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"Valerian" | Professor Charles Xavier (xistential) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2011-12-16 10:02:00

Entry tags:

!days 290-299, charles xavier, kudo shinichi, ~venna

Who: Charles, Quartz + Dragon
Where: Old City, towards the northern tunnel
When: Day 297, early evening
What:

[we're off to see the dragon!]

Thanks for coming.

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	onetruth 2011-12-16 02:21 am UTC (link)
	Mmm, you're welcome. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	xistential 2011-12-16 02:23 am UTC (link)
	It saved me a great deal of trouble. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onetruth 2011-12-16 02:24 am UTC (link)
	Trouble? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xistential 2011-12-16 02:24 am UTC (link)
	I told Edge I wouldn't go alone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onetruth 2011-12-16 02:26 am UTC (link)
	Ah, I see. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xistential 2011-12-16 02:28 am UTC (link)
	Anyway, when we arrive at the tunnel, can you wait? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onetruth 2011-12-16 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Sure? You don't want me to come with you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xistential 2011-12-16 02:29 am UTC (link)
	I'm sure. I think for something like this... it needs to be personal. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onetruth 2011-12-16 02:30 am UTC (link)
	If you're certain . . . (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xistential 2011-12-16 02:31 am UTC (link)
	I'm trusting my instincts. [terrible as they can be] Keep your bracer lowered. I'll contact you when I'm done. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onetruth 2011-12-16 02:32 am UTC (link)
	Mm, alright. (I hope he knows what he's doing . . . ) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xistential 2011-12-16 02:34 am UTC (link)
	I do. [hefts his sack] Later! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	onetruth 2011-12-16 02:36 am UTC (link)
	(—hell, I forgot he can—) Be careful. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xistential 2011-12-16 02:37 am UTC (link)
	Thank you. [and he's off, into the tunnel] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sabra_la_au
2011-12-16 02:42 am UTC (link)

[Your torchlight heralds your approach, long before any possible scent could drift in the stagnant air. As such, it's probably no surprise to see the enormous, ancient face angled down towards you.

She sits, her tail wrapped around a young dragon, possibly little taller than you, which is jumping and fluttering its unformed wings to try and get a better view of you around the protective fence she makes of her own scales and spikes.

Tattered wings lay against her back and milky blind eyes have turned towards you. She scrapes a claw through the earth, as long as you are tall, idly.]

Brave you are becoming... So miserable that you know not fear of life? I wonder.

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	xistential 2011-12-16 02:44 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I have no longing for death. Nor do I have the bravery to attain glory. Necessity drives me, lady. [he bows curtly and slowly empties the contents of the sack on the floor. It's filled with different kinds of meat] I hope I can ask for an audience. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sabra_la_au 2011-12-16 03:03 am UTC (link)
	[She considers it, inhaling long, as if testing the air around the meat. Finally, she settles on her haunches.] I suggest you step back. Or a short meeting it will be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xistential 2011-12-16 03:04 am UTC (link)
	[bows again curtly before taking several steps back] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sabra_la_au
2011-12-16 03:08 am UTC (link)

[She simply lifts her tail and the hatchling bounds over. The mind you might feel is alien, thoughts organized in strange, unusual patterns, complicated weave upon weave, and most brimming with curiosity and hunger.

It regards you, black eyes glittering in your torchlight, considering the easy meal versus the one that's moving.

It makes a 'kuk KUK!' sound before settling down and tearing into the offered food.]

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	xistential 2011-12-16 03:09 am UTC (link)
	[well, that was close. Doesn't step into her mind or the child's, reining in the desire to see it. He watches, curiously] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sabra_la_au 2011-12-16 03:10 am UTC (link)
	Step around. And speak what you will. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	xistential 2011-12-16 03:11 am UTC (link)
	[follows her instructions, clearly his throat lightly] We've heard the legend recently. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sabra_la_au
2011-12-16 03:19 am UTC (link)

There are many legends. This place brims with them, stinks of them.

[The hatchling pauses to watch you move, but seems content enough so far. This close, the mother towers over you, completely filling your vision.]

I AM a legend, the terror of the Vulpeculan plains, once razed the great city of Cygnus. I bested even the Great Old One once in magic, and Canis was barren for centuries. I've torn the throats of gods and feasted upon men.

None of those are worth the title of "the legend." Be specific.

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	xistential 2011-12-16 03:20 am UTC (link)
	[softly] The God-Slaying Sword. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sabra_la_au 2011-12-16 03:22 am UTC (link)
	[Her head lifts, and then tilts, this way and that, oddly birdlike.] Heard that you did...? THEY told it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)