Bamboo is just tall grass

Gods dammit all, the bamboo was dense. Artorias didn't know how anything willingly chose to come live in a place like this. The thick canopy of leaves and shoots overhead nearly blacked out the sky, casting the forest floor in heavy shade and prevented much of the misting rain from reaching the ground. To think that a massive wolf had decided to take up residence in here baffled him. Why? Why not return home or find somewhere more spacious to live? It was a confusing mystery, and the more the brute examined the hard-stalked bamboo all around him, the more confused he became.

Artorias had been inspecting one of the stalks of bamboo when he heard movement to his side and caught a glimpse of vivid violet moving in his peripheral. His head snapped in that direction and he spotted the tiny ebony and purple fae slinking along the edge of the clearing, her movements languid and deliberate with a noted sashay to her steps. Where the hell had she even come from?! Artorias studied the purple phantom of a wolf for a moment before turning to face her proper, massive paws carrying him across the clearing towards her. "Uh, excuse me, miss," he called out, hoping she'd stop long enough to enlighten his curiosity. "Do you live in this area? I was searching the bamboo for any signs of predators, but I think I might've gotten myself turned around a bit."

As he drew closer to her, Artorias began to feel a very vague tug at the back of his memory, like his brain was trying to recall a finite detail from something long ago. He studied her closer, her distinctive purple and black galactic fur, her duo-toned eyes, her scent. Something about her was nagging at his memory, like he was supposed to remember her somehow. Puzzled, Artorias tilted his head to the side while he walked alongside the svelte woman, asking, "Do I... know you? You seem familiar." Gods, he hoped not. That would be embarrassing to say the least, yet knowing his luck, it would be a case of having just forgotten where he'd seen her before.

"Artorias Carpathius" | "Carpathian" | "Corbin" | "Argent"