The day had come for her to do her bidding. She had been trying to remember the plants needed for the very job of subduing the adult male. Practicing on mice and other small vermin was easy - sometimes. She could trick them with berries more times than not. But she knew it would be hard to get this adult to trust her and give him these plants that he would, in fact, consume.
"Here, try this!" She practiced to herself aloud as she waited for the male to appear with her sister.
"No, no, too friendly and odd." She wondered what sort of lies he would be told and if he would even believe them.
"Oh man, this tastes reaaaalllllyyy good." How could anyone not trust a child, yet Nightshade still thought it was foolish of her to be so odd.
"Take this if you want to live!" she said with excitement, but she heard them coming closer and poised herself. Her golden eyes watched the pair walking together. He seemed fine with everything.
Without thinking, she grabbed the plants and quickly handed them off to him so he could eat them. As she smirked to her sister, she told the male.
"Here, this is for you." The male took the plants and chewed them. His eyes staying on the female. As the plants were swallowed, and the male was not collapsing on the ground or foaming at the mouth, Nightshade knew she had messed up. He lowered his head towards the ground and tried to vomit out what she swallowed.
"What did you do to me?" he called out to her. But before she could respond, he was lunging towards her, trying to grab her shoulder. Luckily, she had been watching him and as she felt teeth grabbing her, she was able to jerk away from him. Angered by his display of aggression and slightly for her own failure, she launched herself at the male, biting his face. He screamed in pain as her teeth raked across his flesh and blood dribbled onto the floor. Nightshade licked her lips with a devious smile, tasting the tang of iron upon her tongue. But the victory was short lived as he, again, went after her. It seems the plants were still in effect and he hurled over to try and emit it from his gut.
Nightshade went to bite the male, but she ended up slipping on his blood and slammed her head on his back, biting her tongue rather forcefully. Sumac and Anwyn came to her rescue. The males tried to stop the aggressor, but it would take some work from the three of them. He was angered by the kids' attempts, and still he went after Nightshade, which she more than welcomed the attack. He grabbed Nightshade by her scruff, and for a second, she was stunned and rested there. Once she felt the pang of teeth sinking into her flesh, she snapped out of it and tried to reach down and bite his leg. She was able to give him a good bite, but he was not going to release her until the boys came to her aid. Finally she was released and was able to step away from the male, blood trickled down her shoulder and leg. She walked over to his face,
"fuck you! I hope you rot in hell!" She moved away from him, in case he got a third wind or something, allowing the next phase to begin.
"The day is darkest before the dawn.."
@Rhiannon @Datura