#martin:thread

After his last incident with the portals, Martin has learned his lessons. They sometimes lead to somewhere dangerous, like the Fucking North Pole. As much as he ended up enjoying himself, the werejaguar still had no intention of repeating that sort of shenanigan... So this time, he was careful, finding a portal that leads to relatively similar environments, and ended up in another jungle. Different plants and different scents in the air as his home, but it has the similar climate. He stalks the foreign land in his jaguar form, carrying the bag of his belongings on his back, getting the lay of the land.

Climbing up on a tree branch, the jaguar stretches his limbs and back. Scratches the tree bark to sharpen his claws lazily. This isn't too bad, he thinks. Just as he thinks he should take a nap or something, a set of footsteps catches his ears. His golden eyes find a stranger, a human, walking through the jungle. Oh, good, a local. Martin reaches out his paw to sign 'wait' before switching back to human. The sounds of bones shifting cannot be pleasant and he ends up naked but, it is what it is. "Wait, uh, don't freak out," he says, quickly putting on his underwear first. "You're from around here, yeah? I'm, uh, from another jungle beyond one of those weird portals. Exploring and shit." He regrets immediately for saying 'shit' to someone he just met. "I just wanted to ask where this place is and, uh, what's good around here?"

What the hell is a portal? Now, that is the question of the week. Martin is not completely oblivious of magic. He is a werejagular for fuck's sake. He knows it's a thing. But other realms beyond, different worlds connected through the portals? That is too much, just too much. At least that was what he heard... Though he is not exactly the sort to step outside his comfort zone, but he couldn't exactly ignore something like this. So Bagheera decided to check it out, just to make sure it's not going to explode or anything. What could possibly go wrong?

The answer is, everything.

Martin peels a banana and takes a big bite out of it. Though his beast side is exclusively carnivore, his human body enjoys other food as well. He is particularly a big fan of anything sweet, not that he would openly admit it. And since he can't get the sweets like he used to at the menagerie, he has to settle with fruits.

The work has been slow since the 'portals' opened, whatever the hell those are. He heard they lead to another realm but the werejaguar is not interested in adventures. Though maybe they will have more work? He ponders as he takes a stroll before he returns to his den... and his ears pick up a set of footsteps and familiar scent. "Ugh, Kaa." Martin doesn't bother hiding his disdain for Khan's lackey. "Shoo. I've got no business with you. Go bother someone else." He gestures the young one away, making sure he doesn't look the serpent directly in the eyes.