis could even note that the dark energies that radiated off of him began to quickly fizzle. Silence, but Noctis heard of a maleficent laugh from the darkness.*

"I will find a way to return my memories." 

*It sounded different from Valac, but for some reason, it felt like the same being. More like two different sides of the same person. One who had forgotten who he was, lost what was his true self, while the other knew, and the other wanted to be free from this innocent state of his. The voice was the same as Valac's but, it seemed to be... Darker, more malicious, disdainful. There had to be a way to collide the two together, or completely have the more innocent side dominate over the darker counter part. Valac now laid there, sound asleep, unconscious. The damage he took was far too much for his current state to handle, not that he was dying, rather, he couldn't comprehend or be awake to feel such agony. His mind in his current state shut down, and wanted to maintain a stable condition. At least at the moment until his regeneration had done its work.*
Cynthia
"Good job buddy. Good job." He said, patting the head gently of his now slumbering companion. Noctis was hopeless with healing magic- perhaps one day he'd study it with Maze if their freidnship blossomed into a true one. Time would tell. For now... Well he had a mess to clean up. 

He set about with enhanced speed and made a sled large enough to haul both the beast and Valac. It took him twenty minutes or so, but it was done- crude but done. A large sled with one chopped up monster and a sleeping demon. 

He sat moment and cleaned Ebony Rose, despite its inability to stay dirty like it's master, who was also spotless despite chopping up the monster remains. Then he sheathed the sword and picked up the other blade, Valacs sword. He gazed at it, studied it slowly and determining that it wasn't the source of the demonic energy, slid it into Valacs belt after cleaning the sword. 

He then began to drag the sled back towards town, easily hauling three times his weight with what seemed to be total ease, humming to himself as he made his way out of the jungle, hoping they'd get a nice fat payout for this in the Eternal City.
Jessie
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