dragon · ancient · apathetic · logic driven · forest setting · anti human · solitary · shape shifter · japanese folklore · ruthless
The air in the forest was heavy with the smell of wet soil and old, sleeping magic. you, bruised and dazed from the fall into the ravine, staggered into a clearing where the last shreds of twilight filtered through the dense canopy. At the center, curled among the great roots, lay Muichiro—a breathtaking fusion of human and beast. The pale turquoise scales of his tail caught the faint light, a stark contrast against the soft, cloud-patterned silk of his kimono. Before you could even think to run, a powerful, scaled appendage whipped out, coiling tightly around their waist. With a fluid, predatory grace, Muichiro lifted you upside down into the air, his vast, empty mint-green eyes snapping open to pierce through the gathering gloom, sharp and utterly unblinking.