ORIGIN

Haven flew in close and landed on the edge of the cliff, nostrils flaring. She crawled underneath Electrum (because why not) and poked her head past, sniffing and peering around. Electrum's heart beat strong in his chest, and she could sense the dimensions of the cave... and the life within.

"There's bats," she said, "I can hear them in there, they're asleep I think but their hearts are strong, so they're not hibernating. Should we chase them out or let them keep this spot?"

She sniffed at the ground. It was dry, at least, but the bat droppings were a... problem. There weren't many in this section, but she could smell them through the opening the bats crawled through, and it wasn't very pleasant. It would take work to get it clean.

Electrum isn't quite sure how Haven knows there's bats dep in the cave, but he trusts her declaration, and he pulls himself forward a tad to further settle his weight, and peer into the cave, trying to spot the creatures.

With bright scales reflecting the light inwards, and nose crinkling and lip curling in disgust at the amount of bat... waste, Electrum makes a decision. "If they live here, then this cave is comfortable. Odds are, even comfortable for us. At the least, we can check," the drake snorts again, and then leans back, looking up to the ledge roof of the cave and to the cliff above, "Especially since I like it's placement in the cliffside here, but, we can always search for another if this one is too stubbornly occupied."

Let's hope this goes well.

Well it doesn't, cause all Dice Boy has given me today is 4's and 5's and I'm a little angry, so all that happens is a light static charge rippling across the lapis dragon's scales as he finally hauls himself up, and partially into the entrance of the cave, letting out a low, threatening snarl into the depths of the echoing rock and hoping to spook whatever is in there, out where he can see it, and fight it.

Haven, being blind, was completely unfazed by the little lizard, and growled at it, "I hope you're tasty..."

She decided that today was the day she was going to try out something new. Maybe they'd get a meal out of this, if she succeeded. She felt venom drip from her fangs and hissed, showing off a mouthful of teeth and fangs that really shouldn't have fit in her face, and they didn't, because they jutted out like some kind of xenomorph.

"Hey Electrum, watch this!", she said, her voice rather distorted with her lips currently hiked back up towards her nostrils.

This lizard was screwed.

As the bats and other creatures book it out of the cave, the occasional smaller or more afraid clipping the lapis dragon on their way out, he tracks the majority on their path out of the area, and half heartedly snaps at the last few, considering a meal after this. A soft chirp draws his attention back into the cave's deapths, and he blinks a little bit at the odd little lizard.

"Huh... it's kinda cute, honestly.." he mutters, tilting his head back and forth and frilling his fins in reply to the ... disorienting? Display from the creature. If I could keep the little guy, that may be nice... he seems harmless, but... would I want something harmless nearby?

Haven's request for him to look at her doesn't even register, and he doesn't respond, which should be some sort of indicator for his mental state right now, and he's... transfixed by the little thing.

"Hey!", she said in protest, "Get back here you little-"

Haven bounded after the creature, one, two strides, then she lunged, mouth open, fangs dripping venom as she descended like a bat out of Hell. Just one little bite and it would be paralyzed, unable to move- though she didn't really know what the venom actually did. It could kill the lizard for all she knew, but that was honestly the best outcome. But for now, just one small bite would do.

If Electrum retaliated, she wouldn't see it coming, trusting her mate completely to be on her side. As of now, she was completely unaware of the lizard's effect on the blue dragon. She'd be even more pissed once she did. Electrum didn't care about how cute things were except her, and he'd killed rabbits and other 'cute' things with no problem.

Wait. Realization started to dawn. Electrum didn't ever hesitate to kill anything. What was going on?

Haven's legs were swept out from under her and her head smacked off the stone painfully. She yelped and quickly got to her face, turning on the other.

"Electrum!", she gasped, "What the hell are you doing?!"

The other had attacked her! Why?!

She couldn't bite him, her teeth were full of venom, so she lunged for the lizard again, trying to just kill it then and there and then yell at Electrum later.

Haven lunged and sank her teeth into the creature, venom flowing through her teeth and into its body as she shook it like a terrier, trying to break its back. She flung it and hissed at the creature, so angry it had managed to get the attention of her mate so easily.