Monstrous Meeting[Private/NK]

Sakuramori, an enchanted forest full of stories. Stories yes, but not all good. To outsiders, the forest is a wonderful and magical place with curious mysteries just waiting to be explored. To the local inhabitants, it was a place of survival and tests of courage and strength. The guild Black Rose is fond of this place, especially for bonding over battles and collecting rare resources to make things. Magical beasts have many purposes, between materials on and in their bodies, to the actual beasts themselves. Mages, bounty hunters, monster hunters, tourists: all of these could be found from time to time on the outside of the forest. The more daring ones on the inside of the forest.

One of these people was a young girl, eight years old and barely three feet tall. She wore a black dress that complimented her long raven hair and little black boots. She stepped lightly on the forest floor, tall lush green grass that had few humans disturb it. A surreal place, but these kinds of places had their reasons for being left untouched by mankind. Her reasons for being here were her own, but she knew the risks involved with going deeper into the forest. She knew of the dangers, yet she couldn't help but feel she was being watched.

Pale sunlight shown through the trees, giving luminous light to the thick forest. Just off in the distance was creeping shadows however. Some monsters were not bothered by sunlight, while others were predominantly nocturnal. Unbeknownst to Rei however, she had disturbed a nest. Just beneath the soft grass was a sleeping monster that almost hadn't felt the soft footsteps of the little girl. It was a ravenous creature though, not having eaten a substantial meal in quite some time. Even the off chance that there was something to eat above, had the lurking creature stir from its slumber.

The head of the creature slowly and quietly rose from the grass, breaking the dirt as it rose. Two red beady eyes narrowed in on the little girl with her back turned, walking away from the creature's position. Sharp ravenous teeth formed into gleeful smile as the creature realized how much of an upper hand it possessed against the unsuspecting human. One quick leap from the agile creature brought it from the ground, up into the trees. It was a feral creature, beastial and covered in fur. Its claws sank deep into the bark of the trees to hold its balance as it watched from above, waiting the perfect time to pounce down onto the human.

Ryse casually strolled through the area by himself. He wore the same attire as when he came to the guild since he had still only just joined a little bit ago. This meant he had to at least memorize the area right? So at the time, Ryse wore a plain white T-shirt with a black pullover sleepless jacket over it. It had a collar on it that rose up to cover his neck and the collar even wrapped fully around, almost like a turtle neck but it didn't touch his neck. On the back and part of the collar was a hood that currently wasn't up. Since the jacket was sleeveless the sleeves of the white T-shirt would be showing. On his forearms were black wristbands that took up about half his forearms. Going with his top were a simple pair of black pants and finishing with a pair of black converses.

As Ryse took his time taking in the scenery, he noticed somebody else here, a little girl. She looked maybe.. seven? Was she lost or something? He shrugged and with his hands already slipped into his pockets and strolled on over to her. "Excuse me, what's your name? Are you lost? I can help you find the exit if you want." Ryse smiled at her since, well, kids like smiles not frowns.

Ryse was a bit confused by the way she acted towards him. He was a complete stranger but she was hugging his leg. Was something wrong? Ryse wasn't sure what the problem was but it definitely seemed like she wanted out so why not escort her? "Yeah, I'm Ryse. And if there is something after us why not kill it or something?" Ryse rubbed the back of his neck and sighed as he began to lead her back. "Well.. whatever let's get back then.."

As he strolled back, he only just began to notice something amiss. But wasn't it really worth making a fuss over? Ryse put the thought off and decided to keep looking around the place. It was dark and gloomy the more you looked at it. It was a creepy place and that made him wonder even more why such a child was here. This place probably frightened her.