Upon opening his eyes he finds the darkness is different. A consciousness has him aware of himself and his surroundings.

Out. I want out. Is his first thought, he feels a pull to release from the confining darkness, the suffocating tightness of the chrysalis.

He doesn't waste time testing the area around him and instead just throws himself at the nearest wall. It barely shudders but he can hear the softest of cracking. He whines in his throat and swallows hard, readying himself to try again.

Again he throws his shoulder against the wall, the tight hard material, hoping to get out.

But again it doesn't hardly move, but cracks a little louder this time. He yelps in frustration and bares his teeth.

I'm getting out. He snarls to himself, Even if there's nothing out there, I'm not staying in this a second longer. Even if it kills me, I'm getting out.

Laying his ears back he growls, deep in his throat and throws himself with all his might at the weak point.

It gives in a loud cracking sound and the pieces clatter loudly on the floor in front of him.

He catches himself and lands upright, legs shaking from adrenaline and pride.

His eye takes in his surroundings, he sniffs the air carefully, before leaning down and sniffing at the pieces of the prison he escaped from.

He snorts at them and kicks one away from him before stepping carefully out of he remnants of the chrysalis.

He looks up at the low hanging ceiling and feels trapped still, ears laying back he carefully picks his way out of his hatching area.

As he makes his way away from the stone pieces of his chrysalis he glances at the wall in front of him. He blinks at it and then sits before it, taking in the scene playing out on it.

It makes no sense to him whatsoever, so he loses interest quickly and walks away from it, investigating the interesting scents along the floor instead.

His nose hits something of a different texture than the thing he hatched from and he jumps back, tail high to make himself look bigger. When it doesn't immediately attack him he sniffs it carefully again.

It's big. At least the size of his leg, and he carefully bites it around its smallest section.

Yeah, this feels right. He thinks as he stands up straight with it in his mouth. It's heavy and he isn't sure what he's gonna do with it but it's his now. His claws gently click on the ground as he continues his exploration.

He sees movement on the ground and freezes for a moment, unsure of what it could be. When it freezes too he moves slowly closer, when it moves closer as well he panics and turns tail, fleeing back the way he came.

It can't have my treasure. He thinks and when he finally stops running he's panting softly.

He inhales deeply and exhales loudly.

He hears a steady sound in front of him that has him dropping the thing in his mouth to sniff at it curiously. Every sound is quiet and soft, but consistent, and when he sniffs it it's cold on his nose.

He snorts and shakes his head, pawing at his muzzle as he tries to get it off. It doesn't seem dangerous and he wonders if it's safe to taste.

He figures there's nothing unsafe about it, it doesn't feel unsafe, so he carefully tries to taste it. It's cold on his tongue but doesn't have a taste. He snorts softly and picks his treasure back up, walking further along the wall with it in his mouth.

He comes to a dark hole and he freezes, it's large in the wall and he wonders if it'll swallow him up if he approaches it. He places his treasure down on the floor of the cave and sniffs at the edge of the darkness carefully.

His ears twitch to try and pick up sound but there's nothing coming from it. He wonders if he concentrates hard enough if he can see down it.

Apparently not, it still looks as dark as ever and he sighs heavily before picking his treasure back up.

But, he figures, glancing behind him one final time, he survived other things, what's one more challenge?

So with a new treasure in his mouth and a small bounce in his step, he makes his way into the darkness of the tunnel, eager to see what else this new world has to offer him.

exit; daryl