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[worldeating]

[The video feed flickers to life, and there is a man with dark hair gazing at the "screen" for all to see.  There is something decidedly serpentine about the incline of his head, the way his lips are almost curled into a snarl, exposing a flash of white teeth before he speaks

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[video]

[aeterno_arma]

[You can see the face of a teen with green eyes, dark skin and light purple hair. Unlike the mans' voice, his own is soft and calm.]I lost my wings too sir, and there's something, someone, missing in me that was there before.

Might I ask who or what was you before arriving here?

[video]

[worldeating]

[Alduin's dark hair and eyes that glint with a hint of red are a stark contrast to the man before him, then.]

Dragon. [There's more to it than that, but he hasn't the patience to explain the rest.] I may ask the same of you, joor. You say you once had wings.

[video]

[aeterno_arma]

[Oh,dragon. Not a vampire or a werewolf, like he was thinking.] I'm sorry that you have to endure this. Dragon aren't made to be trapped, much less in their own body.

I'm afraid I don't know what joor means, sir. [And even if it was supposed to be an insult, he's not offended.] I am a Keltoi, not a human either. But the reason why I could summon my wings is because I'm a djinn, someone who's the vessel of a god's power.

[video]

[worldeating]

[The word itself is not an insult, although the way Alduin says it it might as well be one.] Joor. Mortal. A word applied to many here. [himself included now]

A vessel? And whose power do you carry?

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[occulthymns]

Defeat...? You were in a fight?

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[worldeating]

[Though you can't see it, you may be able to clearly hear the snarl in his voice.]

Yes. Against warriors of both ancient and new, who try very hard to defy their fate.

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[occulthymns]

[Sounds like someone's a sore loser :3c]

That makes it sound like it was a pretty serious battle. It must have made your defeat all the more crushing.

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[worldeating]

[...not at all. NOT. AT. ALL.]

You mock me?

[broduil]

[ y so angry, dragonbro. ]

There are few who know anything of the gods here. [ which is annoying, but at least they're all in the same boat. ] Likewise, most appear to have been rendered relatively powerless. You would do well to adapt quickly.

[worldeating]

[Because this Asgard place sucks.]

I do not require advice from you. I will adapt well enough on my own; but that does not alter my displeasure.

[And urge to destroy things.]

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[geminidol]

Mami's never heard of these gods, either! Mami doesn't think she likes god that take away people's wings, though. That sounds really painful.

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[worldeating]

[It is, in a way. Not that Alduin would ever openly admit to it.]

It is restricting. Almost suffocating. I also do not care for these gods.

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[geminidol]

What kind of wings did you have? Mami doesn't like them, either, but they took something different from her. The people here are nice, though.

[And since Mami is picturing them ripping wings from this guy's back...her problems don't feel as important.]

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[worldeating]

[It is a strange question to him, but of course they're thinking along different lines.]

The wings of a dovah. A dragon. [He leaves it at that, as if it explains itself.] What was taken from you, joor?

[audio]

[parasiteye]

Maybe it's that high n' mighty-ass way you talk that got you all this blazing humiliation.

[ AHHHH ANDUIN AAAHHHHHHHHH ]

[audio]

[worldeating]

[HE CAN'T... UNDERSTAND HALF OF YOU HERE. So there's a clear pause before he retorts back.]

Mey, the way I speak is clearer than any here. I will not conform to muddled speech.

[audio]

[parasiteye]

[ english. HE SPEAKS THE BITCH. ]

"May-bleeblee blah-bu muddled speech. Nay thoust clearer." That's what you sound like.

[audio] good lord this made me lol

[worldeating]

[A scowl on this end.] Should you not have the mind to understand it, mortal, it is of no consequence to me.