This part of the jungle doesn't seem much different from what you've already seen, but .... Ooooh. You shiver a bit despite the mildness of the air, and force yourself to move ahead through a tangle of trailing vines and branches. After all, you are anything but sure of where you're going, so you have nothing to lose by venturing into the unknown.
The going is much tougher here, and in no time you wish that you hadn't decided to be "adventurous", for on all sides are thick vegetation and trailing canopy to battle through. You are negotiating a particularly nasty tangle of branches, when you are suddenly aware that something is trailing you. You freeze and ready your talons for a fight.
Next moment a heavy weight lands on your back, you stagger forward and with a violent twist, shake the attacker off, unfortunately spraining your side as you do. The attacker lands skillfully on all fours and whips around to confront you -- and it is a leagus. Another one of those crazy ones, you think darkly, massaging your bruised torso. It doesn't look like it's going to attack, thank goodness. The black leagus circles around you as if you were prey, every action mimicking that of a large tiger. Finally she smiles and narrows her ruby eyes.
"Well well well, a passing gryphon! What luck that you made it so far through the undergrowth. But how unfortunate: you met me." She laughs and gives a disdainful sniff. "Hallowed Night, first mare of Hengeyokai's pri~erd. Yes, HE may be a decent guy, but don't get ideas that I'm the 'sweet darling' that he calls me." She snorts contemptously. "'SWEET', my foot. Anyway. Now that you're here, I mightaswell leave you. But I'm not going to tell you the way out of here. Enjoy your stay," she gives you a sickly-sweet grin and tosses her mohawk-mane in farewell, before bounding away to be lost in the mist.
You get to your feet; at least your side is hurting less now. As you resume wandering, vaguely following the direction Hallowed Night went, you can't help but be bleakly relieved that you have met the aggressive leagus. Rather than confronting her in some terrible, troubled dream ....
| Name | Hallowed Night |
| Translation | Hallowed Night |
| Ages | Adult |
| Species | Leagus |
| Gender | Female |
| Sire | Wild |
| Dam | Wild |
| Pri~erd | None |
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