[Closed] @eidxiety 🐉🐉🕊️

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[lupusxylem]

If you start feeling worse, say something. Whatever herbs I can find in the wilderness might not be enough.

[You know just try not to get pneumonia and everything will be just fine. as long as they keep Ain warm and move him around a bit, it should be fine. Oh and make sure he doesn't get infected, that's a big one.

Wolfwood rumbles, a sound Ain will be able to feel as much as hear, as he lays down fully with his body kindof have curled around Ain to guard him from the wind blowing in through the gaps of the rocks they used to cover the cave entrance.]

Yeah yeah, he gets it. Let's just get some sleep, yeah?

[eidxiety]

Aww, I complain a lot, so you'll know~. Goodnight, you two.

[Ain says this, and then pulls the blanket up over his head and disappears into it. He is now a Lump among the bedding, squashed up into Wolfwood.

It doesn't take long for him to pass out, and blessedly, he doesn't experience any horrible chills or coughing fits this time.]

[lupusxylem]

[Unlike the night prior, all three of them actually get some decent sleep. Wolfwood and Add's scrapes from yesterday are actually looking a lot better, which lends credence to the fact dragons have more potent natural healing than humans. Of course, it's also quite telling- then- that Add has a scar around his neck suspiciously collar-shaped, while Wolfwood is just so littered with them it's hard to tell where they all came from. Nevertheless, they sleep soundly...peacefully. It may not be the castle, and Ain may not have a nice warm bath, and nice clothes, and a well rounded breakfast waiting for him, but he's at least still being cared for by the best of these two morons' ability.

As it stands, Wolfwood is even more curled up around Ain by the time morning rolls around, snoring so loudly that the ground rumbles every so often. Add is a much softer sleeper, thank god, otherwise Ain would be deaf by now.]

[eidxiety]

[Honestly, Ain sleeps like the fucking dead. He is Out. Gone. One would be forgiven for thinking he really did die, but no, he's fine! He's okay! He's just tired.

He sleeps in longer than he ordinarily would. The sun is high in the sky when he finally wakes up and begins extracting himself from the blankets, yawning, and then he gives Wolfwood's belly a patpat. He sure is snoring huh.]

Good morning...

[Yaaaaaaawn]

[dyn4m0]

[Wolfwood...does not wake up, even with his belly patted. He just kindof snorts, takes a deep breath, and continues snoring. ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Add...is awake, because he's a lighter sleeper despite being able to sleep through Wolfwood's log sawing, and Ain's voice is unfamiliar enough in the cave to cause him to crack one eye open.]

You're finally awake. ...one of you, anyway.

[He says as if he wasn't also laying down still as he stretches his forelegs ahead of him, opening his jaws in a wide yawn before stretching his back upwards, much like the cat Ain was comparing him and Wolfwood to last night.]

[eidxiety]

Haha, I tend to be a heavy sleeper... I used to not want to wake up when our servants would come get me. It would take them several attempts to get me up. Waking up naturally feels a lot better.

[Add is stretching... cute. God he really is just like a cat.]

By now, I'd be rushed off to eat breakfast and do some political talks or something... so I'm not sure what I should do with my free time. [Sneezes.]

[dyn4m0]

What makes you think you can do anything right now? You need to focus on recovering.

[Add says this as he walks across the cave floor, and after pondering his book hoard for a moment, he picks up a few of them with his claws and brings them over, dumping them beside Ain. "A few" is like, ten books by the way, but to Add it's like a tiny sprinkle compared to the hundreds he has in his collection.]

Here. I've read these enough that if you lost or ruined them somehow, I wouldn't be that mad. But don't ruin them on purpose, got it?

[eidxiety]

Haha, I like books... I won't ruin them, I promise.

[A scoop of books. Hmm, what's in here? Novels, collections of short stories, poems? Nonfiction, like encyclopaedias and history books? Ain picks up one with a reddish cover and carefully sets it on his lap, the blanket forming a barrier between book and, uh, his dick I guess, and then flips it open.

He knows how to be nice to books, Add, don't worry about it.]

You must like reading. I had a lot of books at the castle I liked.

[dyn4m0]

[It's actually a lot of novels, surprisingly...mainly because Add's prized possessions are the nonfiction books with a lot of information he can study and learn from. Those do not leave his pile, but Ain is welcome to read the various fiction things he's stolen over the years...

Though, the mention of books at the castle does get Add to pause.]

...mm. If you end up staying here for any length of time, we could steal them back. Maybe after some time has passed, since I'm sure the whole kingdom is searching for us to take our heads right now.

[eidxiety]

Probably. I don't want you guys flying out that way. I don't know who saw the kidnapping... we have a pretty good military, so I don't want you to get hurt.

[They might not be able to kill either of them, but Ain doesn't want to take that risk, thanks. He leafs through the novel, finds whatever he's skimming satisfactory, and starts reading.

...]

Oh, yeah, but if you wanted to rob the library, that would be nice. I don't like my mom very much, so I'm okay if you want to eat her~.

[dyn4m0]

[Add kindof...pauses from where he'd been licking his paw like a cat. Yes dragons groom what of it-]

Uhh. You want us to kill your mother?

[eidxiety]

[Cute...]

...yeah, I don't like her.

[Doesn't say much else. Just sitting there like :) ]

[dyn4m0]

[Pauses...tail flicking.

Goes back to licking himself.]

Maybe when things calm down a bit, then. I'm sure Wolfwood would be on board.

[Wolfwood would LOVE to hear Ain hates his mom and wants to kill her, both Wolfwood and Add have, uh. Rocky family history, not that they really have much of any since they're dragons, but STILL.]

It's no wonder you don't want to go back, if you hate her so much you want her to be eaten by dragons.

[eidxiety]

I hate my whole family~. [okay thanks] But my brothers are out, married to different queens across the continent, so they're not home ever. My mother hovers, and tries to marry me off to other women, and has rigid rules for how she wants us to act... she's the one who made it illegal to be gay. Before she took the throne, it was apparently something you just kept quiet, but people wouldn't arrest you.

[Huff.]

She's overly-religious and I hate it. So yeah, I don't care if she dies. It would make up for how she treated me.

[dyn4m0]

[Oh. That's...

Add ponders for a moment not pressing further. It's not like he needs to know, they barely know each other (despite the fact Ain jerked him off yesterday, no need to dwell on that), and he doubts Ain wants to talk about it anyway.

But...Add can't help himself. His curiosity is just too great.]

What were you going to do if we didn't kidnap you?

[eidxiety]

...I dunno. Die sad and lonely, I guess? I think I told you this, but I hate doing politics too. I'm sure I would've lived the rest of my life in total misery. Maybe I would've gone through with a suicide attempt at some point, I don't know. I didn't get that far into my thoughts. I think I was delaying the inevitable by not bothering to think of anything other than what was keeping me sane at the time.

[Shrugs...]

I never really had plans.

[dyn4m0]

[That is...extremely depressing, to the point where Add actually isn't sure how to respond at first. It's perfect timing, then, that Wolfwood ends up stirring finally thanks to the fact they've been talking a while, shifting and stretching his legs out around Ain with the biggest yawn imaginable. Hope you like dragon breath, Ain, it smells like smoke.]

Why'd ya'll let me sleep so late...

It's not our job to wake you up. It's also not our fault you can't wake up with the sun like a normal dragon.

[eidxiety]

[Oh, stinky...]

We haven't been awake that long. At least, I haven't. [Sneezes.] 'Scuse me. Anyway, I don't wake with the sun either~. I prefer to get twelve hours of sleep, personally.

[dyn4m0]

Yeah, why don't we sleep for 12 hours...?

[Add huffs, getting to his feet now that Wolfwood is awake.]

Because I prefer not to waste my entire day...?

[Why does it seem like the brain cells in the room went down by 80% the moment Ain got here...]

I'm going to stake out some trade routes to see if I can find a caravan to pillage. Ain needs medicine.

Huh? He looks fine to me...

Until we wake up one morning and he can't move because he has pneumonia and his lungs are full of fluid.

[Add is already walking to the cave mouth, stretching open his wings as he goes.]

Watch him while I'm gone.

[And without giving Wolfwood time to argue, Add flies off. Byeeeee.

Wolfwood, meanwhile, huffs and flops back over again.]

I hate when he does that.

[eidxiety]

Aww, I think he's just worried... it's sweet of him. I'll be okay, though, I promise. It's just a cold now. [Sneezes :) coughs.] ...see?

[He leans on Wolfwood.]

You're warm, so I feel a lot better than I did the first night I was here.

[lupusxylem]

Worry wart if y'ask me.

[The dragon sighs, rolling his eyes as he feels Ain leaning into his stomach. It prompts him to look down at Ain, curling one of his clawed feet around his back.

Hmm...]

Hey. Now that fussing egghead is out, wanna do somethin' fun?

[eidxiety]

Fun how? I wanna do something fun, but if it's too strenuous, I think he'll kill me if he finds out, haha.

[lupusxylem]

Naah. You won't even hafta get up.

[Wolfwood streeetches again, this time rolling further onto his side so he's in easier reach.]

We spent all that time pokin' and proddin' you yesterday, I figure it's only fair you get an up close look at a dragon yourself. How about it?

[eidxiety]

[Ooh...]

Oh, yeah, I haven't gotten to see you much as a dragon. Can I start with your paws???

[Ain scoot scoot scoots across the bedding to get to Wolfwood's forepaw and patpats a finger before the claw, then pushes on it like he wants Wolfwood to roll it over for him.]

You have paw pads, like kitties and puppies do. [And he squishes one. Does it tickle?]

[lupusxylem]

[At Ain's urging, Wolfwood turns his paw over on its back so Ain has full access to the Beans(tm). And sure enough he does have them, padded beans on each toe and palm. They're very soft, very squishy, very LARGE. His claws do not retract like a cat's- because he's a dragon- but when he curls his fingers they do curl in towards his palm like a cat's paw might.

These dragons are very catlike, as it turns out.]

Heheh. [And yes, they do tickle.] S'that so? I've never seen one.