Of Feathers And Flames- A Wings of Fire AU RP

[_-Captain BRM-_]

Honestly, I am curious to see if Eclipse and Tobias ever fix their tiny friendship before or after the breakout, or if they part ways in a bit of a mutual bitterness

I know. It kinda hurts me to write the friction between them.
But character arcs.
Tobias has fallen into SD lies, and he has little to know respect of Eclipse.
But Eclipse looks down on humans, and fails to take anyone seriously.
They will learn. But I have a plan for Tobe. He will learn. But it will most definitely be after the break out.

 

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I know. It kinda hurts me to write the friction between them.
But character arcs.
Tobias has fallen into SD lies, and he has little to know respect of Eclipse.
But Eclipse looks down on humans, and fails to take anyone seriously.
They will learn. But I have a plan for Tobe. He will learn. But it will most definitely be after the break out.

Yeah, I actually feel kinda sad that they were doing so good the first day, and then she got her collar off and suddenly there was just this wall that came up so fast
There are things about them that I want them to see about each other but they are so different and they both have quite a pride

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

@Harmonylight, I don't know your plans for Nemoa- but not everyone can make it out of the SD. I have plans.
A lot. Of plans.
So, Nemoa and.. the gurl who's name I can't remember would have other characters to RP with, and we could have another escape thing. We could do anything with it. But maybe you already have plans.
Simply an idea.

 

[Yukiko]

@Harmonylight, I don't know your plans for Nemoa- but not everyone can make it out of the SD. I have plans.
A lot. Of plans.
So, Nemoa and.. the gurl who's name I can't remember would have other characters to RP with, and we could have another escape thing. We could do anything with it. But maybe you already have plans.
Simply an idea.

We still have Austin and Alyssia and the rest of them in there who can help after the rebellion happens

 

[Yukiko]

We still have Austin and Alyssia and the rest of them in there who can help after the rebellion happens

Just an idea for if some dragons that we need don't make it out with the rebellion

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

We still have Austin and Alyssia and the rest of them in there who can help after the rebellion happens

Oh, aaaaaawesome.

 

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We still have Austin and Alyssia and the rest of them in there who can help after the rebellion happens

Just an idea for if some dragons that we need don't make it out with the rebellion

Ohhhhh now my brain is running through a bunch of options for Whitestar. Will he find Eclipse in the SD during the breakout? If he does, he'll probably stick with her. If he doesn't then it's gonna take the whole rest of the story to get the two of them together again and that's gonna be such a hassle, but it will be a very interesting plot development...
idk what I'm gonna do with Whitestar so ig I'll just have to see what goes where.

 

[Yukiko]

Whitestar could see Alyssia was growing restless, and he could relate strongly. He was anxious to get into the air and scout out the caravan, see if it was actually their ticket to breaking into the Scorpion Den.
Funny, most dragons would be trying to break out of that death pit, he thought with a small, wry smile. And yet, here we all are trying to dive straight into it.
"Alright then," he said pacing forward. "Apple, Bamboo. You two can come if you want, or stay here until we finish scouting. We should probably try to be in the Den by sundown."
He stepped up to Alyssia and knelt down to her level, holding out a talon to help boost her up between his shoulders. He'd never carried a human on his back before and he wasn't entirely sure if he was comfortable with the arrangement yet.
He could practically feel the excitement radiating off the human as she gracefully pulled herself over his scales and settled between his wings. Whitestar felt her warm, soft hands gripping the spikes along his spine, and he forced most of them to lay down as best he could so she wasn't too uncomfortable.
He cautiously stepped out into the morning sunlight, opening his wings all the way, making the teal-white scales glimmer like ice.
"Hang on," he murmured over his shoulder to Alyssia, and then with a massive flap of his wings, he launched himself into the air, clearing the tree line and tilting his wings to soar in the direction of the caravan.

Alyssia smiled took a step back instinctively as Whitestar approached her. She'd never really spent a lot of time around large dragons like this. Hanging around dragons and things was never her hobby growing up. She would much rather spend her time playing with her friends or inventing something inside of her small mechanic shop at her house.
Whitestar knelt down beside Alyssia and she felt excitement start in her. But, a different kind of excitement. It was a nervous excitement. She'd never ridden a dragon before. The closest thing she'd gotten to it was flying on an airplane and in those you had seatbelts and were protected by the wind and anything else in the sky.
Her curiosity battled against her nervousness, and she looked over at Austin. He smiled slightly and nodded towards the dragon. He didn't seem worried. He's probably done this a thousand times. She took a breath and stepped into the outstretched talon and he helped boost her onto his back. She felt the cool scales under her as she slid in between Whitestar's shoulders. She looked around for something to hold onto and found a spike along his spine that she deemed safe to hold onto. Her body began to shake with adrenaline, excitement, and nervousness, but she looked steadily and tried to push her nervousness away as Whitestar stepped into the sunlight.
"Hang on," she heard Whitestar mutter over his shoulder. She was able to recognize those words and she gripped the spike tighter. Then it happened. His wings began to spread and with one swift motion they launched into the air. She let out a slight yelp at the jolt into the air and then closed her eyes. Then, willing her eyes open, her mouth dropped.
Alyssia's heart leapt. It was like nothing she'd ever felt. Wind rushed past her face as they climbed higher and higher. She squinted through the air rushing into her face and gripped the spike even tighter. She looked up towards the clouds as they rushed closer and closer. They seemed close enough to touch, the wisps that were almost encircling them. The blue sky welcomed them into its vast kingdom and she took a chance and let one hand off of the spike, the other still gripping for dear life. She ran her hand through the wind shooting by and laughed out loud. Excitement shooting through her whole body. Whitestar rotated a little and Alyssia's eyes went wide as she saw the ground beneath them. She laughed again in excitement. The once huge sand dunes beneath them were now just small waves. Looking at them, they reminded Alyssia of the waves of her ocean and she let out another whoop of excitement. She looked back to see Apple and Bamboo following them. She waved to them with her one hand not on the spike and shouted. "Apple! Bamboo!! I'm flying! I'm really flying!" She knew full well that they couldn't understand her if they could even hear her, but she couldn't contain herself.
The refreshing wind mixed with warm sunlight bathed her skin in a pleasant warmth and her terror was starting to subside. She looked to her right and saw something she wasn't expecting. Austin was on Blackout's back. She looked over at him and waved again. Pure joy beaming out of her sea blue eyes. He smiled back at her and she could see his shoulders shaking in laughter. She watched in awe as he stopped holding onto the dragon below him and laid back. No hands?! Then he sat back up and started to get to his feet. Alyssia's jaw dropped as he stood on top of his dragon while it was flying. His hand lightly on one of Blackout's spikes and he stood there as Blackout continued flying. They seemed to know how each other worked, like they'd practiced this a thousand times. Like they knew each other's every move. She laughed hard at the two.
She wanted to try no hands and began to let go from the other spike. She felt herself going off balance and began to slip down the dragon's back. Desperately, her hand shot out to grab the spike and the cold, smooth spike felt like complete relief to her as both her hands clasped around it and she pulled herself back up and to safety.
Looking over, she saw Austin trying to suppress a laugh and she gave him a playful glare and shrugged, also laughing now.
Whitestar seemed to dip and Alyssia could make out the ruined caravan below them. Holding on tighter than before, they gracefully lighted to the ground and Alyssia's smile wouldn't leave. She tried to focus her mind on the caravan and the task at hand, but the beauty of the ride was too much for her and she let out another shout of excitement.

 

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Alyssia smiled took a step back instinctively as Whitestar approached her. She'd never really spent a lot of time around large dragons like this. Hanging around dragons and things was never her hobby growing up. She would much rather spend her time playing with her friends or inventing something inside of her small mechanic shop at her house.
Whitestar knelt down beside Alyssia and she felt excitement start in her. But, a different kind of excitement. It was a nervous excitement. She'd never ridden a dragon before. The closest thing she'd gotten to it was flying on an airplane and in those you had seatbelts and were protected by the wind and anything else in the sky.
Her curiosity battled against her nervousness, and she looked over at Austin. He smiled slightly and nodded towards the dragon. He didn't seem worried. He's probably done this a thousand times. She took a breath and stepped into the outstretched talon and he helped boost her onto his back. She felt the cool scales under her as she slid in between Whitestar's shoulders. She looked around for something to hold onto and found a spike along his spine that she deemed safe to hold onto. Her body began to shake with adrenaline, excitement, and nervousness, but she looked steadily and tried to push her nervousness away as Whitestar stepped into the sunlight.
"Hang on," she heard Whitestar mutter over his shoulder. She was able to recognize those words and she gripped the spike tighter. Then it happened. His wings began to spread and with one swift motion they launched into the air. She let out a slight yelp at the jolt into the air and then closed her eyes. Then, willing her eyes open, her mouth dropped.
Alyssia's heart leapt. It was like nothing she'd ever felt. Wind rushed past her face as they climbed higher and higher. She squinted through the air rushing into her face and gripped the spike even tighter. She looked up towards the clouds as they rushed closer and closer. They seemed close enough to touch, the wisps that were almost encircling them. The blue sky welcomed them into its vast kingdom and she took a chance and let one hand off of the spike, the other still gripping for dear life. She ran her hand through the wind shooting by and laughed out loud. Excitement shooting through her whole body. Whitestar rotated a little and Alyssia's eyes went wide as she saw the ground beneath them. She laughed again in excitement. The once huge sand dunes beneath them were now just small waves. Looking at them, they reminded Alyssia of the waves of her ocean and she let out another whoop of excitement. She looked back to see Apple and Bamboo following them. She waved to them with her one hand not on the spike and shouted. "Apple! Bamboo!! I'm flying! I'm really flying!" She knew full well that they couldn't understand her if they could even hear her, but she couldn't contain herself.
The refreshing wind mixed with warm sunlight bathed her skin in a pleasant warmth and her terror was starting to subside. She looked to her right and saw something she wasn't expecting. Austin was on Blackout's back. She looked over at him and waved again. Pure joy beaming out of her sea blue eyes. He smiled back at her and she could see his shoulders shaking in laughter. She watched in awe as he stopped holding onto the dragon below him and laid back. No hands?! Then he sat back up and started to get to his feet. Alyssia's jaw dropped as he stood on top of his dragon while it was flying. His hand lightly on one of Blackout's spikes and he stood there as Blackout continued flying. They seemed to know how each other worked, like they'd practiced this a thousand times. Like they knew each other's every move. She laughed hard at the two.
She wanted to try no hands and began to let go from the other spike. She felt herself going off balance and began to slip down the dragon's back. Desperately, her hand shot out to grab the spike and the cold, smooth spike felt like complete relief to her as both her hands clasped around it and she pulled herself back up and to safety.
Looking over, she saw Austin trying to suppress a laugh and she gave him a playful glare and shrugged, also laughing now.
Whitestar seemed to dip and Alyssia could make out the ruined caravan below them. Holding on tighter than before, they gracefully lighted to the ground and Alyssia's smile wouldn't leave. She tried to focus her mind on the caravan and the task at hand, but the beauty of the ride was too much for her and she let out another shout of excitement.

Whitestar couldn't help but laugh along as Alyssia shouted excitedly into the wind. He was pretty sure no one else could hear her, but he certainly could. The feeling of the air whipping over his scales seemed to wash the desert heat away like a cool river, and the small wounds from the human's weapons were starting to sting less.
Whitestar glanced sideways as he caught movement in the corner of his eye, spotting Blackout as he fell into pace with him. Whitestar eyes widened slightly at the hunter mounted on the Nightwings back and he met Blackout's gaze with a questioning look. The human let go of the black dragon's spine and laid back almost casually on Blackout's back, watching Alyssia. Then he stood up expertly and just barely rested a hand on the Nightwing's spike, balancing precariously on the slick obsidian scale.
Don't do that, Whitestar thought anxiously. The last thing I need is for Alyssia to try it and end up-
The thought broke away as he felt Alyssia start to let go of his ridge spike and slide a little ways down his back. His head snapped around to look over his shoulder in a panic at the human, but she quickly resecured her grip and pulled herself back into position, gripping the spine perhaps a little tighter than before. Whitestar let out a breath of relief and turned back in the direction they were flying.
He angled his wings downward and they began to dip toward the ground as the wreckage of the caravan came into view. He could see the glossy reminiscence of the frost breath from the day before, the jagged icicles rounded and shrunk from the desert heat, dripping water onto the sticky sand beneath. Whitestar flared his wings to slow and flapped several times to land gently on the ground, careful not to drop or rear Alyssia off his back. He heard Blackout land with a thump next to him and the twins a few paces behind him. Whitestar unfurled one wing and held it out close to the sand, providing a slide for Alyssia to dismount.

@Harmonylight @Yukiko

 

[Yukiko]

Blackout clenched his jaw. "Yeah, I do know you- that's why I'm worried..." He trailed off, seeing that Austin was distracted. His eyes had fallen on the young girl, and he had a look in his eyes Blackout hadn't seen before.
He winked at the other human, and Blackout huffed. Ew.
Please tell me she doesn't fall for this... He thought. But if he could read human's expressions as well as he used to be able to, she wasn't too aware of what Austin's ulterior motives were. Honestly, Blackout understood wanting to escape if you've been taken hostage. Really though, Austin had been with the Den so long that it should strike him as ironic that he was now a prisoner of dragons, instead of vice versa.
The black dragon took a deep breath.
The rest looked like they were about to take off. As Alyssia mounted Whitestar and they took off with the Rainwing twins following close behind, he looked at Austin.
With no one else watching, he couldn't help but long for the old times. When he and Austin got along fine, and were almost friends.
When they rode together, enjoying the air in silence instead of fighting and squabbling.
Who am I if I hold a grudge like a human would?
He shrugged at the blond human.
What the heck.
"Climb on." He said quietly. He didn't look directly at the hunter, but continued.
"I'm not doing this because I feel bad, or guilty; I have nothing to feel bad for. I'm doing this because I don't want to hate you forever."
He looked up at him briefly before extending a wing so the hunter could grab and swing onto his back.
"I'm doing this because I want to, not because I have to. It's different when I'm not forced to carry you."

(Apple and Bamboo will be in the same part bc it'll be easier this time)

Apple nodded happily, her body shimmering light pink and gold. Her excitement and happiness were evident on her scales, and she wasn't one to speak loudly, but for a moment she wanted to shout for joy.
"Of course I'm coming!" She said smiling. "I can't let Alyssia be the only lady who gets to see it all!" She winked at the girl.
Bamboo grinned. "I'm coming too. I want to help!" He hopped on his talons, and Apple whopped him lightly on the head with her wing. "Don't get in the way then, alright?" She said half-jokingly.
Bamboo scoffed. "Says the one who was blind until yesterday- OKAY OUCH!"
Apple released his shoulder from the firm bite she had on it and spat. "Ick. Take a bath would you?!"
Bamboo thwapped her with his tail. "You're not blind anymore so I can hit you. And no I will not bathe, if it keeps you from chomping on me!"
Apple tried to keep a straight face, but she burst out laughing as they all took flight and began heading for the caravans. She glanced back and saw Blackout and Austin holding back for a moment, but continued.
Whatever is going on there, it's for them to get through.

Austin watched in some amusement as Alyssia hesitated to get onto the ice dragon's back. She's never done this before has she. She looked back at him, her sea blues eyes were filled with fear. His mind went back to the first time he'd flown. The same terror was in his eyes, and for a moment, he stopped pretending. He looked at her the way his teacher had looked at him. He smiled reassuringly and nodded towards Whitestar. Go ahead, Alyssia. He's letting you. He was still slightly skeptical of the dragons, but this ice dragon seemed to be gentle with her and he worried a little less about her flying with him.
What's happening, Austin! You're starting to trust these demon lizards!? You've got to have a couple of days off when you get back to the Scorpion Den.
Austin braced himself to be roughly yanked into the air by the black dragon behind him, but to his surprise, Blackout was still on the ground and speaking to him. "Climb on. I'm not doing this because I feel bad, or guilty; I have nothng to feel bad for. I'm doing this because I don't want to hate you forever." Then Blackout's wing extended towards Austin, but instead of swinging up like he always had, Austin hesitated.
"I'm doing this because I want to, not because I have to. It's different when I'm not being forced to carry you," Blackout said looking at Austin a little. Austin's eyebrow went up skeptically. He didn't expect this from the nightwing in front of him.
He chuckled slightly, reaching up for the wing to throw himself onto the back of the dragon like he had done so many times before. "And, I'm doing this because it's how it's supposed to be," he muttered in English, knowing the dragon couldn't understand. He swallowed some of the embarrassment building in him and he swung expertly onto Blackout's back, the familiarity of it coming back to him. He smiled genuinely and waited for the take off from Blackout.
Soon they were soaring through the air behind the others, but Blackout made his way to the front with Whitestar. Austin heard a faint whoop of joy in the air and he looked over to see Alyssia completely enjoying herself. He subconsciously smiled in amusement at her first time in the air. He remembered his first time again and began to relax on Blackout's back. She waved to him, excitement showing on her face. He laughed at her enthusiasm, but this wasn't his fake laugh that he had around them normally. He laughed genuinely. He was surprised at himself and then laughed again. He'd missed this feeling. Austin, what're you doing? You can't! You have friends at the Scorpion Den. He tried to persuade himself, but he couldn't remember the last time that he'd laughed genuinely like that.
He leaned down to Blackout and called out like he would when flying with him normally, "Keep steady. I'm going to entertain Alyssia." His cocky smile returned as he let go of the spike he was holding onto and leaned back on Blackout, the wind rustling his blonde hair. He laughed at the shock in her eyes. Then his smiled widened more, time to show her the big trick. Austin sat up, careful to keep his balance on top of the dragon. Blackout seemed to be flying steady and Austin missed having a dragon as good as he was. The steadiness was crucial to this next trick and he hoped Blackout wouldn't purposefully make him mess it up. Austin tucked his feet underneath him and began to stand up. Every muscle in his body tensed as he fought to keep his balance against the rushing wind. He reached out and lightly rested his hand against the spike closest to him. Looking over at Alyssia, he gave her a sly grin.
Austin jolted forward at the sudden drop towards the ground. He grabbed the spike tighter and rode to the ground standing up. The caravan below them lay in ruins and he scanned it for any signs of life.