Of Feathers And Flames- A Wings of Fire AU RP

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“Oh, don’t make that face at me!” Shrike said, glaring at Kapok’s back. “An you just lift the lid on those things. Don’t eat everything, or Prettyboy’s gonna get mad at me.”

Kapok inspected the boxes for a moment longer and then gripped one of the tops, jerking it softly, uncertainly. The thing popped open and he stuck his head in, grabbing the first frozen brick of meat and dragging it out, before dropping the lid back down. He bent down and sniffed the meat tentatively, discovering it too was not in prime condition. Ignoring Shrike longer, he pried open the box again and began rummaging around through its contents.

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

Eclipse kept her wings folded over her head, listening to the unintelligible yammering and squeaking of the humans as they stared at her. Her scales crawled uncomfortably as she felt their eyes travel over her beaten silver body, wishing she could shift and disappear like the Rainwing three cages over had. She had cried herself to sleep the night before, but it was a fitful rest, plagued with nightmares or bars, Nightwings, and humans, all of it accompanied by the ever-present vibrating from her band. As soon as the sun had come up, she felt like she had been on display for the past several hours. Humans flowed in and out of the courtyard, most of them practically drooling on themselves as they stared and pointed and tapped. It was hard to ignore it, and once or twice, Eclipse had gotten so fed up, she had practically slammed herself into the bars in an attempt to claw the horrible creatures to shreds.
Now, she was too exhausted to even acknowledge their presence. She heard the familiar buzzing of one of their weird "chat devices" as she called them now, and knew that it would soon summon yet another one of the dumb spectators.
Several minutes later, as predicted, she heard the usual greeting noises from the humans and several of them shuffle away, as though they knew they had somewhere they actually should be instead of here. Even though she listened half-heartedly to these ongoing events, she didn't move. Just lay there, in the same position she'd been in for hours. Her head rested on her talons and her tail wrapped close against her side with her wing folded securely over her head.
It was, therefore, quite a surprise to hear an actual voice through all the chittering and squeaking.
"Shoot- Hello?"
The sound of another dragon jolted her out of her dark thoughts, and she lifted her right wing ever so slightly to peer beneath it, despite the pain in her shoulder. For a second, she almost thought it was Helios. The Dragon standing next to her had dark red scales and a similar face. He was obviously a Solarwing. But why was he out of a cage?
She lifted her wing the rest of the way adjusting her head to fix him with an intrigued look with her right, gold-ringed eye. She looked him over a moment longer. It wasn't Helios, but he came pretty close. He was decently smaller than the old dragon, and his scales were slightly lighter. He didn't have the same star-burst patterns on his wings and his face was much younger. He was also standing disturbingly close to the new human that had arrived.
A low hiss sounded in her throat as she stared at the two of them.

Sol lowered his head down to her level.
"Shh. Calm down, no one's doing nothing to yuh."
Tobias kneeled, shaking his head in awe.
"She'll go out tonight." Someone shouted to Tobias from his running truck, leaning out the window, "You bid on her?"
Tobias hesitated, shaking out of his daze. "Yeah. Yeah, maybe."
Sol ignored them, taking a step closer to the cage, noticing the band around the LunarWing's nose.

 

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Sol lowered his head down to her level.
"Shh. Calm down, no one's doing nothing to yuh."
Tobias kneeled, shaking his head in awe.
"She'll go out tonight." Someone shouted to Tobias from his running truck, leaning out the window, "You bid on her?"
Tobias hesitated, shaking out of his daze. "Yeah. Yeah, maybe."
Sol ignored them, taking a step closer to the cage, noticing the band around the LunarWing's nose.

Eclipse tensed, shrinking away against the other side of the cage. She wished she could ask the Solarwing who he was. Where she was. What these horrible creatures were saying and if she could ever get out of here. If she was going to die or just be trapped here forever. But of course, even though she was relieved to hear a voice that was actually her own language, she couldn't open her jaws to reply. So instead, she fixed him with a questioning look. Almost pleading, but not too much. Really, she wasn't entirely specific on what answers she wanted. Anything would work, as long as it cleared something up about her situation.

 

[Blue Raptor]

Sol lowered his head down to her level.
"Shh. Calm down, no one's doing nothing to yuh."
Tobias kneeled, shaking his head in awe.
"She'll go out tonight." Someone shouted to Tobias from his running truck, leaning out the window, "You bid on her?"
Tobias hesitated, shaking out of his daze. "Yeah. Yeah, maybe."
Sol ignored them, taking a step closer to the cage, noticing the band around the LunarWing's nose.

*cough* Gamora *cough*

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

Eclipse tensed, shrinking away against the other side of the cage. She wished she could ask the Solarwing who he was. Where she was. What these horrible creatures were saying and if she could ever get out of here. If she was going to die or just be trapped here forever. But of course, even though she was relieved to hear a voice that was actually her own language, she couldn't open her jaws to reply. So instead, she fixed him with a questioning look. Almost pleading, but not too much. Really, she wasn't entirely specific on what answers she wanted. Anything would work, as long as it cleared something up about her situation.

Sol blinked and looked away, emotions flooding his mind as he silently relived his first weeks in the Scorpion Den.
Tobias seemed to notice his discomfort, softly placing a hand on his shoulder, his eyes never leaving the LunarWing for an instant. "If you have to go, bud, we'll go." He whispered.
Sol blinked hard again, his eyes scanning over the bruised dragon. He noticed his heartbeat quickening, a sense of unease crawling up his spine as he shivered. Sol shuddered, taking a quick step back and jerking his head up, accidentally noticing the brilliant red scales of a dragon further back in the cages.
Tobias stood, suddenly, tearing his gaze away from the LunarWing and facing Sol, steadying the tall dragon gently. "We'll go- it's okay, we'll go. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought you here."
Sol swallowed breathlessly, taking another wary step back and clenching his jaw as he started towards the cage containing the red SolarWing.

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

*cough* Gamora *cough*

THATS WHAT AM SAYING YEAS MATTYY, YEAS.

 

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Sol blinked and looked away, emotions flooding his mind as he silently relived his first weeks in the Scorpion Den.
Tobias seemed to notice his discomfort, softly placing a hand on his shoulder, his eyes never leaving the LunarWing for an instant. "If you have to go, bud, we'll go." He whispered.
Sol blinked hard again, his eyes scanning over the bruised dragon. He noticed his heartbeat quickening, a sense of unease crawling up his spine as he shivered. Sol shuddered, taking a quick step back and jerking his head up, accidentally noticing the brilliant red scales of a dragon further back in the cages.
Tobias stood, suddenly, tearing his gaze away from the LunarWing and facing Sol, steadying the tall dragon gently. "We'll go- it's okay, we'll go. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought you here."
Sol swallowed breathlessly, taking another wary step back and clenching his jaw as he started towards the cage containing the red SolarWing.

Eclipse huffed loudly, standing up unsteadily to try and get the Solarwing's attention. He seemed determined to ignore her, pacing tensely toward Helios' cage. Why did he do that? One moment he seemed almost concerned and then the next he was startled dizzy, backing away and avoiding looking at her, as though she had done something to him that he was trying to forget. But Eclipse was positive she didn't know the Solarwing. So why had he reacted so disturbed?

 

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*cough* Gamora *cough*

Um....... I feel like I kinda know what that means???

 

[Blue Raptor]

Um....... I feel like I kinda know what that means???

Eclipse’s 2nd identity:

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[Blue Raptor]

Eclipse’s 2nd identity:

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Oh sorry, I mean this:

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