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allscalesfinal) wrote2014-03-17 11:05 am
allscalesfinal) wrote2014-03-17 11:05 am
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CONTACT POST: WALDEMAR
[This dragon is always available for quests or a chat.]
...one!
[emerges from treasure]
Ah, er, this one shall find you?
[he doesn't want to sound creepy or scary!! peers around]
[emerges from treasure]
Ah, er, this one shall find you?
[he doesn't want to sound creepy or scary!! peers around]
[hiding behind a pile of treasure that's about ten seconds sprinting distance away!!]
I, uh. Need enough marbled beef to feed like all the teams here. For a party.
[a minute to think]
When did you wish to host this celebration?
When did you wish to host this celebration?
[hrmmm]
In that case, allow this one to suggest a proposal.
[twitches wings, and the sound of jingling coins fills swoop's head
when it stops, a large pot appears before him, filled with soil and several frail seedlings poking up out of the dirt]
Nurture these plants for a week and a half, and eat the fruit they bear at the very end. However, what you desire shall appear in your room after only four days, to allow for your celebration to occur as you wish.
Essentially, you shall pay half of the toll at one time and the rest later. Is that agreeable?
In that case, allow this one to suggest a proposal.
[twitches wings, and the sound of jingling coins fills swoop's head
when it stops, a large pot appears before him, filled with soil and several frail seedlings poking up out of the dirt]
Nurture these plants for a week and a half, and eat the fruit they bear at the very end. However, what you desire shall appear in your room after only four days, to allow for your celebration to occur as you wish.
Essentially, you shall pay half of the toll at one time and the rest later. Is that agreeable?
[ ...well, he wasn't expecting this. He carefully picks up the pot. ]
Sounds good. Thanks.
Sounds good. Thanks.
[laid out flat on the floor and staring contemplatively at a jewel that's the size of lace's entire head, which is flicked carelessly away by his talons when she approaches]
Ah, my friend. How may this one help you?
Ah, my friend. How may this one help you?
[smiles and takes a seat next to him, petting his scaly self]
I came for a quest today, not to visit.
I came for a quest today, not to visit.
[a shallow nod, his scales warm and smooth]
As is natural. What do you desire?
As is natural. What do you desire?
[a thoughtful silence, wings twitching]
This one shall prepare the terms. Please hold out your hand.
This one shall prepare the terms. Please hold out your hand.
[the sound of jingling coins fills her ears, and a golden amulet materializes in her palm]
Wear this, and ask seven people thus: their most cherished ambition, and the lengths they would go to in order to achieve it.
Wear this, and ask seven people thus: their most cherished ambition, and the lengths they would go to in order to achieve it.
Edited 2014-07-14 04:44 (UTC)
[she smiles, holding it up]
It's lovely. Do I only need to wear it when I ask them, or all the time until the quest is done?
It's lovely. Do I only need to wear it when I ask them, or all the time until the quest is done?
The former for certain, the latter only if you desire it.
Everything this one creates for the purposes of a quest - jewelry, food, and much else - is imbued with a magic that will communicate their answers to me.
Everything this one creates for the purposes of a quest - jewelry, food, and much else - is imbued with a magic that will communicate their answers to me.
I see. May I ask why you find yourself so interested in our answers?
[....he's quiet for a minute, shifting his gaze to a mound of treasure instead]
When this one was a mortal man, there came a time when the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of others were scorned and cast aside as though worthless. Rather than a worldly perspective of balance and nuance, as befitted a king, I pursued a self-serving reality where the only answers that mattered were my own.
This one cannot bear to be so selfishly ignorant again. That is a cold, lonesome, and wretchedly boring existence.
When this one was a mortal man, there came a time when the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of others were scorned and cast aside as though worthless. Rather than a worldly perspective of balance and nuance, as befitted a king, I pursued a self-serving reality where the only answers that mattered were my own.
This one cannot bear to be so selfishly ignorant again. That is a cold, lonesome, and wretchedly boring existence.
Mm.
[a small smile]
Do you want to know what my answer would be?
[a small smile]
Do you want to know what my answer would be?
[not looking at her!! too busy remembering when he was a giant asshole and feeling sad about it]
Of course.
Of course.
Edited (fuuu needed a space) 2014-07-14 05:15 (UTC)
Well, my world was rather dangerous. There were dragons, but not kind and generous ones like you, and gryphons and ogres and sickness. My sister always swore that she would rid the land of these things, but I was too afraid to consider it. But things changed, and I learned that maybe it's something that could be done.
A good deal of my childhood was spent being afraid, but sometimes I think about what it would be like to feel truly safe somewhere down the road. Years from now, mm, with my sister never far away, and with a husband and children of my own. Somewhere I wouldn't have to constantly worry about them all... That's something I would fight for.
A good deal of my childhood was spent being afraid, but sometimes I think about what it would be like to feel truly safe somewhere down the road. Years from now, mm, with my sister never far away, and with a husband and children of my own. Somewhere I wouldn't have to constantly worry about them all... That's something I would fight for.
[listens]
....That is a noble ambition to strive for. But you do not need this one to tell you that.
....That is a noble ambition to strive for. But you do not need this one to tell you that.
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