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Kreyu has taken a different shape than is usual for her. A dragon, yes, but one of quite different build and coloration!
This shape is more serpentine, although it still has four legs and wings. Her body and her wings are covered in feathers that are all the colors of the rainbow. She fusses with some of her wing feathers, the claws of this shape far smaller, as dexterous as human hands.
"How do I look?" she asks, a little nervous about her appearance.
This shape is more serpentine, although it still has four legs and wings. Her body and her wings are covered in feathers that are all the colors of the rainbow. She fusses with some of her wing feathers, the claws of this shape far smaller, as dexterous as human hands.
"How do I look?" she asks, a little nervous about her appearance.
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Date: 2024-09-03 12:59 am (UTC)"Lovely, as always," he replies. "Your feathers are stunning. It is as if the sun is refracting through thousands of dewdrops, casting colors every which way."
He had been busying himself with making sure all of their gear was well-packed and ready for travel, but his focus has been on her.
"But still fearsome."
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Date: 2024-09-03 01:05 am (UTC)"It might be wisest if you go to the village by yourself to fetch Xenophon. It is more...expensive in terms of energy to take this shape, and I do not think it would be wise to waste energy so soon."
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Date: 2024-09-03 01:18 am (UTC)"Terrifying one young man will be quite enough terror spread for one day, I'm sure." Her tone is wry.
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Date: 2024-09-03 01:35 am (UTC)He shifts his stance to hover near her. "Our rigging should still work well enough, I'll have to adjust a few things, then we should be in fine shape to set off."
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Date: 2024-09-03 01:38 am (UTC)Once they are set, the trip back to the dock is much faster than it was last time as it is a straight shot.
She lands carefully, well away from the the house and the dock. "Ah, I think some of the building supplies have been taken by the villagers, good!"
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Date: 2024-09-03 01:53 am (UTC)Every bit of material might eventually be useful in some fashion.
"I will go to the village, fetch Xenophon, and return promptly," he says. "You rest here, conserve your strength."
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Date: 2024-09-03 01:58 am (UTC)"I will be waiting, love. Be careful."
It's an easy walk, or flight, down the path to the village. The houses her are made of local stone rather than mud brick, but it is in many ways similar in layout to their village. The well is something of a center of activity, even at this time of day.
Xenophon is helping a young woman draw up some water because the bucket is so heavy! It's....not that heavy for her strength, but either Xenophon hasn't figured out she's doing it to get to look at and talk to him longer or he knows and doesn't care.
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Date: 2024-09-03 02:38 am (UTC)"I do not wish to interrupt," Skellig says apologetically.
"It is no interruption!" Xenophon replies, as he continues to draw the water. "Let me just finish this, and then we may talk."
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Date: 2024-09-03 02:46 am (UTC)He heaves the bucket up, carefully, onto the lip of the well. "Thank you, Xenophon," she tells him.
"You're welcome, Kirke," he says, slightly flustered. She picks up the bucket, smiles at Xenophon in a flirtatious way he doesn't a hundred percent grasp, then carries the bucket back to her house.
Xenophon approaches Skellig, eager for news.
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Date: 2024-09-03 03:16 am (UTC)"Of course, I merely need to gather my things and we can set off. I have been staying in another home here in the meantime."
Fetching Xenophon's pack takes little time at all, and they are soon on the path back to the dock - on foot.
"I did not introduce myself, on the ship," Skellig says. "I am called Sokratis. My wife is known as Kreyu."
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Date: 2024-09-03 03:20 am (UTC)"I look forward to seeing Kreyu again as well. It must be difficult for her, being around human settlements."
What with the being a giant eagle or a small cat in shape!
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Date: 2024-09-03 03:27 am (UTC)"It is," Skellig agrees. "Though she asked me to tell you that sometimes she takes other forms, and you should not fear her, as she wishes to aid us in our travel."
The walk is quick back to the dock, and Skellig does not see Kreyu outright; he can hear her heartbeat, knows she is near to them. But she must not be far...
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Date: 2024-09-03 03:29 am (UTC)They round a few more bends, and Kreyu's form comes into view. So beautiful, with her feathers in the sunlight!
Xenophon freezes, his mind stunned, starring at Kreyu open mouthed.
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Date: 2024-09-03 03:47 am (UTC)He approaches Kreyu and smiles fondly. "Hello, love. Xenophon has been treated with great kindness at the village, just as you said."
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Date: 2024-09-03 09:51 pm (UTC)"I am glad to hear that," Kreyu rumbles.
"Dragon," Xenophon gets out at last. "Your wife is a dragon." His brain is still spinning its wheels a bit.
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Date: 2024-09-03 10:12 pm (UTC)There are still packs strapped to her form, and an area where they can both sit upon her back. He reaches for Xenophon's bag. "I will secure this alongside the others, and then we can settle in for our flight to Mycenae," he says.
Remember that question about being afraid of heights?
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Date: 2024-09-03 10:29 pm (UTC)"We're going to ride your wife?!" Xenophon blurts out. Then he flushes as dark as his complexion will allow when it registers just how that statement might be taken.
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Date: 2024-09-03 10:56 pm (UTC)Xenophon continues to stare for a moment as Skellig moves and alights softly upon her form to lash down the pack, giving her scales a gentle stroke once he has finished.
"Love, do you need to do anything to prepare our friend for the trip?"
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Date: 2024-09-03 10:59 pm (UTC)Xenophon looks up, and up, wondering how he is EVER going to get that high. Does he climb her? Would that be rude? Even with her belly flat on the ground she is VERY LARGE.
"How do I, um...?" he asks Skellig as Kreyu casts a few spells on Xenophon for safety and communication in flight. He's gesticulating to the position Skellig is occupying on Kreyu's back.
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Date: 2024-09-03 11:05 pm (UTC)He moves to stand behind Xenophon, motioning for him to turn. "We will get you up here..."
To his credit as Skellig flaps his wings and they rise into the air, Xenophon does NOT fail, much. But a stunned noise at the fact that he is FLOATING does escape his mouth. And then he is STANDING ON A DRAGON.
"Her scales are quite tough," Skellig says. "You will not harm her. Here, come to this part behind her neck and we will sit. It is safest here, and the spell creates sort of a...bubble."
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Date: 2024-09-03 11:47 pm (UTC)Kreyu moves her wings in an experimental sort of way as Xenophon takes his seat. He's not sure what to do with his hands. Does he need to hang on?
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Date: 2024-09-03 11:58 pm (UTC)"I do not have a great fear of falling, obviously, so I do not tend to use a strap," he motions up to a strip of finely braided leather that he has wound around the 'rig' that holds their gear for the trip. "But you might wish to do so. We will have to take skyward a bit quickly to get above the clouds, but once we level off you will find it quite comfortable I feel."
She is so big, it is just like a moving platform! Lined with feathers and a blanket. "There is no risk for lack of air, either. We are protected from that."
Once they have settled in, Skellig lightly weaves his fingers into her feathers. "I think we are ready, my love."
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Date: 2024-09-04 12:06 am (UTC)Kreyu is pleased at the feeling of his fingers in her feathers, he can tell. Kreyu SPRINGS into the air, wings beating fast to try and gain height!
Xenophon doesn't scream, but he has a death grip on the strap and he's quite pale.
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Date: 2024-09-04 12:26 am (UTC)And in doing so he has moved his body closer to Xenophon, to place a reassuring (not much good it will do now in this exact moment) hand upon his shoulder. Nobody will be falling off the dragon today!
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