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 Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:30 am
Can I keep it?
It had been a rather typical day at work for the half-dragon. Students had fallen asleep in his class, even though he tried his best to make history exciting. The problem was just that history wasn't really all that exciting to most of his students, especially the students in his History 101 class. He often wished the university didn't require students to take that class, but they did. And so he, like every other history professor on campus, was required to teach at least one session of it each semester. And, since students had claimed him to be an easy teacher, his session was always crammed full of students. Tas'prin preferred teaching the advanced classes, where the students actually wanted to learn history... for the most part. Those classes were also much smaller, nothing like the 500 students packed into a lecture hall like the dreaded basic history class.
The professor was making his way out of the stuffy building used for history classes (also where they put the offices of the history professors... why couldn't they get a nice building like the other divisions?) and over to the quad. Having your own built-in transportation was handy, especially when you wouldn't fit into a car. Tas stretched his wings, fanning them up. His wings were odd, like that of his dragon side: a pair of long finned wings starting at his shoulder blades and running down his back and tail. They were enough for him to fly, though he was not good with long distances. Luckily, his home was a nice little house not too far from the university. Far enough to not be bothered by drunken students, but close enough that the flight was easy for him.
As he stretched his wings in the fairly empty quad (it was Friday night and fairly late... most students were off at parties), something caught his eyes. It was sitting on a bench under one of the lights, but there was no one around. Thinking that the shape might be a forgotten backpack, Tas'prin made his way over to the object. As he got closer, he realized it was actually an egg.
"Hello, little egg... what are you doing here?" He looked around again, to make sure there was no one in sight. "Who put you here?" He wondered aloud, glancing about the bench to see if there was a bag or something left by someone who'd left the egg. Nothing. A gust of wind made Tas shiver a bit; winter was definitely in the air, though it was not quite here yet. The half-dragon looked at the egg. "You'll freeze out here, little egg. Guess I should bring you home. Maybe I'll find your owner Monday..." He'd make up a banner and post it at the entrances to the history building.
Taking the egg in his hands, he stretched out his wings. "This is going to be a bit bumpy," he warned the egg before taking off at a run. Flapping his strange wings, he leaped upwards as they caught the air. Soon, he was airborne. A moment was all it took for him to get his bearings and he angled himself towards home.
Landing was fairly gentle as Tas'prin came to the ground, jogging to keep from tumbling over from the momentum of his flight. It was already getting dark and Tas smiled. That meant Olivia would be awake, if not already then very soon. He unlocked the front door, the key on a string about his neck. There was a downside to no clothes... no pockets. His cellphone and keys were kept on lanyards, which he often had to replace. The scales along the back of his neck were rough on the lanyards, no matter the material.
The half-dragon opened the door and made his way inside, quickly shutting the door behind him. It was habit, mostly. It was dark enough out that Olivia would be fine, but habits die hard. Plus, this one was a good one to have.
"Home, sweetie?" Olivia's voice called to him from deeper in the house.
Tas smiled. "Yes."
Olivia appeared in the living room, smiling at Tas. "Stay late talking to one of your students again?" It was a rather common thing. Tas kept office hours and his students often found themselves stuck there longer than they'd been anticipating. The half-dragon loved to talk.
Tas blushed, the color almost unnoticed on his skin. "Yeah..."
The vampire shook her head. The egg that her husband held caught her attention. "What's that?"
Tas'prin looked down. He'd almost forgotten the little gray egg he held. "Found it in the quad. There wasn't anything next to it, so if someone forgot it, they took their bag." He frowned, thinking for a moment. "Maybe they left it there on purpose..."
Olivia had a feeling that she knew where this was leading. Tas had found stray animals before and brought them home and-
"Can I keep it? If no one claims it, of course. Please, sweetie?"
He looks so damned cute when he is like this, Olivia thought, sighing. "Yes, IF no one claims it." She had to raise her voice on the last part, since Tas was already thanking her over and over. He ran off, saying he was going to make a little nest of blankets in their room for the egg. Sometimes, she could swear that she was married to a toddler instead of a man...
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Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:05 am
Skulls and egg shells
It was late afternoon as Tas landed in his front yard, a dragon skull cradled in his hands. He really should be back grading papers, but wanted to secure the skull at home before returning to work. As he walked up the walkway to the front door, reaching for the key around his neck, the front door slowly opened a crack. Panicking, Tas ran forward. The door shouldn't be open!
"Tas, Tas! The egg is hatching. Give me a sec." Olivia called out.
The half-dragon paused, now eager to get inside. He'd began to wonder if the egg would ever hatch. It had been kept warm and set in a little nest in their bedroom, but no movement had come from it since Tas had brought it home.
"Okay!" came Olivia's muffled shout, signaling that she was out of the living room. Tas'prin opened the door, quickly shutting it behind him. His darkvision kicked in as the door cut off the only light coming into the house. Blackout curtains were drawn over all the windows of the house.
Tas quickly started for the bedroom, the skull getting placed on an end table as he passed. Olivia followed, the two well able to see in the darkness of the home without problems. As the couple made their way into the bedroom, several cracks could be heard coming from within.
As the two made their way closer, the egg broke, sending its former occupant out into the world. The youngster blinked, a frown quickly forming on his face. This new world was just as dark as his old one! Totally not cool.
Tas stared at this little guy that had just come into his life. Big, fuzzy ears stuck out of the child's head. The half-dragon couldn't distinguish colors in his darkvision and he could tell that the youngster couldn't see a thing. "Hey, 'Liv. Turn on the lights, would ya?"
He spoke softly, but the sudden sound of a voice startled the young child. His lower lip started to quiver, moving more as the sounds of Olivia scurrying to the door of the room to hit the light switch seemed to come from everywhere in this dark, scary world.
The lights went on, causing the boy to give a shout and cover his eyes with his hands. Tas'prin blinked, allowing his eyes to adjust quickly to the change in light, though the child's coloring did not change from greyscale. The kid had large grey ears, a large black nose, ruffled dark grey hair, and little grey wings sprouting from his back.
"Hello, little guy..." Tas whispered, crouching down to the child's level. "What's your name?"
Green eyes peered out between fingers to stare at the large man before him. He squeaked and quickly shut his eyes and closed his fingers.
Olivia had made her way back over to where the two boys were and bopped Tas on the side of the head. "You're scaring the poor kid. Shoo." She motioned him back and away before settling to the floor beside the young boy. "There. Big scary man is all gone now."
The kid peered back out, his eyes landing upon Olivia and a smile shyly crept onto his face.
"Better, isn't it?" Olivia said with a smile. "What is your name, little one?"
Tas left the room to allow the two some alone time before he was reintroduced to the child. The half-dragon wandered towards the kitchen before he spotted where he'd set the dragon skull he'd found earlier that day. Grabbing the thing, he lounged onto the couch, turning it over and over again. He should really check into it and see if this was a genuine artifact.
"Here we are!" came Olivia's voice some time later as she led the little boy into the living room. "See? He's not scary." She was just glad Tas was lying down.
The young boy suddenly darted forward, jumping to land on the man's stomach. "Daddy!!"
"Oof!" was Tas' reply as the kid landing square on his midsection. "Hi there, little guy."
"His name is Kobi," Olivia told her husband as she turned to the kitchen to make a snack for man and boy.
Kobi grinned as he recognized his name, bouncing a bit while on Tas' stomach. "Wazz tha'?" He asked, peering at the skull in the half-dragon's hands.
"A skull from a dragon. Have you ever heard of the great dragon who saved a tiny village?" Kobi shook his head, causing his father to reply, "No?! Well... once there was a tiny little village."
In the kitchen, Olivia rolled her eyes. Great. He's found someone to listen to all his stories...
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:15 am
Welcome, Bonehead.
Tas was at work and Kobi had finally gone down for a nap. Olivia sighed, enjoying the quiet of the house. It had been rather crazy since the little koala boy had hatched from his egg. The poor vampire hardly slept anymore, not that she really needed it anyways. But she couldn't even shoo the boy outside unless Tas was at home as well. So she was stuck with a rather active toddler indoors all day. What fun.
The woman sank into an armchair in the darkened bedroom. Peace and quiet. Ahh.... Within moments, she'd dropped off to sleep.
A loud crash from the living room quickly woke Olivia up. Frowning, she realized she must've slept longer than Kobi and the boy was causing problems once again. With a sigh, she headed towards the front of the house, spotting an overturned bookcase. Great... how on-
Olivia stopped, staring at the odd creature standing in the middle of the living room. That.... was not her koala boy. What was standing before her was a monster! It was a living skeleton! Giving a little shriek, she ran for Kobi's room to make sure the boy was still okay.
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A short time later, Tas was storming into the house. Olivia had called him, panicked about some monster in the house. When Tas'prin arrived, he spotted the 'monster' right away. Sure, the kid looked a bit odd, but Tas could recognize a dragon, even a creepy skeleton one. "Well, hello there hatchling. Where did you come from?"
The boy scowled. "I ain't no hatchling!" His bony tail swished, knocking a lamp off a sidetable.
"Hey, watch the tail!" Olivia yelled at him often enough that Tas knew that she didn't like him knocking stuff off with his unruly appendage.
"Oh yeah? Who's gonna make me?"
Tas growled and tackled the smartass child. While the kid weighed a lot due to the bony plates, Tas outweighed him by a lot more.
"Uncle, uncle!!!" The kid proclaimed, wiggling about under Tas' heavy form. "Get off!"
"Only when you answer my questions." Tas replied. "Who are you and how did you get here?"
"I dunno. I've never seen anywhere else."
Something caught Tas' eye and the half-dragon gave a cry. The dragon skull he'd gotten had changed. It looked so fragile! Gently, he picked it up.
"Hey! That's mine!" The kid proclaimed, getting up and checking himself over for any damage.
"Yours? This is mine."
"MINE!"
"MINE!!!"
"MINEMINEMINEMINEMINEMINE!!!!!!!" The child screeched.
All the noise had brought Olivia back to the living room, Kobi hiding behind her. She rolled her eyes as she saw her husband fighting with a young child over who owned the skull. "Well, what did you find out, Tas?"
Tas looked a bit guilty at being caught fighting with a kid. "Well... not much. But... 'Liv, I don't think he knows much either. He said he's never been anywhere else."
Olivia frowned. Was it possible that someone had summoned such a monster here? Or.... "Tas? That's a dragon skull right? And he's a skeleton dragon." She glared at her husband. "Where the hell did you get that?!"
Tas glanced from skull to child to his wife. Uh oh. "Well... uh.... I didn't know..."
"TAS'PRIN VARANUS! YOU NEED TO STOP TAKING IN YOUNG CHILDREN!!!"
Both boys gave a startled squeak, Kobi running back to his room while the bony boy slowly backed away from the angry woman.
"YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS ONE BACK AND-"
"But.... 'Livvy...." Tas put on his sad face and when he saw Olivia sigh, he knew he'd won."
"Alright. BUT! I'm not staying home all day by myself to watch these two!" Olivia scowled and stormed off to their bedroom.
Tas winced. He was going to be sleeping on the couch tonight, but... He turned to the bony child. "Well, what's your name?"
"Fred." The boy proclaimed. "I'm hungry."
"Okay. Let's find you something to eat..." Tas headed towards the kitchen, little skeletal dragon following behind him.
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:24 pm
Journal Entry: 08/04/10
I am so not letting Tas out of this house alone again. First he brings home an egg that he found. Then he brings home a dragon skull. And now we have two young boys running crazy around the house. Make that three young boys. Tas is worse than Kobi and Fred put together.
And speaking of Fred, I thought having one dragon in the house was bad enough. I can't have anything breakable around the house. Apparently dragon tails just don't like fancy things. Or they like smashing things. Or dragons are just too lazy to keep track of where their tail is going. Whichever it is, they keep breaking things and I've had to pack up what has managed to survive so far to keep it from being smashed to pieces as well.
Kobi and Fred have started to get along better than when they first met. Fred scares everyone. I mean, look at him!!! He's creepy looking! Of course, Tas doesn't seem to mind, but I thin he's just glad to see another dragon in the house....
-Olivia
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