Clank

Clank =============================== There's a new way to be human spreading under my skin.

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Sometimes, I have - dreams.

I was told to ignore them, from when I was very young. I think I have had them since I was fresh from my egg, or perhaps even before. I did not know what they were, then - or at least I did not put much stock in them. All dragons dream, after all; it is not an unusual thing.

But my dreams --

Somehow, I do not think that they are simply dreams.



The elders of my hatchclan thought I might be cursed. Such things are not unheard of - I am told bogs are particularly susceptible to curses, and cursed lands pass on their afflictions to those who live in them. It is not outside the realm of possibility.

I do not feel cursed, but...

I have always been - I hesitate to call myself clairvoyant, as that claims a skill I do not entirely have. It is similar, though. I can - feel. Futures. Not what will happen - my predictions are often incorrect. Things that ... could happen. I have been dismissed since I was a hatchling, after I was tested for potential clairvoyancy and failed. I have realized in adulthood that my predictions are incorrect, but - not wholly. There is always a truth, but not the truth.

I have felt - something in the Shadowlands. Something important had happened, is happening, will happen. Something... someone I have known, will know. Someone is searching for me. I do not know why. I do not know if I want this person to find me.

...

I suppose even I will have to live with the uncertainty the future brings.



I wondered, when I was younger, if I was not clairvoyant or sensing things at all - if instead I was subject to an affliction of the mind. My - I hesitate to call it a "companion", but it is the closest word - it would explain its presence. It has been with me since I was very young. Only I can see it or interact with it - but it interacts with the world whenever and however it pleases, and the effects are felt by others. It is not a hallucination.

C͏̵̷̡o͏̢̢́̕m̛͢͟͞e͝҉̷̕͠ ̡̛͢͡h̷̕͏̕o̴̵̢͢m̸̶͏e̸̵҉͡,̴̧͘͢ ҉̶s̛̀i͘҉̶̡͏r̶̡͟e҉̡̛.̷̵͟, it tells me - I do not know what the words mean. I do not recognize the language, despite all my searching for its source. Yet the part of me that feels futures - it recognizes it. There is - something waiting for me, out there. It is important. I must find it, because - if I do not -

The futures where I do not - they are not good.



Character Notes
♫ New Way to be Human, Divinity
• Grew up in a small nondescript clan in the Gladeveins and left, as many do, as a fledgling. Wound up in the Shifting Expanse and quickly discovered he has a knack for their tech despite his youth. He didn't stay there for long either, driven to restlessness by his sense that he needed to find something. Nowadays he mostly travels from clan to clan, offering his services and generally staying just long enough to see if whatever he's trying to find shows itself there.
• Was given the name Xejoasi, but wound up called Clank as a nickname due to the tech he tends to lug around everywhere. It kinda stuck. Being easier to pronounce/say quickly helps too.

OOC Notes
• The eponymous Clank of Ratchet & Clank :D
• Hatch-name is straight up just me swapping XJ0461 to letters as best as possible lmao