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 Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:10 pm
 Pushing the doors open, Zhang Li took his first steps into the Edelstiene shop. The last time he'd been in these walls, he'd been trapped in the jewel that now sat firmly in his hip. This was first time he'd seen it with his own eyes. As the door shut behind him, the light from outside faded and the moody rooms came into better focus. Weak vision, just another trait he'd yet to loose, he was still so weak.
Walking farther into the quiet halls, the hard heels of his boots clicked on the marble floor. With each step he took, his tail swayed with him. He could feel his lord, somewhere. It was upsetting that he'd not felt his power since that last rising bit of rage in the store, and now he only felt it because of how close he had to be. I need to grow stronger.
His steps took him through the entrance area and straight to the dais and throne. It was this that had Zhang stop, this magnificent throne... it was worthy of his master. He just hoped that he would be worthy of his master.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:30 pm
Something garnered the young Dragon's attention, a movement in his peripheral vision near the entrance of the room at the Bone Serpent. There was a great altar before it, dressed in fine silks and brocades, jewelry like to the station of an ambassador, decanters of wine and mead and a ring of keys in all shapes and materials. All of the offerings glimmered, tied to his own image somehow.
In the very back of his consciousness he could hear it:
These things are for you, it is your altar. Accept my gifts, and grow strong.
There was a sound from out of the dais room, deliberate steps down one of the great stairs.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:47 pm
Staring at the alter, the black haired boys eyes widened. For him... he kept repeating in his head. Too fine a gifts for him, he'd done nothing to deserve them, however one never denied anything given from Him. Kneeling on one knee, Zhang touched the delicate metals of the jewelry, his eyes reflecting the glimmer of the jewels. All dragons loved jewels it was not just Futs Long's domain.
He was so distracted by the offerings he never noticed the steps.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:02 pm
 A skirt of chains wrapped Destruction's waist and jangled in chorus with the jumbling of his tails and strides as he descended to the commons. His attention was immediate and acutely turned to the form just past the arch into the dais. He was pleased to see the changes from the body he had seen so long before. Then a barely-man had stood before him, timid and unwieldy. Here were the beginnings of a great creature. Soon he stood behind the other, and lifted one of the decanters on the end of a claw, "I shall have to provide goblets as well...a small oversight and easily remedied."
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:08 pm
To say Zhang wasn't surprised would be a lie and he didn't lie. Turning his head to look up at the great being, Zhang turned just a bit so that he was bowing to Destruction. "My lord. I apologize for my long leave of absence. I wish I had come to you sooner and in better condition," he said, this was no practiced speech, this was how he felt.
With his head bowed and his braided hair falling over his shoulder, Zhang smiled just slightly. "I have missed being in your presence." He'd been so nervous to meet Destruction, this was the being they'd all feared at some point in time, and yet, all Zhang felt was happiness. To finally be back with his master, what was a dragon of his lord without that very being. Nothing.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:37 pm
"What matters is that all of you are here now. It is a long awaited joy to see you doing so well...others have not been so successful." His words felt sharp at the edges, thinly reined in.
"Rise, Dragon."
A wing slid along Zhang's arm, a gentle caress encouraging the command.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:46 pm
Standing with grace only exotic creatures could muster, Zhang straightened in front of Destruction. The plainness of his clothing did nothing to his appearance, it did not make him look grander but it did not make him look poor.
"I knew that I was needed so a slow convincing was not an option. However it was not needed, my host... he seemed almost too comfortable with letting go," Zhang said before tilting his head in a very Aidyn way. "I have heard only sparse news of my brethren. I've only met Shen Lei since my rebirth and heard of Futs Long's failure, I am sorry my lord."
He stood still as he talked, though his tail flipped back and forth is slow flicks much like a cat did when they were relaxed.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:02 pm
"Has Shen spoke to you of the Dragon's charge in this age?" Destruction turned and started towards the dais, talking as he went. "Many have been reborn, though few of my domain. Creation reigned since the fall....the less distraught between us both. It would be wise to attempt to meet some of them. They have changed since long ago, if your memory has woken."
He folded his wings as he ascended the stairs and took his throne, drawing an arch with his hand for the other to ascend, "Are your gifts to your liking? My taste in design is old fashioned sometimes.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:14 pm
"The few times I met with Shen Lei, it was hurried. The first I was still just a jewel, the second was when he came to help me leave the place in which my host had lived. It would have been unwise for the boy to go missing," Zhang explained watching as Destruction walked to his throne. "I have wishes to meet with them all, more importantly with Tien-lung."
When beckoned Zhang Li left his spot before his alter and started up the stairs up to Destruction. "What some believe is old-fashioned, I remember home," he started a smile on his lips. "The gifts are too nice for me my lord. I thank you," he said with a bow of his head stopping just before the other. Most would have stopped at the last step, however it was familiar for him to be close to his lord.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:37 pm
"He will hopefully keep wit about himself and seek you out soon. He will need your help, as none of you are strong enough to stand alone, yet."
Destruction's knuckles were prominent, more then they need to be if he was resting his hands normally. His talons gripped the arms of his throne with force enough to edge where flesh met material with a white hot glow. "Are you both sheltered? Are you want for anything, or was the purpose of this meeting purely a presentment?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:59 pm
"If he does not seek me out I will do the same for him, the seeking can thankfully be done by both parts... or else we'd get no where," Zhang said his eyes taking in Destructions form. So different from the one he last remembered, and even those memories were just flashes of light compared to this grand being. "I have no home. I left it to find you, I needed to come back to you even if I was not as strong as I wished. I thought it idiotic to stay away," he explained his form never slouching.
Was Destruction in pain? Angry? What caused his master to be so rigid?
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:03 am
"A lair then, for you both, will await your inhabiting them. For you, the door of white jade, carved with auspicious symbols. Shen Li's will be hematite and snowflake obsidian storms. The apartments are empty, and do not form to your desires as they did in the days of my counterpart, but they are there, nonetheless. Use them or not at your discretion. "
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:08 am
Making note of the doors in his head, Zhang would have to remember to tell this to Shen lei when next they met. "Thank you my lord, I will use them when I am not doing your will," he said before he tilted his head again. A habit he'd have to break. "My lord... it has been so long, I truly have missed you...I am glad to be back." It was a silly admittance, but a true one. He'd been bored with the years as they passed, however now.. now he finally felt as if he was needed.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:32 pm
"As you each have been missed....my fair ones," Destruction's lips curled up in a surprisingly warm, if sharp, smile. The cracks like molten flows beneath the surface of his skin seemed to flare, breaking faintly wider, or more numerous. They almost seemed like scales.
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:37 pm
The smile, even with his lord's dangerous appearance still pleased Zhang. When he'd felt that surge of anger not so long ago, he'd feared for the worst. Perhaps Shen really was perfect for calming their master.
The scale like appearance of his lord made him ache for his true form, sleek and graceful, not a lanky body of a boy. With a bow of his head Zhang Li smiled, "Unfortunately I must leave you, I have not allowed this body much sleep over the last few days and the tiredness is beginning to catch up with me." Lifting his head only to bow low before Destruction Zhang's next words were spoken with devotion and seriousness. "My lord, I vow that next time we meet, I will be in a form that is worthy of serving for you."
He would become stronger. Even if it took all his time to get there.
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