catchall rupert

[skyagain]

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[skyagain]

... "Warning: the snake bites"?

[ THAT'S TOO CRYPTIC ]

[agleam]

Maybe we could tack on "if you don't eat pasta" to the end?

[they are so bad at this.]

[skyagain]

... Yeah, that's probably fine.

[ "it eats the pasta or it gets the snake bite again" is not an option, but it's basically what they are putting down. idiots. ]

[agleam]

Cool. Do you want me to grab one of the notepad pages in my room?

[for their horrible sign.]

[skyagain]

Sure. We can tape it to the start of the hallway. It'll at least stand as a warning.

[ will it. ]

[agleam]

[off to his room they go... lazily pastes from my app again

when he opens the door, cloud will see that the walls and floor (pretend there's no bookcase in this picture but everything else is there,) are made of stone. somehow, it doesn't feel cold despite that, though that might be due to the warmth emanating from the fireplace. though the flames that flicker there aren't real, they still give off heat. similarly, the flames on the sources of light don't appear to be real. the rest of the light in the room comes from the window resting just above his desk, which always shows a field of wildflowers.

his bed sits on a thick rug, with more than a couple pillows resting near the headboard. A few feet away is an armoir, and a decoration on the wall (it's easy to tell the swords are not real). there's also a sofa near a bookcase. the spines of the fake books contained on the shelf seem to vary between books about history, politics, adventure novels, fairy tales, and mythology. the clock sitting on the wall makes a soft ticking noise every so often, adding to the noise of the crackling fireplace. a woven tapestry sits on the wall above the fireplace.

also, porridge is curled up and sleeping on the bed! hello tiny dragon.]

[skyagain]

[ you guys put so much effort into these rooms and i was like "you are all lucky i am even giving cloud a real bed"

anyway, cloud is not too nosy, so he just gives the room a cursory glance, but. dragon? a dragon?? ]

... That your pet?

[ this is much cooler than a cat ]

[agleam]

[i'm addicted to pinterest unfortunately

but he grins, nodding.]

He's my friend, too! His name is Porridge.

[skyagain]

... Porridge.

[ looks at. the dragon. it might be a baby but this still feels. disrespectful? ]

Why... that?

[agleam]

Oh. After I met him, I suggested a bunch of names and he only stopped snarling at me when I said that one. So you could say he picked it himself!

[skyagain]

... I guess that's... fine?

[ he is thinking all the other names must've been terrible. he stares at porridge some more but makes no move to approach. this is not because he is scared, this is because animals are part of the group of people who think his charisma is sometimes 2 and sometimes 20. ]

[agleam]

Why wouldn't it be?

[after noticing him staring:]

You can pet him, if you want.

[skyagain]

... Probably a bad idea. I don't have the best track record with pets.

[agleam]

I mean, I'm not going to force you or anything, buuuut he likes pretty much anyone.

[skyagain]

People always say that, and then I wind up chasing a cat through half a city.

[ but like. fine. he will go over and put a hand over the dragon. and then hesitate there. unpetting. ]

[agleam]

[porridge looks up at him and makes a curious chirping noise.]

Don't worry, I won't let him out of the room! Pretty sure he wants you to pet him, though.

[skyagain]

[ he is so expecting this dragon to bite. but it's fine. he has gloves on.

he very warily... holds out his hand to the dragon like you would a feral cat. ]

How'd you get a dragon, anyway?

[agleam]

[porridge lightly headbutts him in the hand. he demands pets.]

Oh, we were traveling through a forest and we had to take shelter in a cave because of a storm once. We found his egg in there and it hatched not long after.

[skyagain]

[ cloud... pets the porridge. gently. hesitantly. like he has never pet a creature before. ]

Didn't see any sign of the parent anywhere?

[agleam]

[happy dragon noises ensue. it is very cute.]

No, we aren't sure what happened to it... But we've been raising him since that.

[skyagain]

[ it IS cute. cloud is kind of enamored but refuses to show it. instead he just. keeps petting the dragon ]

Guess that explains why he's so friendly. How long has it been now?

[agleam]

Uh... Two months in the school, and then four months back home, so - six altogether now.

[skyagain]

So you'd just gotten the dragon when you went to that murder school?

[ which is for murders ]

[agleam]

Yeah, about a day or two before. So he was really young when we both got there.

[skyagain]

Hm.

[ he scritches the dragon under the chin? do dragons like this. porridge is getting a spa treatment. ]

Must've been weirder for him to go back.