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It was Maslin's first time entering the Ashen city and the man was more than a little nervous. There were whispers and strange looks everywhere he went.It was only the medallion around his neck, that spoke of his supposed heroism that had granted him access to this place. He was safe enough out in the open but, from violence anyways but the boon did little to stop people from talking and speculating about him. As a hybrid Maslin had no doubt that he would always be an outcast.

Lazuli offered his bonded a reassuring whistle as he walked beside him. Full grown now the peisio drakein was quite large and while he retained the playful and cheerful nature of his youth he would let no harm come to Maslin. Fortunately most just seemed content to move away from the pair and offer dirty looks if they were mean. Lazuli paid no mind to them as there were friendly smiles too and the odd person who wanted to meet heroes such as they. It was a shame that Maslin was so curt with them, still wary of contact with other people.



The last person I did a commission for tried to cheat me Laz, people are terrible and it's hard to tell by looking at them. It had not been due to his heritage either, Maslin had come to learn that the man who'd sought his services a few weeks back was a known skinflint who had tried to weasel his way out of deals or renegotiate when things were done to many other locals of the village his family had been passing through.

People in general were regular disappointments to Maslin and he was happy to keep his list of companions outside of his family small.

Ohh another bonded drakein like himself! Lazuli was pleased to see the cheery, feathery young one. Ignoring the Alkeins bonded his stretched his neck out until this they were nose to nose "Hello opal." His kin's colouring reminded him of the pretty stone and while they likely had a different name lazuli much preferred the one he had just given. They could be drakein named after stones together.


You're going to get bit one day doing that. Maslin admonished the peisio Drakein through their mental bond. He knew Lazuli had no love for feral Drakein and adored other bonded but he had no concept of personal space at all.

Turning his attention to the contrite orderite boy in front of him Maslin offered a partial smile along with a shake of his head. " It's fine, young drakein are incorrigible." For the moment Maslin was tolerant of this stranger and his bonded but he was still wary of them. That the boy kept staring at him did little to help increase Maslin's opinion of him.

Yes! This keinling was friendly and perhaps wished to play with him. Lazuli dwarfed the youngster in size but he himself was still quite young at heart. " He is not dark , he is an opal." Lazuli firmly objected to such a mismatched name for a fellow drakein. Clearly his bonded didn't understand the important of proper names, which was such a shame. " I'm Lazuli, my bonded is Maslin, we are Peisio" he declared proudly.

It was also a shame that the little opal's bonded would never be anything nor have the chance to choose to be something. He would always just be an Orderite and that was saddening. Lazuli knew nice Orderites of course, the strong and wise Kadryn was one such being. Still, he sensed something lacking in her that ever her barbarian strength and strange bloodlust could not fill.

" We are heroes," Lazuli added for good measure. He could feel Maslin's uncertainty about the strangers. If he could win them over his bonded would feel more at ease.

Maslin just sighed softly and shot a semi annoyed look at the drakein, it really wasn't necessary for Laz to boast. He didn't want special treatment because of his medallion, he simply wanted a chance to explore a city that had always been off limits to him before.

The look Lazuli sent Mae was one of loathing, any interest he had had in the boy and his bonded was now gone. Certainly he and Maslin had killed many things but they weren't proud of it and they were never proud to have killed any specific thing. It wouldn't surprise the Drakein at all if Mae actually was an egg thief.


You are right, people are terrible Normally Lazuli was cheerful and willing to try to get to know even the prickliest of people. In the face of such arrogance and casual dismissal of killing though the drakein was disturbed. These were not good people, not like Kadryn or Eanah. Mae was bad like the drakein that had long ago tried to kill his bonded.

I told you so, most are not worth bothering with. Maslin replied through the bond. He was far less bothered by the boys proclamation , having never held the sense of pride about such things as lazuli did. Still he respected his bonded's distress and somewhat agreed with his own disapproval of how pleased Mae seemed to be about his dragon killing prowess. Then again Maslin had never cared for the slaughter of dragons, these days it was something he did out of necessity, not to prove a point or stroke his own ego.


He had been asked a question though and since he was wearing the medallion Maslin felt obliged to answer. There were rumors of those who wore fake ones to access the cities and it was fair if irritating for some to suspect him of that.

"Lazuli and I were on Eowyn when Alpha and Beta appeared, we were healers in the Serenian camp."

"Our friend was stolen" Lazuli interjected, he hissed the words at the memory, he quite liked Erionda. She was a good person and also a hybrid.

Maslin nodded "We went with the rescue party to retrieve her after the sandstorm ended," though they had not known at the time it was Erionda who was captured.

Here Maslin gave a shudder. "For every rumor you have heard about what lay in those caves, what things the hybrid coalition was doing, it was worse." Perhaps it made him weak but on occasion the young man still had nightmares about what he saw there, the experiments all caged up, the blood of the dead scientists and then the fights themselves against Alpha and Beta.

Lazuli gave a low whistle of sadness and rubbed his head on Maslin's shoulder. "Too many died, too many of everyone." So much pain was found in those caves. So many on all sides had lost their lives over stupid ideas of race and gods and power.

Maslin sighed as he reached up to run his ringers over the medallion. "We did the right thing, we helped where we could and in return we got this." Maslin didn't care for the distinction of being a hero, access to the capital cities was enough for him. It was something that benefited him and his family far more than the fame. Travel and trade was easier for them now which meant Maslin spent less time worrying and more time honing his craft.

(NP although Maslin and lazuli did actually fight during the Meta it's not like they clarified that. You can look up the past meta stuff though so mae has a stronger feeling about what happened overall).

Maslin narrowed his eyes at the dismissal of the orderite boy. Fellow bonded or not there was no point in trying to carry on a conversation with this one. It was disappointing that for once it was not his hybrid nature, obvious what with his wings out at the moment, that caused him trouble but the lofty expectations of some child. Maslin had never cared to conform to what others thought he needed to be and he wasn't about to start now. He knew what he and lazuli had seen and done on Eowyn and he was more than happy with that.

"It was , interesting meeting you," he replied coolly. "I have places to be now however." Wandering aside he did want to seek out the grand library that the Ashen city boasted. There were quite a few books and scrolls he should find useful there. Although Maslin wasn't positive they'd let lazuli in with him. With that said be began to stride away, mind immediately focused on finding a market stall that would sell him a map of the city.


I will lay outside and bask in the sun, talking to not terrible people.
Lazuli informed his bonded through the connection as he began to trot away from 'The boy' and his poorly named bonded.


(lol a short rp but Maslin and Laz are in no mood to attempt further socialization with your boys. It was nice rping with you.)