Jerrick saw Eos get clawed at by the Crococlaw, allowing him to get out of the hole, as she began raining hell on it. The girl was one ball of energy, most would be exhausted dealing with a beast like this, but that may be due to the fact that they had help from two Vyst's and military-grade munitions. Still Jerrick saw the opening he needed- when the fire danced around Eos's fingers and wrapped around the beasts neck, Jerrick watched the scales there become blackened and weakened. When Devos landed his attack on it, the scales came off. Her fire somehow damaged it's armor! The scales would grow back eventually, so Jerrick had to take advantage of this weaknesses now, especially since he saw Eos getting picked up by the creature.<br/><br/>He then saw her staff on the ground and his eye's lit up with an idea.<br/><br/>Jerrick would pick it up and load one of the explosive rounds in it, eyes watching the creature, as he watched Devos hiss in front of it. Jerrick would sigh. "<b>Devos is going to hate me, but fuck it." </b>He said, as he ran and jumped onto Devos's back, before firing the spear end into the Crococlaw's throat. Through the creature was reaching to dislodge it and heal, dropping Eos in the process, Jerrick would use his momentum and twirl around the beast, landing down in front of it, before pointing the gun end towards the ground. "<b>Off with your head, you overgrown bitch!" </b>He said, before pressing down on the firing mechanism.<br/><br/>The recoil alone did damage, Eos would be able to hear the creatures neck snap, but the encompasing blast would completely remove the Crococlaw's head. The hefty head flew a couple of feet and landed with a loud thud. Jerrick, though he knew the creature likely wouldn't listen to him, pointed towards Devos. "<b>Don't. Touch." </b>He said, before walking towards the Crococlaw's head. He started at it almost as if in a trance, before Eos would be able to see he was......crying? He would wipe his eyes, before speaking up towards the beast's head. "<b>That was for Tyrus.....Mark.....Dianca....all my friends and my home at Port Nowhere, you fucking monster." </b>He said.<br/><br/>Port Nowhere.....that was a sad story in itself. But it explained a lot.<br/><br/>Port Nowhere was a thriving and booming City-State in Portland. Due to close proximity to the ocean and irrigation by rivers, Farmland was plentiful and the town had grown, it was not boasting to consider it the crown jewel of the west. it actually sported two different tribes and allowed Gypsies to travel there to restock freely as a trading hub and meeting place, given the Caravans lack of a central location. It stood for over a hundred years, and had the potential to become it's own nation, but the Vyst's of the North struck that dream down. Reports were scarce, but the survivors all told the same thing- Half a year ago, a Horde of Vysts, bearing creatures unlike any seen in the Outer states, swarmed the city. It was a massacre- almost half a million people died there.<br/><br/>The Survivors had either split off from the main group to try and rebuild their lives elsewhere, or formed a single caravan in search of a new home. It explained where Jerrick had his skills- He was likely one of the Vanguard, those charged with searching for their new home. The letter he received yesterday was likely a status update on his people. It also explained his hatred- he lost everying his people had to the Vyst's. He wanted revenge.<br/><br/>Jerrick would look towards Eos and hand her weapon back, before he would point towards the creature. "<b>I'm keeping the head and body....you'll get your supplies and more.....I owe you a lot for helping me take this bitch out, I won't forget that. " </b>He said, gratitude evident on his face, before he saw something inside the home- Vyst eggs. No wonder the creature fought so fiercely- It was protecting a nest. Jerrick just gave the eggs a look of rage, before speaking up. "<b>Help me destroy these things- I don't want more of these fucking things in the world, one was enough." </b>He said, walking over with his shotgun to shoot them.<br/><br/>That was going a bit far, even for something that had caused him no end of suffering- More to the point, those Eggs were valuable. This was the first time a Crococlaw nest had been found! Researchers at Crescent City would pay a fortune to figure out more about these things!<br/><br/><a class="username" data-user-id="536" data-username="@Solunae" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/536/">@Solunae</a>