Dragon Share

@VastPlaguesOfAku

Hellbender stares at Scroop with intense disdain and snarls, "I know YOU, you bilge-ridden picaroon, don't think I don't. Word on the high sea spreads fast, and there ain't nothin' hardly more despicable than a mutineer. Y'know, as my captain's provost I've dealt my fair share of lashes, but I always followed Moses' Law when dishin' 'em out. If you were on OUR ship, though, I'd've made an exception for you and scourged ya to the bone before gibbetin' ya in a very public port. You'll be lucky to ever find yourself in a proper crew again, mate, and I wouldn't bet too highly on you stickin' with 'em long before they maroon ya!"

Cupcake bounces forward, face shining with joy, "Oooohh, WOW, you are just the coolest dragon in the universe! I've seen a pirate that looked a lot like you in my one of my favorite movies ever, Treasure World. Um...he WAS kind of a jerk, but he was still such a cool character and I really liked him! And you look so much like him, it's uncanny! I would love to hear some of your stories about your sailing adventures, I'll bet you and Hell would have a lot to talk about!" The innocent, naive girl blushes deeply and offers Scroop a red rose as her feather puff up with excitement.

@JazzTheDinoQueen

Hellbender clicks his claws and flicks his tongue at Rosa, "Oh no, another Boggy bringin' shame down upon our species' illustrious name. Mate, we're meant to be tough, gritty warriors, not cream cakes at a summer picnic. Bet ya spend more time polishin' your claws than sharpenin' 'em! It's positively indecent, claw polish is for Skydancers, not 'Sneaks! Have some dignity and swap it out for some war paint instead!"

Cupcake smiles fondly at Rosa, "I just adore how pink you are, like delicious sweet lemonade! It can be hard sometimes to find dragons who have an appreciation for softer colors. I think pink foods taste the best, don't you? I really like strawberry cake, frosted doughnuts, milkshakes, and of course...LEMONADE! It's just so much more fun to drink than the usual yellow!" She winds her way around Rosa, brushing her fluffy wings against him before giving him a delicate pink orchid.

@NotMyShiro

Hellbender stops short, mouth open, having been just about to lay into Eurydice, when Shiro's words interrupt his train of thought. He turns his head to meet Shiro's gaze instead, eyes flashing as a wicked smile curls his lips. Somehow, he feels like he knows Shiro from somewhere...he's not sure where or how, but he thinks he knows exactly what to say to really get Shiro good and angry. So he thinks that makin' fun of his mate's the worst I can do, eh? We'll see about that...

Running his tongue over his fangs, Hellbender shifts himself into a combat-ready stance and lowers his voice to a dangerous, quiet hiss, "Right then, mate, I won't talk about her, I'll talk about you instead. Should we discuss the conditions under which you lost that arm of yours? The innocent beings you slaughtered while trying to convince yourself that it was the only way to survive? Or maybe the dragons that you've failed to protect and save? Do their faces still leer at you through the dark, do their cries ring in your ears even now? Heh, the lambs ain't stopped screamin' yet, have they, Clarice? And they ain't gonna, are they? No, they'll be hauntin' you the rest of your days, and no matter how hard you try, no matter how much you fight, you'll never be able to wash your, heh, hand, of the blood stainin' it."

Cupcake huddles up to Eurydice, terrified by the circling males. If she couldn't hear him, it meant that whatever he was saying was intended to genuinely cut as painfully as any physical attack. She whimpers and looks up at her, "I wish the boys wouldn't fight...it scares me when he gets all serious like that! I don't want anyone to get hurt! I don't think that they'll be pulling their punches if they should come to blows!" She curls up around the Wildclaw's taloned feet and trembles as she covers her face.

@KeyLimeade

Hellbender laughs as he whips his own tail around, "A time and place, eh? I disrespectfully disagree. Just because it ain't YOUR time and place doesn't mean it ain't mine. I ain't about to shuffle my schedule just to accommodate your limited window of acceptability. Maybe if you spent less time polishin' your scales and armor you'd find yourself with a lot more availability to let that opportunity come a knockin'!"

Cupcake is mesmerized by the shining Aurum, "So bright...so shiny...so pretty..." she manages to snap herself out of it, "Oh, um, I mean...you've got a really nice luster to your scales! And your armor is incredible, it flashes like fire wherever the sun hits it! I also like how well your runes go with it all!" She holds up some dandelions to the Mirror.

@Zipp

Hellbender blinks in momentary confusion, as Fira's words didn't really answer anything he'd actually asked, at least not as far as he could make out. He drums his claws and clicks his tongue, "Tsk, typical Spiral, only a swirling void where she's s'posed to keep her brains. It's all that wavin' about the air what does that, y'know, the centrifugal force spins the sense right outta ya!"

Cupcake doesn't know why Fira is whispering, but she doesn't want her to feel left out and so she drops her voice to a whisper too, "Yes, I really do, it's my special favorite thing! Do you want to stay here with me for a bit and watch them? This field is chock full of so many different species, you get to see the whole rainbow flitting around in the sky if you sit long enough! Here-" she passes Fira a butterfly bush branch, "they love this, if you keep it near you they'll land on it and then you can see them really close up!"