- ➹ ── 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 ！
❝ 𝙿𝙰𝚁𝚃 𝙸𝙸 ❞ male • red deer • hannibal • tags: aisa & enlin
Deep breaths whooshed into his lungs, huffing loudly out his nose. It felt strange, sounded strange - the volume of his chest, the coarse and booming sound of his own breath. He was a large creature, that much was certain, although his head was actually at a similar height to where it had been before. His hooves were small compared to his body, but his thin legs held him upright. He hoped that would maintain if he had to suddenly bolt in case of danger. Even a big buck could run fast, but Will, who was not used to being a deer, was worried he would not be able to keep up such a speed. If he couldn't, he would have to fight, lashing out with hooves and antlers. That was a daunting possibility. As well, he was still a little unused to seeing from the sides of his head yet either. Overall, he felt very vulnerable, very exposed, a prey animal that did not know how to be prey.
For that reason, he continued to move slowly, picking his way through the woods with caution. The woods sounded rather quiet, with no sounds standing out to him, and he didn't scent anything particularly odd at first. Then, when he leaned down to nose at the low plants, wondering which might be good to eat, he was suddenly hit by something - a pungent, musky smell that seemed somewhat familiar, but much stronger than he had ever smelled it before. It made his feet itch, ready to race away if he needed to. He lifted his head promptly and looked around, scanning for anything that looked out of place, but he saw nothing. He bent his head low to find the scent again and this time noticed the form of a small animal nearby. He hadn't noticed it at all at first because he'd been looking for a much bigger creature, but there was certainly something there.
It was little, maybe cat-sized, with tan fur blending into a peppery gray on its back. Its large ears and pointed snout seemed to indicate a canid, and indeed it looked pretty similar to the shy gray foxes which lived in the woods near his home in Virginia. That meant it was likely full grown, so there wasn't the risk of there being a larger parent animal waiting in the woods to spring out at him. Satisfied it wasn't a threat, Will relaxed. He didn't say anything initially, simply because he had no reason to assume such an animal would be able to understand him. He gave it a friendly sniff, noticing now that he was close that it was carrying another, even smaller animal on top of its head. Peculiar, since it looked like a rodent. Wouldn't the fox have wanted to eat it?
- ⚔ ── 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐂𝐊 ！
❝ 𝙿𝙰𝚁𝚃 𝙸𝙸 ❞ male • siberian tiger • john wick • tags: diluc
John scarcely even noticed the owl coming to light on a branch above his head. Owls were notoriously quiet fliers, with soft feathers that allowed them to soar through the night in near silence. This time, however, the light streaming through the leaves betrayed the raptor, allowing John to be alerted by the sight of its shadow. John ceased his restless prowling at once and his eyes snapped upwards almost entirely on instinct. He was surprised to see an owl, although he hadn't really had time to form expectations anyway. It was still unusual for once to be out at this hour, though, but probably strange as well for a creature like him to be out at the same time. It wasn't worth worrying about, though - an owl couldn't do an animal as large as he was much harm. Probably wouldn't make a good meal, either, although John was content to cross the 'feeding' bridge when he came to it.
He turned his head down again, preparing to move on. He wouldn't have paid the owl any mind at all if he hadn't suddenly heard a voice. Crisp and cool above the soft murmurs of the forest, its words were clear as day. Yet John could not think of any place it could've come from other than the owl perched above him. He raised his head again in an instant. The tiger stood there staring at the owl for a second, wondering if it could really have been speaking to him. How could he understand it? Their two species could hardly have been more different. Could he simply understand all other animals now? That didn't make any sense. But, of course, nothing about this really made sense, did it? "Was that...you?" John said somewhat haltingly, eyes fixed on the large owl. "I...understood that."
It was so strange; his voice sounded exactly the same to his own ears as it had when he was human. Could it be that he was actually talking, and that he and this bird were having a conversation in plain English? He couldn't imagine it was anything else. Although, he supposed that, to an animal, the languages humans considered so easily understandable were nothing more than a strange mess of incomprehensible sounds. Perhaps this was just the opposite side of that coin.
Silver Wolf from Honkai Star Rail Pic, not mine. Miku Expo 2024 was amazing!!!
