DIV-516: Antler
Owned by Dawn-n-Night
Sphirix
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Name
Hazel -
Shape
Deer
Status
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Rank
Outcast (by accident) -
Location
The Divided Grifix Camp (exiled to the Ghastly Gorge) -
Dead/Alive
Dead
Summary: A grifix was born on cold winter and got a doe as a sphirix, he thought this sphirix was more alive and became very close friends with it, ignoring trying to make friendships with any others. He would go exploring with it and as he aged he became a preychaser to help the camp and explore and started making more friends aside from his sphirix. He made one close friend, Horn and another casual friend, Tiger. He also met someone who later became his mate. He would go out with his two friends to get supplies for the camp and on one expedition they got trapped in a cave by a cave in, Antler's sphirix told him to dig so they could escape but this caused a second cave in. Tiger and Horn begun fighting and the stress caused Horn to go into a seizure and he hit his head on a rock dying. The other two then buried Horn and stayed near the cave in site hoping that the village will send someone to look for them, they both were slowly starving to death. Antler was taking it the worst as his magic began corrupting him, eventually he snapped after his Sphirix told him to eat the body of Horn when Tiger was sleeping. Tiger woke up to this and ran away when Antler tried explaining himself. He felt like a monster and began hating his sphirix. He felt like the Stars had cursed him for what he had done. His mind continued slipping from hunger and his body continued becoming more bedraggled, until eventually he snapped again and smashed into the cave wall, killing himself. His mate found him at the end and witnessed this, and it broke their heart.
Long Version:
When a divided Grifix is born, no divided knows how their magic or life will be like down the road of life. One could be dead in an instant from not being stable at all, or it can grow and grow until one is so corrupted that their mind and spirit can be taken control by their magic and be at the point of no return.
A little grifix was born a cold winter’s night in the camp, and the baby had little antlers, and the kit was very lively. His name was Antler, and he already had his sphirix.. the shape of a doe. As Antler grew older, he grew closer to his sphirix more than any of the cubs in the Forsaken cave. He called his sphirix his best friend and actually thought his sphirix was alive and had a mind of her own, having a very very strong bond with her that made other divided think he was very odd because he talked a lot more to his sphirix than normal.
“This is Hazel everyone!” He would say as he would point to her, cubs found that weird he ponified it so much, pushing him away. Antler would always yell at the other cubs for not believing him and end up running off and crying before seeing his sphirix start to walk in different directions, thinking she wanted him to follow her and be a curious cub, him starting to trail after her every so often now and exploring areas past the camp and the surroundings of the camp.
When he was an older grifix and his mind became more clean to him, he decided to become a Preychaser so he could help the camp find supplies.. but also ‘explore’ more with his sphirix. He did start to make friends while being in the group of Preychasers, his closest friend being Horn, a grifix who was completely blind and had no eyes, but Tiger was also in the group.
There was one other grifix that Antler was super close to, his name being ———. The male grifix always thought Antler was beautiful, his glossy fluffy coat with a gorgeous antler rack. Antler sometimes didn’t spend time with ——— because he was either busy with Preycatcher stuff or his wandering around. The male grifix always tried to have him experience a life outside of his friendship with his sphirix, and ——— did manage to do so for a good few years.
The male grifix confessed to Antler that he loved him and that made Antler not even think about his sphirix for a good two years, and everything was going really well and the two decided to make an egg together. The egg carried triplets and sadly Antler didn’t get to meet them.. after the accident.
Antler, Horn and Tiger always ended up going out in their own little group and bringing back a lot of supplies and food, but that sadly didn’t last long, only a few years.
Antler had suggested to go and gather supplies in a cave that hadn’t been visited in a few months, so him and his friends set out to the cave. As they got there and started to gather everything they could and putting it into baskets, Antler felt something fall on his head. “What the-?” He looked up and saw the roof of the cave was shaking and rocks continued to fall on top of the three of them… the cave was collapsing!
“RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!” Antler cried out as the three abandoned their supplies and darted deeper into the cave, Antler helping Horn run away since he couldn’t see where he was going of course since he had no eyes, looking back when they didn’t hear anymore rocks falling. Horn walked out slowly and placed his paws on the rock pile and feeling that they were caved in and no way out. “It’s blocked, we are goners!” He cried as Tiger tried to calm Horn down and to not panic, and while those two talked Antler just stood there and stared at the rocks. Suddenly he saw his sphirix jumping on top of the collapsed rock pile and he went and picked one up and threw it behind him, seeing his sphirix nod. ‘Digggggg…’ said a voice in his head before he repeated it himself, “Dig..”
“What?” Horn said when he heard Antler speak, Antler picking up more rocks and throwing them away. “We will take turns, dig.. dig as much as you can and we can escape.” He muttered as the three made a plan to dig, each taking turns on digging so if one got tired they rested and one would take their place, and after days of digging they saw a crack of light beam through the rock pile. “We can get out! We’re free!” Horn cried as they all got up and dug together, having the urge to be set free was in their heads and didn’t realize that with all of them pulling together was actually making it worse.. rocks started falling once more.
The three looked up and screamed and ran away, farther into the cave then before as the rocks piled up again and some rocks were bigger than last time. The rocks stopped falling, and all of them were standing there exhausted, starving and all their paws were bleeding. “We’re doomed! And this is all your fault, Antler!” Horn screamed and started to hyperventilate and shake from fear, Antler looking at him with a mad expression on his face. “My fault.. MY FAULT?!” He spat, walking towards Horn as Tiger tried to reason with both of them to stop and stay quiet.. but nothing was helping.
“What?” Horn said when he heard Antler speak, Antler picking up more rocks and throwing them away. “We will take turns, dig.. dig as much as you can and we can escape.” He muttered as the three made a plan to dig, each taking turns on digging so if one got tired they rested and one would take their place, and after days of digging they saw a crack of light beam through the rock pile. “We can get out! We’re free!” Horn cried as they all got up and dug together, having the urge to be set free was in their heads and didn’t realize that with all of them pulling together was actually making it worse.. rocks started falling once more.
The three looked up and screamed and ran away, farther into the cave then before as the rocks piled up again and some rocks were bigger than last time. The rocks stopped falling, and all of them were standing there exhausted, starving and all their paws were bleeding. “We’re doomed! And this is all your fault, Antler!” Horn screamed and started to hyperventilate and shake from fear, Antler looking at him with a mad expression on his face. “My fault.. MY FAULT?!” He spat, walking towards Horn as Tiger tried to reason with both of them to stop and stay quiet.. but nothing was helping.
“It was your idea to come to this cave!” “Ya, but I didn’t know the damn thing was going to collapse!!” “Guys stop.. the rocks..” As they continued to bicker, Antler had been making Horn’s anxiety skyrocket and also was making him walk backwards.. closer to the rock pile. “GUYS SHUT UP! THE ROCKS!” Tiger cried out before suddenly Horn wasn’t talking and was only shaking and twitching frantically, foam starting to come out of his mouth and nose. “Crap, he’s having a seizure!” Tiger cried out and Antler suddenly saw what he had started, the two about to run to grab Horn but Horn had fallen backwards into the rock pile really hard and smacked his head off of it, a rock falling and hitting him on the top of the head and instantly killing him.. their was nothing that could’ve been done.. he was gone.
Antler and Tiger were staring at their friend’s body and watched the blood pour out of his head, his body laying in a pool of blood. Antler just stood there and looked at the body, his head twitching a few times as he was hearing whispers in his head. ‘Foooood…’ he just continued to stare until he shook his head and saw Tiger grabbing smaller rocks and putting them around Horn’s body. Antler started to put some around his friend’s body as the two bowed their heads and prayed their respect to their fallen friend.
Days passed as the two male’s sat in the cave and stared at their friend’s lifeless body, praying to Mother that she would send a sign to the camp to come look for them since it’s been a week now that they have been trapped in the cave. Antler would start wandering around the cave and just walk in circles, his ribs were starting to show and so were Tiger’s but Antler’s body condition was far more worse. Antler was looking like a zombie, just walking around in silence as his walking became slow from starvation, all he could smell was Horn’s body starting to rot and decay.
One night, Tiger was sleeping curled up in a corner and curled up so tightly because his stomach was aching so much from hunger, while Antler was still walking around.. but started walking deeper into the cave. Antler was so hungry he was panting and whimpering, but suddenly he heard the voice again. ‘Follow me to food..’ the voice said as he glanced up weakly and saw his sphirix bouncing around happily and walking back towards his friends, Antler’s mind starting to rot away every step he took while he followed his sphirix.
His sphirix stopped and stood near Horn’s body, Antler just staring at the decaying corpse. ‘Eat.. you will feel better.. we can have more adventures..!’ The voice said as suddenly Antler curled up in a ball and growled in pain, bones starting to grow out of his shoulder blades and down his back, more teeth starting to grow in his mouth. The pain hurt like hell as the voice continued to speak to him, ‘More adventures! Food! Eat!’ Suddenly he couldn’t take it anymore and immediately pounced onto his friends dead body and bit down, shredding skin off and eating it as well as bone.
His mind was gone while he feasted on the body, the bones growing out of his body continued to grow longer and his claws grew longer as well, ripping and tearing flesh and bones apart as he ate and ate.. until he heard a voice. “WH-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” It was Tiger who woke up to hearing Antler feasting on their dead friend’s body, Antler’s eyes shot up and his head twisted towards Tiger and saw the fear in his friend’s eyes. Antler looked down and saw his friend’s body was shredded to pieces.. all because of him. “I.. I was so hungry.. I-I couldn’t take it anymore..” was all he could say as blood poured out of his mouth and all over his muzzle. He twisted his head towards his friend again before hearing Tiger scream and run farther into the cave, Antler just standing there covered in blood as he stumbled forward and wanted to go after his friend but he collapsed and fainted.
Antler woke up after a bit and stood up, his body still felt like he was starving to death. He looked at his sphirix who was still dancing around the dead body, the body still having flesh and bones for him to eat if he wanted to. His mind was back for only a moment, making him throw up from the sight of what he did to his friend’s body. He began to cry, pounding his paws into the ground as he got angry with himself, then suddenly his head spun towards his sphirix. “You… You did this to me!!! You made me a monster! I thought you were my friend, now look what I’ve become because of you!” He cried out as his sphirix just stood there and stared at him, him thinking she thought it was funny. He immediately lunged at his sphirix and tried to attack it but his body went right through her and he landed on his friend’s dead body.
Antler suddenly wasn’t himself anymore, and his corrupted magic became more powerful and hard to bare. He didn’t speak to or follow his sphirix anymore, all he felt like doing to her was tear her apart. As days went by his mind was completely gone and consumed with the mind of a grifix that wanted nothing but to feast of anything around him, always having the feeling of starvation running through his veins. His body became so emaciated, but he still for some reason kept his figure. His eyes started to become pitch black with purple sparks in them, and his coat color became very dull because it was losing hair pigmentation as well as his magic draining his physical appearance.
He wandered around the cave and found the opening that was in the back of the cave to the outside, looking around as he growled. All he did was growl anymore but could still speak, and he walked around outside and suddenly saw a divided Grifix that was a preycatcher that wandered to far from the group, immediately pouncing on the grifix and ripping his throat open to silence him before dragging the body back to his cave, and eating it.
Even though he was eating dead grifix, his body still felt like he was starving. The gods had cursed him with endless starvation for the crime he committed for eating his friend, and if he continued to eat dead grifix, the more his magic would make him emaciated, and his bones continued to grow outside his body.
After many years of doing this continuously, his corruption magic hit him so hard that he went into a rage panic and slammed his whole body against the wall of the cave, screaming for food as his body began to bleed since he was literally nothing but skin and bones, and with one smack of his head against the rock and breaking it open.. he died and fell to the ground. His lifeless body laid right next to the bones of Horn’s body.
What he didn’t know when he was at his final moments, his mate had taken the risk to go see him in his cave, only to see him bashing himself against the wall until he died. ——— ran over to Antler’s body when he was gone and cried, holding him in his arms and became covered in blood. His mate took his body and dragged it over towards the pile of Horn’s bones and prayed to both of them before giving Antler a final kiss on the muzzle and leaving the cave to raise their triplets on his own.
When Antler became a spirit after death and saw what happened in his life, and especially seeing his mate had been there at his final minute of life, he was traumatized and all he could do was curl up and cry on top of Horn’s bones, and his sphirix was trapped to be connected to his skeleton forever.