If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, People will eventually come to believe it-Joseph Goebbels
The night is beautiful, the dark blue almost black sky studded with diamond like shimmering stars and the pale disk of the moon reflecting the light of the sun to glow and cast light upon the darkened world.
He missed that night sky. The sky who's beauty you could only truly see in the wilderness or tiny villages. Not the city. Not here.
That was one of the few things he missed from his home. Very few things he missed. though it might just because of the old saying he missed it so much.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder... A bitter laugh left him as he lay on the roof watching the few stars that could shine threw the light pollution. Nothing could make his heart grow fonder for that place. The place that took a innocent boy, and made him a monster.
A creature skulked up to him, at first glace you could fool your self into thinking it was a black wolf, or a very large black dog. looking closer you could see what made the thing so strange. It wasn't truly living, was not a real part of this world, it's paws and claws picked over the ground noiselessly because there where no paws, no weight. It's wispy fur just faded away the form more a vague copy of what it should be. This was no mortal creature, but a pure shadow given form and purpose. The shadow creature paused by his head it's sightly white eyes looking into the mans glittering silver.
Sighing he sat up. "What's going on?" The shadow creature opened it's mouth and spoke, not in a language any could understand unless they like the man could control the shadows. it's voice was a coarse whisper into the males ear, he frowned what the shadow spoke of was quite far out from the city and he did promise...but this was to enticing.
the Creature sat waiting patiently as it's master got up fixing his dark cape across the shoulder pads of his leather jacket his form almost blending into the darkness thanks to the black leather he wore. the only things that gave him away was the long light brown hair he had that he allowed to flow freely and his pale face. though his features where soon hidden a black, silver and red mask taking the place of his face the beautiful paints taking the form of a fierce snarling wolf muzzle.
The Creature rubbed against his legs whispering more telling him the exact location as shadows rose up around them, not sentient like the creature but pure shadow energy ready and willing to whisk it's master away to where ever he wished.
"To Four Weapons." the darkness cocooned them before vanishing, human and creature gone from the material world traveling threw the shadow to their destination. And start of The Rabid Wolf's destiny.
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The Wolf sighed and shook his head at the scene before him. the place was a wreck with broken weapons scattered on the ground, the large and once proud sign proclaiming the name of the store that had belonged to the Flamey family for generations was barely hanging on half covering the entrance threatening to come crashing down and crush someone with a strong gust of wind.
Speaking of crushing someone. Wolf winced seeing the remains of the water tower scattered everywhere. Part of him wondered why no one had ransacked the place (Not that you'd really be able to tell) Or cleaned it up. Then again the area was mostly privet property owned by the Flamey's so other people probably couldn't be bothered cleaning it when it was technically not their problem.
With a wave of his hand shadow creatures rose up and started cleaning away the debris sorting out the still sell-able weapons and armor, wood that could be used to repair the store, and the trash that was no good for anything but firewood and slag. Happy they where cleaning up the mess outside the Wolf entered looking around at the half destroyed interior.
"At lest they put up a fight..." He sighed feeling sorry for the family who lived here "...Lest I can do for them is put things back the way they where." he muttered to his self closing his eyes a thin film of shadow flow before it settled where age old shadows did marking out where objects once where and what was there. The Wolf nodded to his self a few creatures coming in from outside and tidying up the inside, he sighed picking up a warped sword raising a eyebrow. "...If those things that took them did this I don't want to run into them..." one of the creatures whined in confusion the Wolf looking over and frowning confused as well.
"Helloooo..." he came over frowning at the darker area on the sign. "Something was hidden here..." He looked around "Something worth trashing this place and kidnapping the owners..."focusing he pulled the darker shadow towards him his sharp eye's picking out faintly darker patterns. Humming he carefully manipulated the shadows raising a eyebrow as a map and writing became visible reading it over.
"...You guys can finish up here." He said softly grabbing a note pad from the counter along with a pen summoning a small shadow as he wrote on the note that he was going to be busy and probably not back for a night or two giving it to the shadow.
"Give this to Konton or Kaze they'll make sure it's read." the shadow nodded taking the note in it's mouth and vanishing the Wolf looking at his shadow map again, he was vaguely aware of the area's close to where these 'Golden weapons' where and though he couldn't travel right to them could at lest get near and check it out.