Illness
(#72316600)
To fly on clipped wings (and other impossibilities).
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Energy: 50/50
This dragon’s natural inborn element is Plague.
Male Mirror
This dragon is hibernating.
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Personal Style
Apparel
Skin
Scene
Measurements
Length
7.12 m
Wingspan
4.38 m
Weight
470.16 kg
Genetics
Garnet
Basic
Basic
Bubblegum
Basic
Basic
Silver
Basic
Basic
Hatchday
Breed
Eye Type
Level 25 Mirror
Max Level
STR
7
AGI
8
DEF
6
QCK
8
INT
5
VIT
117
MND
5
Lineage
Biography
Secondborn progen child, came back from exaltation.
Step. Step. Step. Step.
Just focus on that. One more step, and then another, that's it. Don't think about how far the wasteland stretches, don't think about the contagion bubbling below your scales, don't think of how the fleshy ground squelches under your claws, don't think of your goddess' rotten smile as she stares transfixed at her grim work, don't think of your family. Gods, don't think of your family.
(Mirrors by choice are an anomaly. That's a good way to describe you, isn't it? A plagueborn mirror who cared about blood-bonds, and drew pictures of flowers in the sand, and adopted a prey animal as your pack. It's not that you're soft, you aren't, you're just... lonely. That's not bad, right? Yeah. Mirrors are social predators. They run in packs. It's perfectly natural to crave a pack, and seek a substitute to fill the void when you couldn't keep up with the hunt.)
Step. Step. Step. Step.
The wastes have to end eventually, right? There's worlds beyond this. Places basked in light and wind and magic, a lighter magic, a kinder magic than the one gifted to you as you birthright. They exist. They must.
It's just a matter of whether you'll end before the wastes do.
Step. Step. Step. Step.
It always comes down to that, doesn't it? Survival? And it's never been one of your strong suits. Stuck relying on what scraps of food and mercy could be spared in the lands of the Plaguebringer. Bright pink wings were useless for hunting, a beacon of your presence in the Boneyard. Predator and prey alike could see you for miles. You never stood a chance, not really.
The strongest survive. That is her mantra. And you... you, a misfortune of genetics, inflicted with a terrible softness that rotted you from the inside out, worse than any disease? You never stood a chance. To progress the species, you are meant to rot away. Rot away, or work in servitude to the goddess of evolution. What kind of options are those? So you picked a third. A doomed, foolish third option.
You decided to run.
Step. Step. Step. Step.
It was stupid to run. She was the only one who would accept such a gaudy, unwanted child. A secondborn, a spare, the unfavorite - and in her mercy, she welcomed you under her tattered wings. Why did you run from your goddess, when she was your only chance to survive?
(You know the answer. Partially, you didn't want to hurt anybody. But mostly, you were afraid.)
Step. Step. Step. Step. A neverending mantra, a final pilgrimage for a foolish, hopeful, anomalous mirror, forsaken and forsaker in turn.
One more step out of the wastes.
Shortly after settling into his new home, Illness received a letter from his sister, Sickness.
Quote:
Illness,
It’s been a while since mom and dad sent you away. Some days I can hardly remember what you look like, and other days I smile picturing your bright wings that marked you as an outcast among us. I wonder what you saw when you were exalted, but you were very quiet the day you came back and was sent out to look for another home. I would say I wish you back, but I’m sure it is for the best that you have settled elsewhere. Mother says that few can survive here, and I have struggled myself. But worry not for me.
I hope you are finding happiness brother. I wish you all the luck in the world.
I miss you.
-Sickness
It’s been a while since mom and dad sent you away. Some days I can hardly remember what you look like, and other days I smile picturing your bright wings that marked you as an outcast among us. I wonder what you saw when you were exalted, but you were very quiet the day you came back and was sent out to look for another home. I would say I wish you back, but I’m sure it is for the best that you have settled elsewhere. Mother says that few can survive here, and I have struggled myself. But worry not for me.
I hope you are finding happiness brother. I wish you all the luck in the world.
I miss you.
-Sickness
A Tattered Letter wrote:
Sickness,
Sorry, but I don't think I'll ever stop worrying over you. What kind of little brother would I be if I didn't, right? But I know I don't need to. You're the strongest person I've ever known. I wanted to let you know that you don't need to worry about me, either, not anymore. I'm safe here. I'm wanted. I think I might even be happy.
I have a mentor, now! She's a Spiral - I've never met one in the Boneyard. Have you? They're odd dragons, thin and lithe, six wings. Fast as lightning with the energy to match. It's hard to keep up with her, but she says I'm a good apprentice! We study magic and medicine. I'm not very good at it yet, but I'm learning. I'm starting to piece together a lot of things from her rambling. Maybe not the most efficient way to learn, but it's fun.
She's a plague dragon, too, is the oddest part. She said that I don't have to be ashamed of my magic; that disease and infection are more than just a weapon. When I doubted her (not outright, but she knew, somehow), she let me watch her do her work. She drained a virus from one of our clanmates, and took it into herself. Then she helped her body kill it with the antibiotics we made together - us plagueborn are tougher against disease, she says, but they make the process easier, and there's no shame in a helping hand.
I'm trying to believe that. That there isn't shame in needing help, I mean. I don't know if you understand all of this, Sickness. We were young when I was sent on my way. I didn't get to know you like I wish I could've.I hope you aren't ashamed of me. Maybe this is a divide we can't cross, but even if not - that's okay. I hope you're doing well, too. More than that, I hope you can be happy, too - someday, if not today.
(Though if it is today, all the better.)
I'm running out of paper, so I'm afraid I'll have to stop it here. I ramble a lot, huh? Always was a weird Mirror. But it was nice to hear from you. There's a cook in the clan I live with now, and he helped me make a present for you! It's some jerky. Nothing too flashy, but I figured a practical gift was the best way to go, and I needed something that wouldn't go bad by the time my letter finds it's way to you.
I'm okay now, sister. You can keep your luck. You need it out there, more than I do.
I miss you too.
- Illness
Sorry, but I don't think I'll ever stop worrying over you. What kind of little brother would I be if I didn't, right? But I know I don't need to. You're the strongest person I've ever known. I wanted to let you know that you don't need to worry about me, either, not anymore. I'm safe here. I'm wanted. I think I might even be happy.
I have a mentor, now! She's a Spiral - I've never met one in the Boneyard. Have you? They're odd dragons, thin and lithe, six wings. Fast as lightning with the energy to match. It's hard to keep up with her, but she says I'm a good apprentice! We study magic and medicine. I'm not very good at it yet, but I'm learning. I'm starting to piece together a lot of things from her rambling. Maybe not the most efficient way to learn, but it's fun.
She's a plague dragon, too, is the oddest part. She said that I don't have to be ashamed of my magic; that disease and infection are more than just a weapon. When I doubted her (not outright, but she knew, somehow), she let me watch her do her work. She drained a virus from one of our clanmates, and took it into herself. Then she helped her body kill it with the antibiotics we made together - us plagueborn are tougher against disease, she says, but they make the process easier, and there's no shame in a helping hand.
I'm trying to believe that. That there isn't shame in needing help, I mean. I don't know if you understand all of this, Sickness. We were young when I was sent on my way. I didn't get to know you like I wish I could've.
(Though if it is today, all the better.)
I'm running out of paper, so I'm afraid I'll have to stop it here. I ramble a lot, huh? Always was a weird Mirror. But it was nice to hear from you. There's a cook in the clan I live with now, and he helped me make a present for you! It's some jerky. Nothing too flashy, but I figured a practical gift was the best way to go, and I needed something that wouldn't go bad by the time my letter finds it's way to you.
I'm okay now, sister. You can keep your luck. You need it out there, more than I do.
I miss you too.
- Illness
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