oh dear

[oneandmikleonly]

Who: Sorey and Mikleo
Where: IT'S COMPLICATED (above Aimintas)
When: Day 21 (7/29; day after the Palai Festival)
Open/Closed: Open to all!


i. gadgets and gizmos aplenty
What was that thing, anyway? Ugh, that stung--

[the afternoon after the Palai festival, an open telepathic broadcast flickers across your awareness from Sorey and Mikleo, the two of them speaking in low, rather cautious tones]

Hey, everyone. We've made it up to the island that's above the city, and it's...strange, to say the least. There's a lot of items here on the shore...it's a bit like the market? Lots of them are broken, though. There's no one else up here, at least in the bit we can see.

We think there's jungle on the rest of the island, but it's hard to tell. There's some kind of barrier up here that lures you closer and then shocks you if you touch it; it's making it hard to get a better idea of what's inland. Has anyone dealt with one of these before?

ii. they're beauty they're grace
[and, later, even if you ignored that, it's maybe harder to ignore when the sky ocean just straight-up spits out a small dragon with a human rider. the dragon's claws are fastened in something almost as large as it is and it's clear the moment it hits the open air that trying to carry that thing down was the worst idea.

even from that distance you might be able to make out the thin thread of panicked screeching as they gracefully descend (READ: DO A HORRIBLY DANGEROUS CONTROLLED DROP THROUGH THE SKY) towards the city. they do manage to aim for the open farmland instead of the more populated area within the city walls.

...if you head over there to check it out you'll find both dragon and rider prostrate with exhaustion in the middle of a group of curious Palai. there is still a small shark with its teeth firmly embedded in the dragon's tail; it looks like they had a rough ride through the ocean. the thing they were trying to bring down? it's gotten a bit smashed up from the fall, but it's still recognizable as a small wooden rowboat. the oars are still intact, at least.]

Comments

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[splinten]

[Dirk just fucking watches this happen, and then flies over. And looks down on this.

Wow.]

Nice job, guys.

[oneandmikleonly]

[the dragon growls in his direction, in a feeble not-really-threatening way. it's like. splat.]

This is so embarrassing.

[splinten]

[There's a pause.]

You should maybe work on your growl.

[It just makes things MORE embarrassing.]

[oneandmikleonly]

Why is that what you're getting out of this?!

[feebly exasperated]

[splinten]

I'm a stickler for details.

[He walks over and. Gently?? Pats the dragon head??? look he doesn't know]

You okay, bro?

[oneandmikleonly]

[lets out a mild chuff of surprise, but allows it, a translucent inner lid closing over his visible eye for a moment]

I'm not sure? I ache all over, but I think nothing's broken and I took most of the fall. What a trip. If we go up there again you and your sylladex had better come along, it's bringing things back that turned out to be the problem.

[the shark is also still attached to his butt by its teeth, but he doesn't seem to have noticed yet]

[splinten]

[Oh hey that's cool. Nice eyelid.]

The shark likely isn't helping.

[You know. Being there. Biting his butt.]

[oneandmikleonly]

What shark!?

[heaves his head off the sand to. . .stare in a panic at Sorey, like he expects Jaws to have teleported onto him since he looked last]

[splinten]

[dirk will flashstep over it]

If you didn't notice you don't need to worry, dude.

[He just puts the shark in his sylladex.]

[oneandmikleonly]

Did you just--oh. Right. Yes. Your storage power. I notice that it's gone, thank you very much.

[its teeth didn't quite get through his scales, but there's definitely dents there, and he thumps his tail a bit now that the extra weight's off it]

...don't suppose you know how to fix a boat?

[splinten]

[Poor dragonpal. There's a pause.]

Depends on the kind of boat. I can work out how to fix most things.

[oneandmikleonly]

[jerks his head a little towards the remains of the rowboat: it's suffered a lot of splintering since it's largely wood but hasn't shattered altogether]

Our hope was, either someone could salvage it, magically or through normal means, or it could be used as a template of sorts for new ones.

[splinten]

[He looks at it in interest.]

I've never worked much with wood. It'd be interesting to give it a try. The kelp around here would likely work to patch up flaws. Maybe a more solid metal structure...

[imsorey]

[Sorey makes some kind of attempt to get up and then decides that the ground is his friend and just keeps laying there. Dirk gets a smile though.]

I thought we did pretty good, all things considered.

[splinten]

That depends on what things I'm supposed to be considering here.

[Sorey... he walks over to him to help him up? If he wants?

He can't do that for Meebo the Friendly Dragon.]

[imsorey]

Getting up to the island and back down from the island in one piece?

[it takes him a good few seconds before he musters up enough energy to grab Dirk's hand, and Dirk's got to put some muscle into it to actually. help him up. his legs are too wobbly to be much use.]

[splinten]

[This is what all his swordtraining added up to: helping this nerd to his feet. He will even brace him when he gets up.]

"Once piece" has yet to be confirmed.

[imsorey]

[he tests his sturdiness on his feet before taking a step back to inspect himself and make sure that everything is, in fact, in one piece]

I'd say it's accurate enough. It would hurt a little bit more of we were missing pieces.

[splinten]

Mikleo didn't notice his sharkass.

[imsorey]

He's still getting used to transforming. He wouldn't notice his tail either, unless you pointed it out to him.

[clearly that's reassuring]

[splinten]

Super reassuring, dude. You two need a babysitter.

[imsorey]

We've done okay so far without one. I think we can keep that up. Unless you're volunteering for the job, in which case we can take it into consideration.

[splinten]

That depends. Do you leave me pizza money on top of the refrigerator?

[imsorey]

I don't have any money, but I can get a refrigerator. Does that work?

[splinten]

I'm in if we figure out a way to still get pizza.