DTAE Saturn

Instructions

LORE (wrning: de@th, sadness, lab work) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is Saturn. Saturn is a lil griffin with a sad backstory. Saturn was born in the forest with his mother, Venus. But before he had a chance to live in the forest, humans happened. Ravaging his homeland when he was barely out of the egg, they tore down the trees and ripped up the roots until they found his den. Few griffins remained in the world. They were looking for him. They found him. Clinging tight to the edge of his cage that connected with his mother's, the van that held them rumbled away to somewhere... unnatural. "Don't be afraid, Saturn. I'm always here." So he wasnt. Even though he was kept in a cage. Even though they pulled him out away from his mother. Even though they poked and prodded his eyes to the point where he could barely see. But at the end of every day, he went back in the cage next to his mother. Thats what kept him going. But she was getting weaker. Humans find females a lot better to study than the males. She was filled with unnatural fluids and her skin was covered in stitches. One day, Saturn was returned to the sight of his mother laying on her side, too weak to stand. She looks at him and cries, for she has seen what has become of her poor child. "May the stars and moons fill you with goodness again, my love." she whispers, and her final breath spills out. The breath comes in a thin strand, like smoke. It swirls around the room, dancing and flying with grace. It lands briefly on every piece of light and drags with it a small piece, until the strand is covered in glittering specks of light and comes to rest around Saturn's forehead. Like a ring. Saurn's ring. Suddenly, thunder erupts. The skies are angry, as the death of yet another griffin has practically killed all the goodness in the world, and the wrath of humanity has overcome. Earthquakes shake the building. Saturn's cage falls to the ground and the lock snaps. Fire erupts somewhere and all the humans run to put it out, saving their precious research. Saturn takes his chance. He runs to the window and pries it open. He runs, and then he flies. He leaves everything behind. But do not weep, for there is more ahead, little Saturn. There is a whole world of forests just waiting for you.