[DROP] Bleak

"Hey, hey now... it's alright. Come here." Isla smiled warmly to the little creature, kneeling down before it and holding a hand out encouragingly as it jittered closer. Not particularly well versed in the animals, while its movements were not right, per say, Isla put it down to the cold and to its injuries. "Let's see what we can do for you, okay?" She reached out to pet it, smoothing down soft fur and a warm body that sagged into her. Too late, she noticed the dark, viscous substance begin to drip from its muzzle. Too late it staggered away and Isla got her feet beneath her. A sharp intake of a breath that she didn't need, and a black thing shot from its mouth, arching through the air towards... towards... Her limbs lock in place. She tries to move, to speak, to scream. All that emerges is a soft retching, and she twiches, jerks almost, as the creature ravages her from within. Her eyes cloud with a darkness so deep and cold and vast that it seems endless. Seems. Is. Isla is gone long before the monster finishes with her. Her eyes, nose and lips stream with inky blackness, and she stares unseeing at the sky. There is no peace out here, in this, the longest of nights. Isla the flesh is weak