marothius | (no subject)

It was stupid of her. She's better than this. She's smarter than this. A creature revered as a deity in some areas and she got caught in a human trap. A dumb human trap. Nari'd been playing with some other foxes (perfectly normal foxes. Real foxes. Not that she isn't real but she's also... not) when they found something they seemed wary of. While part of her was curious about what seemed to upset the other foxes so much, a much larger part of her was just disappointed that it was interrupting their playtime. So she went to check it out herself so she could ease their fears.

All she did, however, was confirm their fears. She got too close and got one of her legs caught in the foothold trap. It's not one of those big angry bear traps with the teeth, at least. But it still hurts. She's sure it's broken her leg. If she could take on human form, she might be able to get herself free but she's in too much pain to even consider it. It's all she can do to keep up the illusion of having a single tail. Besides, she's not sure she wants to find out how it might end for a fox leg shifting into a larger human arm inside of this trap.

Nari whines every time she tries to tug her leg free, every time fresh pain shoots through her entire body. She cries every time she feels her bones try to heal and then break again. Something both unfortunate and a small mercy is that her body tries to heal more and more slowly each time the leg breaks again, as though to conserve her energy until she gets free. If she gets free.

When she hears approaching footsteps she opens her mouth wide and flattens her ears to her head, making an unnerving mix of growling and screaming sounds to ward off whoever's coming too close. The owner of the trap, perhaps. She tugs harder, with more desperation to try to free herself before anyone can get their hands on her.