1st sea | video

[redsea]

[ Despite how nerve-racking the thought of addressing all Moonblessed is to Kougyoku, she pushes forward with her plan to post on the network. This is important, after all. A dragon's basic needs are at stake! So the feed opens to a simple yet elegant room, a young woman in regal robes at the center of it. ]

Good evening, I am Kougyoku Ren. I am a new arrival and I'm not familiar with this technology at all, so I thought it would be best to use the clairvoyance function on this... phone. [ A beat. ] No, I'm sure they called it something else... [ PEEKS AT HER NOTES ] Video! Yes. That aside, I have a few questions regarding these dragons in our care.

Firstly, what do your dragons eat? I have been feeding mine fruit and he seems to like it very much, but I am worried if some foods are poisonous to him.

Next, how large have your dragons grown? Mine is— [peeking over her shoulder as it chews on her long red locks. Its features are aquatic in nature, what with the fins for ears and the jewel on its forehead. It also has a beauty mark under its left eye.] —the size of a large dog and I am curious if it can grow any bigger. Will it still fit on my bed?

Finally, what did you name yours? I can't decide on a name for mine. Whoever can think of a good one gets a small prize of their choosing! ... I haven't decided on the prize yet, but there will be a prize!

If you have any answers, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thank you! That is all!

[ The princess holds her position for a moment, fiddles with the buttons, and... ]

Phew! [ The dragon stops chewing and scampers off as Kougyoku slumps against her chair and places a hand over her chest. ] Oh, I can still feel my heart pounding... I hope people will reply. How does Kouen do it?

[ Hopefully, people will be honest about their answers too! She's excited to learn more about caring for her dragon. Someone should tell her the camera's still rolling, though. ]

Comments

[video]

[truehawk]

It's only been a few days. If they're anything like the dragons back home, they've probably got decades of growing to do, unless they've got the lifespan of a fruit fly.

[ granted, there's no way to know that these dragons don't have a lifespan of a week, but hey. cross that bridge when it comes up. ]

[redsea]

You have dragons in your world too, miss?

[ Dragons are mere fantasy in Kougyoku's own — creatures that exist nowhere else but the magical dungeons that have cropped up all over the world. ]

Are they friendly?

[truehawk]

Maker, no, even the babies will roast you alive and strip your carcass clean if you don't kill them first. These are...

[ she gives her own little charge a contemplative look when it peers over her shoulder and trills, curious, at the screen. ]

Quite unique, I think. We're lucky they don't seem interested in that.

[redsea]

[ Kougyoku had been trying to keep it together, but Hawke's comment gets a chuckle out of her. Some things never change! ]

We are! I'm glad I don't have to fight their kind again. That would make Vinea very upset.