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<blockquote data-quote="Emperor Valerian" data-source="post: 1568518" data-attributes="member: 15043"><p><strong>A Fierce Monster</strong></p><p></p><p>The party was transfixed... the beast was snarling at them, while their children sudden got looks of horror on their small faces. Siabracius started crying when the beast let out a thundering roar... and yet the party could not move. The terrifying sight, and their helpless children, held them in place...</p><p></p><p>It was Valaron, in the end, that dashed out. As Siabrey screamed for him to stay put, the ten year old impetuously ducked underneath the dragon’s body, and ran right into its path, hands upraised.</p><p></p><p><em>Oh god Val!</em> Siabrey’s mind screamed, her body tensing, her legs finally starting to move. She started to run towards her son, intent with one hand to shove him out of the way, the other with Kelir to block the beast’s progress as best she could. To her surprise, Valaron stopped, directly in front of the beast, and its horrible gaze bore down on the small boy.</p><p></p><p>“No!” Val screamed at the monster, “its our mom! She’s ok! Don’t frighten her!” the boy snapped.</p><p></p><p>At almost the same time, Raven, Vintressa and Shawn started darting underneath the beast’s legs as well, shouting at their parents. “NO! Mom, you’re scaring him! Stop it!”</p><p></p><p>The beast stared a Val momentarily, as everyone froze. Shaun looked on in shock as Raven, and now Rose, both started rubbing the dragon’s front legs, whispering to it. The beast gave them a cursory glance, and then its head lowered, the deep rumbling growls of fury changing to something... more confused.</p><p></p><p>“It’s ok,” Vintressa was now to Siabrey’s front, pushing down her mother’s blades. “He’s only a baby...”</p><p></p><p><em>”You are their mummies and daddies?”</em> a voice, young and bubbly almost, rumbled into the heads of everyone. The beast was now staring at the party, its tail wrapped almost protectively in front of most of the children. <em>”You scared me. I wanted to protect my friends. I’m sorry if I scared you.”</em></p><p></p><p>“Y...yes...” Tess stammered, “we are their parents.” <em>What is going on?</em> the bard’s mind still questioned, her harp still in her hands, Fa’rallan still dangerously out in the open.</p><p></p><p><em>”They are lucky. They have a mummy. Maybe you are my mummy?”</em> the beast’s voice sounded in Elenya, Tess, and Siabrey’s heads. The creature then lumbered over to Siabrey, and the fighter could feel massive wafts of cool breath on her. The beast’s head was massive, larger than the fighter herself, and now loomed barely a foot from her. </p><p></p><p>“Um... no, we aren’t your mother,” Siabrey said guardedly. She slowly put away her washazaki, but kept Kelir out, confusion clearly in her eyes. </p><p></p><p>“Pet him, mom!” Vintressa said, grabbing Siabrey’s hand and putting it on the beast’s nose. The fighter tried to resist at first, but when she touched its head, the beast gave a rumbling, draconic purr.</p><p></p><p><em>”Vintressa, your mummy is nice when she’s not scary,”</em> the beast rumbled in Vintressa’s and Siabrey’s heads. <em>”I wish she was my mummy!”</em></p><p></p><p>“Guys?” Shaun finally spoke. “Um... over there?” he pointed.</p><p></p><p>As everyone’s gaze followed his direction, a distant shape on the far end of the massive chamber made itself out. From this distance even, the gigantic purplish gold speckled egg looked massive, and by Siabrey’s estimate, it had to much larger than a good sized house.</p><p></p><p>Xanadu looked from the egg, to the beast, and then sputtered in shock, “It’s... it’s merely a wyrmling?!” he said, his voice implying fear and confusion. “A wyrmling that large?!” For the first time, he noticed the eyes were far larger in proportion to its head than a dragon’s should be, and that its scales, while hard, were still pliable... not rock solid like even a juvenile’s scales. Gently, he touched a scale, and gave a slight gasp of shock. “He’s only a few weeks old at most!”</p><p></p><p>“You mean this thing just hatched!?” Tess said in shock, as the beast moved its attentions to Elenya, who was also nervously rubbing its brow. <em>How huge does this damn thing get when its full grown?</em></p><p></p><p>“The legends... they’re true...” Xanadu said in shock. </p><p></p><p>“Change! Change back! Show them your other shape!” Amarine called from behind the dragon, which turned and bared its teeth... in what looked to be a draconic version of a grin. There was a bright, brilliant surge of light from within its being, forcing everyone to close their eyes. When they reopened, a small boy, perhaps ten by his looks, stood before the party... his skin a brilliant lavendar, eyes bright yellow. Streams of tiny, flashing glints of light seemed to fall from his body, at all times. He turned back to the party, and gave a brilliant smile.</p><p></p><p>“Are you sure none of you want to be my mummy!” the boy grinned, before dashing over and giving Vintressa and Raven big hugs. Valaron soon found himself with a hug as well.</p><p></p><p>“Do you... have a name?” Shaun asked the boy, surprised no one had broached the subject before. The boy looked at him, confused.</p><p></p><p>“Name? No. I don’t have a name. Do you?”</p><p></p><p>“My name,” Siabrey said, kneeling so her face was at the boy’s level, “is Siabrey. Would... you like a name?” she asked gently. The few minutes had given her brain time to recover, and now she saw what Xanadu had said was indeed true. <em>He is merely a babe... he is curious. And how horrible to have been left behind... alone like this!</em></p><p></p><p>“Yes, I would! If you can find my mommy, I’m sure she’d give me one! She has to be as nice as you!” the boy said cheerfully. The boy ran over and grabbed Siabrey’s leg in a hard, deep hug, filled with warmth.</p><p></p><p>“Have any of you seen his mother?” Tess asked quietly. The subject of the massive beast’s mother had made her face darken with worry. She knew how she and the others had reacted when they thought their own children were in danger... and she dreaded to think of what the prismatic’s mother could do. The children shook their heads, and every one of them said he was alone. Tess then turned to Xanadu, and asked him... causing the silver to take a deep breath to calm himself.</p><p></p><p>“A full adult prismatic... if the legends are true, and I see no reason not, considering the prismatic dragon was supposed to be a legend,” he added, “a full adult would be larger than... um... Stalatan,” Xanadu said quietly, trying to find a comparison the party would understand. “If she were as old as me, she could easily be far larger... thrice my size!”</p><p></p><p>“Sweet Tarantor in heaven!” Elenya gasped at the dragon’s statement, a sentiment Tess fully echoed in her own look of shock.</p><p></p><p>“How... <em>big</em>... do prismatic dragons grow?” Shaun asked slowly, his own eyes wide.</p><p></p><p>“A... well... I’ve heard well over a thousand feet,” Xanadu said softly.</p><p></p><p>“Frickin’ Hieroneous’ Piss Pot!” Shaun swore, loud enough that some of the children started giggling. <em>A thousand foot, angry dragon thundering down on us! Sweet Pelor!</em> his mind was filled with truly frightening images... a beast so massive that it could raise its head up to attack upper floors of the Imperial palace while resting on the ground, casting a massive shadow over the ground...</p><p></p><p>Siabrey heard the conversation to her left, and was rather thankful that it looked like the little boy to her front was too busy showering her with love to have heard also. Hoping to keep him happy and distracted, Siabrey gently touched him, causing him to look up at her again.</p><p></p><p>“Well... I can’t go around calling you ‘dragon’ or ‘playmate,’” she rubbed the little boy’s shoulder. “You need a temporary name, till we find your mother and your real name. Um... snagglefoot?!” she offered jokingly, and the little boy giggled.</p><p></p><p>“No! No Snagglefoot!”</p><p></p><p>“How about... Ari, then?” she asked, full motherly warmth going, despite the fearful logic going on in the back of her head. <em>We need to get him back to his mother! If she lost him, and she is as large as they say, she could destroy half the Empire looking for him... and I’d hate to see such a beast in a rage...</em></p><p></p><p>“Ari sounds good!” the boy laughed. A low grumble came from his little stomach, and he looked up at Siabrey, his eyes sad. “I’m sorry. I’m hungry.”</p><p></p><p><em>Oh no!</em> Siabrey panicked. <em>If he’s too hungry, as much as he likes us, he could EAT us! Quick! What do dragon’s eat!? What?! C’mon! Think!</em> “Xanadu! What do prismatic dragons eat?” the Empress asked hurriedly.</p><p></p><p>“I don’t know!” the silver dragon said, also confused. “Gemstones, gold, people, boars?” the silver shrugged. Desperately, Siabrey looked back at Ari. The little boy’s head was inclined to the side in question. Siabrey patted his head.</p><p></p><p>“Don’t worry, we’ll get you to some food and a nice place to sleep,” she smiled to the dragon, even now trying to figure out in her mind if the manor held enough food to keep such a beast sated. It was the only place, she reasoned, that she could. Seeing that this was satisfactorily taken care of in her mind, Siabrey then turned her mind to other affairs that needed to be settled.</p><p></p><p>“Children!” she looked towards Val and Vintressa, and motioned for them to come over. The two started to skip over to their mother, till they saw the cold steel in her eyes. Familiar with the look, they stopped, and started walking slowly, even as Luke began talking with and distracting Ari. Siabrey grabbed both of them by their shirtcollars.</p><p></p><p>“You two are in <em>big</em> trouble!” Siabrey hissed, leaning down so her angry eyes were level with them. “Valaron, especially you! You were the leader of this group, and you <em>knew</em> the little ones needed to be back! Then you took them to meet a beast!”</p><p></p><p>“But Ari isn’t dangerous! He’s little! He wants to merely play!” Val protested.</p><p></p><p>“When you first saw him, you couldn’t have known that! And poor Eleyanaun was so scared! You... I...” Siabrey’s voice hissed until no words could come to her mouth. <em>You didn’t know he was safe when you first saw him, yet you stayed! Reckless! You stayed out late despite knowing the little ones needed to come back! I don’t know what to do with you, Valaron!</em> She ended the sentence unceremoniously with a growl, “We’ll discuss your punishment after this mess is finished!”</p><p></p><p>“Yes mother,” Valaron said quietly, hanging his head.</p><p></p><p>As the group made their way out of the chamber, Tess also hugged her two children, before giving them a quiet lecture on responsibility. Shaun’s lecture to his children wasn’t as quiet... it was rather sharp, nearly as much as Siabrey’s.</p><p></p><p>“Where are we going?” Ari asked loudly, causing Siabrey to turn, and take his hand. It was Luke’s turn to talk to Val and Vin, and the two children’s heads hung even lower as their father approached.</p><p></p><p>“We’re taking you to my home,” Siabrey said with the cheerful, talking-to-a-young-child-to-keep-them-distracted-voice. “There you’ll have food, and a place to stay while we look for you mommy.”</p><p></p><p>“Yay!” Ari jumped up in the air, before dashing around Siabrey, hyperactively. “Will I be able to play with the others? Huh? Huh? Huh?”</p><p></p><p>“Yes,” Siabrey said with a smile. Her eyes were looking straight at Vin and Val, and spoke directly to them a warning. <em>Don’t think these means you won’t be punished! You’ve gotten a stay of penalty, not a reprieve!</em> the little boy dashed ‘round and ‘round Siabrey and Luke again, joyously laughing, leaving trails of purple, blue, red and gold flecks behind him as he ran, as if he was shedding sparkles.</p><p></p><p>“So... we’ve got a baby prismatic dragon,” Tess said worriedly, looking at the gleeful creature, “and there might be, somewhere, and big mother that’s probably angrily looking for it. And we need to find her... who would know that kind of information?”</p><p></p><p>“Court mages are know it alls,” Shaun muttered, “try asking them? According to Xanadu, I’m guessing these things were sort of draconic lore... Xanny, you know any more?”</p><p></p><p>“Well,” the half-elf began, as the party drew closer to the cave entrance, “according to our religion, Bahamut... he is the... um... well... Draconic version of Pelor?” Xanny said, trying to find a metaphor the party would understand. “Well, he sends to each world a prismatic dragon, to watch over all of the good dragons... be an advisor, guide, and the like.” He then stopped, his mind, still in shock, trying to find the right words. “I have only heard of it being spoken of as legend... no one knows of any such beast on our world...”</p><p></p><p>“So this guy is the first?” Shaun said quietly, “maybe that’s why he has no mother?”</p><p></p><p>“He’s not a messianic figure,” Tess said, “he seems like a normal creature... which means he has a mother of some kind,” the bard said matter of factly, before turning to Xanadu with a look of confusion, “He is a normal creature, isn’t he?”</p><p></p><p>“I have no idea how prismatic dragons live, no knowledge of their mating habits, and no clue as to how one eats or... anything else about them! They’re supposed to be <em>legendary</em>!” Xanadu hissed. “Normal? I don’t know!”</p><p></p><p>“Great,” Tess said quietly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emperor Valerian, post: 1568518, member: 15043"] [b]A Fierce Monster[/b] The party was transfixed... the beast was snarling at them, while their children sudden got looks of horror on their small faces. Siabracius started crying when the beast let out a thundering roar... and yet the party could not move. The terrifying sight, and their helpless children, held them in place... It was Valaron, in the end, that dashed out. As Siabrey screamed for him to stay put, the ten year old impetuously ducked underneath the dragon’s body, and ran right into its path, hands upraised. [i]Oh god Val![/i] Siabrey’s mind screamed, her body tensing, her legs finally starting to move. She started to run towards her son, intent with one hand to shove him out of the way, the other with Kelir to block the beast’s progress as best she could. To her surprise, Valaron stopped, directly in front of the beast, and its horrible gaze bore down on the small boy. “No!” Val screamed at the monster, “its our mom! She’s ok! Don’t frighten her!” the boy snapped. At almost the same time, Raven, Vintressa and Shawn started darting underneath the beast’s legs as well, shouting at their parents. “NO! Mom, you’re scaring him! Stop it!” The beast stared a Val momentarily, as everyone froze. Shaun looked on in shock as Raven, and now Rose, both started rubbing the dragon’s front legs, whispering to it. The beast gave them a cursory glance, and then its head lowered, the deep rumbling growls of fury changing to something... more confused. “It’s ok,” Vintressa was now to Siabrey’s front, pushing down her mother’s blades. “He’s only a baby...” [i]”You are their mummies and daddies?”[/i] a voice, young and bubbly almost, rumbled into the heads of everyone. The beast was now staring at the party, its tail wrapped almost protectively in front of most of the children. [i]”You scared me. I wanted to protect my friends. I’m sorry if I scared you.”[/i] “Y...yes...” Tess stammered, “we are their parents.” [i]What is going on?[/i] the bard’s mind still questioned, her harp still in her hands, Fa’rallan still dangerously out in the open. [i]”They are lucky. They have a mummy. Maybe you are my mummy?”[/i] the beast’s voice sounded in Elenya, Tess, and Siabrey’s heads. The creature then lumbered over to Siabrey, and the fighter could feel massive wafts of cool breath on her. The beast’s head was massive, larger than the fighter herself, and now loomed barely a foot from her. “Um... no, we aren’t your mother,” Siabrey said guardedly. She slowly put away her washazaki, but kept Kelir out, confusion clearly in her eyes. “Pet him, mom!” Vintressa said, grabbing Siabrey’s hand and putting it on the beast’s nose. The fighter tried to resist at first, but when she touched its head, the beast gave a rumbling, draconic purr. [i]”Vintressa, your mummy is nice when she’s not scary,”[/i] the beast rumbled in Vintressa’s and Siabrey’s heads. [i]”I wish she was my mummy!”[/i] “Guys?” Shaun finally spoke. “Um... over there?” he pointed. As everyone’s gaze followed his direction, a distant shape on the far end of the massive chamber made itself out. From this distance even, the gigantic purplish gold speckled egg looked massive, and by Siabrey’s estimate, it had to much larger than a good sized house. Xanadu looked from the egg, to the beast, and then sputtered in shock, “It’s... it’s merely a wyrmling?!” he said, his voice implying fear and confusion. “A wyrmling that large?!” For the first time, he noticed the eyes were far larger in proportion to its head than a dragon’s should be, and that its scales, while hard, were still pliable... not rock solid like even a juvenile’s scales. Gently, he touched a scale, and gave a slight gasp of shock. “He’s only a few weeks old at most!” “You mean this thing just hatched!?” Tess said in shock, as the beast moved its attentions to Elenya, who was also nervously rubbing its brow. [i]How huge does this damn thing get when its full grown?[/i] “The legends... they’re true...” Xanadu said in shock. “Change! Change back! Show them your other shape!” Amarine called from behind the dragon, which turned and bared its teeth... in what looked to be a draconic version of a grin. There was a bright, brilliant surge of light from within its being, forcing everyone to close their eyes. When they reopened, a small boy, perhaps ten by his looks, stood before the party... his skin a brilliant lavendar, eyes bright yellow. Streams of tiny, flashing glints of light seemed to fall from his body, at all times. He turned back to the party, and gave a brilliant smile. “Are you sure none of you want to be my mummy!” the boy grinned, before dashing over and giving Vintressa and Raven big hugs. Valaron soon found himself with a hug as well. “Do you... have a name?” Shaun asked the boy, surprised no one had broached the subject before. The boy looked at him, confused. “Name? No. I don’t have a name. Do you?” “My name,” Siabrey said, kneeling so her face was at the boy’s level, “is Siabrey. Would... you like a name?” she asked gently. The few minutes had given her brain time to recover, and now she saw what Xanadu had said was indeed true. [i]He is merely a babe... he is curious. And how horrible to have been left behind... alone like this![/i] “Yes, I would! If you can find my mommy, I’m sure she’d give me one! She has to be as nice as you!” the boy said cheerfully. The boy ran over and grabbed Siabrey’s leg in a hard, deep hug, filled with warmth. “Have any of you seen his mother?” Tess asked quietly. The subject of the massive beast’s mother had made her face darken with worry. She knew how she and the others had reacted when they thought their own children were in danger... and she dreaded to think of what the prismatic’s mother could do. The children shook their heads, and every one of them said he was alone. Tess then turned to Xanadu, and asked him... causing the silver to take a deep breath to calm himself. “A full adult prismatic... if the legends are true, and I see no reason not, considering the prismatic dragon was supposed to be a legend,” he added, “a full adult would be larger than... um... Stalatan,” Xanadu said quietly, trying to find a comparison the party would understand. “If she were as old as me, she could easily be far larger... thrice my size!” “Sweet Tarantor in heaven!” Elenya gasped at the dragon’s statement, a sentiment Tess fully echoed in her own look of shock. “How... [i]big[/i]... do prismatic dragons grow?” Shaun asked slowly, his own eyes wide. “A... well... I’ve heard well over a thousand feet,” Xanadu said softly. “Frickin’ Hieroneous’ Piss Pot!” Shaun swore, loud enough that some of the children started giggling. [i]A thousand foot, angry dragon thundering down on us! Sweet Pelor![/i] his mind was filled with truly frightening images... a beast so massive that it could raise its head up to attack upper floors of the Imperial palace while resting on the ground, casting a massive shadow over the ground... Siabrey heard the conversation to her left, and was rather thankful that it looked like the little boy to her front was too busy showering her with love to have heard also. Hoping to keep him happy and distracted, Siabrey gently touched him, causing him to look up at her again. “Well... I can’t go around calling you ‘dragon’ or ‘playmate,’” she rubbed the little boy’s shoulder. “You need a temporary name, till we find your mother and your real name. Um... snagglefoot?!” she offered jokingly, and the little boy giggled. “No! No Snagglefoot!” “How about... Ari, then?” she asked, full motherly warmth going, despite the fearful logic going on in the back of her head. [i]We need to get him back to his mother! If she lost him, and she is as large as they say, she could destroy half the Empire looking for him... and I’d hate to see such a beast in a rage...[/i] “Ari sounds good!” the boy laughed. A low grumble came from his little stomach, and he looked up at Siabrey, his eyes sad. “I’m sorry. I’m hungry.” [i]Oh no![/i] Siabrey panicked. [i]If he’s too hungry, as much as he likes us, he could EAT us! Quick! What do dragon’s eat!? What?! C’mon! Think![/i] “Xanadu! What do prismatic dragons eat?” the Empress asked hurriedly. “I don’t know!” the silver dragon said, also confused. “Gemstones, gold, people, boars?” the silver shrugged. Desperately, Siabrey looked back at Ari. The little boy’s head was inclined to the side in question. Siabrey patted his head. “Don’t worry, we’ll get you to some food and a nice place to sleep,” she smiled to the dragon, even now trying to figure out in her mind if the manor held enough food to keep such a beast sated. It was the only place, she reasoned, that she could. Seeing that this was satisfactorily taken care of in her mind, Siabrey then turned her mind to other affairs that needed to be settled. “Children!” she looked towards Val and Vintressa, and motioned for them to come over. The two started to skip over to their mother, till they saw the cold steel in her eyes. Familiar with the look, they stopped, and started walking slowly, even as Luke began talking with and distracting Ari. Siabrey grabbed both of them by their shirtcollars. “You two are in [i]big[/i] trouble!” Siabrey hissed, leaning down so her angry eyes were level with them. “Valaron, especially you! You were the leader of this group, and you [i]knew[/i] the little ones needed to be back! Then you took them to meet a beast!” “But Ari isn’t dangerous! He’s little! He wants to merely play!” Val protested. “When you first saw him, you couldn’t have known that! And poor Eleyanaun was so scared! You... I...” Siabrey’s voice hissed until no words could come to her mouth. [i]You didn’t know he was safe when you first saw him, yet you stayed! Reckless! You stayed out late despite knowing the little ones needed to come back! I don’t know what to do with you, Valaron![/i] She ended the sentence unceremoniously with a growl, “We’ll discuss your punishment after this mess is finished!” “Yes mother,” Valaron said quietly, hanging his head. As the group made their way out of the chamber, Tess also hugged her two children, before giving them a quiet lecture on responsibility. Shaun’s lecture to his children wasn’t as quiet... it was rather sharp, nearly as much as Siabrey’s. “Where are we going?” Ari asked loudly, causing Siabrey to turn, and take his hand. It was Luke’s turn to talk to Val and Vin, and the two children’s heads hung even lower as their father approached. “We’re taking you to my home,” Siabrey said with the cheerful, talking-to-a-young-child-to-keep-them-distracted-voice. “There you’ll have food, and a place to stay while we look for you mommy.” “Yay!” Ari jumped up in the air, before dashing around Siabrey, hyperactively. “Will I be able to play with the others? Huh? Huh? Huh?” “Yes,” Siabrey said with a smile. Her eyes were looking straight at Vin and Val, and spoke directly to them a warning. [i]Don’t think these means you won’t be punished! You’ve gotten a stay of penalty, not a reprieve![/i] the little boy dashed ‘round and ‘round Siabrey and Luke again, joyously laughing, leaving trails of purple, blue, red and gold flecks behind him as he ran, as if he was shedding sparkles. “So... we’ve got a baby prismatic dragon,” Tess said worriedly, looking at the gleeful creature, “and there might be, somewhere, and big mother that’s probably angrily looking for it. And we need to find her... who would know that kind of information?” “Court mages are know it alls,” Shaun muttered, “try asking them? According to Xanadu, I’m guessing these things were sort of draconic lore... Xanny, you know any more?” “Well,” the half-elf began, as the party drew closer to the cave entrance, “according to our religion, Bahamut... he is the... um... well... Draconic version of Pelor?” Xanny said, trying to find a metaphor the party would understand. “Well, he sends to each world a prismatic dragon, to watch over all of the good dragons... be an advisor, guide, and the like.” He then stopped, his mind, still in shock, trying to find the right words. “I have only heard of it being spoken of as legend... no one knows of any such beast on our world...” “So this guy is the first?” Shaun said quietly, “maybe that’s why he has no mother?” “He’s not a messianic figure,” Tess said, “he seems like a normal creature... which means he has a mother of some kind,” the bard said matter of factly, before turning to Xanadu with a look of confusion, “He is a normal creature, isn’t he?” “I have no idea how prismatic dragons live, no knowledge of their mating habits, and no clue as to how one eats or... anything else about them! They’re supposed to be [i]legendary[/i]!” Xanadu hissed. “Normal? I don’t know!” “Great,” Tess said quietly. [/QUOTE]
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