[OOC: Here's Karamatsu's appearance for reference! He was assigned to be Faerie in game. He's also got some scars on his face from a past event.]
[It would be fair to assume that the bugs here are small, not too plentiful, and relatively harmless. It would have been, if this forest weren't also recently inhabited by an insect larger than most anyone has probably ever seen, rising up through the undergrowth with a low noise in the back of his throat and a clawed hand reaching up to rest against his head. His wings buzz briefly as he stands up fully and glances around to get his bearings.
Where is he, where was he, was he outside last? No, he was...
The Faerie goes stock still, his eyes widening as he grits his teeth around his mandibles. This isn't Bavan. At least...it's nowhere on the peninsula he's been before. And not remembering how he got here is, quite frankly, one of the things that consistently terrified him. It meant something bad had happened, or potentially was going to very soon.
He ducks down a little and starts pushing forward through the jungle proper, though it's hard to keep a low profile when you're the hue he is, he knows this. But he has the advantage of flight, should any monsters try to ambush him. Occasionally he hisses a name- Osomatsu...Choromatsu...Ichimatsu...Jyushimatsu...Todomatsu- though he doesn't really expect to hear an answer. Little does he know he'll probably be attracting attention like this, but not attention he's actually after.]
3) Shipwreck
[Eventually, Karamatsu leaves the forest and makes it onto the beach, and for a while he just has to stand there and stare out into the open sea. For the sea never quite looked like this back on the peninsula. He's half expecting for hunters to come up and try prodding his back with their guns, but nothing like that ever happens. Is he dreaming? Or did he die, and this is just some hallucination his fevered mind is giving him before he wakes back up at Rohan's castle?
Too unnerved to stay on the ground, Karamatsu tests his wings (a bit sticky from the humid air, but he manages) before getting airborne and flying carefully over the surface of the water, scanning the various shipwrecks for signs of life or anything unusual as he goes.]
What happened here...?
[He muses to himself just a half second before a feathery mass smacks him right in the face, causing him to squawk with surprise in tandem with the seagull he just collided with as he nearly loses his balance in the air.
Except no...no, that was no accident. Unknowingly, he'd flown a bit too close to a cliff's edge where some seagulls had been nesting, and a giant insect like himself is perceived as the biggest threat imaginable. Before Karamatsu realizes what's happening he's completely swarmed by birds in the air, which probably looks quite alarming from the land when there's just a ball of birds screaming and throwing themselves at something to peck and claw until it goes away.]
Aghh! Aaghkk-!!
[The birds weigh him down, bogging up his wings until he gets turned over mid-air and plummets from the sky, landing into the sea with a huge column of water following his impact with the surface.
There are a few long seconds of nothing but bubbles and churning water before Karamatsu surfaces with a gasp, beating at the water with all four arms as he tries to struggle his way to the shore. He's not one of the monsters who absolutely can't swim, but he's certainly not good at it like he used to be.]
Karamatsu Matsuno | Osomatsu-san | Ryslig CRAU
[OOC: Here's Karamatsu's appearance for reference! He was assigned to be Faerie in game. He's also got some scars on his face from a past event.]
[It would be fair to assume that the bugs here are small, not too plentiful, and relatively harmless. It would have been, if this forest weren't also recently inhabited by an insect larger than most anyone has probably ever seen, rising up through the undergrowth with a low noise in the back of his throat and a clawed hand reaching up to rest against his head. His wings buzz briefly as he stands up fully and glances around to get his bearings.
Where is he, where was he, was he outside last? No, he was...
The Faerie goes stock still, his eyes widening as he grits his teeth around his mandibles. This isn't Bavan. At least...it's nowhere on the peninsula he's been before. And not remembering how he got here is, quite frankly, one of the things that consistently terrified him. It meant something bad had happened, or potentially was going to very soon.
He ducks down a little and starts pushing forward through the jungle proper, though it's hard to keep a low profile when you're the hue he is, he knows this. But he has the advantage of flight, should any monsters try to ambush him. Occasionally he hisses a name- Osomatsu...Choromatsu...Ichimatsu...Jyushimatsu...Todomatsu- though he doesn't really expect to hear an answer. Little does he know he'll probably be attracting attention like this, but not attention he's actually after.]
3) Shipwreck
[Eventually, Karamatsu leaves the forest and makes it onto the beach, and for a while he just has to stand there and stare out into the open sea. For the sea never quite looked like this back on the peninsula. He's half expecting for hunters to come up and try prodding his back with their guns, but nothing like that ever happens. Is he dreaming? Or did he die, and this is just some hallucination his fevered mind is giving him before he wakes back up at Rohan's castle?
Too unnerved to stay on the ground, Karamatsu tests his wings (a bit sticky from the humid air, but he manages) before getting airborne and flying carefully over the surface of the water, scanning the various shipwrecks for signs of life or anything unusual as he goes.]
What happened here...?
[He muses to himself just a half second before a feathery mass smacks him right in the face, causing him to squawk with surprise in tandem with the seagull he just collided with as he nearly loses his balance in the air.
Except no...no, that was no accident. Unknowingly, he'd flown a bit too close to a cliff's edge where some seagulls had been nesting, and a giant insect like himself is perceived as the biggest threat imaginable. Before Karamatsu realizes what's happening he's completely swarmed by birds in the air, which probably looks quite alarming from the land when there's just a ball of birds screaming and throwing themselves at something to peck and claw until it goes away.]
Aghh! Aaghkk-!!
[The birds weigh him down, bogging up his wings until he gets turned over mid-air and plummets from the sky, landing into the sea with a huge column of water following his impact with the surface.
There are a few long seconds of nothing but bubbles and churning water before Karamatsu surfaces with a gasp, beating at the water with all four arms as he tries to struggle his way to the shore. He's not one of the monsters who absolutely can't swim, but he's certainly not good at it like he used to be.]