[PQ+] [SE] tearing open the sky

Hotaru

Open up the gates, I feel close enough to heaven
To go, to stay, to leave, to pray

Equally reluctant, Hotaru follows in their wake at the back, keeping an eye on their retreat and contentedly using her shorter stature as an additional excuse. If she had some smaller form to entice the foxes with then perhaps she might have shifted to do so. Unfortunately, even her falcon form - despite being a bird that might have enticed predatory tendencies - is far too large and more commonly a predator against the foxes. Though she wonders if it matters at all to them now that they’re void-infected. Would they even be dissuaded?

Shifting into her Komodo dragon form instead, the Valkyrie lingers near the legs of her compatriots, tongue slithering out to taste the air and see what Deimos’ efforts - and Elizabeth’s offerings - are accomplishing. Perhaps she’ll be able to tell if the foxes are taking the bait by their own scent moving. She’s glad the sun is still in the sky given this shift has poor nocturnal eyesight, and she moves her tail through the snow and tundra greenery to imitate a reliable sound of animal movement to strengthen what Deimos and Elizabeth are luring with. 

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Ru shifts into Komodo dragon form and moves her tail for a believable animal movement noise to combo with the smell and food attempts. She uses her shift’s scenting capabilities to see if it’s working to warn of any approach.

But I guess they didn't like my confession
I know it's just a bad religion