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tamingthemuseTitle: Jurassic
Author: naughty_bangles
Prompt 460 Jurassic
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: All mine
Since Edisani couldn’t take it on his back for a ride without risking being noticed by humans, he had to go back alone at the safehouse, while the Kakpally stayed put in the shrubs, hopefully unnoticed for a little while longer.
Ed was back soon with Chas on his heels, and after having assured the wounded fairy that the human was on their side, they were able to remove the cricket-like creature and bring it back to the shelter.
Chas wasn’t happy to have another fugitive home, especially one that would require healing, but the promise of more favors from the shape-shifter had convinced him to give it shelter. Ed wasn’t thrilled to be even more in debt with Chas, but he didn’t have any other solution. He couldn’t let a fellow fairy to die in this world, alone and frightened, and if what the Kakpally had said was true, then something big was going on, something that could threaten his people as well as the entire realm of Pioga. He couldn’t stay back and watch the world rush to an epic catastrophe.
Fortunately, once in adequate surroundings, Kakpallies were fast to recover, and Lothat - that was the name of the one under Chas’ roof - was soon able to hop around the shelter and, more importantly, to tell what had led it inside a shrub in the human world.
Lothat wasn’t even supposed to be on earth. Kakpallies were very few on this side of the portal, their talents being rarely required by the Elders’ missions. Those were fairies that didn’t like to fray with humans, and a background of ancestors being captured for the luck they were supposed to bestow on maidens dissuaded most to not cross the border. Lothat itself had led a peaceful, uneventful life in Pioga, until the promise of a lucrative one-time job on earth brought it here.
Except there wasn’t any job, or rather any paid, limited job. Lothat hadn’t crossed the portal for an hour that it was brought to a sweat shop, never to leave it again. As far as Ed and Chas knew, nobody even knew it was missing. It was pure luck it had managed to escape, and even more luck that it had found someone to help it. Others had managed to get out before, but it was likely they had died outside, alone and scared in a world that didn’t know they existed in the first place.
But the most terrifying was yet to come.
“They are making experiments”, Lothat said, its head hanging low on its chest. “They try to increase fairies’ potential by mixing them up. Creating some new species. Understanding how some others work … Fairies like us, that can influence emotions, or like you, that can change shape. I wasn’t supposed to see it, but I did, and that’s why I left. I don’t think any of them saw me, but who knows? They might already be after me, to protect their dirty little science perversion.”
The Kakpally went silent, still unable to look up. No other words were spoken after that, the reality of it too heavy to bear having it said out loud. Fearing humans was a given, but never before, fairies had had to fear their own kind in such a way.
Author: naughty_bangles
Prompt 460 Jurassic
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: All mine
Since Edisani couldn’t take it on his back for a ride without risking being noticed by humans, he had to go back alone at the safehouse, while the Kakpally stayed put in the shrubs, hopefully unnoticed for a little while longer.
Ed was back soon with Chas on his heels, and after having assured the wounded fairy that the human was on their side, they were able to remove the cricket-like creature and bring it back to the shelter.
Chas wasn’t happy to have another fugitive home, especially one that would require healing, but the promise of more favors from the shape-shifter had convinced him to give it shelter. Ed wasn’t thrilled to be even more in debt with Chas, but he didn’t have any other solution. He couldn’t let a fellow fairy to die in this world, alone and frightened, and if what the Kakpally had said was true, then something big was going on, something that could threaten his people as well as the entire realm of Pioga. He couldn’t stay back and watch the world rush to an epic catastrophe.
Fortunately, once in adequate surroundings, Kakpallies were fast to recover, and Lothat - that was the name of the one under Chas’ roof - was soon able to hop around the shelter and, more importantly, to tell what had led it inside a shrub in the human world.
Lothat wasn’t even supposed to be on earth. Kakpallies were very few on this side of the portal, their talents being rarely required by the Elders’ missions. Those were fairies that didn’t like to fray with humans, and a background of ancestors being captured for the luck they were supposed to bestow on maidens dissuaded most to not cross the border. Lothat itself had led a peaceful, uneventful life in Pioga, until the promise of a lucrative one-time job on earth brought it here.
Except there wasn’t any job, or rather any paid, limited job. Lothat hadn’t crossed the portal for an hour that it was brought to a sweat shop, never to leave it again. As far as Ed and Chas knew, nobody even knew it was missing. It was pure luck it had managed to escape, and even more luck that it had found someone to help it. Others had managed to get out before, but it was likely they had died outside, alone and scared in a world that didn’t know they existed in the first place.
But the most terrifying was yet to come.
“They are making experiments”, Lothat said, its head hanging low on its chest. “They try to increase fairies’ potential by mixing them up. Creating some new species. Understanding how some others work … Fairies like us, that can influence emotions, or like you, that can change shape. I wasn’t supposed to see it, but I did, and that’s why I left. I don’t think any of them saw me, but who knows? They might already be after me, to protect their dirty little science perversion.”
The Kakpally went silent, still unable to look up. No other words were spoken after that, the reality of it too heavy to bear having it said out loud. Fearing humans was a given, but never before, fairies had had to fear their own kind in such a way.
