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Lazing About, Roll Style

As was his plan when he'd talked with Kay, Roll had headed back to the beach and stayed there for a couple more days. The one rain storm seemed to be the only one in store for a time which allowed for the somewhat lazy man to do what he did best and that was soak up the sun he so loved and enjoyed the conditions that were perfect for a bit of surfing as well. He wasn't exactly God's gift to humanity as he was a hedonist, the sort that enjoyed himself to the fullest and didn't worry about struggling to make a living. He was about the opposite of his Father who seemed to take everything to seriously, was a bit of a grouch, and quite strict as well.

Roll was currently laying sprawled out on his board, eyes closed, and might or might not be sleeping, a bit hard to tell unless one were up close to him. He gave a sound somewhere between a groan and a snort, jumped, and then slowly sat up, rubbing a hand against his eyes, "Hrm...? The hell?" That was a strange dream he thought to himself as he looked from side to side, then reached over to scoop up his watch the check the time. Three in the afternoon, eh? Hrm... he wondered if that meant Kyata would be off work... that would be cool, he needed to go and meet with him, see if he could score a shower and a place to camp for the night. While he preferred sleeping under the stars on sun warmed sand he also loved being around his friend, even if the guy was a bit high strung. He would definitely see about that.

He had time before he would get rolling in that direction so for now he might as well see about a swim, he'd be able to rinse off all the sand that was currently stuck to him and had him feeling a bit itchy. Of course rinsing in the ocean was a temporary solution as it resulted in being covered in salt when the water dried. He could always hike down the beach a ways to make use of the public shower area, that place made him camping in the area so easy. As did all the vending machines that were within walking distance. His life as a vagrant was made quite easy by such things. He pushed up to his feet and set to work emptying his pockets, setting everything down in a nice, neat pile on his folded up shirt, set his shoes next to it, all lined up on the surf board, before he started down toward the water's edge.

There was a large splash as he dove in, swimming along the bottom before he resurfaced a ways out. He lifted a hand up to push his hair away from his face, working on straightening it out with the help of the water when he caught sight of something... odd. Hard to tell from a distance, especially with the sun's light reflecting off the surface of the water but it looked as though there were someone messing around with his things. Geez! Seriously, that was just pure fail on the part of whoever it was, really... who went around trying to steal for a guy like Roll? He gave a grumble as this meant he would have to do something about it to make sure that his things were left where they belonged. He started to stride forward out of the water, shaking off like a dog when he reached the edge of it, "Hey! You! What you think your doing!" He demanded as he approached a rather strange looking creature that was sitting on his board, fiddling with his watch.

He wasn't sure why but the kid looked somehow familiar, not him exactly but more like his colors... where had he seen that shade of blue before?

Meeting Gera & Roxy

Meeting with Arlen: Part One

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Tireu was so very surprised that the claw that he had gotten has turned into a kid, as that was something very new to thim as he knew how kid came about back home but this was just so different to him and he sorta freaked out about it. But after he got use to it and got Arlen all settled into one of the rooms in the house. He didn't have any regrets that his treasure turned into a kid and thought it would be fun to raise one and give the kid a better childhood than he did.

It was a very nice day and Tireu thought it would be a good day to go to the beach and get some fun, tho Tireu wouldn't get in the water as he didn't like water all that much, but Arlen was excited to go out and explore new things and maybe get to nom a few people as long as they didn't run away from him in fear. Both of them walked onto the beach with Tireu carrying all of the stuff and once finding a nice spot setting down a large beach blanket. "Now you go and have some fun but don't stray too far Arlen," Tireu said as he sat down on the blanket. "Ok I won't," Arlen replied as he ran off to look at things.

It was the color that drew Leviathan's attention to begin with, he'd surfaced from the ocean that he'd been swimming about in though just to the point where his eyes were above the water. He peeked from side to side and then blinked. What have we here? The first thought to come to mind as he saw the pretty creature who was instantly liked due to that color. Leviathan himself as well as the ocean he loved were blue as well so this new creature was instantly given points for that alone. He ducked back under the water, sinking down to the ocean floor, and swam along closer to the shore so that he could get a better look at the new comer. He didn't often interact with guys since in mind everyone was filed under the categories of 'princess', 'knight', 'false princess', 'peasant', and 'Roll' who got his own category as he was the guardian and as such someone Levi liked regardless of what he was.

And Roll himself was currently laying on his surf board at the edge of the water, feet in it, arms crossed behind his head as he soaked up the sun. The lazy man appeared to be asleep though really he was just resting his eyes, enjoying the sounds and smells of the beach and the wind coming in off the water. This place was his utopia and as such where he was the most comfortable.

Arlen thought that the beach was fun but a little boring as he knew his guardian was just going to lye there soaking up the sun until hunger set in, but Arlen wanted to play and thought the water looked cool enough. So he wandered near the waves and played in those of a little bit as then he saw some rocks that he could get onto as he wanted to see what was in the water and if there was something he could play with. Arlen got excited when he found a tidal pool with lots of interesting creatures in there and poked a few of them. He did wonder if there were more like these things in the larger water. So he jumped from rock to rock as soon as he got close enough to the water he squatted down to get a better look into the water.

Levi gave a bit of a grin as the one he was stalking seemed to be coming to him. This was going to prove to make life so much easier which, he'd learned from Roll, was a wonderful thing. While the dragon child wasn't nearly as lazy as the blond man he still could appreciate his prey coming in closer so that he would be able to pounce more easily. The serpent shifted him, gathering up his many coils to himself and let them settled to the bottom of the water under him so he could bunch up and readying himself... then with a rather dramatic roar, because those were call for in this situation for a dragon, he came up out of the water to pounce the shiny blue creature.

Arlen's eyes got very big when he saw that there was something coming out of the water fast and roared. Which startled Arlen as he tried to back away as he was crouched but only manged to sip on the rock and fell backwards as the other pounced him and he meeped. "Don't eat me I taste back,"

Leviathan looked rather startled as the one that he had pounced on spoke. That was unexpected... he tilted his head to one side and then grinned a toothy grin that showed off many sharp teeth. The end of his tail swished a bit before he lifted up a bit, gazing down at the one he was laying on and then laughed, "Naw, dragons only eat princess and knights you know." As well as the food at an all you can eat buffet but that didn't sound nearly cool enough so he left that part out, "Are you either of those?"

Arlen was tried hard not to show how scared that he had been as he opened his eyes to see that it was someone that sorta looked like him or at least was blue colored. Arlen sheepishly grin showing off a few of his teeth but didn't know what to think as he did want to nibble the other to see what he tasted like. "Oh," thinking for a second as he tryed to think about what was asked. "No, I'm a raptor," he answered as he would have shown the other his claws but being on top of them and Arlen didn't want to hurt the other either so stayed still.

Leviathan seemed to think that over, looking for a moment thoughtful then shook his head, "Dragons don't eat those." He said, as though finally deciding upon that information. Mostly because he couldn't recall any instances of it happening that he knew of, "I suppose that means I can release you... though only under one condition." He held up one finger in front of Arlen.

Arlen was very glad that he wasn't going to be eaten as it has been just as scary to see his guardian transform into a dragon but looked very different that this one that was on top of him. But then he was told that there were many different type of dragons too when he had asked Tireu about it. Listening to what the other said. "And what would that condition be," he asked puzzled?

That this being called 'raptor' was listening made the water serpent quite pleased and he would have clapped his hands if they weren't keeping him up and from falling over at the moment, "You must join me in my battle! I could used a second set of hands and that your hands have claws makes them useful against my many enemies." Perhaps 'many' was an exaggeration but he really had no idea how many knights were out there waiting for a chance to slay him as they did with dragons!

Thinking for a second as it did seam fun to battle these 'knights' as he could meet all different type of people that he could nom just to see how they tasted or see there reactions and if they would let him nom them. "Ok as that sounds like fun and I do have foot claws too and I also like to nom on people too if that is useful," he said as smiled and thought of the little trophies he could get from those he nomed and those were mostly little bits of ripped clothing.

Leviathan seemed pleased by his answer as he shifted then pushed up onto his coils, settling down on them in a lazy manner, "Good to hear." He said, looking the raptor over and took in all his many weapons as well as his prettier features like his feathery tail. He rather liked the looks of this one, looked strong and interesting he thought to himself, "Since you come with your own weapons and decorations I think I will assign you the title of being my 'general'." He told the raptor, "What do you think?"

Once the other was off from on top of him, Arlen sat up and wiggled his toes a little to make sure that they wouldn't fall asleep. He also looked the Dragon boy over as he liked how he was all tail as it was something very different and neat at the same time and he also wanted to nibble the other too but was trying to stay polite from what his guardian has told him that his noming wasn't polite and that he wouldn't make friends if he did that. Arlen cocked his head to the side when he made refrence to his feathers as decorations as he giggled a little as the other was right they could be decorations that his body made for him. "I think that is cool, anyways I'm Arlen," he said with a smile.

"Arlen." Levi murmured, filing the name away in his head along with the title that he had bestowed upon him, "Alright, then Arlen. My name is Leviathan." He told him, holding out a hand in a gesture that he had seen people use before called a 'hand shake', it wasn't something Roll ever did since the man had no idea what manners were and Levi saw no use for them most of the time either but for now he would do it as he had drafted this raptor to his side.

He nodded as it was a name he was given and it was something he liked and treasured just like the stones he was starting to collect like his guardian, tho none that were as cool as Tireu's stones. "Its nice to meet ya Leviathan," he replied as he took a hold of Levi's hand to complete the handshake and gave it a shake and careful not to scratch his new friend with them.

Leviathan nodded his head, yes... he was an awesome person to meet, wasn't he? He swished the end of his tail again, "So, Arlen. What brings you to my ocean?" He asked, as though this section of ocean was really his. He was a bit on the territorial side when it came to the places he liked and Roll had never bothered to correct this behavior.

"Well I had not to long ago woken up from my long sleep and was told Tireu that this was a beautiful place to be on a nice day, but I think that he just wanted to bask in the sun on the beach as he doesn't like water all that much. But since I had never been to the Ocean I thought it would be a great place to experience something new to me," he said Arlen got back onto his feet.

"Ohhh." He murmured, finding the reasoning behind why he'd come to be interesting enough, "I was born on this beach." He said in a happy manner, as that was technically what it was like to come forth from the item that Roll had been gifted with. He looked out toward the water then back at Arlen again, "You really should try playing in the ocean, even if your Tireu doesn't like it I think its great fun." Though he was a water type and even able to breath under water so it was pretty obvious why he liked the ocean himself.

"That is cool! I was born nestled with lots of very beautiful rocks in the house I live in," he answered as he thought of the room filled with all different type of stones of all different sized. As Tireu had moved his item from were it was in the beginning to were he displayed all of his most beautiful stones in his collection. "That sounds like a lot of fun! Tho I don't know how to swim yet. As this is the first time I have seen so much water in one place." Arlen said as he did find the Ocean beautiful.

Leviathan's eyes got wide at the mentioned of where Arlen was born and he gave a happy sound much like a purr, "Beautiful rocks?" He asked, curious about them. He rather loved pretty trinkets himself and had gone about collecting some of them already. They were sitting in a neat pile along with Roll's stuff over by where the man was camping out, it was a dragon's prerogative to find treasures and bring them together in large hordes. What he was currently looking for was a lair, he needed one of them! He had a few ideas so far but had yet to find the 'perfect' place though.

"Oh? I can try to teach you, I was born with the ability though I am not sure how... I just knew how to swim." He said, puffing up in a proud manner.

"Yep," Arlen answered as he took one of the stones out that was a tan coloration in layers that if shaped right looked like an eye. "I was told that this stone is called a 'Tiger's eye'" he added as he handed it to Levi to get a closer look at it. It was just a small part of his collection of stones that he had in his room. "That would be cool if you would and be lots of fun. All that I know is to hunt and that I can run really fast."

"Ooooo." He said, eying the stone and felt the urge to snag it and run... but stealing from those in his group wasn't a good idea, it was how one got betrayed when their allies were most needed after all. He gave a smile, "Very pretty." He complimented the stone, able to resist the desire.

"Come on then, lets go!" He said, turning around and slithered forward into the water, submerging himself all the way to get his scales wet again the way that he liked most before he surfaced a short way out in the ocean and waited.

Arlen had to smile as he could see that Levi did like the stone and he thought of another one that he might like even better. "It is, but I have a better looking one at home that I can give you. Its similar to this one but blue in color," he said as he put the stone in his hoodie pocket as he was taking it off were he could go swimming. "Ok," he replied has he was having a little trouble getting the hoodie over his head. Once freed from the hoodie as he was already wearing swimming trunks and headed for the edge of the water and looked down at it before he put a toe in to test the water. Finding that it was ok he walked into the water to were Levi was waiting.

Levi gave a pleased sound when Arlen said that he had a stone that he would give to him. It was only right that offerings were given up him he thought in a happy manner, it was good to be the leader! He watched as his friend came into the water and he rose up on his coils and kept close to Arlen to make sure that the raptor didn't get into any trouble while they were practicing, "Alright, first thing you need to do it get used to the water." He told him, remembering that Roll always had to do that when he first got in.

TBC...

Meeting with a Shark!

The Lord and the General: Part One

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Arlen once again told to go outside to play as Tireu was busy with the job he had just gotten on refreshing his memory with all the information he would need to do the job tomorrow in appraising different type of stones to what there value are and he just loved that job as stones were one think in life that he loved besides Arlen, but he did have to admit that Arlen was sometimes a handful for him and he did tried to be a good parent.

Arlen wondered if he would find Levi at the beach today as he did have the stone that he would like and said he would bring the last time they were together. He had run the whole way to the beach edge and only stopped to have a snack of a bird that crossed his path. Looking around he didn't spot his friend so he went on walking around the beach until he could find Levi to were ever he might be.

From the looks of things it was likely that Levi was around since Roll was present. He was out in the water, riding the waves on his board as they were coming in quite high today. It was likely that since the blond man was out in the water that Leviathan was probably out there as well only stuck to being under the water instead of on top of it in the same manner that the man had his fun.

In fact the sea dragon seemed to have already spotted his General and was pleased with his reappearance as it felt like forever since he'd last seen him. The dragon moved forward, away from what he'd been doing, having been gathering clams to break open and eat as well as search for pearls. He'd found a couple which were tucked away under his scales and his belly was full of tasty meat so he was in a good mood, made better by Arlen's arrival. He came up out of the water, smiling, and shaking off, "General Arlen! You have arrived!" He said in excitement.

Arlen smile as he heard Levi call his name out and he giggled to himself as he still wasn't use to be called general but he still like the title none the less. Heading to were Levi was coming out of the water and headed over to him tho not as fast as he could as sand made it hard to do that and he also didn't want to get it in his eyes too. "Yes I have, so how have you been?" he asked as he played with the promised stone in his pocket.

"I have been quite well! I met two more Princess, one of them is a Ruby Princess and the other is a Water Princess." He told him, arms crossing over his chest, "They are amazing, especially when compared to that golden haired False Princess Roxy." He told Arlen, seeming quite pleased over what he'd seen and found since he'd last met up with his General, "How about you? How have you been doing in your finding of Princesses and Knight fighting? I must say I have been a little lacking in the latter."

"That is very good! One day I will have to meet those Princess," he said with a smile as he was still a little confused on Levi's view of a Princess but he knew he would learn eventually he has met Roxy but never thought of her as a Princess but that did give him a good idea of what wasn't a Princess. "Not much I have mostly been practicing my swimming, running and hunting skills. I have yet to find a knight so I have yet to fight any of them." he replied as he took out the blue cats eye from his pocket. "Here is the stone that I said I would bring for you," he said as he handed the stone over to Levi.

He gave a nod of his head as he shifted his coils so that he could settle back on them as though they were a built in chair, "Training, huh? That's good." He murmured, "I want my General to be well versed in battle for the day we do run into knights and it will happen, mark my word!" He knew it would, dragons were always hunted down by knights and he needed to be ready. And General Arlen would be guilty by association, meaning that even if he weren't a dragon himself the fact that he served in a Dragon's Army that would make him just as big an enemy to the knights.

"No princesses yet? Its alright, I know that not everyone can be good at catching them right away. It took me a couple tries before I found a real one." He turned to look at the blue stone that was being held out to him, eyes going wide as he reached out to take it. He looked it over, tilting it from one side to the other, then grinned, "Wonderful!" He tucked it away under a scale to keep it safe then retrieved a pearl. He looked it over then held it out to Arlen, "One must reward their Generals after all." Those that served loyally were to be rewarded for that loyalty just as those who betrayed must be dealt with.

Nodding at Levi as that it what he has been doing as Tireu had been brushing up on his rocks and didn't want to take him out so he just taking himself around and hunting little animals for good tasty snacks. "I will do my best to keep in top shape and do you proud," he replied. "At least not yet, I haven't see any that would be classified to be Princesses. Yes you are right some day I will," he said as he as he watched Levi take and tuck the blue stone under one of his scales and Arlen thought that was cool. Arlen's eyes went wide as Levi held of a pearl out for him and he took it and looked it over and found it beautiful. "Thanks, its beautiful," he said with a large smile.

Levi gave a toothy grin and a nod, "I have been clam hunting, they taste really good and on occasion have lots of treasures in them." He told Arlen in a delighted manner. He motioned to the water just behind him, "They hang out in the sand just waiting to be eaten." He told his general in a pleased manner, that is how all things should be. Waiting around for him to eat them!

Arlen listed to his Lord at that information and thought that he should hide his treasure from Tireu as he knew that the fire dragon didn't have anything like this in his collection and Arlen was going to keep all for himself as he put the pearl into his pocket and also thing that he would have to find something else to keep his treasure safe. "That is nifty. Nothing that I eat has treasures like the pearl. Just lots of fur and feathers. Tho sometimes the feathers can be cool looking," he replied as the birds really didn't wait around for him to eat them but they taunted him to see if he could catch them.

"We might have to see about finding you some clams then, so you can try your luck at the Clam Game!" He pushed up on his coils and motioned to Arlen to follow along after him and he turned to head back to the water once more.

"That sounds like fun!" he replied as he followed Levi to the water as he tried to figure out what a clam would taste like and wondered if it would taste like birds. He thought as he waited on shore for Levi to return and also wondered if Levi would like to taste a bird. So he also kept an eye out for any birds that might cross his line of sight.

Levi and the Princesses

The written entries of the sea dragon's thoughts were left behind on the sands but a short moment later the water came in, erasing it, his thoughts would never be found and the one he was considering assassinating would remain blissfully ignorant.