#thats much more deserving of a note of terror of humanity playing god.

[mol4sses]

man i get so torn up about every analog horror ever using daisy bell as their OOHHH SPOOKY SCARY SONG bc it feels so much of antithesis of the song and its context.

you're tellin me that humanity, upon the briefest glimpse of being able to replicate human speech even roughly, decided to make their computer sing a cute little love song? that's so charming! and human! even WITH the 'oh its something not human trying to be not human' angle, it still feels like its missing the point

[smittenwithlouis]

Hello! i was just wondering, if you have any snippets of your upcoming tarzan fics? :D

Yes I do! I know its taken me so long to write this fic but hopefully this makes you somewhat excited for it? 🍌🐒🌴🦍🌳

(Please note this hasn’t been beta’d and there might be some grammatical and spelling errors).

Another night was spent with barely any sleep and it’s beginning to take its toll on Louis’ body and mind. He’s been on his own for about five days and his morale is swiftly dwindling. Louis knows he can’t go on another day like this or he will surely go insane. He’s thankful that he has Chip by his side but he needs to feel safe and get actual food in his system.

After a very heated internal debate, he decides to keep walking up the river in hopes that by the grace of God, he finds any clue as to where the hell he is. Chip spends his time clinging on to Louis’ back. He tried to play with Louis earlier in the day but Louis just wasn’t up for it all that much. After all, he’s better off saving his energy foraging for food than playing with a baby chimp.

He did take some pictures of Chip and wrote down his observations from last night. The whole sleeping on the ground thing really threw him for a small loop when he actually thought about it. Alas, he still hasn’t seen any sign of any troop of chimps and thankfully no signs of Bili apes as well.

It’s passed midday when Louis notices the tracks. They’re from a big cat and by the number of them, this is his territory. Louis’ brain tries to think of the quickest way out of the area but it seems like it’s either through the river or through the territory. Louis’ sure he’s seconds away from another mental breakdown.

He’s scared, hungry, tired, and a surrogate mother to a baby chimp. He’s way out of his league with this and all because he was stupid enough to go exploring on his own. Even after Bebe and professor Aoki told him not to. It’s honestly what he deserves.

Louis tries to keep on high alert even if his senses and motor skills are at an all time low. Chip stays relatively quiet as Louis makes his way through the heavy bushes and tries his hardest not to trip with every step.

Louis’ anxiety is quickly building as his eyes move rapidly from left to right. He makes sure to also look up into the trees, jungle cats are known for hiding there, sneak attacking their prey. He tries to keep in my mind that all these animals have zero exposure to humans and he’s not sure how they are going to react. He’s about to take a left when he sees it up on a tree.

Louis knows leopards are nocturnal and spend most of their daytime napping. So it’s no surprise when he sees it doing just that. Louis’ heart starts beating fast as he tries to slowly back away. The leopard must be in deep sleep because it hasn’t taken notice of Louis in the slightest.

He’s so slow in moving, petrified that his heart might rip out of his chest and wake up the leopard any second. Louis is sure he can take a couple more steps back before he makes a run for it. He takes two more retreating steps before every logical thought flies out the window.

Louis’ heartbeat was deafening to his ears. He didn’t hear any noise but his rabbiting heart rate. He did however, see the leopard snap his head in his direction, growling in defense. Thats when all his senses take in his surroundings and the very source of his soon to be downfall; Chip.

Chip is shrieking and oo-ing, jumping on Louis’ shoulders and honestly if Louis didn’t have a heart, he would throttle him in that split second. All Louis sees is the Leopard leap out of his tree when Louis’ survival instinct kicks in.

Mid turn, he grabs Chip from his back and brings him against his chest. He can hear the ferocious growls of the leopard as it takes chase. He feels it, feels the heavy weight of the huge spotted cat barreling against him. Louis falls down so hard the breath is knocked right out of him.

His only thought at that moment is to save Chip. Rebellious and sweet Chip, who has only known danger and terror since before he crossed paths with Louis. He knows the leopard is going to go for his neck so he tries to keep Chip cocooned and away from his sharp teeth or claws.

It only lasts seconds though, because the heavy weight of the cat is gone as soon as it was on. Louis’ head feels fuzzy but his body is filled with adrenaline and its telling him to runrunrun. That thought is quickly interrupted when Chip wiggles from underneath him and starts shrieking his little lungs out. He moves jerkily behind Louis, straight to the jaws of danger and that’s enough to snaps Louis right out of his frozen state. He turns around ready to grab the stupid chimp and run before he gets them both killed. However, the sight before him leaves him completely dumbfounded. Louis doesn’t know whether to laugh, cry, or admit he’s definitely lost his marbles.

Theres a man, a naked man growling and beating his chest in front of the leopard. The leopard is menacingly staring at the man and his eyes lock on Chip and Louis. Louis’ heart plummets to the ground when the big cat launches for them yet again. Louis lets out a blood curling scream as he falls backwards onto his ass. Chip immediately runs behind Louis with a whimpering sound but the cat doesn’t get anywhere near them. The naked man immediately intercepts the cat and knocks it into the ground.

Louis is so fucking positive he’s actually dead and this is his brain making up some fantasy story about a hot and sweaty, naked man coming to his rescue, because there’s just no fucking way this is actually happening anywhere besides his perverted mind.

His imagination sure is something though.

Louis is stunned as his eyes continue to take in the brutal scene in front of him. He keeps his eyes trailed on the behemoth of a man as he crouches down on all fours and charges towards the leopard yet again, with no ounce of fear in any of his movements. 

The cat leaps backwards and growls in warning as the man rises to his full height and pounds on his chest again, accompanied with a menacing growl of his own.

Somehow, some way, the leopard starts backing away immediately. Louis knows most leopards try to avoid humans, rather feasting on primates and small game than fully sized people. Clearly, this one thought Louis would be an easy enough kill but definitely deemed hot naked jungle man superior, not thinking another second before retreating.  

Only when the leopard is out of sight does the man fully turn towards them. Before anything can happen though Chip shrieks and oo’s as he leaps from Louis’ back and half runs and crawls towards the man.

Louis’ doesn’t know what to think. He’s stunned, out of breath, and most likely dead but his primatologist mind immediately recognizes the sounds. The love gargles as he likes to call them. It’s a specific low throaty sounds apes make when they meet or greet a family or troop member.

It all makes sense now, why it didn’t take Chip too long to accept Louis. The man and Chip are very well acquainted, Chip is hanging onto the man’s neck as he oo’s and kisses him all over. The man grunting and nuzzling Chip’s fur in return.

It’s a rather endearing sight but Louis needs to get the fuck out of here. Dead or not, he needs to find his camp or peers and leave this nightmare behind. He slowly starts shuffling backwards, cringing when there’s twigs snapping underneath his bum. He places his hands behind to try to push him along faster, slowly lifting his ass off the ground and using his legs to crawl backwards.

Deeming that method useless, he rises to his feet painstakingly slow, holding his breath until he’s completely upright, managing to move undetected until a rather big snap comes from underneath his boot. Louis cringes and closes his eyes tight, not needing to look, to know the naked man zeroed in all his attention towards him. 

Xx.