RP:Safety First

The following RP is between Scandal and Zahrani.

Synopsis:

Scandal is finally forced to resume his original form, already weary that he is going to be lot bigger since the time he last was in dragon form. Zahrani meanwhile has decided to watch. 

The RP:

Scandal gazed at himself which under normal circumstance couldn’t work, but when one dreams anything and everything happens. He was gazing at himself, or rather his dragon self. He found himself in the middle of town and his dragon self just kept growing and as did buildings toppled homes were flattened, business crumbled and yet even still he kept growing. His legs adjusted placing a massive step in the water and unleashing a tsunami. Nothing he could do to stop his growth nor could he do anything but further destroy the town and worse still he heard a great rumbling noise and the eyes change as a great tongue came from his mouth and lapped up the screaming population. He watched himself spit a mighty stream of acid that dissolved a nearby mountain, and then the acid burst into flame and the area for miles suddenly was scorched by the immense heat. He only managed a single cry of horror as he himself was scooped up by the his own tongue and pulled toward blackness… But then he found himself on the floor near his bed in the room he had rented in a tavern. He quickly felt his for his hands and his face, and then could do nothing but hug himself shaking provulsely in terror. His ebony skin, more gray the black now from the sheer terror of it all. This was his greatest fear, what would happen if he lost control. “I have to get more control over this, I can’t let that happen, I can’t!” He quickly the tavern and ventured to Xailous hoping that the openness would keep everyone safe from him.

Zahrani had been rock-climbing in one of her favorite spots in the mountains, when the wind had brought a familiar scent to her feline nose. Scandal was not too far south from here. She descended swiftly from the rock face, releasing her grip 10 feet from the ground, pushing off with her leg and landing, rolling her body to reduce the force on her legs. She gathered the satchel of temple-provided belongings from the rocky floor, jogging swiftly towards the meadow. There was something different about the dragon's scent; there was a hint of fear, but not the kind that comes from self-preservation. Her eyes finally rested on the bipedal form of Scandal, panting slightly from her run as she looks down at him from a small rock jutting from the meadow.

Scandal had not detected Zahrani's presence he was more concerned with his own predicament. "Okay...*His breathing hoarse* got to take this slow." He willed himself to change first his body lost some of what would be called humanoid and more anthropomorphic, his features changed to incorporate a dragon who was bipedal, his scales black and from where his shirt had been that he had taken off just moments prior the underbelly of this dragon was red, but unlike the the rest of his which was dark black scales the red underbelly had the appearance smooth skin. His tail grew long and from his back grew large wings. his eyes became reptilian like and red just as before. And with a sneeze, a stream of neon green liquid hit a boulder that was nearby which quickly dissolved before bursting into a sulfuric blue flame. "Oh god the indigestion," he said trying to make himself laugh, which failed. "Wait a moment Scandal, before you let yourself change again.

Zahrani watched with silent awe at the dragon's attempt to change form. He really hadn't lied about being what he is. She wondered how that kind of transformation even works; what kind of impact it would have on things like his gut, his brain, his bones. It didn't look particularly comfortable. The feline crouched slightly in shock at the green stream of fluid issuing forth from Scandal's body, gasping quietly at the blue flames that were produced. She had no wish to startle him, so she waited, listening intently. Scandal:: after having waited a fine moment scandal allowed the change to continue this time, he fell upon all fours his body growing at extraordinary rate his body growing with intensity from the claws to the snout the tail the spine, everything he was already beginning to look like a dragon, and now he was about 50' tall over a hundred feet long, and his wingspan was as wide as three times his height. His voice had changed, no longer speaking in words but with grunts and rumbles, but what was more present was a speech thought, less than anything else. *Okay, easy parts over, now to turn of the density manipulation let the body grow from here less i sink into the the soil and bedrock,"

Zahrani was at a loss for words. Part of her was also wondering if she would be detected. She wasn't exactly trying to hide. She was just standing there...roughly 100 feet away, watching a humanoid transform into a giant red-and-black beast of legend. No big deal. She thinks back to what she knew about Scandal, remembering his attempts at telepathy. She wasn't sure how he did it, so she closes her eyes for a moment, focusing her mind on the dragon before her and uttering a single word in her mind with a conscious, decisive thought. *Scandal...?* She hoped to Cyris that in draconic form he would still recognize her.

Scandal breathed deeply causing the grass and some shrubs in direction of his mouth to pull toward it and then be pushed away from it. *Okay now I need to....* His thoughts stopped immediately, His dark scales taking on a shade of grey and red paling, he turned his head to as if he knew where the thought had come from. His eyes huge as if he were embarrassed, terrified, and terrified for her safety all at once, his bottom jaw sinking into his upper one causing the sides of his mouth to part revealing lost of sharp teeth, but despite this scary or cute, depending upon your preference on appearance, his next thoughts were, *Zahrani, umm, funny to see you here* As he said this his right foreleg sank into the soil fast and hard hitting bedrock. He quickly pulled it up as if it was an unintentional act.

Zahrani kept her distance, feeling the shockwave of Scandal's foot passing the earth with sudden and overwhelming force. She jumped slightly, but her eyes remained fixed on the dragon before her. She honestly wasn't sure whether his smile was scary or cute; maybe a bit of both, as she felt both endearment while the hair on the back of her neck instinctively stood up. *I'll...not distract you." she projected towards Scandal, waiting on him to get a better handle on his form. You shook his head no, * I am not sure how big I am going to get, the safest place would be on me, because I don't want to crush you.*

Zahrani raised a brow at the concept of sitting on top of a dragon that wasn't quite sure how to maintain his own size. Nevertheless, the paladin bent her knees into a takeoff position, then without warning, she exploded forward in a rapid sprint towards Scandal. Once she closed the distance near one of his feet, she made a vertical jump upwards, climbing his leg with an iron grip as she ascended towards his back. *So, how does your transformation work? Do you need practice after your sleep?* You gave his best thought shrug, *I haven't done this since before i slept and back then, i was this size. But that was when the Golden Dragon still ruled the Saurian Empire.* He paused *Its semi-magical, magic at least for me, in keeping the density of my body compared to my mass, intact, if no magic was involved when i was humanoid, I would sink to the center of the world, or at least until i hit something hard enough to hold me*

Scandal asked, "*Are you ready?*"

Zahrani hung onto the dragon's back listening to his explanation before, "Ready for WHAT?!" She said it out loud as well as thought it. A sinking feeling began to manifest in her gut.

Scandal thought to her *hold on, please, I'd hate to lose my only friend* And with that he groaned excruciating pain, rippling across his body, the sound of cracking bones scales expanding and multiplying, his body began to grow rapidly, but not to rapidly at least from perspective of one like scandal who shut his eyes. His tail growing his body expanding. When the pain finally subsided, he opened his eyes, to find his head above the clouds. *I hoped this wasn't going to happen* His body well beyond a mile or two in length his height well at least half that, and the wingspan...*Why bother, its not like I can fly anywhere now.* * Zahrani, please tell me you made it,*

Zahrani was clinging for dear life at the sudden ascension, her body pressed against the back of the dragon and her eyes tight shut. The drop in air pressure wasn't severe, but it was enough for her ears to pop. A small trail of blood emerged from one side of her nose. She gritted her teeth as her eyes opened, pupils dilated slightly as she looked around. She breathed heavily for a moment, before her heart-rate steadily returned to normal. The view was breathtaking, but concerning at the same time. *How are you capable of supporting yourself at this size?* If he were shaped like a regular dragon, his legs would have buckled before reaching this height. She wiped the blood from her nose, then raised her paws to both sides of her face in response to an oncoming headache. "Ow..."

Scandal who was happy to hear her voice, was also met with a shared pain from her *Ow, okay I didn't expect to feel that* * How am i capable, he looked down at his body every bone in his legs and body had thickened to such an extent and yet he was still reeling from how he could possibly even still be standing, *Thats a very good question, I don't have answer for that,* The legs did have a similar shape to normal ones but the size and displacement overall was much more massive, and then he removed a foot realized it left no print. He began to laugh in his head *Silly me, I overshot I am not this big,* He shrank a bit about 33% less than his print was now visible of his four toed claws, The shrinking taking more time than before but it was less stressful on his body, and the air pressure increased gradually. turning slightly he curled up so that his took up less room and so he could spy out where Zahrani was on him. *Lets see where are you*

Zahrani reached for a cloth in her satchel, putting it up to her nose. The blood vessels would heal just fine on their own within a few minutes; paladins couldn't self-heal with their holy power. She looked up at Scandal from the middle of his back. *Over here.* She felt slightly flustered by her friend not warning her before doing something...again. This much excitement would take a toll on her heart and psyche if she didn't have time to relax or prepare for it.

Scandal now curled up had no intention of doing anything more sudden, He felt her flusterness and apologized *Sorry, I promise not to do anything sudden, until you can relax,* He tried to smile but that was likely not the best thing to see a dragon smiling at someone who is on there, back but hopefully the feeling was better than the appearance.

Zahrani took a moment to lean forward, laying face down on Scandal's back and closing her eyes. She could sense that he meant well. He was trying to regain control of himself and keep an eye out for those he cared about. In hindsight, she wasn't sure why he took such a liking to her; however, she keeps such thoughts to herself. She had no intention of worrying him and risking him losing control of his body. She just rested there, idly tapping rhythmically at his large black scales with a single clawed finger.

Scandal thought to her, *I am just going to rest my head up against my body, It won't move you* Lowering his head keeping his body perfectly still, until he rested with his snout facing up toward his back and closed his eyes not sleeping just trying to make himself relaxed so that maybe it could bleed off to Zahrani, he wasn't sure if telepathy worked that way, but he felt it was the right thing to do, *Nice rhythm*

Zahrani sat up again, looking up at the dragon's face. *I think I'm going to get down now.* She begins to slowly slide herself down Scandal's side. *Thanks for showing me this, though.* She just felt mentally and emotionally fatigued after that; some time on solid ground was called for

Scandal smiled, *I'll be here, when you need me*