Salenea

Revival of the Dragon Riders

Gnol led them to the place Duncan had described, it took a bit longer than he had said because Gnol had to look for the landmarks. When they reached the house of the lumberjack he looked around. "Perhaps Noble and the dragons can stay a bit behind so they aren't in direct sight immediately but not far." he said to Trevor.
The Dwarf examined the house, bigger than he expected for a simple lumberjack. "Good folk!" he shouted when he couldn't see someone immediately. The door opened a little later and a man appeared in the door with one arm hidden behind the door.

"Exactly how good of folks are you?" the man asked, even though his face had a smile that could pass as friendly his watchful eyes inspected the good folks at his place.

Gnol raised his hands to show no harm. "Good enough to put up with Duncan Ferillion," Gnol said casually and the recognition in the man's eyes byu hearing the name was enough for Gnol to know they were at the right place.

"Duncan huh, how can I know you didn't kill him and leave his body somewhere in the forest?" the man asked still in a conversational tone but the slight narrowing of his eyes showed he was still suspicious about the group.

Gnol shrugged, "Duncan is too busy trying to get his horse this way, we went ahead. He couldn't leave the horse alone although he should have. Duncan also said to remind you about a certain cat and a moat"

The man nodded once. "Fair enough, we'll see, behind the house is a paddock, you can lock your horses up there. I'll unlock the back door, you can wait in the kitchen."

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"Sounds like you'll never have a dull moment with Linda by your side." Alan said grinning.

Alan took the hand to get off, although he didn't really need the help. He looked worriedly at Mercury. Terasivas wriggled free and ran to Mercury's head. "Are you ok? Do I need to help you up?" Alan just hoped Linda would return soon. "hope the dragonfruit Linda spoke about isn't far."

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Crreessa watched with mild interest to the fighting in the trees. When Damien fell out of the tree she burst out in laughter. She leaned against RedClaws, "Did you see?" she managed to squeeze out between laughs. "He...fell..out..of...the..treeeee." RedClaws didn't respond to his rider. She wiped some tears from laughing from her eyes but when she looked at Damien she nearly started again.

She cleared her throat to keep the next guffaw down and focussed on the other person, she was sure she would start laughing again when she would look at Damien.
"Nice move," she complimented as she leaned casually against RedClaws, her tail swaying from left to right.

RedClaws looked at Ram silently, he wasn't sure he could trust any reactions so he remained silent.

Beyond the Borders of the Universe (Salenea&SporkoBug)

Jill smiled briefly at Ricki, she appreciated the girl wanting to be there for her. "Thank you Ricki," she said. She didn't make any promises she would see Seb about magic as she wasn't even sure if she was ready to learn more about it. She would have to decide that soon, but not now. She was still too shaken.

She froze when she heard Fer'a, "I guess I have an audience waiting for me." Jillian straightened her shoulders and went back to Fre'a and Ash.
A small hesitation at the door showed her reluctance to meet the strange magic creature thing.
She entered the door. "Yes?" she asked and she felt worry creep up, "Is something wrong with Ash?" "Stay strong, keep it together girl, you can handle it" she reprimanded herself.

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Gnol chuckled, "I'm sure you'll come running after me with a frying pan if I sit here lazily all day."

Alan looked from Gnol to Avia and back. If he didn't know any better he would think some weird flirting might be going back and forward. He discarded the thought but Avia did seem a bit more with her guard let down. He personally couldn't see what was so interesting in Gnol anyway, Avia could do so much better than a grumpy dwarf in his opinion.

"I don't eat that much, mostly, I can wolf down food occasionally." Alan said as he stretched with a yawn. "Come on Gnol, let's test that practice room, so you don't distract Avia from cooking. Let's see if you can hit a moving object old one."

Gnol huffed as he stood up. "I'll have you know that you don't stand a chance against me, boy."

"Oh please, I'll dance around you in circles," Alan said as he jumped up and walked to the door to the practice room.

Gnol looked at Avia and Alice, "ladies, I'll be right back. Going to work up an appetite and show mr. Pointy Ears a thing or two. Alice, perhaps you can go find Treghor and tell him Avia is going to cook a meal and he better not be caught up in whatever he is doing and forget to come eat when it's ready.

Hidden Claws [1x1 Salenea and Sporko]

"I'm sorry Hunter, I feel a bit better now." Marigold said with a shaky but determined voice. "Thank you," she said as she leaned to press a small kiss on his snout. She looked at Echo and Gaia, "I still have a lot to learn I'm afraid, I am not ready for this job yet," she said with a sigh. Perhaps they made a mistake with picking her, after all what could a weak human do compared to them?

She looked at her dress, which wasn't too torn or dirty well... at least not as much as she had feared. "I rather go home Hunter, father expects me home with the ingredients for the meal I need prepare." Marigold jolted up. "Is the one that helped me all right? is the beast not following us?" she asked Gaia worriedly. Not that she really wanted Hunter to charge off to defeat whatever that was but if the threat wouldn't be eliminated how could she go back to the forest and forage when needed?

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Demon blood, Harpy dander and moon water, she repeated it in her mind a few times. "Need a hand?" Hazel asked. She knew some people weren't exactly too eager to cut themselves, even for a good cause. Luckily, Hazel had no problems cutting herself, or others, for a little bit of blood if needed.

"So it could potentially mean that the witch is still alive or is it just a weirdly persistent curse?" there could be few reasons why a curse would linger after death. One would be with the help of a demon, another with an enchanted item hidden somewhere. There were a few more but those came to Hazel's mind.

Revival of the Dragon Riders

Duncan looked over his shoulder and when he noticed the clearly amused Dwarf behind him he shook his head with a suppressed curse. "I'm sure you can find something more useful to do than to follow me," he said to Gnol as he followed the rugged trail his horse had left behind.

"What? And miss this phenomenal quest of finding the knight's horse? Not a chance, I want to sing songs about this epic quest." Gnol said, not even trying to hide his amusement. "How's the knightly bum?" he inquired as seriously as he could.

"Are you mocking me sir Dwarf?" Duncan informed cooly.

"Not at all sir knight Human, I wouldn't dare." Gnol replied as innocently as possible.

"Yeah, right, well I think you can..." he stopped mid sentence as he heard a horse whinnying. "There she is!" Duncan rushed to the sound and found his horse all tangled up in some chest-high bramble bushes.

"It's all right, I'm here," he cooed as he tried to grab the reins.
Gnol got off his horse and started to cut down some of the bush.
It didn't take them long to free the horse but it cost a lot of strength to keep the horse from fleeing again. Wildly the horse reared again but with Duncan and Gnol hanging by the reins the horse tired herself out and stopped.

Duncan checked her for injuries and sighed. He looked at Gnol. "I'm not going to make it to the fortress with my horse."
Gnol nodded, even though there weren't any visible injuries it was clear it could go no further in the companionship of dragons.

Gnol turned to Duncan. "What do you suggest? Walking will take too long."

Duncan nodded pensively. After a short silence he turned around and examined the surroundings. "Are you well known in these woods?" he asked Gnol.

"Well, I wouldn't exactly say well known but I can find my way and I know a couple landmarks." Gnol said as he stroked his beard.

"Excellent, Hawk Rock? Half Tree? You know those?" Duncan asked hopefully.

Gnol nodded slowly. "Yea." the Dwarf replied.

"Good, find the others and follow these directions, I'll meet you there." and he gave Gnol the directions.

Gnol climbed back on his horse and spurred him, back the path they had followed and in pursuit of Noble and Trevor.
When he reached them he made his horse set pace with Trevor's horse. "A slight change of plans gentlemen, Duncan gave me some directions to a safe lumberjack's house and he'll meet us there. He hopes he can switch horses there because he can't use his current one. It's either that or we walk all the way to the fortress at the border."

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"perhaps we can find some herbs as well to make a paste or something? Perhaps make a makeshift bandage or splint or something, if needed?" Alan asked. Not that he was a herbalist or anything of the kind, he only knew of a handful of medicinal herbs. He patted Mercury on his back reassuringly.

The next meadow were the best words he had heard since travelling on dragon's back, he was starting to get sore and the strangest muscles he didn't even know he had were acting up. He shifted a bit to try and sit more comfortably.

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RedClaws followed suit, when he flew through the opening in the canopy he couldn't deny that he felt a jolt of happiness going through his body. Of Course he remembered the bad days but the good memories were also still there. This was home. One of the places he considered home anyway.

Crreessa looked her eyes out, it all looked so majestic to her with the wide canopies, the huge trees and the vast amount of space between the trees. Dragons could fly here, train, practice, play. She could almost feel her brother going down the same path as they were.

RedClaws halted when Damien and Orian stopped. He landed behind Orian, still between the trees.
Crreessa tilted her head. "What's Damien doing now? playing hide and seek in the trees?" she asked although she could hear and smell Damien perfectly fine so she knew where he was.

RPGC #30 - Celestial Lights (voting and feedback)

My vote goes to: By Which the Stars are Hung.

It is beautifully and skillfully written, the words just suck you in and won't let you go. I love how the picture got painted with words and how the bittersweet journey on which the Kalleth took us came to an end. Thank you for this magnificent story.

Alaska Tales: Thank you for taking me on journey through Alaska and to the Northern Lights. I enjoyed the travel very much ^_^ Hope the dogs had their beauty sleep for the journey back.

God is Great: Thank you for taking me to Syria and live with Faariq through his fear, his sadness, his sorrow under the vast night sky. It is a compelling story and masterfully written.

TDAC#3 - Celestial Lights (voting and feedback)

My vote goes to Starry Eyed, I really love the colour of the background and how it flows.
I love the way you worked with light and shade in the face.

Those eyes are amazing, mesemerzing.

honourable mention to planet juggling, awesome work. The clown looks absolutly great and I love how you made the clown juggle the planets, which are also very neatly drawn.

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

It was impressive to watch Rapier take care of so many Spearow at the same time. Gira did her best to make sure the other pokemon could do as much damage as possible.
Sarah was familiar in the region but not that familiar that she knew every cave. She did know a rock shelter not too far away, it was more towards the edge. Not the most ideal hiding spot but it would keep them safe enough especially since it would be better defendable than being out in the open.

"This way," she said as she ran off after calling back any pokemon that couldn't keep up or would slow her down. She wasn't particulary good at running. She hardly had any stamina, and she was rather short so she couldn't cover as much ground as others. That is where her Girafarig came in. Her Girafarig was strong and fast and with her being relatively short and and slim she wasn't too heavy for her pokemon.
"It's not that far." she panted, "Gira, check if it's safe, Stairway Shelter." It took a little imagination and a certain tilting of the head and squinting of the eyes to see any kind of stairs there but it was the name that had gone around for generations now.

Gira dashed off ahead to make sure no pokemon would be resting there and might get startled or get aggresive.

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Gabe's stamina was a whole lot better. He was taller and spend a lot more time running around. Mostly jogging with his Machop and Mareep. His reluctant Tepig following suit.
He heard another cry from the Fearow and feared it might already be recovering.

RPGC #30 - Celestial Lights (Prompt and discussion)

My entry is in ^_^

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

ugh, I'm sooo sorry :( I'll get too posting real soon.

Revival of the Dragon Riders

Gnol looked upwards after Comet asked the question. "Not before nightfall. We'll have to camp somewhere, we might reach the border tomorrow in the late afternoon if we make good speed and leave at earliest convenience, otherwise it'll be another night sleeping under the stars" They would have to move out of the forest if they really wanted to make good speed but perhaps there were some paths not too well known to the public they could travel. "Once we cross the border it'll be another day or two at a good speed."

While Gnol's horse only stiffend at the roar, ready to sprint away if needed, Duncan's horse on the other hand bucked and reared and Duncan found himself dazed on the ground looking at his horse getting away as fast as it could. With the help of some colourful words and expressions Duncan scrambled to his feet and went in pursuit of the darn beast. He couldn't let his horse get tangled up somewhere and hurt itself. Luckily it was an easy to follow trail as there were many broken twigs, trampled bushes and deep hoof prints.

Gnol looked at Trevor. "I suppose our knight needs to find himself a new noble steed if he wants to continue his quest. This one clearly isn't suitable in the companion of dragons." He said, "not that riding anytime some will be comfortable at all, I imagine his bum to be black and blue before nightfall." Gnol spurred his horse to go a little faster to aid Duncan in finding his horse. If Duncan wouldn't find his horse they wouldn't be able to make it anywhere near the border within a day.

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Alan grinned and half-bowed as far as he could. "Fortunately my dear lady, I'll be at your disposal to teach the fine art of rope-knotting-saddle-making-craft-stuff or whatever it is called. I'm sure we'll be able to get something decent finished this evening." It was only finding the right materials and a little imagination according to him.

Terasivas turned to Linda "Oh boy this is so great! Wait till I'm as big as Mercury tomorrow and than Alan can ride on me!" He looked Linda. "I can carry you though, do you want me to carry you on my back?"

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RedClaws glanced at Fiona. "I recall that, pretty blinding on the wrong side." Crreessa stretched and started wondering about what kind of acrobatic stunts she could do on a flying dragon. As her thoughts started going towards a sychronised flying spectacle a warning growl of RedClaws made her stop her daydreams.