Ascending Legends

[Dragongal]

Arryn nodded a bit. "I guess we just have to wait out the storm then. Still up for some drinking?"

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn nodded. "Mhm, if the storms lets up in time."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn got comfortable against Dayn and Chepi. "I'm a patient woman."

 

[BookWyrm]

Lightning flashed across the sky, just barely seeming to be above the tree line. Valos growled and backed into the cave from where he had been laying near the mouth. "The storms during this time of year are always rough, but this one seems to be stronger than most this early on."

 

[Dragongal]

"That's an advantage; the skinchanger doesn't come out when it's raining."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn looked at Arryn for a moment before whispering, "Did you tell them it was a skinchanger or a wendigo?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn paused, then realized her mistake, before replying in a whisper, "Skinchanger."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn nodded slowly as he chewed his tongue. "Well, almost the same thing."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn sighed. "With this whole thing, I've been thinking on our old enemies and the plague more than the current wendigo."

 

[BookWyrm]

"Understandable. We still don't know who or what is truly involved with all of this, though. It could be our skinchanger, or it could be a created wendigo from a necromantic cult. There are too many unknowns that need to be found out before we can make a judgement call."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn nodded, then smiled a bit and said, "Knowing our luck, though?"

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn gave a crooked smile as he took Arryn's head in his hands. "With our luck it'll be a magical blood drinking butterfly."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn had to laugh at that. "You may overestimate our luck, mo chroi."

 

[BookWyrm]

"No, but I try to get my wife to stop worrying so much from time to time." Did it make sense for him to be trying to calm Arryn when Dayn was the first of them to be so worked up about the happenings in Riverbend? "Come now, darlin, we're in a hippogriff cave during a lovely thunderstorm. Why not focus on the here and now instead of worrying about what is to come?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn smiled and nestled up to Dayn. "Okay, okay. I understand. I just don't want you getting hurt."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn let himself relax and lay back against Chepi, who mewled quite contently as she rested. "Nothing is going to happen. I promise."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn wrapped her arms around Dayn's neck and laid her head in the crook of his neck. "Okay. I trust you."

 

[BookWyrm]

Chepi stirred before looking up at the two love birds. "If you two wish to mate I can move."

 

[Dragongal]

The color instantly drained from Arryn's face. "Absolutely not!" Arryn's color had returned along with crimson blush as she looked to Dayn. "She's as bad as your mother."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn's blank stare hopefully was enough to convey his thoughts. "Hon, not all of us can talk to griffins."

 

[Dragongal]

"Oh, I'm well aware, and I'm not repeating what she said. Simply put, she's as bad as your mother."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn looked from Arryn to Chepi then back before kissing Arryn. "You are blushing."

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn returned the kiss, then shook her head a bit."Well, Chepi offered to move if we were feeling... frisky. So yes, I am blushing."

 

[BookWyrm]

Dayn had a decent laugh at the comment before wrapping his arms around Arryn's neck. "Well, are you?"

 

[Dragongal]

Arryn looked at him in shock. "Dayn, we're on a mountainside under a cliffhang in a hippogriff nest with two hippogriffs. No, I am not."