Tukluk’s encounter with the red wolf in Cetus had sort of spooked him in a way. He hoped not everyone in Origin was as insane and spacey as… whoever she had been. He realized now that he had not asked for her name, nor given his own. Honestly, though, that was probably for the best. He didn’t need her getting any weird ideas about trying to see him again and being able to ask for him by name. But… he hadn’t seen anyone else who looked remotely like himself, so even if she gave a description of him, she’d probably be pointed in the right direction. He shuddered at the thought. There was something wrong with her.

Still, one good thing had come from that crazy day in the swamp: he’d learned about his Magic! He could make plants grow out of his body if he willed it! He felt like this could come in handy a lot, like if he was in some part of the cave that didn’t have any food. He could just grow his own food! In fact, as he thought about it, some small purple-ish berries started to grow out of his stomach! Happily, he snagged one with one of his long claws and popped it into his mouth. It was ripe and juicy and sweet! Mmm… He decided he would enjoy his snack from way up here in a tree branch and watch the goings on in Eridanus down below.

Words: 247 @Baratheon

From living here since his reawakening Bara had come to gain an intimate knowledge of this place. He knew where the cave deer hid, knew when he needed to go elsewhere and let the population grow again, he knew where he should go to get something to drink, where to nap and most importantly... he knew where the best places to fly were! That was exactly where he was going now after feasting on a few cave deer. His fur had been meticulously cleaned to remove every bit of blood so he didn't have any... accidents. Wouldn't that just be his luck?

The dragon snorted, the action sending out a puff of pink smoke from his nostrils. The rosen-hued substance flaoted upwards towards the treetops before dissipating altogether. If there was one thing he could change about Eridanus it would be all of the trees. It made it difficult to stretch his wings and really fly although he did manage in the less-dense areas but only at certain heights where the forest thinned out. That was where he was headed now, to a place near the Monarch where he could easily lift into the air and do his routine flying.

The thought was quite pleasant, pleasant enough that he gave a joyous toss of his head. His two horns that sat near his ears brushed roughly against the branch of a nearby tree where, unknowingly, the dragon might have dislodged a tiny creature.

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tagged: @Tukluk
ooc: ---
muse: 6/10

"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

Tuck was so busy enjoying his meal that he apparently didn’t even see the giant fluffy dragon approaching the tree he was sitting on. He had closed his eyes some few minutes before and was sort of somewhere between snoozing and chewing on a berry very slowly. He awoke with a jolt when his world suddenly shook very hard and before he could completely wake up, he was falling off the branch! He let out a very loud, very high-pitched screech as he fell. He was too high up! Too high! He was gonna die! And then before any of these thoughts could really settle in, he landed plop! onto something very soft and cushiony, and immediately dug his long fingernails into whatever it was to keep from falling again.

He’d landed on something white. It felt like fur… Wait a minute, this was fur! He looked around himself for a moment to try and get his bearings and was suddenly filled with fear. This… whatever creature this was was humongous! He gulped in fear, wondering if he was about to be eaten. He wanted to get off! But he was too scared to start climbing down the creature’s fur in case it felt him. Instead he just clung on for dear life, trembling and trying to stay quiet.

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The dragon stopped moving, eyes searching the greenery as he attempted to something. Had... Had he heard something? It had sounded like screaming, very, very high-pitched screaming. He looked around, large ears pricked as he tried to pick up the noise again. But... there was nothing.

He began to rumble in his throat, concentrating as he searched around. If someone was in danger then he needed to be able to find them first... but how could he find them if he couldn't see anything? Completely at his wits end the dragon called out, "Hello?" Hopefully whoever it was could hear him. With a voice that small it must be pretty far away.

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words: don't care
tagged: @Tukluk
ooc: ---
muse: 5/10

"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

Tuck flinched hard when the dragon let out a loud and rumbling, ’Hello?’ He… he didn’t sound mean or unfriendly, just concerned. But… but that didn’t necessarily mean anything! What if liked to eat monkeys? Tuck had to stay quiet! He just couldn’t risk it! Not with something this big! He was so scared at this point that he was trembling, and his teeth were chattering, and he was hyperventilating, which the dragon could probably hear quite clearly. But he was too freaked out to quiet down, and too far gone to realize that his attempt to remain quiet was going horribly.

He continued clutching to the white fur, pressing his face into it so that the world went dark, like a baby kitten. He figured that if he couldn’t see the Gembound, then the Gembound couldn’t see him. Right? Right? Flawless logic!

Words: 143 @Baratheon - Lol Tuck is such a wimp. XD

The dragon probably looked quite silly, ears pricked and looking cluelessly around with his pupil-less eyes. He could honestly see nothing and no one had answered his "hello" or anything. Strange. Though he was completely unaware the dragon had a very tiny primate rested upon his muzzle, halfway between his nose horn and his brows but the creature was so tiny and seated just so that the dragon couldn't see him at all. So, he was stuck staring around... and wondering where the strange chattering noise was coming from.

"I know you're there. Show yourself!" He wasn't angry though he was a tad bit annoyed that someone was trying to play a joke --or so he thought-- on him. His head was thrown this way and that as he tried to spy where the other creature was.

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words: don't care
tagged: @Tukluk
ooc: ---
muse: 5/10

"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

No no no no no! “Stop moving!” Tuck cried as he tried to cling even tighter to the creature’s head. “S-stop! I’m gonna fall!” But the giant dragon just kept swinging his head from side to side, and Tuck’s grip kept getting looser and looser. And then finally he just couldn’t hold on any longer and found himself slipping down off of the dragon’s muzzle, and it was a long way to the ground…

He screamed as he fell, screeching as only a monkey could. Thank God Baratheon was only the size of a bull elephant and not any bigger or the fall could have very well killed poor Tuck. As it was, he was so small and weighed so little that not much force was exerted when he hit the ground. Unfortunately, he hadn’t been smart enough to spread his arms and legs out, so he hit the ground with some speed. His body seemed to crumple into itself, his legs buckling from the impact, and his chin knocking into his knees. He seemed to slowly fall onto his back after that, his eyes closed, his breathing shallow…

Afterwards, he laid there at the dragon’s paws, and was silent…

Words: 165+ @Baratheon

A voice... the tiny voice. It came to him but it was too little too late as the dragon's head kept moving before he registered what was being said. Stop moving... His head went stock still but the sound of screaming reached his ears, signalling his tardy reaction to the command.

Oops...

The dragon looked down, following the sound of the screaming but he couldn't see anything. Everything seemed to be fine minus the screaming... and then...

Silence.

One ear pricked higher than the other and then it alternated with the other as he tried to pick up anything again. "Hello?" Nothing. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to--" He looked down and saw a tiny speck on his paw... No. That wasn't a speck. It was someone... The creature he'd been hearing?

Uh-oh.

He snaked his head downwards, fearful of the worst. He could see no blood on his paw, just a very very very tiny primate. Oh! Had he killed the poor thing with his wild movements? Oh dear? What could he do? He was no healer and the only thing he could think of to possibly resuscitate the creature was... well...

The dragon carefully, oh so carefully, snaked his tongue out of his mouth and with the blue end attempted to lick the tiny monkey very gently. He didn't want to accidentally eat him or cause even more damage so he just eased the tip of the appendage over to the primate just to touch him. Water woke up sleeping creatures and since he didn't have water he would use the next best thing.

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words: don't care
tagged: @Tukluk
ooc: ---
muse: 5/10

"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...

What… Ew, what was that? It was sticky, whatever it was, and now it was all over him. Tuck groaned and felt around his body for a moment — “Gah!” His hand landed on something large and wet and his orange eyes snapped open. It took him a few seconds to realize he was seeing… a giant blue tongue. “What — no, no!” he cried, trying to push the tongue off of him. “I’m not food! Don’t eat me, don’t eat me!”

He thought very quickly. He needed a plant that could hurt a tongue… Roses! Roses had thorns on them! He quickly accessed his Magic, and willed it to grow roses all over his body. It didn’t really work very well, though. The flowers ended up being in the very early development stages, so the thorns were tiny and flexible and not very poke-y yet. He hoped it would work, anyways. Maybe just the surprise of flowers suddenly growing out of Tuck’s body would be enough to deter this massive creature from making a meal out of him. He could only hope.

Words: 182 @Baratheon

The sound of panic was enough to make him pause in his quest for licking. So, he'd woken the creature up then? Great! It meant that it wasn't dead... whatever it was. However, when he felt the pricking sensation on his tongue --it didn't particularly hurt it just felt uncomfortable-- he took it for the tiny thing trying to bite him. He brought his tongue back into his mouth and lifted his ears, pointing them both at the tiny animal to catch the high-pitched words. "Hu--? I'm not going to eat you." He turned his head to the side so that he could peer down at the creature with one pink eye. It appeared to be some sort of teeny primate with... roses, on its body? Strange but he'd seen stranger.

"I am a protector of Eridanus... I do not eat the greater gembounds that dwell here." He hoped that would set the creature's mind at ease but he didn't know. After all, he'd just got finished slinging him around and "assaulting" him with his tongue. He was sure that would create some negative feelings.

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words: don't care
tagged: @Tukluk
ooc: ---
muse: 6/10

"Talking looks like this!"
Thinking looks like this...