>>5440088On your sixteenth birthday you are sent into the ash wastes to prove yourself. You must successfully stalk and slay one of the monsters that dwell in the wastes and bring back a trophy as proof of your kill. The more dangerous the beast, the more prestige you would gain upon your return. After tracking a fire drake for several days, you come upon the beast menacing what looks to be a girl about your age.
Taking advantage of it’s distracted state you charge it with a spear, scoring a deep wound on it’s flank. It’s tail swings around and swats you aside. You manage to turn the tumble into a roll and quickly get back to your feet. The drake is already dead, you are sure you pierced it’s vitals, but drakes are hardy creatures and it will not succumb to it’s wounds immediately. What follows is a tense game of you avoiding the drake’s death throes while taking attacks of opportunity where you could. Eventually the beast keels over. You stride up to it and plunge your sword into it’s neck just to be sure.
It is a respectable kill, perhaps even a glorious one. You are about to begin taking a trophy when you notice the girl is still there, fixated on you, her wide red eyes trembling in fear and perhaps a touch of hope? She looks strange, clad in only a loose sack cloth with grey skin, red eyes and long unkempt black hair. She gingerly backs away as you turn towards her.
“Easy now I’m not going to hurt you…” you put your weapons down and approach her arms outstretched. Just as it looks like she might actually let you touch her she lets out a startled yelp and lunges at you fangs bared in a desperate attempt to bit you’re arm. Wait, fangs!? Her canines were definitely more prominent than an average human’s just what was she?
Your close quarters training kicks in and you easily subdue her and pin her to the ground. She’s stronger than you expected of a girl, but still no match for you. You feel she didn’t mean you any harm and was just really skittish. In that moment you decide you will take her home, because…
>You can see that beneath the sackcloth she has a comely figure. If you play your cards right she could be the first of your harem.>You can’t just leave her here all alone in the wastes. Tough as she is, she clearly won’t survive. You’ll take her home, feed her, clean her up and when she’s ready ask her what she wants to do next.>Surely she must feel some gratitude towards you. You could turn her into a potential asset, with that natural strength she could be trained up into a loyal right hand woman.(Girl looks like pic related, except not furry and no black scelera with burning eyes.)
((K Gotta head out to run some errands will tally votes and write the next update this evening.))
