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| NightLightNadderWhip | 26 May 2025, 20:04 Post #61 |
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"Even those useless bits of knowledge may come in handy. Never know what'll drive people bonkers," Gojo pointed out. He was flying slightly ahead of the others; although not at a quick pace so as not to lose them. Since they were going slow, Raiju had decided to flip upside down for the heck of it, and Gojo took the opportunity to dangle from the saddle and do acrobatics. "So, never discount what you may learn." Raiju flipped right-side up again as the other riders began to fly after them. "Aw, done already?" Gojo pouted after he'd been tossed back into a normal sitting position. Raiju snorted and shook his head as if reminding Gojo that he'd agreed they needed to cut the shenanigans. |
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| Dragonrider's Fury | 27 May 2025, 23:55 Post #62 |
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"Because that's real useful," Javon muttered sarcastically to his dragon. Firelash snorted his agreement. Javon gave him a quick smile, then called out, "Alright, let's form up here, Riders! Broad Spearhead Formation on Raiju! We can switch out leaders whenever whoever it is needs a break, and there's four of us, so if your dragon really needs a break, you can switch to the very rear. This way the dragons won't have to work as hard, so we'll make better time. Let's move!" He maneuvered Firelash into position behind and right of the Skrill and his rider.
Thus they flew for several hours. Javon only took the lead once; he was being very careful to not overtax his dragon, especially on what was only the first leg of a long flight. Finally, as the sun neared its zenith on his left, he noticed a change in the color of the sea in the distance. He nudged Firelash, who tucked in his wings and dove down until they were below the scattered clouds. Shading his eyes with his hand, he squinted westward. Sure enough, he could just make out a sea stack, and a dark smudge beyond that, accentuated by the decidedly lighter, blue color of shallower water, which must be the cliffs of Wreck Reef. From where they were, he could not yet see the island's namesake reefs, but he was sure they were on track. Already, the first sea stack he had seen had resolved to clarity, and he could make out others scattered about. He let out a cheer; he loved flying with his dragon, but straight, clear flights over featureless ocean got a bit boring. Hours of nothing but blinding glare off deep-turquoise waves many dragon's-lengths below wore heavily on his patience. Flying in uncertain weather was, though perhaps more dangerous, much more interesting. He rather wished to see gathering storm clouds in the distance along their route, but Thor was evidently in great good humor thus far. Oh well, at least he could soon stretch his legs. |
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| NightLightNadderWhip | 28 May 2025, 15:50 Post #63 |
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The Riders landed at the bank of a stream. Gojo slipped out of the saddle and arched his back with his arms above his head. Man, sitting for so long could be a real back-breaker. Meanwhile, Raiju trotted over to the stream and lapped up the water. Once everyone had stretched and watered their dragons, Gojo decided to lean back against Raiju and close his eyes for a few minutes before they took off again. The exhaustion was creeping back now that he had a moment of downtime. He heard Fishlegs prattling on about wanting to observe changes in some sort of plant and then the sound of Meatlug's fluttering wings. "You know what we should do while he's off play scientist, sis?" came Tuffnut's voice after Meatlug flew far enough away. Gojo was sure the other twin was grinning evilly. "Loki him," she said. "Loki him!" her brother echoed. Gojo opened one eye so he could see the two muttonheads. "You know, you run into, say, a Skrill on this island. Then what?" "Then we Loki the Skrill!" Tuffnut responded. "You'll get electrocuted." Ruffnut's eyes gleamed. "That would be—" "—The pinnacle of Thorston-ness!" Tuffnut finished the sentence. The two smashed their helmets together and ran for their dragon. Gojo shrugged and closed his eyes once more. "I hope your funeral is as interesting as your personalities." |
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| Dragonrider's Fury | 29 May 2025, 20:51 Post #64 |
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Javon gratefully dismounted the moment Firelash touched down, and after much stretching, removed the saddle from his dragon's neck. Then, taking the one half-empty and two empty flasks, walked down to the water with his dragon. There, as the Monstrous Nightmare drank, he knelt in the thick moss and refilled them, then returned each to its place. Firelash finished his drink, and began to roll on the ground. Javon could barely keep from laughing at the ridiculous sight, but the dragon was enjoying himself, and the viking didn't wish in any way to dampen his friend's fun. Eventually, shaking with suppressed laughter at his usually-majestic Nightmare's wildly-flailing legs, wings, and tail, he reluctantly turned away to start gathering firewood. There were numerous pines scattered across the island, so he expected the job wouldn't take very long. The first cluster of evergreens provided a decent armload of branches, not perfectly dry, but usable. With them, Javon began to construct the fire. Four more trips, each a little longer than the last, turned up enough wood to last maybe an hour. By this time, Firelash had long finished his roll, and was busy washing his scales clean with his tongue. He paused as his rider approached, and the viking gave the dragon's lower jaw a few quick scritches. The Nightmare's deep, rumbling purr was pure contentment. "You can go back to your bathing," the young man told him. "I just need a little fire sometime to get that" he pointed to the wood piled on bare rock, "going. No rush. But we'll also want some fish for lunch, and since you're so much better at fishing than we are, I'd also appreciate it if you wouldn't mind catching a few for us before too long." The dragon gave Javon's face a quick swipe with its tongue before returning to the task at hand, albeit at a markedly quicker pace. The viking laughed softly and, stringing his bow, began a leisurely patrol across the immediate area. When he returned to the fire the first time, he found it crackling nicely, and put on a little more fuel. He then looked over to where Gojo reclined against his Skrill. "Hey, if you're just gonna sit there, how about tending the fire? I'd rather it didn't go out with our fish only half-cooked. ...Not that there are any fish cooking yet, but I'm sure that will be remedied shortly." He looked around for his Monstrous Nightmare, but didn't see him. Oh well, no matter. By the time he returned again, he was sure he'd find either a pile of fish waiting, or --less likely, the cynical part of his mind said-- Gojo actually cooking them. |
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| NightLightNadderWhip | 30 May 2025, 12:49 Post #65 |
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Night Fury, Light Fury, Deadly Nadder, Razorwhip hybrid
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Raiju squinted one eye open at the sound of Javon’s voice, but Gojo gave no sign of acknowledgement. His breathing was even and steady. Not long after the twins had left, he’d dozed off. But his peace didn’t last long. Only a couple minutes later, the faint sound of flapping wings and the twins’ screams were carried to them by the wind and grew louder by the moment. Barf and Belch narrowly avoided crash landing, and the thud that accompanied it was enough to jolt Gojo awake. A helmetless Tuffnut jumped off his dragon and stalked over to the white-haired man. “This had better be some elaborate Loki mischief I’m smelling, mon ami!” Gojo turned around and stared at him for a moment, making sense of what he’d woken up to before a quizzical grin lightened his features. “Where’s your helmet, man?” “That’s what we want to know!” Ruffnut chimed in. She too had no headwear. “Where’d you hide them, Four Eyes?” “And our waterskins. And satchels. And . . . and . . .” A look of pure fury came over the other twin’s face. “Macey?” Gojo raised an eyebrow. “I didn’t take your stuff this time. I’ve been here the whole time.” Tuffnut crossed his arms and squinted as if inspecting the suspect. “Likely story.” “Javon can tell you.” Gojo looked over at the other man for back up. |
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| Dragonrider's Fury | 31 May 2025, 14:11 Post #66 |
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Javon couldn't believe Gojo. Flying through the freshest part of the day, and the first thing he did upon stopping to stretch muscles have a bite to eat was going to sleep?! He was about to ask Raiju to wake him up none too gently when two familiar voices, not sounding particularly happy, and a familiar Hideous Zippleback rapidly approached, zipped low enough over his head that he felt the displaced air, and nearly crashed, accomplishing the waking without the Skrill's intervention. As the twins rattled off the things that they'd lost, Javon raised an eyebrow. How could so many things disappear right off their bodies or out of their saddlebags while they were riding their dragon? As the three other Riders finished speaking, or debating, or whatever they were doing, and turned to him, the Nightmare rider shook his head. "I haven't been here the whole time, so I actually can't." He gestured toward the fire, wearing an expression of bemused frustration. "Do you think that built itself? ...Gojo did seem to be somehow completely asleep several minutes ago, though. Maybe-" A slightly-muffled roar interrupted the viking as his glistening dragon flew over, showering them all with fine, salty spray, and landed, depositing a fair catch of good-sized fish next to the fire. "Ah, there you are, Firelash. Thank you for actually being helpful." He smirked as he stepped over to stand next to the Nightmare. "These other guys could stand to learn a thing or two from you. Maybe we should eat all these ourselves, since we're the only ones actually working for them here." The dragon laughed, and Javon fondly patted his snout before starting to sharpen some sticks for roasting purposes. "If y'all want food, I suggest you start helping," he said. "We can continue the previous discussion while working." |
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| NightLightNadderWhip | 01 Jun 2025, 04:56 Post #67 |
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Night Fury, Light Fury, Deadly Nadder, Razorwhip hybrid
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The thought of going hungry was not appealing, and the idea of catching something himself when food was right in front of him was stupid, so Gojo took out his dagger and knelt beside the pile of fish to start gutting a few for the Vikings to cook. "I will not rest!" Tuffnut stamped his foot. "Not until my dear Macey is back safely in my arms!" "I wouldn't call cooking resting," said Gojo, not bothering to look at him. "You." Tuffnut narrowed his eyes. "Ruff, frisk him!" Gojo was immediately body-slammed into the pile of fish by the second nutcase. She had no regard for the knife in his hand. Thankfully, he was quick enough to let it loose the moment he felt the impact, and it slid out of harm's way. Ruffnut pinned him there and started patting him down. Maybe under normal circumstances, he would've let her because this ridiculous tomfoolery was kind of hilarious. Maybe. But now, definitely not. He was suffocating in the reek of fish scales . . . slime had already coated his glasses, not to mention his face. . . . He grabbed Ruffnut's leg and yanked on it while consecutively rolling sideways, flipping their positions. "You think I've got your helmets stuffed in my tunic?" He stood up and took off his glasses, trying to wipe them with his sleeve, but when he put them back on, they were just smeared. He sighed and removed them again. After stuffing them in his pocket, he at least wiped his face; although, he still felt lingering residue. Tuffnut huffed. "If you want a job done right, you've gotta do it yourself." He made a show of rolling up his non-existent sleeves and then let out a battlecry, preparing to charge. They were so close already, Gojo reached out and simply flicked the other man's forehead. "Ow!" he exclaimed, staggering back and holding his head dramatically. "What was that for?" Gojo cocked his head, trying to figure out if this guy was a pro nuisance or just stupid. It was something he contemplated from time to time. The twins even gave him a run for his money. "'Cause I felt like it." He took a step towards Tuffnut. "Say, here's an idea. Why don't you tell us what happened instead of just pinning the blame on me?" Ruffnut sat up and snatched a fish, pointing it at Gojo. "Because you already know what happened, thief!" He side-eyed her, then plucked the fish out of her hand and pointed it right back at her. "Humor me." "Picture this," Tuffnut began in a narrator voice, "we're on our merry way to Loki one Fishlegs Ingerman, when all of a sudden—" "The air gets heavy!" Ruffnut jumped to her feet and reclaimed her fish, waving it around like a wand. "Darkness surrounds us!" She tossed the prop back into its pile. "We start hacking up yaks, and that's when the thief—" an accusing glance was cast at Gojo "—attacked!" "So, you're saying a dark cloud surrounded you and then your stuff went missing?" "Yeah, exactly," Ruff confirmed. "And then the dark cloud left?" "It just kinda floated off," said Tuff. "We tried to follow it but lost it in the trees," his sister added. "Gee," Gojo's words dripped with sarcasm. "Never heard of anything like that before." |
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| Dragonrider's Fury | 02 Jun 2025, 20:35 Post #68 |
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Javon shook his head as he speared a fish on one of his pointy sticks. "Sounds an awful lot like Smothering Smokebreaths, if you ask me." He ignored the protests that they hadn't, and raising his voice for a moment, went on, "Although I'm not sure why they'd take your waterskins and satchels. They use metal, not leather. I suppose we could check it out, though. These" he lifted the stick higher before setting it over the fire, "will take several minutes." The viking skewered another fish on another stick and placed that one over the blaze as well. "Someone will need to stay and tend the fire, though." He glanced around. "Where did Fishlegs disappear to? He'd probably be happy to do that," he grinned, "while we chase down the dangerous wild Smokebreath Dragons into their fiercely-guarded home territory." (Hope you don't mind that I'm mostly leaving the Nuts in your hands. You said you had an idea how the Riders could meet someone here, so I'm just assuming they're carrying out your plan, and I wouldn't want to mess it up.  Plus I love the way you're playing them.  )
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| NightLightNadderWhip | 02 Jun 2025, 21:42 Post #69 |
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Night Fury, Light Fury, Deadly Nadder, Razorwhip hybrid
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"Oh, he's . . . ," Ruffnut looked to the sky and licked her index finger, sticking it up and waving it around as if that would help anything, " . . . that way!" she pointed in the direction they'd just come from. "Were you close to him when they attacked?" Gojo asked. "You mean when you attacked?" countered Tuffnut. Gojo raised his eyebrows. He was still going on about that? "Why, yes, we were. In fact, ol' Fishy was in our sights." "Well, Meatlug was. Fishlegs still looked like an itty-bitty speck." Ruffnut leaned close to Gojo, indicating how small he looked with her fingers. Gojo nodded thoughtfully, unfazed by the intrusion of personal space. In fact, he leaned down even closer so that their foreheads were almost touching when he said his next words—even though they were addressed to everyone. "Then he'll probably be back any minute with exciting news. If the Smokebreaths were that close to him, I'm sure they saw his shiny helmet." A look of disappointed surprised crossed Ruffnut's face when she realized her attempt to make Gojo uncomfortable had failed. "In the meantime, I'm going to cleanse my face." He turned away towards the stream. He'd finished washing himself down and was working on his glasses when he heard the flutter of Gronckle wings from behind. "Guys, guys!" Fishlegs sounded out of breath. Gojo turned around to look at him, and sure enough, his helmet was gone. "There are Smothering Smokebreaths on this island!" "You don't say," Gojo put a thumb on his chin thoughtfully before breaking the news. "Sorry to tell you, but those morons beat you to it." He pointed his glasses at the twins. Fishlegs looked at them. "They got you too!? What did they take?" "Macey!" Tuffnut exclaimed. "And, just, y'know, everything else we own," added Ruffnut. "Me too! I don't understand why they're going after satchels and such. It's not in their nature. . . ." "Well, we sleuths have a theory it was not, in fact, the work of Smokebreaths, but him!" Tuffnut pointed accusingly at Gojo who just shook his head. ____________________________________________________________________________________ (You're good. Yeah, they're my tools. And thanks!)
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| Dragonrider's Fury | 04 Jun 2025, 01:32 Post #70 |
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"We were just about to go look into it," Javon told the stocky viking as he dismounted from the Gronckle. "Would you mind tending the fire and fish while we do? It would be good to have you guys as an anchor point and a backup in case these Smokebreaths prove even more dangerous and aggressive than usual and things get... dicey." "Oh!" The blond Ingerman looked suddenly nervous, but undecided, and absently began to scratch the back of his head. "Uh..." He turned to Meatlug. "What do you say, girl?" |
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