[Ain spins around and puts his hands on Add's belly, and he "feels" his soft scales, and by "feels" I mean he initially pets them before he scritch scritch scritches them vigorously with both hands and arms moving, like with Wolfwood.
Don't worry, these aren't belly rubs, nope, definitely not.]
[Add lays there, pretending he's just allowing this and doesn't care, but...as Ain rubrubs his belly, he proceeds to flatten out even further, his eyes drifting half closed.
Cute... [Scritch scritch scritch] I can't believe Nikolaus doesn't give you attention like this~.
[Big rub big rub ow his arms okay anyway]
Haha, sorry, I'd keep going, but it's a lot of upper body work for me. I'm going to have to wait a bit until I'm back to full health to give you proper attention like that.
[Honestly, Add didn't realize how much he was flattening and enjoying the rubs until Ain suddenly stops, causing him to lift his head and look very :(? about it for just a second until he catches himself.
No he didn't LIKE that shut UP-]
It's fine. You're just looking, it's not like it needs to be a regular thing...
[Yeah okay sure he believes you.]
If it's a lot of work, you should stop anyway. That's exactly what I wanted you to avoid.
Haha, it's fine, really. I'm not hurting myself, I promise.
[Scoot scoot... he reaches for Add's tail and pulls it into his lap. This one has the fuzzy tufts on it, which Ain finds very charming, like everything else really. He drags it over his legs like a blanket, then settles his fingers in the fur.
Nicholas and I are different species of dragon. Wolfwood is what you would call a "Western" dragon, while I am an "Eastern" dragon. Nicholas is actually not from this region...wherever he came from is far away from here. Dragons like him are far less common than dragons like me, in this region. Which...says a lot, because I haven't seen dragons like me in centuries.
[He watches Ain with one large eye as he braids the white hair along his spine. It feels...weirdly nice, if he were to be perfectly honest.]
So I'm a lot thinner and faster, he's bulkier and stronger. I use electrical elemental magic, he uses fire.
Ooh... haha, I don't know anything about you guys~. That's good to know. You're so noodly~.
[Why are you bullying him!]
I'm just Ain~. I don't have anything special going on. [That's not true, you're covered in freckles.] Humans have a breath attack we can do too, called "morning breath", which is what you get if you don't brush your teeth before bed.
[Ain braids this little part into Add's tailfur, then moves to another part to do the same... and after about ten minutes, the end of his tail and the bigger puff at the end will have little braids all over it. He has done it. He has decorated you. They will unwind eventually, it's not like he has tied them in with anything, but that's the fun of it. It means he gets to comb it out later and do the same thing all over again.]
Can I see your wings, too? Then I'll lay down for real, I promise.
[He turns over, stretching out a wing that’s completely feathered. They’re white like his hair, but they have an honestly gorgeous sort of pattern that shifts between white, purple, and that same electric magenta. They’re a little staticy but very, very soft to the touch.
The wing on the side of his body with the eye scar seems to bear an old injury, with some of the pin feathers cut short in a way that suggests he might not be a strong of a flier as he once was. Maybe he uses magic to fly…]
[Ain runs his hands against the clipped pinfeathers, then to the much larger primaries, to the middle of the wing proper... and then cranes his neck to plant a kiss in the pinfeathers proper. Mwah. There, now you two are even on your Ain-designated kisses for the day.
Dragons are cool. Ain wants to learn magic... it's not fair that he's human, he wants to be fun at parties too! He wants to learn spells that would make it so he never has to brush his hair ever again by having it be immaculate every morning, and healing magic, and like... magic that lets him make sparkles in midair, like throwing shiny confetti everywhere. That's what he wants.]
You guys are both pretty. Aren't dragons supposed to be super egotistical? Shouldn't you be telling me how your wings are magnificent and I'm lucky I get to touch them?
[They’re both damaged, as Ain has seen, in different ways. It’s hard to say if it’s from other dragons, animals, or humans, but in Add’s case…he HAD to have been held captive by humans at one point, given that scar on his neck that he has yet to even acknowledge.
Wolfwood stretches across the room, yawning. He’d better start looking at what dinner’s gonna be…he shifts into his human form so he can look through the ingredients Add brought as he answers aloud, another voice in the cave for the first time all morning.]
Hah. You’d be the first to call us that. To hear the people say it, we’re hideous, evil monsters.
People fear what they don't understand. I feel safe with you guys now, and I think you're very beautiful creatures. And I don't mind things that are damaged either. Haha, between you guys and me, [what, the only three people here in this cave???] the hottest knights to me were the ones covered in scars~.
Add is silent for a moment as Wolfwood rummages in the book pile- after a silent glance for permission- to find a cook book with a recipe he can use for tonight while he and Ain talk.]
Even after we nearly killed you. Even after we nearly drove you to take your own life…how can you be so nice to us?
'Cause you made it up to me and have been taking care of me, I guess? Haha, I suppose I forgive too easily... you're better than what I had previously, believe it or not. Money and comfort and fineries don't mean anything if you're miserable and sad the entire time.
[He combs through the feathers, then makes himself comfortable, lying down on his back with Add's wing pulled over him. Warmb...]
I was going to invite myself anyway. You guys would be sad without me around~. Who would give you belly rubs and braid your tail fur and climb on you?
[Who would jerk your peanits in the bath—]
...but I appreciate it. I really don't have anywhere else to go, even though you offered to take me somewhere... I don't know, someone would surely figure me out eventually. For now, I'd rather just rough it, I think. Maybe we can make something nice together, haha, and then I can help you guys with talking to women.
[Lmao lol they're never going to see a woman again they've scored twink ass.]
Alright. Then you’ll stay with us until future notice.
[“Future Notice” uh huh]
Well now that that’s settled-
[Wolfwood slides a book to Ain underneath Add’s wing.]
Pick your favorite human food from this and we’ll see if we can make it. Might need’ta go hunt but I’ll do it this time, I gotta stretch my wings anyway.
[Wigglwiggls out from under Add's wing to grab the book and sit up... he'll leaf through the recipes for a few minutes, then hum contemplatively, then flip backwards through it. Simple things. Like...]
How about this stew? We have veggies, right? You can thicken it with a little bit of the flour, and add whatever meat you find. I know we just had stew, but it's easy, and we have things for it. Haha, I think if we wanted to make bread, we'd have to build a little brick oven, so we'd need clay...
[Things to do later. Ain is good with his hands, at least, and can probably pull it off.]
[Oh, christened by the dragon... Ain giggles as he puts the book aside for now, on the page he left off on, and turns back to the novel he had started and got like two paragraphs in before his undiagnosed, medievally-unrecognized ADHD kicked in and took him on a journey.]
It'll be fun~. We can do it together. I've always been very tactile. [Girl he knows, you felt him and Wolfwood up for like an hour just now.] My mother always claimed it was in bad taste for a prince to do a stonemason's work, but doing things is so fun...
[Add remarks matter-of-factly. He will get up and cut the veggies in a minute…for now, Ain seems comfortable. He doesn’t want to disrupt him. Disgusting.]
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Let me guess. You gave him belly rubs?
Noooo...
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["Nooooo" lies Wolfwood, a lying liar who lies.]
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You can touch my stomach to feel my scales. Since you're "experimenting".
[He's already all rolled on his side and everything!]
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[Ain spins around and puts his hands on Add's belly, and he "feels" his soft scales, and by "feels" I mean he initially pets them before he scritch scritch scritches them vigorously with both hands and arms moving, like with Wolfwood.
Don't worry, these aren't belly rubs, nope, definitely not.]
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Mm. Rrr. Grrrr.
...
His eyes close...he starts to rumble.]
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Cute... [Scritch scritch scritch] I can't believe Nikolaus doesn't give you attention like this~.
[Big rub big rub ow his arms okay anyway]
Haha, sorry, I'd keep going, but it's a lot of upper body work for me. I'm going to have to wait a bit until I'm back to full health to give you proper attention like that.
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No he didn't LIKE that shut UP-]
It's fine. You're just looking, it's not like it needs to be a regular thing...
[Yeah okay sure he believes you.]
If it's a lot of work, you should stop anyway. That's exactly what I wanted you to avoid.
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[Scoot scoot... he reaches for Add's tail and pulls it into his lap. This one has the fuzzy tufts on it, which Ain finds very charming, like everything else really. He drags it over his legs like a blanket, then settles his fingers in the fur.
...
He starts to braid a few strands together.]
I didn't know dragons could be soft~.
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Nicholas and I are different species of dragon. Wolfwood is what you would call a "Western" dragon, while I am an "Eastern" dragon. Nicholas is actually not from this region...wherever he came from is far away from here. Dragons like him are far less common than dragons like me, in this region. Which...says a lot, because I haven't seen dragons like me in centuries.
[He watches Ain with one large eye as he braids the white hair along his spine. It feels...weirdly nice, if he were to be perfectly honest.]
So I'm a lot thinner and faster, he's bulkier and stronger. I use electrical elemental magic, he uses fire.
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[Why are you bullying him!]
I'm just Ain~. I don't have anything special going on. [That's not true, you're covered in freckles.] Humans have a breath attack we can do too, called "morning breath", which is what you get if you don't brush your teeth before bed.
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Oi…
[It does seem like Add is loosening up though, if the way his tail flicks around is anything to go by.]
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[Ain braids this little part into Add's tailfur, then moves to another part to do the same... and after about ten minutes, the end of his tail and the bigger puff at the end will have little braids all over it. He has done it. He has decorated you. They will unwind eventually, it's not like he has tied them in with anything, but that's the fun of it. It means he gets to comb it out later and do the same thing all over again.]
Can I see your wings, too? Then I'll lay down for real, I promise.
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Yeah. They’re not all that special though.
[He turns over, stretching out a wing that’s completely feathered. They’re white like his hair, but they have an honestly gorgeous sort of pattern that shifts between white, purple, and that same electric magenta. They’re a little staticy but very, very soft to the touch.
The wing on the side of his body with the eye scar seems to bear an old injury, with some of the pin feathers cut short in a way that suggests he might not be a strong of a flier as he once was. Maybe he uses magic to fly…]
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[Ain runs his hands against the clipped pinfeathers, then to the much larger primaries, to the middle of the wing proper... and then cranes his neck to plant a kiss in the pinfeathers proper. Mwah. There, now you two are even on your Ain-designated kisses for the day.
Dragons are cool. Ain wants to learn magic... it's not fair that he's human, he wants to be fun at parties too! He wants to learn spells that would make it so he never has to brush his hair ever again by having it be immaculate every morning, and healing magic, and like... magic that lets him make sparkles in midair, like throwing shiny confetti everywhere. That's what he wants.]
You guys are both pretty. Aren't dragons supposed to be super egotistical? Shouldn't you be telling me how your wings are magnificent and I'm lucky I get to touch them?
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[They’re both damaged, as Ain has seen, in different ways. It’s hard to say if it’s from other dragons, animals, or humans, but in Add’s case…he HAD to have been held captive by humans at one point, given that scar on his neck that he has yet to even acknowledge.
Wolfwood stretches across the room, yawning. He’d better start looking at what dinner’s gonna be…he shifts into his human form so he can look through the ingredients Add brought as he answers aloud, another voice in the cave for the first time all morning.]
Hah. You’d be the first to call us that. To hear the people say it, we’re hideous, evil monsters.
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[He Will kiss Add's wing again do Not test him.]
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Add is silent for a moment as Wolfwood rummages in the book pile- after a silent glance for permission- to find a cook book with a recipe he can use for tonight while he and Ain talk.]
Even after we nearly killed you. Even after we nearly drove you to take your own life…how can you be so nice to us?
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[He combs through the feathers, then makes himself comfortable, lying down on his back with Add's wing pulled over him. Warmb...]
Maybe I just want to be nice, too.
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You're nicer than most humans are. Dragons are cruel by nature as much as necessity.
[For humans…he’s not sure how often it’s necessary for their cruelty. But he won’t delve into that when Ain is making himself comfy.
He wiggles a little to get adjusted, curling his tail up around Ain’s form.]
…Nicholas will correct me if I’m wrong, but. You’re welcome to stay with us as long as you want.
…or whatever. We don’t care.
To translate: We don’t mind havin’ you here.
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[Who would jerk your peanits in the bath—]
...but I appreciate it. I really don't have anywhere else to go, even though you offered to take me somewhere... I don't know, someone would surely figure me out eventually. For now, I'd rather just rough it, I think. Maybe we can make something nice together, haha, and then I can help you guys with talking to women.
[Lmao lol they're never going to see a woman again they've scored twink ass.]
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[“Future Notice” uh huh]
Well now that that’s settled-
[Wolfwood slides a book to Ain underneath Add’s wing.]
Pick your favorite human food from this and we’ll see if we can make it. Might need’ta go hunt but I’ll do it this time, I gotta stretch my wings anyway.
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How about this stew? We have veggies, right? You can thicken it with a little bit of the flour, and add whatever meat you find. I know we just had stew, but it's easy, and we have things for it. Haha, I think if we wanted to make bread, we'd have to build a little brick oven, so we'd need clay...
[Things to do later. Ain is good with his hands, at least, and can probably pull it off.]
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[Babe it’s an oven-
Wolfwood nods though and shifts forms, giving himself a shake as he looks at Add.]
I’ll go get a deer then. Can you cut up the veggies, babe?
[Grumbles don’t call him babe in front of Ain-
Wolfwood shorts and kicks Add’s forehead, getting swatted for his efforts. Then, he leans down and licks Ain too. Mlem.
Then he flies off weee he will clean the deer outside don’t worry.]
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It'll be fun~. We can do it together. I've always been very tactile. [Girl he knows, you felt him and Wolfwood up for like an hour just now.] My mother always claimed it was in bad taste for a prince to do a stonemason's work, but doing things is so fun...
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[Add remarks matter-of-factly. He will get up and cut the veggies in a minute…for now, Ain seems comfortable. He doesn’t want to disrupt him. Disgusting.]
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