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 Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:58 pm
Chronas laid on the edge of the river bank. He was entirely unaware of his surroundings as one could be. His mind drifted lazily into hazy circles of forgetfulness, lingering on one memory until he tired of it and then moving on to another.
A silver claw glided through the water, as he the ripples pulsed out. However, Chronas was oblivious to the beauty of the moment as his mind waded into the murky, undefined adventures he'd always planned but never accomplished.
Oh, how he would love to explore the top of a mountain, to let his lazy body drift on the breeze....To float down the river and maybe even battle a crocodile. His chest puffed out as if he was really about to face one.
Yet, in all honestly Chronas was not going anywhere. A simple line divided him from those adventures--he was not a doer, he was a dreamer.
This vague and half formed fantasies would only ever remain that. He had no desired to leave the confines of his cave by the river. Why would he wander when everything was so absolutely perfect here?
What if the water was too fast at another place? What if the trees let too much sky filter in. What if...What if...
He had no desire to leave what he considered paradise, he heard no call of destiny or adventure. He was content to lie dreaming beneath the trees and be lost in the moment forever.
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:14 pm
 Chiyo made a contented noise as she crested the last rocky hill, and found a perfect little tree-lined grove by a crystal-clear river. "Oh, glory... it's smooth as glass in that pond there..." Her whispery voice, little more than a reverential murmur, held a tone that sang through the breeze as she swooped low over the thing, admiring her reflection before she let her claws cut the smooth perfection of the water and sent ripples dancing across the smooth patch. Maybe this was a place she could stand to settle in, for a time. A place she could learn to enjoy, a place that was close enough to enough unknowns, and updrifts, that she could travel to unexplored places with ease. That does seem like a good plan. A perfectly sound idea.
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:27 am
Chronas was lost in his reverential daydreams. Today, was absolutely perfect---even the wind whispered as if nymph's were speaking in their rustling voices.
Nymph's....how exotic. Wouldn't it be wondrous if one wandered into his area and he could listen to her speak and whisper all her woodland secrets.
Finally, after a few long minutes, something clicked in his mind. He had heard a whispery voice. That meant the nymph must really be here!
He looked around excitedly, barely remembering to breathe.
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:10 pm
Chiyo settled down onto the soft moss-covered rock, stretching as she imagined how wondrous it would be to sun here. She slipped into the grove, stopping and turning as she caught a mercury-bright flash of silver. "A silver stream? I thought those were only..." she stopped dead as she turned along another tree and came nose-to-nose with another dragon. She drew back onto her haunches, looking very panda-like as she half-hovered in place, and shock. More's the pity... I'm probably in trouble, now. I hope I don't have to offer my hunting skills up to this one for trespassing... "...legend. I- I'm terribly sorry, sir... I thought this place was uninhabited, as tucked away as it is."
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:29 pm
Chronas had been anticipating a creature of legend, and then he saw Chiyo. He looked at her eagerly, "Are you a nymph or are you a panda? Or a nymph-panda, panymph?"
He looked at her, he couldn't believe his luck. Some mysterious, never heard of or seen creature had wandered right up to him. He hadn't even had to move. He had been right, you didn't have to go places to have adventures!
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:56 pm
Chiyo made an amused face and did a quick fly-around, examining him from all angles. "I'm a mere dragon, sadly. I'm fairly sure that my father was a panda, though... that's how I got the markings. My mother was a very fetching young dragoness, when she was around... I can't say she couldn't catch a panda as a mate. My name is Chiyo..." She looked at him inquisitively. "What's your name, bright-eyes?"
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:55 pm
"Oh," he murmmered. She had to be wrong, he just knew she was a pandmyph! But he smiled nonetheless and carried on his conversation. "Well, if you're mother was half as beautiful as you are, she could catch anyone. I'm Chronas." He smiled at her quite entranced.
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:40 am
"Why thank you, Chronas... If he were half as comely a catch as you are, she probably would have had to work hard for it," she said, her eyes showing her interest as she switched her tail. "You know, your name means time, and mine means eternity... that's an interesting match if ever I've heard one." She looked at him. "I think you're a good enough sort to invite to come with me for a time... I'm off exploring to find the perfect peaceful place. This one's almost perfect, I'd admit... but it's not quite there, you know? If it were next to a perfectly clear mountain lake... full of fat, silvery fish to be caught and eaten whenever you feel the need to be lazy and stay close to your den... or when you've squandered all your daylight looking at the patterns the sun lets trail through the leaves..." She stopped and made an embarrassed gesture when she realized she was nattering on.
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:37 pm
Chronas tilted his head to watch her. Her each movement was smooth and flowing, and perfect. "It's more perfect with your presence..." he breathed it out in a long sigh.
"What do you mean, almost perfect? It is perfect. Go with you?" His eyes widened a bit in fear. "Leave here?" His voice almost squeaked. "But it's scary out there, and here is comfortable and...so so... nice! Don't you just want to stay...with me?" He questioned, his bright silvery eyes gleaming at her.
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:38 am
Chiyo gave him a strange look, then began to laugh softly, her silvery voice almost whispering as she let her amusement be known. "You're a dragon, Chronas. Unless we run into an unhappy elder or a deity, nothing can hurt us. We can just fly away, after all." She settled down next to him. "Nevertheless, I would like to be able to find a place where I could have a few days reprieve before I continue on my quest... I think this place could suit my purposes very well."
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Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 1:17 pm
Chronas considered for a moment, before getting lost in a reverie of adventure. It would be nice to explore...find shinies and soar over places that hadn't be soared over before.
Then he came out of his reverie, "Well...I'll think about going. But, it's scary. I've only ever been here." He had heard about the Elders and Deities....they could be a big problem.
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:31 am
Chiyo's eyes crinkled with amusement. "Well, you can either stay up here until you turn into a withered old crone, or you can see a bit of the world, right? There's no harm in looking, and I've never even seen a god before..." She tilted her head. "I have seen an elder before, though. Something's a right grump, but Nico's softening him up. I'd have to say that likely we'd not see one in our travels, no matter how far we go."
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