[Zorolo] Grundcull's Training

Air whistled around the hooded figure as he ran, crunching colorful leaves under his clawed feet. The man ran with his hands at his chest and every so often they darted out to cut a branch in his way. A slight dryness parched his throat and his joints, especially the knees, were sore.

After several minutes of constant running he saw a large red house in the middle of a clearing. The bright red structure stood out against the brown colors of wood and dead leaves around it. It shone like a bright ruby in the sea of browns around it. Grundcull noticed the smoke coming from the chimney at the top of the house and smiled. Food must be inside. As the slowly rising sun hit his back small animals scurried out of the way, realizing he was a dangerous creature. When Grundcull reached the first stone step of the house he waited for a minute. The animals were now gone and there was complete silence. Grundcull continued up the steps, taking them two at a time with his long strides. When he reached the polished oak door he pressed his ear to the cool surface and listened. He only heard soft snoring. It sounded like only one person so he continued in and was pleased to know the door's hinges were oiled well.

He entered the room and looked around. It was a rather dull, In Grundcull's opinion. In front of him was a large circular window that would look directly towards a sunset but then it only showed the empty looking forest. To his right was a kitchen full of chrome appliances. The only other room was to his left and the door to it was closed. The still hooded figure stealthy walked to the door and pressed his ear to it. The sound of loud snoring hit his ear and he smiled. He silently opened the door and entered crouching low. He slowly made his way to the bed and the snoring grew louder as he approached. Finally he reached the person and up so he was at about half his regular height. He pressed his claw to the man's head and the usual flow of magic crawled up his arm and took away the dryness in his throat and the soreness in his limbs. After a second or two Grundcull noticed something... odd. The "taste" of the man's magic was somehow bitter. Eventually the gushing stream became a small trickle and Grundcull attempted to break off the flow. His attempt failed and he began to sweat. He was frozen in place unable to even blink. Eventually the flow of magic stopped and Grundcull waited. The man stopped snoring and began moaning. Color drained from his face and an odd black liquid emitted from where he was touching the man. The tar-like substance crawled up his arm slowly and it felt like it was burning him as it crawled. Eventually, when Grundcull's arm was covered from elbow to claw tip the flow stopped and he could move again. The liquid around his arm bubbled and gurgled and the heat around it grew. In an attempt to get the liquid off Grundcull swing his arm. The sticky substance flew off (with several of Grundcull's arm hairs) into the wall. Grundcull approached the perfect circle of pitch black on the wall and poked the still substance. It shimmered like water at his touch and as it shimmered it grew longer and wider into the shape of an arched door. Grundcull stuck his hand into the liquid and instead of the previous heat it was cold as ice. He continued through it and eventually the cold was replaced with natural air.

The room Grundcull stood in was completely dark and he was forced to grope around searching for a way out. As he walked he heard the thrumming of feet on dirt and the buzz of chatter grow louder. He continued walking and eventually a small light illuminated his surroundings. As he saw people walking around him he morphed into his human shape. When he cleared the tunnel he looked around and saw many different species of people around him. There were blue people, red people, short people, lizard people, bird people, and even some quadrupeds and many-limbed species.

He pushed his way through the crowd and eventually he found a human girl who looked to be in her early twenties. "Where am I?" he asked her.

She giggled softly and the beautiful noise sounded like tolling bells. After a few more seconds of beautiful giggling she replied, "This is the Dome, of course!"

Right. Well, I found little/no grammatical errors, so we're gunna be focusing mostly on RPing the BA way. Or the HH way. Whichever.


For now, have Grundcull explore. Use as much description as humanly possible, without making your post dry and boring. End it with him finding his way into a deserted stone chamber. 600 words minimum.