lunaecalamitas | this day should be for me

[ the dark shadow that sweeps overhead makes another pass, once, twice, before landing somewhere in the place they're all currently occupying where there's enough space for him.

neatly he arranges himself, folding his wings around and under him not terribly unlike an enormous, oversized cat. not a single feather out of place, a long neck snakes over to join approximately where the rest of the crowd is assembled before rumbling: ]

Aɴ ɪɢɴᴏʙʟᴇ ғᴏᴏʟ ᴡᴀʀʀᴀɴᴛs ᴀɴ ɪɢɴᴏʙʟᴇ ᴇɴᴅ.

I ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴇᴀᴛ ʜɪᴍ, ғʀᴀɴᴋʟʏ. Bᴜᴛ ɪᴛ's ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴡʜᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ʜᴇ's ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ᴋᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴀɴʏ ɪɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏʀ ɴᴏᴛ.

Edited 2024-06-25 16:09 (UTC)

[Looks up. Considers mentioning that it's bad to eat charbroiled things from mystery mechs. Considers dragon digestion. Shrugs.]

He's not even a wizard, though. You don't know where that's been.

[Is it even worth a snack.]

[ blandly: ] I've lived off of corpses before.

[ like, undead, corpsey, very long dead and not just the technicality of most things killing their food before they eat them. i've said he's probably part vulture so like. gestures. ]

Unless you mean to say that whatever filth is poisoning his mind would make him even worse than that?

Edited 2024-06-25 17:34 (UTC)

Wow. Dragons have it tough.

[He's imagining that it's because sometimes dragons are too small to like, hunt dragon food and thus some kind of Yamato-sized dragon has to live by scavenging. Very sad. Much consumption of roadkill.]

I was wonderin' if he got experimented on or something to be that crazy... but I guess you don't always have to be experimented on to be crazy.

[ silly cid, when he was that small he was nursed on a diet of blood. ]

Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴʟʏ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ. Sᴏᴄɪᴇᴛʏ ʙʀᴇᴇᴅs ɪᴛs ᴏᴡɴ ɪʟʟs ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. Tʜᴇʀᴇ's ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋs ᴛʜᴇʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇɴ'ᴛ ɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴇsᴇʀᴠᴇ.

Eᴠᴇɴ ɪғ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ, ɪᴛ's ᴀɴ ᴇxᴄᴜsᴇ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ᴊᴜsᴛɪғɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. Oᴠᴇʀᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ, ʜᴇ sᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ ʟᴜᴄɪᴅ— ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴅᴇʟᴜᴅᴇᴅ.

[He does not know as much as he should about the ecology of dragons.]

Mhmm, mmhm, that’s why you get things like guys trying to blow up the capital and stuff. It’s pretty normal.

[Didn’t he just say it was crazy. Sometimes there are just mundane strains of crazy.]

... You’ve got a pretty low bar for lucid, though.

[Then again this dragon was around for longer than he was (probably), maybe the pilot guy just got stage fright eventually.]

[ dryly: ] Tᴏ ᴄʟᴀʀɪғʏ, ɪᴛ sᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴘᴇʀғᴇᴄᴛʟʏ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇ ᴏғ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs sᴀʏɪɴɢ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴡᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ʙᴀsʜɪɴɢ ʜɪs ʙʀᴀɪɴs ᴏᴜᴛ ɪɴ ᴇᴀʀɴᴇsᴛ— ʜᴇ's ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ɪᴅɪᴏᴛs ᴡʜᴏ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅʀɪᴠᴇʟ ᴇᴍɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ғʀᴏᴍ ʜɪs ᴍᴏᴜᴛʜ ɪs ᴀʙsᴏʟᴜᴛᴇ ʙᴜʟʟsʜɪᴛ.

[ in other words, an entitled dumbass. a moron. the product of the greatest minds of our time working to create the biggest moron who ever existed. take your pick.

does the swear fit his usual manner or deportment? maybe not, but he's allowed. ]

Yeah, the way he talked now matches up with how he sounded when I spoke with him at the party. I don't think he was even tight-lipped because of state secrets or anything, he just hated wizards that much and assumed I was out to get him.

[Dude's just fuckin dumb.]

A ᴘʀᴇᴊᴜᴅɪᴄᴇᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴏɴ. Oᴜʀ ғᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ʙʀᴇᴇᴅ.

[ his tone is still arid enough to put a desert to shame. ]

This is why it was such a pain in the ass, getting the info I could out of him.

[He! Worked! Hard dammit!!!]

[ just looks at ahito.

eventually sends a very small, very soft gust of wind his way. in fact, two of them, aimed such that they might be thought to be headpats if one didn't know better.

there there, ahito. your hard work has net you two not-headpats. pat, pat. ]