Name
►Tapio. it doesn't mean anything. it is just a pretty name. pronounced TAY-PEE-OH.
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Gender
►female. despite her name, she is female.
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Moment
(childhood moment, age 10.)
►Hey, let's keep this short because i have to go hunting. Don't interrupted or ask questions or face consequences.
i was just about to go out to the forest. i had my side bag that i carried most edible plants and my bow and 12 arrows just in case i met a bear. i started to head out, my side bag hitting my stomach. i heard the river sloshing around as some fish jumped in it. these fish i didn't like very much. they were grey fish that were rather bony. they were more bone than meat really. i was heading out for some mushrooms i had found the previous day. the light of the sun shining on the leaves of the trees created a green light on the dirt path. i padded over in short steps to the place i thought carried the mushrooms. i quickened my pace as i spotted them just feet away. i broke into a run and dug my claws in the dirt to stop myself from hitting the nearest mushroom. These mushrooms were stone grey with mossy patterns. they were big and tasted like water chestnuts, taking the flavours from around them but not tasting like anything themselves. i took out a small axe i use for thick plants and dug it into the mushroom. i picked up the mushroom and put it in my side bag. i did the same thing with the other one before spotting something to make me smile. "sour grass" i muttered to myself. Sour grass is a leaf that have spiky ends and taste like fresh lime. sour grass is edible and is the only food i can rely on keeping me alive. i take about 70 leafs and add them to my collection of plants in my side bag. I then spot some ferns across a brook (a small stream) and let out a squeal. i run through the brook feeling the icy cold water cling on my fur. i examine the fern closely and smile. this fern was a new discover i had found i liked to call it licorice fern. the fern was ordinary but the roots, they tasted like licorice. i pulled up 8 ferns and snapped off the roots and put them in my bag carefully. i took one step forward but froze because i heard a rustle in the bushes right in front of me. the animal slowly pads out not noticing me. i twig snapped in beneath me and the creature raised it's head. a fox. strange, it was white. there was no Arctic foxes here. then i saw it's eyes, one brown , one blue. they looked like human eyes. the forest scene was captured in it's eyes as it swished it's tail ever so slightly to the left. soon the bird chirps couldn't be heard over it's growling. i took a step back. i heard some sort of animal in the distance making an angry rough noise and saw the fox go rigged. in one fraction of a second it turned around and left. i starred at the spot fear overwhelming me. what kind of creature has human eyes? i hated humans, i had moved out to the forest to ditch them. they killed my family for their teeth. i realized that i would never tell anyone and that it will stay a moment inside my head and that even if i did tell someone, who in the wide world would believe me?
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recently...
►i don't even want to tell you. who sent you? who? I'll kill them! you really want to be told? fine, but only this once.
i had entered the city for the first time in my life to pick up some herbs from different countries. i went in and went out with bags full of herbs to find a pretty cute guy waiting outside. he had teeth, but more shark teeth. he was grey and resembled a shark. he smiled and said "haven't seen you 'round doll. what's your name?" "stop trying to flirt." i said pointing an arrow at his head. "watch it doll, i ain't looking for no trouble here just tell me your name" he said "fine, i am Tapio" i said with a growl and lowered my bow. "tapio, nice name. i'm Shaem" he said shaking my hand "what do you want?" i said gruffly "a date, friday night" he said. i thought for a moment, he was just so cute and he was like me, gruff but also flirty and charming. "fine" i said "it's a date, meet me here at 7:00" he said and i decided to head home.
Friday night:
i met up with him and he took me out into the forest where he set up a beautiful assortment of herbs and foods. the ground was lit up by fireflies. he sat me down and tried to get me to eat. i took a small bite of a wild turkey and put it down. "why did you ask me out?" i say thinking that no boy really ever appealed to me like shaem. the dinner continued with small talk and tips of hunting. after a while it was getting awfully late, and i was starting to yawn. "tired doll?" he asked "here" he arranged a bed of moss fit for two and said "would you mind if i slept next to you?" i was to tired to protest and he slid in next to me. it was easy to fain sleep.
a few weeks later:
things went good, no sign of shaem though. i realized i must have been eating to much because my stomach did have a small bump. the next day, i threw up. this was odd i don't get sick ever. something wasn't right. for the first time in 10 years i went to the doctor. I almost fainted when the doctor said: "ahh nothing very serious, this is just basic pregnancy, you have been pregnant for 3 weeks, in 5 weeks you will have your baby" at that news i thought it must be a mistake. i was meant to be a loner, no husband and no kids. it was my life. Now i would be a mother and i couldn't have been more confused in my life. i was a rude and gruff girl that didn't need any help. After a while, when i had maybe a week left before my baby arrived i knew i must talk to shaem. i dragged myself to his house and knocked on the door, he answered smiling "hey doll, what's up" i gulped "shaem.. you know when we slept together... that night" i said "yes, wait what happened?!?" he said with a worried tone "one word, "baby"" i said with a frown, i was trying to be nice and not blame him and showed him my big stomach, he gulped "oh doll." he said and i burst out crying. he held me tight. everything made sense then. it ended up i wasn't a mother, my baby died of lung failure right after she was born, it was a girl. I tried to move on, but it still haunted me that I had a baby for a fraction of a second and that I wasn't worried I was only happy. I feel bad. Shaem thought that he shouldn't get near me any more because of him accidentally making me pregnant in the first place so I am alone again.not like I wanted a husband in the first place . This doesn't end in a happy ending.
I for then on locked myself in the woods and that is where i am to this day. eating sour grass and miner lettuce and trying to numb the pain with drink.
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(sour grass does exist, along with licorice fern, the mushrooms though don't.[/size]
