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« Reply #135 on: July 12, 2016, 12:54:51 pm »
With another signature snort, the guardian took a swig of his drink. This didn't stop from speaking with his mind however, and he continued in a very annoyed tone, "Go ahead. Laugh it up. It's not like I have to keep you alive or anything, so I'll gladly cross another off the list of people under my protection. Less work for me. Have a nice day." Still drinking, the Guardian's eyes flashed and in another flash of white light he was gone.
Tec lightly chuckled at Re'Ni's words, "Heheh, yeah. Sometimes I wonder if he considers drinking a personal skill of his..." He then adopts a more serious tone, "But I would be a little careful. Guardian isn't somebody you want as an enemy, if he is drunk half the time. The reason he was chosen to protect the ship was because he is very strong, both physically and psionically. But anyways, enough about him, let's go see the observatory, so you can tell me if it's any good for basking. I think we all need some time to just relax, it's been an eventful day." Tec then began walking into the hallway, and gestured with his tail for Re'Ni to follow.

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Xefr smiled for himself, though it seemed hesitant, "I'm sorry if what I said sounded like an insult. I did mean it, we've brought others aboard before and... Well, I just like to give the janitorial droids advance notice. I apologize if I sounded like I meant something else. Now then, there a few places we should look at. While this is a very big ship, I doubt you'd gain much from seeing all of it, so I will show you some of more important rooms. Those would include the command bridge, the library, the primary barracks, and the mess hall. I'll let you choose which one interests you, but I would also like to inform you that the library is within walking distance from here."

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« Reply #136 on: July 12, 2016, 07:11:31 pm »
Re'Ni did not respond at the guardian shard, yet her expression made clear that she did not think highly of him ..she instead turns with a smile to Tec {"Re'Ni not care for Guardian. Can protect self. Dealt with worse than many.   ...but yes, Tec is right; Day very eventful and full of new faces, time for basking!"} as they walk, she gives a glance behind her at the Guardian with a worried look on her face that turns into an aggravated one for a mere second  ...she then walks faster and comes right next to Tec, prefering to think of her and him relaxing together.

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Rysannox laughs a bit "Hah! No problem good Xefr, I was not insulted! Only buffled because children are usually the only ones that face -rarely- minor problems with teleportation in our spaceships." once he listens the word 'library' his face seems happier than that of a brat after having successfully pulled a pin prank on their teacher "Library! I choose Library! No question about it.  ...Alien dragon books here I come!" He suddenly lowers his head a bit feeling slightly embarassed that he actually said that outloud.

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« Reply #137 on: July 12, 2016, 08:03:29 pm »
Tec lead Re'Ni through the hallways, and every once and a while a little drone flew past, but otherwise there was no activity. Soon enough however, Re'Ni found herself in a massive room, which was practically a glass dome on the top of the ship. Stars all-around, with nothing obstructing the light or vision of those inside, it was a nice place to look out into space. The only other feature of the room was a singular console in the middle, which controlled how which windows were open. Tec walked over to it, and with the pressing of a few buttons, the one or two closed windows opened, opening the dome to the light outside entirely. He then turned to Re'Ni, "So... What do you think? Good for basking?" He seemed somewhat anxious for her answer, and nervously tapped the floor with one of his claws every once in a while.

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Xefr's smile became normal again, and he chuckled at Rysannox's enthusiasm. "Very well, we shall visit the library. Plenty of dragon books for you to read there. This way." The Black Drake then walked over to the door, opening it. However, this allowed two smaller creatures to enter, both in armor and with their weapons on their backs. They seemed to be the ship's security.
Spoiler: The Security (hover to show)
Xefr didn't seem to mind the two soldiers, and simply nodded to them in acknowledgement. They responded with a salute, but then immediately went off to inspect one of the fighter-craft in the corner of the hanger. The Black Drake just continued on into the hallway, and gestured for the Ghashyr to follow him.

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« Reply #138 on: July 12, 2016, 08:24:38 pm »
As they walked through the hallways and the drones flew past the two dragons, Re'Ni gave them fast looks and clinged even closer to Tec ..she had to let go of all the thoughts and concentrate on that single and nice one. Once they arrive Re'Ni starts looking around smiling discreetly, she then lays down and takes off with her paws her large necklace covering her neck's lower part and her upper chest  ...it seemed its function was to hide some pretty gruesome and deep scars that were propably made by some kind of clawed animal. She turns to Tec and exhales a bit of hot air, while looking at him with a big smile on her face and patting the floor with her paw as a sign for Tec to sit next to her {"Nice for basking! Tec want join? ..like company of Tec ..feel better."}

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Rysannox looked at the two security creatures with his big smile still attached to his face  ..he didn't really mind them and even immitated Xefr's salute towards them, as he was to interested on the content that the library could have to even say a thing. He followed Xefr full of blissfull hype.

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« Reply #139 on: July 12, 2016, 08:50:23 pm »
Upon seeing the scars, some images appeared in Tec's head, recounting horrible incidents and memories. However, he quickly shook them off, as he didn't want to break down again, especially not in front of the one who specifically told him not to. Instead he flashed a smile, and went over to lay down beside Re'Ni. He stretched at first, and then glanced out at the stars. But this didn't last too long, as eventually his gaze turned back to Re'Ni. He was much calmer now, and his tone reflected that, "Heh, if you still like my company... then I suppose I haven't screwed this up just yet. That's a good sign." Then, he remembered something, and his voice became more curious, "Hey, when we were talking earlier, you mentioned some Ants, and an Ant planet. What's the story behind that? Of course, you don't have to answer if you don't want to..."

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Eventually, the black drake lead Rysannox to a massive room. The Library was lined with row upon row of bookshelves, each of which were so tall that ladders were available practically everywhere so people could get around. In the center aisle however, there was instead lines of small terminals. And scattered about the room were a few more of those security troopers, each reading books or looking at the computers.
Inside, Xefr looked to Rysannox, "Here it is. A bunch of books I and the other Shards collected over the years, organized by droid librarians. It's not much, but it should be at a little insightful. The terminals should be able to help you find what you need, or just give you the information outright by looking in the database. And don't mind the Valorians, they won't get in the way."   

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« Reply #140 on: July 13, 2016, 12:23:25 pm »
Re'Ni felt for the first time in years truly happy with Tec by her side, she looked at him with a big smile on her face, though her eyes seemed to indicate she wasn't really sure, or confident about something..  probably because she was slowly moving her tail and wing -this time purposedly- close to him {"Hehehe. Well. Re'Ni not screw up completely yet either. That miracle!"} she was about to do something, but decided to wait and go on with the much less awkward discussion about the ants first {"Oh Ants! Come from Stars like New Valxes. Ants seem good-intended! Yes. ..but not sure. Ants mind-read like Valx too. Zagara Ant-Queen - very strong, but troubled. Helped Re'Ni.. but Re'Ni left Ants to see Valx from dream!"} she suddenly stopped and with a somewhat awkward smile she moved closer to Tec, mumbling her words rather awkwardly {"Now talk about Tec.. ..what Tec like? Re'Ni told what like.."} her tail remains still really close to his without however touching. Being anxious to hear the response and without herself actually noticing it, she pulled her tongue in and out several times and bit it softly.

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Rysannox was looking around all ecstatic, while rubbing his hands together. "Oh, I don't mind no Valorians, Midichlorians, or even plain Orians! What is the oldest book about dragons that you have? Or Perhaps a book about ancient alchemy would do! Oh, or dragon literature!  ..poetry even!"

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« Reply #141 on: July 13, 2016, 01:59:17 pm »
Tec didn't seem to notice Re'Ni's movement at first, but became aware when she suddenly paused. This caused his eyes to widen, and he tried to stammer out a response, "Well... those Ants do certainly sound interesting... though I must say I'm glad you came, especially since I called you a ghost. How wrong I was..." He awkwardly moved a bit closer to Re'Ni, "And what do I like...? Well, I like the stars, and... I like your company as well Re'Ni..." Nervously, he moved his tail, experimentally making it come into contact with the female's, but just barely.

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Xefr grinned, "Well, I doubt you'll find any draconic poetry here, and if you do it will most likely be horrid to read. The fine arts have never truly interested my kind, and thus we are quite inexperienced when it comes to such things. though I'm certain you can find ancient history books or old maps. Dragons started keep records of past events somewhat early in our development, so I would say that is our oldest pieces of writing. Should be over in that section, over there." The drake pointed a claw towards a bookshelf over to the left, which was devoid of activity. It seemed that the Valorians didn't enjoy history, or even nonfiction.

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« Reply #142 on: July 13, 2016, 02:43:40 pm »
As Re'Ni felt Tec's tail she froze and her eyes just remained staring at nothing in particular..   Realising what the nice dragon next to her was saying, her emotionless facial expression slowly turned into one with a wide smile and nearly teary excited eyes... She tried to speak some words, but she really didn't know what to say, so she instictively closed up to Tec and as their snoots touched she gave him a big kiss, her tail being now entangled with Tec's and shaking.. 
..her eyes seemed to glow with a subtle psionic white energy.

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Rysannox raised his eyebrows  "..really? Shyrite Dragons composed a lot of poetry. Nevermind. History will do just fine!" He happily walked over to the abandoned bookshelf and picked a dusty old white book with a big clawmark on it, as he opened it his eyes were widened and he started turning the pages "Hmmm, Interesting! It seems this kind of writing is not similar to, ehm, what I've studied  ...Could you? I mean  ..if you have nothing better to do." He offered the open book to Xefr for him to translate.
While waiting Xefr's response a misplaced magazine fell; it had a Watrike maid polishing a spear in its cover (("Lizards...")) Rysannox thought to himself and rolled his eyes.

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« Reply #143 on: July 13, 2016, 03:17:03 pm »
Surprised by her sudden movements, the Shard didn't resist her. For a few seconds after the kiss he was motionless, but then returned it.  There was no visibly marker, but Re'Ni could feel a buildup in psionic power within Tec.

(OOC: Hm, so is where the timeskip happens and nature takes its course?)

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(OOC: Ah yes, ye old "Lusty Watrike Maid". It's a classic really, no wonder it was in the history section.)

Xefr saw the magazine, and snorted. "Let me handle one thing first..." The Drake turned his head towards one of the security troopers, and spoke out. "Trooper! Could you please go remind Guardian that while he can have his little magazines, he must keep them in his room? We don't want Scout seeing any of that." The Magazine then floated into the Valorian's hands, and with a salute the trooper left the library.
With a sigh, the drake turned back around, "Now then... Alright, I can read you some of this. Though not all of it, as we have to get to Lupa some time this week. I can read you a chapter, though you could also put it through the computers. Anyways, the first three chapters, as I can see, are 'Dragons in the Wild', followed by 'Beginning of Dragon Civilization', and then finally by 'First Draconic Cities'. Any of those suit your fancy?"

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« Reply #144 on: July 13, 2016, 04:04:29 pm »
Soon, the two shy dragons joined each other and became a black winged mess.
...After a while the mess broke apart; the floor had a lot of scratches and Re'Ni's crown was on the ground slightly broken. Re'Ni remained silent while lying next to tec with their tails still entangled, she seemed to have a big awkward smile on her face. Not even daring to look at Tec she grabbed her crown from the ground and wore it, while giving out a rather awkward laugh {"Hahaha! Well.. ah! ...Re'Ni thinks relation just scaled up! Ehm.."} she snorts and rolls her eyes at her own tremendously lame pun, and just places her head next to Tec's with her eyes closed and a true smile on her face.

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(OOC: It is a classic ..and Guardian is a classy fellow I reckon!)

Rysannox claps his hands in excitement, his eyes have a really ambitious glimpse on them.. "Oh, I'd love to know your civilisations begginings! I could then compare it to the civilisation of the early Valxes  ..it might prove fruitful to revealing the mystery of the Sanctuary!"

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« Reply #145 on: July 13, 2016, 04:57:45 pm »
Tec, although exhausted, manages to laugh as well, though the pun seems to have gone over his head. Looking at Re'Ni, he smiles. But then, he glances at the floor and curses in his head. He would have to fix that all later, and explain why it was there to Essentials when he asked, but not now. He covered himself and Re'Ni in his wings, but he didn't feel like sleeping right now. Instead, he just layed there, looking up to the stars. Times were changing, and thus far Tec was enjoying it.

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(OOC: Only the finest literature and booze for him.)

Xefr nods, and then looks more closely at the book. With his mind, he flipped a few of the pages until he got to the beginning of the chapter. "Here we are, I'll read it out to you. Ahem, the first Golden Dragon communities formed out of convenience of having more hunters or huntresses to scour an area and to protect it from rivals. It was uncommon to see buildings, as these communities generally gathered around large cave systems, which were perfect for storing food and materials in. The caves chosen were generally in the sides of mountains, giving the winged dragons an advantage over grounded feral competition. These communities were generally lead by one Dragon who proved themselves as the strongest, and had the duty of protecting the entire group as well as marking out good hunting sites. Tools weren't often used, but sometimes the Dragons mined out more of the caverns that they made their homes in, usually for the reason of having additional space for the collective hoard. In these early days, conflict was not common between these newly founded tribes. However, the more solitary dragons sometimes carried out raids, and thus battles between these powerful individuals and the more numerous communities ended up being a fact of life. But when tribes did form in areas lacking in mountains, farming was adopted. Though that usually meant the breeding and subsequent harvesting of domesticated animals, there were tribes who did do it in the more traditional sense with planting crops, though this was uncommon due to the draconic preference for meat. The discovery of fire and its uses was a very small event in dragon history, as unlike most other sapient species, dragons have a natural affinity for fire and already knew its uses. Raw meat was rarely eaten because of this, and draconic technological development happened quite quickly. It did not take long for the idea of 'outside caves', or cities, to pop up in the minds of the more progressive tribes." Xefr then sighed, and paused.
He then looked back at Rysannox, "There is a little more, but I don't think early sexual relationships or farming methods are that interesting for anybody not in a history class."

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« Reply #146 on: July 13, 2016, 05:46:22 pm »
Re'Ni while falling asleep in Tec's embrace felt that something beautiful as the stars above begun.. if it is to succeed and give hope and a cause to both troubled dragons it is yet to be seen, but for now both seem more calm and hopeful than ever before.
For the first time Re'Ni's dreams do not feature her alone, or in perplexed confusing situations  ..but simply show her and Tec flying in the stars.

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Rysannox looks at Xefr as he narrates, his hand-claws are crossed and his eyes while looking at Xefr seem to be travelling and making up images of these 'Golden Dragons'  ..as Xefr finishes, Rysannox shakes his head a bit and starts stroking his beard trying to think "Interesting, extremely interesting! It seems Shyrite and Heordite Dragons had the exact shame history development up until the Ghashyr met the Dragons in the Red Mountains! From then on the collective of Shyrite Draconic cultures would become nomadic herders, with cultivation being used only in the desert as a mean to create technical oases the would hold grass and water for their herds  ..shyrite dragons also held fire in a greater regard, since it kept wild animals away from their herds at night as they slept.   ...ehm, no I'm not interested in how dragons consumated early in their history, Heh! If I need to know I'll ask Myrsa! But.."  suddenly a thought crosses his mind "Does it mention any marriage rituals?  ..any 'bonding of the fireborn' perhaps?"

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« Reply #147 on: July 13, 2016, 06:29:25 pm »
Tec himself was unsure of the future, but he really didn't mind. He was going to face it, and hopefully Re'Ni would be at his side through the whole thing. And so, while he did not sleep, he peacefully watched the stars, and would remain that way until Re'Ni awoke... Or until somebody decided to go see what all the noise was about. Tec was unsure about what he would do in that case, but he knew that his stupid smile wouldn't die anytime soon.

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Xefr looked back at the book, and grunted, "I'm afraid that's where the differences begin. Because unless 'Bonding' on Shyr means the leader of the tribe seeing how many of the opposite gender they can take before getting tired, then we have reached a change. Marriage rituals didn't begin until a little bit after the first draconic city-states popped up, and the idea of royal families was going around. Though I'm also unsure what your Talmyr has to do with dragon mating..." Considering the confused look in the old drake's eyes, the joke had entirely flown over his head and into the next room.

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« Reply #148 on: July 14, 2016, 03:36:53 pm »
After a couple of hours, Re'Ni woke up, but since she was not being used to sleeping alongside other people she tried stretching her wings; for a few seconds her mind was utterly confused why she couldn't, but soon she remembered, prompting her to give a big smile to Tec while looking at him with sleepy eyes.. {"Heh! Fake-death nice...mmm, need to stretch. Not used to Tec ...will do in future though!"} She licks Tec's cheek and crawls out of his embrace, extending her wings and tail while yawning ..Re'Ni then turns back to Tec with a clearly curious and somewhat suspicious look {"Hmmmm. If Re'Ni and Tec Bond then Tec needs tell of self. Re'Ni feels Tec good and likes Re'Ni, and this enough  ..but Re'Ni like to know. ...And then eat - Re'Ni hungry like Laor!"}

(Laor: The big cat of Shyr, the equivalent of a lion)

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Rysannox raises his eybrow and taps his claws on his leg "Yes, truly different ...Shyrite Dragon Tribes only married Dragons of other tribes, during a religious festival known as the Bonding of the Fireborn and the bonding was usually forever, both the female and the male had the right to have a Tzi'Kha, a 'secondary' wife or husband, but not harems  ..also they never had cities, or any kings either, the oldest dragon would lead the tribe; All dragons however paid respects to the Atzel Tribe  ...natural black dragons. As for my Talmyr  ..well, she did tell you that her ancestor mated with a dragoness, so... well, nevermind; We must be closing to Lupa by now, I haven't been there ever since my father dragged us along in his pilgrimage there."


The ship is now reaching the small serene Monastic world of Lupa.. from space one can notice a rather light and comforting combination of faint green tints on the continents and shiny bodies of water surrounding them  ..the faintness is probably a result of the far-away white star of Lupa and the thick fog of the planet, but something seems peculiar as many of the mountainranges seem to be luminescent and reflecting peculiar white light waves.

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« Reply #149 on: July 14, 2016, 04:36:09 pm »
Tec moves to the side a bit, to give Re'Ni a little room. Doing some stretches of his own, he then turned back to the female. Tec still had a smile on his face, and nodded, "Alright, that makes sense. And I'm quite hungry as well, how about we eat and talk at the same time? The mess hall should be empty at this time, so it would be private as well. I'm not really sure where to start with myself, so you can ask questions and I'll see where it goes. Come on, just this way. And don't be afraid to talk along the way, would make the monotony of the hallways more bearable." He then walked towards the door, with a little more spring in his step.

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Xefr seemed a bit embarrassed that he forgot, "Ah... Yes, She did mention that. I suppose I blotted it from my memory, made strange images in my head. Either way, yes, Lupa should be close. Which means we should be prepare to be sent to the surface. I suppose this means I should grab the Shards..." Then, Xefr felt a large buildup of Psionic energy, and then the release shortly after. He recognized the energy as belonging to Tec, which could mean two things. And considering that an explosion couldn't be heard in the distance, it could only mean one other thing. "And it seems that Tech has become unavailable. I'll call another for assistance, and I suspect he will be more useful. Now then Rysannox, is there anything I should know before we go visit the monasteries?"

The Ship placed itself in orbit of the planet, ready to transport its people to the surface, or receive any transmissions if necessary.