ϡ - Chapter Seventeen; in which one becomes a dragon [action]

[folklorist]

[ Anyone in the vicinity of Community Housing 7 will, at that moment, hear a very loud roar coming from apartment 22 on floor 5. The glass of the windows in the kitchen will shatter and go flying and there will be some smoke coming out from the windows. Also if you come to investigate you'll see deep claw markings in the door's entry way. Whoops Helios is honestly sorry about that Frederic. He'll apologize later for the mess and for waking you up, he was just startled, hence the roar which would have been a yell but you know...translations and all. He had to leave before he got any bigger and destroyed the entire apartment. At least the houses fix themselves.

There is a golden scaled dragon in your town today Luceti and it looks vicious, but honestly it's pretty derpy and harmless. Well besides his tail, which he still hasn't gotten control of just yet. You also might feel your room shake as he walks by your house/apartment complex. He's about the size of a large house and he's wearing glass which apparently changed with his size, the Malnosso like to joke don't they? You'll also see his tiny golden green tipped wings beside his more larger golden ones. It's a clue as to who it is but he'll answer you if you ask. This dragon is on a mission, albeit a futile one. You might see him walking a bit in the woods and eventually ending up in front of the Bakery. Sweets...he wanted some and now he can't even fit through the door. He'll be sitting on his hind legs, tail curled around him and a clawed hand rubbing his chin. Indiscreet? Never, not when baked goods are concerned. He's trying to devise a way to get in there...but without doing some serious damage there are no options. No matter he doesn't want to alarm anyone so sometime later he will make his way down to the lake and there he will be, talking to himself, and staying there for the majority of well...however long this decides to last. He's honestly not going to be able to make a voice post with huge vicious claws anytime soon. Besides he can probably be heard from anywhere anyway; his voice carries nicely in this form. ]

Oh for goodness sake I don't know how they deal with being this large. [ There's a pause and a snort. ] I suppose the experiment is still going on then. [ Another sigh though it sounds more like an annoyed growl. ] But they can change their forms into humans. I wonder if I can just get that right...and then there is the ring. [ He will just be babbling don't mind the brooding dragon, lounging beside the lake, tapping a clawed hand into the ground folks. He is merely thinking and when Helios thinks it's usually good...sometimes. But you might want to watch the tail it's swaying erratically because that thing has a mind of its own. ]

((ooc; So you can meet him at any point in time! The time continuum is pretty broken in this post. While he's walking, at the bakery, or in the woods by the lake just specify I guess. Also he's going to stick out like a sore thumb anywhere he goes anyway. I'll be replying with isthemyth for icon convenience. Also replies will be delayed since I has class~))

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[consultmybooks]

Right. [Giles heads for the front door.] Give me ten minutes.

[Ten minutes later, Giles walks out holding a few plastic bags, which he sets down in front of Helios.

There are cookies. Several different sorts of cookies. And a cake, and a pie.]

[isthemyth.livejournal.com]

[ You have an extremely content dragon in front of you Giles. If smiling wasn't so fearsome looking he's do it in a heartbeat, but instead his tail it is swaying rather enthusiastically. ] Ah, Giles, you're a lifesaver. I can't thank you enough!

[ How is he going to eat this? We don't know but he will because as far as food is concerned sweets, he needs them. ]

[consultmybooks]

[How are you going to eat this, Helios? Giles ponders the question for a second.]

Perhaps I could, um, toss them to you?

[isthemyth.livejournal.com]

[ He will ponder this as well and then give a half nod half shrug. ]

I-I suppose, yes. I don't think my claws are very...um good for handling small things at the moment. [ Because man they are huge. ]

[consultmybooks]

No, not at all. [So Giles settles down on the ground with the bag a safe distance away and will, one at a time and very carefully, toss Helios the cookies. He has very good aim, so they should be easy to grab.]

[isthemyth.livejournal.com]

Ah--well, thank you for this then. [ This is probably the weirdest thing either of them has ever done. Helios will contently catch those cookies however. But yeah a dragon eating cookies you don't see that everyday...then again this is Luceti. After a good few he'll pause, thinking for a moment. ] They're as good ever today, though I shouldn't expect anything less.

[consultmybooks]

[It's pretty high up there, yes, but spending the day as a Fyarl demon still takes the, well, the cake.]

Not much for sweets, I'm afraid.

[isthemyth.livejournal.com]

[ Mm cake. But yes that does seem to be...the worse of the two. ]

Regal is very good cook. I'm certain that whenever we do leave this place I'll have to get his recipes or at least learn how to make things the way he does. [ He will look back at those bags. ]

[consultmybooks]

[Giles is not tossing you the cake, Helios. Sorry. But he does set the box nearby and open it - maybe the dragon claws will be a bit more suited to something a bit bigger.]

[isthemyth.livejournal.com]

[ But, but. Okay fine. He'll at least attempt it. Scooping that cake up into his hand he'll just...you know chow down on it. But before that he'll look back at you Giles, even though you said you didn't like sweets...this is Helios and he feels a bit embarrassed at eating all this in front of you. ] Oh are you sure you wouldn't like to try some, Giles? I know you said you're not a fan but the cake is always to die for!

[consultmybooks]

I'm not, and I've spent quite a while wondering how I seem to be keep attracting people who are.

[...but, if it makes you feel any better, Helios...] Fine. Maybe a bit.

[isthemyth.livejournal.com]

Honestly Giles I'm not sure either. Perhaps it's just fate that you try it.

[ Which, by the way, he will be smiling now after you concede into doing so and will place it back in the box as gently as possible. ] Wonderful!

[consultmybooks]

First you and then Okita-san. Maybe you're right.

[And he does grab a slice for himself - thankfully, the store provided a knife with the cake even though a dragon wouldn't have much use for one. He cuts himself a small piece and steps back so Helios can take the rest.]

[isthemyth.livejournal.com]

Okita, hm? Well some things happen for reasons correct?

[ He nods before taking that cake again. Lifting it a little almost like a toast but, you know, Helios styled. ] To this town's delicious confectionery goods. I'd never go a day without.

[consultmybooks]

You're going to ruin your teeth, and I will have no sympathy for you.

[But Giles grins and raises his own piece of cake, joining in on this very strange toast on this very strange day.]

[isthemyth.livejournal.com]

What can I say it's a weakness of mine.

[ He will chuckle. Strange, yes. But at least it's mildly enjoyable for the brief moment of reprieve. ]

[consultmybooks]

There are worse.

[And later on it will turn out to be some small mercy that Helios is a dragon, because that means that Giles can't hunt him down come nightfall.

He'd rather remember this than that. That the cake really is very sweet, that it's almost like the donuts Xander would buy when the end of the world loomed. Some small respite in the midst of madness, meant to be shared with friends.]

[isthemyth.livejournal.com]

Mm. [ He'll eat the rest of that cake silently before looking up at the sky. ] Ah, well, call me soft for saying so but it's times like these that I can actually enjoy this place. Forget about all the nasty things that have happened and just enjoy the moment as is. I know it's silly to go about it that way, but despite the horrors instilled on us by the Malnosso...I'm rather grateful to have met everyone here.

[consultmybooks]

So am I. You are soft, Helios, but that isn't a character flaw. I've met a lot of very good people here and I'll be sad to part from them. [You being very much included, Helios.] I never thought the day would actually come when I really was a librarian, but I am enjoying it.

Honestly, if the Malnosso weren't so persistent in tormenting us, if I didn't have a future to catch up on, I wouldn't mind staying here a while. It's only recently that the Malnosso became worse than the Hellmouth at all.

[isthemyth.livejournal.com]

It isn't? I sometimes wonder if being a bit too soft causes more trouble. [ Apep, Absscheulich. He should've destroyed it when he had the chance all those years ago. Instead he just locked the remains away in the castle's summoning chamber. Destroying it entirely would have saved a lot of hardship in the long run. Then there was Amnesia... ] You were a librarian before this?

Mm there's still so much for me to do back home as well. I'd give anything to learn how they pull people from different worlds though. Just to be able to visit people from time to time.

[consultmybooks]

I was pretending to be a librarian. It gave me a place to store my books. I was pretending to be a librarian at a public high school, and therefore in very little danger of anyone ever coming to drop by who wasn't there to try and help save the world. It saved time.

Then we blew the school up on Graduation Day, and my apartment got a good deal more crowded. [And Giles got a deal more unemployed. He's still a bit bitter about that.]

[isthemyth.livejournal.com]

Ah--oh. Well that's one way to celebrate I suppose. [ Don't mind him he's just laughing. ] I can't even imagine the castle getting, erm, blown up.

[ Honestly that makes him a bit uncomfortable to even think about. His poor castle. ]

[consultmybooks]

Also one way to stop a gigantic, demonic snake from making its first meal of the graduating class. [He is completely serious and calm as he says this. Because that is Giles' life, in a nutshell.]

[isthemyth.livejournal.com]

Demonic snake, oh dear. I figured there was another reason for such a measure. You don't seem like the type of person to blow up places of higher education at any rate.

[ And for some reason this doesn't surprise Helios. Because his life in a nutshell kinda deals with all that too. What are their lives, honestly. ]

[consultmybooks]

No, I should think not. Not even in Sunnydale. Fortunately it was, um, a very well controlled blast. [Because Giles knows explosives way too well.] Unfortunately, the Mayor brought plenty of reinforcements.

[Their lives are weird, that's what. It's a thankless job, but somebody's got to do it.]