Lamia meets a new friend (big)

A young man, around the age of nineteen, was slashing his way through the jungle, hacking away with a chunk of sharpened metal. After his jet liner had crashed, with him and a few other survivors, he decided he needed to explore, to see if he could find any civilization. He’d been clambering through the jungle for about thirty minutes, but he’d found nothing. He let out an exhasperated sigh before dropping down against a tree, and resting his legs for a bit. He’d resume his trek or return from whence he came, unless he found something to tell everyone about. So far, it seemed the latter would be the option to go with.

Zach was startled as a snake’s tail swung down and smacked his hand, sending the metal he’d been using as a machete flying out of his hand. Before he could react, he felt something wrap tightly around him, causing him to let out a gasp. Looking down, he saw a thick purple tail winding itself around his body, squeezing his body in its grasp. He realized that this was a snake snaring him in its grasp. He was about to thrash about to try to free himself, but he heard a voice. “W-wha-?” He said as he looked up, seeing a woman hanging directly above him. His jaw dropped, as he had a hard time comprehending what he was seeing. He simply sat there, motionless, making her job all the easier.

Zach’s arms and legs went limp as her grasp loosened and those eyes spiraled into his own. Before his could start spiraling, he heard a snap of her fingers and his mind went clear, but he felt a lot less fearful of the woman who hung over him, staring him down. He didn’t mind the coils, probably a side effect from her hypnosis, but he didn’t know that. Instead, he focused on staring up at the purple girl above him. “Who are you?” He asked, still mystified by her appearance.

When he heard the second snap, and felt the coils release him, he felt a bit of anxiety, as her tail was absolutely massive! Thicker than any snake he’d ever seen. Still, if she wanted to hurt him, she probably would have done so by now. Zach gulped before coming to an answer to Give her. “N-nice to meet you Jayde,” he said, still a bit concerned by her appearance. “M-my flight... it crashed... only me and a few other passengers survived. I’ve been looking for civilization, b-but I haven’t found it.” His legs and arms had tensed up a bit as her hypnosis was now gone, leaving him none the wiser. He was ready to get up and sprint if he needed to.

“Th-there is?” The young man asked, looking off in the direction she was pointing in. He took a moment to look that way, before turning back to face her. “I-I’m sorry, what exactly are you?” He didn’t mean to phrase the question so roughly or so negatively, but he was nervous about what exactly she was, and if she might be a danger to the rest of the survivors. Maybe this was a trap. Maybe she was trying to trick him into snaring himself in something dangerous.

“W-wait... what do you mean, powers?” He asked, his curiosity peaked at hearing her claim to have powers. Slowly, he stood up, bringing himself closer to the woman who was hovering over him. He looked her in the eyes, wondering what she meant. She seemed to him, pretty trustworthy. She hadn’t lied to him just yet, so he had no reason to question her. Still, her tail made him a bit nervous. It must have been an instinctual reaction.

“W-wait a minute... did you?” He asked, hearing her tell about how she’d flick the weapon away, coil and hypnotize them. Something about that seemed too familiar to him. The young man looked into her eyes, before they widened at seeing the water flowing around her like it was it’s own sentient being. At hearing that she had healing capabilities, he was instantly excited to hear this, as there were quite a few people in dire need of medical assistance. If he could convince her to come along with him back to the beach then she’d be able to help a lot of people.