binary_soul:

The creature was still confused, but it had found something resembling satisfaction. It had been given clothing it deemed suitable by a blind priest at one of the nearby temples, and had begun traveling through the city. There were so many that carried injuries or illnesses with them, how could it not help them? It was such a simple thing, really. Just a correction of their own energy was all it took. Their bodies wanted to be healed.

There were people without homes, living in the streets. It could not do anything to give them shelter, but the weather could be held back. The rains made more gentle, the sun less harsh, the clouds more soothingly placed.

Then the men in suits came. Men speaking in words it could not understand. It understood some. Words like 'miracle' and 'construct' and 'rich'.

They had lashed out at it. It could do nothing but flee. It did not want to hurt anyone, but it would not let itself be taken and sundered.

The sky rumbled and turned black, and the plants swelled, as it took refuge in the forest once more. The old world was strong and good. It would protect it from these new ways of man.

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At the Big Hero 6 headquarters, alarms go off, as cellphone and local news footage of the forested areas in Kyoto have begun consuming the city, and a strange energy seems to be emanating from the center of the growth.

nextgen_citizen:

"Takemoto! Are you okay? Answer me if you can!" The two boys had snuck off from their school trip to grab a quick smoke, when the ground had given way beneath one of them. The other hollered down into the opening.

"Yeah.... just landed on my ass. I'm okay..." The boy looked around. He was in some sort of excavated cave. There were half-rotted beams here and there. Too dark to see much. "Take off your jacket so I can reach something. Dark as hell down here." With the other boy's help, he was hoisted out, and the two of them headed back towards the group before they were noticed missing.

As he was climbing out, however, a stone came loose and fell down the hole. It bounced across the opening before thudding into some wood that was not rotted.

Two eyes slowly became illuminated.

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"Scientists and public officials still have no explanation for the number of wild animals suddenly roaming the streets of Kyoto. Residents are advised to secure all food waste in their garbage, in the hopes that this will avoid encouraging the animals."