Natural Selection (OPEN) (4 Max)

It had been several weeks since Zero began searching for the gigantic doll she made nice with in Iceland. It was a task she thought would be easy to complete, however no matter who she asked no one could tell her where to find her friend. Admittedly, she had checked places that were neutral, the petite teen not wanting to risk being shot from the sky because she decided to enter enemy territory, but it was looking to be her only option.

Yet, before she went on a tour of the countries under control of Shadow Fall, the teen decided to stop by her second favourite place after restocking on snacks - Karakura Forest. After all, it may be the last time she got to see the place if she garnered the ire of a certain queen who ruled over England - her first destination. So, it was a pretty good idea to burn one last fire before flying to her possible demise - though she was really hoping the queen wouldn’t be within the country when she landed or at least not view her as a hostile individual.

Either way, she flies over the forest, her signature red scarf flapping in the wind and the rustling of her bag ringing in her ear. She doesn’t expect to find anyone else within the forest for there were a lot of better places to visit in Karakura Central. However, she spots a lone figure from the sky. A figure she would’ve missed entirely if he hadn’t been on the lone trail that led up the mountain.

She observes this figure for no more than twenty seconds before deciding that she would greet him and, if she was feeling generous, warn him about the possible danger of being in the forest when she was visiting. So, Zero lands on the trail and, if the poor guy didn’t halt or change his path he would undoubtedly walk into the teen. Regardless, upon adjusting her scarf, Zero says with a toothy grin:

“Greetings fellow traveler! What bring ya to my neck of the woods?”

Laughter. That’s what spills from Zero’s mouth after only a second of silence. Her red eyes gleam with amusement as she claps her hands on her mouth in a successful attempt to muffle her voice - there was no need to alert anything else that may be in the forest. Was it immature of her to find humour in something others would consider childish? Yes, but the teen has always been rather child-like in her own respect and cared very little about the opinions of others. So, rather or not the newly dubbed Matthew would be annoyed by her outburst didn’t really matter to her.

She manages to regain her composure within seconds, a large grin making its way upon her face as she stared at Matthew. However, before she’s able to introduce herself to her fellow human, another person decides to enter the scene. Her initial thought is that his entrance was interesting, though it definitely wasn’t a method she would’ve used. However, that immediately gives way to slight irritation as her mind processed the man’s claim to the woods rather late. She purses her lips and directs her attention to the Pierre.

“Nuh uh! These be my forest. I play here all the time, just ask Mr. Shark, so go find ya own!”

She completes that statement by sticking her tongue out before turning her back to the figure and crossing her arms. She huffs and stamps her left foot to complete the appearance of a petulant teen, though it does not last very long. After all, subjects were changing and keeping up was more of a priority than showing Pierre that she was displeased by his statement. So, with a glance over her shoulder, she says:

“Yup! Matty and I gonna go and set ‘em on fire. Ya care to join us, mister?”

“Neh, neh. Mister is right, much to my dismay. What ya gonna use to eradicate em hollows, Matty?”

Zero says, her eyes on the man that looked the least capable of handling a hollow situation. She understood one should not judge a book by its cover, Fenrir reminded her of this every time she saw him, however it was hard to see Matthew doing much of anything to a nest of hollows. One? He’d probably get out of that with a couple bruises, but relatively in one piece. More than that… she wasn’t sure things would end in his favour. But again, she has been surprised before and perhaps Matthew had a clever way of dealing with them. If not, then boy he was lucky to run into an arsonist such as herself and a show off with no concept of how ownership worked.

She pays no mind to the shaking of the ground, growing of the trees, and the all around dinner bell being rang by Pierre as she awaits Matthew’s answer. After all, Zero wasn’t concerned about her wellbeing. That would require she have self-preservation bones in her body which she had none of. Besides, there was little to fear when you could reduce just about anything to ash.