Speak With This One?

[potatolion]

People seemed to go about their business in the Plaza. Chatting and drinking and doing what ever interested them. Soon another individual decided to stroll in and join the throngs of people. It was...A deer...?

Yeah. That was a deer. A doe. A white-tailed doe. Hooves making a 'tap-tap-tap' on the ground as it wandered in with an odd sense of familiarity.

Soon the animal made its way to a seat. It's bones making an uncomfortable 'crack' and it's skin seemed to slip off its body in a neat little heap. Revealing a short, long eared woman who kneeled down to pick up the pelt with a hum.

Kasa plopped herself on the seat and looked around, speaking to any near by who would listen to the Skin-Walker. "Ever been to Wilds? Do strange beasts walk with the deer, rabbits, and foxes that this one hunts?"

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[potatolion]

Kasa looked to the beast that was speaking to her. She felt her face pale somewhat. This creature was...interesting. Despite looking serpentine he had a troll-ish nose and a set of very human looking teeth that caused her to shiver. But despite the beast's appearance. She listened to him with great interest. His voice reminding her of an elder from her old village.

She couldn't help but smirk at how he pointed out her shifting from a beast to humanoid. Taking great pride in this skill. He mentioned creatures of strange shapes, this caught her interest and she nodded for him to continue. "Please, yes." She urged.

[kingseeker]

"Very good! Ah, then where shall I begin. You see, I spy many a creature from my vantage in the Wilds. There is a lake deep inside it, a cavern beneath its waters. From there, I watch and I listen. Taking in these new lands.

"A lake is a fine place to watch for animals and traveller alike, you may find, since a great many come to drink from it. I've seen as thou has said; deer and foxes, rabbits and birds. But there are others. Ah, but where to start, where to start."

He lowers his great head, perhaps in thought, looking back in his memories and collecting them. He also closes his eyes to aid with this process.

He stays like this quite a long while. Strange.

...Wait. Is he snoring?

[potatolion]

Kasa listened to the large creature speak, pulling her legs up to sit cross legged. He mentioned how he lived in a lake in the Wilds. Maybe Kasa has been to the same lake and she didn't realize he was there?

...

Ok, that kind of gave her the shivers. But, moving on. She watched as he grumbled in thought of what beasts inhabited the woods. Slowly her excitement dying down at how long it took for him...Wait...He was snoring! Her brows furrowed somewhat, staring at the creepy serpent. Should...Should she wake him up? She wasn't too convinced she wanted to touch his slimy-looking skin. He smelled like the well he slithered out from.

"Um....Mister?" She called to him in an unsure tone.

[kingseeker]

The snoring continues. His teeth still clack occasionally as well, his jaw working in his sleep. Maybe he's already dreaming of eating!

[potatolion]

Kasa couldn't help but laugh as the primordial-looking beast continued to snooze and doze like a grandfather in his favorite chair. "Mister?...Mister!" She called to him again, maybe with better luck.

[kingseeker]

The snoring suddenly gains a sharp snort and Frampt's eyes unevenly open once more. Raising his head, he stammers, "Ah? Hm? Oh! Don't mind an old serpent needing his time to collect his thoughts. Sometimes they do tend to scatter. It takes only a moment.

"Ah, but we spake upon what dwells in the Wilds! Yes. I have seen things both with and without form. Little spirits who gather in the branches and watch the living, their own souls now bound to the trees. I have seen a woman part deer and part person, though not in the same manner thou have proven to be. More a purple-skinned woman who's form takes the place of a deer's head, carrying herself upon those four hooves. I know not if she is a wanderer such as ourselves.

"And then the fearsome ones! They come only when the sun has set and there be no stars. Low and plodding, shaggy and snarling. You can be sure I kept my head beneath the waters when that creature comes to drink!"

[potatolion]

She chuckled as he awoke with a snort, smiling warmly, she was slowly growing more and more accustomed to his gross appearance. In a way he was kinda goofy looking. "Apologies for this one being impatient, she is excite to hear his stories." She apologized to the old creature.

Soon he listed off all the odd beings he has seen. Her brows rising in surprise that there was something that made [i]him [i] nervous. "Woah. There are creatures that make Klesh nervous?" She asks with wonder.

[kingseeker]

"I have seen many an Age come and go and, in this time, you learn when to lower your head and merely...observe. Many a frightful horror lurks and shuffles in this and every other Age and I am just an old serpent! No match for those that live by tooth and bloody claw."

He could be downplaying whatever inherent power or strength he possesses. Or maybe he's just as old and feeble as he claims. Who knows!

[potatolion]

She nods in understanding when he mentioned it's sometimes best to choose your battles and observe. Sometimes that is the best option. She chuckled amused as he pointed out his old age. "Well, how ever old Klesh is, this one knows she would not want to end up bitten by Klesh's teeth. Frightening, yes."

Frightening may have been playing down her words, but it was the easiest word she could think of in that moment.

[kingseeker]

"Klesh? A word I have not heard before, and I have heard many! Enlighten me as to its meaning." He doesn't think to address the comment about how terrible his bite could be. Maybe he's not the biting sort!

[potatolion]

Kasa grinned amused as she listened to the inquisitive serpent; More than happy to answer his question. "Ah, Klesh is word in this one's language that means 'snake'. Klesh reminds this one of a wise serpent from her old stories and are known for being protectors of water." She explained while motioning to the well he creeped from, also in referance to how he spends time in a lake.

"Also he has yet to introduce himself to this one. So she is unsure what to call him" She said with a laugh. She then paused and grinned sheepishly, just realizing she has yet to give him her own name! "Ah, how could this one be so rude! Her name is Kasa. Good to meet." She introduced, going to hold her hand out to shake his out of habit when she realized quickly...He doesn't have hands. Or at least none that he's shown, and she rested her hands back on her lap, her cheeks tinged pink with embarrassment.

[kingseeker]

"Ahh! How appropriate, how lovely. I am happy to be known as this 'klesh' then." And then when proper introductions have begun, the serpent lowers his head in a bow, eyes closing as well. Hopefully he won't doze off this time.

"Well met, Kasa. I am Kingseeker Frampt. Though more a traveller in this realm, much like all others who have found their way here."

[potatolion]

Kasa smiled proudly as the one she called 'Klesh' accepted her nickname. She watched as he dipped his head down in a bow...Or was he sleeping again? Oh Spirits, please don't doze off again.

The Spirits must've heard her call cause instead of snoring, he answered. She smiled and returned the bow. "How did Klesh find his way here? This one was on hunt when suddenly...She was in city after following noise that sounded like large crowds."

[kingseeker]

"Ah, a great series of tunnels and underground rivers led me here. Matters were unsettled back in the realm I called home, so I had ample time to explore and perhaps ruminate on the state of things. And soon I brought my head up into a deep well and here I was! A brilliant discovery."

[potatolion]

Kasa nodded in understanding. She pulled her legs up to sit crosslegged on the couch. "What is Klesh world like? Is it much different than this one?" She asked, curious to what kind of world supported a strange, yet good company beast like Kingseeker Frampt.