RP:Two Dragon Hybrids

Summary: Scandal, a half-red half-black dragon, meets Janita, a half-dragon half-feline. They engage in pleasant conversation and he gives her a ride to Frostmaw.

Meadow

Scandal leaned up against the face of a hill or rather that of many hills due to his size. Since his transformation back into dragon form left it at very large size with very little memory on remembering what he had looked as a humanoid, he had since been stuck in this form. Granted he wasn’t miles long like he had been previously but in shrinking in size his density had increased leaving him at about 750’ long 250’ wide at the widest, and laying on his back with his head rising almost 100’ high, the massive black scaled soft fleshy red underbellied dragon, with soft orange eyes was left thinking about how to return to humanoid size and to what exactly he would look like, now that he had learned some more about humanoids. Beside him next to his right forearm were a pile of bones belonging to wild animals and in small pit several others that were alive sat stirring. “Lemme see,” His voice rather a thought that could be heard, rather than verbally spoken.

Janita, in her travels, had returned to her mother's birthplace. It had been awhile, but not much had changed. Not much, except for that huge dragon she saw chilling out south of the town. Most dragons didn't hang out in their true form this close to the village. Curious, she headed towards him. She was dressed all in black, a hood over her head and gloves on her hands. Only part of her face could be seen, and so she looked like any other feline. She peered up at Scandal as she drew closer. “Hey! What's up!?” she called up to him.

Scandal quickly if not strangely for his size turned to the sound of voice. Spying the feline on the ground he at first thought it to be Zahrani, but found it to be a different one nontheless, his scales greyed slightly out of embarressment, but he made an attempt to smile, without showing his teeth, "Hello there, I would argue the sky, but clearly also my head," The words spoken through the mind but the giggle was audible and low. The voice spoken by the mind was deep and rich and very well spoken, if not with a bit of spice to it. Speaking of said spice a faint hint of cinimanon seemed to hang around the dragon.

Janita smiled back, pulling a cigarette from the pack in her pocket and lighting it with a spark from her finger. If Scandal could smell it from where he was, he'd notice a herbal scent along with the usual tobacco. “Nothing wrong with that. Enjoying the new year, so far?” Her voice was deep, but still feminine. She puffed her cigarette and blew a smoke ring.

Scandal moved his tail slightly away from her direction, as if trying to invite her forward. A dragon way of inviting smaller ones forward so that they would not feel swept aside by it, "Yes I am, its so good to not be long sleeping anymore, a New year, a new chance." He could smell the herbal smell and he liked it, he was slightly annoyed that she could blow smoke in a ring, his own breath ability being unable to do that. Maybe he would attempt it when he could be humanoid again. "What about you, is the year treating you well?" His jaw opened slightly revealing sharp white teeth admist dark blue flesh, which closed quickly. "Would you care for some food,?"

Janita approached him, understanding dragon body language quite well. She showed no fear of him, as most smaller folk perhaps would. “It's been alright, I guess. And no, thanks, already ate. So, you just got up from hibernating, I take it? Has the world changed a lot?”

Scandal chuckled, "Oh yes it has, before I Hibernated..." He said now liking the long sleep to that definition, "...The first golden Dragon emperor was reigning at the time. Course wasn't the best era for me." he sighed at that, but if she asked about it, he would mind saying why.

Janita took a drag on her cigarette, debating if she wanted to ask. On the one hand, she was curious, but on the other, it wasn't her business. Eventually, she decided to take the plunge. “Mind if I ask why?”

Scandal decided to nod, "Back when Dragons had an empire and they were as numerous as humanoids, dragon families were a mix of broods or families, of a particular kind of Dragon color, two said broods were rivals and always at each others throats, two among them wished to bring dishonor to both broods as a form of payback, so they decided it would be best to be caught mating in the Golden Dragon's palace, it was the Emperor's mercy that the offspring would live even though that parents would not. Still the child was considered the product of Scandalous act, and eventually that was the only name that child knew. Eventually he attempt to settle among the humanoids, but dragons in those rarely took their form, so the offspring took a form that was made up different qualities discussed about humanoids, but clearly didn't know the details, and it was but short time later that he was no longer welcome among them. So he slept, in a mountain to himself with hope that when he awoke, he would not be in the same world and be thought of the same way. Sired by a black dragon brood and a red, and they called it Scandalous." He turned and smiled at the feline. "My name is scandal, what is yours and your story?"

Janita blinked. “Wow... I thought that was just a story. I didn't know it actually happened.” The woman pulled down her hood, revealing blue horns upon her feline head. “My name's Janita. My parents are a blue dragon and a desert feline. My grandparents had told me that story before, but... Well, like I said, I thought it was just that, a story. I wonder what else they told me that turned out to be true... Anyway, I don't have a biography that's nearly that exciting. Grew up in the desert, occasionally visiting my grandparents here in Xalious. That's about it.”

Scandal smiled "Draconian, how interesting, Its a pleasure to meet you Janita, so tell me, do you posses your hertiage breath power, or do you apply it by other means?" He smiled with geniune interest, he also welcomed her to if she wished to climb on top of him, and sit or stand, something at least he believed was offering of trust, he could be wrong of course he had slept a long time.

Janita stuck the cigarette into her mouth and climbed up onto his belly, sitting cross-legged. She held out her hand and little bolts of lightning jumped from finger to finger. “I'm not that good at making lightning, this is about the best I can do. I mean, I can create larger bolts from my mouth, but I don't like doing it. Makes me all tingly for hours afterwards.”

Scandal chuckled, "I can understand that, I don't enjoy making my breath power come out of my mouth either." He shared with her an image of him spew acid at a boulder when he sneezed and then a few seconds of it dissolving the boulder and the liquid bursting into to hot flames. "I bring a whole new meaning to bad indigestion." He watched the lightning jump from finger to finger, "You know I bet if you went up to frostmaw, the cold dry enviorment would be able to assist you in making bigger bolts from your hands, and having fur, well that generates even more static, I bet you could get some really good practice there." He said with a smile.

Janita grinned. “I sure hope so. There's this tournament up there, the Titans of Winter. I dunno if you've heard of it. I'm going to be fighting in it, so bigger lightning bolts would be helpful.”

Scandal smiled, "Well maybe we will bump into each other, I joined up myself, of course I won't be fighting like this, at least i hope not, I really don't remember how to make myself look humanoid." "Janita I have question, from a dragon to another, do you like your food alive or not alive, I know its kinda weird but, just between us dragons."

Janita laughed. “I feel like you fighting in this form would be horribly unfair.” At the question of how she preferred her food, she blinked. “Well, where I grew up, we prepare our meat beforehand. Skinning it, seasoning it, cooking it, you know. When I was young, my grandparents tried to feed me a live squirrel once, and it really upset me. Now I'm older, but I still prefer pre-killed foods.”

Scandal nodded, "I had a similar experience but on the opposite end, thankfully the other dragon didn't swallow, since then I refuse to eat live food." he tried to push that out of his head, "Tell me, though have you flown before?"

Janita's eyes widened. “Oh WOW. That must have been, um, unpleasant. And, well, not under my own power. My wings never really developed. They were all gnarled and small, so I had them removed years ago. But I've ridden on my mom's back before.”

Scandal smiled, "if you would like I can give you a ride to wherever your going." He said. "Also, you needn't bother asking permission to sit where you are now, your always welcome."

Janita puffed her cigarette as she considered it. “Well, I'll need to get my stuff from the inn. But if you're offering, I could use a lift to Frostmaw.”

Scandal nodded, "I'd be happy to give you a lift." He smiled "You might want to slip off for a second, i am going to need to shrink a bit."

Janita did so, dropped her cigarette on the ground and crushing it out under her foot. “I'll be back in a few with my stuff.”

Scandal smiled in reply "Be ready and waiting." he said turning over and shrinking in size *think balloon*. Scooping up the remaining animals from the pit he crushed them before he tossed them into his mouth. and waited eagerly for Janita to return.

Janita returned about ten minutes later, with a bag slung over her shoulder. She smiled at him. “Ready to go?”

Scandal nodded, now being at about 20' tall and 70' long and 25' wide he was much smaller so he replied verbally with hardly a change to his voice, as heard by thought now verbal, "Welcome aboard." He said lowering his right wing for her to walk up..

Janita grinned, and climbed onto his back.

Scandal as soon as she was situtated, he said, "hold tight." And when she was secure he leapt into the sky his wings carrying himself and her, until he turned toward his right before adjusting himself northward and flew toward Frostmaw, "I won't be able to drop you directly off the in the city, they have rules about unregistered dragons, shoot on sight sort of thing, but I can get you close enough, in the meantime, tell me about yourself, I know you said that you visit your grandparents and your parents where a blue dragon and desert feline, but what was it like growing up?"

Janita shivered as the winter air blew through her fur. “Growing up? It was fine, I guess. It was a small village, everyone knew everyone else. I got picked on a bit as a kid, until I started throwing lightning. I had a few good friends, though. They didn't care that I was a freak.”

Scandal sighed, "I can understand that, but the one thing you need to remember is your not the freak, its everyone else that accuses you of being one, hence the word freaking out." He chuckled at his own funny. He dipped a bit to fly just over head the mountains rather than high above them, just for the added scenery, "I need your assistance by the way, can you come up with an image that would best suit me, until I can find somone who knew what I looked like before turning into this dragon, I really need a mental picture of what I should look like."

Janita smiled. “Thanks.” She looked down at the snowy mountains, admiring the view. “An image? I... I'm not much of an artist... But... a friend of a friend is a pretty good illusionist. Well, he says she is. I only met her like once. She was nice, but I didn't see her do any magic. Maybe she could help?”

Scandal mentally shrugged so as to not upset her safety. "neither i am I, I didn't get right the first time, I wonder how I would look as anthro dragon?" He tried imagining that and shared the image, like he was but humanoid shaped kinda like her, but considerably more masculine, and the wings. "One more question on the personal, I have heard felines carry their young in their mouths, tell me, did you find that to your liking or did you find that gross?" It always interested him, because Scandal found that stuff intriguing even if he found it slightly unnerving. Frostmaw was barely in view , but he choose to try to find a place that would be close to the city gates but not to far. So they could walk in without a fight.

Janita blinked. “Um... Felines like me and my family, we... don't do that. We carry our kids in our arms. I mean, like, we're not ANIMALS.” She slid off his back and adjusted her bag. “As for how you'd look... I dunno. I didn't inherit the shapeshifting abilities of my mother.”

Scandal nodded, "Sorry I assumed," He began to shrink until his form became like the image he had portrayed, just a little taller than her anthro, and masculine, the color pattern remaining the same. And tucking the wings in tight. "Well you wouldn't need them, your perfect the way you are." he said."I had a fine time, talking with you, perhaps again, maybe before or after the tournament." He said with a smile

Janita grinned. “Heh, thanks. I'd like to hang out again sometime too. And hey, just a warning: if we face off, I'm gonna WRECK you!” With that, she headed into town to find a place to stay for the tournament.