[?; XXXX; 01:36 PM]

An unexpected calm fills the area. Leon is fast asleep, resting on a patch of grass, shrouded by leaves that occasionally let sunlight peak through. The air seemed cleaner, the feeling of a heavy grime and gritty disgust Leon was used to inhaling and exhaling day in and day out, before, during and after work... it was gone.

Leon slowly opened his eyes, yawning as he rolled over, only to feel something pushing up on his lower back. Leon sat up, groggy, but oddly well-rested from his slumber. He reached underneath and back behind him, grabbing something that felt smooth and leathery. Leon took a deep breath, letting more of that incredible fresh air into his lungs as he gripped onto the thing behind him, pulling it to the front of his body as he beheld it.

In his hands was a pristine white leather book, packed full of these blank, charred black pages. The book, despite feeling like the lightest thing in the world, certainly didn't look it. It had a small gray rope to use as a bookmark of some kind, as well as some strange symbols on the side of the book's spine.

The book looked like it would've been used for some kind of majorly big and well-informed thesaurus or history novel, if it had anything written down within its pages... yet, all of them were black, blank and untouched. Leon couldn't tell how many pages were in this book that suddenly showed up out of nowhere, per say, but it looked like it was somewhere around five-thousand pages long.

"Well, that's... unconventional," Leon was still too tired to properly register where he is, though he did seem oddly at peace within this small nature area. "What a lush place, it's so alive. Almost reminds me of my grandparents' place..."

Leon slowly got up and stretched out, letting out another yawn as he rubbed his eyes, trying to adjust to the sunlight peering through the leaves. For a moment, he felt unbalanced, as if something was weighing him down. Leon looked at his hands, and just now noticed the odd white band on his right wrist, as well as the four black tubes connecting to it. they led up to a black dial with four white nodes, bright cyan blue lights glowed from those nodes. Leon beheld the cyan glow, seeming almost entranced by its light, all while fixating on the cyan colored hourglass emblem in the middle of the dial.

'Well this is a strange object, and I know for sure I never owned something like this,' Leon examined the device, noticing a cyan button being on the front of the device. Upon pressing it, the dial seemingly popped up, revealing some kind of core that was attached to the dial itself. The hourglass emblem inverted into itself, forming a cyan diamond shape, revealing an icon of some kind of strange creature. 'I probably shouldn't mess with this... it probably belongs to someone, I should try to find whoever owns this strange watch, and return it.'

Leon stopped messing with the device, and it seems to have deactivated for the time, the emblem returning to its hourglass shape. Leon slowly grabbed the book and looked around, seeing a light shining in front of him. With no real sense of where to go, it'd be best to get a brighter and clearer look around the area. Leon slowly but surely found his footing, his bare feet walking along the cool and cushioned comfort of the grassy path. He stopped and felt the trees, the texture of the bark, seeming almost nostalgic of the patterns.

Leon walked further and further, the light beginning to shine brighter, blinding him just a little bit. Soon enough, he found himself standing on a cliff face, his curiosity and tired confusion showed him in shock, and in awe of the large and vibrant world he was in, one that definitely wasn't familiar to him. He reached into his pocket and tried to pull out his phone, but remembered that he swore off getting a phone due to some trendy fad he overheard that went wrong. But, he did find a pencil, a pencil that felt tough, but maneuverable. It was red, almost like a maroon type of color, and looked like it was fashioned out of some kind of special tree.

"Something tells me that I'm not gonna make it to work from..." Leon looked around, seeing the wide open plains down below, including some strange man-goat creature chewing on something. Needless to say, Leon suddenly lost the feeling of peace, and now just felt very worried. "Wherever I am."

Leon backed away slowly from the cliff and clutched onto the book tightly, then got an idea. he flipped the book open and began writing on the first page.

"Leon's Emergency Log; No. #0:

'I'm going to kick Maxim's ass, big time, for what he tricked me into doing, if I can ever find my way home from wherever it is I am. This place, I have no words, no terrible words to be specific, for how lost I am. I was in a storm shelter when my home started to get torn to shreds, then I find myself in the midst of a small wooded area on a cliff face. I don't know where I am, but I can only hope I can get home, somehow. There's also a strange watch on my wrist as well, and it looks very advanced. If this belongs to anyone, I wish to return it, on the condition that you keep your reward.'

Wait-- Maybe it's my paranoia messing with me, or its my imagination, but I thought I heard footsteps... I don't feel safe, especially since I saw some furry man-goat below the cliff face. I need to stop writing and possibly run."

Leon closed the book and slowly turned around. He wasn't sure what was going on, but he could feel that the peace and calm he had earlier, had faded... right now, something was watching him and he couldn't figure out where it was, let alone what it was. Leon tried to get the watch to do something, and just pointed it like it was some kind of weapon, then he heard heavy footsteps approaching him from the direction he walked away from.

"Hey!! Don't come closer," Leon called out, trying to sound threatening. His body shook, whether it was because of the fear coursing through his body, or from how heavy this unknown attacker's footsteps were. "I-I'm warning you!! I don't know how this watch works, but... I-I'm not afraid to use it!!"

The footsteps came to a sudden stop. Leon closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down, taking slow breaths as he tried to not panic. Leon opened his eyes for a split-second, noticing that he couldn't actually see anyone or anything nearby. Leon was very confused, and he didn't know why. Leon kept his eyes moving, from side to side, and constantly looking in front of him. He was terrified, he just wanted to go home and pretend that none of this was happening.

"Hey there, big boy~" a deep, gruff feminine voice whispered, sending a sense of dread through Leon's body, and a chill up his spine. Leon slowly turned around, looking up to what might've been the scariest thing to him all day. "Come here often all by yourself?~"

Standing above Leon was a dark teal skinned female humanoid. Slender, robust, and very dangerous. They had two teeth pointing upwards past their upper lip, fierce yellow eyes, pointed ears, long and wild flowing fiery red hair, and had a necklace of assorted bones around her neck, one of them seemed to resemble that of a horse's femur. The woman was dressed clad in a shiny bronze chest plate with chainmail underneath, wearing leather gauntlets and leather pelts around her legs, each one in various colors with numerous different textures. Leon had also noticed that she was several feet taller than he was, because his head was meeting her knees.

"Well, aren't you an interesting find, hm?" The woman seemed to be eyeing Leon up, smirking as she showed off some very sharp teeth. Leon was in a frozen state of fear, confusion and dread, he wanted to run yet he couldn't. "The Ōkugoburajinn are gonna make the most out of you. Got a name, little man?~"

Leon finally felt some semblance of control over himself return, and without another word or wasted second, immediately ran away from the towering woman, only to be grabbed by the neck by a much tougher and aggressive creature. Similar to the tall woman, it had sharp pointed teeth going past its upper lip, only it seemed to lack hair around its head, though it had a lot of it around its muscular and very fatty body. The creature looked to be a mix of a pig, a demon, an orc and a goblin, all while its eyes glowed red, staring the panicking human down.

"Hey, you porky plundering punk!" The woman called out. Leon and the creature looked towards the towering woman, who seemed to tower over the strange creature by just three feet. "That's my catch, go scrounge up some damn truffles if you're desperate to not go back to the tribe empty-handed!"

Leon felt as if he was gonna be caught in the midst of some kind of brawl, but to his own surprise, the creature let him go, letting out an intimidated, yet very hurt squeal and grunt as it backed away. Leon was about to make another run for it, until he was grabbed by the woman, being dragged by his leg in one direction.

"This is going to be interesting, you'll be the first of your kind to witness the tradition of the Ōkugoburajinn," The woman stated, looking back at Leon with a spine-chilling smirk. "You are a lucky little man~"

Leon struggled to get out of the woman's grasp, but nothing was working. He tried to use a rock to beat her hand open, but it failed. He was frantically looking for a solution, and not a single one presented itself. Distraught by what his fate will soon be, Leon passes out as the woman chuckles, continuing to drag him off to who knows where.

[?; XXXX; 07:52 PM]

An echoing cacophony of screams, wails, groans and grunts echo through a dark and damp cavern, lit up by torches adorned to the walls. The woman stops in her tracks, looking over a big village within the cavern itself, showing numerous types of living individuals, though they were outnumbered by the various tough beastly creatures.

Leon began to slowly awake, feeling as if he was literally dragged down to hell itself, only to remember his situation. The woman looked back at him, smiling yet again.

"Ahh, you've awaken! Just in time too, we must prepare." The woman said cryptically.

"NO!!" Leon screamed out, fear and anger blending together in his voice. His fearful anger resistance echoed throughout the cavern, causing the village within it to go silent. "I just want to go home! I have work in a few hours, and I'm already late enough as is! So you listen here, you gargantuan greedy girl, I don't want anything to do with this place! I'm going home, now! I don't know where I am, and I certainly don't know where this place is... hence why, I'm leaving!"

"Brave, strange or silly man, you are home, this is your home now," She pulled Leon closer by his feet, standing him upright as he beheld the sight of numerous different creatures, most of them resembling the beastly creatures that resided within it. "Welcome to the Un'Drr Village, home to many unique walks of life, mostly populated by my kind, the Ōkugoburajinn."

Though Leon was still angry for being dragged somewhere, and practically kidnapped by a tall beastly woman, he was rather impressed, and very enamored by the side of this village within such an expansive cavern. For a brief moment, Leon seemed pretty intent on playing along for now, but still felt the need to return home. He sat down and looked over the village, contemplating.

'I must be mental if I think I can just stay here, I have to go home... But then again, I can't help but feel like I'm here for a reason, But if I stay here too long, who knows what they'll do to me.' Leon was uncertain, but he did have an idea of sorts. 'Maybe some of these other people will know what's going on, maybe they have an idea of how to escape, if I can talk to them for a moment. I'll have to do what I did back home when the boss got swatted. Play it cool, and plead obliviousness.'

"You said you wanted to prepare, miss..." it just donned on Leon that he had no idea what this woman's name was.

"Xa'Vine," The woman introduced with a smirk. "Though, it'll be Princess Xa'Vine to you, little man~"

"Well, coulda fooled me..." Leon stood up and held his hand out to Xa'Vine for a handshake. "I'm Leon, Leon Derrickson. Nice to make your acquainta-Ah!!"

Leon was then pulled by his outstretched arm down a spiraling wooden platform, barely able to keep his footing as he followed along. Leon got a good look at some of the individuals, other than the beastly things living here, and noticed that one of them was a bright shamrock green pony with a four-leaf clover shaped crystal on its flank.

'If I didn't think I was anywhere close to home then, I'm definitely seeing stuff that confirms it now.' Leon thought to himself, unsure of how to process any of this information. "Question, where are we going?" Leon asked.

"To prepare you for examination, of course," Xa'Vine stated simply. "I can't just put you with any of the females and expect something to happen, especially if it won't benefit to healthy offspring~"

"Huh?! Say that again, please?! What the hell is that supposed to mean!" Leon was confused and already conflicted. If his left hand wasn't being dragged along by a tall beastly woman, he'd try to do something, regardless of what it'd entail. Despite Xa'Vine's firm grasp on Leon's arm, he was continuing to struggle. "I demand answers, if this is what I think it is, I don't consent to this at all! Help!!"

Xa'Vine looked back at the human, seeing him trying to get his arm free from her hold, and noticed that he wasn't seeing the cliff face nearby. She smiled and let him go, watching him stumble backwards. Leon walked back and soon noticed he was on the edge, and was cornered.

"Now now, little man Leon, I assure you that it's not as bad as one would think," Xa'Vine said, slowly approaching the panicking human. "Most males of various species would see this as a blessing, especially if it means being with a strong, powerful and very capable Ōkugoburajinn woman. Surely you're a little curious, no?~"

"I'm not most men, I prefer to wait till marriage, and not be forced into something that'll make me miserable and sore for the rest of my life," Leon barked, trying to get really angry. There went his plan of playing along, but even he knew he couldn't play along with that. "I'm not going to be some cheap toy for a woman's nightly entertainment. Is that what most of these other living creatures are too, toys to use for your aroused amusement?"

"You caught on quick, but I was tired of baiting you anyways," Xa'Vine stepped closer, Leon had nowhere to go, until he remembered about the watch on his wrist. "Think about it; You'd be treated like a king, worshipped like a god and treated as such. Free from the shackles of labor and work, no more doing the same thing every day."

"I'm trading one cycle of slow eventual torment for another, only it'll be equally physical and emotional torment! I've had enough of that for one lifetime, and I'm finally realizing that I've been going through a cycle of torment for five, nearly six years of my life! Forget going back to work, I'm setting my boss's desk on fire and telling him I quit!" Leon's words echoed throughout the cavern once more, causing numerous of the beastly inhabitants and other various creatures to look above towards Xa'Vine and the cornered human. "Don't get me wrong though, I'm sure some of these various guys love the girls of your species, more power to them for what they're into... but, that's not me. I'm no god, and I won't pretend I am! I'm leaving and going home, whether you like it, or not! Good day to you, your highness, but I am saying no!"

Xa'Vine was shocked. She was also very impressed by the guts this human must've had to resist such an offer, but was still shocked. She would've developed a form of respect for the human, if it wasn't for the fact that he compared something sacred to their kind to something as mind-numbingly barbaric as torment.

"I see... Well then, let's see you earn your right to leave!" Xa'Vine grit her teeth as she pulled some kind of iron-plated rhino horn, and blew into it like a horn, letting a low but very loud humming sound echo throughout the cavern. "No one shall disgrace our sacred ways by comparison to torment, and walk out of here alive! Mighty Ōkugoburajinn warriors, Small, tall, fast and impenetrable, bring me the heads of the little man known as Leon Derrickson!"

A symphony of battle cries and roars echoed from down below, and he saw Xa'Vine rushing towards him. He ducked and rolled between her legs and immediately began to run back up the wooden platform, trying to get to where he was dragged from. Out from the corner of his eyes, several of those beastly creatures had jumped from the ground floor of the village, and landed in front of him.

"Ok, turning around then!" Leon immediately skidded to a stop, barreling back the direction he was escaping from, only to see numerous other beastly warriors behind Xa'Vine, who was waiting for him. "Oh no..."

Leon backed up, only to see more beastly warriors, equipped with spears, hammers, shields, some of them even had fire or lightning grasped in their hands. Leon was backed towards the edge of the platform, surrounded.

"I must say, you made quite the daring attempt, I applaud your grit... unfortunately for you," Xa'Vine stepped forward, grabbing Leon by the neck as she dangled him over the edge, watching him panic, flailing his legs in the open air. "I have to make an example out of you. I congratulate you, dare I say, I nearly respected you for wishing to wait till the holy union of matrimony. But, no one compares our sacred ways with torture, and thinks they can walk out of here without a fight. Before I end you, however, I will grant you with a last set of words, and a last request, at least. Anything coming to mind, little man?~"

Leon was panicking, and he looked down at the now nearly barren village below. It was gonna be a huge drop if she let him go, and he didn't want to die. He looked at the watch, and decided to put his plan into action.

"I do have a last request," Xa'Vine gestured for the human to go on. "Let me figure out what this watch on my wrist can do, because I still don't know how to use it... If I can't return home, and I'm destined to die here in a cavern, surrounded by monsters... then at least let me figure out how this stupid thing works before I end up as a red stain on the ground."

The numerous warrior beasts murmured in disagreement, but they soon kept quiet the moment Xa'Vine set him down, backing away as Leon observed the device. Leon pressed the button, watching the core pop up, the hourglass formed into its diamond shape as it displayed the same icon from earlier.

"Let's see... pressing the button makes the core pop up, and by doing nothing for a period of time, it seems to deactivate, but let's try turning the dial a little bit..." Leon muttered to himself as he cautiously twisted the dial on the device, causing the icon to change into an icon of another monster-like creature. "Interesting, I wonder what this thing's supposed to be used for..."

One of the beastly warriors walks up to Xa'Vine, and Leon seems to be put on edge. Leon could notice that this one was shaking, looking almost apprehensive.

"Speak, Za'rr." Xa'Vine commanded, not even taking her eyes off of the human.

"F-Forgive me for stepping out of line, Princess... Your father has heard of the commotion going on from the next few tunnels down, and he grows curious, wondering what the situation is this time," Xa'Vine looked back at the beast, known as Za'rr, a feral and aggressive look could be seen in her eyes. "S-Shall I--"

"You so much as move your snout the wrong way, and you'll be going without food for a year. Again." Za'rr backed away, flinching at the response. "My father has grown old, senile, he's. gone. soft. I'm running our kind like how our ancestors would've, and we've prospered. Some old soft fool doesn't have any right being king. Not in their condition."

Leon decided to ignore the conversation and continued to toy around with the device, all while he thought to himself on how he was gonna actually get out of here. He knew he was gonna have to use this strange watch, but this was his only chance to truly find out what it could do. Leon cycled through icon after icon, and before he knew it, the icons began to repeat. He counted ten different icons, and he had no idea what to do with any of them, let alone how to make them useful. That is, until something clicked in his mind, something he didn't try before.

'I've let this thing deactivate, and that slides the core back in automatically, but nothing happens...' Leon could feel the grinding of gears within his brain as a plan finally came to him. 'Perhaps, if I select one of these icons, and push the core back in myself, then maybe it'll do something to get me out of here, or at least give me a fighting chance. It's not like I got a lot of options.'

Leon twisted the dial and found an icon, one that would probably be useful, in one way or another. It was a tall, robust biped wolf-like creature with some kind of strange jagged protrusions poking out of its back. Leon made his choice, and stood up. The beasts looked over, as did Xa'Vine, curious as to what exactly the human was about to do. Leon put a finger onto the faceplate, and slowly pushed the core back into place. As he did, he was enveloped in a bright flash of cyan light, blinding not just himself, but the beasts that surrounded him.

Leon's body began to shift, his muscles warped and grew as his eyes began to glow red entirely. His body became much more muscular, but also adapted some canine-like features. His nails grew out, forming into claws, and he sprouted a huge icicle from his tailbone, thought it flowed freely like an actual tail. A shivering sensation went through him as his body became encompassed in a thick layer of jagged ice chunks, only for most of those chunks to be fully enveloped in a dark black fur. His face shaped into a wolf's muzzle as a thick visible cloud of freezing air escaped his lips. The beast had on some white spandex shorts as the watch's emblem formed on the creature's pale blue-ish white chest, surrounded by small tough dried ice chunks protruding from his pecs. The beast howled as a beam of ice, snow and slush escaped its maw, before lunging forwards.

The flash of light soon died down, and the beast that stood in the human's place shocked the warriors. Xa'Vine was equally just as shocked, but also impressed.

"Call me the frozen wolf," The beast growled out, its voice raspy, gruff and chilling to hear. It pointed a claw at Xa'Vine, then gestured the claw to the rest of the warriors that had him surrounded. "Because I put the bite back in Frostbite!"

Author's Note

I am using my own custom made fan aliens for this. I don't have any designs figured out yet, but I'll put them in whenever I get them figured out and properly made.