馃寠A Sirens Song 馃寠(Pt 9]
( Minor blood TW!)
"H-how-?!" Annora yelled thoughtlessly, her words tumbling from her mouth like her tight breathes.
The siren hummed playfully, eyeing the ground as be traced his clawed fingertip through the dirt, cutting into earth like it was water.
"Well, I swam here from where I normally sleep...does that awnser your question?" He looked up at her, smirking with a look of mischief in his eyes.
Annora pressed a shaking hand to her forehead, a bead of sweat trickling down her skin.
She had calculated the poison to his body exactly. Where had her caulcations gone wrong? She ran over the math in her mind as she slipped farther back into the forest, slowly pushing herself behind the shrubbery of nature. She needed to get out of there quick, before he figured out she wasnt wearing ear plugs.
"Hey! Now where do you think you're going-? I'm hungry!" He called out to her, whining much like a child would.
"That stupid map of yours is at fault you know, so now you're the one that has to deal with it." The siren bare his teeth as he spat out his last words, a rare moment of emotion beyond his constant mockery.
Annoras eyes snapped back to his, shrinking further at the intense glare she was met with.
"I-"
Wait.
Wouldnt this work too?
Annoras eyes widened.
The death wouldnt be as short and painless as she would have preferred, but what did it matter?
Starving a monster wasnt nearly as deplorable as wrecking countless boats and stealing numerous lives.
"....no, I don't think I will."
Annora responded quietly, standing shakily from the ground.
"What?" The siren hissed, something deadly flickering in his eyes.
Annora met his gaze with steel, nerves frayed, but determination keeping them together.
"You tried to kill me again. Why would anyone in their right mind help keep a monster like you alive-?!" She shouted more aggressively than she had intended, however she didnt back down even then, her own lips pulled into an angry snarl.
She wiped at her bloody nose with her hand, flicking her wrist to shake the blood droplets away.
"I think starving would be an apt end. As your hunger is what got you in this predicament." She stated with finality, her emerald eyes glowering in the moonlight.
The sirens eyes widened, a moment of shock passing over his features. But slowly, that suprise melted into something dark, and cold.
Was it rage?
No.
Annora shivered.
It was something far more dangerous.
"I shouldn't be suprised...you humans...all the same..." he hissed, his turquoise pupils boring into her very soul. He looked down, hand turning into a fist.
"...oh well. I guess I'll have to start hunting on shore then."
He remarked with a smile and half hearted laugh, the danger in his eyes increasing in magnitude.
"What?" Annora breathed, confusion blooming over her own features.
"Oh, what is it? Haven't you figured it out yet, that I've been holding back?" He spoke with faux innocence, his smile growing.
"Why do you think children are never kidnapped off the beachside? Or homes aren't ripped away from their placement on the ground?"
He laughed louder, a cruel, twisted laughter that made Annora squirm. "You thought you were so smart...but all you've done is managed to push me to the brink...now all your human company is going to pay."
Annora breathes hastened.
"No...no-! No you cant do that-!" Panic replaced any bravery she had before, horror filling her heart.
"Oh yes I can, and no puny human weapon...or girl, can stop me." He drawled with a snicker, pulling back.
His nails pulled through the dirt as he shifted backwards, readying himself to dive into the blues depths.
"I'm looking forward to it...a true buffet of human. I hope you dont all smell as bad as pirates~" he laughed playfully, the innocent amusement ill fitting with his words.
"Wait-!" Annora screamed, stepping forward.
"Oh? What is it? Are you going to offer yourself to me as some sacrifice? The deed has already been done little human, not even your tasty blood can fix that."
"I- I know but-" she stammered, heart pounding like a drum within her ribcage.
"You- you can't live sustainably that way either-" Annora grasped desperately at her thoughts, praying she could find something to convince him.
"Oh? I would beg to differ. I've seen how many people live in Mondstat, by the time I've fed on this town, I'll already be fat and happy...than all the others alongside the coast.." he licked his lips, as though imagining what the variety of human would taste like.
"B-but the humans won't just take it."
Annora retorted, her eyebrows furrowed.
He looked up at her, raising an eyebrow.
"Hm?" He hummed in curiosity.
"I'm sure you already knew that though- that's why you havent attacked the main land right?"
Annora grasped her dress nervously, speaking as evenly as possible.
"When word spreads, as it always does, everyone will move in land, avoiding the problem all together- humans can live without the ocean."
Annora breathed.
"Youll have the fish of the sea of course but, is that...really what you want?"
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Venti could give her one thing.
She was tenacious.
However all that tenacity was wasted on someone as idotic and short sighted as her.
Humans would always venture on the seas again. As stupid as they were, he had no doubts in that.
No matter how many perils lurked within her depths, adventurers would always seek to conquer the waters.
However...he didnt care much for adventurers.
The blood of sailor was what he sought, and he wasnt one to change his diet on a whim.
Of course, when an utterly scrumptious meal like this tiny human presented themselves, he couldnt help but want a bite...
But shopping on the shores? He would prefer not to. Too much of a hassle.
She didn't know that though. That was obvious enough by the way she trembled.
She really thought she may have just devastated all of humanity, how laughable.
Like anyone as inconsequential as her could do something grand like that.
"Hm...I guess you're correct~" Venti drawled his words with a hum, tilting his head to the side in mock curiosity.
"Then, what are you proposing as a solution, little human?"
He questioned with a smile, tapping his fingers along the dirt.
Venti watched with apt glee as those tiny, terrifed little eyes darted two and fro, begging her mind to come up with an awnser.
Watching his prey squirm was almost as exhilarating as tasting it...
On that note, the scent of her blood was driving him mad. Had she intentionally smacked her nose to the ground, just so he would stay near?
"I-I'll bring you food. Just as we agreed to before...and you...well, you know your part of the deal." The human responded weakly, her head lowering.
Ventis smirk broadened.
There, that was what he liked to see, utter and complete submission, no hint of that pesky attitude she carried with her.
He had her now. He doubted she would even try to poison his food again, not after it had failed so dramatically last time...
Though, to ensure he wouldn't get a tummy ache, he decided he should just rip off the bandaid.
"Fine...I'll agree once again...oh, that is if you dont poison my food again. It made me quite drowsy last time~" he giggled, enjoying every second as that horror dawned upon her features again.
Venti didnt give her the chance to ask him how, steam rolling right past her questions.
"How? You should know by now how fantastic my sense of smell is~ nothing gets past this," he tapped his nose, grinning.
The human gulped, grasping weakly at her little dress.
"I-I see..."
Venti let out a happy sigh, visibly satisfied as he spoke.
"Now, run along, I'm utterly famished." He waved his hand, gesturing for her to leave.
The human didnt repsond, only nodding half heartedly before dashing away; leaving Venti to stare at her absence.
He sighed dramatically, leaning his cheek against the cliffside with a pout.
"...A shame she wears those ear plugs...it could be so much easier..."
A soft giggle slipped his lips, eyes twinkling with mirth.
"Ah, well, this is quite fun though~"
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HELLO BABES GUESS WHATS BACK??? I've finally gotten the creative juices going again lol, hopefully more siren au stuff will be coming out soon! 馃挄
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