Dragon, Dragon, Where are the Dragons?[Finished]

[Rosey]

Rosey was getting tired of walking and was getting hungry. She thought that she would take a break from her search for a dragon and look for something to eat. The nearest town was a bit far, but there was some nice looking apple trees off the path she was walking on. She picked a tree that more secluded to the others and climbed up its trunk until she got up to a comfortable limb. She picked an apple and wiped it off with her shirt before taking a bite out of it. The apple had a strangly sweet taste to it that made the apple taste extremely delicious. As soon as she was done eating that apple, she dropped the core down to the ground and began eating the other apples. She was starting to a get a pile of apple cores right under where she sat on the branch of the tree happily kicking her feet.

[Draco Senex Prime]

Drifting along a path near a small town, Draco slowly moved along the road, taking in the subtle beauty of his surroundings. Noticing a small woman near a tree eating an apple, Draco moved past her silently. Aware of many things, Draco choose to remain as quiet, anticipating questions from the stranger about his awkward appearance.

[Rosey]

Rosey continued happily eating until she felt that she wasn't alone any more. She opened her eyes and saw in the corner of her eye someone passing her which startle her a little. She looked and saw that it was some odd guy drifting by. He looked so weird but she figured that maybe he might know anything about dragons. "Hey weirdo, you know anything about dragons? And say something when you drift by someone, you almost scared the shit out of me." She dropped the core of the apple that she hand in her hand down to the ground below her. She position herself on the branch that she was sitting on so that she could get face him.

[Hatulan]

Drifting alongside a puffy cumulonimbus cloud, his gray-tinged belly scales facing the sun, Hatulan realized he hadn't eaten yet.
He didn't really need to eat, but he had grown accustomed to the eating pattern of humans, and did so out of habit.
It didn't hurt that the variety of foods that could be found in the Mortal Realm were never exactly alike, even between two results of the same recipe, from one cook.

Rolling over, Hatualn flew slowly toward a lone mountain peak, descending down its leeward side in a gust of concealing mist that dissipated at the edge of the treeline at its base; he was already well-within the cover afforded by the trees, by the time the mist evaporated. Shifting his bouyancy kept Hatulan within the foilage of the upper branches, while still affording an exceptional degree of maneuverability. Propelling himself along with only his clawed limbs, his wings pressed against his elongated torso, Hatulan made his sinuous way through to the edge of the forest.

Peering from the branches, Hatulan scanned the area for possibly hostile people, then concentrated, shrinking his form, retracting the razor-sharp claws, pulling everything back into himself. Kneeling at the base of the tree he had watched from, Hatulan quickly dressed into the raiment of humans, before stepping out of the forest.

Clearing a small rise, he spotted a secluded orchard and a familiar figure near one of the trees, apparently talking to it.
Curious, Hatulan thought, his keen eyes drawn towards Draco; the tree seemed unremarkable enough.

[Draco Senex Prime]

"There are many thing that I know of young one, the true question is why do you seek the information you inquire about, and what do you plan on doing with this information." Draco asked, stopping in his stride and turning to face the inquisitive young one. Draco sensed Hatulan was near and decided to engage the girl in conversation, this way he could inform both youths respectively about dragons, seeing as he missed the opportunity last time with Hatulan.

[Rosey]

Rosey felt like there was someone else there and looked around to see if she can see anyone but didn't before turning to answer the guy. "I want to know where I can find a Dragon so that they could give me some answers. If you can point me in the right direction to find one, that'll be great." She looked around again as she scratched the back of her neck, she was starting to get annoyed by this feeling of someone else being there. She grabbed another apple to calm her nerves and carefully started to eat it.

[Hatulan]

"Sifu," Hatulan called out to Draco, though the distance from the top of the hill was at a rather long distance for most human hearing.
"What a world, to find you here," he said, smiling, as he descended the gently rolling slope, " out of all possible coincidences, this is most pleasing."

[Rosey]

Rosey's ears didn't pick up the unknown person's shouts, but she did she look back because of the feeling that there was someone there. She didn't see anything at first and went to turn back around but in the corner of her eye she saw something. She narrowed her eyes to see what it was and could tell that it was a person approaching from a hill in the distance. She turned back and noticed that the weird looking guy still didn't respond to her at all, it appeared that he was either observing her carefully or was in thought.

"Aren't ya gonna say something? I could ask that person off to the distance, he can probably give me some answers about Dragons."

She positioned herself to jump down from the branch she was sitting on but stop for a second before grabbing another apple before throwing the one in her hand down. She went to go jump and thought that she better take another one and grabbed on more. When she finally jumped down, she almost floated to the ground, she remembered that she didn't want anyone to know that she was a fae or anything besides a mortal. When her feel softly touched the ground, she shook her head to get her brown hair out her eyes before she started to walk away. She stopped shortly to look back towards the weird guy. "What the hell are you anyway?"

[Draco Senex Prime]

"I am a Dragon young and impatient one. You questions are only exactly that until you ask them, my knowledge will convert them into the answers you seek." Draco said floating closer to the Fae. "I am aware of your presence here Hatulan, without my Mind abilities, the singular connections binds all of us Dragons my student." Draco said, acknowledging the presence of another Dragon in the vicinity to the young women.

[Hatulan]

Hatulan followed the conversation as he approached, at first believing the tree to be speaking to Draco, right up until the spritely female drifted from its boughs.

Apr 8, 2008 19:26:22 GMT -4 Draco Senex Prime said:

"I am aware of your presence here Hatulan, without my Mind abilities, the singular connections binds all of us Dragons my student."

"Of course, my Master," he replied, bowing at the waist in respectful deference.

[Rosey]

Rosey was surprised but relieve that she didn't have to look any further for a Dragon and figured thats why he looked so funny. However, she was confused when she heard him talking someone named Hatulan. She looked in around in confusion, "Who are you-..." Just as she was turning she saw that the figure that was approaching was behind her now. She looked at him for a quick second with her blazing red eyes and wondered if he knew that this weird guy was a Dragon. She then turned back to the Dragon that she gladly found.

"Since you're a Dra-...er...a very old and wise person, perhaps you could tell me the story of what happened to the door to the Elemental Realm."

[Draco Senex Prime]

"This door you speak of, is not so much a door as it is a gateway through the dimensions. To my understanding the constant tamperings of wastful mortals caused the Elementals to abandon their Realm, but I cannot be sure of the for we dragons do not have contact with the Elementals Spirits unless provoked by them currently.

"We were of moderate interest when we arrived here over 4 millenia ago, but upon finding we share no connection with them as you do, our correspondence was nullified. My kind are not bound by the parameters of the Elementals as such, and therefore I can offer you no aid in the way of divulging said information." Draco said, examining the Fae to assess her reponse.

[Hatulan]

Hatulan deferred to his senior's experience, deigning not to interrupt Draco's lecture; more because he had nothing to contribute, than anything else.
As was his tendency, Hatulan took in his surroundings, noting how many trees were in the orchard, spacing, the leaves, fruits, the young Fae in the branches of the tree before them.
He decided then and there that the young mortal men of his lord's realm would likely find her reasonably "cute."

[Rosey]

Rosey listened to the dragon as she ate one of the apples that she grabbed before she floated down. "Man, leave it to the mortals ruin things..." She huffed as she tossed the apple that she finished into the pile of apple cores before eating the other apple she had. "So you mean to tell me that you can't tell me where I can find the fire element?" She looked at him with a worried look on her face and started to pout.

[Draco Senex Prime]

"I cannot assist you in ascertaining the location of an Elemental child, but I can assure you this, things that are to be discovered often times are elusive in your search for them. But don't concede to this, for if it was meant for you to have, I will find you." Draco responded to her query. "Retrace your steps, seek those like yourself, those whose closeness to the Element of fire matches your own." Draco said, turning to continue his journey down the road. "Do not fall behind Hatulan."

[Rosey]

"What? What kind of bullshit answer is that? Hey come back here!" Rosey was starting to get angry and threw her half eaten apple down on the ground which rolled and hit the guy, known as Hatulan, foot. She started to go after him pushing past the guy and started shouting, "Can't you tell me anything that is more useful, more helpful! I thought you damn dragons know a lot about the universe, you know nothing! Why don't you point me in the direction towards another dragon that could help me, you weird looking fucker!" She stopped and stood there with red eyes glaring at him with such intensity that it could probably burn him.

[Hatulan]

"Of course, sifu," Hatulan replied, inclining his head in respect to Draco.
"But I feel it would be rude not to exchange introductions with the young lady."
He turns back to her and bows at the waist in her direction.
"My name is Hatulan Pagtimbangin Sarili," he said," and who might you be?"
The introduction barely leaves his lips as the young girl rushes him, eyes flaring a heated crimson, intent on Draco.
Hatulan reflexively reaches his arms out, wrapping her in his, to keep her from Draco.
"Hold on there, what do you think you're doing?"

[Draco Senex Prime]

"I can sense your angst, even with my back to you, your firece eyes resonate the element you covet so. The Elemental equivlent of my race would be the bestial Dragon of Fire, Meyan'ged, but her exact location eludes me. She would reside in either the Umbra, known to you as the Mythical Realm, or she would lie someone here in the expanse of the Mortal Realm. I doubt that she could help you in your quest. Shijin and Dragon Fire are different child, but perhaps she may offer insight." Draco said not ceasing in his stride, planting the words inside the mind of the pretentious Fae.

[Rosey]

She heard the words that the dragon was saying and became calm. However she realized that the guy she bumped past had his arms around her. "What the-?"

She wriggled out of his grip and turned to face him with an frown on her face and hands on her hips. "What the hell do you think you're doing?! Who the hell are you and why do you have your hands on me?" She grabbed her sword out of thin air and pointed it at him, not even caring about hiding her abilities from who she thought was a mortal. "Answer me now or I'll end your already short life mortal!"

[Hatulan]

"I was trying to forestall violence upon a person I consider a mentor," Hatulan said, finding it curious that he would be reluctant to release the fiery young girl, "and I already gave you my name."
He held her gaze with a steady one of his own, holding his arms out and away from his sides and his sword, palms up and out.
"And like my sifu, I am not mortal," he added, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.
He found her straightforward, fearlessness and audacity to be veritably enchanting.