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[earthen_hope]

Hey everyone--I figured there ought to be some kind of announcement so people don't panic.

I'm taking care of Sn Colonel Mustang's dragon from now on. His name is Havoc--he's red and pretty big so you'll probably see him around in the sky sooner or later. He lives in a cavern under one of the islands.

He does not eat people and he won't eat any pets either, including chocobos and griffins. Actually he seems to like fighting some of the giant bugs that live in the upper branches, but the farm is also going to leave out a livestock animal once a week for him.

Havoc's also something of a showoff so if you see him blowing smoke or fire, don't worry. He's just being silly.

...I guess it's appropriate that the outfit I'm wearing today has dragon wings on it. Maybe I can use this wooden sword for something, too.

Oh! Gene, there was something I wanted to ask you. Are you real busy these days?

[ooc: Cara is dressed like a Gria Raptor from FFTA2, complete with fake horns, wings, and tail.]

Comments

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I meant. So... is it just you, or does the dragon speak? Sorry to ask, that must seem kind of odd, but I'm having that annoying feeling where I can almost remember something, and it's [long pause] wound around that word.

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

It's not odd! I can understand what dragons and most other animals say and talk back to them. Do you think you might be able to do that too?

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a useful skill.

So it's not actually that the dragon can speak.

That doesn't seem like a good thing to me, but I've gathered the rules are different here.

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

I like being able to speak to animals, especially dragons. Although it's more like he doesn't speak human language.

Why wouldn't it be a good thing?

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

[A long pause; he writes the words like he's tasting each one.]

A dragon isn't-- driven by its instincts like a beast. They had speech and wisdom before any others. If one is reduced to acting like an animal, something's very wrong.

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Really? [That surprises her--she knows that certain dragons are intelligent, and that they're important, but she hadn't heard of anything like that.] I know that there are dragons that will prey on humans, and no amount of talking to them will put them off. But I thought it was just a part of what they are, like lions or scorpions.

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

[And to him, they're the next step down from divinities.]

That's what the word tells me, when I think about it. I don't know why, or what other things link into it. If a dragon attacked a human, there would be a reason, one it was aware of.

Like I said, it seems different rules apply here. You may be as right as I am.

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Where you're from and where I'm from might be very different worlds, so we probably are both right about what dragons are like.

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Thanks for answering my questions. Maybe this will go somewhere if I think on it some more.