this is good dragoness!! *sits in the shadey tree giving passerbys a cheshire smile*and i dunno who is rating the artwork on here but they should stop giving zeros on perfectly good peices

I'm not sure I understand what the left side is supposed to be...is that meant to be her but in two places?

I think it might be from her story that she is writing :/

Hmmm. * sits under shady tree cleaning weapons* it may be an interesting story to read

*peers down at shadow from a branch as Random rock changes to an Autumn yellow and orange*

Lots of leaves fall and as they hit my cloak, turn my cloak into an awesome looking camouflage scheme involving different leaf colors and grass* well this is certainly awesome

^^ *disappears giving a Cheshire smile with only my teeth and tail blade*

Leaving so soon catc? Shame. * stands up and the leaves fall, but te camouflage pattern remains* cool cool

I didn't leave I am here

*rolls my eyes at both of you from the rock* please, I'd be the first to disappear. it's been one of my habits recently.

*has learned a trick or two from my Cheshire cat friend* *circles around klepter and shadow with only my teeth showing in a big smile until POP I disappear and go back up in the tree fully visible*

*chuckle soflty* ive become too serious in some regards... *closes my hand and reopens it with a sapphire in my palm* sapphira, time to wake up. catc and shadow are here. *bringing my attention to catc again* have you seen Nezzer?

I have not seen Nezzer anywhere are they missing?

I haven't seen him for a while. He was with Sitka last week. She'll be back * thinks about it* very sion* clothes change to modern civilian warfighter clothig* odd the camos been acting up a little lately. Almost as of it wants to go to a certain time period

he was with Sitka? ...oh, i know where they went. they were going to the cave of reflections on an errand for me. *at this point sapphira has appeared in my hand and is nuzzling it with apt attention*

Brilliant. The smack in the middle of doppelgänger territory. Why'd you send them tere?

its not doppelganger territory, they went with a certain artifact which I asked to be examined by the Fouranded fountain spirit to determine its owner and to know where they originated. by now they should have just gained entrance to the spirit's chamber...it won't be long now.

dopplegangers ye say? they sound interesting I haven't heard of this mirror place before . I know of a Cave of Secrets but alas that is long gone amd with it the large crystal *gets lost in thought*

Wasn't te crystal the artifact you spoke of Klepter?

im not sure to which crystal you speak of shadow, the artifact i sent with them was inclusive of a number of smaller artifacts almost oval shaped and accumulated to about 12.

Odd

they were something we took from the catacombs, remember?

it wouldn't be the same crystal.for.it.was was destroyed and is never more *continues living.through memories with a twinge of.sadness in my eyes. the tips of my hair turning black*

What was the significance of the crystal cat* ooc: I've accessing this via iPod, so since I always keep the tab open it will always seems as if I am on

OOC: cool I can get on here with my phone ^^ (these comments usually have quite a few periods my phone likes to think its a telegraph machine) IC: *snaps out of deep thought returning back to normal with a hint of blue in my eyes* It was a long while ago when a beast controlled much of the land and tricked me. I became dark and sought only power and strength. The crystal was a powerful one deep in a cavern full of other crystals. I was power hungry and wanted the power. I went there among friends and comrades. The evil dragon had changed me to where seeing and feeling this power turned me to darkness. A wise dragon with the name of Wyfania tried to stop me, but I still touched the crystal causing me to faint and turning my paws all white. Wyfania and my friends healed me and the evil dragon's power over me was no more. I still battle the dark from the traces that were left behind. The crystal was destroyed and a great power was lost. *walks back over to the shadey tree and sits down peering down at the stream watching the passing fish*

*ponders this a while while keeping sapphira interested.* I remember the Crystal you spoke of...*I look down to my chest observing the gem* I know where the shards have been hidden, but I fear I shall have to refrain from returning to them until the next cycle is complete do to this development...catc, what is the nature of this greed? is it still quite evident?

it isn't gold and fortune like that of a normal dragon, but t'was only for power. I was under the control of the evil dragon whom wanted nothing but power and all he could get his claws on. Inciting me through the "unlocking" of unknown powers, he took control so that when ever a strong power source or opportunity presented itself I would need and live for it. Though he has no more control over me I still posses the ability to change from light to dark and the scarring of white paws is still there. As far as I know I am able to control it though I have never tested it since that day....

ooc: shadow...the minor dragons would have just reached the inner sanctum and would just now being gleaning info, how then could they show up this quickly? IC:...hmm *glares at shadow momentarily then to the ground as I ponder what catc said* ok...so you don't feel a present overwhelming urge to take my gem...

no I can sense it yes, but I do not want to take it

hmm. pecular...well im sure you have enough power to resist the urge?

As long as I don't want to take something I am fine I have learned to control it for it has caused many problems in the past I lose myself and just become a monster.

but controlling your habit is the hard part....ill keep that in mind.

It's been a very long time since that day

oh, i understand now. well thats good.

*sits at the stream bank and.plays with the cattails*

*glances down the river* it shouldn't be long now.

Splashes Klepter. * I hope so.

*separates the wet fur over my eyes* grhaaaa! *tackles shadow into the river*

Pushes Klepter back, then takes off cloak. Jumps onto Klepter and pushes him underwater

*spins around shoving shadow off while resurfacing* ghasp! *looks up across the tree line* hey look. nezzer is back.*starts to climb out of the river*

*laughs at the two of you* Now you are all wet XD *continues laughing*

*shakes the water off* not really...

feels pretty good. better than sweating heavily in a ton of fur. no offense of course

*I chuckle lightly* heh its better then sweating anyway. *nezzer and sitka get closer clearly being slowed down by the parcile being transported* ah look who's close.

they circle overhead and drop said item, which i catch, then sitka swoops down and lands on my shoulder

here, hand me the bag. I need to see if they were what I expected them to be. *holds my hand out to shadow as nezzer comes swooping down chittering excitedly in my ear*

passes the bag to klepter, then listens to sitka as she chitters details in my ear* okay, yes, go on. ojkay then

*I set the bag on the ground and begin to sort through the content all the while having nezzer chitter in my ear about the trip and what happened.* Well this is good, all seven eggs are intact and are ready to be quickened. which one did the Oracle say to quicken first? *nezzer chitters some more and directs me to the egg* ah, a male minor, nezzer is getting bored of being the only guy. his name is Rieton. nice name...now we'll have to wait until we can know his ability.

hmmm interesting what are we using these for exactly?

*mind speakind to both of you*...for finding an artifact. its said to hold a piece of a great power, and with evil forces roamming about I'd like to obtain this piece before anyone else does. these egs hold the key, each has the ability to enter a certain combination if you will for the lock which gaurds the resting place...we are not the only ones who poses all of the varieties of minor dragons...so there's are others cappable of accessing this location.*ends mindspeak* its kinda for personal interest...a sience study if you will, how many minor dragons could be associated to one person? Simple question...simole answer...to a point.

interesting so that is why you questioned me and my past. So you yourself think it to be dangerous to have so many of the keys associated with one person? I think that to be unwise not only for the said person's safety, but for the minors' safety as well

the questions were merely a way to deem you a candidate to receive multiple minors at once...if this works out, each of us should be able to bond with four minors and enshurring their saftey until they are needed to acsses the artifact. the artifact on the other hand must not be touched by anyone person at a time and therefore all three of us must be very careful to prevent that once we have gained it no one touches it... *i pause looking back into the multitude of colored eggs and then back between the two.* catc, what would your strongest skill be?

hmmm well I am skilled in both Ice and fire as well as the ability to become invisible

*I glance through the eggs* so that means you will be able to bond with a fire and an ice since they are opposites. the others might as well be earth and water just to keep most of the elementals together...*I pull out four darkly colored differently hued eggs and hold then out to catc.* don't put them near your heart until I pass out the rest...they need to remain unquickened.

*has to shift to human form to get the eggs since I was in dragon form and gently takes the eggs cradling them in my arms*

*nods at the eggs* i hope you wont get too attached...

Of course not .> *is secretly getting names for them already*

hmmm. * looks over at sitka, then back at klepter. * i get along with most any type, though the darkness and warrior type are what i get along with the best. Sitkas reaction, though, i have noidea what it would be

*glancing through the remaining eggs* hmmm...shadow...I will have to see this warrior type minors...the only minors which are here are elemental based...even tho there are a few which are combinations...or subsections...they are based off of fire water earth and air. which by the way, their natural names have reference to the elements...yes catc, you can still give them your own name if its easier for you to remember but they do come with names...these are Oracle minors to be sertain they know what they are to do. *was semi reading catcs thoughts pertaining names. I glance through the eggs again trying to determine some good matches* shadow, what about air, darkness, mineral, and weather? they get along to better then the last I have. since you must know, they are stone, plasma, spirit, and light. so all of the ones we had are fire, sub is plasma, earth, subs are stone and mineral, water, sub is ice, air, subs are spirit and weather, and the two non-elementals are light and darkness. *pulls out the ordained eggs and holds them out for shadow*

hey no thought reading! *carefully carries eggs over to the shadey tree and sits down with them leaning back on the Random rock who is now a mix of all the egg colors with some polka dots* if they choose their names already I shall call them their's, but if not I think that I have the perfect ones for them ^^ *begins thinking of adding space in the shadey tree for all the minor dragons*

sorry, i have it active so i can hear if anyone is coming with ill intent... *notices what catc is doing* catc...i think i should tell you something pretty important...

hmm what's that? *watches the random rock as it changes again and sits up a little as it changes shapes*

do you remember how I refered to these minors as Oracles? that basically means that once they either die or acomplish a monumental task they disapear and revert back to egg form...but they are then randomly teleported to somewhere in dragnix waiting until another warm blooded creature comes and requickens it and then if there's nothing for that creature to acomplish, the Oracle will lead that creature to do amazing things...so...do you understand what I'm trying to say?

well enough. so well have to fibd them after eaxh time we use them?

precisely, but with something I've found, it won't be hard

that item being?

an ancient clockwork piece. built perceptively for this purpose, i know of no other devices in all of Retrillna...but in all of dragnix...ive heard of only three. we are the only ones to posses one at this time.

does it have a number of charges?

uh...no...its so ancient they made them so they can never be destroyed by such means.

is it large like a clock tower, or is it small like a pocket watch? *watches the two little eggs*

*I pull out a disk as large as a dragon's palm. its an old bronzey colour with twistable and combinable pieces.* since yer both so curious. this is the device I'm talking about. it has a certain purpose which will help us.