If need be I can catch you but I think you would do fine as you are.A stroll through the market
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Re: A stroll through the market
Now we just need to find us a big cliff... If need be I can catch you but I think you would do fine as you are.
If need be I can catch you but I think you would do fine as you are.
Shaker of Castles
Order of the Pillow | Sunspear
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AuroraKiye
Re: A stroll through the market
Arkie hears Bal's idea about the cliff and begins to shake her head, which reawakens a headache that offers to open her skull. She holds her head still and says, "No, I have this thing about heighths, I have always.. well, wait! If I have wings and can fly, heighths have no hold on me!!!!"
As she becomes excited about her sudden freedom from her worst fear in her life, her wings flap quicker and she moves hurriedly through the air into Bal. Hitting him in his chest with her head, she sees stars and shiney points.
"Ouch!! That's my NOSE!!!" She flies backwards with little thought and hovers above the ground as she touches her nose with her fingertips, to see if it's broken. "Whew, it's not broken!"
Growing excitement and lightness unconsciously make her flap her wings harder, till she's hovering eye to eye with Bal.
"Hey!!!" she says with surprise, "You shrunk!!"
As she becomes excited about her sudden freedom from her worst fear in her life, her wings flap quicker and she moves hurriedly through the air into Bal. Hitting him in his chest with her head, she sees stars and shiney points.
"Ouch!! That's my NOSE!!!" She flies backwards with little thought and hovers above the ground as she touches her nose with her fingertips, to see if it's broken. "Whew, it's not broken!"
Growing excitement and lightness unconsciously make her flap her wings harder, till she's hovering eye to eye with Bal.
"Hey!!!" she says with surprise, "You shrunk!!"
Re: A stroll through the market
Why do they always think that? Balerion blows Arkie back a bit with some hot air so she doesn't hit him again and then starts to laugh as the air starts to rise in a draft taking her with it. "Up and up and up she goes. Where she stops no one knows."
Shaker of Castles
Order of the Pillow | Sunspear
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AuroraKiye
Re: A stroll through the market
Caught in the updraft of superheated air, Arkie flaps her wings frantically. Frightened, she flips and somersaults in the air a couple of times as she goes upward. The wings to which she was working to become accustomed flap eratically and independently, giving her no support. Her heart beats crazily as she looks up to see the ground and then in an instant looks up again to see the sky.
She has no wish to fly from the ground, and no want to fly into the ground.
A stray bird passing by her almost hits her nose as she ascends. Both squawk and both lose some feathers as they both flap their wings.
After some time with no control, the hot air abates and her weight becomes too much for the uncontrolled flight, and so she begins a freefall.
In one moment, she sees her childhood home, friends, and her family flash before her eyes. She realizes that she would very much like to live, closes her eyes, thinking hard on flying and living, and so begins to concentrate on her wings flapping in unison.
Gradually, her flight stablizes and she loses no more altitude. Her course is set away from Cork and away from Bal, and when she opens her eyes, fearful that she'll see the earth and rocks in her face she finds instead that she's found new territory. Craning her neck to look back to see where she's been, she finally sees a glint off the steeple of the temple of Cork.
With a slow swing around the hill in front of her, she returns toward Cork and where she thinks Bal is.
She has no wish to fly from the ground, and no want to fly into the ground.
A stray bird passing by her almost hits her nose as she ascends. Both squawk and both lose some feathers as they both flap their wings.
After some time with no control, the hot air abates and her weight becomes too much for the uncontrolled flight, and so she begins a freefall.
In one moment, she sees her childhood home, friends, and her family flash before her eyes. She realizes that she would very much like to live, closes her eyes, thinking hard on flying and living, and so begins to concentrate on her wings flapping in unison.
Gradually, her flight stablizes and she loses no more altitude. Her course is set away from Cork and away from Bal, and when she opens her eyes, fearful that she'll see the earth and rocks in her face she finds instead that she's found new territory. Craning her neck to look back to see where she's been, she finally sees a glint off the steeple of the temple of Cork.
With a slow swing around the hill in front of her, she returns toward Cork and where she thinks Bal is.
Re: A stroll through the market
Balerion takes off and flies a few hundred feet up above Aurora. Seeing her finally stabilize he smiles. He rises higher on a warm updraft and giggles wondering how long it will take her to find out where he is.
Shaker of Castles
Order of the Pillow | Sunspear
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AuroraKiye
Re: A stroll through the market
Arkie locks her wings so she glides, only manuevering a bit occasionally to correct for drift. When she sees the spot where they had their picnic, she tucks her wings in a bit and loses altitude.
Flying is hard work, and she's suddenly famished. Her shoulders still ache and now it seems that Bal is missing. What a day!!!
As her feet hit the ground, the forward momentum carrying her for a bit, she moves her legs to run and then slows to a walk then stops. She tries to see if any of the chicken is left, or maybe a piece of pie. A wisp of hair falls into her face, and she sighs in frustration, causing the lock of hair to move and tickle her nose.
"Achoooo!" She crumples to the ground, tired. Tireder than she's ever been in her life, well, tireder than she's been in a very long time. As she lies there, on her back looking up at the sky, she's startled to see Bal in flight. He was watching out for her the entire time?!! "How sweet that dragon is!!" she murmurs to herself just before Sleep hits her and tangles her in it's dark release and embrace.
Flying is hard work, and she's suddenly famished. Her shoulders still ache and now it seems that Bal is missing. What a day!!!
As her feet hit the ground, the forward momentum carrying her for a bit, she moves her legs to run and then slows to a walk then stops. She tries to see if any of the chicken is left, or maybe a piece of pie. A wisp of hair falls into her face, and she sighs in frustration, causing the lock of hair to move and tickle her nose.
"Achoooo!" She crumples to the ground, tired. Tireder than she's ever been in her life, well, tireder than she's been in a very long time. As she lies there, on her back looking up at the sky, she's startled to see Bal in flight. He was watching out for her the entire time?!! "How sweet that dragon is!!" she murmurs to herself just before Sleep hits her and tangles her in it's dark release and embrace.
Re: A stroll through the market
Hmmm. Lil Aurora fell asleep. Perfect opportunity to Arkienap her. HEHEHE. Balerion scoops her up and flies back to his vast cavern between Fenia and Bravia. He takes her into a large chamber overflowing with silks and lies her down on the bed. It had belonged to his last princess. All the tales about dragons eating princesses were nonsense. They were much too good at cleaning scales and making cherries jubilee.
Shaker of Castles
Order of the Pillow | Sunspear
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AuroraKiye
Re: A stroll through the market
Arkie wakes to find herself in a bed of silks. The cool and smooth of the silk against ones skin is truly glorious. However, a silken bed is not the last thing Arkie remembers. Her shoulders and back feel very uncomfortable, like there's something in the bed with her. She struggles a bit to get up, finding it strange as there also seems to be great feathered wings under her. What strangeness!! They move, it seems with her thoughts, but she doesn't have wings! Never has had them!
Oh. oh..
Suddenly, she remembers, she has now wings. The last measurement she remembers guessing was about her height and then some, across from tip to tip.
But then there's the question of how she has arrived at a bed of silk, in what appears to be a cave.
Struggling past the silks and great wings, she calls out, "Hello? Is anyone here? Where am you?" Then a stray thought hits her, "Where is this? Where am I?"
Oh. oh..
Suddenly, she remembers, she has now wings. The last measurement she remembers guessing was about her height and then some, across from tip to tip.
But then there's the question of how she has arrived at a bed of silk, in what appears to be a cave.
Struggling past the silks and great wings, she calls out, "Hello? Is anyone here? Where am you?" Then a stray thought hits her, "Where is this? Where am I?"
Re: A stroll through the market
Balerion was listening to some dragon opera via a magic box when he heard calling. He had bacon and eggs cooking and he thought Arkie could simply follow her nose to find him. He sang along with the box for a minute, then went to get some freshly squeezed fruit juice from one of his storage rooms before returning and being completely surprised.
Shaker of Castles
Order of the Pillow | Sunspear
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AuroraKiye
Re: A stroll through the market
Arkie smells bacon and eggs cooking, and follows her nose to a great kitchen. There seems to be some magic running in the cave and great waves of the auras and sounds of majic come from several sources. There are sounds coming from a box, which is awash with magic, sounds that are truly frightening to her unschooled ear. Possibly it was some kind of music, as the beat and phrasing of the sounds seem to follow a rhythm.
Holding her hands over her ears, Arkie walks into the kitchen, unaware that some red silk has caught on her wings, making a shroud over her head like an aura of "evil."
Holding her hands over her ears, Arkie walks into the kitchen, unaware that some red silk has caught on her wings, making a shroud over her head like an aura of "evil."