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Zalli’s finger traced around the edge of her glass, looking up with a practiced soft smile when someone came to settle into the seat next to her. She knocked back the rest of her drink, looking over at them. “So, are you grabbing the next round or am I?” She teased, ready to drop the nice act depending on how they responded.
apprenticescribe-aiden:
This was one of the celebrations that Aiden was always looking forward to, so he did his best to tune out any conflicting emotions that he couldn’t tell if they were from his new bond, or from himself. He preferred the fall and winter ones where he could wear nicer clothes. It was too warm out to really function, but he still threw on a pair of jeans and heather blue t-shirt. He had made his way over to a witch that he was flirting with, giving her a sunflower. Aiden could often be a more soft-spoken or even shy when flirting with a girl he was actually interested in. The energy of his bond was giving him more of a shot in the arm the more she began to enjoy herself. As his name was called by this seductive woman, the girl he was with frowned and slinked away. Aiden honestly didn’t know how to react to her, so he just stared, mouth a little agape. “I, uh…” He blinked. “I don’t…know…” He shook his head as if to clear his mind and turned to look at the girl, only to realize she was gone. Aiden frowned and looked back to the dragon writing on the table top, still unable to pull together a coherent sentence. It was a strange level of confusion from him and whatever energy she was putting through, so Aiden couldn’t figure out what he was feeling. He furrowed his brow. “I don’t need any favors from you.”
Quetzalli hadn’t taken any notice of the woman he was with, but—at least this time—it wasn’t out of spite. Her head was just too hazy to really be bothered with something that didn’t immediately affected her. She could catch how he was staring, though, her lips upturning the slightest bit for a self-satisfied smirk as she tossed her hair back with a chuckle. “Fine. It’s not a favor.” A sharp spark of her usual annoyance with him managed to flare, but it was dulled by the fact that she was hell bent on enjoying herself. “It’s some repayment for how strung out I’ve been. I have to say, you witches know how to party, at least, and I’ve been needing to party without running the risk of getting yelled at by Ozophen.” Now that she wasn’t blindsided by getting the bond, she could get up to her old, saccharine tricks even if she wasn’t thinking completely clearly. “I am doing this celebration correctly, right? Or is this one of the ones with people dancing naked under the moonlight?”
lil-pip-squeak:
“Ooh, now I could see that happening” she then only laughed herself, even if she was really debating whether it was true. “ Exactly! I can’t see Ozophen or The Grand Dragon hunting a little thing like me down, I mean….I’m pretty insignificant compared to some of you absolute beasties” she reminded.
“The humans certainly used to be brutal enough to do it. But I guess we shouldn’t be encouraging that sort of behavior if we want to not feed into Kaalida.” She chuckled shaking her head. “Yes, But your size says nothing of your danger. Look at what you’ve done to me, convincing me to leave my post.”
@apprenticescribe-aiden
The Grand Seer wanted everyone to properly behave for the festival and celebrate? Fine, Quetzalli could provide that. Between her first impressions with Aiden and her reprimand from Oz, the dragon was more than happy to wholeheartedly commit herself to the feast and dancing. In fact, there was enough of the witches’ alcohol flowing through her system that she wanted to show off just how good she was at the dancing bit, her hips swaying as she stood on top of a nearby table. The height gave her the advantage of spotting her soul bond, calling out to him. “Hey, Aiden. If I get drunk, do you get to feel drunk?” she taunted, continuing to dance. “Because if you do, I think I might have found a way to actually do you a favor.”
effymalum:
“You’re not thinking of resisting your bond are you Zalli? I wouldn’t recommend it. I mean it’s excruciating. I’ve heard that its like your soul is being torn in half. So, I wouldn’t say it’s the best idea” Effy frowns, offering the other some tea.
She flinched at the thought of her soul being ripped in half. “It wouldn’t be a conscious choice, I just... Well, I know my nature well enough that it might not go over so well. I might resist without thinking.” She shook her head. “Are you truly going to be happy to have someone always intruding on your feelings? To never have certain things be private again?”
apprenticescribe-aiden:
“My silly family name, for your information, is that of the Grand Seer’s official scribes since history was first recorded.” He took a deep breath as the pain subsided. He went back to laying on the water, trying to give in to the usual relaxation he felt, but couldn’t knock off the tension. “And I’d like to get back to sleep, but here we are.” Aiden was typically a calm and even tempered man, but he was on edge, and got cranky when not sleeping well. “All we have to do is accept the bond, and we won’t have any pain.” He looked over at her. “Do you really want to get to know me, because it kinda feels like you don’t.” he rolled over to sit atop the water, as if he was sitting on a bed with his legs dangling down into the water, hands clasped and shielding him from view. “Look. All we have to do is tolerate each other’s existence. We never even have to see each other again. You know, I hadn’t exactly been looking forward to this, but I didn’t expect to feel this much anger about it, so a good portion of that has to be coming from you.” Aiden snarked back.
He pushed off his invisible ledge back into the water and made his way ashore, floating his pants over to him in the process. Though wet, he put them on, and they clung to his body, not leaving anything to the imagination - which didn’t really matter since she’d seen everything anyway. He began to slip on his sandals in order to go back home. He hated feeling this angry. He knew he’d be paying for the stress later in the week, and just hoped that whatever was going on between them would calm down. He took a deep breath, and the anger subsided for a moment, but his anxieties surfaced in their place. Aiden took another breath and placed his hand on the bark of a tree to meditate and draw energy from nature into himself.
She honestly was slightly impressed that his family had managed to stay so committed to their position for so long—what she had observed of the smaller creatures was that they were able to drop the old ways with ease. But the feeling was quickly covered by her immediate annoyance that he could feel her shifting opinion before she could decide if she wanted to voice it or not. “It’s not a matter of what I do or don’t want to do. From my understanding of what I’ve been told I have to do, to help you fight against this impending doom, we’re supposed to work together. But I’m more than happy to keep my abilities to myself if you’re not interested in help.” The dig at her anger wasn’t a surprise, but there was some disappointment in the nearly incomprehensible emotions making their way through her. She had at least thought she’d be able to deal with the bond.
She let him stalk off, lowering herself back down on the grass, her breath slipping out in another huff. She was still fired up from the exchange, and could feel him trying to calm down from it. A part of her wanted to linger in it just to spite him, but the wiser part of her settled for ignoring him as much as she could. She quickly tugged off her clothes, already feeling better when she was freed from the confines of the fabric, and shifted, finishing her rounds flying in her serpentine form—stealth be damned.
lil-pip-squeak:
“Well, that is true…Though I wonder, they seem awfully easy to lose…I feel a finger like this could be bitten off so easily” she mused, waggling a finger and then smiling wickedly to her. “Oh it’s fine, trust me. The fact I’m much smaller helps, I could just hide in a tree whilst they look for me, easy as pie….Which you should also try”
“Maybe that’s what happens when you break the promise,” she said ominously, before breaking out into laughter. “Well, if I send them after you, and they can’t find you, then they’ll truly have no one to blame and will just have to drop the subject.” Zalli did take her position seriously, but she had a taste for a bit of trouble that she had a hard time denying.
So you guys are being hunted by an army of mercenaries, led by genetically enhanced soldier? You’re crazy.
Eiza González in Hobbs & Shaw
apprenticescribe-aiden:
A wave of utter annoyance, and possibly disgust, washed over him. Though, Aiden couldn’t tell which emotions were his and which were that of his new companion. “Please. You’re probably been around the block a few times before I was even born, so it’s not like I’d even be shaving that much off of you.” Aiden began to wade away. “And for the record, you didn’t exactly give off that great of one either.” There was a sense of pressure and tugging, as if the bond was being pulled on and then a sharp pain. Once more, Aiden wasn’t sure who was resisting this. Perhaps both of them. He wasn’t ready for the bond and didn’t need the distraction. He spun around to look at her again. “Well congratulations, you’ve found me, now you can go back on your watch or whatever. I’ve made it this long without you, so you don’t have to play babysitter to make sure I don’t get you killed.”
She sat back on her hands, her eyes still narrowed at him. “If you want me to even entertain the idea of respecting your silly family name, which I assume has been around for a few centuries, I wouldn’t be so quick to disrespect the centuries I have and the ones I’ve now lost.” She scoffed, lying all the way back as she turned her gaze to the stars instead of him, allowing herself some comfort in the familiar points of light in the darkness. Her muscles tensed as they shared the pain, drawing in a sharp breath through her teeth. She sat back up, unable to deny there was some part of her that had an irrational worry that he would find a way to accidentally meet his end without her watch. “Shouldn’t we... get to know each other or something? So I can at least get to work without being in pain.”
the-regal-oz:
Ozophen glowered down at the younger dragon, her ice blue eyes fixed to her like a predator that had spotted a tiny bunny. “Why are you not at your assigned post and more importantly why have I heard that you have been abandoning said post to waste time with the Faerie dragon?” she snapped, not even asking the other how she was doing. For a dragon that wasn’t the Grand Dragon, she sure acted like the Grand Dragon.
“I thought I heard something and went to investigate,” she said coolly, relieved that her ability to quickly lie hadn’t been affected by her new distraction. Her teeth ground together, knowing she should have trusted her instincts that had told her she was going to get caught, pinkie promise or no. “I thought indulging her for a few moments would be less wasted time than her hanging around to continue bothering me.”
lil-pip-squeak:
“Oh I can’t help it, these two leggeds have got it all made! They have all these little things that make their lives so much easier” she rambled. “It is the little fingers on our human form hands, they lock together and that means it is something that cannot be broken, I don’t quite understand the concept but it is supposedly sacred” she mused. “You got it, muchacha”
“I suppose forging a promise on their fingers could be useful. They always have them around to make the pledge.” She still found it odd, but it was a little comforting to know the smaller creatures did have some sense of honor to them, some faith in one another. Zalli wasn’t sure it was warranted, but it was at least hopeful. “Seriously, either of them come looking for me, I’m finding you.”
apprenticescribe-aiden:
He jolted at the feeling of the water spray, causing him to lose his balanced float and submerge briefly. “Yeah, well,” He shook his hair and slicked it back as he spoke, rubbing the water in his eyes. “why don’t you go find them.” There was a tightness in his chest that was unsettling and gave him pause. He opened his eyes for a moment, looking down, settling himself. With a grand eye roll, he began to speak. “As a member of the Hawthorne family, I really don’t need to prove myself to you or anyone. And why would I offer any-” He took a look at the woman and when their eyes met, it was as if his world, having felt a little off balance or unconnected, clicked into place. He realized this must have been the lack of ease that had woken him up. “Oh…you’ve got to be kidding me.”
Zalli couldn’t contain her little snort as he dunked into the water for a moment. “You’re a jumpy one, aren’t you?” But her amusement dropped as he started to prattle on about a family who’s name wasn’t of any note to her--to be fair, none of the witch families matter to her. As a solitary creature, she cared more about what an individual could do than what their family has done. “Well, you’re the only member of the Hawthorne family I’ve met, and I have to say, you’re giving a terrible first impression,” she huffed, settling onto the ground as they had no choice but to let the bond take hold. “Oh, come on. You’re not the one who just had their potential lifespan cut shorter.”
apprenticescribe-aiden:
He snorted out a laugh and laid back on the water, eyes closed. “Then shouldn’t you be keeping an eye out for people wanting to harm us, rather than peeping on a naked man?” His brow cocked, eyes still closed. The energy in the air felt a little more electric. With a flick of his wrist, a large leaf fluttered down from a tree above and landed just so, covering his manhood, despite the fact that she’d likely already seen. Aiden wasn’t a stranger to nudity and often felt it kept him closer to the earth, but he was still a little modest in front of strangers. Or, at least, would keep covered to keep them from feeling uncomfortable.
Zalli was quickly picking up on just what the tug she felt towards him was, a quick spike of pain shooting through her as her instincts wanted to shy away from it. She rolled her eyes at his little show of modesty, crouching by the edge of the water. She gently blew out between pursed lips, almost knocking the leaf away and spraying some of the water on him, in a very mild display of her abilities. “Well, there’s supposed to be one in particular I need to ensure stays alive so we both don’t end up in an early grave. But now you have me all curious to see if you could possibly have anything to offer that I haven’t seen before.”
@the-regal-oz
Quetzalli had been jumpy and on edge since being bonded. A small part of her felt a little bad for Aiden, who could now experience those nerves while she got the benefit of his calmer, more reserved demeanor. But she still wasn’t happy with the idea that she was tied to the smaller, weaker creature, especially when thinking about it made her less able to focus on her job. Wasn’t the bond supposed to help? Maybe this was part of the fallout of her lingering resistance, or it just proved her beliefs that the dragons were doing all the witches a great favor. She was so caught up in her own warring thoughts, she didn’t notice the other dragon’s approach until she was right in front of her. “Oh, fuck,” the curse slipped out before she could help herself.
Zalli’s finger traced around the edge of her cocktail glass, looking up with a practiced soft smile when someone came to settle into the seat next to her. She knocked back the rest of her drink, looking over at them. “So, are you buying this round or am I?” She teased, ready to drop the nice act depending on how they responded.
Aiden was restless.There was something in the air that he just couldn’t shake off. It could have been as simple as his room being to warm or maybe he’d had too much caffeine too close to when he finally went to bed, or maybe it was something else, like whatever had the Grand Seer one edge. He threw on a pair of sleep pants and sandals and made his way outside to the swimming hole, keeping his eye on the moon. Waxing Gibbous. Just over half full. Two days to the Full Buck Moon. Upon reaching the swimming hole, he realized he’d forgotten his towel and sighed in defeat, but took his shoes and pants off anyway, folding his pants to rest on the sandals, and made his way into the water. After a few moments just wading around and breathing deep, Aiden called out, “I can feel you staring. Show yourself.”
Quetzalli had to admit that moving quietly through their insulated settlement was a bit easier in her human form than weaving through the trees in her dragon form. She was just making her rounds, but something was tugging on her to move away from her usual route. When she heard the voice she stepped out from the tree, her arms crossing. “I’m the Nightwatch Guard. I’m supposed to stare, so you can go on your little night swim in relative comfort.” Her feet took her to the edge of the water without much thought, unable to fight the pull towards him.
