HSA-217: Barghest
Added 2022-10-08 03:26:04 +0000 UTCThe survivors of HSA incidents are few and far between. When they do escape the clutches of the dark forces lurking at the edge of civilization, the HSA interviews them to record their knowledge. While working at a lumber camp, Ron Curtis encounters HSA-217, the Barghest, a tribe of monstrous creatures with a particular interest in the camp's women.
Hi all. Sorry for the bit of post spamming this week. This short a strange one, maybe even by HSA standards. Inspired by a story I read a long time ago, it's might be more freaky than sexy, so be advised.
The "official" stories this month will be the Convent of Sin stuff that's in the pipeline and probably some other stuff too cause I write more than I should. Happy reading!
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You're right that the loggers weren't meant to be evil or anything. They're working a designated section of land for lumber same as a farmer would. The shaman's rationale at the end was probably murkier than I intended since I didn't want to get too in the weeds on how their society worked that late in the story. I was attempting to convey that: The juvenile takes Jocelyn improperly, but it was not Mason's place to intervene. If it had been Jocelyn's husband who killed the first barghest, it would have been even, but since Mason does, the shaman has to treat it as an act of war, essentially. The tribe is being aggressive, though, pushing the boundaries of their rules. The younger barghests want to prove themselves and acquire more breeders. But the shaman knows that humans are much more dangerous than those in the small camp, and wants to keep his tribe safe.
Quixerotic
2022-10-15 13:10:55 +0000 UTCFinally read this one today; I liked it. It might be my personal perspective coloring how I saw the story unfolding but how the loggers were described they didn't seem to be the bad type of loggers who clear cut forests but tended the forest, kept the underbrush in check and do selective cuts on mature trees to ensure the healthy forest. [perspective colored in part knowing a few loggers] The inciting incident for the story under that lens seems to be the juvenile barghest fucking/changing Jocelyn and not Mason killing it. Which makes the subsequent part seem an act of aggression by the tribe and not retribution. I would have liked the loggers to have done something to the tribe to incite or even a scenario where the owners of the outfit knew about the tribe and forgot an offering to the tribe for taking trees.
Red Panda Seven
2022-10-15 07:32:05 +0000 UTC
