A while back I remember feeling a dark aura behind me and a deep scratchy voice demanding to know who I was and why I was there. Afraid that turning around would be the death of me, I told them what the voice wanted to hear and then felt a large, cold hand place on my shoulder.
I nearly lost all my feathers out of fright.
Slowly turning around I saw the face of a large Fulgidus, there black and red feathers glinting in the evening light. For a moment, I had convinced myself that it was THE Fulgidus- the one from there legend that stole the blood of others in exchange for eternal life and fainted.
When I woke up I found myself on a warm couch with a drink and a friendly smile beside me. Turns out - the Fulgidus was the grounds keeper of the estate I had wandered into and had wanted to make sure I wasn't lost. Their raspy voice that had convinced me that they had bad intentions was common for Fulgidus to have even when young and seemed to be something passed down to them through the generations.
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