Dragon Share

[center] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/1997330#post_22977835][img]http://orig08.deviantart.net/df0d/f/2016/277/6/8/arcane_shield_divider_4_by_starkindlerstudio-dajun3p.png[/img][/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2593443][img]https://i.imgur.com/hC0oysb.png[/img][/url] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=28631934] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/286320/28631934_350.png[/img] [/url][/center] [indent][img]https://i.imgur.com/3USjIMB.png[/img][/indent] [center] An arcane circle flickers to life beneath Ariadne as the Ravenghast tilts its head back, hungrily swallowing the pearl whole.[/center] [indent] [i]Enveloped.[/i] That was the word. It was then Ariadne could intimately remember the feeling of being lovingly embraced. A glowing warmth, not shared between two strangers, nor ever quite the same between friends and family. For it was not that she could still feel, or was made to feel again--The wish had not gone wrong, it was merely the sensation being physically plucked out of her. Plucked like feathers. One, by one, by one. She would be made to feel everything as it was pulled out of her by many a shadowy, black grasp that surrounded her. Her memories were the price, but now it was time for her feelings to go. Alas, was all she wanted was to forget? For her wish was unclear, and too much was left unspoken. As the pain of her heart finally began to numb from having so thoroughly emptied and lapped, so too did the feelings of her body follow next. The bright feeling of happiness. The suddenness of being surprised. A tender caress. The most passionate kiss. The feeling of a gentle, evening breeze. It all now seems so... unimpressive and grey. Had any of it ever been real?[/indent] [center]...and the pact has been sealed (a known contractor has been added to the registry!). [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=28631934][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/286320/28631934p.png[/img][/url] [i]Ariadne[/i] @Mypilot [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2593443][img]https://i.imgur.com/hC0oysb.png[/img][/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/1997330#post_22977835][img]http://orig01.deviantart.net/3345/f/2016/277/d/f/shadowshield_divider_4_by_starkindlerstudio-dajul49.png[/img][/url] [/center]

Ahh, this is awesome. And so good for lore! Cant wait to read what others wish for [emoji=coatl tongue]

[center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=50718325] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/507184/50718325_350.png[/img] [/url][/center] She felt exposed without her helmet. There was nothing that would harm her here - at least, not physically - but the feeling lingered. She steadied herself, walking deeper into the fog. The feather tucked into her breastplate almost seemed... warm, somehow. She remembered the dream, even now. A hatchling that looked just like her, as a child, who shared her face but not her voice. He sat deep within a cloud of fog, staring at something in the distance that only he could see. Quietly as a dream, she sat beside him, trying to make sense of the shifting shapes in the mist. As if by doing so, she could bring him back by her side. After what felt like hours, he turned to her, holding out an oily black feather. She took it after a moment of hesitation. His claws were cold. Of course they would be. He had been dead for sixteen years. And yet, she still saw the what-ifs behind that feather - what if her twin had survived? What if, in her darkest hours, there had been someone by her side? What if she hadn't always been alone? [i]"Please, please be careful."[/i] He pleaded. His voice was wispy and soft, as if distorted by the fog. He said nothing more before the inky black dark crept in. Would he, even if he had the time? She drifted back into the waking world, a feather tucked gently against her chest. It hummed with magic, dark and ancient. Now, Lucia steadied herself. She had wanted this so badly. She couldn't back down now. She breathed in deeply, and she could almost feel the fog infiltrating her lungs, poisoning her from the inside. She forced her head high as she walked, despite the heaviness to her limbs. It would all be over soon. It would all be over soon. That was the mantra that had kept her alive, and it hadn't failed her yet. It would all be over soon. The realization of what that indent on the alter was for shook her, threatening to shatter her resolve. But she had come too far, now. Her hand only trembled slightly as she placed her pearl on the alter. It fit perfectly, as if it was made for her. Perhaps it was. "I want," She started, her voice only trembling faintly. "control over life and death. Make it so this world can't tear anyone else away from me."

[center] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/1997330#post_22977835][img]http://orig08.deviantart.net/df0d/f/2016/277/6/8/arcane_shield_divider_4_by_starkindlerstudio-dajun3p.png[/img][/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2593443][img]https://i.imgur.com/hC0oysb.png[/img][/url] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=50718325] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/507184/50718325_350.png[/img] [/url][/center] [indent][img]https://i.imgur.com/3USjIMB.png[/img][/indent] [center] [indent]An arcane circle flickers to life beneath Lucia as the Ravenghast tilts its head back, hungrily swallowing the pearl whole.[/center] The cathedral bell suddenly tolls with a deafening chime, as if to signal that of a heavy wish being desired and made. The deep hum and thrum of each reverberation shakes the walls, and lets loose a layer of dust from the ceiling. Yes, a heavy wish--not a strong wish. It was to be one filled with its own trials and burdens to come. A ghostly claw caresses Lucia's cheek. In the singular instant the cold, prickly touch brushes against her--a thought enters her mind that is not her own. Not quite a voice--but a knowing. A knowledge. A thought that is not hers, but is now hers--if just for an instant. It showed her many things. Things to come? Possibilities? It was difficult to discern the two, but what was clear was--it was a warning. Fortune favors the bold, but so does it favor the prudent. In the visions, it showed her the awe of her power to come, and its set of challenges. Showing her how those who had long since passed, needed vessels to be called back to; something more tangible than simply what was as ethereal shadows and stardust. You cannot conjure flesh from nothing, after all. It showed her the distortions of her magic against the will of those who resisted it. Those who Lucia wanted dead--but they wanted to live, and those Lucia wanted to live--but wished to die. The two extreme desires would come to meet a disturbing middle as the magic warped around them. They would meet a fate worse than death in varying degrees--as no matter the outcome, they [i]will[/i] come to remain at her side, and "the world can't tear anyone else away from her" once what's done is done. For some, their bodies went before their minds, but for most it was their soul that withered before the bodies did. Lucia's very presence would become like a sticky tarred sap, trapping those she came across in a... metaphorical amber-like purgatory. She would become "Lucia of Amber" in more ways than simply the warm glow of her scales alone. It warned her to be very convincing to those she wished to "keep" before she forced her ravenbourne magicks upon them. Though it reminded her to make no mistakes, but did not tell her why. It only left a lingering feeling of sympathy, and the deep echo of a horror that would wound the psyche simply by knowing... before releasing her back to the darkness from whence she came. Who were the individuals that appeared in those visions? With her memories now gone, it was hard to say. Only her instincts remained.[/indent] [center] [i]"Make no mistakes."[/i][/center] [center]...and the pact has been sealed (a known contractor has been added to the registry!). [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=50718325][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/507184/50718325p.png[/img][/url] [i]Lucia[/i] @Venusian [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2593443][img]https://i.imgur.com/hC0oysb.png[/img][/url] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/1997330#post_22977835][img]http://orig01.deviantart.net/3345/f/2016/277/d/f/shadowshield_divider_4_by_starkindlerstudio-dajul49.png[/img][/url] [/center]

@Mypilot

Glad you're enjoying it too!

I'd feel sooooooo bad if in a sudden plot twist, her lover didn't die after all though; ohmygoodness would that be awkward. Well, for him, not her. Somehow I think Ariadne would take things really well regardless now, even too well, some would say!

@Viviwren

Oooh, that'd be so tragic lol And she wouldn't even know

Like a Romeo and Juliet type scenario in the end. Lover finds the Ravenghast, wishes her feeling back, forgets his entire past with her included

Oh, wow, that was stunning. Thank you so much. c:

@Venusian

Now I kinda want to know what happens next...
Keep me updated if any developments ensue!

@pokemoncha pinging mysel bc i have a pc who wwould fit this lore so well, but he's also part of a subspecies that's very heavy on rules, (or in their lore, anyway) so i'd need to confirm with the owner if it would be okay. i guess that sounds pretty dumb, but i dont wanna be "that guy" yknow

edit: even if i dont end up doing that for him (bc im also thinking his lore is working pretty well as-is) i want to do someth with this, its so cool