forum The People Who Stole a VERY Rare Dragon and Got Away with It (Closed//Stalkers Enabled)

Started July 28, 2018 by Deleted user

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"Well, imagine my last dance before going off to college. I didn't get asked. And I talk with a hiss which is really annoying." Gij scowled at his hands.

"Mm. Where'd you go to college?"

"Oh, I went to Yale for backstage setup. I got expelled… because I was a dragon-blood and it freaked a whole buncha people out. They started rebelling and stuff… and they ransacked my dorm…" He shook his head.

"Assholes." Artemisia muttered. "What a bunch of meanie racists. I woulda kicked their cans."

Gij grinned in appreciation. "Thanks. I don't think I'm too bad, but when I get angry I might go off the hinge, but I didn't there. They were just… afraid. I still feel bad about it sometimes." His face fell and he looked over at Sobex, who flew over and landed on his lap, cooing quietly.

"Don't be. You can't help it if they decide to be afraid jus cause you happen to be a dragon-blood."

Gij shrugged and Sobex's stripes turned an eggshell blue and he started licking Gij's face, purring gently in his throat.
"I suppose you're right, Artemisia." He mumbled through the dragon's tongue.

"You can call me Sia for short if you want. Artemisia's kind of a mouth full. Not sure what my mom was thinking." Artemisia snorted. "Do you know what Artemisia is?"

He chuckled. "It's either a Greek Goddess or a bunch of plants." He nodded. "And, okay, Sia." He smiled.

"I'm named after the freaking plant. Artemis is the goddess version, but No, mom decided I'm named after a bitter-tasting medicinal plant with feathery gray foliage!" She chuckled.

Gij laughed faintly. "Awesome. At least you're a medical plant."

"Yeah. And there's weirder plant names out there, so I guess I'm lucky. Is Gij short for anything?"

"Ugh, no." His voice was bitter. "I'm named after a dragon that was practically a "war hero" in the Dragon-Siren war. I don't really expect anyone to get it. The reason my parents named me after him was because they met him." He scowled.

"Interesting." Artemisia glanced out the window. "Looks like it's getting late. I should go see if I have a spare mattress."

"Nah, don't worry about it. I'll sleep on the couch or something. I don't want to overwork you." Sobex cooed quietly and laid next to Gij, leaning into his chest.

"Naw naw, the couch isn't that comfortable. You'd be better off on a sack of hay." She walked out of the room and searched a spare room. "If I move this dresser, I think I can place a mattress on the floor here. Lemme see if I've got a mattress."

Gij slowly rose to his feet, holding the little dragon to his chest (btw Sobex is the size of a puppy) and he followed her slowly into the room.

(Okee)
She opened the room's closet. "Sorry about the mess. This is kind of my storage/study room. Ah! I knew I had a extra mattress. I'll have to see if I've got clean sheets somewhere though, the other set was puked on."

Gij looked a little disgusted. "How… how so? Did you have like a party or something?"

Artemisia chuckled. "I should not have said that. I'm an amateur healer/doctor, and I had a acquaintance with a stomach bug come to me for help. They couldn't afford an actual doctor, so I had to do." She pulled out a pale blue sheet set that had small birds printed on. "I swear these ones are complete puke-free. Cross my heart."

Gij smiled, feeling relieved. "Okay. Thanks, I guess." He laid down when she'd laid the sheets down and the pillows. "Have a good night."

The next morning

Artemisia rolled out of bed. She got up and walked into the kitchen, not bothering to change out of her pajamas. She started a pot of boiling water, set a pan to heat, and pulled out ground coffee. "Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey." She yelled before yawning.

Sobex stirred in Gij's arms, who was snoring gently and yapped. Gij didn't wake up; it was clear that this poor boy hadn't gotten a good night's sleep in a while.

Artemisia poked her head in and saw that Gij was still fast asleep. He was kind of cute when asleep. "Hey Sobex." She whispered. "Hungry?"

Sobex yapped but she didn't understand him. Gij mumbled weird words in his sleep. Sobex looked at him and beat his tail on the bed, yapping.