Completed [Jungle Wilds] Tiny Mage, Giant Wrestler (Mamoru)

[Soshakuakamamushi]

Soshakuakamamushi "..........." Aka looked on to the burning location where the figure was supposed to be, did her fireball hit? She gritted her teeth in anxiety, there seemed to be no sound of pain or anything that resembled a living creature being burned by the flames. Did I... miss? That thought dreaded her, she flexed her hands to prepare more Res; she didn't do any big or flashy spels thus far so she wasn't close to overgiving... yet. "Ha... ha..." Aka gasped for breath, half afraid, half panicking, and could be summed up as 'Total Terror'. "!?" She heard some movements behind her, her body went frigid like ice; she couldn't dare herself to look whatever it was creeping behind, but she had to lest she would die. Ever so slowly, she turned her head and body... what happened next made her went silent in terror. It was a giant Dhani with an enormous ball of fire covering his large body that was far beyond Aka's ability, the first thing that came to her mind was not 'A master Reimancer', but more of like 'Aaaah!! FEAR! Fuck. Everything. And. Run!'. The monster then spoke, it was the same sibilant speech as earlier. This must be the one who had been stalking her. "I could end you eassly. Your fireballsss are no match for me!!" That was the cue, yep, that was her cue to get the petch out of here. Aka gulped hard, turned around, and scrammed for her life. She didn't have the time to grab her belongings or transforming into her Viper form to run faster, the monster would burn her to a crisp. "Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!" She screamed a rather high-pitched girly scream and created some Res on her hands, igniting two more fireballs on each hand. She would use it as a self-defense technique should the monster decided to chase her.

[Kalesserimamoru]

Mamuro cackled hard as he watched the girl run for her life. The chase was on..It would be simple for him, the flames in his hands were but illusions and could be extinguished with a mere thought. He could easily race behind her and snatch her up, and so he did. The Dhani quickly slithered towards the girl and wrapped himself around her tightly, hoping to pin her arms down so that she couldn't burn him with her magic.


"Not fasst enough.."


The trickster coiled himself around her more and slipped his head around so that he could face her. The Dhani stared into the eyes of the girl, his tongue flicking outward and almost close enough to lap against her pale skin. It was his turn now to show off the magic, but he had a very different form in mind. Mamuro called upon his djed and allowed it to rise from within and focused it into his eyes and mouth. He stared deeply into the eyes of the girl and spoke to her in a gentle tone.

"You can trust me..."


"Relax, ressss can be cosstly if you pussh too much. Relax...let it go. You have no need to fear...we are alike. Dhani yesss?"


"I won't harm you..."


Mamuro continued to manipulate his djed, twisting the emotions that he placed into the girl that suggested his words were true and his meanings to be genuine. He held the girl close, proving to her the warmth that the fire once had as a sort of comfort. The gnosis on his neck began to glow once again as he reached out to play with her senses. This time it was of touch, his harden scales would feel more smooth and soft, almost as if she were being held in the comfort of a loving parent.

"You can trust me..."


"You wanted my help? I will help you.... But firsst...you have to let me in."


"I won't harm you..."


The trickster had seen enough, and was interested in the girl now, because of her strange ways and use of magic. He imagined that he could put her to good use, provided that he could get her to follow him.

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[Soshakuakamamushi]

"Aaaaah! Help me! Heeeelp!" Aka was screaming to no one in particular, but she couldn't help herself. A monstrous giant Dhani was wielding what seemed to be a literal inferno in front of her very eyes, she blindly threw both of her fireballs backwards; of course, it missed and hit nothing but poor trees. She kept running and running until... "HYA?!" She could felt something wrapped around her leg and, soon, body like a vice. She tried to do some acrobatic movements, but her limited skill failed her that night.

"G-guh! L-let me go! Let me go!!" She futilely struggled against the far far stronger Dhani, she wanted to move but all of her lithe limbs were wrapped around in his giant body. She was thinking of blowing some res from her mouth and ignited it with flames, hopefully deterring her binder away. But before she could do that, her captor made the first move...

"You can trust me..." "I won't harm you..."

She didn't know why, but those words triggered feelings of shelter and warmth within her. It was also fueled by her dire need of safety, the voice provided exactly that. "A-ah... y-yes... W-we're Dhanis, that's right..." She started to relax and let all of her djed came to rest. She slightly twisted her body in his coil, but not out of struggle, instead seemingly comfortable like being held by her mother's arms.

"Help me... how? Let you... in?" She wasn't really sure on what the Dhani meant, but she knew he could help her "I... I'm sorry, you scared me..." In the back of her mind, she was still afraid this giant being would break every bone in her body so she apologized for the heck of it.

[Kalesserimamoru]

Mamuro smiled wickedly as he realized that his magic was working perfectly. He stared at the girl, watching her very closely. She looked much younger than he, and it made him wonder how she could have come so far into the jungle alone. She was a Reimancer sure, but the jungle wasn't burning, and he didn't detect any smoke around, other than from the burns she had just inflicted on the trees moments ago.


"You need me..."


So the question stood, how did she get out there? Mamuro uncoiled himself from around her, but stayed very close and held her gaze into his own. "You wanted help, yesss? sshelter? You aren't from my nest. I've never sseen you before. Where,...where did you come from?"


"I am your friend..."


Mamuro waited a moment to listen to her answer and see what else she had to say, before he continued his interrogation into the mysterious stranger. "You camp alone? No food? No friends?" The trickster slithered around the girl for a moment and quickly returned to face her again. "Show me....If you are Dhani, let me see your form...the strength of your scalesss."

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[Soshakuakamamushi]

Aka dropped down to the ground, her instincts kicked in and she used her acrobatics ability to soften her land. She was feeling comfortable with the Dhani now and didn't make any attempts to fight or run away. She took in his suggestions like bees to honey "Y-yes, I want help... a shelter would be good. Of course I'm not from your nest... I'm from..." She hesitated a bit, part of her mind screamed to her not to tell anything about herself to this unknown Dhani, but then again... she had nothing to lose, her nest was destroyed and her mentor was dead... "Eyktol... I'm from Eyktol"

Aka dropped to her knees and stared sadly to the ground, the questions that he asked were stabbing through her like knife through butter. "Y-yes... I'm... alone, I'm..." She hugged her knees and struggled to keep her tears in check "alone..."

When he asked her to prove that she was a Dhani, Aka was more than willing to comply. This meant the snake-man believed her, that's good. "Just a moment..." Aka removed her dress and put it beside a tree, she felt rather naked in human form, being so used to it after spending so much time with her Nuit master. "Don't... stare so much..." She instinctively covered herself, but most humans saw her as an underaged teen girl due to her short stature and... rather undeveloped figure. They didn't know that it was rather common for a Viper Dhani to be diminutive compared to humans.

Aka focused and started to transform to her Dhani form, her legs fused, her hair disappeared, and red scales adorned with black spots appeared across her body. After thirty seconds, her transformation was complete. She opened her mouth to flex her jaw muscles, showing her long venomous fangs in the process. "Here... is this prove enough?" She spoke in the Dhani's native snake-tongue.

[Kalesserimamoru]

The jungle had grown silent again besides the soft cries and whispers into the night. Mamuro watched the girl closely as she used her acrobatics to pin point a landing. She was agile for sure, and her magical talents were to be commended. In the right situations he could use her, but they hadn't gotten to that point yet. First he needed to know more about her and if she could be trusted.


He soon learned that she was alone and in need of a place to rest. This was good, with no other ties to draw her away, the Dhani could come to stay in the nest, if he could give her the right persuasion to do so. Mamuro coiled his tail closer towards his body and lowered himself down a bit so that he might seem less intimating. Asking the girl to prove that she was a Dhani didn't strike him as odd, and when she shyed away from him, it was an interesting thing to see.


Many in his nest were very proud of their bodies and showed them off often. Mamuro himself sometimes went without clothing, but this was just another thing that showed the different life styles of the people in the world. He turned away as she undressed to give her the privacy that she asked for. He had to keep her calm, and comfortable around him otherwise his suggestions wouldn't work.


"Ahhhh...yessss."


Mamuro smiled as she shifted herself into a red-scaled viper. Her story made more sense now, and being that she was Dhani allowed him to take her more seriously. One thing he knew about Vipers was that they were fast and venomous. Mamuro didn't have any poisons in his fangs, or knew much about it's uses. But, if he could store even a small vial of the girl's venom, it could come in handy later.


"A viper...yesss. Hello little Viper, you may call me Mamuro. What, may I ask is your name?" He asked in snake-tongue, now that they were more familiar.

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[Soshakuakamamushi]

With the Constrictor before her showing less hostility by lowering himself, Aka calmed down further. Even without hypnotism, she would look at him as an ally and fellow kin now, it was obviously much better than being alone in this unknown foreign forest. Aka flexed her arms and tail, it had been a while since she shifted to her Dhani form, travelling around in her human form was much safer after all.

"My name..." Aka's hesitation to cooperate with the Constrictor was vanishing by the moment, this giant Dhani was willing to give her his name, that already showed he was not planning to kill her... right?

"My name is Soshakuakamamushi, Brother Mamoru... but you can call me Aka" Surely Mamoru wouldn't mind with her calling him Brother as they're all children of Siku, no matter the size and sub-race.

Aka slithered to her dress and picked it up, she suddenly remembered her belongings; especially the precious fox mask, the only memento she had left of Galbern. "A-ah! I... I need to go back to my camp, my belongings are still there..." Her voice hesitating, she didn't want to aggravate Mamoru, but she didn't want to be barred from her belongings either.

[Kalesserimamoru]

Mamuro was a proud Dhani constrictor, and like most others, he thought that the other sub races were beneath him, but then again, he also thought that many constrictors were beneath him. After all, he was doing what many of them could not...adapt to the outside world. The trickster was molding himself, mind and body to form and reflect whatever he desired, one day..Mamuro would be able to live anywhere and everywhere, the world would hold no sway over him. It was a true gift and wonder, to have the power to walk between worlds, and while Mamuro didn't yet possess this power, one day he would.


"Aka? Hmm...I would have thought there would have been more S'sss in that name. Or K'sss. Well little Aka, here we sstand. Constrictor and Viper...what a strange and unusual duo."


He used the word duo for a reason. No longer was he using hypnosis and now was only playing to the emotions and thoughts that he had already pushed towards her. He smiled more, a twisting upward movement of his lips, that in any situation would most likely appear sinister. He started to say more, but the girl slithered off to collect her things from the camp. In a way, she reminded him of that one merchant Dhani that he had guarded at the first of the season, she too traveled with a lot. A moment later, the trickster slithered after her, and once again lightly coiled himself around her.


"Well then, unlesss you had something else to do..shall we get going?"

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[Soshakuakamamushi]

"W-well... my name... uuh... okay..." She didn't know on what to say, she never thought of her name sounding strange to another Dhani. Sure, most humans would pinch their temples, struggling to remember the complicated nature of the Dhani naming system. Aka slithered to her camp and noticed Mamoru was following her... she had the thought of running away once she gathered her belongings, but stopped herself knowing that it was better to be with a fellow Dhani than... whatever is out there.

As she packed her tent and belongings, Aka felt her body being coiled again by the much larger Dhani "Ah... uhm..." She wanted to protest, but knew that he could easily crushed her should he wished to so she kept her split-tongue in check. "A-alright... let's go..." She would now follow the lead of her new... friend? mentor? master? She wasn't sure.


OOCAlright! This should be my last post for the thread! You can either post your last reply or PM me for confirmation and I'll post it for grading.

Thank you for threading with me, Mamoru.

[Kalesserimamoru]

Mamuro stared at the girl for a moment before he slithered away to lead her back to the nest. He was sure that there was another reason that he had come out, but after meeting the viper, those plans had changed. He didn't know enough about the girl to hunt with her, and if he left her alone by herself she might run into Myrians or one of the wild kelvics that roamed the forest. Maybe the girl could take care of herself, and maybe she would burn the whole jungle down, either way it was better to head back.


"Perhapsss next time, we can try something a little different. Aye Aka?"


The trickster took the long way back, being sure that he wouldn't encounter anyone, or anything that might scare the girl and have her sending a wave of fire into the trees that would without a doubt alert everyone to where they were. They would return to the nest soon enough, and Mamuro led her into one of the hidden tunnels that the Myrians hadn't been sitting on. He didn't have any plans for the girl, at least not yet. But for Mamuro, his mind was always thinking and planning. From what he could tell, the girl was wild and somewhat unpredictable. As cute as he found that to be, he couldn't see Morgana feeling the same way.


"Letsss, keep her away from dear sister for the time being.."

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