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 Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:37 pm
Just as Padar started down the tunnel, already he could see a little thing scampering his way, little hooves clicking along down the worn stone in a rushed flurry. His own feet paused in place, unsure if the little one meant to pass him or not.
"Out of the tunnels?" Padar asked, once the young one pulled up in front of him. His eyes drifted over its small Fallen-style wings. "Are you 'Thanos' by chance?" he asked, figuring it was probably not coincidence if it should be. The elder did say the young one had been in the area recently after all.
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:52 am
Thanos nodded, a little bewildered that he'd been recognized by name, by a dragon he'd never met. "Yes, I am," he replied. "But how did you know my name?"
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:25 pm
"The elder healer mentioned you to me. I'll be taking you to where you ask, the location where the other dragon fell." Padar started walking again, forcing the little one to turn around and hurry to keep up with him. "I expect you to listen to what you are told if I take you. We do not know if this human is still in the area. Do I make myself clear? If I tell you to return to Genyiel, you will do it," he said prominently, turning his head back to look at the young Fallen.
That probably wasn't going to help him at all either, the little one being a Fallen. Any other dragonling coming along would be a handful alone possibly, but this could be a challenge.
Padar lifted his head and watched for dragons in the hallways he might recognize.
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:57 pm
((ooc: If you haven't picked up on it, Thanos isn't really 100% that complacent. He's just putting on a bit of a masquerade so that Padar will take him - I'm not sure what I'm going to have him do next, especially since I don't know what's going to happen next, but just giving you a heads up.))
As he hurried after the elder, Thanos nodded. He wondered, however, why he was suddenly being given escort to precisely where he'd been heading when he was still so bent on revenge. "I understand, and I will," he replied cautiously, masking the ghost of vengefulness that weakly resurfaced in his mind. The dragonet thought carefully about how to word his next question without revealing that thoughts of revenge were anywhere near his mind. "How did you know of the human?" Thanos inquired. "If you do, he must be more than something my father imagined...did he harm someone you know?"
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((ooc: Decided to try and introduce Lysander and Tomas here, as opposed to trying to sandwich them in earlier))
Lysander wandered down the halls of Gen'Yiel, having just returned from a successful hunt. As he passed one of the tunnels, an imperious voice rang out commandingly, and he turned to see what was going on. Spotting a Knight talking to a young Fallen, his interest was piqued; from what he knew, the Knights sought to prevent injustice, and the Fallen weren't exactly noble-minded in their treatment of humans. "Hello there, Sir," he called. "May I ask what brings you to associate with a Fallen?"
Perched on Lysander's back, Tomas winced a little at the forwardness of the question. "Careful, Lys," he spoke through his mental bond with the dragon. "The Dragon Knights may be noble, but I wouldn't recommend offending one - or insulting the young Fallen, for that matter. He may be young, but he may have older dragons on his side."
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:55 am
((ooc: Thank you but I don't need the OOC explanations or heads ups. Thanos will act how he wants to act. Padar will act how Padar thinks he needs to act to any situation that arises.))
"I spoke with the elder healer, of course," Padar said giving the child dragon a short glance over the shoulder and past the armor that rattled as he walked. "That and about half the stone hill is talking about it so I would not worry your mind if you hear others speaking of such things. Though your father wished not to see anyone now does not mean that he was carried to the infirmary quietly after all."
It was not too soon that the pair traversing down the hallway met with another bonded one and the knight was addressed.
Mildly irritated, Padar glanced at the dragon who had spoken. "Who be it that asks a knight's business?" he said, first focusing on the upfront dragon as if inspecting him before looking over the human that sat upon his shoulders.
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:22 am
Thanos nodded in understanding, a little disappointed that this expedition might be relying on hearsay based off his father's words, and not something concrete. He followed on in silence, until a strange voice called out to the dragon he was following. Hearing the words, the dragonet bristled a little; they seemed to imply that his elder was too good to have anything to do with him.
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Perceiving the knight's irritation, Tomas groaned inwardly. "Let me handle this one," he warned Lysander, before replying to the knight. "We're no one special," the man stated. "Just a wandering duo with nothing to do. I'm sorry if we offended you, Sir Knight." Tomas then nudged Lysander with his feet. "Let's just go," he silently urged.
Without saying anything more to the knight, Lysander acknowledged his Bound's urging with silent agreement. Giving the knight as wide a berth as the hall allowed, the dragon started off at a brisk pace, lowering his head in deference as he passed.
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:01 am
Walking on through the halls, Astalder stared for a moment as he spotted the young fallen once again, though this time there was one of the knights accompanying him. He had to wonder if the hatchling had managed to get himself into trouble again or if something else was going on.
"Seems like anywhere we go, we keep running into him," commented Blade. Thanos must have circled around for him to suddenly be in front of them again.
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:27 pm
The Dragon Knight only watched as they turned a corner and disappeared before continuing on at his own pace.
He was still conversing mentally with another Dragon-Knight when another bound pair appeared at the far end of the hallway, a dragon nearly all of black and a human with similar hair. Padar traded a few more words with the unrepresented dragon-in-arms before slowing down in the other dragon's presence.
"Brother dragon, would you have a moment to spare?" he asked giving a nod, politely addressing Astalder. This dragon and his bound fit the description that was given to him. "You were with the young one here when he visited the infirmary, correct?"
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:39 pm
Astalder, not expecting to be addressed, looked up with mild surprise on his features. Then, nodding a greeting to the knight, he shot a quick glance at the young one by his side.
"Sort of. We ran into him near the infirmary a few times earlier," he replied as he stepped a little closer towards the others so they wouldn't have to speak across the tunnel. The black dragon and his bond wondered what this was all about.
"Is there something he's done wrong, Ser Knight?" asked Astalder, curious of the situation at hand.
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:10 pm
"You have some idea of the situation then. And no, no wrong doing on his part," Padar answered with a shake of his head. "I'm taking him to the fall site to see if the little one recognizes anything. If you are willing, I'd ask of you to come with and guard Thanos here while I can focus on the terrain and anything we might meet."
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:24 pm
Nodding, Astalder thought on it briefly. He was wondering what went on exactly there, and it wasn't as if they had anything better to do at the time. In the back of his mind, he felt Blade being more reluctant to comply. But it was probably more because of his dislike for authority than anything else. Well... there was also the bit about not really wanting to have to baby sit a dragon, but that was besides the point.
"Very well. We can do that," he agreed.
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:09 pm
---- ' There it is below, where they found the adult Fallen,' Padar spoke to the group while midair before leading them all of them in a circling path downward, the expanse sparsely scattered with evergreens quickly coming up to meet them. ' See anything yet?' the dragon-knight asked his bound as he looked for a proper place for them all to land. ' Nothing yet, the human knight answered back, his eyes peering from just beneath the helmet toward the trees before glancing back at the sky toward the others right behind them.
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:40 pm
As he looked down and saw nothing, Thanos sighed. He'd so hoped that they'd find the human, so that he could do...something. He didn't know what, but he found the absence of the human, and the resulting feeling of futility, quite unpalatable.
Suddenly, the dragonet's eyes flashed, as he remembered something he'd seen - something that seemed to have been within his father's mind. Thanos knew it was chancy; after all, he'd been told his father was insane. But these dragons must have brought him here for a reason. "The human," he said. "I saw him leave, once my father fell... he went that way. Past that weird-shaped rock." He nodded in the direction of the rock formation he remembered, as clearly as if he'd seen it with his own eyes.
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:52 pm
Sitting in the shadow, just on the other side of the rock formation, a white-haired human smiled as he continued to whittle down a piece of rough wood. The bark had already been stripped away and now he was carving off flakes of pale wood. At the sound of dragon wings he looked up, narrowing his eyes, and then turned his attention to his carving. His hair was bound up in a braid and he was lean with plain travelers clothing, a staff, and a light pack.
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Kiddo Seanchain Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:24 pm
From Astalder's backside, Blade watched the earth below pass by. So far, there wasn't much of a sign of anyone down there. When Thanos spoke up, both he and the dragon looked over at the rock formation mentioned and began to fly over that way to check it out.
Once overhead, they caught a glimpse of white within the shadows. From their point, it looked like any other traveler.
<> shot Astalder mentally.
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