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Dragonsreach - Dread - Apr 13 2020 listen navy made me name it this Dread swept down, eyes searching the rock below. Cave deer--there. Wings half-folded and he dropped; thirty yards above the ground they snapped back out, beating once as he inhaled, and as he coursed over the deer he exhaled. Flame burst forth, roiling out in a torrent over the fleeing herd, embers pouring up into the air behind him. Usually, the deer scattered, and he'd get one or two--but this time they did not know he was coming, and a moment later all six lay still and smoking along the rock. Dread banked around, flapping once, and then landed heavily with a thud and a puff of dust before them, craning back his head to blink up toward his den. The children--two were wounded, and one too young to hunt for itself. He wasn't sure if Asimona had come--he'd bellowed her way, at least, calling her, on the way back here. Now, he roared again, calling up toward his family. "FOOOOOD!" An appealing call for any dragon to hear, really. @Svartis @Asimona (and myself bone/blight) RE: Dragonsreach - Asimona - Apr 13 2020 Asimona had, in fact, heard the call and had responded back with an ear-shattering roar of her own before taking off from her nest in Pisces. She hadn't seen her children in a while and even if it meant having to cope with the heat in Monoceros, she would be happy to see the whole family again. And Dread, as well - their opposing habitats didn't make meetings a very frequent occasion. tags: RE: Dragonsreach - Svartis - Apr 13 2020 Icy eyes peered over the edge, fins pricking up almost eagerly at the promise of food. Who could pass that up? He twisted, and as if the other two hadn't already heard, called, The black dragon dropped into rather heavy flight, wings still yet too sore and having to compensate for the holes blowing air through. Difficulties caused by those holes were minor, but enough to make him a little less confident in his flight. At least, all he had to do here was glide down and land without much trouble. He fell onto all fours rather easily, a few bounding steps taken to dispel the last of his momentum and move to a slow enough pace that he could approach his mother (what a surprise!) A pleased hum escaped him as he wing-walked towards her, snuggling into her cold aura immediately. Svartis damn near purred as he went to push his snout against her chin, though he looked like he was deliberately keeping his head down and from being too much in view. @Dread RE: Dragonsreach - Bone - Apr 13 2020
Bone, curled barely-fitting on the ledge beside her brother, turned at the call. She'd known her father had gone to hunt, but she'd not expected his call so soon.
She winced as she pulled herself out after Svartis. He'd been wounded, but she (and BOY did she feel foolish for it) had burned herself almost worse than he'd taken, in a poorly-executed display of draconic power at his foe. Now, as she hobbled from the den and took flight, Bone felt the pain that was now solidifying into scar-lines across her white hide: streaks of pale on pale, places where her armored hide looked oddly matte or shiny. Her heavy body came down slowly, her wings beating with loud bass thuds. She wasn't as agile as her family, and she didn't enjoy flying as much as they often seemed to. But she made do, and now she practically crashed down near them, turning to blink as Asimona arrived. "Mother," she greeted, pleased; "It's good to see you! How are you?" She felt the chill already emanating from Asimona--she and her brother were ever creatures of cold and ice, where Bone and Dread were pure, dry heat. She looked over the deer, then, pulling one of the carcasses close and starting on it before it could begin to decay. She was hungry, all else aside, and the food would do her recovery good. "Svartis had a fight," she informed Asimona, glancing to her mother with bright eyes. Tattle-tale. And then, to Dread: "Thanks, Dad." RE: Dragonsreach - Blight - Apr 13 2020 Blight came along last: a tiny hatchling, tumbling along cheerfully in the hot air. He had a strange air to him: attentive, proud. This was because he still firmly believed that he was protecting, and looking out for, Bone and Svartis, and Dread hadn't bothered, or hadn't remembered, to relieve him of this duty. So far, he figured, neither of them had gotten hurt anymore--so he must be doing a pretty good job! ...But who was this? Blight squeaked, flying quickly to plonk his tiny body between the siblings and Asimona, peering up at her with a mixture of a child's stern knowledge and awe, and just a little bit of fear. "You can't hurt them, I'm protecting them!" he squeaked at her, puffing up his tiny ragged fins in subconscious emphasis. And then, presumeably grasping that Asimona was not in fact a threat to them: "Who are you? You're pretty!" RE: Dragonsreach - Dread - Apr 13 2020 Dread looked up, his neck arching to pull his head up and back, his neck spines half-rising and ember eyes squinting faintly: a pleased expression. His head even tilted to the side, a little, to see his old friend. "ASIMONA," he bellowed, and though it was a greeting it seemed almost as though he was informing her of her own name. A gentle swat pushed Blight to one side by a few inches. "SHE IS A FRIEND. AND THE FOOD IS FOR ALL." He pulled back, taking one of the deer for himself and making room at the questionable banquet. "SVARTIS FOUGHT," he confirmed. He did not, and perhaps if he were a smarter or meaner Dad he would have, point out that Bone had scorched herself silly. "THE BIG THINGS IN THE BONE ROOM WILL BE A PROBLEM." Dread glanced to Asimona. "I WOULD NOT GO THERE," he warned her; "I THINK THEY WANT OUR STONES." @Asimona @Svartis RE: Dragonsreach - Asimona - Apr 13 2020 Asimona rumbled with happiness when she saw her two children, arching her head down and over Svartis muzzle as he touched her chin, as if to embrace him with the arch of her neck. tags: @Svartis RE: Dragonsreach - Svartis - Apr 14 2020 He'd managed to get one bite in before Bone tattled on him. Better yet, he literally had to choke it down and bark out a After a beat, he chuffed in Blight's direction, clearly avoiding attention, Finally, he just bit the bullet: Dread could explain the rest of that story. @Bone RE: Dragonsreach - Bone - Apr 15 2020 Bone looked up, tossing her head back to gulp down a large hunk of deer and, after swallowing, she picked up the thread of the story herself. "We heard him yelling so we went to him," she explained, and there was solemnity in her tone, now. She'd been afraid for Svartis, for the first time--really afraid. "It had him by the neck. Dad blew fire, and I tried to, but-..." She glanced at her father, and then back to Mom. "I've got to practice more," she explained. "I burned myself. But we were roaring, and there was fire, so-... I guess I scared it away. Dad made sure we were okay, and then she went after it." Bone, too, tore a small piece of meat away, tossing it toward Blight, and there let Dread tell Mom the rest of it. RE: Dragonsreach - Blight - Apr 15 2020 Blight, after snapping up his own bit of meat and eating it, looked up and interrupted. The story, it seemed, was now his to tell. He slipped into coalescing shadows even as he drew himself up, looking very proud of himself indeed--and no longer at all concerned about Asimona's presence. His speech came out rapid, punctuated by intakes of breath and little else, like any young child telling an "enthralling" story. "Dad-Dad said, I should come and protect them, so we all went to the tower, and I turned into shadow, and I watched them, 'cause they were both hurt, but I can hide in shadow, so I watched the ground." He blinked bright green eyes at Asimona, his tiny ragged fins on end as the shadows faded, the very picture of tiny pride. |