That cutting remark sees flames engulf Blaze’s face, melting flesh with a kind of agony he could never get used to no matter how often he repeated the process. What he’d give to burn the damn contract that brought him within the sphere  of the red fiend’s influence. It was an annoying mistake in a past littered with faults– but this day its mention was purely derogatory, and the addled blond is soon enough able to pull himself together again, keeping the Rider at bay.

“Trust me, if this…thing that’s inside me was a myth, I’d be a lot better off.” Perhaps his family would still be alive, but that was wishful thinking. As things currently stood, the spirit that shared living space with his very person was crying out for retribution, slashing at the walls that Johhny had erected with bony fingers and searing features. The Rider wanted nothing better than to see this man be held to account. And Blaze was finding it difficult to deny him such a wish.

To keep himself focused, he tugs abruptly on the chain, causing Ky’lar to fall face forward into the dirt, an act of humiliation designed to calm his Rider -possessed mind. “No, because I’m not a fuckin’ walking encyclopaedia of knowledge on this shit, am I?!” Johnny the fiery skeleton may possess such knowledge, but as your typical human, what bits of information he retained had its limits. 

Starting over, Johnny takes a piece of the chain and wraps it around his arm, pulling himself closer to Ky’lar as he did so. It was clear that he was beginning to enjoy this arrangement a bit too much, though that could partially be explained by his shortening proximity to the half-bred, the showing of a pleasant simper a consequence of dear old Zarathos making strides in breaching the barrier that prevented his return.

“Not for much longer, you don’t!”Letting spittle fly from his mouth, Blaze’s features once more begin the gruesome act of changing, flesh dripping free to reveal the fire shrouded structure of bleached-white bone beneath. “And you can tell ‘em yourself! Because I’m gonna send you to hell!”

_{The act of humiliation just caused him to become far more agitated than he was before; his human form starting to twist and fade way  as it revealed just what  he truly was.}

_{If he had more restraint, he might not have let his human form slip away like this, but he lacked that ability. No, it wasn’t that simple; in truth, Ky didn’t think he needed to control himself. Not when things got this personal.}

_{He spit the dirt out of his mouth with a dark growl; not even bothering to notice that he was indeed reverting to his demon form. His family, Johnny, the Rider – it all formed  in his mind as one big enemy that needed to be taken out.}

_{However,  Ky knew he couldn’t handle any of them – this much proved it as his pushed himself up slightly. Not entirely off the ground, but just so he could fully see Johnny, and try to come up with some sort of plan.}

_{Not that a plan would do any good at this rate; he was like a chained animal. A dog that was on a leash, but given  enough slack to bite. All he had to do was wait until that time to strike out – to prove that he was more than just a caged beast.}

  _{“I’m not going back!” he managed to shout out. “I like it here!”}