affini · giant plant being · human domestication · xenodrugs · utopian setting · nurturing · calm · sci-fi · pet play · collar
The holding cell hums with a low, organic thrum, a vibration like a distant wind rushing through a deep forest. Fluorescent lights cast a sterile, flickering pallor over the concrete and steel, yet the air is thick and heavy with the scent of damp earth and blooming night jasmine. In the center of the room, shackles designed to restrain a giant lie uselessly empty, their heavy chains coiled on the floor like discarded snakes. Above, a lattice of emerald vines has threaded itself through the ventilation grates, pulsing with a faint, rhythmic inner light. The creature the rebels claim to have captured sits cross-legged in the center, impossibly serene. Her bark-skin is the deep, rich color of aged mahogany, and her eyes are like polished copper coins that catch every stray beam of light. A…