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FaustusC t1_j298den wrote
So, this thing's roaming on your land and yet you don't want people like me coming in and killing it? If I'm right and I know what she is, it's a pain in the ass to kill but not impossible.
I don't even want money. I just want an introduction to the Leshy so I can seduce it.
girl_from_the_crypt OP t1_j299f78 wrote
Dude. We've been living here for generations. We're not waiting for some kinda godsend to come kill off these creatures for us. Also, Gryla is just... Gryla. She's been around for centuries. I don't think this would be the first time someone's attempted to kill her. She's still alive for a reason, and people don't go up against her for a reason.
More importantly, how would you seduce the Leshy? Like, I'm seriously interested. And, like... You do want his human form, right?
Right?
Kitchen-Market-7688 t1_j29jf1i wrote
That sounds as if you have seen the Leshy's human form.
But then, it also seems the Leshy holds you in high regard.
Are you, perhaps, distantly, very distantly, related to the Leshy? It would explain the thing with your family and being the caretakers of that special piece of land.
girl_from_the_crypt OP t1_j29tlyh wrote
I have! I talked about that yesterday, remember? The man with the cudgel.
I doubt we're related. My ancestors are a whole thing. I'll have to explain that sometime too, but I don't think we are.
The Leshy is, well... I GUESS he holds me in SOME regard, but it's not high. Not very high, at least. He's a proud creature, and he pays me and my family some begrudging respect. The woods are his truly, but they're ours on paper, and let's just say he's willing to share his title to some extent.
FaustusC t1_j29kxwq wrote
And? There's a reason you only find things like this in little havens like yours. Humanity has evolved to the point where they're nuisances because we allow it. For the most part.
I'm no savior or godsend. Far from it.
It's not like she's an old one or something. She's like a crocodile. You let it live in the river behind your home and for the most part, it's just there. Doesn't affect your day to day. But then, one day it gets big enough that it does. Maybe it goes after you, your dog or... A kid. At which point it becomes a hazard and needs to be removed. Ideally that could be somewhere else, a relocation. But we both know that's not how this world works.
All of those questions are between me and the Leshy, thank you very much.
Kitchen-Market-7688 t1_j29izlv wrote
Awe, you are adorable, aren't you?
The kindergartener with his big, dangerous stick.
Oh yes, sure you are a superhero and you get to rescue the lady from the big, bad evil.
The Misses might coo at you, maybe she laughs. Maybe she will have you for tea.I am pretty sure she will have you for tea.
Serious, if you want to get a Leshy to have an interest in you, you need to be a very special person.And the way you think makes clear, you are not.
The first to die, and most often horrible, are the white knights who are full of themselves. There is no space left for cunning or anything else that makes a hero, a hero.
FaustusC t1_j29mp9l wrote
I'm not a white knight. I'm not an Amazon cosplayer. And I am the farthest thing from a hero.
Nor do I care that the owner of the forest is a female. If she truly doesn't want help, I don't know where the forest is and I'm not going out of my way to find it.
The Leshy will have an interest in me. We have something in common. But if it kills me? It kills me. I've had a good run.
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