Wth is going on guys its like this is dying.
I think everyone's waiting for either you or Lurking Krog to make a post before the next DM post.
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I think everyone's waiting for either you or Lurking Krog to make a post before the next DM post.
Would being hurt mentally or emotionally also call for making Shadows?
Yes. In fact, you guys can choose to mark Shadows any point if you feel it would be appropriate storywise.
Also, on the subject of trauma, let me share with you this gem I got when messing around with the Incorrect Quote Generator a while ago. I got a few, but this was probably my favourite:
Fellwing: We call that a traumatic experience.
Fellwing, turning to Shieldwing: Not a "bruh moment".
Fellwing, turning to Stargaze: Not "sadge".
Fellwing, turning to Skobeloff: And DEFINITELY not an "oof LMAO".
Fellwing: We call that a traumatic experience.
Fellwing, turning to Shieldwing: Not a "bruh moment".
Fellwing, turning to Stargaze: Not "sadge".
Fellwing, turning to Skobeloff: And DEFINITELY not an "oof LMAO".
<Snipped quote by XxFellsingxX>
Did you really think I would allow you to gloss over the twins' presence in the scene? Let you just have them fade into the background? Guess again! Nothing escapes my omniscient gaze!
I mean, I've put up the post now, but the short version is this:
Tamba made no indication that she thought any less of Fogdance during this conversation, though her eyes shone with a sadness that indicated that she felt sympathy for the older dragon and listening keenly to everything she said.
Pleexem on the other claw seemed very uncomfortable, though in the brief time Skobeloff had known the lilac dragon he had never seemed particularly relaxed. He kept glancing towards Tamba, also seeming to want to know what she makes of all this. Seeing that she seems to be listening, he merely looks back at Fogdance. Skobeloff can get the sense that he does not want to be in this conversation or part of anything that is currently going on. At one point, he glances towards Skobeloff, and in that brief moment where the two's eyes meet, he gets sense that Pleexem is not happy that the trickster has gotten them into this situation. After all, he's not a member of House Myndoth like his sister, and is likely far less fond of keeping the secrets of others, at least those that do not belong either to himself or his twin.
Fogdance doesn't seem to notice Pleexem's discomfort, as he is currently giving a soft but sad smile at Skobeloff. "Thank you, dear, just give me second," she said, wiping yet another tear away. She takes a moment to steady herself before she continues. "Anyway, I didn't get the opportunity to see my second clutch hatch. One day, me and my partner came back to find the entire nest destroyed by some Monster. A few eggs were missing, and those that were still there had been smashed. We tried our best to find what had happened to the missing eggs, but we never found them." She looks between the three drakes. "I think, while I was taken over by the Darkness, I saw you three as my lost children. Any drakes who somehow survived would be somewhere between your ages after all." She shakes her head. "But no. My children are gone. Even if their eggs survived the Monster attack, how would they have lived out in the wild without anyone to care for them? It's not possible."
Pleexem on the other claw seemed very uncomfortable, though in the brief time Skobeloff had known the lilac dragon he had never seemed particularly relaxed. He kept glancing towards Tamba, also seeming to want to know what she makes of all this. Seeing that she seems to be listening, he merely looks back at Fogdance. Skobeloff can get the sense that he does not want to be in this conversation or part of anything that is currently going on. At one point, he glances towards Skobeloff, and in that brief moment where the two's eyes meet, he gets sense that Pleexem is not happy that the trickster has gotten them into this situation. After all, he's not a member of House Myndoth like his sister, and is likely far less fond of keeping the secrets of others, at least those that do not belong either to himself or his twin.
Fogdance doesn't seem to notice Pleexem's discomfort, as he is currently giving a soft but sad smile at Skobeloff. "Thank you, dear, just give me second," she said, wiping yet another tear away. She takes a moment to steady herself before she continues. "Anyway, I didn't get the opportunity to see my second clutch hatch. One day, me and my partner came back to find the entire nest destroyed by some Monster. A few eggs were missing, and those that were still there had been smashed. We tried our best to find what had happened to the missing eggs, but we never found them." She looks between the three drakes. "I think, while I was taken over by the Darkness, I saw you three as my lost children. Any drakes who somehow survived would be somewhere between your ages after all." She shakes her head. "But no. My children are gone. Even if their eggs survived the Monster attack, how would they have lived out in the wild without anyone to care for them? It's not possible."
Skobeloff studies Tamba and Pleexem. He rolls a 13 and learns who they are holding a grudge against and what they are hoarding.
This is going to be an interesting thing to answer, as I wasn't expecting you to study either of these two at this point in time xP
@XxFellsingxX
Would Skobeloff know how much trouble a dragon could get in for having a clutch of eggs with a dragon outside of their affinity clutch and raising the resulting drakes away from the Houses?
Yes. There's no outright law against it, but it's like an unspoken rule that it's just not something you do. Drakes are raised by their House, and it's almost unthinkable that someone would have so much problem with that system that they would go against it.
A dragon's House is pretty much everything to a dragon, which is why Houseless dragons like Stargaze are rare and frowned upon, and why either willingly leaving or being kicked out of your House is so shocking.
@XxFellsingxX Has Stargaze ever seen Kyte? Did he bully Stargaze in the past?
If Stonescale has ever bullied Stargaze (and given what Digi wrote about him in his CS, he probably has), Stargaze might have seen Kyte a few times. Kyte has never been an active participant in Stonescale's bullying, but they probably have stood around and watched it happen without intervening.
Has Skobeloff met either of them?
The names seem vaguely familiar, but right now you're unable to attach faces to them. You likely have heard their names in passing or passed by them, but it probably wasn't a very distinct encounter to you. At very least, though, you don't think either of them are in House Myndoth.
After Skobeloff's response, both of the twins nodded with only slight hesitance. "Me and Pleexem also both swear not to tell anyone," Tamba said.
"Y-yeah," Pleexem stammered. "Sure."
"Okay," Fogdance said. She turned her eyes up towards the ceiling as she began her tale. "I don't know when I first realised I wanted to be a mother. I've always had a skill for nurturing and teaching younger dragons. Even when I was a drake myself, I always found myself naturally trying to aid and protect those younger than me. It was instinct. So, when I was going to have my first clutch of eggs, you can imagine I was very excited. Me and my partners had at eleven eggs, and while I knew that most of the raising of drakes is done by their House, I expected at least one of my children would end up in Tessith. Regardless, I promised myself I would do my best to support and care for all of them, wherever they ended up."
Fogdance gives a heavy sigh, and all three drakes are able to see obvious pain in her expression. "However, things didn't go how I expected. Out of those eleven eggs, only two hatched." She lowers her head. "It... happens sometimes. Not often, but it happens. Just one of those cruel facts of life." Her eyes start to shine with tears. "Everyone tried to comfort me, of course, tell me it wasn't my fault. Truthfully, I don't know if there is anything I could have done differently, but the fact is, I had lost nine of my children." She brushes away an emerging tear with the back of her claw. "To make matters worse, the two that survived did not end up in House Tessith. You may have met them. Their names are Hopa and Aziri." She attempts a weak smile. "I am very proud of them both, and I do what I can to support them. However, the sad fact is, at the end of the day they belong to their Houses, not to me. I cannot be there all the time to protect them, to brush away their tears and scare away their fears." A edge of coldness starts to enter her tone. "And that... that started to make me realise how flawed Dragon society truly is, how the Houses may not be the ideal way to raise and care for our young." She starts to look at the three drakes in the room. "I know I probably shouldn't be saying such things in front of young, impressionable drakes, but if the Council thinks you are all old enough to go on such missions, perhaps you are old enough to start questioning the world around you." Her eyes stop on Skobeloff. "So, after some time of grieving and trying to get by, I decided that I would try and have a new lot of eggs, raised outside the safety and structure of the Houses. Me and another dragon, not of my affinity clutch and one who I will keep anonymous for their sake, decided to have a clutch of eggs outside of the confines of the Houses. We would raise in secret, caring for them ourselves. Then, when they were at least of winged drake age, we would present them to the Council. We would show them how good our children, how they had grown to be fine dragons without the system restricting and influencing them." She gives a small, sad laugh. "We honestly thought we could change society, that we could bring down the Houses and show them a new way, a better way." She sighs again. "But, just as before, things didn't work out the way I wanted."
As the drakes and Alpin stepped out onto the river's surface, they notice the water feels solid enough for them to walk on, feeling not unlike walking on a sheet of glass. However, before they can fully comprehend this, all four of them are suddenly pulled beneath the surface. For Stargaze, this isn't too unusual as she seen Echo do this trick before, but it will be a little disorientating for everyone else as they realise that, despite being underwater, they can still breathe and speak like normal. They all seem to be contained within a large bubble of air that is slowly being pushed forwards, into the mouth of the cave. During their journey, they will notice that just like on dry land, there is not any sign of life beneath the water either. No fish, plankton, nothing. Just the swaying of water plants, and even that seems more stilted than it should be.
Eventually, the bubble bring them back up to the surface, where they find that same cave Fellwing saw in her vision. And, just like her vision, the pale orange winged drake can be seen, lying and resting on the rocks. They raise their head as the group emerges. "Back so soon, Echo? Were you able to find something better to-" They stop mid-sentence as they realise that they are not addressing the elemental. They get to their feet immediately and come bounding over. "Thank the moons! I was starting to think the Council had forgotten about us!"
While it is dim in the cave, there is enough bio-luminescent plants to provide a light source, allowing everyone to be able to see this dragon. While it takes a moment, Shieldwing will eventually be able to recognise them. Though he can't recall their name exactly, he will know them as a dragon he used to see hanging around his rival and bully Stonescale. However, despite being able to recognise them, it doesn't seem this drake has recognised Shieldwing yet, as they are beaming happily at all of the drakes.
"Y-yeah," Pleexem stammered. "Sure."
"Okay," Fogdance said. She turned her eyes up towards the ceiling as she began her tale. "I don't know when I first realised I wanted to be a mother. I've always had a skill for nurturing and teaching younger dragons. Even when I was a drake myself, I always found myself naturally trying to aid and protect those younger than me. It was instinct. So, when I was going to have my first clutch of eggs, you can imagine I was very excited. Me and my partners had at eleven eggs, and while I knew that most of the raising of drakes is done by their House, I expected at least one of my children would end up in Tessith. Regardless, I promised myself I would do my best to support and care for all of them, wherever they ended up."
Fogdance gives a heavy sigh, and all three drakes are able to see obvious pain in her expression. "However, things didn't go how I expected. Out of those eleven eggs, only two hatched." She lowers her head. "It... happens sometimes. Not often, but it happens. Just one of those cruel facts of life." Her eyes start to shine with tears. "Everyone tried to comfort me, of course, tell me it wasn't my fault. Truthfully, I don't know if there is anything I could have done differently, but the fact is, I had lost nine of my children." She brushes away an emerging tear with the back of her claw. "To make matters worse, the two that survived did not end up in House Tessith. You may have met them. Their names are Hopa and Aziri." She attempts a weak smile. "I am very proud of them both, and I do what I can to support them. However, the sad fact is, at the end of the day they belong to their Houses, not to me. I cannot be there all the time to protect them, to brush away their tears and scare away their fears." A edge of coldness starts to enter her tone. "And that... that started to make me realise how flawed Dragon society truly is, how the Houses may not be the ideal way to raise and care for our young." She starts to look at the three drakes in the room. "I know I probably shouldn't be saying such things in front of young, impressionable drakes, but if the Council thinks you are all old enough to go on such missions, perhaps you are old enough to start questioning the world around you." Her eyes stop on Skobeloff. "So, after some time of grieving and trying to get by, I decided that I would try and have a new lot of eggs, raised outside the safety and structure of the Houses. Me and another dragon, not of my affinity clutch and one who I will keep anonymous for their sake, decided to have a clutch of eggs outside of the confines of the Houses. We would raise in secret, caring for them ourselves. Then, when they were at least of winged drake age, we would present them to the Council. We would show them how good our children, how they had grown to be fine dragons without the system restricting and influencing them." She gives a small, sad laugh. "We honestly thought we could change society, that we could bring down the Houses and show them a new way, a better way." She sighs again. "But, just as before, things didn't work out the way I wanted."
As the drakes and Alpin stepped out onto the river's surface, they notice the water feels solid enough for them to walk on, feeling not unlike walking on a sheet of glass. However, before they can fully comprehend this, all four of them are suddenly pulled beneath the surface. For Stargaze, this isn't too unusual as she seen Echo do this trick before, but it will be a little disorientating for everyone else as they realise that, despite being underwater, they can still breathe and speak like normal. They all seem to be contained within a large bubble of air that is slowly being pushed forwards, into the mouth of the cave. During their journey, they will notice that just like on dry land, there is not any sign of life beneath the water either. No fish, plankton, nothing. Just the swaying of water plants, and even that seems more stilted than it should be.
Eventually, the bubble bring them back up to the surface, where they find that same cave Fellwing saw in her vision. And, just like her vision, the pale orange winged drake can be seen, lying and resting on the rocks. They raise their head as the group emerges. "Back so soon, Echo? Were you able to find something better to-" They stop mid-sentence as they realise that they are not addressing the elemental. They get to their feet immediately and come bounding over. "Thank the moons! I was starting to think the Council had forgotten about us!"
While it is dim in the cave, there is enough bio-luminescent plants to provide a light source, allowing everyone to be able to see this dragon. While it takes a moment, Shieldwing will eventually be able to recognise them. Though he can't recall their name exactly, he will know them as a dragon he used to see hanging around his rival and bully Stonescale. However, despite being able to recognise them, it doesn't seem this drake has recognised Shieldwing yet, as they are beaming happily at all of the drakes.
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