earn your stripes

Ulmaria bounded through the lush field of flowers, chasing after a butterfly. It was a gorgeous summer day and the warm afternoon sun mixed with the heady scent of flowers making this land seem just as dream like as Álarr had said. It never crossed her mind that something dangerous could be lurking in such a heavenly land until her butterfly landed on a funny striped rock and she collided right into the rear end of a tiger. Yowling at the electric shock from the collision the tiger bounded forward and spun around to face her. Her initial thoughts were of 'ooo pretty kitty' and 'oh shit' before she screamed in surprise. How did this keep happening? She hadn't even seen the strange boy that seemed to be a predator magnet.