I Resist the Muses

Jade Dragon
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Prompt #10: My life would be much easier if…
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I’m not sure how my life could be easier. If I could go home would things be easier? I don’t really think so. I would suddenly have some difficult decisions to make. I have made some very good friends here, what would happen to them if I could go home? Would I still be able to come back here and visit or would I be stuck home forever never to see Casey and the gang again? That is almost as horrifying to me as the thought of never being able to return home.

It would also be nice to have my dragon form back but I doubt that would make my life much easier either, not here anyway. I would probably stick out a bit if I were to shift in this world.

So I don’t think there is really anything that is going to make my life easier and that is really a good thing. I don’t need to sit here and think, “If only…” Yeah I’d like to go home, but I want to continue my adventure here as well. I find the best path to take is the one in front of me.

Jade Dragon
Original Character
Prompt #9: What Makes you laugh?
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A lot of things make me laugh. I like laughter. I like funny movies. Casey has been introducing me to the world of movies and it has been quite fun. He been a very good guide to this world and he makes me laugh a lot as well. So much is still strange here and often that in itself will cause me to burst into fits of laughter. I really do try and keep a sense of humor about things. It makes it all a bit easier.

Jade Dragon
Original Character
Prompt #8: "When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do…"

I go outside and try and immerse myself into nature w hen I'm feeling blue. It is best in a more rural area but even here in the city there are places that are sure to cheer me up. Parks are wonderful little oasis in the midst of the desert of city life.

I love to feel the breeze against my skin. I love being amongst the trees and hearing the songs of the birds. The songs are different here yet in some ways they are nearly the same.

Even the strangeness of the natural world here is a comfort to me. The energy is not so different from that of nature in my world. Standing in the center of a stretch of woods or even a park, I can close my eyes and imagine that I am home.

Jade Dragon
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Prompt #7: greatest loss…

What was my greatest loss? That should be obvious I think. My home, my family, my world. .. In a way I've lost everything…yet I've gained enormous opportunity. Here I am in a totally different world that I never even imagined existed. I've gained a whole new adventure. And hopefully I have not really lost everything, only misplaced. After all it is most likely still where it has always been; only now I am someplace else.

It has left a sense of emptiness inside of me that I can not quite fill no matter how much I try.

I will get home someday, I am sure of it.

Jade Dragon Prompt #6

What makes me lose my temper? Well, to be honest I'm not really very hot tempered. You may think that is kind of odd with me being half dragon and all but it is true. I guess I must get that from my mom's side.

Sure I have my moments. I have been known to pitch a fit a time or two but usually I am able to keep my cool. My mom says that when I was little I used to throw big temper tantrums but I don't remember them.

One thing that will almost always push me into losing control is if someone threatens someone I care about, especially my family. I am very protective of those that I consider my family.

Jade Dragon Prompt #5: Fear

What do I fear most of all? I fear never seeing my home world again. I fear never seeing my family again. This world is interesting and I have really enjoyed exploring it but I don’t think that I would like to stay here forever. And even if I somehow came to the decision to stay here, I’d want to have the option to visit back home.

I also fear never experiencing my dragon form again, never flying again. That is wrapped up with the fear of never being able to return home of course. I believe the two are intertwined. That I can not be a dragon here in this world for some reason or other. This world seems devoid of magic, at least the kind of magic I grew up around.

And yet there is another fear. There is a little part of me that fears that maybe I really am crazy. That there is no otherworld, that there is only this mundane world with no dragons and no magic and I only dreamed the world that I remember as home. That I am only an ordinary yet troubled girl. That may be my biggest fear.

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Prompt #3 Love… [open]

What are my thoughts on love? Hmm…

What sort of love do you mean? I know that I love my family even when they drive me crazy. I love my home. I love my world.

I'm guessing that you mean romantic love though, huh? That one is not as easy to answer. I wasn't attached back home. I have had a few lovers here and there, but nothing serious. There was nothing that could be considered that all encompassing romantic love with any of them, though I did care for them.

I do believe in the concept though. I am still young yet. It is still a bit early for me to settle down just now anyway.

Jade Dragon-Prompt #2 Family [open]


I miss my family. I lived with my Mom Devona, her two husbands Arik and Gar and my half-sisters Lucine and Fae. It is not uncommon for people to take more than one spouse in my world, and often they have other lovers from time to time as well. I see that this sort of thing is strangely forbidden in the world that I'm now stuck in. I find it odd that something that brings no harm to anyone should be forbidden, but then it is a different world as I am so often being reminded.

My mother works the farm alongside Arik and Gar. She also does weaving and takes care of her younger girls. I don't need caring for so much anymore. I'm just about the age that many move away from their family's home.

I miss my Mom and her cooking; I miss my little sisters and their silly games. They often got on my nerves but now that we're apart I long for their company.

My father as I've mentioned is a dragon. He's a full-blooded dragon. He's called Zerahn and he visits me about one month a year these days. He used to visit more often when I was younger but as I've grown the visits have grown farther apart. My mother and he are still lovers from what I understand, but Dragons don't usually form the same sort of marriage bonds as the Orianna or some of the shifter races.

The Orianna are the non-shifter race of my world, kind of like humans here I guess. That is what my mom is. Arik and Gar are Phelan, which is the wolf shifter race. They are pretty cool, very protective of the family.

I was going to be visiting my father for a season to learn more about my dragon heritage but I don't know if that is going to happen now that I'm stuck here.

Jade Dragon---Writing Prompt #1 Who am I? (open)

Who am I? What an interesting question. I would have thought that to be such a simple question a few months ago, but now…

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