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 Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:48 pm
The first day of Winter Break.
Dinnertime. Harry Herne "Everything is fine, just fine. Fine, fine, fine...no need to worry or be late for our very important date. Should we go? We should go. Penance won't ruin your good time, Great One. Which way? This way?"
Harry started marching off in the wrong direction until Draconia caught up with him and steered back in the direction of the Die-ner.
Draconia took a seat. Harry slumped down across from her."What are we drinking tonight?" Draculaura asked the two, already scribbling on her paper notepad. "Scream tea, extra hot with a twist of lemon, right?""Yes, please!" Draconia smiled. Draculaura remembered her usual order. The little vampire turned to Harry.
"And for you?"Draconia looked at Harry closely. His mood had stayed dark their entire stroll to the Die-ner, no matter how much he tried to deny it to her. She only wished she could figure out why he was acting so strange. If being on a date with her was such torture, why did he keep insisting everything was fine?!
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 7:18 pm
Harry stared at the menu. Lady Draconia had been right, there were indeed vegan choices on the menu. But as a Sell Out, he was supposed to eat...ugh...meat. Supressing a shudder, Harry looked at the drink choices. At least those were safe.
"Um, I don't recognize a lot of these. Our food and drink in Faerie are different but I'll try the Masala cry tea. With honey."
Harry cleared his throat. He didn't want Draconia to think he was criticizing her choice.
"Not that it's a poor choice! Everything looks...fine. Plenty of..."
Oh crimson and clover.
"...of meat to choose from."
The thought of eating a juicy stake was making Harry green around the gills...if he had gills.
"So, uh, I have a proposition for you, Lady Draconia. My father is requiring me to attend the Winter Solstice Ball at the Lamia Embassy. Showing up alone would be in poor form and I was hoping that a ghoul of your standing and beauty would agree to accompany me."
The words tumbled out of Harry in a rush but he needed to do it. He had to secure Ari's gift.
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 7:50 pm
"You...you want to go to the Howliday Ball with me?" Draconia repeated, a bit shocked. And here she thought this date had been going so...poorly. "Oh!"
Draconia was caught flat-footed. Her entire purpose for cashing in her "13 dates" date with Harry was to get to know him well enough to buy him a gift...for the secret santa claws hexchange AT the Howliday Ball. She'd never considered who she would go there with.
"W-well, I mean, nomonster else has asked me yet, but I really haven't given it a lot of thought so far, and I mean, I wanted to know what Glen and Hellene's plans were and-" Draconia blustered a bit as she gathered her thoughts. He'd called her a 'beauty,' which greatly flustered her and while she was quite used to the squires and knights in Avalon calling her 'Lady Draconia' in deference to her father's position as Kind Arthur's Head of Dragon Relations, nomonster her own age had ever been so formal with her.
Draconia's cheeks burned deep gold and her breath became a bit steamy, as it always did when she felt like she was the centre of attention.
"I, er, need a moment to think about...I mean, if you wouldn't mind terribly, I mean, I-"
"Draconia!" Suddenly, Draculaura popped back up with their hot drinks on her tray. She gave the two of them her sweet, toothy grin. "Oh, sorry for startling you. It just seemed like you were a bit lost and I didn't want to risk spilling hot tea on you."
Draculaura gave Draconia a slight wink and Draconia exhaled, fangful for the interruption. A true ghoulfriend, indeed! Draculaura flipped open her notebook again and readied her pen.
"And what would you like for dinner? I suggest the Vegan Tomache-o soup...of course." Monster High's most prominent vegan vampire, Draculaura always made sure to offer the option that she could handle bringing out herself first. Anything with meat or blood visible, she had to let the cook bring out himself. It was that or risk fainting undead away right on a ghostomer's table...again.
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:16 pm
Harry hadn't been expecting this reaction from Draconia. Dragons were supposed to have an insane amount of confidence and huge egos. His date sounded like she was about to Freak Out. Maybe it was because she was a young Dragon? Who could know what uberpowerful cosmic beings were thinking. Before Harry could say something stupid to try and salvage his date proposal, Draculara interrupted them.
"O-order...uh...ladies first!"
Good manners saved him. Harry slunk down and hid behind his menu. As a Sell Out, he should eat meat. But eating meat was NOT CRUEL! Just the thought of it made his stomach swim. What was he doing to do!?
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme! Draconia ordered and all eyes were on him. GAH!
"Uh, what Lady Draconia said sounds great."
"Two orders of fish and chips coming up!"
Fish and chips? gonk
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Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:02 am
"I'm terribly sorry, Harry, but I don't think we know each other well enough right now," Draconia prepared to say to Harry. Now that she'd had a moment to gather herself, she felt more confident that the strange vibe she'd gotten from Harry all afternoon meant that this wasn't much of a connection. "And I've already promised my friend Hellene that we would make a ghouls' night out of the affair..."
The second part was a bit of a white lie, but Draconia knew Hellene would back her up. She didn't want to hurt Harry's feelings at all.
But then, Harry went and ordered the Fish n' Chips off the Die-ner menu too.
"Oh, you like the Fish n' Chips here?!" Draconia asked as Draculaura skittered off to fill their order. "I think it's just fangTAStic, the recipe here reminds me of this little cafe in Avalon right by the misty sea. You can get fish n' chips for lunch and sit out on the shore and watch the tide roll in."
This was encouraging. Her and Harry DID have something in common, after all! Maybe they had more things in common. Did he read comic books? Listen to the Beastles? Maybe his favourite boovies were all musicals as well.
"Harry, I would very much so enjoy going to the Howliday Ball with you." Draconia decided. "I'm sure we'll have a simply smashing time!"
Draconia held back a bit of a laugh.
"I have to admit, for a moment there I thought it was almost suspicous that you asked me! How silly is that?!"
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Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 5:40 pm
Harry almost spat tea EVERYWHERE. Did Lady Draconia know about his father's hope for a formal alliance or Harry's deal for Ari's Winter Solstice gift? No, she said she was almost suspicious. Choking down the tea, Harry coughed into a napkin. To avoid any probing questions, Harry peppered Draconia with questions about her favorite things. Dragons supposedly loved to talk about themselves. After listening carefully(ALWAYS LISTEN TO A DRAGON!), Draculara arrived with their food.
"Dual fish and chips! Enjoy!"
Harry stared at the meal. Fish(GAH!) fried with fried potatoes. How was he supposed to eat this? Draconia seemed to be enjoying hers already. Harry reached a shaking hand to his plate and speared a piece of fish...meat...with a fork. Raising it up, his hand shook so hard the piece flew off and landed in the middle of the table. With a wail of anguish, Harry pushed his plate aside slammed his antlered noggin down on the table.
"Why do I keep failing!? I can't even perform penance properly!"
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:29 am
feeling the plight of their prince, the little goblins, rushed in deciding to help, or surely their prince would burn form the great dragon's disapproval! The Goblin Trio of Bob, Homer, and Fred snuck under the table as stealthily as they could
"Don't worry Boss, we will save you." They giggled.
The smallest of the Three, Fred, swiftly reached up grabbed the fish bite, pulled his prince's head up by the hair, and shoved the fish into his mouth, dropping his head back down, before dashing off all happening with remarkable speed. If you blinked you would have missed it.
Trio congratulated themselves with a job well done, giving High-fives, handshakes and booty bounces.
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:37 pm
"Penance?! Harry, what are you on about-" Draconia asked, right before Harry started spitting and choking on a piece of fish. It was somewhat miraculous...Draconia didn't even see him actually EAT it. It was like it sort of jumped off of his plate and into his mouth.
"Hack! Hack-hack!" Harry grabbed at his throat. He was choking!
"Bloody bats!" Draconia recognized what was happening immediately. Glen nearly choked to un-death a dozen times in her presence...whenever he got too hexcited about something at the same time he was downing a double-sized Special-edition Red Ghoul Black, this sort of thing happened. Draconia knew what to do. "Hold on, Harry!"
Draconia was up in a flash, behind the Earlprince, wrapping her powerful arms around his waist. With a couple carefully-time thrusts, Draconia applied the Heim-litch maneuver to the choking fae, forcing the fish out of his airpipe and distributing it in a sailing arc across the diner, landing neatly in the wastebasket.
That did it! The offending fish was explunged. Gasping for air, Harry sat back down as Draconia patted him across the shoulders.
"I must say, that is NOT the usual reaction to the Die-ner fish and chips!" She told Harry kindly. "Are you going to be all fright? Do you need some water?"
Draconia had no idea what 'penance' Harry had been wailing about before, but his health was more important right now.
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:55 pm
Harry's shuddered and almost lost his lunch. Greasy, disgusting meat! But Draconia was there and was being very supportive and kind. Very un-Dragonlike. He owed her his life and his lunch.
"Thank you for saving my life, Great One, but I am not all fright. Not at all."
He heaved a huge sigh.
"I can't do anything right! I lost my ability to be good hacktivist, I can't even do penance for it, and I am singularly uncruel at dating."
He had blown his chance to take Draconia to the Ball and ruined her Winter Soltice. HE COULDN'T EVEN HOLIDAY CORRECTLY!
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 12:48 pm
Harry Herne "I can't do anything right! I lost my ability to be good hacktivist, I can't even do penance for it, and I am singularly uncruel at dating."
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:59 pm
"Woestock was a deadaster! My headliner took everyone hostage and violence was the only thing that stopped him!"
Harry looked ashamed.
"I put everyone in danger and didn't even raise awareness for the plight of non-goreganic beings. The highlight of it was a masked monster beating up another monster up. I don't deserve to do cruel, fun hacktivities anymore. And I can't be trusted. That's why I...I've been trying to Sell Out. To punish myself for what I did. I messed that up too! I, I'm a vegan. I almost lost it when that fish touched my tongue."
He looked away.
"I'm sorry I ruined our date. My first one too..."
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:04 am
"Oh...Harry...." Draconia shook her head at Harry's confession. What a terrible thing to inflict on one's self! She waved Draculaura over.
"Is something wrong with the fish?" The tiny vampire asked with concern. It wasn't often that their food sailed across the Die-ner and into the trash. "I can bring another...""No! If you please, Draculaura, could you bring your beast vegetable dish out? Harry...temporarily forgot that he's vegan.""Oh! Of course!" Draculaura smiled at them, not thinking one jot about somemonster forgetting their veganism. "Veggie Tem-boora and rice coming up!"As Draculaura walked off, Draconia had pulled out her phone. Harry's face fell. He probably felt that his confession had bored Draconia terribly, but that wasn't the case. She turned the iCoffin around so Harry could see the screen."Harry, watch. This was the report on Woestock that my sister Wyvernia had on her programme yesterday morning."The Frighttube video from "Tea Time with Wyvernia" played.Quote: "Welcome back, monsters!" Wyvernia St. George smiled as she sat on her talk show set. "This freakend, I had the opportunity to visit a local fearstival, put on by high school students at Monster High. The theme? Music, fun and raising awareness of an issue that many monsters may not think about from day to day. Let's watch."
The feed turned into Wyvernia at Woestock. She was standing in front of the giant BOJANGLES banner. Wyvernia held up a microphone."Here at Woestock, our metallic friends are being recognized and attention is being drawn to the plight of inorganice beings. That's right...robots. I'm here with Otto Maton, a student at Monster High. Otto, what does BOJANGLES mean to you?"
"This was all the talk at school yesterday, Harry. Didn't you see the buzz Woestock created around the school?" Draconia informed him. The video was showing the encounter between Atomica and the Rest in Peace and Jimi Hexdrix now.Quote: "Fading superscar Jimi Hexdrix even participated in a rousing demonstration at the end of the night!" Wyvernia narrated. "Representing the spirit of Intolerance, Jimi 'held hostage' featured automaton Atomica Servo, representing the feeling of robotic monsters being alienated from organic creatures. Then, a masked mare, representing openness and tolerance, saved the day."Footage of Power Pegasus appearing and taking down Jimi aired. The footage showed how the crowds cheered and spellbrated as Atomica and the R.I.P. performed their boosic."This was an inspiring demonstration through and through." Wyvernia, back in the studio reappeared. Her clawdience was clapping. "And in the spirit of the BOJANGLES, I've invited Crushatron 3000 to be my guest today. She is going to talk about the robot in modern society."
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 6:20 pm
"Woestock,,,,worked? I didn't fail Atomica and no one gave a swift kick to the BOJANGLES?"
Harry blinked rapidly before a huge grin spread across is face.
"So...cosmically....GROOVY!"
Excitedly, the Sidhe prince jumped up in joy and ran a lap around the table.
"TIME TO LET MY FRIGHT FLAG FLY AGAIN!"
Harry gripped his ugly, hideous corpserate suit and tore it off to reveal his normal, old peace loving clothes.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
He grabbed Draconia in a bear hug and planted a big kiss on her before resuming spellabatory laps around the table. Did I just..., Harry thought as skidded to a stop. OH BY THE BLACK BONE OF THE HURDY GURDY MAN! HE VIOLATED A DRAGON! Harry threw himself at Draconia's feet.
"Great One, I apologize! I wasn't thinking!"
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:59 am
Harry Herne "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Harry Herne He grabbed Draconia in a bear hug and planted a big kiss on her before resuming spellabatory laps around the table. Did I just..., Harry thought as skidded to a stop. OH BY THE BLACK BONE OF THE HURDY GURDY MAN! HE VIOLATED A DRAGON! Harry threw himself at Draconia's feet."Great One, I apologize! I wasn't thinking!"
She went on like this for some time. Her cheeks were burning a golden blush. She3 hadn't been kissed by a boo since before she and Manny had broken up. Once again, it was Draculaura to the rescue.
"Congratulations! On....whatever!" She said with a pointy-toothed smile. "Have a couple slices of booberry pie! It's on the house."'Thank you!' Draconia mouthed to the tiny vampire as she danced off to another table. Draculaura mouthed back 'What are ghoulfriends for?!'
A couple bites of booberry pie helped Draconia retain her composure.
"So, shall we off to the Roller Maze match, then? Though, I do ask one thing...please stop calling me 'great one.' My name is Draconia."
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 12:26 pm
Harry ate his pie in a daze. He had kissed a ghoul....A DRAGON GHOUL! A voice in his head nattered away about being incinerated while Harry pointedly tried to ignore it. Maybe...maybe Draconia was like him. He was nothing like his father who was a hunter, warrior, and killer. Maybe bloodlines didn't mean so much. If the son of the Erlking could be a peaceful dude, perhaps a Dragon ghoul could be down to earth and not a megalomaniacal murderer. Draconia did seem kind and compassionate. Perhaps Harry judged her too harshly based on stories. How very uncruel of him. Time to wipe the slate and give the groovy ghoul a fresh look. And maybe, just maybe there would be another reason to wish have Draconia at his side of the Ball besides securing Ari a gift.
"Um, yes. Totally ready, Grea- er...Draconia. And maybe you can hexplain the game to me?"
As they left the Die-ner, Harry remembered something. A favorite band of his came from the same area of this world as Draconia did.
"Are you hip to the Beastles? I'm not much of a fan of their early stuff, but their later work his hexecellent.Across the Gooniverse is particularly groovy."
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