Shantae and Orrin

A large, no, massive reticulated python stared down at her. His bright yellow eyes gazed upon the curvy woman in curiousity and wonder. Never had he snake seen a woman with purple hair that long. Her appearance in his abode made him quite excited, but at the same time, quite nervous. He’d seen people come through his home before, but never had he interacted with any of them, for fear of saying the wrong thing, or just overall scaring them completely. His name was Orrin, and his scales all lining his eighty foot long tail were of a white color, with a stripe of red going down either side of his body, both connecting at the tip of his tail, and at the top of his head, where there was a red diamond shape directly center on his forehead. He slithered after her, still keeping his distance, for he didn’t know if she would take kindly to him being there. But after all, she was trespassing.

Orrin peered down at her from up above. She seemed to be taking a rest, but hadn’t seemed to notice him. The purple haired lady had sat down directly where he liked to take naps in the cool shadow. Perhaps she hadn’t noticed all the rubbings from his scales scraping along the stones. He stared down at her, a bit anxiously, as he wanted to take a nap, but he also wanted to meet with her, but all the same worried that his appearance might startle her into a panic, so he kept up hiding near the ceiling just staring down at her. “H-hello?” He called down to her, still not revealing himself to her. “Y-you’ S-sitting In m-my s-spot.” His nerves were showing through his voice.

“N-no!” Orrin said, a bit more vocally than he’d wanted to. The snake continued staring down at her from up above. He was sure she’d run once she caught sight of him, so instead he stayed put. “W-well, I mean, yes th-this is m-m-my h-home, b-but you d-not have t-to g-g-go...” his voice trailed off as he felt his anxiety kicking up. The poor little white python didn’t know how he was going to convince himself that he needed to be more confident. Still, now that she head stood up, her full form was on display for him, and he couldn’t take his eyes off her. “Y-you’re p-pretty,” he said, immediately Regretting allowing those words to escape his scaly lips.

As the purple haired woman looked up, Orrin let out a quiet, “eep!” Before moving to a different part of the ceiling to avoid being noticed. “I-I’m hiding,” he said, not yet revealing his reasons for doing so. She made him quite nervous, but she seemed to have liked his accidental complimenting outburst. “C-can y-you fell m-m-me y-your n-name?” He called down to her from a different location.

At hearung that she was a defender of a town, it let him know that she would probably be dangerous if he made her upset. But the word defender made him a bit less scared as well since it meant she cared for people. At her question, he gave it a bit of thought, before responding, “I-if I come down y-you’d b-b-be s-scared of m-m-me...” the snake stayed hidden up in the shadows for that exact reason. At least, that’s what he assumed.

Orrin took a moment to think about it, before finally breaking the silence, “o-okay... y-you h-h-have a p-p-p-point,” He said, before making his way down a pillar on the side facing away from Shantae. He submerged his body in the sand below, and made his way towards her, still hiding his massive size in the sand, before just his head came peeking out from the sands to look at her. Now that he was closer to her, he could see her beautiful blue eyes, and was immediately once again nervous about his decision to approach her. “H-hi,” He said shyly as he looked at her from the sand.

The ‘little’ snake blushed a bit at being called cute, and said, “I-I’m n-n-not l-little!” As she placed her hands on his head, he pulled away, bringing his head back beneath the sand, just his eyes and little snout poking out of the grainy terrain. She definitely was gentle, and her hands felt soft and smooth, but the sudden immediate contact caused him to become a bit anxious. “M-my name is Or-r-rin,” he said shakily, as he looked up at her, noticing her exposed bellybutton, he felt the sudden urge to want to tickle her, but didn’t know how to go about it, so he suppressed himself from acting upon said urges.