Thread: Mysterious Jungle

The air around the human seemed to thicken with another layer of heat for a few moments before a loud but low hissing sound buzzed throughout the cave. Seconds after the hiss began to fade a blur of grey and white projected its massive frame out of the hot sand and coiled its serpent tail around the woman, knocking the small rock from her hand. The grip wasnt tight enough to cut off her breath but it was enough to keep her from squirming out. Still hissing low and with a viciousness that made up for the fact he looked like he needed a good dusting the half snake half human creature rose up from behind the woman he held, the scales covering the tail wrapped around the human were faded, like a good and thick layer of dead snake skin needed to be shed. The creatures eyes were a crimson red and had black cat like slits for pupils, those eyes were narrowed angrily on the face of the woman as he leaned down closer to her. Fragments of sand loosened and fell from the creatures long hair and large muscled frame. Judging from how deeply the sand was caked on the naga it looked like he had been living in that sandy bed of his for quite a long time. The naga was clearly annoyed with the fact the woman was within the walls of the mountain, although he was still slightly disorientated from his sudden awakening. Even so he was still more curious as to how the woman managed to get through the jungle to begin with. Humans usually died upon reaching the outer section of the jungle due to the nature of the deadly animals and poisons they faced there. Flexing the coils of his tail the naga twisted it around the lower half of his body, he pulled the woman even closer to his face. Leaning down he breathed in her scent then parted his lips and allowed his long and smooth forked tongue to slide out from between his lips. The wet appendage flicked up and down just at the tip as he tested the air and the taste of the human, her scent was unlike anything hed ever come across but the fact she was intruding on his territory made him even more annoyed. He was finally satisfied with what he discovered about the human, just by her scent, touch and appearance, he suddenly released the human so she would drop from his grip. He was however careful to drop the woman over the soft sand he had used as his resting place for several centuries. Groaning softly the naga curved his spine and pulled his weight up so he could balance himself on his coils properly. The sand crust had broken off enough to reveal more of his exotic frame. The skin of his tail was still distorted by several layers of dead skin that needed to be peeled off. Parts of it had already begun to but with so little movement he hadnt managed to shed it all. His usually crimson hair was dusted with a whitish film due to the sand and was knotted into a chaotic rats nest that fell down around his shoulders and far beyond his waist. Golden jewels hung in unkempt braids on either side of his angular facial features, they swayed with even the slightest of movements but didnt seem to bother the creature. Around his neck was a similar style necklace that hung to the middle of his well built well but he had nothing around his waist but a tattered loincloth of sorts. Sometime after he released the woman the inner walls of the cave seemed to give off a low hum while the earth below their bodies started to shake lightly. Deep grooves carved into the walls soon filled with a strange glowing pale blue slime that had seeped into the cracks from the edges of the ceiling. The glow grew brighter as more and more walls filled up and soon the entire cave area the human stood in was brighter so she would be able to see the naga clearly as well as his own temple like surroundings. What are you doing in our jungle human? Finally asked the naga in the human language known as English, though he asked the question properly his voice sounded rough like his throat was dry, parched from lack of liquid while he slept.