un: flying high

[sansdoute]

( Irrespective of faction, enjoy a first-hand look at infamous Eidris dragon warlord Cain d'Ubiq — young-sounding, frazzled, distracted. Behind him, a rare martial dragon sprawls out. )

...hello? No one's spoken to me, I'm... I'm who they send. When it's... when everything's gone to... when there's a need for fire. I'm who they send. Cain d'Ubiq. I ride with Praxeus. ( The dragon peeks up a broad head, then calmly descends it. )

It was... the girl. The fair-haired one. She went to Remembrance. Didn't you? Winnie? Hello? Couldn't... couldn't stop laughing. So they remembered and — turns out more people with... interesting... passports entered Serthica when she did. You did. All of you. It's how we found — ...well. Well, I haven't told them. Him, Chrichter. He's... got a temper. You didn't help it, ruining his people's home. The walls. You took... where did they go? You took all of them? The dolls out of their house. He won't like that. But I think, if you're going to playing his game, there's something you should know.

( A sound between a bitter chuckle and a sob. ) ...no. You won't believe it if — ...no one does. You'll have to see. Some of you went with me, didn't you? Flying. I remember. You were... you didn't delay us. In the Sibilant Sands. Do you know why we call them that? When we flew together, we were lucky with the weather. Even though someone said it'd sour, it — sometimes, whirlwinds rise, and it sound like great hissing and — .

..look. 51.481° N, 3.4694° E. Go there. I've sent a few dragons to the ports. You'll find... bones. Fallen dragon bones. Hollowed. From the... from five years ago. You'll find them. They're always... there was no way. To take them back after the war, they were too heavy. And there are scales. Left over. Should be, one or two — ... at least one dragon eye. They turn almost to stone, when they've fallen. If you want to peek, take a scale. If you want to see... bring an eye back. It's all I'll say. You have to see it.

( ooc: Cain will answer here and there, but check out this handy post, if you want to take part in this optional quest. )

Comments

[sansdoute]

Haven't I... most our dragons died.

[weifinder]

... My condolences for your and their losses, Cain d'Ubiq.

[sansdoute]

Is that why you broke our walls?

[weifinder]

Ah. Those that birthed?

[sansdoute]

'Birthed.' That's not... they don't birth. They... give shape.

[weifinder]

To the... to what, precisely? I wasn't on hand when the walls were breached, but the forming of dark water and... the burlap persons, like those seen in the crashed ship. The walls gave those shape?

[sansdoute]

You... you'll see. You'll see exactly what they do. What they've done. Why he wants to keep... he's mad. He's mad.

[weifinder]

We need to see to understand the madness either way.

If we ask our bonds to take us, will they fly tandem with the ones you've arranged at port?

[sansdoute]

'Bonds'... you are too new to have... bonded. But dragons will. They're honest.

[weifinder]

Fair enough. I'll ask Lethe.

What's the easiest way to get in touch with you once we've returned?

[sansdoute]

...pendant. I'll answer. Everyone.

[weifinder]

Thank you. I'll be in touch. If not me, than another of us.