*Zephyr, with a rather confident air to him, strutted up to Zhen. This was one of those hu-man creatures he had seen a couple of times during the event. However, something felt...off. He couldn't quite explain it. *
Zephyr: You. You're one of those...hu-mans, right? Gods, I've never seen creatures like you before and yet here you are, turning up at an event like this. What actually are you? Like, what is it that a hu-man is? I have the feeling you're a normal type as you radiate the same blandness as one and yet I can't quite put my wingtip on it. And your outfit. How...marvellous. Who chose it for you? Because, by the way you're dressed, you remind me a lot of my servants back home. Does someone own you?
Zhen drummed his fingers against his thigh, anything to refrain himself from throttling the Altaria's spindly neck.
Zephyr sounded wholly full of himself. Pompous, arrogant. "Did your parents ever teach you how to talk to someone properly?" Zhen quirked a brow; his eyes, obscured by the shades, assessed the Altaria before his eyes shifted towards his shadow. His Ho-oh visage was still contained within. Was the Altaria blind or stupid?
Both. He kept his thoughts to himself, resting his elbow on his thigh, propping his chin with a hand as he smirked. "Oh, you think I'm a normal type? Bland, even? But you have the nerve to mock my fit in front of my face." He could hear the condescending tone; nothing that came out of Zephyr's beak was remotely truthful. Full of empty platitudes and lies. "I chose it myself," he said sweetly. "Did one of those servants give you that tacky crown on your head? You can't even dress yourself for the occasion, huh?"
What is wrong with me? Normally, he would have let things lie and ignored the pest in the room—stooping to Zeyphr's level was beneath him. But something about this Altaria was… wrong. Disgusting. "I wish I had balls like you. Mocking a god without a care in the world. Aren't you afraid of what they might do to you?"
His voice became flat. "You're as ugly as they come. You're just like them," he hissed. There wasn't a single day Zhen had forgotten the greed contained in the crazed eyes of the Tower monks. Sick in the head and heart. Covetous of his power and strength.
Zhen gritted his teeth. He propped his sunglasses upon his forehead, giving Zephyr a hard look. The gold in his gaze, a blistering flame as they seared, his voice taking on an ominous tone, "I know exactly how your type works. You'd better keep your beak shut before you lose it."
Flames erupted around his figure, altering, engulfing him. The flames scattered in a burst, his golden wings shimmering as he took on his true forme.
The golden Ho-oh of Johto.
His talon stomped merely inches away Zephyr, his point clear. "I am no one's damn pet." He leaned in close, his hot breath oppressive, threatening to singe. "Remember your place in the pecking order. You are beneath me, lower than those servants you been running your beak about. Never forget that."