ββ EVANGELINE SUMMERS βββββββββββββββββββββ
xβ twenty β female β pangolin β asexual heteroromantic β location; jungle floor β mentions; none β tags; scott β
ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββsmall claws ripped at the tree bark, digging into the wood and peeling it back. ripping the bark back the pangolin exposed the wood beneath, and the bugs crawling around. if she could she would smile triumphantly, but in this form, eva was limited in her facial expressions. the insects didnβt last long for the pangolin used her long, sticky tongue to suck them up. while the jungle wasnβt the pangolinβs natural habitat, evangeline was finding it quite easy to find her next meal, though doing anything else posed a problem for the young woman. backing away from the tree the pangolin turned around and, in a few moments, returned to being a human. the claws shrank into nails, the snout into a nose and lips, the scales shrinking into the skin or turning into hair, and the body growing. in place of the pangolin was now a young woman. standing up and patting the dirt off of her jeans, eva started heading back to her camp, hands gripping onto the backpack straps across her chest. some days ago evangeline had woken up in the jungle with a note barely explaining what was going on, since then there has been a lot of crying, cussing, and screaming. with no clue on what was going on, and being on her own, evangeline was finding it hard to keep a positive attitude after only two days. the loneliness was a little too much for the young woman too. while pangolins are solitary creatures, humans werenβt, and so eva was constantly at battle with loneliness, sometimes enjoying it but mostly despising it. on top of that eva had no clue how to do much of anything. it was a perpetual struggle where she would overthink the situation, making herself sad or anxious, as well as attempt to do something like set up a small hut, then get angry when it collapsed in on itself. things were rough.
as evangeline headed to her campground, something occurred to her, she had no idea where she was. i mean, yeah, sheβs in an unfamiliar jungle, but as she wandered from her camp to get food and water she got herself turned around and didnβt know her way back. everything looked the same in all directions. huffing at her own stupidity, eva could feel tears welling in her eyes. she didnβt want to be here, she didnβt want to be forced to survive, she wanted to go home wherever that may be with whatever family she might have had. Β why her? why this horrid place? wiping the tears streaming down her face she tried to force away these thoughts. picking a direction eva heading toward where she thought her camp was. she had been wandering around utterly lost for perhaps ten minutes when the movement of something big nearby caught her eye. freezing and turning toward the movement evangeline tried to peer through the thick flora to see what it was she saw. her mind immediately went to thinking it was a leopard or big predator like that. however, as she got a quick glimpse of the creature eva saw that it was much bigger and bore no spots. it definitely wasnβt a big cat, so what was it? she was too scared to investigate. if it was a predator it would be able to kill her easily in either of her forms. but it might also be another person. did she really want to take that chance?
curiosity got the best of the girl. taking a few steps forward eva pushed some tree branches out of her face to get a better view of the creature. to her surprise, it was a horse. what in the world was a horse doing in the jungle? if anything the sight was one of the more peculiar things that have happened thus far. could it be possible that, just like evangeline, this was a person with an animal form? that made more sense than a random horse in a jungle, though she couldnβt be sure. ripping a small branch from the nearby tree, eva held it out to the horse. here horsey horsey, here? she called to it questioningly, still unsure if it was just a horse or something more. if it was just a horse then maybe she could befriend it and finally have someone other than herself to talk to. slightly waving the branch she tried to entice it over to her.
ββ HUBERT FINLEY PIERS ββββββββββββββββββββββ
xβ twenty two β male β rabbit β bisexual β location; stream β mentions; none β tags; peanut β
ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββsitting down in the shade hugh nodded as peanut thanked him. itβs no problem, he said, pulling his bag next to him and closing it up. glancing toward peanut as he asked if anything strange had happened, hubert was hesitant to explain that he could shift into a rabbit. he wasnβt sure if peanut had the same ability to shift. after all the note said nothing about being able to shift, hugh having discovered the ability one his own by accident. so perhaps hugh was the only one between them that could change form. however, it was also possible that peanut could shift as well. whatever the case it was best to be honest, right? hopefully, he didnβt seem crazy saying this, or spook the kid. i discovered that iβm able to change into a rabbit, hugh said matter of factly, though there was a hint of bewilderment in his voice as he still couldnβt believe he could do such a thing. Oh yeah, he sounded crazy saying that. hearing himself speak the words hugh wanted prove that he wasnβt insane by shifting. hubert had only shifted a few times thus far, thinking it best to stay in his human form as he was quite vulnerable to predation in his rabbit form. he wasnβt even sure if he could shift on command everytime or if it was more of an insticutal shift. maybe he should test out the limits to his power sometime. are you able to change into anything? he questioned, an uncertainty in his voice. the question surely sounded crazy, maybe hugh had gone mad and didn't even realized it.
ββ DEVYN LISBETH WILSON ββββββββββββββββββββ
xβ twenty four β female β golden eagle β homosexual β location; river β mentions; none β tags; spink, laken β
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- circling back around with another fish in her talons, devyn spotted spink setting something up. it looked like a rack of sorts, perhaps to cook the fish on seeing as though spink had placed the fish atop it. as dev neared the set-up she caught what spink told her to do with the fish as she caught them. angling herself toward the new dropoff devyn once again landed, ending the fishβs life, but this time instead of leaving it she picked it up in her beak and placed it with the other fish. waddling back from the rack as spink brought her backpack over she gave a bob of her head as he took her knife and left her with the spear, as well as ordering her to gather berries after getting more fish. man, this guy is bossy, she thought to herself, somewhat annoyed as she was told what to do. first rope, no fish, now berries. make up your mind, geeze. if she could speak in her bird form she would probably retort with something, but seeing as though her vocal cords could only allow for cawing she settled for a piercing look. lifting off yet again devyn started for the river for the third time. as she flew off dev heard spink uttering something about mercury, but she was already too far away to hear exactly was being said, and the rushing sound of the river helped in drowning out spinks voice. she would have to ask what he was talking about when she was done fishing, it might be important.
soaring over the river devyn went to dive, but sudden movement on the opposite side of the river caught her attention, causing dev to miss the catch and flutter upwards as to not crash into the water. moving her gaze over to the riverbed devyn caught sight of a female sitting with a fish in hand. so there were others besides devyn and spink on the island! cawing loudly devyn tried to draw spinks attention over the roaring of the rushing river water. unable to hover in place as such a large bird devyn opted to soar over the river, somewhat circling the female in an attempt to draw spinks attention to her.
like this but a bit higher?
