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[ihasteefsgais]

Who: Toothless & YOU (chaos only, thanks to selected map)
What: Toothless is fed up with this stupidity and decides it's time to get off his butt and fly. Unfortunately, the Shrine thinks otherwise.
When: Today. Now=ish? It's flexible.
Where: Old Chaos Shrine. {"Both physical and magical powers of characters gradually decrease over time."}
Type:

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[twistedjudge]

The crashing and smashing had been unmistakable; something large was around, something that didn't care if it made a lot of noise or not. Assuming it was a monster or something else to fight, Fang had of course gone to look; the sight of the dragon, however, clearly striving for the sky and failing again and again... She knew what that felt like. Like wandering around Cocoon, getting more people dragged into their mess,

Fang had settled down on the edge of the broken roof overlooking the shrine, watching him try and try again, until finally he just couldn't try anymore. Once he clearly wasn't going to be throwing himself all over the place again, that was when Fang slid off her perch to fall lightly to the floor, straightening slowly so she didn't startle him enough to make him bite her.

"You're pretty frustrated, aren't you?"

[ihasteefsgais]

That's the thing: Toothless probably couldn't pull up the energy to bite her right then unless she put her leg in his mouth. Lasering was another story, but... He remembered Fang (admittedly not by name--she never gave it), so she was essentially safe right now.

He hoped, however, that she wouldn't realize how stationary he was. People tended to view a stationary dragon as a petting zoo, and he wasn't fond of that idea.

At her words, he closed his eyes, exhaling in a long and unsatisfied sigh. Was that a good enough answer?

[twistedjudge]

Not to worry about that, Fang wasn't the one in the group that Toothy'd have to worry about random cuddles from. Now Vanille, on the other hand...

But she wasn't there, and Fang approached the downed dragon at a slower pace than her usual walk, again trying to not startle him. Pissing off large animals tended to not be good for one's health. "So you can't fly, then." It wasn't a question; it was more to fill the silence as she crouched, close enough to inspect him but not to crowd him. "That what that thing's all about? A way to get you up in the air again?"

[ihasteefsgais]

Startling him wouldn't do all that much harm, for once. Fang was an ally, so he wasn't up for putting in the effort required to be hostile toward her in any way. Even as she approached, he barely offered a response, no more than the twitch of his tail. Even that movement was more uneasy than pending violence.

He wasn't even going to shake his head to herfirst question, though he did snort softly in a 'hmph'-like fashion. Rejecting the notion, not the woman. As for the second question... She must have been referring to contraption on his tail. So he offered a nod.

[twistedjudge]

At least he understood them. This would be so much harder if there was no way to communicate.

"I see... So at some point, you lost part of your tail, then someone made this thing for you. And they're not here to work it properly." It wasn't that hard to deduce, not for someone as used to dealing with wild creatures as she was. The flying ones had always fascinated her with their grace in the air. It was easy to see where Toothless might be one of the best in that regard; being grounded must have been killing him.

"Well... I'd say 'at least you're still alive,' but that isn't gonna help you much, now is it? So here's the thing - what d'you want? Need me to do anything then? Some button to push or something like that?"

[ihasteefsgais]

Tired as he was, Toothless didn't bother nodding when she got the story right. She seemed pretty sure of what she was saying, anyway, so it wasn't as if she needed confirmation.

It started to dawn on him, though, that he wouldn't have been this tired normally. After years of flying (before he was shot down, at least), he knew his limits, and though he'd worked pretty hard at it... His strength should've lasted longer.

Could it be this Temple thing? From what he'd learned so far, pretty much every world they went to did something to them.

Determined now, he ignored her question temporarily in favor of lifting his head with a bit more energy than last time and looking around for the exit. Once he spotted it, he nodded that way, then looked at Fang. Can we?

[twistedjudge]

She was anticipating an actual response to her question, so this initial brushing off confused her. "What's- Oh." Fortunately not for long, once she spotted the exit. "Think you can? All right, then let's get out of here." Fang hadn't been there long enough to feel the effects yet, so rising from her crouch was easy. She waited for Toothless to collect himself, then started off towards the exit, trying not to outstrip the tired dragon.

where's this mean they're at?

[ihasteefsgais]

That's the thing about Toothless: Once he'd set his mind on getting the heck out of there, it didn't take him all that long at all to heave himself up draw his wings in. And he kept up just fine, though the moment they got out and back through the warp thing, Toothless circled once and laid back down. He wasn't going to sleep, though. No, he owed Fang an explanation, if he remembered correctly

One of the possibilities is Ulti's Castle, so I'm going with that

[twistedjudge]

[Sure, works for me.]

They did indeed - it wasn't exactly something unknown to her, after all, considering the chocobos that still survived. It only made sense to make use of animals that way, if they were suited for it, and Gran Pulse wasn't easy to survive in. Fang had just never heard of using a flying beast that way regularly, though she'd definitely manipulated a few into serving that purpose in the past. But to go so far to make some sort of tack for it, and an injured one at that - well, this dragon was something special.

"I get it. And I thought I had it rough." Now that they were out of the shrine, Fang turned and sat on one of the low walls around the balcony, crossing her arms over her chest as she shook her head. "Least I can walk around. Can you even fend for yourself like that?"

/salute

[ihasteefsgais]

At her question, Toothless snorted indignantly, but decided that if his self-defense was in question, it was high time to get back up on his feet. So he did, shooting a laser off to the side for good measure. He was perfectly capable, thanks much.

[twistedjudge]

Okay, yes, she's seen that, no need to go blowing up the building now. She was sitting on that wall you just blasted at, thank you. Fang groaned under her breath and shook her head - yeah, she knew what the dragon was feeling, definitely, she'd be feeling the same if her capabilities were put to doubt.

"Fine, but you're supposed to fly, and you can't. Something tells me you can't hunt so good like that."

[ihasteefsgais]

He tilted his head slightly. I could hunt YOU. But the fact stood that he hadn't had food in quite some time... So he averted his gaze with a sigh, like 'Yeah, I'll give you that.'

[twistedjudge]

Not when she can simply jump around like a dragoon a grasshopper, but that's beside the point and Toothless can't tell that anyway. "Those room places've gotta have some sort of fish for you, you tried going in one of those yet? Seem to have everything else, least for us humans."