Who: Leo Valdez and Open What: A Celestial Bronze Dragon Appears When: Tuesday Where: Field near Viking Settlement Rating: Low
Leo was on a walk trying to clear his head. It wasn't that he was ready for fatherhood or anything - definitely not - but he still kind of missed the four really energetic kids. It was the first real time since the whole Gaea quest thing where he felt tired after a long day. Now that the kids were gone, he was back to having nowhere to direct his energy except the forge and, occasionally, school. His gaze went up to the sky as a big bird flew by. He remembered a time that could have been harpies. Sometimes he missed almost dying every ten minutes. Only very occasionally though.
Looking up meant he didn't see where his feet were going and he tripped over something hard. He let out a small surprised shout and then tumbled to the ground. When he finally sat up and the world wasn't spinning, he looked back and froze. "No. Way!" No way this was real. Still, Leo scrambled on all fours over to the large golden briefcase. It definitely looked like Festus. "Festus?!" He put his hand on the case and immediately he already knew. Leo's eyes swelled with happy tears. "Dude, I have missed you so much."
Normally his hands were steady when he worked with thinks, but the sheer excitement he felt as he moved to press the buttons to turn Festus from a briefcase back to dragon. It always took some time, but eventually Festus unfurled and he let out a happy roar. Leo immediately hugged his friend. "Hey buddy."