Topic: Revisiting the past

Aurthur Shimmerscale

Date: 2010-01-27 06:50 EST
*Aurthur glanced around carefully. The coast was clear and all was quiet. He crept through the lair almost like a thief, making his way to a hidden spot in the lair, a place he was fairly certain even his mate didn't know about. This hidden room with every spell, seal, and guard that Aurthur knew of, to keep it hidden. It was without a doubt the smallest room in the lair, and would barely accommodate he and his mate, much less anyone else. But there was a reason that he kept this room hidden. It contained his treasure......and his curse.

Dragon armor. The very same he had worn years ago, when he was still a mercenary. The black armor was made so that it would stand out against his scales while also providing camouflage under night skies, when the mercenary struck the most often. The wing guards and the gauntlets that would protect both his fore and hind limbs, as well as the belly guard and helm, were all in perfect shape, an kept so by he himself. He made visits to this room every so often, whenever he could sneak away. But there was one piece of the armor that was not kept in good repair. The breastplate held a massive hole in it, where a projectile weapon had struck him years earlier. Remembering, he held his paw to his breast, where the old injury had been. By all rights, he should be dead, but he wasn't. He had survived, somehow.

Now there was a creature in the lake that was threatening his family, and it had to be put to rest. When he had first met his wife and they were still courting, he promised her that he would stop being a mercenary, so that they might have a family. He had kept true to his word. But now.......He sighed softly as he looked at the armor, placing a claw lightly on the damaged plate.::

Something needs to be done, and I think I can do it.......But I need my armor, and the repairs will give it away that I still have it......My spells have kept my wound concealed for years, but if my mate sees this, questions will arise......I need a sign, some kind of sign.......

Aurthur Shimmerscale

Date: 2010-02-18 06:18 EST
*Piece by piece, he put the body armor on his form, reliving the days of his mercenary years. And as he did so, the wound in his chest became more apparent. A ragged , gash of a wound, undoubtedly caused by a ball of human steel, probably a cannon ball. It hurt, but as he looked in the mirror and flexed his wings, he growled as the wound bled* Not this time......I've a mate and a family.........I wont die. My wound.......It will pass. My love for my mate and children will keep me alive..........*He looked into the mirror, drawing himself up as large as possible*

Icer1978

Date: 2010-02-18 18:33 EST
The open door drew the dragoness's curiousity, talons clicking upon the floor of the lair, heralding her arrival.

Nostrils quivered, then twitched, once, then twice, the scent of her mate within. A grin as she moved closer to the door, giving a rumble. Love", what are you doing"

Aurthur Shimmerscale

Date: 2010-02-19 07:49 EST
*At the sound of his mate's voice, he nearly jumped right back out of the armor, whipping his head around. Caught!! He had forgotten to close the door! While he looked at his mate, ashamed to have been caught and even moreso for having kept this secret from her, he kept his body turned so that she couldn't see the breastplate or his wound. While he wasn't wearing the armor, his magics kept it hidden, making his breast look normal and perfectly scaled as it should be.

But when the armor was donned, the horrible wound was visible as if he had just received it, something he made possible by his magic. It was to serve as a reminder of how lucky he had been, and that if there were a next time, maybe he wouldn't be quite so lucky*

"I'm.....doing nothing........" *He sighed, he couldn't lie to her anymore than he could lie to himself. He turned fully so that she could see him in full, wound and all.* "Just reminding myself how lucky I am to still be breathing........"

Icer1978

Date: 2010-02-19 08:32 EST
Leaning against the doorway for just a moment, she eyed her mate, then his wound, canting her head.

I could heal that for you love. She wasn't angry at all, even though he'd hidden such from her.

Slipping inside then, she gave Aurthur a gentle nuzzle and stole a kiss.

How about you put that armor away love, we can't have the little ones sneaking in and seeing you like this.

Aurthur Shimmerscale

Date: 2010-02-19 12:59 EST
*He stared at her in amazement, as though he had not heard her words. Then he shook his head, his armor rattling as he did so.*

"I thought......Love, for all these years, I have hidden that I was a malformed dragon, lucky to be alive......I Should have died years ago when this......" *He motioned to the wound* "When this happened.......I thought.......That you would hate me, if you ever found out........That I.....Would lose your heart......."

Icer1978

Date: 2010-02-19 20:11 EST
Why would you think such my love? You know I am nae like other dragonesses. Still we should fix that before one of the little ones see.

I won't have the little ones worrying too much about their father. Another nuzzle to her mate, studying the wound, sniffing it a bit.

Older wounds usually heal nicely my love.

Aurthur Shimmerscale

Date: 2010-02-20 06:37 EST
Older wounds" *He chuckled softly* Well, considering that this wound was given to me a few years before I met you, I would say this certainly qualifies.........*He struck a pose in his armor* Does the armor at least make me look more dashing"

Icer1978

Date: 2010-02-20 09:17 EST
You look better without it love. A grin, sly perhaps, before she lowered her snout to his wound, concentrating her magic. One task, and one task only, that would be healing.

She wouldn't use too much, she knew from experience before the drain it had.

Aurthur Shimmerscale

Date: 2010-02-21 11:21 EST
*Chuckling softly* Why, my love, if I didn't know any better, I would say that was a bit of flirtation, just now. Hominids say something very similar about the clothes that they wear, so I hear. *Watching her work her healing magic carefully, ready to pull away from her if she started to use too much energy.*

Icer1978

Date: 2010-02-22 12:56 EST
Nae love, I am telling you the truth. You look much better without it. A grin, leaning over to steal another kiss, as she continued healing her mate's chest.

Not too much energy, she knew to be careful. Soon the worst of the wound seemed to slowly be closing.