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[center][b][size=5]The Owl's Show[/size] [/b][/center] --------------------- [center]Introduction and Ruleset | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3236609/1#post_54116455]Table of Contents[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3236609#post_54116457]Characters[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3236609/1#post_54116460]Pinglist [/url]| [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3236609/1#post_54116464]Announcements[/url] --------------------- [/center][i]Within one of the glistening mountains that surround the Starfall Isles. An underground base has been dug deep into the surface, rose-colored crystals glimmering and protecting dragons from the wild magic that roams this area. A view of the Oculus of Eleven can be seen. The ancient temple frames a scenic view. An array of feathers scatters outside of the cave, the source of the plumage never detected. The feathers have fallen all across Sornieth, each one tipped a walnut-brown. A quadrant of dragons has discovered these feathers, seeming to be drawn to the Starfall Isles and the radiant magic within. These feathers soon prove that they belong to no ordinary beast, but a being with power that dragonkind cannot comprehend. They have joined the Owl’s Show, and their lives will never be the same.[/i] --------------------- Hello there and welcome to my newest playthrough, The Owl’s Show! I have decided that I need to look towards Flight Rising with a clean slate and because of this have started to make not only a new playthrough but a new universe for myself. My hopes are to make a more organized and more coherent story and to make a Clan that I can be proud of. There will be a basic plot outline for me to follow, but otherwise, this will be determined by the rolls that I end up obtaining. I will be using certain terminology that may be unfamiliar to other users, and because of this, I will make a list of what terms will be utilized within the story. I will update this as I continue to do the playthrough. [b]Terminology[/b] -Actor - A dragon corrupted by the entity. -Adult - A dragon that is above thirty-six phases old. -Comp - A dragon that has prominent features from another breed of dragon. -Dragoness - A female dragon. -Hatchling - A dragon that is up to five phases old. -Phase - The time that it takes for the sun to cycle around the world eleven times. -Shock-Eyes - A dragon that has a special variant of eyes. -Teenager - A dragon that is anywhere from six to thirty-five phases old. --------------------- [quote name="Ruleset"] [b]The Basics[/b] -Begin with 4 unrelated adult dragons that have been bought from the Auction House. Give them 1 life each and 0 Plumage. -Afterwards, use the Random Number Generator to determine what kind of result occurs. [b]Results[/b] 1-25 - Fight. Roll 1-100 for every dragon involved in the fight to determine their fate and roll the number of dragons that are involved in the fight. 1-50: No Change 51-85: Minor Injury 86-95: Major Injury 96-100: Dies If it is rolled with no change, then that dragon is fine. If the dragon dies, they will be removed from the story. If the dragon gains an injury, subsequent fights will be impacted depending on the injury type. The start of each day will require a roll to try and heal the injury. [b]Minor Injuries[/b] do not impact a dragon in a fight, but if a dragon has three minor injuries at one time, these will combine into a major injury. At the start of the day before the main roll is performed, do a roll from 1-10 for each minor injury a dragon has to determine whether it heals. 1-7: Heal 8-10: Doesn't Heal [b]Major Injuries[/b] impact a dragon in a fight. A dragon in a fight with a major injury must roll a number ranging from 1-100 in order to determine what happens to them. Major injuries also have to be healed off with the following rates. If a dragon obtains three minor injuries, then it becomes a major injury. 1-10: Survive unharmed 11-20: Minor Injury 21-50: Major Injury 51-80: Incapacitated 81-100: Dies 1-5: Heal 6-10: Doesn't Heal [b]Incapacitated [/b]dragons are those that are close to death or are otherwise severely injured. They are unable to breed and if they are selected when an event is rolled, they are always killed off. If a dragon that is incapacitated is chosen for an ordinary fight, then roll between the number 1 and 2. If the number is 1, then they survive but remain incapacitated. If the number is 2, then they die. Incapacitated dragons can be healed like any other dragon, however. 1-5: Healed of their incapacitated status 6-8: Remains incapacitated for that day 9-10: Dies 26-55 - [b]Write[/b]. Write a piece revolving around the Owl's Show. 56-85 - [b]Draw[/b]. Draw a piece revolving around the Owl's Show. 86-90 - [b]Buy[/b]. Buy an adult dragon from the Auction House. 91-95 - [b]Breed[/b]. Breed two dragons with each other. If there are no compatible dragons with one another, instead buy a hatchling from the Arcane Auction House. Roll a number between 1 and 4. If the number is from 1-3, buy a single hatchling. If it is 4, buy a clutch of hatchlings if possible. 96-100 - [b]Event[/b]. A dragon is seen by the entity and witnesses its presence. Randomly determine which dragon sees the entity. Now then roll from 1 to 3 to determine their fate. 1 - The dragon comes out no worse for the wear. 2 - The dragon is influenced by the entity and gains 1 plumage. 3 - The dragon dies. [b]Corruptions[/b] When a dragon obtains 3 plumage, they are corrupted by the entity. Roll a number between 1 and 12. If a dragon rolls a corruption that is already taken, then roll again. The dragon gains the following role. 1-2 - [b]The Ears[/b] - This dragon hears all that they need to. If a dragon is about to die. The Ears rolls a number between 1 and 6. If the number is 1-5, then the dragon dies. If the number is 6, then the Ears brings them back as a Cast Member. The Ears has 2 lives. There can only be 3 Ears at a time. 3-4 - [b]The Eyes[/b] - This dragon sees all is needed. Roll a number between 1 and 6. If the number is 1-5, then nothing happens. If the number is 6, then a single adult dragon is recruited, being brought in by a feather. There can only be 3 Eyes at a time. 5-6 - [b]The Wings[/b] - This dragon flies beyond their mortal confines. Roll a number between 1 and 6. If the number is 1-5, then nothing happens. If the number is 6, then a random dragon is given 1 plumage. The Wings has 2 lives. There can only be 3 Wings at a time. 7-8 - [b]The Resolved[/b] - This dragon should have been corrupted, but is unable to. They are instead dedicated to removing corruption. Roll a number between 1 and 6. If the number is 1-5, then nothing happens. If the number is 6, then remove 1 plumage from a random dragon. A corrupted dragon cannot have plumage removed from them. 9-11 - [b]Cast Member[/b] - This dragon is corrupted, but has no special role. 12 - [b]The Show Ringleader[/b] - This dragon is specially designated as a conduit for the entity. They will decrease any chances that other corruptions, with the exception of the Resolved, have of failing, changing their odds from 1/6 to 1/4. There can only be one Show Ringleader at a time. The Show Ringleader has 3 lives. [b]Other[/b] -When an egg is hatched. Roll a number between 1 and 2. If the number is 1, the hatchling survives. If the number is 2. The hatchling dies. -I will be using the [url=https://perchance.org/lorelocke]Lorelocke Prompt Generator[/url] to inspire what will be written. Inspirations for The Owl's Show ruleset were taken from [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3225490/1#post_53847112]serpentarius's[/url] Lucklocke, [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3229985#post_53934878]StrawberryAlex's [/url]Pinkerlocke Mark System, and [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/1481136/1#post_1481136]Pasafatu's [/url]Lovecraftian Nuzlocke Variant.

[center][b][size=5]Characters[/size] --------------------- [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3236609/1#post_3236609]Introduction and Ruleset[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3236609/1#post_54116455]Table of Contents[/url] | Characters | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3236609/1#post_54116460]Pinglist [/url]| [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3236609/1#post_54116464]Announcements[/url][/center] --------------------- [left][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=83267717][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/832678/83267717p.png[/img][/url][b]Firewood[/b]- The Covert ([spoiler]Phase 1-Phase 9[/spoiler])[/left] [left][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=83992647][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/839927/83992647p.png[/img][/url][b]Ioan[/b]- The Placid ([spoiler]Phase 1-[/spoiler])[/left] [left][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=83859855][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/838599/83859855p.png[/img][/url][b]Pepper[/b]- The Needed ([spoiler]Phase 1-[/spoiler])[/left] [left][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=86250098][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/862501/86250098p.png[/img][/url][b]Poisontail [/b]- The Stargazer ([spoiler]Phase 13-[/spoiler]) [/left][left][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=83834129][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/838342/83834129p.png[/img][/url][b]Verquent[/b]- The Apprehensive ([spoiler]Phase 1-[/spoiler])[/left] --------------------- [center][b][size=5]Deaths[/size] [left][spoiler]Phase 9 - I Never Die[/spoiler][/left]

[center][size=4][u][b]Phase 1 - Welcoming Party[/b][/u][/size] @Reilybug The die has been cast. The number that has been rolled is [b]21[/b]. A fight has occurred, and [b]Ioan [/b]is involved. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=83992647][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/839927/83992647p.png[/img][/url] Ioan’s fate is in the wings. The number that has been rolled is [b]48[/b]. Ioan comes out unscathed. --------------------- [left][b]Ioan[/b][/left] [left]This must have been the Crystalspine Reaches. I give a glance at the shards of magic that formed the walls. The clusters of luminescent gems were just above my antennae. I noticed the faint presence of yellow glue lodged in the wall’s corner, preventing the magical shards from falling overhead. I lifted a talon to observe the ground below me. It was comprised of the same gemstones that the walls held, but a path was carved to lead from the cave entrance to the inner caverns. I expected such a location to be dark and humid, but it appeared that the glow of the magical shards had lit up the location. My first thoughts were how food would come by in such a location. I held the paper to take a look at my notes. [i]Airborne fauna are present near the reach, with both vertebrates and invertebrates native to the area. Aquatic fauna are available and are located near a stair-shaped cliff that gives close access to the water. Flora has been naturalized within the western regions of the cave, where the soil is thicker.[/i] It was good to remind myself of where we were going to eat because I had no idea how long I was going to stay in the Starfall Isles. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision in the first place, and I was nervous about how it was going to turn out. I had been notified by the reach diggers that three other dragons have chosen to nest in this reach. A Shadow coatl named Firewood Buttonclay, a Fire veilspun named Verquent Chaplin, and an Ice snapper named Pepper Krigerdyp. It was certainly a diverse array of dragons. My home in Rotrock Rim was multi-breed, and one of the breeds that has nested itself near the cauldron of disease were coatls. My father was a coatl, and he had taught me the hums and buzzes that accompanied the language. This would make communicating with Firewood considerably easier. I had never dealt with a snapper or a veilspun, however, and I hardly knew what they looked like. I hoped that I would make a good first impression when I met them. I climb down into the Arcane-touched cavern, the crystals reflecting one another as they illuminated my feathers. I carefully breathe in, and soon see the coatl. He towered over me as he stood low to the ground, his body lean and his cheeks squished closed together. His feathers were a fiery tangerine in coloration, dark swirls twisting across his body like a tattoo. His wings and crest were the color of sable with wood-brown patches covering his darker feathers. The faint glow of brilliant orange magic lit his face and his wings, and amethyst-colored eyes framed his face. He was wearing a simple, ragged green cape and a feather twist around his tail. [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=83267717][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/832678/83267717_350.png[/img][/url] [/center] “Hellloo.” The coatl purred in a discordant tone. “Oh, h-hello there. I am Ioan. You know, the Plague skydancer you were told about.” I reply to the coatl, Firewood Buttonclay. “I Firewooood.” He says, clearly rusty at any sort of draconic. “Hiii.” “It is nice to meet you, Firewood.” I say to Firewood. I sense him carefully adjusting his legs, coordinating himself. He was preparing for such a conversation. Firewood flicks his tongue. “Enjoooy yoouself.” I smile at the bright orange coatl, happy to have given off a good first impression to him. I wondered if it was more advisable to speak with him in his native language, but I did not bring it up. He spoke to me in draconic. He was comfortable speaking to me in such a language and it was for this reason that I did not bring it up. It was not my decision to choose how dragons spoke to one another. I was just here to obtain a new purpose. I place a piece of paper in my talons and I hold my pen delicately. I start to write what I knew about Firewood. [i]Pure coatl with a weak grasp on draconic. The firefly sparks are indicative of a high level of magic.[/i] I breathe in carefully as I continue to walk across the glistening floors. I was focused on getting to know the individuals who have chosen this cave as their habitat. It was then that my talons slipped under me. My multi-colored eyes widened as I suddenly fell, my legs spread out as I struggled to get back onto my feet. A green liquid soaked into my tunic, leaving a pale stain as I lifted my body back up. “Oh, my flashes! I’m so sorry!” A soft, high-pitched voice emerges, slow and touched with an accent I did not know existed. I lifted my head to see a small, delicate figure fluttering on a pair of silver-and-peach wings, a collection of lime-and-honey spots resembling the eyes of a much grander dragon. Her body was covered in thick obsidian scales that overlapped like a sheet of armor. A long, silver mane tipped with orange was braided across the entirety of her body and a pair of brilliant fire-colored eyes held their gaze. The same colorful spots were present on her shoulders. Her body was long and serpentine like an imperial, with a pair of long whiskers, but she was closer to the size of a fae, looking so fragile that she could be blown away with the wind. [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=83834129][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/838342/83834129_350.png[/img][/url] [/center] “It is okay.” I say to her as I look at the large glass in her hands. “Thanks for being so kind to me. You’re Ioan, correct?” The veilspun gently spoke. “Yes, I am. You must be Verquent.” I reply as I start to clean off the deep stain that had wetted my tunic. Verquent nodded. “Y-yeah. I should get back to the steams. This cave needs to become a proper lair.” She replies to me. “The steams?” I spoke with a confused tone in my voice. “Oh! U-uh, it’s a figure of speech we have in the Cinderslag.” Her thick, rhythmic accent flows, a nervous energy surrounding her being. “How are you feeling?” I ask Verquent, clearly feeling the nerves that were radiating off her obsidian-colored body. “I don’t know. I’ve never been so far from my lair before.” Verquent replies. “I have not, either. These caves are an unfamiliar sight.” I tell the veilspun, hoping to comfort her. “Y-yeah, but Pepper already brought a party.” Verquent softly says. I turn to look for Pepper within the glistening caverns, the temperature becoming gentle and warm as the sound of footsteps enters my eardrums. It was then that I caught the sight of the snapper. A thick, heavyset body slowly twists around. A vibrant ruby hide glittered amongst the bright pink crystals, the crystal scales hardly covered by her lavender, rose, and white coat. A pair of disproportionately small driftwood-colored wings were streaked like rocks, and swirls of honeydew green covered both her scaly body and her leathery wings. The pale eyes that she held were easily visible underneath her bulky goggles. I noted the plates on her head and tail, and the short, straight horns. I had never a dragon like her before. She was slightly taller than I was, but her proportions were entirely different. Her thick beak was round, unlike my own narrow beak. [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=83859855][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/838599/83859855_350.png[/img][/url] [/center] “You are Pepper. I have heard you have started a party.” I speak to her. Pepper seemed to smile. “That’s me! You’re Ioan I presume?” “Yes. It is nice to meet you, Pepper.” I reply to her. I sense a warm atmosphere around her, noticing how she was the happiest of the three dragons to have entered these caverns. “Nice to meet you too! Do you have any plans for the party?” Her airy voice replies. I wanted to ask why she had set up a party in the first place, but I did not want to earn the ire of my new Clanmate. I felt tension in my chest as I was forced to decide my activity of choice. I froze as still as a statue, not wanting to let this stranger down. I swallow my nerves down. “I-I will just get a drink.” I say just a bit too frantically. I start to shuffle away. Pepper watchfully looks towards me, seeming to wait for an unknown period of time. I tried to ignore the snapper as I felt my chest ache. I was unsure if it was due to slipping on Verquent’s party drink or due to my own anxiety, but it was there. I was in the Crystalspine Reaches.[/left] --------------------- [left]A simple first chapter, but one that gets to introduce all four characters. I ended up rolling a fight, but since Ioan was completely uninjured. I simply chose for him to slip on a drink. The prompt for this chapter was to write about a ritual or a festival, which in this case is Pepper’s welcoming party. I spent more time for the characters to get to know one another before building the lore, but I nevertheless expanded on each of them. Ioan is pretty sheltered from the outside world, hence why he has not seen a snapper or a veilspun.[/left]

[center][size=4][u][b]Phase 2 - The Color Red[/b][/u][/size] @Reilybug The die has been cast. The number that has been rolled is [b]53[/b]. A description of [b]Verquent's[/b] symbolic color has been chosen. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=83834129][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/838342/83834129p.png[/img][/url] --------------------- [left][b]Verquent[/b] [/left][left]When I moved to the Starfall Isles. I didn’t know what to expect. I was born within the slums of the Cinderslag, the smoke and the lava being the first things that greeted me. I was the oldest of my clutch, but far from the first. My parents were important figures within the slums. They were not rich, but they held a prestige rarely found in other dragons. My mother originated from the Dripcave Dregs. Her family held a great amount of respect for the Icewarden and held his tenants to the fullest. She was a religious dragoness, as well, but her faith was aligned with the Flamecaller. My father came from the Wispwillow Grove, the motherland of the veilspuns. His parents simply performed a one-night stand, however, and he was raised entirely by his mother, never staying still. When the two of them moved to the Cinderslag. They were tasked with forging weaponry and giving the Flamecaller a healthy veilspun populace. The pyres that surrounded me felt highly familiar. The red glow hit my mane. The magical caverns felt as strange as a green sky. The starry crystals brightly shimmered into my eyes. I wondered if it was really the right choice. Veilspuns were adaptable dragons. A small body allowed us to dart in and out of branches, and the ability to hypnotize our foes allows us to defend ourselves from stronger dragons. When it came to migration, however, the veilspun’s body must flap tirelessly. My head is aching and my heart is pounding. Getting adjusted to the Crystalspine Reaches felt nearly impossible and there was hardly anything left to work on. I gathered the food, I made the nests, and I protected the territory. “Verquent?” My ears perk up as I turn to see Ioan. The skydancer’s distinctively crystalline feathers caught my sight. “What in Flamecaller’s embers are you here for?” I asked him. Ioan wrote a note with his pen. “I was feeling a wave of boredom today. Staring out into the sun can only give me so much pleasure.” “O-oh! What do you want me to get you?” I ask Ioan as I flutter upwards, trying to look at the large dragon in the eyes. “I just wanted to speak with you, Verquent.” Ioan replied. I looked surprised at such a statement. I didn’t know him too well and didn’t really see him as the type to go out and socialize, so Ioan attempting to initiate a conversation was something I wasn’t prepared for. I suddenly felt a pit in my stomach at the thought of being away from my work. “How is life at the Crystalspine Reaches?” Ioan’s high-pitched voice says to me. “I-I… I’m struggling.” I honestly state. “I feel like there’s so much more to do.” “Nobody can work forever. I left my home to leave my place of work, in fact.” Ioan replies, his antennae seeming to sense the emotions that I was producing. “You didn’t like your job? Can I ask you why?” I say to Ioan, wondering what had caused such a decision. “It was not that I did not like my job. I-I could not fit in.” Ioan tells me in a hushed voice. “I could not stir the cauldron.” “Oh… Do you ever miss your lair at Plague?” I asked him. “Yes. I have never gone so far away from home. I have hardly ever seen a veilspun.” He says as he brushes a talon against the crystals. “How isolated from the world are you?” I say with surprise. He had never even seen a veilspun? I had known hatchlings that did not know select breeds of dragons, but never an adult dragon at ninety-phases old. “From what you have said. Very… I have not been outside of Plague. It is so unusual to see ground that is not red and covered in a layer of flesh.” Ioan says, seeming to look longingly at the fuchsia walls above him. He really didn’t go outside of Plague. It explained why he was still wearing a mask even within the cave. I doubted that the thistle-colored skydancer had ever taken it off since it had been crafted. I couldn’t help but feel my pit drop even further, wondering how little Ioan was told about the world and how that would affect his perception of the Starfall Isles. “I miss the blazing color of red, too.” I attempt to comfort him. “I-it’s my favorite color.” “I love the color red, as well. It reminds me of the flesh that surrounded my home.” Ioan spoke, his voice seeming to grow more eager. “Oh! I-I guess we have something in common then.” I said in a surprised tone, a smile sprouting on my face. Ioan’s antennae twitched and he smiled back. I watch him lower his head. Both his lapis crest and multicolored eyes shined within the caverns and I couldn’t help but to realize that we were bonding. Perhaps things weren’t so bad here after all.[/left] --------------------- [left]I ended up getting a writing prompt for this one so I decided to take the time to expand on the relationships between the characters Verquent and Ioan. They are slowly, but surely getting to know one another through their shared love of the color red. Let’s just hope these two will have a happy ending.[/left]

You ended up with some real pretty dragons this time around!

[quote name="reilybug" date="2023-05-07 13:04:45" ] You ended up with some real pretty dragons this time around! [/quote] Thank you! I originally was going to use the first four dragons I bought, but since I thought of each dragon coming from all different walks of life, I sold off Verquent's other two siblings and chose the next cheapest dragons that weren't from another lair. In this, they were Pepper, I then skipped over an imperial that was not related to Pepper but from another lair, and then Ioan. I really like the ways they look too! I got some warm-colored dragons this time around.

[quote name="reilybug" date="2023-05-07 13:04:45" ] You ended up with some real pretty dragons this time around! [/quote] Thank you! I originally was going to use the first four dragons I bought, but since I thought of each dragon coming from all different walks of life, I sold off Verquent's other two siblings and chose the next cheapest dragons that weren't from another lair. In this, they were Pepper, I then skipped over an imperial that was not related to Pepper but from another lair, and then Ioan. I really like the ways they look too! I got some warm-colored dragons this time around.