dragon... bachelor | round i

[sansdoute]

( We interrupt your regularly scheduled sinister updates for a casual transmission viewable by all. A chirpy, scantily clad mademoiselle takes stage introducing, one at a time, portraits or visual footage of various dragons as she names them. )

Laaaaaaaaadiiiiiiies and gentlemen! Wait no more, wonder less, time to meet this year’s fiery dragon contenders who’ll fall head and smoulder for each other, in the latest, scaled-up season of…

DRAGON BACHELOR

DARIUS

He’s… moderately tall. Not particularly exercised. His rider… gave up after the third day of mounting. His nestmates say, ‘Bro, we all know you’re drooling, not flaming,’ and ‘His mother has to come pick up his scales every week.’ He never woke up in time for the war. He’s looking for a girl who can char his meat, keep his nest tidy, has no male dragon friends and has reeeeaaaallllll thick wing curves. He has zero aspirations, but he knows the 10,000 actual gold pieces he invested to buy an invisible magical coin token will one day rake in big.

He is Darius, and he is our… Dragon Bachelor. And he needs your help to find a bride. Although, like. Any girl would be lucky to have a nice guy like him.

MARIADORA

Luscious. Strong. Some say the party doesn’t start until she enters the demonic summoning circle — then, it bursts into flame. On the weekends, she defeats entire prides of lions single-clawedly. She’s just ‘always where the arson is, oops.’ She thinks she can make a real dragon out of Darius. VOTE FOR MARIADORA.

ELLIANE

Sensitive. A scholar. Mastered every single art of the known universe. Scoured it for another few. Came back with the seed of the incarnated apocalypse. It was awkward. She wants to be looked in her eyes, not in her tail. She’s a career dragon, a sorceress, a near-sighted, oft-squinting visionary. She wants to see Darius grow. But like, not too much.VOTE FOR ELLIANE.

ASIRAA

Nurturing. Kind. Lover of tradition and fine ethics. Her heart yearns for a time when male dragons fought knights errant and females gladly hoarded. She wants children. Many children. So many children. Put down the children. Strip down yesterday’s slaughter blood off her, and you’ll see she has the hips for them. She’s a homemaker, and she wants to call Darius… Daddy. VOTE FOR ASIRAA.

Now, viewers, you know the ropes: they say you can't be lucky in both love and money, but Dragon Bachelor is here to prove common wisdom wrong. Every fine gentleman and lovely lady can put their house-paid 10,000-coin chip forward on their pick for handsome Darius's bride. What a catch!

If the stars blink your way, and Darius chooses your guess... you earn ten times the reward. Don't forget! You can always take advantage of the cheeky virgin sacrifice option and put down the names of other prospective brides. Cast your vote, and let the best dragon gall win!


( ooc: Rules of engagement:

— every character can bet 10,000, free of charge. The house covers the first token.
— Vote here on your dragon lady of choice — remember, persuade your colleagues to vote the same way, and you increase your odds of winning! Just pitch the virtues of your preferred dragon lady.
— Alternatively, suggest a character as a 'virgin sacrifice' (virginity optional) to appease mighty Darius, and vote to get them into the next round. You can also assume a well-meaning NPC put your character's name down. Why not?
— This is open to everyone, irrespective of whether they were assigned to Eidris or Minaras. It has 0% plot bearing. Make it rain.
— You can treat this as a regular network post and threadjack to your hearts' content.

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Comments

[thedreamer]

[ Oh no. An appeal to his vanity. Well-played. ]

Look who's talking! You double - TRIPLE exceed expectations. Though I do try. I took my last performance review quite seriously. Thank you for noticing. Okay! To your point. You were offered up against your will. Not fair. I worry the dragon ladies have no idea what they're getting into either. I suppose I could do. We do need coin, though, more to the point, and I'm hardly favored.

[ ...taking this far too seriously. And all due apologies to Lan Wangji, as apparently even texting, the Doctor does not shut up... ]

[downswing]

You flatter too easily.

[thedreamer]

Is that possible? Everyone should know they're important.

[downswing]

Vanity is forbidden.

[thedreamer]

To excess, yes, I'd agree with that. But you can allow a good thought about your own self from time to time surely. Or, allow me a good thought about you. Because I have many.

[downswing]

All that is too freely given loses substance.

[thedreamer]

Not everything, in my experience. Some things - important things - aren't given freely enough.

[downswing]

Patience, benevolence, favour.

[thedreamer]

Santa Claus! Oh, not word association. Sorry. Backspace. Delete.

Hugs, then! Big fan of those. We need more of them, too.

And joy. Absolute, unbridled, unrestricted joy. Suppose you can't give joy, but rather, bring it. A good thing to try for everyday, eh? Bring joy.

[downswing]

Sooner bring justice.

[thedreamer]

And what comes after you bring justice?

[downswing]

Their freedom to choose.

[thedreamer]

To anyone who's been denied that for any length of time, joy and peace surely follow. One hopes, anyway. Hope - another favorite of mine.

[downswing]

You see good in all things?

[thedreamer]

I see the possibilities. I search for the good before I'll accept the worst. I've known too much of the dark, so that's what I do, look for the good and the worth of all things.

[downswing]

You have fought wars?

[thedreamer]

Just one, in fact. My people against a race of the deadliest creatures the universe has ever known. And they wanted to destroy it, all of it, everything that ever was or could ever be. But here we are now, and the universe is still standing, and so yes, my friend, I do seek out hope and goodness.

[ Skipping right over the very worst details of course! Or trying to... ]

[downswing]

Because you won.

[thedreamer]

The Daleks - the enemy - they were defeated. But there are no winners in war, are there? Everyone loses something.

[downswing]

Hope easier aligned with victors.

[thedreamer]

And/or the ones who are left.

[ In this case, yes, he was a victor. And now he's the last of his kind. Though, he tries not to dwell on that often, not like he did in his last life. He wallowed in it. There's still life left to live, after all. And where there is, there's hope. ]

[downswing]

Who survived you.

[thedreamer]

I'm the last.

[downswing]

...was it worthwhile?

[thedreamer]

If in the end it meant billions of lives would be saved, would you find it worthwhile?