Topic: A nervous half dragon wanders in

Xangrath

Date: 2010-09-23 06:16 EST
Xangrath approached the cave with nothing other than his usual attire. He did not seem to own much. Re recalled Icer's directions before looking at the outside of a lair. He gulped, he had never been in a real dragons lair and whilst he knew he was safe, he was still nervous. This was fairly adventurous for him. He he was more used to normal rooms and the comfort of his old library. He began to walk in, looking around.

Aurthur Shimmerscale

Date: 2010-09-23 06:39 EST
*Aurthur was where he always was, when not with the children or his mate. He was in the Shimmerscale's library, poring over the old scrolls and tomes with a passion and hunger that rivaled that of a hatchling on it's first meal. A movement in the entryway captured his attention for a split second, but that was all he needed to know that this was someone he had never met before. He lifted his head from the scroll in front of him.*

Welcome to the Shimmerscale Orphanage.....I am Aurthur Shimmerscale. Is there something I can help you with' You look a little young to adopt......Perhaps my mate, Icer Shimmerscale, sent you here?

Xangrath

Date: 2010-09-23 14:26 EST
He looked up to Aurthur with awe and a bit of fear before looking towards the ground "She....er.....asked me if...er I wanted to stay here....I do not have a home, I am just living in rented accomidation.....I am, sorry, I am not very good with new environments" He stuttered. Any confidence he had in the inn seemed to have vanished. "I was convinced that I was too old and I was scared that I would be disapointed, but I have changed my mind.....I want to see what having a real family is like....I have never seen my mother and my father never let me have a proper childhood, he just cut me off from the rest of the world and spent all his time running the guild..." He said in a sad tone, squeesing his wrist. "They have decided im old enough to live without needing my father's input so I left and came to Rhydin....I heard that all sorts of people come here due to the nexus and noone would care about me being half dragon and I found them right but I am broke, have no real home and I saw how people are with Icer and....I admit, I wanted some of that.....it may be like what things would have been like if my mother had raised me instead of leaving me..." He ran up to Aurthur. "I know I am a little old, but can I stay with you?"

Aurthur Shimmerscale

Date: 2010-09-24 12:03 EST
*Aurthur laughed as the youth ran to him, and in a fatherly instinct, his wing unfurled and curled lightly around the child.* Of course you can stay here, young one. My mate and I take care of many children, just like you, and it doesn't matter if you are half dragon, full blooded dragon, or even if you are a dragon at all. I am sorry that you never knew what it was like to have a family. Both my mate and I are the same way, and we vowed that that was no way for a child to live, that is why we started this orphanage. So from this day forward, she will be your mother, and I your father, how does that sound?

Xangrath

Date: 2010-09-24 14:14 EST
He jumped as he felt Aurthur's wings touch his own tiny little and very useless wings before moving in to hug Aurthur. "Thank you.....You wont regret it." He spoke in a jolly tone, seeming to be much less freightened. "I know im a little old, I turned 120 3 months ago....They decided then I was above the age of consent.....but I think that it just means im not a wyrmling or dragonet or whatever the you like to call the first stage in a dragons life cycle anymore, im the next one..." He looked up to Aurthur, now worried he may send him away due to his age. "If you think im too old, you can just keep me as your librarian! I have had 50 years experience in a mages guild library so I know how to handle ancient tomes. Ohh and I am good cook! I have cooked and eaten my own food all my life and I now work in the red dragon as a cook!" He now seemed to cling to Aurthur. "I can clean too, but I dont like doing it."