"Yes, food is very nice. I have hunger," Zotasu agreed as he squeezed through the doorway. "I wish to meet 'Papa', but 'breakfast first'... yes." He realized that he hadn't eaten in quite a while, but at the same time he still wasn't sure if he could trust any food he was given. He'd have to be careful, checking it for anything wrong with it.
"Zotasu is the name I name..." he paused and tried to rephrase. "It's my name I gave my- me." He stopped again and sighed. This was proving to be more difficult than he had imagined. If only his parents had been around longer, or he had paid better attention during the time he’d had with them. _________________
"No worries. Everyone here lost their parents," Rhinli says. "We've lost our parents for all different reasons. Another dragon killed them, humans, giants, orcs, drow and duegar to name a few." ((Deugar, spelling might be off, are the dwarves of the underdark. The same place drow live. Dark elves, dark dwarves. All evil.))
Rhinli tells Zotasu what each room is and what can be found in them. As they approach the resting room (nursery/bedroom) she tells him, "this is where we all sleep. Papa's done a lot to help us to be as comfortable and happy as we can. You'll see there are all kinds of dragons here." She walks into the room and explains to him about the 15 different types in the room. "Even though some of them are the color of the evil dragons, we all get along here. I can only hope this could stretch out to outside this dwelling." Rhinli pauses for a moment as though she is lost in thought.
From behind the distinguishable sound of nails on marble can be heard. Rhinli turns to see Bahamut has returned. All the wyrmlings scurry to his feet anxiously awaiting the ok for breakfast. "Breakfast is ready little ones," he says to the group. They all cheer and run out the room. He looks at Rhinli and smiles. "Go have breakfast dear, the scorpions are waiting at your seat." "Yes! See you later Zotasu," she says as she high tails it out of the room.
Bahamut's gaze falls to the little emerald dragon. "Zotasu is it?" he says warmly. "Don't worry little one. Things will be fine. We'll talk after breakfast. Come with me and I'll show you to your seat." He motions for the little emerald to follow him. _________________ Sarcasm, just one more service that I offer.
((Yeah, I appreciate all the pictures. They definitely help me get a better mental image))
By this point, Zotasu was really starting to notice his hungry stomach’s plaintive growls of hunger. He followed Bahamut, but at the same time his curiosity began to catch up to him. “You is… Rhinli father?” He couldn’t keep the skepticism he felt from creeping into his broken Draconic. This new person didn’t look like Rhinli… he didn’t even look like he was fully dragon. Zotasu had never seen anyone who looked like he did. His paranoia was trying to play tricks on his mind, but at the same time he felt oddly safe in his new surroundings, a sort of security he hadn’t felt for a long time. _________________
"Father? In a way. Her real parents were killed by red dragons. It happens too often. I'm every dragon's father. Let's eat first. We will talk afterwards. I promise." He smiled warmly at Zotasu.
They continued to the banquet hall. "Here we go. As you can see, everyone has a different tastes. Normally your kind eat the elements themselves, as do the amethysts and crystals. This morning I've brought them magmin. Little fire elementals. Tricksters really. Very entertaining, and according to the dragons, very delicious," he smiled.
"You can join them in chasing them down, or I have a few set aside for those who's hunting needs work. Your choice." He smiled again at Zotasu. Bahamut wallked to a chair at the back of the room. It was centered in the room so that he could watch over the children. Bahamut let out a sigh. "If only they could all get along like this when they get older. Dear Tiamat. Why did things have to turn out like this," he spoke quietly to himself. _________________ Sarcasm, just one more service that I offer.
Zotasu nodded and then looked for the tell-tale sparkling of other gem dragons. He had never even heard of a 'magmin' before, so he decided he try and find someone who seemed to know them better and watch how they went about eating it.
The other dragons seemed to be enjoying their little hunting activity, but Zotasu didn't really understand the joy in it. He watched as they taunted the magmin, taking turns pouncing on them as one by one the gem dragons secured their breakfast. Without any ceremony about it, Zotasu stepped up behind a magmin that had wondered in front of him backwards and snapped at its head. He pulled away with it in his mouth, and for a second he seemed surprised at how easy that had been.
"Hey, that was my magmin! I was already hunting it!" Zotasu glanced up to see a crystal dragon glaring at him angrily. Embarrassment came over him as several of the other younglings turned to see what the commotion was about.
After an attempted apology that came out garbled because of the morsel in his mouth, he quickly spat out the magmin. "I sorry did not know." He used his front foot to scoot the dazed but still alive Magmin towards her. "You have."
The crystal dragon stuck out her tongue and sneered. "I don't want that... you've touched it." With that she walked away to go find another one. The other dragons stared at Zotasu a second longer before they too turned from him.
The magmin looked up at his captor and blinked before he began scooting clandestinely away. By this point Zotasu didn't care if it escaped. He'd only been here a couple minutes and already he'd made a fool of himself. But then his stomach protested loudly against his brain, reminding him of his hunger. With a newfound energy, Zotasu reached over and grabbed a hold of the magmin again. He turned and decided to look for Rhinli. At least she had been nice to him. _________________
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Rhinli was stalking an emperor scorpion. Bright, blue, and dangerous. She was crawling with her front legs down and her rump up and she tried to cautiously approach the vermin.
She heard some commotion and looked up. She had seen that there was a crystal dragon speaking at Zotasu. It didn't sound like it was a good thing. She quickly returned her glance to the scorpion. It had noticed her and began charging at her. It's pincers snapping at the air and it's tail carried high. Rhinli jumped up into the air quickly to avoid being stung.
She already lost on stalking the scorpion. She took a brief inhale and spat a small amount of acid on the scorpion. It's movements ceased. She landed and picked up the scorpion bringing it towards a sink. Rhinli didn't particularly care for the taste of her acid. She rinsed the scorpion off before placing it in her mouth and began chewing on it as she headed over to where Zotasu was.
"Karaglen! Stop being so mean. Zotasu just got here," she said to the crystal dragon. "You remember what it was like when you first got here don't you?" The crystal dragon looked back at Rhinli. Her face turned to sorrow as she remembered how afraid and lost she was when she first arrived. It was clear she recognized what she did was wrong. Karaglen walked over to Zotasu and bowed before him. "I'm sorry. I didn't realize. I got caught up in the thrill of the hunt." Her head hung somewhat low awaiting his response. _________________ Sarcasm, just one more service that I offer.
Zotasu blinked with surprise at the turn-around. He hadn't caught all of what Rhinli had said, but he understood the gist of it. He lowered his head to look into Karaglen's eyes. "Ah... no, sorry. I was faulted. You... need no am sorry- be sorry," he corrected with a wince. He knew what he wanted to say when he ran the words through his mind, but then they came out all wrong.
"I am happy if you... to have this." In his ((paw? claw? hand? )) he held out the magmin toward her, and it sat there looking confused.
((My idea of a magmin is like Bomberman on fire. I'm probably wrong but that's kinda my theme with all this dragon stuff anyway. Just try your best to incorporate my weirdness with your DnD knowledge. )) _________________
Alec's eyes opened with crust emerging from them and a small bone rested in his claw that he had been chewing on last night. As he moved the flakes started to fall to the ground as his claw moved his slump body from numbness to being awake. "Mmm, slept in." He mumbled to himself as he headed out the doorway with his small body sleuthing through it.
His now cleaned eyes traced the many dragon's hunting their breakfasts in activity and he yawned. "You guys work too much." Alec paced around the room waiting for breakfast to be over so he could get the remains. A scorpion passed his tail and ignored it, seeing him as not a threat.
(Do wrymlings have dragonkin forms? How can I flick someone off if I walk on all fours just in case... or do dragon's have a speical way of flicking someone off?) _________________ It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all outta gum
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Karaglen looked at the magmin. Her staring at it was disrupted by the grumbling sound from Zotasu's stomach. "Hrm" she said. With out a second thought she bit the magmin in half. She slurped down the top half then picked up the second half and handed it to Zotasu. "We'll share," she smiled. _________________ Sarcasm, just one more service that I offer.
((Heh, I just realized, I should have specified. My 'theme' for all of this isn't 'Bomberman on fire.' Rather I was commenting on the frequency of my mistakes. Heh heh... Anyway, thanks for the pic. My version of it was a lot like that, only chibi-ified.))
“Ah, thank you,” Zotasu replied before eating the remainder of the magmin. It was surprisingly delicious. When he had chewed it up, he looked at Rhinli and then Karaglen again. “I am thanking you very much again,” he said. “I will say goodbye now, but you speak with me at later.” With a bow that mimicked the one Karaglen had given him earlier, he started walking towards to the other side of the room. “Rhinli, I need should speak with… Papa, now. I see you at later.”
((Mmmm... Oblivion is calling. I'll check back for a reply later.))
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)) he held out the magmin toward her, and it sat there looking confused.
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