Roleplay

@SilvestrisDream @InvaderCristi @PinkCreamQueen @Scullyosis @Darkspawn

In response to his point about getting in the sky without wings, she gave a defeated sigh. He then defended himself about the reasons he thought a boat would be better, and she agreed. He gave a smile and said about how he'd be better believed with it flying about. They kept paddling for a while, and as they neared Riverwood, she spotted something move. She put her left arm up for halt and her right arm pointed to the right. "Moving," she said cautiously. There was a pause in the movement, but then the bush rustled and a wolf padded out. "Wolf," she said, staring at it.

(You can either have the wolf lap up water, acknowledge them, leave, howl, call other wolves and there will be some sort of chase, or combine it all or more. Thought I'd leave it open for you ^_^)

@InvaderCristi @PinkCreamQueen @Scullyosis @Darkspawn @Zenikay
Upon realizing that the werewolf had noticed his presence, the male Khajiit froze, his ears twitching slightly. His first reaction - very close to instinct - was to stop breathing to make himself as silent as possible, though he quickly realized how ridiculous of an action that was.
Of course, werewolves had an amazing sense of smell. How could he had been so careless? He was one too, after all! And at this distance, it was no wonder that the white beast had caught his scent in the air.
The Khajiit hesitated for a few seconds, wondering if showing himself was the right thing to do. However... It wasn't like he had a lot of choices in the matter. He could never outrun a werewolf, and as he heard the female Nord order him to show himself as well, he knew that turning tail and running away would only lead to trouble.
And after all, he did want to see this white werewolf closer...
Putting his backpack over his shoulders, he slowly crawled out from behind the boulder, making himself look as little of a threat as he could. He noticed right away that the Argonian had disappeared - to where? He couldn't say, not could he explain how he could've vanished so quickly without a sound or a trace.
Either way, that didn't matter much now; he had to put these people on his side, and not get himself into trouble.
- Dovklahr means you no harm, he calmly said in a raspy voice, which betrayed his old age. "This Khajiit is only a curious wanderer; he has never seen a pure white werewolf such as yourself in his entire lifetime."
His attention mainly focused on the beast, he continued. "Dovklahr could not help but notice you from far away, friend. Are you a Companion? Or perhaps, a follower of Hircine, like my dear mother?"

@Lamvin @SilvestrisDream @InvaderCristi @Zenikay @UnknownSky @Darkspawn @Scullyosis

A droplet of sweat fell from Ettono's nose and darkened the dirt where it landed. Perhaps the gods had heard her prayers, what luck she was having! Never had she met so many friendly strangers at once...

Wait.

This was far too good to be true and it made her very uneasy. Perhaps this was some well thought out trick. She couldn't help but began to realize how possible it was that this group of humanoids was far more experienced than she.

Ettono slowly began to move away from the group, walking backward toward Vicre. Adrenaline pumped through her veins from the fear sprouted from this odd circumstance.

@Lamvin @SilvestrisDream @PinkCreamQueen @Zenikay @UnknownSky @Darkspawn @Scullyosis

((Bumpitty bump bump bumpitty! :D I'm not gonna have Tieul do anything quite yet.))

@InvaderCristi

It's fine, just waiting too :)

@Lamvin @SilvestrisDream @InvaderCristi @Zenikay @UnknownSky @Darkspawn @PinkCreamQueen
((Ahh gosh, sorry it took me so long to reply!! But anyhoo, here y'all go! C: ))

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Hvitr rocked back onto their haunches once the Khajit showed himself to be non-threatening, and dipped their head in both greeting and confirmation of the cat's question.

"Well met, Traveler. It is always good to meet another with ties to Hircine. Perhaps our Lord has made it so that we all may meet here today, for these are fortuitous circumstances indeed."

"Although," they said, turning to face Ettono, "I wonder where you think you're going? Yes, I see you sneaking away. Is three too great a number for your liking? And...where has that blasted lizard gone off to?"

Remembering the previous time the Argonian had disappeared, Hvitr quickly threw a glance over their shoulder, and then straightened up to their full height, to better discourage any more...annoying behavior.

A dark thought suddenly flitted across their mind, and werewolf frowned and hummed to themself, "Perhaps these two does not wish to be in the company of Hircine's followers."

They straightened up, and the Hound was about to speak again when the sound of wingbeats echoed overhead, and a thunderous roar rumbled and almost seemed to tear the sky in twain. Hvitr looked up, and all previous thoughts were forgotten in their amazement as they saw a massive black dragon flying overhead. It roared again, and spat a long gout of blue flame along the ground as it passed. Hvitr watched almost in slow motion as the fire scorched the ground, burning the grass to ash, and the column of flame drew closer to Ettono.

Well. It simply wouldn't do to have the first interesting human they had encountered in months be torched by a dragon, now would it? Hvitr took a brief second to sigh internally, and then exploded into action. They sprinted forward, covering the short distance in the blink of an eye, and leaped for Ettono, arms outstretched, ready to knock her out of the way of the dragon's fire.

@Lamvin @SilvestrisDream @PinkCreamQueen @Zenikay @UnknownSky @Darkspawn @Scullyosis

Sweat, increased of heartbeat, the slow, yet ever wary footsteps that lead toward retreat.

The Khajit--calm and kindly had almost instantly lost his interest amidst his frenzy, and was instead drawn back toward Ettono.

He could smell her fear, it made her skin glisten like a turkey leg coated in butter. Of course, she looked like something that was much more fun to bite.

He mimicked her footsteps directly behind her, slowly hovering his arms over her sides--giving her an essential hover-hug while he pointed his daggers both at her stomach. Ahh~ All he had to do was stab in. What sort of face would she make? Curious curious curious...~

When he heard the werewolf address Ettono he couldn't help but feel a little bit agitated. Too many eyes, and he definitely can't outrun a werewolf. .... Hm, unless he got on her horse. It's not far, but it also showed a clear disdain toward him, meaning it's a trained war-horse. So as convenient of an answer that it is, the time to actually jump onto it, force it to obey, and the reaction time of the werewolf friend was going to be far too great.

..... Was he forgetting something? He felt a very clear absence of something.

Retrace your steps, but remain focused. So what were you doing before this? ... ...... Dammit, he doesn't know. Besides, there is something way more fun to focus on right here.

Then he heard the roar.

All of his thoughts were suddenly torn to shreds, followed by a sobering---numb feeling as he looked up to see the pure black mass above him. Shock blended into terror, which then clumsily mixed itself with excitement--it was a new prey, but... somehow, he knew he couldn't take this thing, whatever it was.

No, he knew exactly what it was. An unbeatable opponent---an immortal and SUPPOSED to be extinct DRAGON.

And no, contrary to popular belief, they were not related, and if they were, Argonians were disowned ages ago. That was a joke. Ha. Ha. Hist, even his jokes are running dry.

Then, he saw the blue flame steadily approach both Ettono and himself. ---No, it was frost breath, not fire. He could hear the ice chingling against the ground. .... Which was so much worse for him.

Everything---somehow--slowed itself even more severely as the numbing feeling in his head was whisked away and drew into a sudden, violent panic. His thoughts were racing at a mile a minute. Was he actually... afraid?

Didn't he feel this before? But where?

The river, that's right, he was supposed to die today. Looks like death is persistently nipping at his heels.

He should run. No, he should have already been running. It's already way too close.

He was already twisting his body in preparation for his move, before he got a flash of---her.

This hard-headed girl that, for reasons she refuses to share(beyond the wanting of a companion--which isn't enough in his books) decided to save him. ... Heh, even with how much she openly declares her hatred toward him, it's sad to say that she was probably one of the only people that actually gave a damn about his existence. ....

He had a debt to pay, didn't he?

He took a deep breath, and twisted his body so that he'd use the arm that was already hovering over her to instead firmly hook around her body before trying to throw her full force out of the way. Of course, with him interacting with her at all, he became briefly visible.

He gave her a somber smile, "Looks like iced lizard is on the menu."

@SilvestrisDream @PinkCreamQueen @InvaderCristi @Darkspawn @Scullyosis

Hey guys, I know this seems sort of dead right now, but I'm sure we can get things back to a normal pace once Darkspawn replies. The dragons in their lair aren't all the way fed so they might be busy with work or travel or something important, so I think we can give them some time.

If this doesn't work and they don't reply for too long, I could always add the second character element, so one character (like mine) could wait for Darkspawn while the other does other things, and you guys can have more characters too. How does that sound? :)

@Zenikay ((Sounds good to me! And it's not *too* dead, the people on my end are a little slow as well :> But they're still dropping replies.))

@Zenikay ((Sounds good to me as well! C: also, @InvaderCristi sorry for the slow pacing! I've got to juggle work and maintaining a healthy sleep schedule with my rping, and sometimes I can't always fit all three into one day, lmao. Right now, though, I'm just waiting for @PinkCreamQueen to post Ettono's reaction (she's also busy with classes, I believe), and then I imagine Hvitr will accidentally end up tackling Teiul, or something magnificently hilarious and bizarre like that. :P ))