Day 309 [Open]

[dontyoujustwish]

Who: Anya, Ibuki, Patchouli, and anyone else!
Open: Open! Mostly.
When: Day 309
Where: All over the Bastion
What: SNOW!
Format: I'll match
Warnings: It's Anya.

[For Ibuki and Patchouli]
[Sometime after lunch, Anya takes off to look for two of her best lady friends with a spellbook under her arm and some key ingredients in her pockets.

She's quite cheerful about it, a little oblivious to whatever else might have been going on lately. Cheerful, and insistent. She will track you down.]


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[Later in the day, Bastionites may be surprised to look up and notice that... it's snowing. Not only that, but the temperature has dropped.

At least in the more southerly parts of the Bastion. The farmlands might get a few sporadic flurries, but it isn't cold enough there to stick.

So if you've been missing snowmen or snowball fights or any of those activities that require winter to happen, now's your chance. It's probably not going to last very long.]

((OOC: And feel free to just use this post for mingling!]

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[legendary_can_opener]

[After just kind of isolating herself from the Bastion's populace for awhile, totally not sulking about losing everything that defined her purpose in life no- okay maybe...-, Mitellux emerges out of hiding and...]

[... it's snow.]

[The dragon just kind of stares. No, she didn't particularly like this. She'd probably love this if she was a white dragons. Shame. She didn't have any reason to hate it, at least]

[daughterofursa]

[Want to meet another of the Bastion's dragons?

Curiosity won over and Kizuna is out in the snow, the little dragon now closer to the size of a housecat. She seems by turns fascinated by this strange white stuff and alarmed by how cold it is. She's so distracted by it that she has yet to notice the new giant dragon.

Zuko, trailing behind her and still moving gingerly, gives Mitellux a polite nod.]

[legendary_can_opener]

[Mitellux stares down at the dragon and... it was so tiny. Well, true, her own children had been tiny when they had hatched, but still...]

[She gives a short nod in return to Zuko, before slowly lowering her head into the snow and watching the baby dragon]

Where are her parents?

[Paarthurnax was clearly not the one who sired this child.]

[daughterofursa]

[Kizuna jumps at Mitellux's voice, stares at her stock-still for a moment, and then makes her way forward through the snow to investigate.]

I guess that's me. She came from the Monument.

[legendary_can_opener]

[the dragon didn't seem to register the statement at first, but complicated emotions swirled inside of her momentarily. A human claiming motherhood of a dragon, the very idea upset her as the first thought that came to mind was that perhaps Zuko had slain the parents and claimed ownership but... created by that device in the middle of the Bastion, then?]

It creates life as well?

[... could she perhaps create her own child from it as well? She then turns her attention back to Kizuna, tilting her head slightly and murmuring comforting words in draconian]

[daughterofursa]

[Kizuna only understands the tone, not the words. She trills back at Mitellux and approaches to touch noses.]

It can. Plants and animals.

...I don't think anyone's tried to- make a person.

[legendary_can_opener]

[Mitellux gently bumps her nose against Kizuna's]

... animals...

[she hesitates a moment at that]

What sort of dragon is Kizuna? Will she grow intelligent?

[dragonsorcsandwolves]

[Oh look it's one of the "adventurers"! Dressed today in a shin-length black canvas coat, baggy black BDU pants tucked into red high-top skateboard shoes (the latter kind of brown-tinged after the swamp), and a black T-shirt with a red symbol on it, the front of it tucked up behind a matching belt buckle. Rob's... not entirely sure how to act with her. He's still getting over his instinctive nervousness about being around a giant predator that could kill him with a sneeze around Paar, and Paar's pretty nonthreatening, so far as dragons go. Mitellux is definitely a different dragon, so far as he's seen, and he's not sure which line he should be toeing here. He gives her a respectful nod.]

Good afternoon. Are you enjoying the... unexpected weather we're having?

[legendary_can_opener]

[Mitellux eyes Rob warily, though she didn't really view him as a threat... but then, time has shown her humans could show extraordinary talent in the correct circumstances, so she wasn't going to let her guard down]

No.

[See how her black scales stands out against the snow? She can't blend in well with this shit, man]

This weather is unusual for this place, then?

[If this is just a one time thing, she can live with that]

[dragonsorcsandwolves]

[Rob looks like more of a threat than he is. Out of the entire group that encountered her he was the weakest.

Also the idea of a dragon blending in and being stealthy doesn't even cross his mind.]

Weather of any kind is unusual here. In the time I've been here it's remained the same temperature the entire time. I'm guessing that someone artificially created this weather somehow.

[legendary_can_opener]

[She did notice Rob stumbling around during that fight with the anklegator, but still, you never know what somebody might come up with...]

Hmph. Magic or technology could create this phenomenon.

[Mitellux was not terribly familiar enough with either to know much more than that, though. In the end, she was really just an assassin]

[Well, she has another way of blending in, but she's not ready to let people know about that just yet]

The core hunts appear to always be a dangerous endeavor. Why did you accompany the group?

[... yeah sorry, she's a bit blunt and wasn't terribly impressed by your contributions to the fight against the anklegator]

[dragonsorcsandwolves]

[The look on his face can be very clearly read as "It was that obvious, huh?"]

...Gotta make sure I'm doing something useful around here.

[It's not the whole truth but it isn't a lie either. It probably says something that this is the answer he feels most comfortable giving to a stranger.]

[legendary_can_opener]

[Mitellux lets out a snort at that]

And was that display evidence of how 'useful' you normally are on the battlefield?

[dracoleoresin]

[As much as Myrrh has been trying to avoid the snow—she's only been here a few days, so she has nothing to wear but the short dress and sandals she arrived in (finding and taking things and space doesn't occur to her; she hates to ask anything of anyone), neither of which are at all appropriate for the cold—curiosity takes priority. By now she's figured out that true dragons here are not the same as those of her world, but the other—Paarthurnax—was kind to her. This is the first time she's seen Mitellux, and she doesn't seem busy...

Still, Myrrh approaches slowly, and doesn't come too close. Her wings unfurl from against her body, though not to their full span.]

Ah... [A pause as she forces back the way her voice catches. She fidgets her fingers; snow brushes onto her bare feet when she shifts her feet so she tries keeping them still.] Hello.

[legendary_can_opener]

[Mitellux turns her head, her nostrils flaring to take in Myrrh's scent. It was certainly unusual, but then the black dragon has been met with a large amount of unknowns since arriving]

Greetings.

[Mitellux's posture is somewhat defensive, ready in case of a sudden attack]

... and what are you?

[Not who are you. Mitellux wasn't... the most diplomatic dragon around]

[dracoleoresin]

[It's not the question Myrrh expected, but she barely hesitates a second before answering.] Manakete. [Great Dragon, Daughter of Morva, protector of the Darkling Woods, companion of Ephraim and his company, ally of Renais—but this dragon seeks the same answer as those far past Caer Pelyn who gasp and gape at the unfamiliarity of her. In the past few months, she has traveled far, far beyond Caer Pelyn.]

My name is Myrrh.

[legendary_can_opener]

... I am Mitellux.

[She wasn't completely lacking in manners, at least. Still, she wasn't comfortable enough with Myrrh to share much more than that]

Manakete. I am unfamiliar with the word.

[dracoleoresin]

...I am not human, nor am I...dragon. [She thinks and is used to saying monster, because the dragons she knows—the dragon she is—are not the same as Mitellux and Paarthurnax, but she will not call them monsters.] I can change, but never stay wholly either.

[legendary_can_opener]

[Yeah she wouldn't have appreciated dragons being referred to as a whole as monsters. Sure she's done some monstrous things in her times but-]

So you are... a half-breed, then?

[There is a small amount of uncertainty in her voice. Part of her wants to be disgusted, but at the same time what sort of exceptional humanoid would a dragon actually choose to go and mate with? She is familiar with the concept of interracial breeding, but it was still relatively uncommon in her world]

And this 'change', I assume you take a form more akin to my own than your current form?

[twinked_witch]

[Have a succubus walking up, smiling lightly.]

Oh, hey. Good to see you anew.

[legendary_can_opener]

... Megaera.

[They probably exchanged names at some point? Let's go with that]

Would you know the reason for this change in weather? I was informed it is unusual around here.

[twinked_witch]

I'd presume someone wished for it at the monument. Must feel very odd when you're used to near-tropical climes, though. Certainly, it's... Well, I can handle, but it's not comfortable.

[Right. Succubi have racial cold resistance.]

They didn't shift the temperature too, though, so it won't last.

[legendary_can_opener]

[Mitellux let out a small snort at that]

I have survived in far worse environments, but it is good to know this is only temporary.

[She eyes Megaera for a moment.]

You have dragons similar to myself, where you come from? What is the name of your world?

[twinked_witch]

[Megaera chuckles.]

Surviving's one thing. Liking kind of another.

... Technically, I should answer that 'The Second Hell'. Or one of the six hundred odd names for the place. But I'm guessing you mean the Material Plane that matches?

[legendary_can_opener]

You are... Baatezu, then? And yes, the Material Plane it is attached to.