Speaker 1: School School, School School.
Speaker 2: Welcome back to Dark Tails Uncovered season six. The curse
cannot be bargained with, only endured. The woman's desperate flight
has led them here to the heart of the storm,
where blood and seawater mingle. As won, the drowned gods
demand their due, and the line between hunter and hunted
is washed away. In crimson tide, claws tear, lightning cracks,
and the air tastes of salt and death. Tonight, the
ocean takes its tribute, and what it gives back will
never be human again. This is chapter eight, Bound in
Blood and Salt. The deck became a battlefield as the
creatures surged onto the ship, the hulking forms, glistening with
seawater and arriving with unnatural life. Tentacles lashed out, smashing
barrels and splintering wood like claws raped across the deck,
leaving deep gougers. Ruby led the charge, her blade flashing
in the dim light as she slashed at anything that moved.
She darted between the creatures with position of a predator,
her stripes quick and calculated. Cassiy keep them off ave,
she shouted over the roar of the waves, Cassiy was
already in motion, her eyes glinting as she leaped onto
the back of one of the creatures. It roared, twisting
and bucking as she drove her blade into its neck.
I've got this one, she called, through, though her voice
was strained with effort. Lilah folett. Lilah fired her pistol
from the rigging the shots echoing across the water. These
things don't go down easy, she yelled, reloading with shaking hands.
Maybe stood at the center of the chaos, clutching the
glowing locket to her chest. The whispers in her mind
had grown deafening, her cacophony of voices urging how to
give in, to embrace the power that cursed through her.
She could feel it spreading like wildfire. Her musk was
burning and her vision blurring. Ruby Maye cried, her voice trembling.
It's happening. I can't hold her back. Ruby turned her eyes,
locking with maves. You can fight it, don't let them win.
But Mae wasn't so sure she could. The power was overwhelming,
a tied dark tide threatening to drown her. Her skin
burned as scale was begun to form along her arms.
Her fingers turning into claws. One of the creatures lunged
at her, its massive claws reaching for the locket. Mave screamed,
and a burst of energy erupted from the locket, throwing
the creature back. The force sent Mave to her knees,
her breast coming in ragged gasps. The largest the creatures,
the binnacle encrusted one, stepped forward, its glowing eyes fixed
on Mave. You are one of us, now, it rumbled.
It's always shaking the air. Embrace your fate. Ruby moved
to the stand between May. Ruby moved to stand between
May and the creature, her blade raised. She's not yours,
she growled, None of us are. The creature tilted its
massive head as low, studying her. You cannot bite the sea,
you cannot fight us. We are eternal. You are nothing.
Ruby smirked, blood dripping from a cut on her forehead.
We'll see about that. She lunged, her blade, slicing through
the air. The creature blocked a strike with a massive
with a massive arm, the force of impacts standing shockwaves
through the deck. Ruby staggered but didn't back down, slashing
again and again, each strike filled with fury, behind her,
Cassidy and Lilac fought to keep there, the other creatures
at bay, their movements a blur of steel and determination.
May still clutching the locket, felt the power within its surging,
threatening to consume her. She'd hear the voices of the
drowned gods, the word like poisoned in her mind. Give in,
maybe let go. The steed will take away your pad. No,
she screamed, her voice breaking, you don't know me. The
locket pulsed violently, and Mave felt a spark of clarity.
She looked around at her friends with the chaos and destruction,
and knew what she had to do. Ruby may have called,
her voice cutting through the noise. Ruby turned her eyes
widening as she saw May's scales spreading, her transformation accelerating. Mave, don't,
there's no other way, may have said, tears streaming down
her face. I have to stop this before anyone could
stop her. May have staggered to the edge of the ship,
the locket glowing like a dying star in her hands.
She could feel the pull of the sea, the power
of the drowned god's waiting for her below. Take it.
May have streamed, holding the harket high, take your curse back.
The largest creature roared, its glowing eyes blazing with rage.
You cannot defire us, but may didn't hesitate. With every
ance of strength she had left, she held the locket
into the churning water. The effect was immediate. The creatures
let out an ear piercing whale, their forms riving and contorting.
As the locket sank into the depths, the whispers in
Mave's mind ceased, replaced by a deafening silence. The creatures
began to dissolve, the monstrous form, breaking apart like sand
in the tide. One by one, they sank back into
the water, their glowing eyes extinguished. The fog lifted, revealing
a calm, starless sky. The sea was still, as though
nothing had ever happened. Ruby rushed to Maye's side, clutching
her as she collapsed. Mave, stay with me, she said,
her voice desperate. Mabe smiled weakly. Her scale was beginning
to toll to fade. I told you I wouldn't let
them win. Cassidy and Lilah joined them. Her face is
pale and bruised, but alive. Is it over? Cassidy asked,
her voice are barely a whisper. Ruby looked out at
the water, the still water, her jaw clenched for now
may have closed her eyes, her breathing shallow. We broke
the curse, She murmured, didn't we? Ruby didn't answer, She
wasn't sure. The ship drifted daneously, silence heavy with an
unanswered question, with unanswered questions. Somewhere in the depths, the
locket rested its power, dormant for now, and as the
crew sailed into the unknown, the faintest whisper lingered on
the wind. The sea never forgets.
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