[ Week 33, Day 3 ] [ Video]

[returnsmagic]

[ The post begins in a bright dazzle of light. It shines brightly but just as quickly fades. It fades enough to make out a form in the distance. A large form. A form of serpentine qualities emerge out, with scales that burn brightly with white light

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... you never saw that fail. AHEM. [video]

[revengeisalie]

[Watching this video, Rin just gapes for a moment. After which tears quickly well up in her, because she's very much reminded of that other talking dragon she knew.

She wipes her eyes hastily and speaks with an open expression.]

Ah... hello?

[video]

[returnsmagic]

[ Ah! That small thing speaks. A form of magic Aurican is unfamiliar with. Sorry if it takes so long for a reply Rin, Aurican takes his time learning the Hitomi that suddenly appears under his wing. ]

Greetings.

Are you comfortable inside such a tiny box?

[ It looks very cramped, even for a human. Or what appears to be a human. ]

[video]

[revengeisalie]

[Small sigh. Here we go again.

Not without a good-natured smile, though.]

I'm not inside the box. It's giving you a picture of me. I'm actually human-sized and... not in any boxes.

[video]

[returnsmagic]

[ Well! That's very interesting. He never thought of the idea of using magic as a means for communication. The idea is such ingenious that he has to share his thoughts. ]

I see. All this time, I have never thought to use magic as a way to speak to someone. Are you far away?

[video]

[mightstealyrcar]

[Oooh, awesome, a new dragon!]

Summoned?

[Matt wonders if he means he actually heard some kind of call, or if he just means he showed up here.]

[video]

[returnsmagic]

Indeed. For one moment, I was in the valley I dwell in, and suddenly I am here.

I soon came to the conclusion that I have been summoned. By who, I am not sure.

[video]

[mightstealyrcar]

Lots of people--and not-people--get dragged here. Guess you could call it being summoned. I'm pretty sure they're picking us, specifically.

You don't, um, happen to know another dragon named Iskierka, do you?

[video]

[returnsmagic]

And who are they? [ He at first assumed to be Paladine and his sons, but that can very well be not the case. ]

No, the name is not familiar with me. [ No name fits any of the wyrms of Paladine, as far as Aurican is concerned. The only name of evil he's familiar with is Crematia. His golden brow furrow in concern. ]

What is the color of Iskierka's scales?

[video]

[sternitfortem]

[ Juudai leans in. He doesn't mean to be abrupt, but this situation has him so flustered he can only blurt: ]

By who? Who summoned you?

[ { I do not recognize that one, Yubel says at the back of Juudai's head. If he is a Duel Spirit, he is one I've never encountered. }

Me either. And a Dragon-type that big... I'd remember that.

Is there another duelist here they're unaware of? ]

[video]

[returnsmagic]

By whoever brings me to this strange land.

[sternitfortem]

[permavideo until otherwise stated?]
[ The gods, Juudai almost blurts, because that's who brings everyone to this strange land, but in that case... This giant dragon was brought here by the gods, so that means he's -

{ One of us. }

Juudai scratches his head, and says: ]

You found this thing - a Hitomi - on you when you arrived, right?

[returnsmagic]

Yes, I have.

[Reaction/Video]

[infiniillusion]

[ o h ]

[ m y ]

[ g o d s ]

[IT'S ANOTHER DRAGON.]

[Kanda didn't have the most amazing relationship with the last one, so he's just a little bit uncomfortable; at the same time, it's definitely not something you see every day. So when the initial gawking is done, he actually tries to talk to it.]

...and you are?

[Video]

[returnsmagic]

[ Good thing for Kanda that Aurican is a very chill dragon. ]

My name is Aurican.

[Video]

[infiniillusion]

[Indeed. The last one kind of set him on fire. He can't say he didn't deserve it - not that he remembers the occasion at all - but it's ought to have been rather unpleasant.]

[Right, the dragon.]

What did you mean 'summoned'. You didn't get here by accident?

[Video]

[returnsmagic]

Indeed. It appears that many of us here didn't come to this world by accident.

At first I thought it was the Paladine, the Platinum Dragon, who have summoned me. But I later come to the conclusion that it is a stranger who has bring me here.

[snarkshooter]

[The feed starts with Cal's mouth open and eye huge because, out of shock, he's asked his hitomi for video without meaning too. There's no way that's what Cal thinks it is. No way it's a dragon. Dragons don't exist, especially smart talking dragons.]

Holy SHIT.

[Now Cal realizes he'd got the damn hitomi running and scrambles to turn it off. He's pretty sure dragons eat rude humans, or maybe Niko just told to make him behave. Either way, pissing off the giant critter is never a good idea.]

OFF. Turn off you piece of--

[Cal finally vanishes from the screen]

[returnsmagic]

[ Aurican really shouldn't be surprised by the reaction. He forgets that his draconic visage does unnerve those who are not used to it. People who have contacted him through this device - called a Hitomi - don't seemed to be that particularly upset with his appearance.

He can only assume this is one of the more neurotic individuals. ]

I believe you have to press a certain button to turn off this magical device. Unless, of course, it functions as a voice activation.

[video]

[snarkshooter]

[It's talking back. Maybe it's the Auphe reacting to a bigger predator, or maybe it's seeing what something smaller than a dragon was do and not wanting to know what a dragon could do.

But...

It's talking..

Curiosity killed the cat, but Cal's not grown ears yet.]

Uh, yeah, got it, thanks. . .my finger slipped. That's all.

[Cal looks nervous.]

Sorry to bother you...er...sir...

[video]

[returnsmagic]

Not at all. These are unusual magicked boxes, after all.

Call me Aurican.