Courtships and Displays

Akeem did not go into the depths often. He preferred staying near Fidelia’s village, only going deep enough to submerge himself completely. When he needed to hunt, he would go a bit deeper to be able to catch fish but he didn’t rely on them fully for his diet. And sometimes, like on this day, he would go deeper into the water to go treasure hunting. It was fun and he thought Vita would like it but she was only now getting used to the water. Maybe sometime he...

They have been visiting Bran more often.    Fidelia had offered to help Bran with a new pet project so they were spending more and more time together. They were splitting their time between Malakai and Bran, with Fidelia excitedly chatting about the idea of Malakai coming to help too. He had to smile at how she unknowingly gushed about Mal, though she framed it as only focusing on his skills and how helpful t...

The stars were beautiful tonight.   Xan was on another trip and Wreng, of course, accompanied him. Sivadul did not need much convincing to join them, delightfully happy for a new journey. They were getting close to their destination, likely another day or two ahead of them before they reached it. Dark had finally fallen and they had settled down into their little camp. Usually, Wreng would have slept close to ...

Strength   Quilla was happily running through the woods. She didn’t know exactly where she was going but she knew what she was supposed to be doing. Akeem had called for her when she was in the middle of playing with the pink fluffball and asked if she wanted to do something even more fun. And of course she wanted to...

Akeem was resting next to the waterfall, listening to its babbling stream. It was the same one where he had met the beautiful Pilgrim. He still thought of her now and again, even occasionally trying to find time to spend with her. She was often busy though or could only spend a quick moment with him. Even without the few sporadic visits to her though, Akeem did enjoy the spot. The waterfall was truly beautiful.   ...

Akeem had been keeping his distance from the Earth/Fire mix. He had been quietly admiring her since they first met. Their riders had been foraging in the same area when they bumped into each other. The foraging ground had apparently been in the other rider’s territory. The dragon - Kritina, he remembered - reminded him in some ways of Rivia but with a fire that would normally scare him. She was arguably more fierce in protecting her rider and Akeem had to be t...

Rain season is approaching, and a massive hunting party has gathered between the various settlements in order to take advantage of the herds that had gathered in search of water. Usually they would not hunt together, but the massive herds of animals makes hunting a difficult challenge for even the most seasoned of hunters- dragons or riders. Today Flash had brought Quake and Nova, two quick-running Earth dragons to flush the herds out, and he was met by Ashiwa with her Ouroboros (levitating n...

The rain pattered down on the two dragons and their rider as they walked through the city at night. It wasn’t heavy rain, by all means, but it was still definitely a thunderstorm judging by the flashes of lightning that would occasionally turn the sky white for a brief moment. The rain cast a foggy and almost mystical look across the tall-ish buildings, neon lights in shades of blue and yellow and pink diffracting through the mist and reflecting across small puddles on the ground. Water has...

By all accounts, Nova didn’t like people. No, he didn’t mean his rider Flash, or Flash’s few friends. He meant other strangers, and that is why he was sitting at the race feeling incredibly uncomfortable. Nova was like the guard raptor of Flash’s home. Any sign of danger and he would be jumping in front of it, hissing and flaring his feathers. Usually with a little intimidation the intruder would back off, but he was quite capable of making sure they never retur...

Cirrus sprawled out, her feathers absorbing the last of the sunlight and warming her up. After the last trial she was just glad to not be cold. Her companion looked over, an amused tone to his voice. “You are aware that’s not the most flattering look?” His talons carefully testing his bow checking it over to make sure it had taken no damage . “I don’t care.” Cirrus singsonged back. “It’s so warm..” she ‘floofed’ out even further as the sun continued to drop. Thoug...

It didn’t have to be this way. They’d gotten along for long enough, stayed out of each other’s way when necessary and worked together when needs must. They could have stayed peaceable, could have made it to the end as a team rather than turning against each other at the last minute. He’d tried to be reasonable, but Flamekeeper stomped closer to the half-built bower nest Igni had been working tirelessly on for days now. Long stalks of grass had been woven by beak and by f...