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_{Survivor's Log: One week after the attack.}
The days have dragged on and on for me. It seems like it's been ages since any of us have seen the sunlight, and yet it has only been a mere couple of days. I'm not sure how anyone could expect us to continue with this existence, shunning all we know and accomplished out of pure necessity. We need sunlight. We'll go stir-crazy soon enough if this keeps up. It's tempting to merely walk right out of the shelter entrance. No one would stop me, they'd question my sanity, maybe, but no one would stop me.

And yet...

The screams of those who had been damned to a painful, fiery death still ring in my head whenever I close my eyes. It's a constant reminder of why we're here to begin with. When the dragons attacked, we lost everything. Now our homes are nothing but ashes and smoking ruins. There's nothing we could possibly return to up there, aside from more death. Sometimes I wonder how many of the ashes we see up there belong to our loved ones. The dragons didn't exactly leave much left to bury.

There's talk among the population that the higher-ups are working on a new system, one geared towards humanity's survival. I'm not exactly sure how effective it will be, there's mixed responses from everyone here about it. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. It's not like there's much else we can do about it.

The PresentIt's been several years since humanity went through what was now known as the Dragon Apocalypse. We have since massively changed our lifestyles, fully adjusted to our new survival system. We focus on cooperation, on helping and healing each other rather than competing for comfy lifestyles and wealth. Wealth, honestly, is nonexistent here. There's no room for greed in our little shelter. Yet, we all agree on one thing, we do not want to be cursed to an underground existence, trembling in fear and constantly wondering when the dragons would find us and slaughter us where we stand. We cannot keep hoping and praying that this shelter will hold, that we will continue our quiet lives without any interference.

We're fighting back.

We're amassing what resources we can to finally triumph, to move past this cursed life of ours and finally live under the sun once again without fear of impending doom. It will be a long and bloody fight, but one well worth the effort should we succeed. Perhaps not everyone is totally on board with this idea, but we can all agree on one thing: we can't keep living underground like this. We need to see the sun more often than we actually do. There was so much we had taken for granted that we only wish we could have again. All of our hopes and dreams rest on this success. It's only a matter of time before the dragons decide to take the initiative before we do.

The SceneThe day is a particularly calm one, with clear skies and only faint sounds of the wildlife echoing in the distance. Despite the evident destruction littering the surface, a few living souls are seen scuttling about above, aside from the dragons, that is. The mild heat of the afternoon sun has coaxed out the wildlife around the forests and the few who have been curiously checking out the destroyed city. This is one of those days that provides ample hunting opportunities for those clever enough to take advantage of it. It seems, for the moment, that the world has found a brief repose for once in an incredibly long amount of time. How long this will last is debatable.

Despite the apparent tranquility on the surface, the human life underground was riddled with activity, as usual. There were few days of rest for them, as each living soul had something they had to contribute to the society. The war effort left them incredibly busy, smelting weapons, planning strategies. The calming, clear day above was just another busy day of work for them. Time in the shelter meant time for work, and while not all enjoyed the constant fussing about, few could argue that it didn't help them. All in all it was simply just another day. One day closer to war, one day closer to potential freedom.

This is where our stories begin.

Abyss
Yonsisac
Dak
Whisker
@Nick Ton Cutter
Trappy
Iniquity
Kabboom

 

[Yonsisac]

{Its rather long i know, its just for intro reasons! hope its ok :3}

Fall
The crimson Matriarch

The day was bright, calm and sweeping with life and after the humans have vanish and hidden away, everything has grown better and calmer. No mosquitoes filling the land bother us...it was the life we have been waiting for centuries, it was the life that she has sacrificed for to see once again and every other that have lived trenched in this volcano. They are finally seeing the sun after so long...and when the sun greeted us for the first time after so long years ago...It was a miracle.
But even with the calm days and the wilderness flourishing, some cannot leave the molten home for to long, they are needed and some are meant to stay behind. At the top of the calm heated volcano lay one dragon, watching over the rest as they soared through the sky and watched around doing there own business. From here she could see the Forrest blooming green and far the ash torn land where the humans once lived and they took away. Resting she was, or so she seem till a small reptile began to crawl along her neck up to her horns and began to bite, another smaller greener individual trying to catch the swaying long tail of the dragon that was sleeping, a wingless rather larger hatchling resting against the dragon side, and lastly a golden colored howling at the sun....yea welcome to her life.
"Coal...please stop munching on thus horn you see..."
"What is Thus?"
"....Just stop- Mirage...stop the howls, you are to howl at the moon not- oh never mind"

Fall soon began to yawn loudly making it more like a roar than a yawn out of all things, stretching her wings and body as she stood up on her hind legs. Like a sentinel on guard the towering red dragon looked around as her eyes looked upwards noticing the small dragon on her head still biting on her horn, with a sigh she said "Ok my darlings we have to back to the nest, i want no buts this time, especially you coal, don't want to see you even trying to sneak out of my sight again" she commented as the hatchilngs would growl and deny such thing but they had to do such as there mother says. Going on all four Fall began to slowly walk down the volcano's side with three of her children following and one...still biting on her horn. Her days of caring the children still exist but compared to decades ago it was way calmer than ever, in the past she needed to care for many more at the same time with of course the help of the other mothers as they all worked expanding the dragons and growing stronger. "Mother why dose coal get to have free rides? why we have to walk?" One of the small dragons asked as they follow, not enjoying the fact one of there siblings where having the time of his life, "Because he knows he will be punished, so this is his last "Fun" time till tomorrow"
"What?! Wa-wait no! i-"
"Coal...you have tried to escape, have lie to me and your siblings...the corner of shame must be own by you now"
Fall commented with a smile as the three following began to laugh and giggle while Coal, one of the troublemakers of the nest, began to groan as he just lay on top of Fall's head knowing he would be placed in the corner of shame, no hatchling in the nest would dare wish to be stated to be in the corner of shame...it was, the shameful act.

As the small group walked down the mountain, down the small passage way in to the ravine where many nest of dragons where placed and home to many still. Once reaching her nest, there where many eggs still, some of different color's representing there type but not just eggs, but hatchlings resting and some playing with there brethren as adult dragons walked and watch over them,fed them and cared for them while Fall was not here. Reunited with there siblings the four ventured with the rest...but one...Cole walked towards corner of the nest and looked back with a sad expression before sitting down and watching how his siblings rested and had fun.
Fall knew this was a light punishment, but sadly it had to be done, they must behave and know that not to lie or sneak in to the dangerous world outside...

Fall would walk around the nest, counting the eggs and children making sure all are here and in perfect numbers, and it seems they are.
"Coral any news?"
Fall asked as a small pink dragon would fly by her and land in front only to say "No Ma'am, besides the successful hunt by hunters and as well the usual scouting parties, all is in order and thus nothing or urgency for now"
"Good, lets hope to keep it that way"
Fall said as the small pink dragon would quickly fly off in a blink of an eye as she flew inside a opening right beside the nest where the eggs and hatchlings are. Fall began to walk towards a large opening besides the nest, it was rather dark seeing no magma would shine in only the one surrounding the nest, here is where she kept collected artifacts of the humans, there where many, most burnt slightly but in rather intact conditions as most where collected when the attack on the humans ended and the ones to this day are still being found for her. Most are ones that she has seen or been informed humans use: Steeds of metal,bows of iron,pellets of fire and so on. She has discovered what some do like, the bows of iron: They work by a hallow metal spike full of dust, and the bow itself instead of pulling a string, it would hit the spike, causing the dust to set a flame and fire the spike out of the bow...its like they harness the power of her dust she can do and make it throw objects instead but this dust was...grey and was less "Boom", humans have change a lot..but turn weaker. Most of there "Bows" work the same way; Dust,fire,boom. Is that simple and she has manage to replicate it rather accurately but she has yet to see those "Ballista" they have, much bigger versions of there bows but fire bigger spikes and those spikes explode instead...she made sure to tell scouts to keep a eye out for any they could find and arrows for it as, these bigger ones have brought worries.
Fall was in her "research" room, tinkering with a "Ball of never ending fire" she dint know how they work but when a electric dragon touches..it lights up! but they where to small for her so coral usually helps her with smaller human artifacts. Using a "Lighting rod" from the humans, coral would screw in the light bulb in the lamp as she hold the end of the cable and tada! it light up.
"...Hold it for a while coral"
Fall said as she began to tinker with this artifact.

Naturas
The healer
Down the rich green land, not far from the string of fire stood beside the nearest lake inside the green Forrest, Not to far from ashfields, a walking gift of nature admired the lake, gathering small lily pads that she came across near the lake. Naturas was a notorious healer in the dragon's side of things. She healed many dragons who where lightly wounded in the battle with the humans but not that, as well heal multiple sicknesses. And that is why she was here, Looking for a specific type of water dwelling lily pad that is the last ingredient for her medicinal cure. It was a "Nirn Lily pad" rather rare, it was a green lily pad like most but instead its green was very bright, like that of a juvenile plan but it was rather double the size of a normal one as well. But with all the many and her inability to see, she has to rely on picking up one by one and making sure it is, and they where in water, not allowing her to "see" them perfectly.

She was busy, been here for around 45 minutes looking at green plates, hoping to find the right one, she dint want to jump in the water as if she did, the waves would move the lily's away and further off making it even harder to look for or even worse make them drift in the massive body of water where she cannot go, or even worse, accidentally break the right one. Sometimes she grab fishes, sometimes boots and other random items when reaching in the water, even to the point using her tail to reach farther out. But right now her task is to look for this lily to cure "Element's sickness" a rather uncommon diseases that effect dragons of any type, causing them unable to use there elemental properties and changing the scale color of there face in to a dim cyan. If the dragon IS a blue color, its a red instead. It was not of any harm but rather annoying and sickening. It mostly effected the older dragons do to age. But it had a cure and she had 3 sick dragons with it, as such she needed this lily if she manages to find it.​

 

[Dak]

Percy & Tiamat​

Percy had was asleep on one of the smaller hills near the string of fire. He had found a quint little place to take shelter in, what with a scenic ocean of fire view and barely a roof over his head. But he didn't mind it, actually he welcomed it. When the dragons resurfaced a few years ago, they destroyed anything and everything that was considered human and forced them below ground.

He was hiding in a way that if anything entered he could hide and wait for it to go away or strike at it with his sword. Now Percy wasn't a very aggressive person. He was more of a believer in science. He loved it growing up, and it helped him get through a lot of things in his life.

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A black figure was perched on an overlook on the string of fire. She could smell it, human. She let out a small chuckle. This smell was hard to smell, but she could smell it. It was the smell of lavender, but the thing was, lavender didn't grow around the string of fire.

The black figure took to the air by jumping off the perch and spread her wings. She seemed to plummet to the ground till she she was close to the ground. Her wings now filling with air she rose above. She climbed and climbed, her wings flapping as she got higher and higher till she was above the mouth volcano. She looked down upon the land once more. This time looking for good hiding spots.

It took her a few minutes but she had found it. A small hovel that was barely covered from the elements. She swooped down, landing without making a sound.

The smell of lavender, now more pungent and strong smelling. She crept around to the door and slowly made her way inside.

Tiamat, who was vastly older then most of the dragons was also vastly smaller then the rest of them too. She could fit into anyplace that a human could, the only problem was she wasn't that strong. She had about as much strength as three bulls, which was vastly weaker then the other Alphas.

She took a sniff. The smell of lavender even stronger. She began to sneak around, again thanking she was small and could control her footfall.

She peaked around for a few minutes till she had found her prey. A human who had fallen asleep. He was close to the nest. She looked at his gear, only a small sword. This guy wasn't going to be going home anytime soon, maybe even at all.

"Lookie' what I got here... A snack.... Or maybe something else?..." She asked as the human darted awake.

"Not yet mommie.... Five more minutes and I'll get ready for school..." Percy said still in his dream.

Tiamat looked confused for a moment. "I am not your mother.... Wake up." She said as she lifted her head and let out a blast of lightning. The lightning caused the shelter to lose it's roof. "Tell me why I shouldn't eat you right now..."

Percy shook awake astonished, extremely terrified, but astonished nonetheless. He looked at the dragon in the eyes. He had heard tales about people who had met dragons. They never looked them in the eyes. one because they were to scared and almost petrified before they were burned to death.

"Uh-oh-uh... I never thought I would have this chance." Percy said as confident and unafraid as he could. Percy had never really showed fear. It was kind of a little perk of his. He was unafraid of what was in front of him. "Um I've always dreamed of meeting one of you... Scales look a little rough..." He looked up. "Lightning breath... Makes you a lightning dragon...I've worked on a few of your species, but never a lighting dragon...."

"Shut up... You're as bad as a newborn...." She batted him with her paw. He clenched her in her claws and took off. She was gonna bring this one into see Fall. Maybe this one could help her with her "Research" as she calls it.

She flew into the nest with the unconscious human in her claws. She made her way into Fall's research area. "Fall, I got a present for you..." She dropped the human. "Found him in the little hovel down the hill. Might give you some direction on your research..."

Percy stood up and looked around. He put his hand on his head. The smack could have given him a concussion. He was interested in how he was in the volcano. He turned around too a giant red dragon.

 

[Yonsisac]

Fall was deeply distracted as she unscrew and screw back the light bulb, some have been broken to see its content and it seems...from what she sees, a thin cord is lit a flames yet it dose not extinguish only when Coral stops conducting electricity and as it seems most human technology works with electricity making a rather interesting, being able to produce cold, heat, make there creations move with just one thing, electricity. As she was about to move on to her next object of interest, Coral suddenly got spook as she heard the voice echo through the cave, she jolted only to accidental send a surge of electricity through the cable. The light bulb began to shine brighter and brighter each time and fall was confused "Hey...it never-" only for it to explode and shatter, leaving the room mostly dark as night. "Sorry sorry! got scared!" Coral silently commented as a clear sigh from Fall is heard but she sounded happy after hearing Tiamat had a gift for her "A gift you say Tiamat?? Hooo i am in wonder's indeed, thank you very mush dear, wonder what it is...hold on" She added as fall dint see what Tiamat brought as she was turn around seeing the blowing light bulb.

Falls underbelly and chest began to light up dimly and soft red only to soon her back and spines ignite in a blazing flame but soon calmed, it light the room perfectly and gave a soft warmth and light. Fall turn around and look at Tiamat "A human down the hill? interesting..would wonder why he was down there" She spoke in dragon language, human language was one she never spoke only to interact with the pest...like now, She looked down at the feeble creature as she lower her head and stared at him and smiled "I bet this one can help me yes, Thank you very much Taimat...never expect a early day gift especially one that could be useful with my projects..." Fall said as she smiled towards Taimat...such a dragon she has to say, mostly both are the same age! a sister in other words, Fall was lucky to have Taimat by her side, a wraith, a silent assassin is how Fall saw her...and such Fall was never disappointing for her duty as a alpha size dose not matter, Taimat and Vaeros are the perfect example..."Taimat, maybe you should stay with us if you wish, i enjoy the company and plus, your "friend" might as well..." Fall with a snicker as she looked down at the human.

Seeing it was time Fall would soon speak in human language "Please, welcome human, what might your name be feeble one? I think you can help me with my little research...seeing you are one of them" Fall commented with a grin as her sword eye stared up and down at the human, what was that smell? was rather strong, lavender? meh...she had some bad sense of smell. This human is rather weird, others are usually wearing there "Armor" and green with some Camouflage but this one was so..."Civilian" he dint looked armed..he dint seem to represent any danger and he is alone...huh maybe he just was lost but still, One harmless human is a good human "Hmm...where is your metal bows? you seem so different from the rest, are you lost? because the ashen lands is south-west from here feeble one...what are you doing all the way over here exactly is my question especially near MY domain?" Fall asked rather irritated knowing this one was very close to them meaning others can be close...yet...If Taimat came back and not mention combat this one was alone alright.
Dak

 

[Dak]

Percy & Tiamat​

Percy looked up at the giant dragon. "Well my full name is Percival Derrick Jamison, but most people call me Percy...As to what I am doing out here, I seek knowledge on your kind... Most of my kind seek to kill you, seeing as how you and your lot destroyed a vast amount of our civilization." He said his hand still on his head. "..But as you can see, I am peaceful. I seek that of knowledge. My kind seek to kill you all, I do not."

He dusted off his pants and coat. "A soft underbelly for illumination, but something tells me your don't need it as much with your giant eyes... Tell me can you see in the dark?..." He asked before returning to her question. "I had noticed that there were a lot of dragons near the volcano, I figured a good place to maybe find dragons..." He said looking over to the lamp that she had.

"Research? It seems that you have a lot of things from our city. You have a lamp." He said walking over to the lamp. He noticed the small dragon. "Oh hello, my name is Percival Derrick Jamison, but please call me Percy..." He said giving her a smile. He looked at the lightbulb. He noticed a lot of other things. "Hummm. Seems you've been collecting for a while. I can help, but only on one condition. This goes two ways. You let me research you and your kind while I am helping you." He said as his stomach began to grumble. "Gah.." He looked up at the giant dragon. "Would you have any cooked food, say any meat, or vegetables...." He said grabbing his stomach.

Tiamat watched as Percy talked and talked. She looked at Fall and spoke out. "Be warned when I found this one he didn't shut up." She said in dragon tongue as she lurched over to a perch, and laid down. She stuck around to keep an eye on this human.

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[ProjectMischa]

Vaeros
The day had proven fruitful for the elegant blue dragon. The calm, clear skies only spoke of good omens, and the forest was riddled with life on these days. It was one of those times where he could simply relax and take a stroll through the woodland he was so enraptured with. Fresh, green earth, good hunting, and he was always under the cool, dappled shade of the trees that inhabited the area. He couldn't get enough of the fresh, clean air these days, especially now that it was rid of the filth of human scents. Well, not completely. It seemed that the humans were to become more of a pest than he had thought, taking to hiding underground like sniveling worms. It was a shame he couldn't simply dig them out with his abilities, they were craftier than to simply dig into the earth as it was. Lining their shelters with tough materials, reinforcing them heavily. They couldn't have built that during the attack, so they must have beforehand for some other purpose.

Vaeros flicked his tail slightly in irritation. There was no use dwelling on it now, it'd only annoy him further and remind him of the near eternity they had spent living underground. It had been difficult to spend so long in the Lu'z nests located along the largest volcanic chain of the continent. The heat, while tolerable, was nowhere near as pleasant for him as the cool, fresh air he breathed now. The smoke wasn't that great for the earth dragon either, but still, tolerable. Vaeros paused his walking and thoughts when he detected movement in the forests he wandered in, glancing over to spy the culprit with sharp eyes. It was merely a lithe deer, eyeing him with curiosity. It probably noticed the similar antlers the dragon sported, and he snorted slightly in mild amusement. He'd let it go. He had sated his appetite earlier, and it never did well to over hunt. The wildlife needed time to repopulate, a lesson his own kind had learned themselves long ago.

There was no use milling about any longer. There was work to be done, and too much of it to do. He turned and quickly darted out of the forest, making haste back towards the nest. He would be of no use simply wandering around outside all of the time, after all. While he did not make it there quite as quickly as a dragon who could fly would, his body was built for speed, and so he covered distance on the ground efficiently. It was only when he reached the entrance to the Lu'z nest that he discovered something amiss. A faint scent of lavender wafted towards his nostrils. Except lavender didn't sprout up around the lava flows surrounding the volcanic chain. His eyes narrowed, feeling something was clearly amiss as he walked into the nest entrance. "Why does it suddenly smell like flowers in here?" Vaeros questioned in the dragon tongue as he made his way through the nest. He was still too far away to spy the human defiling their home with his very presence.

Alva
Alva flitted lazily about in the Laboratories underneath the Ashfield. He organized some of the research files, as well as archives of their past, and started organizing his own recent research. Sketches of terrifying beasts and little notes about their appearance dotted the pages of his notebook as he slowly tore them out and placed them into tattered binders. He glanced around his workstation, and frowned. The laboratory had much to be improved on. As of now, it was more a glorified archive more than anything else, little scientific research could be conducted aside from field research on the dragons, and that was his least favorite thing to do. Very much unlike his partner, Percival. Well . . . partner was a bit of a stretch. He was more of a co-worker than anything else, and they had little to no interactions with each other aside from maybe comparing notes now and then. Percy was the one often begging to go out into the field as often as he could, and the higher-ups had no quarrels about that. Except now, something seemed off to Alva.

While Percy usually was gone for long stretches of time, he was gone much longer than usual for this outing. Had something happened to him this time? If he didn't come back soon, Alva would have to be sent out on extra shifts to make up for lost time, and he certainly didn't want that. Alva sighed and slowly massaged his temples in frustration. He couldn't exactly be surprised if Percy managed to die out there. Alva glanced toward the town center, a small frown gracing his features. He'd give Percy maybe an extra day or two, and then talk to some of the other inhabitants about it, see if they knew where he was at.
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Dak Yonsisac

 

[Yonsisac]

Fall
The crimson Matriarch​

As fall heard this humans...long speech, her eyes just trailed him, staring how he...docent seem scared he just, Huh? um well then this was interesting... most humans would be scared but this was is casual, "...Taimat my dear did you hit its head or something on the way here? seems its broken...thanks for the warning because, its to be expected a mouthful..last one dint say a single word but this one...this one loves spitting out words" Fall commented in dragon language as she just seem rather angry only to soon grab the human by the shirt and raise him up and say "Listen here...Your kind in general is a pest to me...no mater how nice you are or how "Innocent" you will be, it docent change my point of view over one single gavel headed human like you, but...i will give one temporary exception, but be warn human, don't you dare make any tricks" Fall said only to place the human down and wonder a bit more of why was he so brave...hmmm...maybe Taimat shocked him a bit to much maybe, or hit his head with a rock...meh dint matter at least one that dint scream "PLEASE DON'T EAT ME" for once, I mean even if Fall was hungry she would not dare sink her teeth in that rotten flesh that is a human for sure, disgusting prey...plus when she did once it really tasted terrible, like salted copper, not the usual good flavor ether.

"But a pleasure to be speaking with you...Percy, so knowledge seeker is your profession in human society yes...thought you humans would not forget you old ways but seems you did but i would not recommend staying to close if you would not like to be incinerated human, and no, i cant see in the dark, i am not like other dragons like both in this chamber" Fall answered as she would like to refrain herself from speaking about Taimat or Coral, saying there real names or why they are here, keeping secrecy is security especially towards a human...and one that seeks to know about them was rather a invading topic, its best they dint know a bit about them yet, the simple things wont harm anybody. Coral looked at the human and tilted her head as she heard her name and said "Percy?....ok, nice to meet you Percy" Coral said before backing up a but and keeping some distance from the human, she has heard what they can do and such, best stay away, Plus she was small, the size of a dog that is for sure and humans where...giants to her. Fall would wonder about his deal and would say "As long what you do is in my limits, then yes, i will agree, but go beyond bound and i will have you cooked" she answered, as...getting the knowledge of human technology in return for knowledge of dragons? sounded right...plus the humans have lost there ways so would be of little harm, but he better not go beyond what she sees limits, last thing she wants is this human asking if "Will this and that hurt you?", and as well she hopes she gets very useful information besides this human telling her senseless information. Depending what she manages to get out from this human, she will allow him to research in ways.

Fall heard the humans whining of how he was hungry and would look at coral and immediately the small dragon would quickly fly out of the chamber to get something, "You will get your food soon, But i agree with your condition, but of course i would like my part first. You are in my home and such you mention this "Lamp" and now you grown in me curiosity" Fall said with a short grin before looking at this lamp, and asking "Tell me, why do you humans seem to be so dependent over electricity, its your source of making most your technology work correct? meaning in order to make most of your things come to life, is just the need of electricity, i ask because i am confused, some use...fire to work and others electricity " Fall asked as she would stare down at the human and look around her very ordered collection, each are classified in size, smaller ones in more compact well kept piles while bigger items are spaced out and kept in lines. All she needed was electricity to make things work, but of course some dint seem to use electricity but use fire to work, those steel steeds they use, with wheels of metal carts, they work by making this smelly oil substance ignite and making come to life and work.

Soon fall would hear a familiar voice echo through her nest as it reach Falls research room, she smiled as seems everyone was getting here, all was left is her brother and her most trusty group of three will be group up...and maybe question why is there a human here "Oh its nothing my dear, i just have a...small gift Taimat brought me, rather one of the best i had for my research" Fall answered in dragon as it was actually one of the best...a human...who dint scream all day and actually was willing to give her what she needs...But of course her brother brings many of the artifacts to her...so every one is giving her valuable gifts. As soon she spoke Coral wold fly in with a rather medium size lamp chop, cooked, it was not so rare as well, seem well done actually, huh...seems coral has been watching humans cook again, Coral would land and use her claws to carefully grab a plate from the rather big tower of them...putting it on the ground and placing the lamb chop on it "Enjoy your food" said coral as she backed away and let the human have his food and space. Honestly Fall would like it more Raw than cook...its much more nutritious, plus fall dint understand how coral LOVED to eat cooked meat...its so...cardboard like.

ProjectMischa Dak

 

[IrishQ]

Aya-May​

Aya looked around the giant cave, bored out of her mind, someone was supposed to help her to get her to control her fire, but she was sick of waiting. Other dragons her age would have their elements down pat by now, but she was a bit slow and the dragons that have wings would also have the flying thing down, Aya sighed and got up and stretched, before walking off, she looked around again and snuck out of the cave entrance, well, if nobody was going to help her, looks like she is going to have to help herself, she thought as she ran into the green forest, hoping that nobody spotted her, that's the last thing she needed. Aya stopped for a moment and looked around, it's not her first time in the forest, but every time she's in it, it always seems a little different, she dashed off into a nearby clearing. She tried and tried and tried but she was never to be able to stay in the air for more than a few seconds, Aya wasn't the most patient dragoness, she quickly gave up and decided on target practice, she knew better than to aim at the trees (A lesson she had to learn last time) so she aimed at the rocks embedded into the ground. Aya did miss several times, but she did hit her target for the most part, proud of herself, she went back home, only to notice something odd, what is that smell? She wondered, a flower? Aya had no clue but went and followed the strange smell. Looks like other dragons had the same idea, Aya was not much bigger than the average human man and due to the fact she couldn't fly, she can't see what was going on, it was driving her mad not knowing.

Rosaline
Ro watched as the younger kids cleared out and the older ones walked, she sighed a little as the older children started messing around, she didn't have time for this, some of them are taking their tests soon, so she didn't have much time to teach them things "O-okay, can you all q-quiet it down? W-we don't have t-time for t-this!" She sighed, thankfully, the kids listened for once and settled down, Ro watched them for a moment before starting the lesson. Ro taught kids from the age of 5 to 12, in the mornings, she taught 5 to 9 year olds and in the afternoon she taught 10 to 12 year olds, the 12 year olds stayed a little longer as they were due to take their test soon, which decides their future. Unlike classes years ago on the surface, there are no mid-term breaks or summer holidays, this mainly gives the kids something to do so they don't wreck havoc all over the place, they did have those holidays for the first year or two down there, but that stopped as the children got bored very quickly. The lesson was going well until the kids started messing around again and talking, Ro just sighed, yes some of the younger kids tend to throw tantrums from time to time, but the older bunch were much, much worse "K-knock it off w-will you?!" She stuttered, the kids just laughed and some of them even flipped her off, that sort of behaviour wouldn't fly during their apprenticeships, but Ro was just too soft, was it even wise to place a 19-year-old in charge of 5-12 year-olds? She wasn't sure as she bit her lip nervously, but it could be worse, she could be a soldier or a researcher, so she really shouldn't complain, she has it easy.​

 

[Dak]

Percy​

Percy walked over and picked up the lamb chop. He dusted it off and took a bite. It wasn't the best thing in the world, but for what he had it was food nonetheless. He looked up at the giant red dragon, his mouth moving from his teeth moving as he's chewing. "A good question..." He says with his mouth full as he walked over to the lamp. "I can use this lamp to explain." He took a bite of the lamb chop. "Now you see obviously this lamp works this little lightbulb." He said pointing to the lightbulb. "Now as the electricity is running through this little wire." He points to the filament. "It begins to grow hotter and hotter which in-turn grows brighter and brighter."

He walked over towards the car and opened the hood. "Now for the reason why some work with electricity and some with fire..." He pointed to the battery. "This is a battery which holds electricity which leads to the starter. The starter starts the car..." He pointed out the obvious. "Now for the engine..." He points to the engine. "This is the main drive behind the vehicle. This works by miniature explosions caused by the piston compressing a gas that ignites causing the explosion. Which then rotates the drive shaft which in turn speeds the car up and pushes it forward in away."

He closed the hood took another bite of the lamb chop and turned towards the Red dragon."Now the reason we use electricity instead of fire is because electricity is so much more efficient...Plus electricity can run multiple things, from that lamp to a refrigerator to a stove to virtually anything." He said before taking another bite. "It is customary to tell ones name when first meeting them. I have told you mine, I politely ask for yours." He points to Fall. "If we are to work together then it would be good to know each other's names... I can't always be calling you big red."

It was a this time that he had noticed a CD player. He walked over towards it. "Hey Little pink dragon.... First what can I call you... Second do you wanna hear something pretty cool?" He asked holding up the cord to the CD player.

Tiamat watched as the human walked around and spoke a lot. She sighed. "I did hit him in the head, but the thing is he acted the same even before the hit. Remember how I said he wouldn't shut up..." She said kind of making fun of Fall. "None the less, it looks like you have a new pet..." She said with a chuckle. Her ears flickered, it sounded like a youngling was trying to look in on this human.

"Come in young one." She said to Aya. "Knowledge will be granted to those that seek it." She said looking at Fall. Tiamat believed in knowing your enemy, and thought it was a good idea for younglings to know their enemy's, the humans. That why Tiamat would sometimes tell them stories of not only the raids, but of all the encounters she's had with humans. She never lied to the younglings too for the truth is knowledge and knowledge is power.

 

[IrishQ]

Aya watched Tiamat for a moment before fluttering her blue and turquoise wings, despite her colouring, she was a fire dragon, she quickly walked over and climbed up, and saw Percy, instantly knowing what that flowery smell was, never seeing a human before, her tail flicked and walked around him "Is that what a human looks like?" She asked, sitting up on her hind legs, like a meerkat, she was only a few inches taller than him "He's kinda ugly" She commented in dragon language, before circling him again, , her tail continuing to swish, being careful in not to hit him, due to the dark turquoise spines on her tail that can do some serious damage and she knew Fall wouldn't be happy with that, even though it would have been an accident. Aya then stopped walking and just watched him, wondering if she should clear off before she annoyed someone, she does have a tendency to annoy other dragons rather quickly, though she wasn't sure if that was just her or them.

"Does it have a name?" She asked, sitting down, her wings twitching yet again, trying to limit her questions, knowing that asking too much can, again, annoy someone. Aya watched Percy, she heard him talking earlier, but she didn't understand a word that he said, not knowing what he was talking about, by the sounds of things, he doesn't stop talking.​

 

[Yonsisac]

Fall
The crimson matriarch​

Fall heard every single word that Percy spoke...she sees now very interesting, now that is what she is looking for! directly to the point and explaining how it works! very very interesting indeed...she will make sure to write down her findings as such are worth keeping, "Very interesting....you will be more useful without forcing you or torturing you...and i like that" she commented as her thoughts slightly trail off...hmm this was very advance indeed,beyond what they have seen after so long that is for sure. Fall heard him how rude it was in a way to not introduce once self, he told her his name...and he is being more useful than most so, no harm done "I am Fallta Lu'z, the mother of this nest, the "queen" in a way to say the least" Fall answered in a straight forward tone as she would go on all four and pass by the car and look at it now knowing how it works open her mind, but as well she looked at Percy...he has seen to much, letting him go back to the humans will be a risk...but as well a waste if killed seeing how useful he is...a risky option, keeping a human here could raise many eyes and maybe cause negative thoughts upon the dragon seeing they might be in danger knowing there is a human IN there home, Fall had to keep this away from the ones outside for now. Last thing she would wish is "Rumors" of a human in the nest spreading. "And...it would be a great honor to work with you" fall said with a grin...in that sense...she meant he wont be leaving this place any time soon...maybe even be worth keeping, a human in there grasp that hold vital information OF the humans as well...but not just that, if the humans have something she wants, this human will be her "Bargaining" ticket. The more her mind thought about Percy, the more options she had to keep him.

Coral would see percy get close and she seem rather alarm but soon she rather call when he mention something cool, really? "Um..you can call me Coral" she answered looking at the string...what was that for? some kind of teeth cleaner? she got rather close and smell the cord and its scent was the same as those green boxes over there, plastic. "What are those?" She asked about the earbuds it had...what was this thing? she could hear some faint noises coming from it, was it some device to communicate with humans?

Fall looked at Taimat as she made the funny comment...yea he docent shut up that is for sure "You should have hit him harder then...because I can cleary tell he wont shut up...dint expect to talk so much..." Fall said in dragon language as she gave a faint laugh as this human...this one was something special "Yes....i think i have one but honestly, he is more yours than mine that is for sure, but even still, he must not ever leave my dear, we need him...the more minds, the better, and he knows to much already...", Fall snicker knowing that now with this vital human they could open up much more than expected and get the information they need, Fall might not get any of the humans themselves...but about there technology is still a massive leap for them of understanding the humans. But fall was soon alarm when she heard Taimat mention a young one, she looked back and saw the young Aya walk in and be interested about the human "Yes young one, its name is Percy...he is rather ugly indeed...well every human is, don't tell anybody about him ok Aya? he is special..." She answered with a soft smile...Taimat had a point, Knowledge will be granted for the ones who seek it...but for now...best to limit who knows about the human "Taimat, limit who knows about the human, i wish not to cause hysteria or worries among the ones who are not aware, keep it a secret" Fall said only to peek outside the chamber and notice Vaeros "Please my dear...come in, there is something i must speak to you" Fall said as Vaeros was here already...there was no point in hiding it, and being a alpha they must all know knowing they will assist her in many needs. But fall greatest worry...was her brother...what would he say about this situation?

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[Dak]

Percy looked for a second to see what he was holding. He laughed and took out the headphones. He pulled them out and pressed play It's a beautiful day by Michael buble. He began to slowly dance with the music. He looked at the new dragon that had joined them. She was smaller, about the same size as Percy.

Tiamat head perked up. "I can't be in charge of him... I found him for you...." She laid her head back down. She was the queen of the nest, she had the final say. "I'll take care of him as you wish." Tiamat stood up and walked over towards the human. He looked him up and down. She was going to have to think of a way to over look him while still maintaining her Alpha level.

Percy looked at Coral. "It's nice to meet you coral... You know people use to listen to this." He said before stopping his dancing. He looked at Fall. "I shall call you Fall. It will be a pleasure to get to know you." He said putting out his hand but pulled them back when he thought that her hands were to big to shake his.

 

[IrishQ]

Aya watched Fall, before nodding "Okay, I won't say anything" She said, at least she knows when to keep her mouth shut, so that's a bonus. Aya continued to watch Percy, she wanted to bombard him with questions, her curiosity getting the better of her, but, now wasn't the right time, she thought, as she blew a small amount of smoke through her snout, right into the human's face "Oops! Sorry! Force of habit" She exclaimed, wait, why was she apologising? She wondered, meh, seemed like the most polite thing to do, once again wondering if she should clear off before she accidently roasts him alive, that would probably be the best option right now, she thought, taking a few steps back, Aya had never felt so awkward, this is worse than trying to fit in with the other dragons her age, oh well, best get going before it gets more awkward, but something was stopping her from just leaving, she wasn't sure what though.​

 

[Yonsisac]

"Tiamat my dear, no it will be fine, i have plans for him, You brought him for me after all....but what i mean is: If you ever catch anything suspicious, trying to escape or poking his head where he shall not be allowed, refrain him from doing so, i will tell Vaeros and my brother to do the same. we must keep this as hidden as possible, this dose not mean you will watch over him, it will be my work. But when i am not around, check on him once and a while is all im saying..." Fall corrected herself, she dint want to give more work to Taimat or any of her alphas than they already have, but surely sometimes she wont be around, or sleeping early and such, so if they are in the nest she would appreciate for one of them check on Percy till she can find a loyal dragon besides her alpha's to keep an eye on him, a sentinel to watch over him. But of course that is for now unless the nest begins to know about the human, then she will care for Percy....Fall docent plan keeping this human forever that is for sure...but she will see how long he can be kept before fall dies because of some talking human...deadly weapon.

Coral looked confused and scared when he began to..dance was it? and this rhythmic music began to play...dint sound bad...was rather nice but what was he doing? "Listen to it? was it some kind of human music ritual?...i don't understand much about humans honestly sorry..." she said as she heard some one say about tearing the seams of some one dreams? she wonder what the words where trying to mean. So its NOT some person talking...its some how singing music through that?...huh seems humans don't need those bands anymore. "How dose some one sing through that?..." she asked as she looked at Aye...and back at the human...wonder if she could...you know...get her hands on that CD player thing..."Um...ca- can i...see that thing?" she asked getting close...she wanted to hear that music...and wanted to see this human technology...at least this one had some sort of "Fun" aspect.

Fall watched how Coral interacted with the human...how this human danced and played some music from his device, Fall thought for a moment...maybe all they needed to do was make a door or fence, give it a somewhere to sleep and food, maybe give it "walks". Maybe not watching was needed, this human was not just harmless, but...useless in trying to make enemies, i mean Fall was about to reach for Aya and pull her away from getting close from the human but...he just...hmmm and coral as well, Fall was seeing this human could not just be useful but of low hostility meaning she could give him low attention, this dint mean she dint mind his company or trusted him, for her this was a harmless pet smart enough to help in research "Aya tell me, what do you think of humans seeing this is your first?" She asked towards Aya...wondering what she though about him...some one who has never seen a human yet...she wondered how it was through the young eyes. Fall saw the Percy reach for a hand shake and refrain himself...yea it was best "same as well will be a pleasure to know you....now seeing you helped me with my complex question, i give permission,its your turn Percy" Fall said as seeing he actually answered a big question, it was his turn to ask his or request.

Fall wondered more and more about this human...very interesting...he will be of perfect use and with one of the mothers sending assistance one day...Fall knows she can create some human artifact of her own, and she...already had something in mind.
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[ProjectMischa]

Vaeros
Vaeros twitched his ears slightly the first time Fall had addressed him about some sort of "gift". Probably another human invention. He wasn't particularly fond of all the human junk being dragged in by Fall's brother and now Tia, apparently. It reeked of human filth and it was a distraction for many of the younger dragons especially. But, he wouldn't go against his queen's wishes, if she wanted to tinker with human toys then he would have no voice or power to stop her. His curiosity was only peaked further when he witnessed the rather large frame of Fall peek out of her nest entrance and beckon him inside. The blue dragon stepped forward, holding his head up to get a better view. What could the queen possibly wish to discuss with him? Battle strategies, maybe? Perhaps they finally had a solution to turn the tide in this bloody war. Vaeros could only hope. "What is it you wish to discuss with-"

He abruptly cut himself off when the scent of lavender hit him in fresh waves, strong, present, and very much right in front of his face. His eyes rested on the slender human, one with enough audacity to be playing with the littler dragons in their own nests. Vaeros stiffened, he had not heard much of the previous conversation Fall had been having with the other dragons present, and so he was quick to clench his jaw and bare his teeth menacingly at the filth standing before them. His tail lashed to the side in agitation as he spoke in a low hiss, using the dragon language. "What is this human filth doing so deep in our home?" He looked over to Fall for an explanation, refusing to even stoop to so low a level of speaking directly to the manflesh before him. His ears laid a little flat against his skull. He had no intentions of sharing a living space with humans.

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[Yonsisac]

Fall waited only to see Vaeron walk in and see his...clear anger and frustration and hate towards the human, Fall smiled and answered "My dear...i know i know...i had the same thoughts when Taimat brought him in, but....after he willingly answered my desired question of there technology...i know more than i once did in just a few minutes. Plus compared to the other humans, this one is useless,weak and harmless, it cant hurt no one......i had plans of keeping him here for a short time....he might be a important part in my research and as well my inventions that are soon to come" Fall answered after looking down a Vaeron and Taimat and saying "Don't worry about him...all i ask is to keep him a secret from the others, i wish not to let more minds know about his presence here...till, i come to a conclusion, Taimat said he was taking camp very close to us, he knows to much but at the same time...he is of great value, he spoke without torture or menace...willingly he answered my most desired question..." Fall said with a grin as soon she would know how of a "Hateful" situation and disgusting one this was...so in order to take action she said "I will go his conclusion by vote, once my brother comes here, all of my alphas are present...i will ask in votes, simple as that" Fall answered final and all in dragon language, she dint just want this to be on her own terms but as well she wanted to satisfied all and do what is right for the nest. She knows even by having there technology is a terrible thing and even bothers some...but a human was a whole new level of "Crazy scientist".

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[Kabboom]

Aaron

I woke up from my short sleep, body cold from the sweat. The underground was a hot place, seeing as there is no wind, and everything needs to be artificially cooled. And in my quarters, we're considered "too expendable" for air conditioning. But that wasn't what caused my sweat. I had nightmares again. Same thing, different night, is all.

I get off my bed, to the annoyance of others, who somehow are managing to sleep in the sweltering heat. They don't seem to wake up early, or at all, considering there's no rush to get killed in the surface. But I do it as a habit. I head to the Smithing District, where my own table lies in wait for me.

As I move to it, I pass one of the classes where they taught kids on... uh... I don't really know. I haven't paid that much attention, really. There's this teacher, who I assume has been at it for a while, but I haven't seen her that much. She looks kinda cute, though.

The kids were being annoying, as kids are naturally annoying. I whistled loudly, capturing their attention. "Quiet, you damn kids! Or we'll throw you on the surface!" And then quickly left, with a temporary silence left by the surprised kids. That should keep the silence for a while.

 

[Iniquity]

Arkadia still had not adjusted to the lack of fresh air underground, and although her life was saved and she was comfortable as was allowed – she still mourned for a breeze. Being a dragonsmith, she frequently led groups of soldiers to the surface in search of materials, and an excursion was long overdue. Not only for provisions, but in addition for the gulps of clean air she savored. Besides that, the penetrating rays of sun, warm and comforting. Those trips not only afforded her with materials but also a profound nostalgia that calmed and lit ablaze her soul.

Before they had been forced to retreat underground, Arkadia was a feral spirit that cherished the wilderness. Hiking, mountaineering, snowboarding, she loved anything outside that gave her a thrill. Those were only hobbies, though, as her true zeal and monetary surety was her finesse at crafting armor and weapons. During that time, it was not as genuinely required as it was now, and typically she sold her wares to collectors and those fascinated in authentic armaments. When the dragons attacked, she was merely eighteen years old – a young woman with an old soul. Now, at twenty-five, she felt much older and weathered. Although the exposed nerve of fright, panic, and uncertainty was now numbed into compartmentalized chambers of her consciousness – she was still everlastingly altered and embittered.

Within the stronghold of Springhurst, she spent most of her time crafting, or training. It was a given, that due her profession, she was expertly educated in the art of melee, and the brandishing of a sword. Because it was her vocation before the attack, it was explicable she had more familiarity when it came to the fundamentals of blacksmithing; although the assimilation of dragon’s claws and hides were still alien to her, she had many accomplishments when it came to combining the two. And when it came to melee, she was also well versed in not only the flourish of a sword, but additionally, the techniques of hand to hand. She was incredibly physically fit – due to her extreme sport lifestyle from the surface life, and her body was akin to that of a marathon runner. Although, the last several years she had lost a small amount of muscle tone due to not being able to exercise as freely, she looked even more carved, because of the loss of fat due to a restricted diet.

She ate a mild breakfast of dry oatmeal, and meat with a strong cup of thick coffee. She could not go without coffee, and would even barter her own creations for it. Then, while most were still sleeping she headed for her shop, on the outskirts of the underground civilization. Her routine at Springhurst was dedicated, and strict – always focused on the task at hand: providing armaments for the population. It was conceivably their best bet at fighting back.

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[IrishQ]

Ro jumped slightly, a little startled, watching the kids eyes widen in horror before settling down, what was his problem? She wondered "I'll be r-right back, d-don't b-break anyt-thing" Ro stuttered before leaving the room, quickly catching up to Aaron "H-hey what's y-your problem? Did you h-have to s-scare them l-like that?" She asked, clearly not impressed with his scare tactics, though she did have to admit, it did work, but that didn't justify scaring the living daylights out of them.

Aya went up on her hind legs and looked around in bewilderment when she heard Vaeros' voice, she hated it when dragons used that tone, it scares her quite frankly, she very quickly spotted him before creeping away from the human, knowing that he might tell her to get away from him in a moment, her tail dragging and her wings drooping, still wanting to bombard him with questions about the human race, but with Vaeros around, that wasn't a good idea, not to mention that he wasn't in a good mood. The young dragoness finally decided to scarper, quickly climbing down and leaving, not wanting to see what might happen next​

 

[Trappy]

Kazimir

Not a sound. No talking, no birds chirping, no animals growling, not even a neigh from the horses. Most importantly no dragons, but that might change very soon. The men quietly traverse the thin forest, their carriage crackling through the cold, rocky road. Kazimir felt himself shivering in the sudden early morning breeze through the skeletal trees that make an echoing, ghastly noise. The trees, stripped of leaves by the season with feathery combs of moss, stretching high towards the cloudy sky. No, it wasn't going to rain, Kaz figured, as he played with the sole source of warmth, a neatly rolled cigarette, tiny sparks of flame igniting calmly at the other end. Kaz looked up, he wondered if he could share some of this warmth to the trees. "They looked cold." - He thought, they also bear a familiar look to the merchandise his carriage was carrying for this trip. But the cigarette wouldn't be enough to warm these tree, obviously. What would then?

Dragons' flame?

Kaz turned around, to his companions, and the merchandise. Large metal-tipped stakes, about 20 of them, stacked neatly in a rather large carriage. One of his companions, Pavlov, noticed him from the ladder to the carriage's mounted turret. The man gave him a glance before getting back cleaning the cannon's breech. The young cadet, Marco, was still fast asleep. It might've been too early to wake the boy up anyway, Kaz thought. Three men, four horses, a carriage carrying surprisingly few goods and, last but not least, they're armed with a 43 caliber cannon, a fancy piece of hardware only produced in small numbers due to the lack of necessary technology and resources in the new age. What are they doing all by themselves, why, one might ask.

The caravan's wheels hit a rather large rock, it seemed, as the carriage slightly shook. Kaz could hear Pavlov's croaky voice cursing behind. The man probably hit his head against the cannon's breech.

"Are we there?" - A young, silvery yet tired voice asked from the carriage behind him.

Kaz opens his leather bag and checked the map. They were to the West of their destination, dangerously close to the String of Fire.

"Get prepared. Almost there." - Kaz replied to the cadet, or ordered, and the boy started doing that almost instantly after he jumped from the sheets he was resting on.

So we jump in there, grab the man, get out, earn cards - how hard could it be?

Kaz lifted the cigarette, and took a long, good smoke as he recalled how they ended up here. It was just like any other casual trip. He delivered the goods at one of the surface stations, when he was approached. A deal was proposed, some high ranking fella went missing, and their scouts reported that the man ended up in a Nest, somewhere within the String of Fire. The reward was good, too good. Better, this missing man has not been announced at the barracks in the area yet, so the prize is all his. They gave him an offer he could not refuse. These people knew his nature, they knew Kaz would never turn down wealth. Things were settled, papers worked out. They were to deliver this man at a station, and the cards are theirs. There was some trouble, but nothing Kaz couldn't pull through. He managed to have a turret temporarily mounted on his carriage and found some that would be more than happy to help him with the task. Fancy that, but Kaz knew the men were after this prize as well.

Their target was not specifically located yet, as no one was mad enough to go too deep into the Dragons' territory. Well, Kaz found someone who was just mad enough to do that. Before he set off, this man, was sent off to scout the area, the nests and locate the missing man while remaining hidden with his camouflage gear, and they would work out a way to take the man out when Kaz's carriage got there.

So far, everything's been working out according to the plan. Kaz took another smoke, and blew it into the cold air in front of him. He thought about this trip. Dragons are not known to take human prisoners. If they brought this man back to their nest, there is a high chance that they were using him as food for their younglings. But then, why did the men put a prize on that man's head? A lot of questions, and Kaz couldn't find any proper answer. Perhaps the fella fancied the dragons, and decided to run away? Kaz chuckled at the thought of that. Well, if somehow that was the case, then they would have no choice but to apply some force.

 

[Kabboom]

Aaron

As I made my way to the familiar table, where my special arrows and my precious bow lied in wait, the teacher approached me from behind. I turned around, facing the frustrated girl. My eyes first focused on her deep purple eyes, and then they looked around, noticing her twirly hair and her lips. She spoke with a stutter, which makes me a bit impatient, but she seems cute.

"Oh, uh... I'm sorry." I answered in a straight voice, pretending that I actually was sorry. "Though that would give them some incentive to stay quiet. And you could also take this as an opportunity to educate them about the outside. That it's not as bad as the other folks tell them. Warn them of potential dangers of the outside, and teach them how to survive. You don't need to go into details, just basic advice and a few tips would do. I'm always here if you need any."

Thinking that I'm done with the conversation, I begin to walk away. Not before adding an extra sentence in, though. "Oh, by the way, you're kinda cute. I'll see you around."

This Springhurst shelter seems a bit better now, with the little conversation I just had.
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Zerontyr

The Silent Death awoke from her relatively short slumber, slowly opening her purple eyes, adjusting to her surroundings. After a brief recollection of her memories, she remembers where she is. It is quite hard to see with purple tinted eyes, how much she cursed them. A quiet corner in the vast Lu'z nest.

Her (temporary) nest was a relatively deep crevice inside the walls of a volcanic mountain, overlooking "The Black Scar", a deep ravine, lined with a river of magma and obsidian on the side. Many, many dragons call this their home, some living in the same nest for generations.

The obsidian that she dug her nest in was a snug fit, and warm to the touch, just the way she likes it. She is more used to the freezing cold breeze of high altitude winds in a storm cloud, but sometimes, a little warmth is enough to soften her up and make her feel delighted for the rest of the day, a feat that is becoming more and more difficult to achieve for her. Her skin color also perfectly blends in with the obsidian too, if it weren't for her purple shades. Although, it does keep other dragons from disturbing her nest. She does earn a lot of bewildered stares from other dragons, due to the uniqueness of the purple luminescence.

She slowly crept out from her nest, devoid of any decorations or eggs, for no suitable mate has approached her. Fitting, considering all her "accidents" and "deformities", she might as well be considered a youngling. A youngling, with amazing speed, and a nasty lightning breath. And speaking of speed, she was not the fastest, at all. But over the stormy skies of Aldwin's Ridge, she is the fastest resident around, save for some special occasions, when a faster dragon, usually an Alpha, crosses Aldwin's Ridge for some important business. Not that she ever cared.

She had duties to attend to. A nest this large, requires a large fleet of hunters.

As she flew out of her nest, her nostrils picked up a faint smell of flowers. Very strange, considering no flora ever exists inside the nest, seeing as the volcanic temperature and soil kills all life. She traces the source of the smell, and comes to a group of dragons, including the Mother Dragon Fall herself. As she flew above, swiftly, making barely any sound, and frankly, a cool breeze downwards onto the group, she spotted the center of attention. She was quite disappointed, really. 'A measly human? Pfeh, what good does that one human do?' She thought to herself, paying little attention to the group afterwards.

She then flew out, out of the nest, on her new search for food. When suddenly, a light hit her eyes. Through the purple tint, she could see the blinding flash in her left eye, just for a second. She paused for a moment. The flash occurred again. She was bewildered. This was not like the sun's flash, which was weighing on her eyes, as a faint but bright white on the top of her vision, but something... manmade.

She looks around, and spots a cyan blue youngling leaving the nest as well. Zerontyr flew to the youngling, being a female upon a closer look, to ask her a favor. She spoke in a serious, but very slurred, and slightly growling voice, due to the wound in her throat. "Grryoung one, do you shee gggthe little vvvvlash ov light? Oghver therr." She spoke, struggling to correct her growls, and motioning her head towards the mountain nearby, the flash bugging her eyesight once more.

IrishQ

 

[Iniquity]

The cold gusts that helped Caphedyss soar higher above the mountains of Aldwin’s Ridge felt wonderful against her light cerulean underbelly, and wings. She was not a scout, however being an electric dragon, it was imperative that she took long flights every so often to clear her mind. Especially when a storm was brewing.

Her slender body disappeared betwixt the clouds, only to reappear and disappear as the strong gales of wind moved the thick billows above the mountains. The ebb and flow of the storm was just picking up pace, and she felt invigorated as the first thunderous clap shook the air, and off in the distance she could see lightning piercing through the sky, a thick bolt of plasma that struck the earth below and sounded just as loud as the thunder. A smile bowed her scaly lips as she flew into the storm. Within a few minutes, her own breath weapon materialized: strong, expansive branches of plasma propelled from her mouth, and the rough tunnel of her throat surged with a scintillating light that fluctuated between effulgent blue and purple, and even an irradiating white.

She was not as fast as a scout, but she moved through the skyline with gentle grace and ease, rapidly picking up speed because of the stalwart spells of wind. She felt completely free within the embrace of the squall, a tempest within a tempest, inaccessible. Soaring high, she was barely a blur thousands of miles up, and a few hundred above the peak of the mountain range. However, within just a few moments her steel-blue vessel broke through the storm above the mount with serpentine elegance and she caught the rousing of winds above the valley below, drifting downward in altitude. Her muscular wings extended without movement, and her eyes closed temporarily.

She coasted like that for a long while, every so often drumming her wings to maintain elevation once she had descended a couple thousand feet. Soaring above the valley, and the ashen remains of what was once the surface of Springhurst, setting a course for the volcanic mountains in the north-east.

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[IrishQ]

Rosaline

Ro sighed as he walked off, she wasn't cute! She thought, though she knew her face was bright red, she quickly walked back to her class, were to her surprise, the kids were behaving themselves, for once. Some of the students were staring at her, well, she was as red as a tomato, some started to question her on why she was red but Ro shrugged it off and got cracking with the lesson. Ro sighed when the kids left, she quickly cleaned up and left as well, before going to her room, which she shared with other caretakers to figure out the next day's lesson, same thing, different day to her but at least she has a little peace and quiet due to nobody else being back from their jobs yet.

After a while, Ro was happy with the lesson plan before leaving the room while other people started to come in, she hated being around a lot of people. The other people in the quarters didn't question her, she had always been shy, she preferred to wonder around aimlessly in the shelter and maybe help out other people with their jobs, ranging from sorting stuff out or taking one thing to one end of the shelter to another, no one really understands why she does this, but it just gives her something to do.

Aya-May
When Aya left the other dragons with the human, she was a little surprised when Zerontyr flew up to her, almost not understanding what she was saying, but she did catch on pretty quickly "Light? What li-" She asked before something caught her eye "Oh, that light" She sighed, looking at where the glint was coming from "Do you want me to check it out?" She asked, looking up at Zerontyr, her wings fluttering, taking a few steps towards the glinting light, smoke blowing through her nose, tempted to fire a fireball at it, but refraining as she didn't know what it was, not wanting to possibly hurt another dragon.​

 

[Dak]

Percy watched as the dragons left and came. Percy just watched as they discussed. He sighed, if only he could understand the words that they talked. He looked at the giant angry dragon. He kept his eyes on it's head. He moved to where he could easily look the dragon over.

Tiamat looked at Vearos. "I found him and figured that we could use him as a means of understanding our enemy will help us defeat the enemy." She said in dragon. "...To beat our enemy we must know them.... If he's not needed, I'll kill him myself..."

She leapt down from her perch and walked over to Percy and sat down. "I can foresee him being one of our best assets till he no longer becomes an asset." Tiamat stood up and walked towards Vareos. The size comparison was vastly different.

In a flash she was on Vareos's head. "Plus it might be fun to have something so small and fragile around. Think of all we could learn..."

 

[ProjectMischa]

Vaeros
Vaeros twitched his ears in slight irritation as Tia rested on top of his head. How she managed to find a perch there between his multiple horns was beyond the blue dragon, but he wasn't exactly fond of her using it as a chair. His eyebrows were naturally squished lower, making his look of frustration and anger turn into an almost adorable expression. Something he certainly wouldn't want to have pointed out to him. "Fun as it may sound to either of you, it still may not be particularly wise," he said, his tone more even this time. He spoke more calmly, the initial shock of the human's presence having died down. Despite the lack of a grumbling roar, his intonation still betrayed that he wasn't particularly happy about this. Not that it was a surprise to anyone there. He was not particularly quiet about his disdain for humanity.

The earth dragon let out a puff of air, his ears drooping slightly as he shook his head. He shot another brief glare at the pitiful human before them and glanced to Fall. "You already know what my vote will be, my queen," he said, his voice rumbling ever so slightly in the dragon language, "He is a liability if we keep him here. Sooner or later, the humans will notice his absence and go looking for him. That very search could lead them right to our nest. It'd be best for us to kill him quickly, before he has any chances to escape and inform the others of what he's learned." His stance was still tense and ready for the slightest movement from the human. If he even dared try to do anything here, Vaeros would be quick to react. It'd be the last move the filth would ever make. "I know you wish to further research on humans, but him simply being here poses a risk to the younglings. I just don't think it's wise for us to ignore any possible risks."

Alva
The young researcher held his head in his hands, trying to drown out the children's screeching with his ears. It was only when someone else shouted at the little brats that things finally quieted down for once. He sent a silent prayer of thanks to whoever did the deed, sound carried rather well in the underground shelter. It echoed off of the walls and bounced all around the area, which meant even a simple, calm conversation would be slightly amplified. Everyone sounded louder in here than they were fully aware of. Perhaps this was why gossip and news would spread so quickly among the shelter people. One good reason why Alva preferred to keep his thoughts private.

He stared at his notes absentmindedly, the quick, messy scrawls were almost impossible to decipher. He'd have to go over them again in a new page with cleaner writing for others to read. It always seemed like there was extra work to be done in this field, as field notes always needed to be assessed and cleaned, cross-examined with other notes. Work, work, work. And yet despite all that had been written down between Percy and him, there was still little known about the dragons, how they operated. There were notes on types, abilities, noted physical attributes. But that only scratched the surface. Getting deeper required work that Alva definitely didn't want to do.

"Kader!" a rough, gravelly voice barked in his direction, making the boy jump slightly. "What on earth are you doing?!"

Alva groaned slightly. If the man was any louder, everyone in the barracks would hear him. Granted, they probably could already hear him. He turned towards the owner of the voice, a terribly scarred individual who was one of the few elderly people to have made it out of the Dragon Apocalypse in relatively one piece. Aside from the gashes on his face, anyway. One of the higher-ups, crotchety and full of business since humanity dove underground, and one of the people who could get away with running around shouting at others like he was currently doing. "Just organizing my notes, sir," Alva mumbled with little effort to hide his disdain. These people were the reason he was given a suicidal job, after all.

"And organizing notes takes an entire week to do?" the man growled, glaring right at Alva with a twitching, milky white eye.

"Sometimes," Alva glanced at the older man, making a point to avoid looking into his eyes or focusing too hard on his face. The eye really freaked him out. He glanced around to see if other shelter residents were eavesdropping on the affair, sending a panicked glance their way in case someone more sympathetic decided to step in.

"Not falling for it, Kader. Now get that lazy ass in gear and get out there now!"

Alva exhaled and gave the old coot a brief nod, grabbing his tattered notebook and lead pencil that was shortening every day. Soon, he'd have no more room to sharpen it, the whole utensil would just disappear. He marched past his superior, keeping his gaze low, but dragging his feet the closer he got to the entrance. Going out there gave little chances to make it back alive and in one piece, after all.

Yonsisac Dak