Week one

[letsplayamod]

You've all met Athena, and she's made her point quite clear. She's fully committed to making this world better, and you're the ones who agreed to lend a hand. Something she's obviously quite thankful for.

It's really not so bad around here. Despite the sky, and the state of the land, things are fairly calm. You've got plenty of time to get used to it, and each other. Maybe this'll be easier than it seems.

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cornucopia

[markofnobility]

[The high pitched raptor-like screams are picked up by Ferdinand all the way across the temple, and he takes off running to find them, coming across Alex also screaming]

Alex, are you alright?!

[rockymountaindie]

[ Alex, oh-so-eloquently, screams: ] A dragon?! L-like, c'mon, a dragon?!?

[ we're doing great here ferdinand ]

[markofnobility]

Drag-

[The roar again, right above them, and Ferdinand looks up]

A wyvern! I thought that is what I heard.

[He raises an arm, like a mother keeping their unseat-belted car passenger in place, as he stares up at the beast, eyes narrowed to try and get any details. But it's too high up and too panicked in it's flight to see well.]

Stay still. If it's wild it may try to swoop.

[rockymountaindie]

[ Despite his general panic and demeanor, the instant Ferdinand gives him an instruction related to survival, Alex immediately obliges, going utterly and completely still.

Through the side of his mouth: ] I-it had a- something on it, like a- a saddle.

[markofnobility]

A saddle... could it be...?

[he brings his other hand to his mouth, putting his fingers to his mouth and giving a sharp whistle. The wyvern looks down at them, then swoops down-

- only to land right next to them]

... Derick!!

[Oh Ferdinand sounds like a puppy just ran up to him]

[rockymountaindie]

[ Alex just fully stops breathing as the wyvern begins its descent. He would be looking at Ferdinand with huge, scandalized eyes if he could bring himself to tear them away from the beast that he was just warned about. All he can do is make a few incredulous noises that could possibly be the beginnings of dude what the fuck are you doing—but then the wyvern lands next to them, and Ferdinand has begun regarding it as if it's his long-lost dog.

Which. Maybe it is, in this comparison.

After a few long moments where his brain reboots, mentally running through every way he could die in the next ten seconds, Alex coughs out: ]

Derick?

[markofnobility]

Yes, Derick!

[The beast keeps looking at them as his name is repeated, and Ferdinand walks over to check on it.]

What brute left you in full tack... poor thing!

[He starts making... vaguely bird-like vaguely dinosaur like clicks in his throat... not unlike someone chirping at their cat. The beast opens his mouth wide... and starts chewing on Ferdie's hair]

He is my mount, it is okay!

[rockymountaindie]

[ They're communicating. Alex tenses and his mind plays out a rather gruesome scenario before it turns out Derick is just chewing Ferdinand's hair like a horse. ]

You r- he's domesticated?!

[ yeah buddy that's what the "wild" kind of implied before ]

[markofnobility]

Indeed. They are still not completely safe animals- but for a wyvern Derick is very docile.

[ He scritches behind the wyvern's horns]

You can pat him if you wish! Just stay away from his mouth.

[rockymountaindie]

[ In a voice somehow both raspy and a higher octave than usual: ] I think I'm good!

[ It also cracks. ]

[markofnobility]

[ Ferdinand gives him a sympathetic and honstly slightly pitying look]

Very well. Here- I will hood him and take him outside to calm down. I will be right back.

[ he shifts around to Derick's saddle bag and digs around inside, coming out with something that looks like it belongs in a bdsm dungeon. Though once he shakes it out and starts hooking things to Derick's head it's obviously something closer to a falconeer's hood. The beast blinded he leads him outside to find a tree or piller to tie him to for now]

There there... I will bring you back a treat when I dress you down. Stay here and relax...

[rockymountaindie]

[ Out of the corner of his eye, he catches it. It's...slightly withering, but he shrugs it off.

As much as Alex hates pity, at least he isn't looking at him like...like everyone in school did.

Though he stays rooted in place, his eyes follow Ferdinand and his wyvern, wary and curious. He's really treating this actual dragon like a slightly unruly horse.

After a moment, Alex kneels to gather all the other things that'd come out of the cornucopia. His lip curls at the sight of the banana peel, which he snatches up harshly. ]

Ohhh, bite me.

[markofnobility]

[He comes back just in time to hear that]

If you wanted to be bit I could have kept the wyvern here!

[rockymountaindie]

[ fjdskfjks ]

I didn't know you could joke.

[ that BETTER be a fuckin joke buddy ]

[markofnobility]

[He laughs]

Come now! Witty banter is just as much a noble skill as battle and land management. And I AM the most noble.

[wink]

[rockymountaindie]

[ The most unimpressed stare in response. ]

Wouldn't know. Aren't many nobles 'round where I was.

[ He picks up the hat the cornucopia spat out and scrunches up his face in distaste. A skull, haha, yes, very funny, universe, we all know he's doomed. ]