Today's OC belongs to Chronos0305. Let's see if he survives.
Hailing from an orderly mafiastic soceity of Summoners, Young Jack roams the globe, taking odd jobs to exercise demons and purge monsters from the world of man. Armed with the demons caught in his collection of Summons and with a trusted Cat Familiar by his side, he answers the call to face The Entity as a string of murders and ritualistic sacerfices lead the Summoner to its doorstep.
Though, the challenge will not be an easy one to overcome. The Entity, aware of The Summoners, strikes a nerve with them and their feline companions, summoning the Cat's former king, Old Tom, to serve it in it's hunt. The king, known for it's unusal cruelty in old days, having it's subjects prey on human infants and others by using their magic to cause misfourtane, reclaims his crown with an ironfist. Faced with an elder and limited by The Entities own interferance, Jack will be pushed to the limits no other Summoner has ever faced before. Can he beat the odds or did Jack get in over his head in this hunt? Find out, only on Dead By Daylight: The Blood Moon.
In the forest, the magician-for-hire runs. His abilities surpressed by The Entity, leaving him with little to combat the killer hunting him and three others in this dense fog. But for now, he is out of sight. The screams of one of the survivors echoing through the silence. Jack readied himself to be the next target as the survivors numbers dwindled. With his cat familiar, Simon, on his shoulders, Jack crept his way to a generator, beginning work on it with Simon, doubling the speed. Another scream went off, telling Jack that it was only him and one other left now. Old Tom was on the prowl tonight, centuries of decaying in a coffin would do that to you.
The generator flashed on, making Jack's location obvious to Old Tom who was fast on his way as the growl of a big cat in the distance could be heard. From the shadows, the wrathful king stepped out. A pantherish humanoid feline. His pelt as black as the darkness surrounding the forest, save for the silver underbelly, and his eyes a glowing green. His build was lean, and movement not unlike Big Chap Xenomorph, as his body was still recovering from its resurrection. He stood on his hindelegs for the most part, with a claw drawn and the other holding a dagger with some celtic runes carved into it.
Jack turned and ran, knowing what the dagger was able to do to his magic and, if he was not careful, his soul. Using his special attribute, Jack summoned one of his demons, "Mirror Mirror" he called it, creating a duplicant of himself from a flash. The second mimicing the commands given to Jack rom the player but in opposite directions. Forcing Old Tom to choose which Jack he'd chase. Following one, Tom would catch up cut his knife into its back, siphoning the very essence of magic it was made of into the dagger and into himself. Old Tom's eyes would turn red and he would let out a roar, not enraged but believing he had killed his target. Fortunately for Jack, that was only the duplicant.
Old Tom, believing only one to be left, began his hunt for the remaining survivor. He made his way through the woods, his imposing figure glaring straight ahead. Unfortunate for the survivor as he would take the wrong turn around a burnt down shed and catch the eye of Old Tom. One swipe from the knife had both injured the survivor and drained him of his ability to use his special attribute. This left the surivor only the option to limp away and hope for the best as Tom licked his knife clean, his fangs grating against the steel. Old Tom then activated his special attribute as the survivor tossed a piece of debris in his way. For a moment, Tom changed into a full big cat, looking fairly similar to the reports of Old Shuck and other cryptids matching the big black cat discription. In this form, all obstacles are rendered useless as Tom phases through them while charging down a straight path. This would remain for a short time period, no longer than a couple of steps infact, but can be reused almost immideatly. With nothing to stand between him and the survivor, Tom dealt the second blow, incapacitating the survivor at long last.
As the survivor lied on the floor of the forest, Old Tom wrapped his free claw around his head and pulled him up. Sinking his dagger into the back of their head as it pops out of their screaming mouth and begins to glow. The victim's flesh, withering before turning to dust around their skeleton. Old Tom drops the skull and appears slightly more youthful, having more meat on his bones and a more energetic shading of green for his eyes. (This progress can be saved for other hunts as well if the player chooses him often enough, and if not Old Tom will wither back to his base form.)
Jack saw his opportunity now, dashing for a hatch he had marked in his memory a while ago. No more survivors left to save, he had all the reason he needed to use it now. Old Tom vigilant though. His cat-like sensory helped him spot those Survivors who would run when no one was looking. Bringing them up on screen in similar fashion to the Arkham games Detective Vision. He began pursuit, realizing that the man he had thought to have killed was very much alive once he got close enough. Old Tom pounced on his prey, knocking Simon off of Jack's shoulders and forcing him into a limp as is indicated by how he grips his fedora to his head. But while crippled, Jack swaps out his first special attribute for a shiny new second one. In which he can snap his fingers and swap positions with the slasher, dazing them as he makes his escape behind them. Leading Old Tom in the opposite direction of where the hatch was allowed this plan to work full proof and provide him time to escape The Entities grasp.
Jack had eluded the tyrants claws and dark gods maw. Their combined efforts nearly being the death of him. Seaperate, he could have defeated them, but together would be near impossible on his own. Jack had no choice but to allow The Entity to escape this day. But the starved Entity would need to feed. It would need four lives for the one it had been denied today, and an old king had seven more to spare for his failiure today.
Another OC done. As usual, thank you for the suggestion Chronos0305 and I hope I was as true to the vision you had in mind as I could be.
And apologies for the delay folks, them comics I told you about, we're storyboarding them for the artist and it's a lot harder than originally planned. Will try to post regularly.
Until then, I am the Shaman and I shall catch you all next time.