Thread: Starlit Night (Mizzet&Wing)

The soothing darkness was broken only by the distant sparkling stars amid the vast black sky far above which glinted ever so slightly between the leaf canopy hanging thickly above the forest floor. The familiar whisper of nighttime insects drifted upon the still, cool, and slightly fragrant air. A single figure with pale skin, and blue ribbon-like designs drawn on her body, fluttered from branch to branch, peering up at the fruit-bearing vines which clung to the trunks of the old oak trees. Upon her back sprung two butterfly-like translucent wings, her body casting a dim glow onto the foliage around her. Although small in stature, she had a distinctly feminine form, and appeared to be what humans referred to as a fairy. She had never seen a human before, however, and the reclusive nature of her species caused encounters between the two races to be very rare, indeed. On this particular night, she had drifted further away from her well-camouflaged home deep in the heart of the ancient forest to search for the small, sweet berries that she enjoyed eating. Fluttering from cluster to cluster, she began picking the fruits from vines and popping them into her mouth one by one until she had eaten her fill, then began gathering together as many as she could hold into a bundle to carry back to her home. However, she would not be returning that afternoon... or any other afternoon for the foreseeable future, for her presence had been detected by a small group of scientists who were surveying this part of the forest for new and exotic life forms. They had been following her for over two hours already, maintaining a careful distance between them and forming a perimeter lest she slip past them and escape. The fairy, however, had not so much as noticed their presence although her own was well known to her soon-to-be-captors. She took off, wings straining under the weight of the rather sizable cluster of barries that she held in her arms. The field team laid in wait for her to pass by, at which point they simply had to patiently await the moment that she would trigger the trap they had prepared for her. As soon as she passed by the motion sensor, a large cage unfolded around her, snapping shut with iron bars too closely fit together for her to squeeze between. The sudden sound scared her and she dropped her load, fluttering about from side to side of her cage, desperately seeking a way of escape. She could hear voices, strange rough voices of the larger beings outside the cage as they huddled about and spoke to each other. She didn't know what they were saying or what their intentions were, but for some reason they had put this thing around her. After some fruitless attempts at breaking through the bars, she simply sat down in the middle, legs curled up in front of herself as she hugged her knees, timidly awaiting whatever fate would befall her. It only took a few hours for the men to carefully transport her back to their laboratory, and the lead of the field team had already contacted the head scientist over the phone with the exciting news, You won't believe what we just caught, Sir... She's absolutely amazing. You really must see her for yourself! By the time the head scientist would arrive, two men had already hoisted her cage into a room they had prepared for her, setting her down in the center as the awaited his arrival. The fairy stared out from between the bars with visible fear and concern, unsure what this strange square enclosure was or what these giants intended to do to her.