| we'll just wing it | dragon&rider | full |

[uncanny valley]

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the ala rapida
tags :: alex, antonio, fela, everyone

Katido chuffed in amusement as Alex pretended to "punch" him on the shoulder; as if his little rider could actually cause him any damage. He held still as she climbed onto his back, then ruffled his wings to make sure she was secure up there, knowing that she would be -- he and Alex had been flying together for most of their lives, and the whole routine was second nature by now.

Suddenly, he spotted something out of the corner of his eye - Quasar's fire signal, followed shortly by his strange, screeching roar. He tipped his head to one side, flaring his ruff uncertainly, wondering what his friend might want now; then he heard Alex ask him if they should go see what was going on. Nah, I'm sure it's nothing, Katido thought-spoke sarcastically. Yes, we're going right over there! He waved his tail slightly in anticipation. As for what it's about, I have some idea.... He glanced at Fela and Antonio, then spread his wings in response to the other dragon's look, lifting slightly off the ground and heading over to where Quasar was, hoping that the others were following them.

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the prankster
tags :: alexei

-- waiting for reply.

[Laxton]

ＡＬＥＸＥＩ ＴＨＥ ＲＥＤ ⇒ ＧＡＲＤＥＮ／ＰＡＳＴＵＲＥ ⇒ ＶＡＮＥＳＳＡ

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Alexei puffed out a heap of air as his rider plopped her sizable body upon his riding nook. He hated how she liked to slam down and cause him to choke. Once he felt her settle down into place he turned his head, giving Vanessa a sly and mischievous grin. He then shot off into the air, he struggled at first with both his weight and his riders weight... But finally after a few flaps, he gained enough wind underneath him to keep them afloat. All he had to do now was give one large flap and they would be soaring straight into the clouds. And so he did so... He launched himself and his rider high into the sky before grinning. He thought-spoke quickly, " Hold on tight! "

He then sent out a billowing, roar-like laugh before shoot straight down, not looking to see if he would hit any of the other riders and their dragons.... He just dove, deep deep down into a clearing. He tilted his large body upward when he was just a few inches from the ground, launching himself back up into the clouds before dropping back down into an extreme dive. He was the only dragon he knew who was willing to dive the way he did... Completely perpendicular to the ground with no angle, just straight down. He loved diving, it was his favorite thing to do... And he knew it was his only way to get back at Vanessa.

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Oswald gripped onto Idrina's skin tightly as they soared. He was at a loss for words as he looked about the landscape of the safe zone. But today Oswald was feeling risky... He remembered seeing a lake and a waterfall just outside the safe zone and wanted to go explore and maybe even get some inspiration for a new plan... He thought-spoke to Idrina, " Remember that lake with the waterfall...? Let's go investigate. " He smiled, attempting to steer his dragon towards the lake... " We can invite The Red if you'd like.... " He sent to her in a joking matter. He knew about her small crush and knew that if he pestered her enough she might just get up the courage to prove herself to the brute of a dragon and maybe even earn his love.... Though it was obvious the red liked the striker... It was obvious by the way he went about it... He was much too overbearing when he flirts for both Oswald's and his dragons liking.

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[uncanny valley]

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ＶＡＮＥＳＳＡ
the prankster
tags :: alexei

Vanessa clung to Alexei's broad shoulders as the massive Red hovered for a moment in midair. Hold on tight! Before Vanessa could make a sharp retort, like "No, I thought I'd just let go," Alexei turned straight down into one of his dives; her scream was forced backwards into her throat, so instead she made no sound at all. The ground was approaching them at a pace that should be considered illegal, and the wind was ripping tears from Vanessa's eyes. She knew that her dragon was doing this simply to terrorize her; it was working.

And she loved it.

She loved every second of flight with Alexei; the Red could be annoying as hell with all of his pompousness, but up in the air, with nobody else around, he seemed to her shed a bit of that royal claptrap. It was difficult to moan about royalty bloodlines when one is hundreds of feet up. As Alexei pulled out of his dive right before the ground, Vanessa let out an exhilarated laugh and flung her arms wide.

Then she spotted something strange by the farmhouse. Lex, check out that fire, she said, pointing towards the stone building where five jets of white-hot flame shot into the air. Isn't that Quasar's fire? Must be some kind of signal. We should go over there. Vanessa knew that her dragon wasn't fond of Quasar by principle - Alexei was regal and proud, whereas the leader of the dragons was a mischievous and eccentric one - but this seemed important.

[miss nae.]

Ｊａｃｑｕｅｌｙｎ Ａｘｉｓ___________________________________

ＴＨＥ ＷＡＲＲＩＯＲ

She was enjoying their flight; the weather was perfect an the wind that whistled past her ears was gentle and warm. The girl blew a slight gust of air amusingly out of her nose when Binesi gave his sarcastic retort and before she could answer another remark, a sound so alarming it made her head shoot in its direction pierced the air. The one responsible was definitely Quasar--only knowing because it was a very distinct sound. Come to think about it, the roar wasn't very alarming and neither was it intimidating, it just caught her by surprise. She looked back down at Binesi, making eye contact as his words reached her mind, and she nodded, leaning into the turn as he banked to the side and made a you turn. I wonder what they want to say... A big reasoning behind the question was that there really wasn't anything to discuss, as far as she knew.

Jackie leaned in against the massive dragon's neck, pressing her abdomen against his almost impenetrable scales, and although she laying low, she could see Quasar rising into the air in the distance, though they were closing that distance pretty quickly. It only took them a few to get to them, due to Binesi's giant wingspan.

[Wolvine]

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Ａｎｔｏｎｉｏ  Ｔｏｒｒｅｓ

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Ｔｈｅ Ｄｉｐｌｏｍａｔ

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Ｗｉｔｈ：  Ｔｈｅ  Ｓｔｒｉｋｅｒ，  Ｔｈｅ  Ｓｃｉｅｎｔｉｓｔ，  Ｔｈｅ  Ａｌａ  Ｒａｐｉｄａ

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No, I woke up so we can stand here all day, Antonio answered to Fela's query if he was ready, a grin on his face. "I'm happy to go anywhere," he called to Alex as he crouched down, the curve of his smile widening as he prepared to take off, revelling in the feel of her powerful muscles preparing for flight. His smile promptly disappeared as he saw a series of jets of flame, followed by a skull-splitting roar. His brain began to race to possible scenarios, trying to work out why Quasar, and presumably by extension Hunter, would summon them all. He panicked for a brief moment, terror filling him and causing him to freeze as images of Markus, atop his monster of a dragon, flew down into the dale, followed by an army that would wipe them all out in an instant. But the call hadn't sounded fearful, nor was it a battle cry.

Forcing himself to relax, he considered other possibilities. Perhaps to do with the quest? Unlike Fela and many of his companions, he was in no rush to begin their journey. He knew he was most likely alone in his opinion, but even though their lives were boring (and good God, were they boring) they were at no risk. Boring was good. Boring meant that they were not dead. He had never voiced these worries out loud, sure that he would be labelled as a coward, which perhaps he was, or have the prophecy shoved into his face, despite the fact the prophecy never stated that all seven riders needed to remain alive. He'd never been able to quell that little voice in the back of his head that insisted they were just martyrs for the cause. Let's go then, Fela.

[inactive20000009]

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F E L Y X I C T U S
the copper striker
tags: antonio, alex, katido
mood: curious
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Fela chirped in response, too curious and distracted to notice the faint note of concern in Antonio's words, before launching into the air and flying gracefully after Katido and Alex. The area where Quasar had sent up his signal wasn't far from the house, and she caught glimpses of some of the other dragons and their riders, all making their way towards the spot where they had seen the Wildfire send up his flame. As Quasar and Hunter came into sight, Fela banked and began gliding towards the ground. Quasar and Hunter both looked quite serious, and Fela wondered again what all this could be about. She got the feeling that none of them knew why the Wildfire had brought them together, but there was a sort of tension in the air that made her heart beat faster. She glanced at Katido and Alex, a little way away from them, and then sensed for Antonio's presence in her mind. His comforting weight on her back didn't hinder her flying much at all, and it was always nice to know that he was there.

As always, the sight of the Wildfire gave her a little thrill, and she hung back a little, not wanting to be the first to land down. She was a bit shy around him, even though she knew by now that he hadn't the faintest idea of her possible feelings for him-- and he probably wouldn't notice even if she made it even more obvious than it already was, she thought, a little wistfully. All the same, she couldn't seem to give it up, although she did her best. Fela was quite practical, but infatuation didn't really follow the rules of logic, and eventually she had given up on both flirting with Quasar and trying not to get butterflies at the sound of his voice. None of the dragons, in her opinion, could handle a love affair, what with them all being destined to go on this quest together and having to live day-to-day with each other. Some of the dragons already didn't get along, and a love affair would just fan the flames. She and Antonio were the unofficially elected fight-stoppers, tie-breakers, and feeling-defusers of the group, and as such she knew that there was no way either passion-inflamed or broken hearts could be of any use to the group.

Pushing thoughts of romance and its pros and cons out of her head, Fela landed down on the ground, folding her wings and looking at Quasar, Binesi, and their riders inquisitively.

[astro!]

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....ｑｕａｓａｒ
..........the british wildfire
..........tags; everyone, hunter mays
...............mood; thrilled
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Quasar looked around as Fela and Katido, with their riders on board, made their way around the farmhouse and alighted on the ground in front of the shed. Quasar beamed at them; he swivelled around and saw Binesi approaching, as well, since the great dragon was hard to miss; it only took them a few seconds to get there. Impatiently, Quasar stopped flapping and glided gently back down to the ground, touching down and digging his claws into the grass for a moment.

"Where are the others?" he asked the dragons, his eyes wide, shifting his weight from foot to foot, his arrow-tipped tail flicking around. "They're gonna like this news." He sent another burst of white fire up into the air, a bit higher this time, wondering what it took to get everyone's attention; did he have to set a tree aflame? He didn't know if even his white-hot flames would be able to light one of these damp trees after the past three days of rain. Quasar assumed that they were far away, but even if that was the case, he'd figured they would hear his cry, particularly the dragons.

His eyes danced as he looked around at all of those who had appeared; they'd all been waiting for this moment for many years. A few of them had probably guessed what was happening, although Quasar was finding it hard to read it in their expressions; he wondered briefly if the rest of them were as excited as he was about their departure. He brushed off the thought; they probably were. They'd been waiting for this, for some excitement, some danger, some adventure. He couldn't imagine anyone not feeling ready.

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.............the scientist
...............tags; everyone
...............mood; excited
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Alex held on easily as her dragon flapped the short distance to where Quasar was hovering and slid off his back before he had truly landed, by some miracle landing on her feet - Alex wasn't the most coordinated person out there. She gave a small smile and a wave to Hunter, who was sitting on the roof of the small shed for the sheep; she considered Hunter perhaps her closest friend among this group. "What's going on?" she asked; she noted to herself that it didn't seem to be a bad emergency, since Hunter seemed pretty composed despite Quasar's rather theatrical signal. That theory kept coming back up in her head again, so she thought-spoke to Katido: I think we might be leaving, Kat. Excitement filled her at the thought of this; all of the places they would see, and the things they would find there. Once again, her thoughts glossed over the fact that one of the things they would find wherever they went was an army, focusing merely on the good things.

[prince of heart]

Idrina
The swordfang
Female

Idrina scowled, flicking the tip of her tail at Oswald. Her crush was a source of endless amusement for him, despite the fact that it had faded almost completely by now. At least, thats what she told herself. She stopped, turning her hear around as Quasars cry spilt the air. Her first instinct was to assume they had been found, and fly away with Oswald, and her muscles tensed. After a moment she processed the fact that he had not sounded scared or hurt, and she turned all the way, facing back towards the farm house. She thought for a moment, looking for possibilties of why they were being called. There was only one that really satisfied her however, and so she turned, gliding back into the clearing. " Looks like action finally" She spoke to Oswald, and set down in the furthest corner she could while still being able to hear.

Hunter
The leader
Female

Hunter leapt off the roof, lanidn int a crouch. She straightened and smiled at Alex. " Me and Quasar just need to talk to every one at once, this seemed like the fastest way to do it" She said, using one hand to pull her hair up into a bun. She looked around, silently counting off people as they landed. Do we still need any one other than Vanessa and Alexi? She asked Quasar. To the others she spoke out loud. " Has anyone seen Vanessa and Alexi yet this morning?"

[astro!]

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....ｑｕａｓａｒ
..........the british wildfire
..........tags; everyone, hunter mays
...............mood; thrilled
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Quasar blinked, listening the Hunter's thought-spoken question in his head, then looked skyward as he thought about it. Nova and Esperanza, he replied, And as for where they are, well, they probably went out flying. It would make sense; it was a beautiful-ish day for it, what with the dampness from the past days' rain still clinging to the grass. The air up above was sure to be much drier, must brisker, and generally pleasant as opposed to the humidity down here. As Quasar scouted around the surrounding trees with his sharp eyes, the sun broke from the clouds, and he commented to the other dragons, "Well, it's about time!" The light washed over his scales, making the blackness shine with a blue tinge as if they'd been painted over with a translucent navy glaze. He flicked his tail once again, even more impatiently this time, as he waited for the last four to arrive.

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.........ａｌｅｘ
.............the scientist
...............tags; everyone
...............mood; excited
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--waiting

{{ I guess we'll just have to wait x) }}

[astro!]

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