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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest9 Date: June 9, 2016, 2:25 pm
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Rysannox bows his head satisfied by the drake's response.. "Ah,
Good, for a moment there I thought you were carrying an unstable
demonic monster along with you ...and you couldn't be more
right, I got carried away! Of course and we shall go inside the
sanctuary ..I think you'll find the frescos fascinating. Follow
me - and no need to keep your head down either, it was made by a
dragon after all!"
As they enter the massive dome, they view a large stone statue
of a dragon sitting on a rock with his tail forming a small
fountain. He holds a a big pitcher with his right claw that purs
water into the fountain, and a palm branch on his left. His face
bears an awfully happy smile and his eyes seem to be closed due
to this expression.
Rysannox approaches and drinks some of the water, then turns to
Xefr.. "This is Saint Mo'Tze'Khan the Kind, Saint of the Red
Mountains ...one of the old Saints. This was his cave.."
The walls of the sanctuary appear to be covered in ancient and
somewhat mistreated frescos, mostly bearing a brown Dragon and
Ghashyr, as well as forgotten clawmark writing.
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest28 Date: June 9, 2016, 5:02 pm
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Xefr walks up to the statue, looking it over with an appraising
gaze. After a few seconds, his eyes turn back to Rysannox,
"Well, he certainly looks happy, and judging from his title it
seems that he was a good person. By the history lessons you gave
earlier, he must of been one of the old dragons, before your war
broke out. Must have been liked, since this place doesn't seem
to have fallen into complete disrepair. Can you tell me more
about him? Oh, and are you sure that water is healthy? This
place seems to be fairly old."
The Energy Dragon seemed more interested in the frescoes, and
instead approached those. While looking them over, he spoke but
it seemed that he was speaking to himself more than anybody
else. "Well, it seems you were right, these paintings are very
interesting. Shame I don't understand the writing, would
probably help add context to this picture."
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest9 Date: June 10, 2016, 9:10 am
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Rysannox laughs a bit and walks near the frescos besides Xefr,
gazing at them full of glee.. "Ah, a history lover like me,
good; I'll translate to you the history of the Saint, it is
already depicted in this room and I happen to have studied the
Clawmark Writing! As for the water; it comes from a natural
spring, it can't be cleaner than that."
Rysannox points at a Fresco depicting the Brown Dragon flying
over the desert and talks in a narrative voice "Mo'Tze'Khan
Dragon Was Sad and Great. Water Sold At Travellers in Expensive
Rate" ..he moves to the next fresco depicting the Brown Dragon
and a Ghashyr woman begging "One Day Poor Soul Water and Shelter
Did Ask. Mo'Tze'Khan did Frown and Bask: No Water For Poor Soul
- My Water awaits Gold!" ...Rysannox continues to another fresco
depicting the dragon alone in his cave "Mo'Tze'Khan did Count
his Gold. But Alone Dragon and Soul Cold." ..the next fresco
depicts the Dragon smelting gold in his rage and searching his
hoard "Mo'Tze'Khan did Burn his Wealth. Searched for Pincher to
Amend Mistakes, But Pincher had melt." ..This fresco seems to
have a fire figure above that enightens the Saint, it shows the
Dragon sad above the Spring.. "Brave Decision Mo'Tze'Khan had to
Make; For Water Not Long In Mouth Could Bear - For Fire of Lungs
Turned It Into Thin Air"
..the next fresco is one of three giant ones, depicting the
dragon putting his head inside the spring and half-drowning
"Fire of Lungs good Mo'Tze'Khan did end - The Thirst of Other
Soul to End" ..the second of the three depicts the dragon
travelling at night and reaching the poor Ghashyr woman from
later and bringing her water with his mouth as she was dying,
and her standing up and hugging him "Mo'Tze'Khan Thirst of Poor
Soul Erased. Though Fire of Langs lacked. Fire of Soul now Had."
the final of all the frescos depicts the Ghashyr turning into a
Flame "Kind Dragon Mo'Tze'Khan. Now Know That Gold Is Cold and
Fiery is Only Soul. For Every Soul is Eternal but Matter is
not." in the end the dragon is depicted smiling with his eyes
closed and the flame figure transforming into a small pincher
full of water.
Rysannox wipes the sweat off his head and turns to the Black
Drake.. "Phew! And that, Xefr, is the story of how Saint
Mo'Tze'Khan claimed his sainthood and became the savior of all
travellers with his small pincher - always bringing water to
lost souls."
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest28 Date: June 10, 2016, 5:39 pm
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As Rysannox read out the writing, the two Dragons listened
intently. As he finished, Xefr smiled. "What a lovely story.
From greed to kindness, and if I heard right he also sacrificed
his fire breath. He certainly earned his title, if that story is
true. And I suppose that's also why this place was built, to
both honor him and provide shelter or water to travelers. Thank
you for telling me that tale, I hope I can use it to inspire the
others of my race to perform such acts of good more often. For
his sake, I hope Mo'Tze'Khan died of natural causes. Now then,
is there anything else of interest here? Or shall we continue
our previous discussion?"
The Energy Dragon's attention was lost once the story was over,
and he decided to explore the Sanctuary, looking for anything
that stuck out.
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest9 Date: June 11, 2016, 2:21 pm
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Rysannox smiles and nods "It is indeed true, since there are
records describing his lack of a fire-breath, as well as his
minor health problems regarding that matter. He died of old age
with a smile on his face and many loved ones around him. After
his spiritual transformation he moved to the High Chantry of
Gardax where he learned more about the Eternal Fire; the
priesthood sent him on to preach words of kindness ..but
wherever he went, instead of preaching he just helped people
...including teaching two enemy desert tribes to cultivate in
the mountains instead of fighting for an oasis! This is pretty
much what the rest of the frescos describe." he then looks
around a bit "There is a catacomb where Fire-Worshippers hid
during the 'Ascend of the Light', though there aren't many
things of interest there ...I guess we can continue our
previous discussion, yes."
The Energy Dragon notices a carving in the wall in the shape of
a Dragon paw ...roughly his owns' size.
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest28 Date: June 11, 2016, 3:24 pm
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Xefr smiles, "That's good to hear, and perhaps I may see this
catacomb sometime later, but I wanted to discuss a few more
subjects with you. In particular, I wish to know if there is
anything specific you want from my kind in this trade agreement.
And I'd like to know what you meant by Dragons appearing in
front of your kind as a whole. Do you mean to say you wish to
keep this agreement a secret at first? Or do you simply wish to
avoid any possible upheaval the existence of Dragons may cause?
If it is the latter, I'm sure your explorer informed you that
there are other species in Iammelon besides Dragons which can
facilitate the accords. Humans in particular look quite similar
to your kind."
With a curious expression, the Shard held up his paw to the
carving, trying to confirm the similarities. He also looked
around it, looking for any other features that stuck out.
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest9 Date: June 12, 2016, 2:04 pm
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Rysannox sighs and crosses his claw-fingers "Yes. I wish to
avoid any possible upheaval the existence of Dragons may cause;
...most educated lords consider both the ancient dragons, and
the new, as just another species -a gifted one for sure- but a
simple species nonetheless ...not all lords share that opinion
though, and most certainly not their subjects; they consider
Dragons to be either holy, or demons, which could cause
religious tensions." he then adopts a serene smile "But if we
take this gradually, I believe we will able to make everyone
understand and move on."
He thinks a bit and then makes a disapproving expression "Ah,
yes, Humans.. ...no! While they indeed are fair to our eyes and
we at theirs, so far all Humans we have met were uptight
plebeians with a big idea of themselves - I mean, what is it
with their 'Galactic' Empires and Republics and all?
..besides, you may not understand it, but for many Ghashyr, you
Dragons represent our lost planetary brethren ..and I believe
you agree that we all must at some point come into peace with
our dark past."
As he closes his paw towards the carving, it seems as if some
form of energy makes it glow. Near the paw-carving is a small,
forgotten fresco, depicting a tremendously graphic battle
between white Ghashyr and red Ghashyr and Dragons. Beneath the
violent battle a vast pile of dragon skeletons and Ghashyr is
depicted. Next to that fesco, a flame figure burning everyone
but the dragons is depicted. Beneath both frescos is a phrase
written in the Clawmark writing ..though its letters seem
vastly different from the ones seen before ...and it is
actually clawed on the wall.
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest28 Date: June 12, 2016, 4:03 pm
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Xefr's expression goes dark, "You're right, I agree with that
more then you could possibly believe..." But then his demeanor
returns to normal. "Anyways, I do hope you're right. If we do it
slow, understanding should ease its way into your society. And
while I partially agree with you on humans, you'll find that
Iammelon's humans are of a different nature. Humanity is a
varied people, and they serve under many different banners. Some
groups are ambitious, some have inferiority complexes, and
there are some in-between. One way or another however, you'll
have to get used to them. Humans are surprisingly commonplace in
this universe, so if you intend to expand you shall keep meeting
more. But, I suppose that if you do not wish to have humans be
involved, there are others. Such as Watrike or Psions. But
either way, I can understand why you would be most comfortable
with Dragons, as unlike humans or others, you have a shared
history. They are less foreign and are a more familiar sight,
even if the dragons before you are of no relation to yours."
The Shard looked at the Frescos with interest, and at the phrase
with confusion. He still couldn't understand this writing, but
he got an idea from the pictures. The Shard's eyes then flashed,
and a copy of the phrase was inscribed into his arm, so he would
not forget it. With that done, he moved on, looking back to the
paw mark. The Energy being's paw then materialized, and pressed
against the mark.
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest9 Date: June 13, 2016, 9:20 am
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Rysannox looks at the black drake before him, wishing inside him
that their species could once again co-exist ..he speaks to
Xefr ina calm friendly voice "More than you can imagine, Xefr..
..Dragons are as much a part of as, as Shyr is. I'm glad that
one of the new dragons, like you, can understand." He
immediately shakes his head, considering he was lost in thoughts
and ignored the more earthly duties of his.. "Anyway, you asked
if we require something in particular of our trade agreement as
an Empire. I must say that what we require the most is
assistance in our mining facilities ...as well as new
cultivations for our farms, and machinery for our factories.
...As for common goods, like in example; spice, I suggest we let
them flow freely through the trade route."
As the energy dragon presses the carving with his paw, the wall
starts illuminating various symbols in a luminescent blue light.
A second paw appears in the wall, this time composed of energy
..probably similar technology to a hologram.
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Re: Xefr's Adventures: The grey meatbags
By: guest28 Date: June 13, 2016, 7:18 pm
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Xefr smiles, his own tone becoming friendly, "Those wouldn't a
problem at all. There are many groups in Iammelon, and some
specialize in exactly what you need. And have no worries, free
trade is one of Iammelon's core principles. My land would buy
anything you could sell to us, provided that it is of good
quality of course, though I doubt that such a technicality will
be a concern for your nation. Though, as with all markets, make
sure you limit purchasing from Iammelon until you get a good
picture of everything. We wouldn't want you to accidentally get
swindled. Then again, I shouldn't be talking, I know incredibly
little of commerce. That is handled by another of my comrades,
the Gatherer Shard."
The Shard stepped back, surprised by the symbols. But after
taking in the sights for a short while, his gaze fell upon the
new paw. He was confident, and curious, so he materialized his
other paw. With his new physical appendage, he thrust against
the hologram-like image.
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