uisgeannan | Some kind of dragon au

[ "Opponent." You're taking this way too seriously Vanitas BT Even when the bites come Ven just flinches and squirms as he lets out several flightly chirrups. He's obviously cowed but he still manages to get his front paws up so he can try and bat at the other's maw, or at least paddle against it the next time he comes in.

omg you butt stop the bellynips, that's not for you. ]

No fair, no fair!

You started it.

[A paw catches him against the snout, and he flinches back, before going in for another couple of nips. After that though, he does back off some, or at least allows the other dragon to wiggle partly free.]

Don't you know if you play with fire you'll get burned?

[ Good, that's more in the spirit. Ven's fins flare up again and his whole spine wriggles against the rock, tail curling and then tapping several times into the water. He hasn't had anyone to wrestle around with in a long time. Even if he is just getting pinned and sloshed around in the water. ]

You're not even a fire. [ Pawpawpaw. He's just slowly batting at air, but if he could reach no doubt he'd be bapping Vanitas on the snout some more. ] Besides, we like fire!

Edited 2014-04-25 05:20 (UTC)

It's an expression. [His eyes track that paw with another snort, before he simply turns, swinging his back half around to bop him with his long tail.]

Your expressions need work. [ Whap. Ven yaps back predictably when that tail catches him, but it only takes a second for Ven to recover quickly and immediately try to catch it between his paws, clapping them together in the air and chuffing in excitement. ]

I think they're fine.

[Ven manages to catch it for a second or two, before the blackscale's powerful muscles yank it back out of his grasp. He spreads his wings and flaps them several times, causing the water at his sides to ripple and give as he lifts himself up into the air--

Only to turn and dive back at the smaller dragon in another tumble.]

[ Ven is delighted. Of course he still makes a panicked little yelp as he's bowled clean over and rolled--he's really much too small to beat Vanitas in any kind of contest in strength or weigh--but as soon as he can he's going to try and get his paws under him and scramble against the riverbed to keep his head above the water and get them closer to the edge of the water.

Easier to tumble and roll around there without getting his nose full of water like it is now, what with all his excited barking and flopping. Even when trying to get to freedom he's still snapping at the air anytime Vanitas' face gets close to his. ]

[Vanitas pursues him, following him into the shallows and attempting to block his 'escape' to the shore. The snaps earn a few hisses and nips back, before he bumps the smaller dragon with his shoulder and lashes his tail.

It's been a long time since he's played like this. And despite his initial reluctance, it feels good to let loose and he finds himself enjoying it more than he really should.]

[ FUCK YEAH WINNER. Ven knew the face-wiggles would work.

Escape route is blocked though! Even if he doesn't look particularly alarmed and sounds more thrilled than anything as he's knocked over. Ven just rolls with it (literally) and hops back onto his feet, bounding back over to the blackscale's side to bounce at bat at him, swiping air but with an entirely playful intent. There's no way he's rolling Vanitas anywhere even if he pounces on him; he can take a limb, maybe two.

Because he is fierce. ]

[Yes.

So fierce.

The bigger dragon has no problem batting him back, charging and dodging in a back and forth display until he's actually starting to get worn out.]

[ SOU FIERCE.

It's the most fun Ven's had in ages. Ever fake lunge has him tripping over himself to scramble backwards, but almost immediately he spins in a circle and bounds right back over toward the large dragon to yap and chuff as he makes excited half-pounces. Several times he's flipped onto his back and for half of those he doesn't even try to right himself. He just claps at the air with his paws at he swings them at Vanitas upside-down.

He probably only lasts a little longer than Vanitas in the stamina department just because he's pure energy, but when it does happen it's pretty noticeable in the way he pants, tongue lolled to one side and sides billowing with every quickened breath. He's just going to roll onto the ground and push himself across it now thanks. ]

I'm pooped... That was fun!

[Vanitas isn't quite as dramatic, as he instead just sits in the shallows and lets the water cool off his body. His breathing is more audible, mouth open slightly to allow himself to release the raised temperature caused by the play more easily.]

Hnh, it was okay.

But you still owe me food.

Oh yeah... I forgot all about that. [ Good thing Vanitas reminded him. That would have just flown out of his head otherwise.

He's not super-keen on moving just yet, but he will roll onto his stomach and nuzzle one cheek into the ground to scratch it. ]

What do you get to hunt around here?

[Simultaneously, he reaches up to scratch an itch on his back, just above where his wings connect to his frame.]

Fish, deer, boar. And smaller prey, but they're barely a mouthfull.

Huh...we usually eat goats and birds and eggs and stuff! [ But they sound fun. So he pushes himself up a bit and waddles back on over to Vanitas, flicking an earstalk. ]

Wait here okay??

Well, there's sheep and goats the next valley over.

[But they belonged to humans. Vanitas would occasionally sneak one when he had a hard time finding food, but avoided most human settlements. Especially since many of them had come up with anti-dragon weapons and defenses that were real threats.]

I'm not going anywhere.

The valley huh... Gotcha! [ Yeah guess who's never really dealt with humans before 6u9 ]

... [Whoops. Perhaps he shouldn't have said that.

Though he's not about to actually stop the smaller dragon, either. But he won't let him go completely by himself--he'll tail him quietly, just to see what happens.]

[ Nanny B)

But no that's probably a good thing? Because as Ven flaps his way over he's more or less got eyes only for the landscape and all the pretty things in it. On a whim he follows the scent of apple trees blossoming and swoops down to an orchard--which is technically attached to a farm? So he's close to the stuff he's supposed to be hunting!

He's just...distracted. ]

[Ven you're ADD as heck. B(

And unfortunately for him, there's workers in the orchard who immediately take notice of the large form gliding above. He may be smaller than other dragons, but something larger than a hawk or eagle gets their attention with how many dangerous creatures live in the nearby forest.

Vanitas though, pauses in the forest canopy just on the outskirts of the orchard, and watches with narrowed eyes. This isn't gonna be good.]

[ Yyyyyeah probably not great. Ven touches down without even worrying about the poor workers, plopping down right between a row of trees and toddling right over to a bushel of apples to stick his head inside. MUCH TO THE HORROR OF THE WORKERS, who more or less panic the moment Ven breaks through the trees above.

6u9 oops ]

[The larger dragon resists the urge to facepalm when he hears the panicked screaming and sees the small outlines running through the trees towards the farm. But then again, what did he really expect from a dragon that was still young enough to initiate play?

Once the workers have fled, Vanitas takes to the air and swoops in behind the smaller gold, claws digging grooves into the soft earth as he lands and tucks his wings in. He's barely small enough to squeeze in between the rows of trees without rustling their branches.]

What're you doing?

Oh! [ Whoops, caught. Ven tries to lift his head from the bushel...but his head's sort of stuck. So when he raises his head the basket goes with it, and with a sound of surprise the goldscale starts backing up and shirking his shoulders as if that'll somehow help dislodge it. ]

Um...

.....

[Wow. Just wow. He's actually never seen another dragon with their head stuck in something, and it's surprisingly funny. Or would be, if there wasn't a danger of those workers coming back with pitchforks, spears and blades.]

You're ridiculous.

[Stalking forward, he reaches out and hooks his claws into the basket weave and pulls.]

[ Lucky for them it shreds easy and catches so that Vanitas' claws manage to pull it off, but Ven still looks ruffles and crane his neck to scratch at it with a hind leg before he's able to shake it all out and chuff. ]

They smelled really good! I didn't think I'd get stuck...

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