Radek
(#22030597)
At this point, it's way beyond not knowing prime numbers.
Milacku
Perching Java Sparrow
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Energy: 50/50
This dragon’s natural inborn element is Water.
Male Tundra
This dragon is hibernating.
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Personal Style
Apparel
Skin
Scene
Measurements
Length
4.8 m
Wingspan
3.57 m
Weight
419.15 kg
Genetics
Brown
Poison
Poison
Ice
Peregrine
Peregrine
Maize
Underbelly
Underbelly
Hatchday
Breed
Eye Type
Level 1 Tundra
EXP: 0 / 245
STR
7
AGI
6
DEF
6
QCK
5
INT
7
VIT
7
MND
7
Lineage
Parents
- none
Offspring
- none
Biography
Lemonstwist
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 Outfit Morphology Bio Purchased for 20kt
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Radek the Underappreciated Já ti dám, ty seš takovej vůl. Theme: World of Wonder |
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Chekov flicked his tail pensively. Radek put the dusty garbage back neatly on the stack. He moved on, apparently satisfied. Chekov wasn’t. “But what is it?” The Tundra glanced at him. “I don’t know.” Radek picked it up again and showed it to him, close enough to see, but not to touch. “See this?” Radek pointed to a bundle of coiled cables more knotted than a Spiral hopped up on high-voltage almonds. “It is connected to this over here and that seems to… Well, here.” He hooked his shiny relic up to another one, a long cube with a hole straight through the middle, with wires. A few more adjustments and the artifact began to thrum with faint power. A moment later, lights like fireflies flashed on the relic. Chekov wasn’t convinced. “That’s all?” It was unlike anything he’d seen before, but it wasn’t all that useful, either. Radek set the mystery curio to one side and went on to the next one. “Well, no, I’m sure it does more. Electricity is very powerful. Even Lightning Flight barely taps its huge capabilities. But imagine it, thousands of lights like these… everywhere…” “Why would you need that?” Chekov asked, still looking at the lighted fragment of times long past. After a moment, convinced that it was, indeed, lighting up the space a little, he looked at the long beam of early morning light creeping in the tent’s doorflap. “The sun is out.” Radek smiled. “It is redundant, isn’t it?” “Redundant?” Chekov repeated with a grin. Radek laughed, though Chekov couldn’t tell if he was being sarcastic or not. “Yeah. That joke never gets old.” |
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Radek is a Water dragon of atypical interests. Radek has always been of unusually bright stock, though he couldn’t tell which stock that is, exactly. True to Tundra memory, he can’t remember where he comes from. One thing is for sure: it must be some far-flung clan beyond the depths of the Fishspine Reef, because his accented words are nigh unintelligible sometimes. When Radek is frustrated, insulted, or otherwise preoccupied, he’ll babble away in this language, presumably to hurl insults at his denigrating boss, Mere. Mere routinely blames Radek when things go wrong with whatever Second Age technology they’re working with. It’s not beneath Mere to call him names, question whether he can trace his ancestry to Podids, and ignore him otherwise. Regardless, Radek will always try to fix it. And he’ll always try to help Mere when things go wrong. And they always do. Despite the virtually insufferable nature of his employer, Mere, Radek stays on because it gets him what he wants: fascinating technological artifacts from the Second Age and other marvels of machinery. Though he would deny any accusation to his face, Radek values Mere’s magical abilities and eye for valuable tech… and Mere is even smarter than Radek. Though inclined to keep to himself, he’ll happily spend time with other scholarly dragons to exchange facts or discoveries. He's a bit shy and quiet, so he mostly spends time with the herd of Tundras with the Chase. His priorities have certainly shifted since his daughter came to live with him, but a Tundra will learn to fit in with the herd they're with. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he plays chess with anyone who will play with him. That's becoming rare, though. No one can really beat him, so... It will always be a sore spot to Radek that, even as a Tundra and a Water dragon, that he is unable to use magic. No one is quite sure why this is, since he obviously possesses the requisite reservoir of magic required for life. He could have vast stores of magic, but simply no access to it… no one quite knows why the odds were simply not in Radek’s favor. He makes up for it with his intellect, as he is highly educated and among a select few dragons who even pursue the study of ancient technology at all. Magic isn’t needed to work with machines. |
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Radek has a predisposition to like birds, so it was no wonder to anyone that Radek rescued this particular sparrow from disappearing down Lightning's gullet early on. The bird, apparently in gratitude, now stays with Radek nearly all the time. She goes with him on their explorations of ruins and eats from the same plate that he does. He calls her Miláčku, which one might only assume means something to him from the fond manner in which he says it. Mere calls her an annoying nuisance. |
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In a time not remembered (because Tundras forget things as quickly as they remember them), Radek had another home and a family. He left that life behind. Tragedy visited, however, and Radek ended up taking care of his daughter, ]Anna. She’s nigh upon an adult herself, and smart in the way that a hatchling can be smart. He’s doing his best to care for her and relate to her, but it’s difficult considering he didn’t do well with that sort of thing the first time around, and he’s not sure how to do the whole “relate” thing on his best days. |
| Radek has been with Mere longer than either of them can remember, unfortunately for both of them. One of Mere’s favorite pastimes is to mercilessly degrade Radek for anything handy. Despite all of this, Radek respects Mere for his towering intellect, and is the first to help him should anything go monstrously wrong. He even considers Mere a friend, though he’d likely never say this to his face. Mere has a delicate self-esteem, but that doesn’t mean Radek wants to encourage his narcissism, either. |
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Radek and Shuga fell in immediately upon meeting, though Radek was as charming as ever. As Tundras are wont to do, Mere, Radek, Shuga, and her mate, Stam, formed a herd for safety, comfort, and companionship. Some were more companionable than others. Since she was as bright as he was, they made excellent friends and considered one another family almost immediately. Though Shuga once prefered Radek’s company to that of her long-term mate, Stam, she left the Tempest Chase with Stam when he went looking for other investments. He keeps her memory in a box that smells of pine needles. |
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Even though Lorne is not a Tundra, he’s been a near-constant fixture to Radek’s life since Mere first hired him to protect them while they went searching for ancient technologies in Fire territory. For whatever reason, though Lorne is more-or-less vocal about his extreme dislike of Mere and tolerance of Radek himself, he has never seemed to leave them alone. For any reason. Lorne even invites himself to accompany Radek and Stam on their taste tests, though Radek suspects that’s only because he likes alcohol, too. Radek puts up with him, because he doesn’t touch everything shiny the way other mercenaries do. |
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Radek convinced Mere to hire Chekov for purely selfish reasons, and he does feel bad about it sometimes… even though his plans turned out for nothing. It turns out that Mere just likes to degrade Radek more than any other dragon. Or perhaps it’s because Chekov is so much in awe of Mere’s intelligence and work that Mere can’t help but bask in the admiration. Still, Radek and Chekov get along well enough, as Radek gets along with everyone (except Mere) to some degree. Radek is a little bit unsure about Chekov’s relationship with his daughter, though. He hopes it doesn’t go anywhere soon. |
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Memory Box. A story featuring Radek, and his daughter Anna. After Anna’s mother died, Anna went to live with Radek and the Tempest Chase. Unfortunately, Tundra memory can make it quite difficult to remember even the most important things. Radek, however, as usual, has a pretty good solution. |
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» Radek’s given name (granted by the Noble Order of Scholars upon his induction) is Radek Greenwater. The “green” part puzzles him to this day. » » Radek always keeps a lemon in his jacket as Meredith repellant (he's allergic). He got the idea from Meredith's Sprangyroo friend, Sheppard. » » Since Tundras have notably terrible memory, Radek had to come up with a way to remember important things. His solution is to assign certain scents to important concepts and keep them with him in boxes. Whenever he needs to remember something, he opens all of his boxes in the hopes that he will remember what he’s forgotten. » » Radek wouldn’t know what aesthetic were if it hit him in the face, which explains his insanely large collection of pulsing relics (over 1000 strong) lined and stacked up in his tent. » » It’s no secret that Radek likes birds, but it is a secret that he likes racing them. Pigeons specifically, since they have an incredible sense of direction. » » Radek is the best chess player in the Chase, though Mere will insist Radek isn’t a challenge to him. Word has it that they’ve played a single game of chess together. Radek won. |
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