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

[Gravity_Dragon]

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

Sage shook his head in slight amazement at the horrible manners the sea-serpent had. It was usually polite to allow someone to offer their name when asked. Not that it really mattered, he had found where she lived. He looked out past the falls to check the storm, and shook his wings out as a shiver traveled up his spine. The storm was powerful, and he could feel hints of magic guiding it. He let out a snarl and ducked into his study. He pulled some books out, and flipped to a collection of pages.

He grabbed a piece of parchment, and a pen. Scanning over the tomes and occasionally writing something down, he had a spell put together. With a grin he dashed to the mouth of his cave, and rapidly fired off his spell. The results were immediate, but not quite what he expected. The storm shifted away from the oceanfront, and immediately moved toward him. He didn't let it bother him, but he did try to alter a few key passages of the spell.

He didn't get to finish however, as the clouds gathered and discharged a series of lightning bolts toward his cave. All but one did nothing, but the one hit him square in the chest, throwing him back into the cave with a startled roar. He tried to stand back up, but he could only manage to roll onto his side before he passed out with a widely broadcast mental groan of pain.

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

[silver steel dragunn]

((NCP TIME!!! 8D ))

Once the benches were full around the Anklar, a man in a fine suit stepped out to greet the crowd. A bright, welcoming smile was spread upon his face, but let me tell you: it was fake. You see, the man would much rather be taking his lunch break, which was not yet given to him. However, he sucked it all in, and said a hearty, "Welcome!" with that, he took a deep bow, "I am Roland, and I will be telling you about the mysterious Anlkar, which you see before you."

His arm was held out towards the mysterious relic, which was pulsating in a lazy way. The lights around the Anklar didn't seem to do anything to it's surface, for the light within it seemed to provide all the light it needed. Not a soul could see the lights reflected off of it's crystal-like outer shell.

The Anlkar was found by an expedition to mount Everest," Roland explained, "And despite the climbers' exhaustion, they grabbed the stone, and took it down the mountain, each climber taking turns carrying it every time they stopped at a rest area. You see, they took it to many different appraisers, but not a single one could figure out a price for it, let alone what it was. So, instead of making a profit out of it, the explorers decided to allow one another to keep it for a month.

"However, each one began to grow more and more greedy for it, and eventually, one man didn't want to give it up to the next explorer. His wife, who could care less about the crystal, decided to take it, and give it to the nearby museum. Her husband recovered after a few weeks, and the group agreed to allow the stone to be passed from one museum to the next."

Roland heaved a sigh and took a drink of water from a water bottle that was clipped to his belt, "Eventually, the stone was given it's name, the Anlklar. No one really knew where the name came from, but they decided that it was a good name for the stone, either way." he heaved a sigh, "This is when you ask questions. Lay them on me."

[Xx.Ayreth.Kirigashi.xX]

{[Serenatie]}
"Ah... Umm... I'm sorry, did I hurt you? Here let me help!"

Sitting at the mouth of the cave she was in, Serenatie looked out from the darkness within, to the sky. Her silvery scales seeming more grey, and the pastel pink seeming more a light red than anything... She watched as the clouds passed over, the rain pouring down, dripping from the cave roof, she moved a bit, whenever she felt drops on her wings... laying down, she curled up slightly, folding her wings in, laying her head on her hands lightly, wraping her tail around herself keeping her eyes outside, on the sky... She never did much like storms, and she was happy that she was far enough away to get mostly rain... She could see in the distance the lights flashing and hear echoes of the thunder coming through quietly...

It was a fair while she sat there just staring, when she finially decided to stand... Her deep violet eyes blinked once as she got to her feet, walking out of the cave... Her walk was kind of cute, as though she was still a young baby... She kind of waddled, really. Her tail swaying back and forth, her wings trying to flap with each step, even though they were folded back.

Changing to, again, a childish way of movement, her run... She more pranced than anything, on all-fours, her wings flapping even more than they did when she was just walking. Her tail swaying more, as she went around in the grass, looking up to the sky. It didn't take long however, for her to get back into that cave when the lightning flashed and that thunder roared... A scared expression on her face, she continued to stare up at the sky from the cave her head lowered slightly, eyes wide, tail and wings both down a bit... Well... There wasn't much now, to do besides wait for it to pass, she guessed... That's all she really could do...

[damphyr_synergie]

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

((interaction, alriiiight! xD BTW, Anlklar or Anklar? Going with Anklar for now))
Benches surrounded the Anklar, and they were soon filled with people eager to hear about it. It occured to Aeolus that this meant some sort of presentation was to begin, and she was the lone person in the center of the circle of benches. She felt her face flush slightly, and she scurried to a bench. It seemed that all benches were full, so she settled with sitting on the floor, legs crossed, much like the many children who sat in front of their parents. In fact, she was sitting next to a little boy who looked up at her with wonder. He seemed to be about to say something, but she quickly held a finger to her lips and shushed him, as if entrusting him with a heavy secret. He seemed to understand, which made Aeolus smile brightly and snicker a bit. Kids were great.

Just as she finished speaking with the little boy, a man dressed in a suit approached the Anklar, facing the crowd. He smiled as customary, welcomed the curious crowd and introduced himself as a name Aeolus didn't particularly care to remember. He soon began to explain the story of the Anklar. She leaned forward more and more as the story unfolded, being drawn in by the lights inside the orb. As it was, the story was rather boring. A bunch of climbers found it on everest, got greedy and the only remotely strange part was that one of the explorers wife was the one to take it to the museum. What was really more interesting was where it really came from. But as she thought this, she realized that if the man was aware where it came from, he would've said so. She frowned, unhappy with the lack of information. Then again, the magic was usually in the mystery.

Still, no normal mystery could make a random orb light up like that - and even weirder, it was found just as it was. It couldn't be a hoax, could it?

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

[silver steel dragunn]

((Awhoops. Simple typo... XD; If I do it again, sorry. It's Anklar, and it's supposed to be like that... Disregard if I write it wrong again. ))

A man in the back row rose his hand. Pointing to him, Roland said, "Yes, you there--in the back."

The man stood, rather awkwardly as the spotlight fell on him. Multiple eyes turned to see him, and he suddenly regretted sitting in the back, "Yes... Um, this may be a stupid question to ask, but what year was it found, exactly?"

Ranald answered calmly, "If I remember correctly, it was about 1887. The earlier explorers never found it until then, since it was so covered in snow and ice. It took them at least an hour or so to dig it all the way out. When they took the crystal to the bottom, it seemed to thaw, and it regained it's yellowish color. At the mountain top, it seemed pale and white, much like a rather large, polished crystal."

Another person stood without even raising their hand. They must have been with the press, for they held a note book, "Was it found in such a round state?" she asked.

"Actually, yes." Roland replied, happy that no children had raised their hands yet, "No one could explain it. The only thing they could come up with was that a person made the stone, and placed it there for an adventurer to find after his passing."

Satisfied, the woman sat down whilst scribbling notes down upon her note book. Finally, a parent stood, and helped their child sand on the bench so he could be seen, "I have a question!" he said in a tiny voice, "Why does it look like it has electricity inside?"

Everyone fell silent. Some of the children nodded in agreement. Roland heaved a sigh, and placed his hands behind his back to stop himself from rubbing his temples. Children everywhere asked the same question... Even so, he had no answer, "I'm not sure what you see of it, but it does not have electricity flowing through it. Many people have tested it to see if it does. Every test has come up negative for any... thing of that sort."

The adults all stared at the Anklar hard, while the children muttered amongst themselves. Confusion was waving through the crowd, and Roland had to quickly change the subject, "Alright, alright, Everyone please calm down." the mother of the boy pulled him down and set him on her lap, "Please, give me the next question." Roland was starting to lose patience...

[Gravity_Dragon]

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

((aww, everyone ignored Sage......))
It had felt like hours, but only a few minutes had passed since Sage had been struck with the bolt of lightning. He could feel the burns on the right side of his chest, and the fact that because it was a direct strike, the wound was deep as well.

He hissed in pain as he rolled to his three remaining good feet, and he had to shake his head and blink a few times to get rid of the ringing in his ears and the afterimages in his eyes. He carefully limped over to his books, and attempted to reach for a tome of healing magic. He couldn't reach high enough, and he hurt too much to try to stand on his hind legs.

With a growl of frustration, he rummaged through a low trunk and found some herbs to pack the wound with. It would hurt like no other, but it would make it heal cleanly at least. With careful preperations at his work table, he made a thick, foul smelling poultice out of the herbs, and with an intake of breath, stuffed the whole thing into the massive burn on his chest.

The roar of pain he let loose could be heard for many miles, the cave acting as a megaphone to amplify his already substantial voice.

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

[silver steel dragunn]

Ⓜⓔⓛⓤⓢⓘⓝⓔ

.·´`•·.·´¯`·.·• •·.·´¯`·.·•´`·.

The•Beauty•Of•The•Sea

☾The storm suddenly passed as Melusine started for her study to continue her reading. The fins on her head stood in a precarious way, and her blue green eyes watched the water through the windows high above her head.

Concerned for the sudden change in weather, Melusine made her way out of her castle, and back into the water. Under and up, the sea-serpent traveled to the surface. Fish peeked out of their coral homes and all that to see if the storm had really gone, but hid away as Melusine passed.

Her head gently appeared over the churning waves, and searched for the storm. Her eyes reverted to their usual way; white with a blue-green slit. Her head came out, so she could seal her gills and use her nose to fully track the storm... Which wasn't at all difficult to find in the first place.

It was above what she remembered to be a waterfall, and she suddenly remembered that a waterfall cave seemed to be the home of the dragon who invaded her mind... Melusine scoffed, "What a fool to try to control the weather." she said in her thick, Russian accent. With a shake of her head, Melusine continued with a sigh, "The stone can go without worry; not a soul knows I have it yet... I could go try to check up on that fool dragon..."

As she swam away, Melusine said to herself in Russian, "Besides, the Krakken can take care of my palace. I told him he could go and do his own thing, but since I'm related to the man that saved him..." if she had better shoulders, she would have shrugged.☽

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 -

((Roland - Ranald - Roland? I think you may be spacin' out a bit, silver. xD))
Aeolus snapped out of her reverie when a man in the back asked the first question. She turned to the man, and nodded a bit at his simple question. She turned her head back to Roland as he answered. 1887. Years upon years ago. More than a hundred years, even. If it wasn't some sort of magic, then she had not the slightest clue what it could be. It would have to be a modern thing in order to dismiss the idea of magic, but the orb was discovered more than a century before. Had electricity even been discovered and harnessed at that point?

Aeolus was once again yanked out of her thoughts when yet another question was asked. She spun her head around yet again, this time to observe a woman with a notebook. Yet another good question, she couldn't help but think why she hadn't come up with these questions. And the answer still pushed her towards the concept of magic. It was found in perfectly polished condition buried under snow and ice atop mount everest. No person would go so far to hide their treasure, even piling snow and ice on top of it. No - it had to have been there since long, long before any human had come close to finding it.

It seemed that the first man had gotten the questions rolling, because yet another question came. This question came from the lips of a little boy, a curious one. He asked the question that had surely been poised on many lips. Several kids nodded, including the boy sitting next to Aeolus. She nodded furiously as well. The man obviously had been expecting this question, yet, there was proper answer prepared. Aeolus was pissed - how could he just deny it like that. "I'll give you a question," She called, glaring up at the man (as she was still sitting on the floor). "How can you say there's no electricity inside? If it's not electricity, if your so-called tests all came up negative," she snarled, getting quite animated with her hand movements. "Then how come I can plainly see light pulsing around inside that orb? Can you answer that, or is it not part of your answer-key?" Aeolus was livid, quivering so even her silver curls were bouncing.

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

[silver steel dragunn]

((Yeah, I was in a daze. It also has something to do with a character someone has from another role play name Ranald. At least I caught myself the second time. XP

STOP YELLING AT ME GOODNESS ))

Roland sighed as the kids became louder, and tried to convince him that the stone had electricity in it. He had to refrain from yelling at all of them to shut up... But he didn't want to get their parents angry with him. However, much to his gratitude, the parents scooped up their children and took some of them to the side.

One, however, remained right where she was. Roland was almost surprised by the teen's out burst... Normally teens around her age never saw... Whatever it was that the kids saw in the Anlkar. She began to argue with him on the matter of the "electricity that was pulsating in the Anklar."

"Okay, kid." if she was going to act like one, Roland would call her one, "So, you can see the... Electricity, or whatever. So can the kids. But, who else in this room can see it?" he asked the adults, "If you can see it, don't be afraid to raise your hand!"

The adults in the crowd stared long and hard at the stone... And for at least two minutes or so, there was dead silence. Children wanted to raise their hands, but... They didn't dare for fear of being yelled at.

"There?" Roland said in an irritated manner, "You see? No one else here sees it but you kids. Hardly any of the teens see it, either! I don't see it. I've never seen any electricity in the Anlkar, and I've been working with this thing for five years!"

He looked to the stone, and as always, he saw the simple, yellowish tone of the crystal's surface. For a moment, Roland furrowed his brow, but quickly looked back to the girl sitting before him.

[damphyr_synergie]

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


The man seemed exasperated, yet surprised by Aeolus's outburst. But she didn't care, how could he ignore the obvious truth like he did? The parents were slowly clearing their kids away, including the little boy who had been sitting next to him. She watched them go off to the sides of the benches. Basically, she was the only one left sitting near the benches. He addressed her as kid, which was likely a means to annoy her, but it didn't bother her all that much. After all, she was one. It dawned on Aeolus that the man didn't seem to understand about the electricity which appeared so clearly to her. He asked the crowd if they knew of the lights she saw. It seemed that no one answered. She could see the children hesitating, she knew they could see the lights as well.

Following the silence that ensued, the obviously pissed man told her she was crazy - essentially. So her thoughts were right. It was exactly that. The man had not the slightest clue what Aeolus saw. Well, she could see why he was so grumpy. After all, he surely got this question a lot. And not once in five years had he seen what the kids were talking about. She was sure that would be a frustrating thing to go through over and over again. She saw a hint of it in his eyes when he turned back to her. She stood, feeling awkward being the lone girl on the floor. "You're telling me," She looked at the man carefully (still looking up, she was kind of on the short side). "That we," she gestured to the kids on the sides, "Are the only ones who can see the lights in there?" Her eyes widened, and she looked at all of the kids, who were surely in muted agreement.

Again, she turned to the man, and then let her eyes fall to the Anklar. If that was the case... then surely, truly, honestly... the Anklar was magic. "You know, that's kind of cool. It's like a fairy tale!" She looked up to the man again and grinned, giggling a bit, all traces of anger gone now that she understood.

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

[silver steel dragunn]

The crowd grew anxious, and security guards shifted. Roland stared at the girl as she persisted.

Roland threw his arms up in an irritated way, and let them fall into his pockets, "Sure, yeah, sure. Kids like you and a bunch of others can see the electricity. It's only the kids and a select few teens and at least one adult. But no one-absolutely no one-can see the electricity like you do."

His right hand slipped out of his pocket and onto the velvet ropes that surrounded the Anklar. Roland stared long and hard into it, the crowd shifting, as if they were daring themselves to get up. A firm frown was on the teen's face as he stared at the stone, daring it to show it's electrical properties. "It's absolutely solid inside..." He said as if he answered a question that someone had asked.

Upon hearing the girl say... Fairy tales, Roland shot her a glance, "Who are you, Pollyanna?" he asked, referring to the song that played for the first Mother game. He looked away from the crowd, "This preview is over." his voice wavered a bit, "Please leave in an orderly fashion."

The security guards quickly distracted themselves with guiding all of the people out of the room. Roland started for his own exit, and bit his lip, "There is no such thing... As fairy tales." he said bitterly.

[damphyr_synergie]

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


Aeolus watched the man grow absolutely irritated the more she spoke. 'Wow, he's not too professional, is he?' she mused, a small smile crossing her face at the thought. He seemed to become more animated the more he thought about the Anklar and the colors. The crowd seemed to find the whole scene awkard, shifting and unsure of what to do. She could tell many people wanted to leave the room - but they were unsure of when was appropriate. The man stared at the Anklar long and hard, as if searching for the lights that seemed so plain in sight to her. He seemed rather discontent with the lack of sight, and muttered something about it being solid inside.

It seemed that her comment about fairy tales and brought him back to reality and how ridiculously Aeolus must have seemed. Although she didn't have the slightest clue who Pollyanna was, she gathered it was an optimistic little girl from some sort of fiction. Then the reference would make more sense. She likened her to someone like Pippy Longstockings. She must have really shaken the guy up, because his voice was slightly weak when he told the crowd the presentation was over. The people in the crowd were likely relieved to be out of the room and all the tension. Security, who had been just as anxious as the crowd, quickly made work of guiding people out. Aeolus watched them, they didn't seem to care much to mess with her. Even the man, after mumbling a sad statement about a lack of fairy tales, made his way to his own exit.

She smirked a bit, now standing alone in the middle of the circle, and she quietly approached the Anklar, slipping under the velvet ropes. She cast a glance back at the guards, who had now left. The glass casing was not attached, so with a mischievous glint in her eyes, she lifted the heavy glass off of the pillar and settled it on the marble floor. The unprotected Anklar pulsed with the beautiful lights as she felt her breathing speed. She placed her hands on the orb and grunted a little as she lifted it. It was surprisingly heavy with a glossy surface which was somewhat slippery, yet something felt proper about holding it. "Wow," She muttered under her breath, gasping a bit.

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

[silver steel dragunn]

Roland, despite his spaced-out appearance, could clearly hear someone going after the Anklar. With wide eyes he snapped back to reality, and spun around with alarming speed. He stood dumbfounded for about a minute as he watched the girl lift the glass casing from around the stone... And pick it up.

"What in the world are you doing?!" he shouted with a rather loud, unhideable crack in his voice. Roland ran forward faster than lightning, and swiped the Anklar from the girl's hands. He held it with ease, but even so, he cradled the large stone in his arms.

"Look kid. I know you you're old enough to know better than to steal." he said indignantly, "So, I don't know what gave to you the brilliant idea to take the Anklar mid-day, while on display!" using his sleeve, Roland began to rub off any fingerprints she may have left there.

"Listen... Whatever your name is. I may as well just call you Pollyanna. You could get arrested for this." Roland set the Anklar back onto the pillow it sat upon, making sure it wouldn't roll from it's perch, "Either that or banned from every museum in New York!"

[damphyr_synergie]

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

((I feel like we're hogging the spotlight. Anyone else feel like posting? xD))

Aeolus had stared long and hard at the orb in her hands, feeling drawn to the swirling, pulsing lights inside. She felt something flutter deep in her chest as she gazed deep into the lights. She felt her body go slightly numb, her mind lost in the colors. Unconsciously, she had leaned forward to bring herself closer to the Anklar. It was as if there was nothing else but her and the mysterious and beautiful stone. She was suddenly brought back to earth - though she wasn't sure where she had been. Her head turned slowly, dreamily, to the man who had presented the orb. He shouted at her (his voice cracked, she made a mental note to tease him about it when she felt less dreamy) and ran towards her, yanking the Anklar from her hands.

With the relic out of her hands, she felt some control return. She suddenly felt winded, as if she had run a marathon. She clenched and unclenched her hands before her, staring at them in wonder. And with the return of control, she whipped her head around and glared at the man. "I wasn't stealing it!" She snapped, defensive. "I just.. I.." She grimaced, what exactly had she been doing with the Anklar? She had just felt a sudden pull towards the ancient orb, and she couldn't reject it. He obsessed over it, polishing it with his sleeves. She scowled at him as he lectured her and replaced the stone on the pillow. "I know stealing is against the law, don't talk to me like I'm a child." She sat her hands on her hips and held his gaze angrily. "It's just that I wanted to take a closer look at the electricity." She smirked, an idea coming to her. "But you wouldn't understand, of course. Since you can't see it and all."

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

[silver steel dragunn]

Suddenly, a rather thick Brooklyn accent came from Roland's lips, "You wanted a closer look?" he asked sceptically, "Well, you could have looked from behind the glass." which he placed back over the Anklar, "You have a good view from behind the rope." he clipped the velvet rope back to the pole. "Perfectly fine view if you ask me."

"Listen, Pollyanna," he continued to call her this since she never made her name known. He didn't want to keep calling her 'Kid,' or 'Whatever your name is.' "I have every mind to get security in here to arrest you. But, I just might not." he hadn't yet realized that he reverted back to his original accent, "It all depends."

Roland leaned close over her, "What do you see in that thing?" he asked rather bluntly, "And I don't just mean the electricity."

((Sorry! Couldn't help myself! ))