[As he approaches the palace, the child's voice seems to narrow down- as if it was no longer echoing from a distance, but instead coming from behind the palace, near the small river.
As he approaches, he notices something else- the rubble and decay on the ground isn't just rubble and decay. There's metal items scattered over the ground, hidden among the overgrown and unkempt foliage that used to be the garden. They look like beartraps and other mechanical traps, albeit crudely fashioned of pilfered metal. Some have clearly been used. The smell of blood and oil is fresh, in contrast with everything else having been long abandoned.]
She's a monster. All she does is hurt people. Tonight, you saw what she really is.
[When he rounds the corner, he sees her. The child version of Azula. She's not looking at Shealtiel, instead her attention is on... a pile. Yokai bodies. Remains. Remains that have clearly been picked over. Muscles, organs, or entire limbs removed. One has had all the teeth pried from its mouth and both eyes pulled from their sockets. One has been roughly harvested down to a not-quite-human skull. Some are missing their heads altogether.]
cw: Gore, dismemberment (non-human)
[As he approaches the palace, the child's voice seems to narrow down- as if it was no longer echoing from a distance, but instead coming from behind the palace, near the small river.
As he approaches, he notices something else- the rubble and decay on the ground isn't just rubble and decay. There's metal items scattered over the ground, hidden among the overgrown and unkempt foliage that used to be the garden. They look like beartraps and other mechanical traps, albeit crudely fashioned of pilfered metal. Some have clearly been used. The smell of blood and oil is fresh, in contrast with everything else having been long abandoned.]
She's a monster. All she does is hurt people. Tonight, you saw what she really is.
[When he rounds the corner, he sees her. The child version of Azula. She's not looking at Shealtiel, instead her attention is on... a pile. Yokai bodies. Remains. Remains that have clearly been picked over. Muscles, organs, or entire limbs removed. One has had all the teeth pried from its mouth and both eyes pulled from their sockets. One has been roughly harvested down to a not-quite-human skull. Some are missing their heads altogether.]