Fredzilla RP Blog @rpfredzilla - Tumblr Blog

Wing AU (Closed RP)

For hundreds of years, Tadashi’s people had been forced into hiding. Once admired for the uniqueness of the large feathered wings that sprung from their backs, the strength and speed which they were blessed with, ultimately, as with all people who were considered “different”, the regular humans eventually turned on them. Some hunted them for sport or money or simply to “cleanse the Earth of them”. Others were captured and taken into slavery as “pets” for the wealthy or put on display in zoos. That is why, all those hundreds of years ago, the winged people had finally had to flee into the woods, building their homes in the tallest treetops in only deepest and remote forests where they could never be found and hurt again.

Tadashi, having been born long after those times, grew up hearing the stories. He’d scarcely ever seen a human without wings–those he had seen had been only at a distance, shown to him and his fellow fledglings to show them the dangers that they were to be wary of, especially for those of them who would eventually leave the flock to follow their soulmate bond to find mates in other flocks. They were taught that they would have to be wise, fast, and above all cautious in their travels–for even to this day humans were only inventing more and more devices that could harm them and lead to capture or, even worse, death.

Tadashi had learned these lessons well. He’d know from the time he was old enough to understand what a soulmate bond was that he would have to travel to find his mate when he was eighteen and old enough to go on his journey. Where his journey would take him–where he’d find his soulmate, and what would happen afterwards–was uncertain, but he was going to be as prepared as possible so that someday he’d be ready to find his mate.

Only someday was no longer a someday–today was his eighteenth birthday, and the day he was finally allowed to leave the flock and go to find his mate. He woke up early to bathe and make sure that everything was fully packed for his journey. His aunt greeted him when he returned to the nest with provisions–seedcakes and other long-lasting foods that would hopefully hold him over until he reaches his mate’s flock. His goodbyes with her and his younger brother, Hiro, were long and a bit painful, but he knew what he had to do–his heart wouldn’t let him stay here a moment longer when he knew that his mate was waiting out there somewhere for him–maybe already looking for him as well.

Leaving the redwood forest of his flock for the first time in his life, Tadashi had no maps, no instructions to follow–all that he had was the compass of his heart, leading him ever northwards, correcting him whenever he started to get off course. It was a several day flight, and where he finally found himself was the last place he’d expected. A human city? And not just any human city–a very large, very populous one. Was it possible–could he have misinterpreted the signs? But no, he could feel it that this was the right place. Maybe, just maybe, his soulmate was looking for him too, and they’d both ended up here, looking for each other.

Not knowing what else to do as traveling by daylight was far too dangerous, Tadashi finds the closest thing that he could to a forest and makes roost in the tallest and best protected tree there, wrapping his wings around himself for cover and falling asleep just as the sun started to come up over the horizon.

Tadashi didn’t know how much later it was when suddenly he felt a stab of urgency, telling him that he needed to wake up–that his soulmate was nearby, that he needed to hurry if he wanted to find them! Tadashi instantly unfurls his wings, following the feeling from treetop to treetop until, finally, his internal compass told him to stop and wait. Heart pounding with anticipation, Tadashi tries to breathe as calmly as possible. This was it–this was the moment when he would finally meet his soulmate!

(( @rpfredzilla So I thought we could start off with Tadashi seeing Fred for the first time, give us a chance to have Fred getting the feeling that he’s being followed for a day or so and Tadashi trying to figure out why his mate doesn’t have wings? ^^))