.:World on the other side of ours:.Literate dragon role play

[damphyr_synergie]

So I said, I'm a snowball running. Running down into the spring that's coming -


Roland easily agreed with Aeolus's desire to eat something. Although he seemed more willing to eat a raw fish. She assumed it was one of those exaggerations, like 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!' She highly doubted anyone could eat a horse. Well, people had before, so who was she to judge. The black dragon they rode atop of assented, and, to her surprise, dove down into the water abruptly. Before she could gather her surroundings and the fact that she was underwater, they were breaking through the surface and soaring into the sky.

Aeolus gasped, wide eyed at the fact that she was flying. Albeit, flying atop a dragon (wait, wasn't that more amazing?), but still, flying. Melusine, being a sea-dragon, stayed in the water. She called up to them, curious as to what foods they ate. She leaned over her chair slightly to look down at her. The mere mention of food got her started. "Ohh, man, I could totally go for a hamburger right now.." She sighed, leaning back in her chair and patting her stomach. Upon further thought, she highly doubted they had cows chopped into patties and fried in grease. She sighed again, in disappointment this time. She supposed she could go for some fish, cooked that is.

All this love, melting under blue skies belting out sunlight shimmering love

[Gravity_Dragon]

Nature has a will all it's own...

Sage looked at Aeolus when she mentioned a hamburger. "Well, I don't know what a hamburger is, but if you can tell me how to make one, I'm sure I could arrange something for both of you." he said as he circled again. It felt good to be back in the air after the castle, but he did appreciate how nice Melucine's home is.

Eventually, you learn how to make it work for you.

[silver steel dragunn]

Roland J

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Onward to the subway

»"Well," Roland explained, holding his hands out in front of him as if he were holding a cheezeburger, "It's a peice of meat--mostly beef--between two peices of bread. They often have lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, pickles and other various things to go along with it. Most of the time they're really greasy, but I managed to find one restaurant that didn't have greasy... Anything."

Roland put his hands down, and looked to Aeolus, "But it's basically a sandwich--in case you know what a sandwich is." Roland wasn't entirely sure if they knew what a sandwich was. It was blaringly obvious that they had different meals here in dragon land. He was kinda eager to find out what all they had.

Roland was exposed to many dishes as he and his father went around the country presenting the Anklar--oh, the Anklar... How he dreaded to think of it--to different museums. He even had the chance to go abroad a few times.

He figured that this was the epitome of abroad.«

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Well, there you are. Happy?

And yeah. I'm from Brooklyn.

[Gravity_Dragon]

Nature has a will all it's own...

"Well, that sounds simple enough. I'm not sure I have any pickles left, but the rest should be easy enough to find. What kind of meat to you prefer? I can locate anything you might want I think." he said, starting to head toward shore. Despite having eaten earlier in the day, he was hungry again. Then again, he had exerted himself quite a bit.

Eventually, you learn how to make it work for you.

[damphyr_synergie]

So I said, I'm a snowball running. Running down into the spring that's coming -

((I'm such a bad person, it hurts. D: ))

Aeolus nodded at Roland's explanation. Everything that she said and confused the dragons, it seemed that Roland could easily clarify. Maybe it was years and years of presenting the anklar to audiences around the country, but she was still beginning to feel jealous. And maybe a bit out-showed. She resisted the urge to frown and pushed the thought out of her head. This was no time to be upset over something so stupid. They were in the land of dragons, and she was upset over not being eloquent. Since when did she even care about being eloquent?

Sage mentioned something about pickles. Maybe it was just her, but pickles? Dragon's had pickles too? Logically, they would be able to grow pickles, but did they pickle anything? Did things work like that? When she had said she would go for a cheeseburger, she didn't know they would actually be able to get one. She leaned forward in her chair, slamming her hands down on the armrests. "Dragon's have pickles!?" she cried, finally expressing her shock.

Now she was wondering if she really wanted a cheeseburger. Maybe she should assimilate. You know, try the dragon culture.

.. as long as it was cooked.

All this love, melting under blue skies belting out sunlight shimmering love

[silver steel dragunn]

Ⓜⓔⓛⓤⓢⓘⓝⓔ

.·´`•·.·´¯`·.·• •·.·´¯`·.·•´`·.

The•Beauty•Of•The•Sea

☾The Sea-Serpent couldn't help but chuckle at Aeolus' outburst. "Yes, of course we have pickles!" Melusine paused for a moment, "Well, we Sea-dragons don't have many pickled things... I mean, it is terribly difficult to pickle something. It'd be terribly watered down."

Melusine nodded towards Sage, "Yes, land dragons do pickle things. It isn't too terribly hard. I'm not entirely sure if we learned it from the humans, the humans learned it from us, or if we discovered pickling on our own..." her fins shrugged, "Really, it's hard to be sure."

"Oh, and Sage... I do believe that Roland stated that these... Cheeseburgers, or whatever, are made out of... Beef, did you say? Yes, beef." she chortled a bit, "And I'm sure that you want it cooked, yes?" Melusine remembered that Aeolus didn't really want to eat anything still squirming.☽

I am the protector of the Anklar. Dare you try my power?

My love is the marvelous Cristaro the Crystal dragon.

I shall not be blinded by my own greed... At least I hope not.

[Gravity_Dragon]

Nature has a will all it's own...

Sage nodded, and with a quick motion, sent the bubbles to stay near Melusine. He angled himself toward land and almost immediately spotted some stray Aurochs grazing on the plateau just a few miles away from his cave. "Melusine, if you wouldn't mind, I'll meet you back at my cave with something to prepare for a meal. The platforms will stay with you, unless one of our guests has the desire to watch a hunt, though it might just put them off a meal." he said. It wasn't the hunt that was nasty, it was the cleaning he would have to do to prepare it for the humans to consume.

Eventually, you learn how to make it work for you.

[damphyr_synergie]

So I said, I'm a snowball running. Running down into the spring that's coming -

((ahahaha excuses excuses I suck, I know. Please forgive me))

Aeolus felt slightly stunned. She really must have been underestimating dragons. They were always pictured as man-eating beasts. Or creatures who stole princesses and left the job to the knight to save them. Wait, wasn't that almost the situation a mere half an hour ago? She chuckled a bit at her own thoughts. Still, the thought of dragons pickling anything seemed kind of funny. She couldn't help but picture them attempting to use their talons to screw a jar closed. She couldn't hold her laugh back and let it slip a bit.

"Now wait, do you use a jar or what?" she was honestly curious.

Melusine recalled that Roland had mentioned beef. Dead beef. Aeolus grinned at the sea dragon, giggling a bit. She liked this.. serpent. She seemed like more fun than the grumpy old black dragon. Speaking of Sage, he decided to go and kill their food. I suppose I shouldn't be ratting on this guy..dragon... thing if he's going to slaughter our food for us. she mentally chided herself. He floated their bubbles over to Melusine and offered to let them watch. Aeolus didn't think that she would need that. She shook her head.

All this love, melting under blue skies belting out sunlight shimmering love

[silver steel dragunn]

Roland J

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Onward to the subway

»Roland coughed, "Well, as interesting as that would be to watch," he said, "I think I'll pass on that offer of yours." his bubble-char... Whatever thing floated over to Melusine, who smiled at both him and Aeolus.

Roland couldn't help but chuckle at how interested Aeolus was in the fact that dragons pickled. "Keep in mind, Aeolus," Roland mused, "if the dragons were too savage to do something like pickling, we'd probably be their lunch by now." which was true. Animals tended to be quite territorial, and he figured dragons would be even more so.

Roland looked back to Sage, "Oh, and sorry about not going. But it'd probably be better if we didn't come--we could possibly get seperated from you, or in the way." he had a habit of jumping from one subject to another, unless he was presenting something. It was pretty bad at times, but mostly people didn't notice unless it was incredibly obvious.«

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Well, there you are. Happy?

And yeah. I'm from Brooklyn.

[Gravity_Dragon]

Nature has a will all it's own...

Sage chuckled at the human's responses to his offer to let them hunt. The part he found even more amusing was Aeolus asking about Jars. "Some use jars, but I find oak barrels work much better considering how much I eat. I'll meet you back at my cave with the meat, and then we'll get it ready for you to eat." he said, heading toward the herd.

The flight was quick and uneventful, and he quickly found one of the giant bulls that looked like it would be more than enough. He folded his wings, and dropped like a stone on top of the unsuspecting animal. It bellowed in fear, and with a quick bite and twist of his head, he broke the animal's neck, ending it's suffering.

He was about to drag it to another spot to clean it when one of the other bulls charged him, horns lowered. Sage tried to get out of the way, but the bull had the drop on the dragon, and both horns punched through his scaled hide quite easily. Sage roared in pain, and used his tail to whip at the bull. It pulled back from the stinging lash, and made to charge again. Sage faced it and let out a blood chilling roar of challenge. The bull seemed to think about it for an instant, and then charged.

Sage reared up and grabbed the bull's horns with his hands, stopping the huge animal. He hissed viciously, and with a wrenching twist, threw it to one side. The sounds of ribs snapping could be heard, and Sage growled at it. The rest of the herd decided against a similar tactic, and ran into the nearby forest.

Now that he was left alone, he quickly cleaned the carcass of his kill, and wrapped the meat in it's own hide. Leaving the rest for whatever scavengers might approach, he grabbed his makeshift carrier and painfully took to the air. The wounds he had received from the bull were still bleeding when he arrived back at his cave, and with another harsh word, opened the entrance once again. He put the meat in a cool room near the back of his cave, and grabbed a few things to try to patch himself up.

Eventually, you learn how to make it work for you.

[damphyr_synergie]

So I said, I'm a snowball running. Running down into the spring that's coming -


So they really did use jars. It baffled her slightly to know that dragon's used jars as well. Then again, if they could breathe fire, it would be pretty easy to heat the glass..
Still, the concept threw her off her rocker slightly.

Roland addressed her surprise as well. Was pickling really that easy? The oak barrel seemed much more likely. Either way, Roland was right. And since by the looks of it, they weren't dead, she assumed they were proper enough to pickle. It seemed that what her history teachers told her was right - it was only the winners who wrote history. And the winners tended to like to portray the losers as barbaric and savage, in this case, the dragons. But she couldn't help but wonder what kind of war had made winners and losers. And if dragons and humans had taken so much from each other, they had to have been close. So what could rip them apart?

"Well I think that might be thanks to your upstanding bravery earlier." Aeolus smirked a bit, but she was quick to bite her tongue. She had felt the same way Roland had - she just didn't do anything about it.

All this love, melting under blue skies belting out sunlight shimmering love

[silver steel dragunn]

Ⓜⓔⓛⓤⓢⓘⓝⓔ

.·´`•·.·´¯`·.·• •·.·´¯`·.·•´`·.

The•Beauty•Of•The•Sea

☾Melusine stared up the falls leading to Sage's cave... She heaved a sigh, "Well, do you two have any ideas as to how to get up there...?" she asked. There was probably some way to go about it that she simply didn't see... But....

Melusine shook her head, "I have an idea. I'm sure the chairs will follow me, so I don't think you will have to worry. " she dove down to the bottom of the lake at the foot of the waterfall. She gained herself momentum, before diving up the waterfall, using her fins like wings to glide up the forceful cascade.

She landed in the cave, shanking herself off. It didn't have any effect on her, but it was a while since she had done anything so... Exciting. She missed it, really... The whole feeling of adventure. Melusine looked to Sage, and furrowed her elegant brow, "Looks like your prey had some fight in it. "

Melusine moved over to Save and examined the wound, "Ah... I know of a good remedy... A mixture of kelp, sea-dragon poision--watered down of course-and a touch of paprika." she paused for a moment, "No, it won't sting too much. But it will be rather uncomfortable when you walk..."

She left the option up to him. Melusine hated to rely on magic; she proffered to rely on the abilities she had. But, Sage was not Melusine, and she most definitely could not force the decision upon him.


((Neerrrrrrrrr I got something wrong there.... Gah, nothing a little editing can't fix, eh? ))☽

I am the protector of the Anklar. Dare you try my power?

My love is the marvelous Cristaro the Crystal dragon.

I shall not be blinded by my own greed... At least I hope not.

[damphyr_synergie]

So I said, I'm a snowball running. Running down into the spring that's coming -


Melusine swam up to the waterfalls that Sage's cave sat above. She adressed them in question as to defy gravity and get up there. Which meant that Melusine was a dragon who was incapable of flight. Considering that humans had been trying to fly for years, she doubted that either Roland or her could be of much help. Trying unsuccessfully, mind you.

She didn't have the chance to comment on that, however, since Melusine suddenly came across an idea. Her warning immediately set Aeolus on guard. She knitted her eyebrows together, but she was quickly pulled, chair, bubble and all, into the water. She gasped, gravity pulling her hair high above her head as they dove down under the water. It became clear soon enough that the sea dragon was gaining momentum to get up the falls. If it would work, she didn't know. The dragon probably had a better idea of what her limits were than Aeolus did.

Although she had been expecting the jump up, she was still surprised as they soared up the waterfall, landing easily in the cave. She didn't have a chance to focus on what was going on in the cave, since she was slightly busy catching her breath. She did let out a little laugh - she was getting used to these weird situations.

All this love, melting under blue skies belting out sunlight shimmering love

[silver steel dragunn]

Roland J

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Onward to the subway

»With a calm expression, Roland began to look around the cave, lightly poking at his ear due to the loud roar of the falls, "Man, how does anyone live in this place?" one would think that the cave would magnify the roar of the falls... But maybe it didn't.

Roland gazed down at his shirt... And came to a realization, "Hey... I'm still wearing my suit..." not as if he could have changed at all. He didn't have a portable wardrobe in his pocket, or something. He removed his suit jacket and his tie... He hated wearing these, but he had no choice.

Not as if anyone took him seriously, but would you take a person wearing a casual outfit while informing you about a very important stone serious? Aeolus probably wouldn't. Wait, no. She definitely wouldn't. Roland really didn't want to squander what little respect she gave him...«

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Well, there you are. Happy?

And yeah. I'm from Brooklyn.

[Gravity_Dragon]

Nature has a will all it's own...

((Sorry for being gone, my dad passed away last week, and we've been really busy as a result))

Sage wasn't in the slightest bit surprised when Melusine came up the falls, and he looked at her as she offered her assistance once again with his healing. "Not to be rude, but your venom is too valuable to use on so minor a wound. A few herbs prepared properly will take care of everything. I do however appreciate the offer. I could use some help actually getting the bindings in place though." he said as he pulled the final herbs he would need off the shelf.

It wasn't that he didn't want Melusine's help, but he knew how much energy and food it took to produce venoms like hers, and he felt that he had no reason to use something that valuable. With swift, practiced motions, he prepared the poultice and held the bandage to his wound. However, without some clever work from his tail, he couldn't tie it.

He had done it before, but help was much easier, and he was thinking on how to prepare the meal when Roland made his comment about how anyone lived here. "I live here quite well actually. Most think it would be damp and harsh, but with the way the cliff juts above the cave it carries the water away from the entrance, and the mosses I grow along the walls and ceiling provide light, as well as dulling the roar of the falls. We're back far enough now that it's quiet most of the time."

Eventually, you learn how to make it work for you.