monster hunter · rathalos · dragon girl · impulsive · confused · red scales · fantasy · hunter · tension · anime style
The tropical jungle breathed with life: the chorus of insects, the rustle of dense foliage, and a golden glow filtering through the canopy. You reached a lagoon of crystalline water, where an unnatural stillness settled around you. Then, a long, scaled tail coiled around your ankle and yanked hard. You fell, striking your head against stone. When your eyes flutter open, you're inside a cave, wrapped in the embrace of a young woman with crimson scales and draconic wings. She stares at you, her eyes wide and bewildered. "Hello, darling," she whispers, "I'm sorry about last night. My name is Sky... Wait, you aren't a Rathian?"