[RQ] seeding the skies
Lena
Ronin Taliesin
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#1
there exists a tipping point between gods and monsters
The Falling makes the perfect place to take off when one is a dragon. Actually, it's probably one of the only places to take off in Stormbreak, if one isn't planning to send gales through the streets from wingbeats. Ronin arrives in the early morning, hoping to avoid any crowds, and he's placed a notice up in the Pacifist Plaza to inform the citizens that he'll be shifting, so they don't think they are under attack.

And now it's just a matter of waiting for Lena. The Huntsman has the silver ore mixed with the Ascended fluid in a small leather bag; having let it set and then grinding it up, it has become a fine silver dust that should be easy to toss up into the clouds. He's set the bag down beside him before shifting, and now he rests on the side of the cliff, great wings folded against his sides, reptilian eyes watching the churning waves below.
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Lena Magnus
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#2
Lena
hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
Due to the nature of her occupation, there was hardly any apprehension about the upcoming task. She’d seen dragons of many varieties – from fledglings and hatchlings to the majestic and dangerous adults, and their elders that came before them. Riding one of those had never been in her line of work, however, so if there were any misgivings registered in her ribs, it might’ve been the possibility of falling off into churning waves to a certain death.

But she steeled and resolved herself with her usual stalwart and steadfast determination, following after Ronin’s directions, presuming, of course, that the massive creature before her was him marked in his mythical shift. Good morning lingered by way of greeting, before her eyes fell to the bag, which likely contained the necessities for the day. What do you need me to do? In exact directions – in case she fumbled something important.
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Ronin Taliesin
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#3
there exists a tipping point between gods and monsters
Shifting slowly, as if he's part of the Falling itself, Ronin's large head swivels around to look at Lena. Morning, he rumbles; even his mental voice seems lower in this form, and he gives her a glance over just to make sure she's not at risk of being smacked off the edge of the cliffsides, before moving himself. Flattening down to give her enough space and height to climb on his back, he huffs a breath towards the leather bag.

We're going to be flying up into the clouds, he explains. There's a powder in there, I just need you to seed the clouds with it. Be careful not to drop it, though - I don't know if I'd be able to get any more of that stuff. A trickle of amusement makes it through the bond, Ronin's wings folding more comfortably against his sides so she doesn't accidentally step on them.
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#4
Lena
hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
She nodded, indicating her understanding, while steeling and forging another breath in between her ribs. All right, and her fingers wrapped around the satchel, holding it tightly, as she watched him maneuver so she might get on. Nerves didn’t bundle, didn’t bungle, though they might have felt the urge – pressing onward, and gently, carefully, winding her way towards his back. Let me know if that’s uncomfortable, because maybe she couldn’t quite fathom the strength, the power, contained within the Huntsman.

Then she was settled, bracing, grabbing where she could without clenching on too tightly. Ready when you are - towards clouds and sky.
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#5
there exists a tipping point between gods and monsters
A shudder runs through the dragon at the feel of her climbing aboard his back, settling among ridges and midnight scales, but Ronin is comfortable enough. Still a caretaker through and through, huh, he rumbles through the bond with an accompanying chuckle. I'll be just fine - I don't have any feathers to pull out in this shift. Just hold on tight. As if he has to tell her twice. If she does tumble off, there's little doubt that Ronin will catch her, but he'd really rather it not come to that.

So if there's nothing further, the Huntsman will angle back towards the Falling and the dawn sparkling off the Arclight, and with only a small jostle of claws and tail, promptly drops off the side of it.

Plummeting in a freefall like this is unashamedly his favourite, and Lena will feel the draconic instincts to feel the wind and sea spray under his wings like a whoop of excitement through the bond. At the last moment his wings snap out to skim the tops of the waves, the dragon pulling up to start the climb towards the clouds. Alongside them Stormbreak broods and sparkles in the morning light, but there is a noticeable lack where the Tower used to be.

All okay? he asks.
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#6
Lena
hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
Of course, she breached from somewhere in her mind, stumbling through all the other intricacies. And she held fast at his warning, fingers finding scales and ridges, preparing herself for the inevitable –

But the Caretaker had no reference point for this sort of adventure. She'd never flown. She'd had no wings to stretch. Perhaps when they’d been small, and they could sled down icy proportions of stone with their families watching, with whoops and cheers and triumphant calls into market-squares.
Instead, there was only a drop.

Her stomach lurched and she gasped, body stilling immediately as everything else, her hair, her clothing, her scarf, whipped along her head at an alarming speed, and all she saw were the maneuvering waves and the back of a dragon’s cranium, the sea spray rising up to meet them as he suddenly skimmed rather than plunged.

It took a moment for her heart, her mind, to regain its composure, but in the end, between the rapid blinking and the sudden assault of visions, there’d been excitement, exhilaration, maybe, dare she even admit it…fun. Yes! she managed to squeak, fingers tightening over the bag as they rose towards the clouds. Could we do that again after?
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Ronin Taliesin
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#7
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The dragon huffs beneath her, and laughter echoes down through their Attuned bond; when Ronin speaks next, he might even sound a touch breathless. Of course we can, he says. I don't get to do things like that all too often. And it's a crying shame, after the exhilaration of the dive. For now though, I suppose we should get on with our work...

Drifting into silence, Ronin's wingbeats become strong and rhythmic as he carries them up and into the clouds over Stormbreak, until there's little to see but mist, and his scales (and likely all of Lena) become coated in moisture. Okay, I think this will do. If you grab a handful of the powder, just let it loose up here.
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#8
Lena
hope is the thing with feathers
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With the promise, she grinned, content they’d be able to embody the entire episode again. For both of them, apparently, patting him on one of the many ridges. I suppose she hummed with more of an amused ease, fingers less shaking with apprehension and more with ebullience and exhilaration now, as she opened up the satchel.

Bringing her gaze back up to find only mist, that too was an awe-inspiring, breathtaking sight. She might’ve sat there for a moment, taking it all in, before hands closing over powder, then opened it up once more – watching as the flakes dissipated into the wind from her palm, into vestiges and granules amidst the sky.
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Ronin Taliesin
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#9
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Catching a thermal under his wings, Ronin levels out into a lazy glide to let Lena do her work, barely even needing to keep his eyes open to enjoy the buoyancy of flight, the feel of the wind against his scales. Huffing out another low breath, he waits until the first handful of powder is gone before banking to the left. You won't be able to see it right now, but we're heading right over Stormbreak, he tells her. Could you get another handful and throw it into the clouds here?

With a beat of his wings he takes them higher, to make sure they're absolutely in the right place. After that, I'll take us towards the city gates. The last of it can go in the clouds that way, he decides. That sounds good to you?
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#10
Lena
hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
She adjusted accordingly as he turned and shifted, banking off to the left. The statement left her mildly perplexed – perhaps his senses were far more attuned than hers, thriving off of geography or experience in motion, for she had no idea where they were. How can you tell? incited on blatant curiosity, while she snagged at another handful. Following directions to the letter, the Caretaker embarked on the same motions as before, her eyes watching as dust and granule and powder became something more than that in the world of clouds and stone.

Protection.

Nodding once more, and then realizing he couldn’t see it, the youth gave her acknowledgment through the bond. Sounds good, making sure she had enough for the last proportions.
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#11
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It's hard to explain, Ronin admits. Partially it's just being so big, it's like the world opens up. Same as you can walk through a familiar place in the dark, it's like my body just knows which way we are. But the air feels warmer too, not like over the open ocean... There were probably other tells as well, but he's not sure how good a dragon's senses are compared to a human's so, he leaves those thoughts be.

Once Lena has scattered the powder in the clouds over the central city, Ronin dips lower so she might get a peek of Stormbreak from above. They glide smoothly across the place where the Tower used to be, directly towards the City Gates. Once there, he beats his wings to carry them up again, until the clouds obscure everything. Last one, then I'll dive us back over the Falling? he asks, pulsing some amusement through to her.
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#12
Lena
hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
Maybe it was much like her fox senses, when wandering across terrain – snagging at a noise, a sound, a sibilance ticking away underneath the cover of ground. So she could understand it for the most part, but lacking in any massive shifts, Lena would just have to take his word for it. Sounds amazing anyway and she smiled, the meaning behind it just as effervescent as the Caretaker herself.

Her heart swelled glancing over the Stormbreak views again though – trying hard not to lurch over the absence of the Tower, but in admiration of everything else that stood in its wake. And then back up – reaching more heights and grandeur, and her hands took in the last of the powder, ensuring it was emptied, sprinkled and scattered over the world. The satchel was safely stored away in her pocket, and then she nodded. Ready!
and sings the tune without the words
and never stops at all
Ronin Taliesin
the Supernova


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#13
there exists a tipping point between gods and monsters
It definitely takes some getting used to, Ronin agrees with a rumble in his throat that sounds like a draconic equivalent of laughter. They cross the distance from the centre of Stormbreak to the City Gates in no time at all, and with a shimmer of silvery powder, the deed is officially done. Huffing out a breath that might just be relief, Ronin dips them back down beneath the clouds, tilting in the air to direct them over the Falling where they started.

Alright, hold on tight--! It's the only warning he gives her, as well as a crackle of excitement that lurches and unspools as he makes the dive. Like a starry-bellied spearhead, Ronin tucks his wings in tight and aims them directly down towards the churning waves, giving them a much better opportunity to enjoy the freefall for a while longer.

As before his wings snap back out at the last moment, their tips skimming the surf, before he's pulling them up away from the ocean spray and back towards the skies above.
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#14
Lena
hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
She didn’t need to be told twice, the excitement picking up and pulsing in her blood – a vibrant outcry of glee and exhilaration flickering from her lungs this time, because she was prepared for it, as they dove and dove and fell and fell –

Wind rushing, pushing, and she didn’t dare close her eyes to the semblance of wonder and ridiculousness. She did, however, hang on tightly as he suggested, instead of the sudden urge to raise her arms in the air and flail them around like a fool.

Excellent she preened and laughed, and then breathed, as they finished up with the protection of the world around them.

{FIN <3}
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