Dragon Keeper

[Grace.E]

the sounds of wet soil squished softly underneath Phoenix's boots as she ventured down a cave barely taller than her 5'9 structure. Naala, her earth dragon followed her as her deep green eyes looked around the soil, it smelled foul, like rotting flesh, she whimpered at Phoenix who suddenly stopped as a hot gust of wind blew in their direction, Phoenix crouched low as she crept closer to the opening...a huge cave was there, a horse sized soil seether curled up while her babies played with her ears, Phoenix smiled softly "would you look at that Naala... another litter, her third so far" Phoenix dared not go any closer, though Dragon's sensed who was keeper and who was not, it wasn't wise to get close to a mom with new born babies. Phoenix turned around and moved out of the Cave, back on the road again...the cool Autumn air brushed through her cloak as she walked down the grassy trail, Naala at her heel "tonight is the Blue moon Naala...I get to see my brothers again" Phoenix skipped happily as she made her way to the special spot that was only a few hours walk.

[White Wolf Guardian]

*Basil sifted through a book on his table* "Dammit I'm running out of time, where is that page I'm looking for?!" *He flipped through pages rapidly on the table and then finally caught a sketched image towards the middle of the ancient textbook on his desk showing a sundial headed towards a picture of a full moon, emanating with a blue hue around its edges* "My preliminary assumptions were correct, tonight is the Blue Moon." *He looked up to his ice dragon companion laying on the edge of his desk* "Come Whisper, we have much footwork to make, we only have till nightfall to make it to the one Autumn Event." *The dragon looked up uninterested and stretched its wings, hopping onto the floor and heading for the door* "I gotta get my coat first, we don't all have scales like you!" *The ice dragon roared at her slow associate and stared at Basil until he was ready to go*

"You don't have to look at me like that! Let's just go." *He carried his bag of tools out the door and off he went, with Whisper taking her place perching on his shoulder* "We should get there before the moon makes a full appearance if we make haste."

[Ares the Ram]

Farnahm sat in his Trailer with Griswold, his bronze dragon, at his side. The circus was closed today due to rain so he had nothing to do. Rocking back and forth in his chair, he checked his staff for the time. "5 hours till the meeting. What do you think, should we go now or arrive now?" He chuckled to himself as he thought of appearing beside everyone at the exact instant of the risen moon. Griswold yawned at nipped at his clothes. He wanted to go now. "Allright, we'll go now. Lemme get my cloak." Donning his traveler's cloak and grabbing his clock staff, he opened the door, letting Griswold out first and locking the door behind them both. They started to make their way towards the meeting spot they went to every 20 years. "One of these times I'm gonna make a grand entrance, just you wait."

[serpington]

jack jumped back, a serated metal bar swinging centimeters from his face, level with his eyes, passing in what seemed to be slow motion, the chearing crowd nothing but a blur outside the barb-wire cage. the tiger he was up against was twice his size, it raised the bar over it's head ready for another clumsy swing. jack droped, rolling forward between the tigers legs and grabbed  pair of blunt two foot polls out of the air as they were thrown over the two meter walls of bark-wire that made the cage. instantly thousands of images ran through his mind as he turned with an evil smirk towards his aponant....

in minutes the fight was over. jack walked out of the werehouse counting a large roll of his winnings. shade jumped down next to him smiling. "another win." shade looked at him with his head tilted, jack reached up to his head and wiped away some of his own blood from where the bar the tiger had had sliced open his cheak. "don't worry, i'll be fine. now come on, don't want to be late like last blue moon do we?"

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Kordin looked around the forest with his right eye closed as he finished cleaning his blade. Gris was eating his usual dinner of bandits and highwaymen, the blood temporarily staining his white snout. Not a word is shared between them, as their long companionship had made their signals so subtle that one might assume the two think as one. Gris caught up to Kordin, his hips and tail swaying like a pet dog as he kept pace with his guardian.

When they reached a chasm or river, Gris' eyes would illuminate and a bridge of multi-spectrum light would allow them to cross what was previously impassable to all but the birds, and most agile. He was thankful his gift was the Eye, as his memory would have been gone by now as he knew every pathway that one could take to reach the sundial...

[Grace.E]

Phoenix arrived at the Sun dial first... she wiped away the dirt to reveal the ancient Dragon text long forgotten...only to be known to the Dragon Keepers. placing her hand above her symbol, her back started to tingle as her mark recognized the power within the sundial. Naala whined and rubbed against her leg, sensing the ancient energy in the sundial
"soon Naala...very soon"

[White Wolf Guardian]

*Basil trudged through mud and thick branches* "Dammit it had to be Autumn of all the times of the year." *Whisper whacked his ear with a wing and growled* "I'm being critical, this is no different than any other time. We've been walking through these trees for about an hour and I still haven't seen hide nor hair of this enchanted sun dial. I hope you know where you're going! I can barely see the ground in front of me." *Whisper swiftly nibbled at his ear* "Such a mean dragon!" *His ice companion grinned, urging him to continue forward where the trees seemed to part and the back of a girl came into view with another dragon companion* "This is probably the place... from the looks of it that's probably Phoenix. The only human female dragon keeper according to records. The other dragon keepers are probably not too far behind." *He made his presence known by making noise as he approached through the trees to make sure she knew he was coming behind her* "It's nice to meet you Phoenix."

[Ares the Ram]

Farnahm made his way through the trees, following behind Griswold. "I don't remember the sundial being in the middle of all this mud." Griswold payed no mind to his whining and kept going until they made it out and into the clearing. He saw Basil and Pheonix had already made it. "Guess I'm a little late huh?" He laughed as he approached his spot on the dial. He gave his staff to Griswold to hold while he placed his hand on his symbol.

[serpington]

jack trudged through the mud towards the sun-dial, shade right next to him. "hope we're not early." shade looked at him blankly. "or to late. i don't see why you look forward to these meetings so much." the two made it to the clearing and noticed the others. "hey everyone, i made it on time this year." he said blankly walking over and finding his symbol. his sword now on his back and a bandage covering the three inch slice in his cheak. "i miss anything in the last twenty years?"

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Kordin arrived late, his arrival followed by Gris dragging a corpse through the bushes. "I understand that my gift is 'The Eye' and all, but am I really the only person who actually bothers to check for scouts? So far I've taken out three patrols that are within three hours of here, and disposed of their bodies. Gris here, just caught someone who was on their way here."

After some silence, he smiled. "So, how has life treated you since the last blue moon?"

[Grace.E]

"Charming...don't you remember the protection I put around this place" Phoenix replied playfully, Naala smelled Gris, the only patch of hair on her back on end..checking to see if it was the right Gris. Only smelling the blood she let out her metallic, ear splitting screech, and swipped, almost getting Gris.
"NAALA!" Phoenix yelled, like a cat she hiss and growled before before coming back to her side "shhheesh"

[White Wolf Guardian]

"The Autumn Moon tome I was reading about this event didn't really say what we're supposed to do... so I guess we just wait for the Moon to reach optimal level?" *He turned to see the new arrivals Farnahm, Jack, and Kordin approach as well, looking at them quizzically* "So the whole group is here, that means whatever is supposed to occur should happen real soon. Don't know if these things work based upon pre-determined fate or just schedule." *Whisper remained silent, watching the moon and not really paying mind to her dragon kin or companions; Basil glanced at her to see what she was doing* "She seems quite interested in what's going to happen next, I bet this is going to be worth a note or two into one of my books. Normally I would expect her to growl at other people as per usual." *Whisper glared at him for a moment then turned back up to the forming moon* "Damn, I think she can read my mind."

[Ares the Ram]

Farnahm watched as the 2 dragons interacted. He eyed Griswold as if to ask him if he wanted to join. Griswold merely looked back and sat at attention. "One of these days you're gonna have to relax a bit Griswold. Life's too short even for a dragon." Keeping his hand on the dial, he looked up towards the moon. "Shouldn't be long now before its time."

[serpington]

jaxk looked over at shade who was watching the two smaller dragons. "play nice. no blood." shade gave him a 'i know what i'm doing' look and crawled over with his belly scraping the ground.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Kordin was actually poised to 'capture' Naala as she attempted to attack Gris, but stopped when Phoenix spoke up. "Your barrier fails to dispose of the scouts, only limits their access. They will find a way in if they get enough information. I usually don't mind, but since you do have control over the elements, I'd expect a barrier trap or even an explosion upon contact."