Catpone Cerberus

"Yes, but like something like...wearing clothes. Cooking is necessity...for acting human." Jenna stated "Which really only makes me...more curious why it hasn't...stuck." "I will of course..now that I realized it...probably start cooking my own...food too sometimes." "But dragon kind as a whole...doesn't do it." she then changed to a voice indicating that the next part was her being purposely nitpicky "Also it's not the meat that's...dangerous, it's the potential...parasites and pathogens in it." she then lowered her head to Oliver's eye level with a smile "I've studied your kind more...than you probably have, silly." before looking to the side in almost sad manner "Which makes me realize...just how little I know about my own."

Jenna put her hand on Oliver's shoulder "Don't let it get to you." "If we fall in despair, we will certainly fail." "It is true that there is negatives, but try to look at the positives." "We haven't seen any indication that our way home has gone anywhere, we haven't spotted anything that would be active threat to us..." until you counted the mold, not active threat per say, but certainly not healthy to breath in either "...and we have each other."

@Blitz Boom Draconequui, that explained the oddness of this creature, Asildae had heard of them, or more specifically, read about them, but she had never actually seen one, so she didn't know how to spot one. As for mortality, Asildae wasn't much bothered by her own, nor did she have much care for the potentially eaten dog, in fact, she wasn't beyond eating one herself. "Well, you do have almost two centuries before that, until of course I get killed somehow." "Frankly I'm baffled I'm still alive now." she said it rather casually, with her confusion towards the fact apparent in her voice. Glutton's answer to Asildae's question didn't really help, until after the queen though about it for a moment; Draconequui were often seen in a specific place, and the name Deltrot sounded very...equine. "Wait, we are in the pony lands?!" the disbelief was very clear in her tone, as she also shook her head in disbelief "So not only was I spared for some reason, I was also dragged on the other side of the world?" When outside the cave, Asildae stretched her limbs and buzzed her wings for few seconds, also letting out what would best be described as pleased whistle, before taking flight and floating just above the ground; if Glutton spoke to her at this point, she would listen, but regardless of if she was still speaking or not, after few moments, Asildae's antenna's would wiggle a bit, and she would suddenly launch upwards at impressive speed, flying towards a nearby tree, and soon returning with two unfortunate creatures, a squirrel and a magpie, one in each hand. The two were still alive, trying to get free, but Asildae's three fingers held on surprisingly tight, and she didn't seem bothered by the scratches and bites the two creatures desperately threw at her. As she was coming back, she would put her mouth against both of her pray for a second or two each, and while it wasn't visible what exactly she did, it was clear she did something, as quickly after this, their struggle ceased. She would then land, holding the two, and if her sudden launch had interrupted Glutton, she would apologize for the interruption in a tone that was way too regal for someone holding a dead squirrel and a dead bird in her hands. If Glutton hadn't been speaking, she would still apologize, just for her sudden departure instead. ----- "Ah, science gone wrong, a story as old as time." "I agree with Solar's suggestion, such routes are unlikely to help directly, but they may inspire ideas that do." "Though you should also prepare to accept that you situation may be permanent." "To be blunt, It sounds to me, that the merge with the shard saved your life, in which case, removing it could mean your death." "But alas, I have not encountered something like yourself in my memory, so I merely speculate." "There is however a recent case with distant similarities." "A hybrid creature, pony and dragon, curious existence by itself, stumbled upon a crystal like object, which in a life and death situation called to her." "She later woke up alive and healthy, with said object embedded in her chest." "She however wishes not to get rid of it, for it gives her power, even with side-effects of voices claiming to be gods." "It also undoubtedly, keeps her alive, and removing it, would be like ripping out one's heart." "If you wish to meet her, I cannot help you, for she wanders like I, but with her choice of occupation, she no doubt exists in the records of pony law enforcement." "As for crisis of self, it is perfectly natural, I too have gone through it." "I suggest difference in perspective" "It is not being a pony from outside, that makes you you, rather, it is what is inside, that makes a pony." "Ask yourself, is Solar a pony? Or is Sheez, who is more metal than flesh, a kobold?" "If one creates a dragon shaped machine, that thinks it's a dragon, is it?" "Am I, somebody far beyond natural life-span, truly a kobold?" "Or am I just preserved corpse, who thinks he is one?" "A soul trapped so long, that its memory is failing?" "If your answer to any of these are yes, why would you be different?" "If it is your appearance that makes you a pony, then wouldn't a changeling pretending to be a pony, be one too?" "There is also the question, does it matter?" "Is being considered a certain species, truly so important? Is it truly something that your happiness depends on, or do you just think it is?" "I have found during my travels, that hybrids, and those who don't fit in with specific species or groups for other reasons, are the happiest when they stop trying to." "They take pride in what they are, not what they should be." As he talked, and they walked, Vaz kept looking around for anything out of normal, it was very obvious, as he always turned his head; it was likely that the skull on his head limited his field of view somewhat. ---------------- "Yes, I have been tasked as your guide, so I will be around most of the time." "Though with Werodex wanting to speak to me, it is likely you won't see me again until tomorrow." Voltaick responded, though before he turned away, surprisingly enough, Charir spoke up "I have a question." he sounded nervous, as to be expected "You spoke about Elder Dask, what is she like?" Charir was curious about the elder Death bringer, he also wanted to be prepared in case they met her. "Surprisingly nice." Voltaick stated "I wasn't being sarcastic when I said she would be delighted to meet you." "She is weirdly enough one of the most patient Elders, and one of the least terrifying when on bad mood." "But she is still a death bringer, both in behavior and habits, she is very direct, and decorates her cave with her fallen enemies." "She and Elder Werodex also seem to be more friendly with each other than with the other Elders, though I'm not foolish enough to pry any further, Werodex is the most terrifying when you get on her wrong side." "Not that the elders generally have any problems with each other, it is just that in general, the relationships tends to be lot more...formal." Charir just nodded as acknowledgement, and with Ruby not saying anything either, if Leviathan didn't add something, Voltaick would at this point turn around and wish the group good rest, walking out and taking flight towards the library. Ruby had sat down while Voltaick spoke, and when Leviathan came closer and spoke to her, she didn't turn to look at her, but rather kept her face towards the entrance, though she wasn't entirely still, with small movement in her tail, which was only notable because usually Ruby was motionless like a rock when not actively moving. "Hurt? no" "The removal of the necklace has left me with a slight weird feeling, like something is missing, but other than that, no 'hurt'" she stayed quiet for a bit before continuing "But, it is pointless to claim that I am fine, I am aware that my body betrays me." She finally turned towards Leviathan, Charir had also sat down, looking at Ruby from small distance, he too was concerned, but had no means to act on it other than observe, both due to his lack of experience, and because he didn't want to be close in case Ruby lashed out, he may have grown to trust her, but she was still one of his kind, she still wasn't like Leviathan. "There is something wrong with me, I first assumed after the deer temple that it was to do with my magic, the transformation." She was as matter of fact as always, yet her body language signaled discomfort "Yet, while I still find myself unable to will myself to take the pony form, I no longer believe that." "When I asked what Werodex did to me, it wasn't about the amulet, it was what she called 'Suppressing'." "She practically paralyzed me, though, it did also take away the discomfort the necklace caused." "That wasn't the issue either." "The issue is, that while it lasted only seconds, it made me as uncomfortable as the entire time in that temple did." "I managed to collect myself lot faster this time, but it is not gone still." she once again turned to look at the entrance, and after another small silence, she added "That is not all." "I have intrusive memories, or rather, a memory." "It started after the temple, in my dreams during the two times we rested on the way here." "It is not entirely new, my dreams are rarely pleasant, if I dream at all." "But now, it intrudes awake too, I cannot get it out of my head." she turned her head to seemingly towards nothing specific, though directionally, it was pointed towards the death bringer territory "The ravine." her tail slammed against the cave ground restlessly and she tensed up "And the sickening grin of the dragon who habited it." her voice broke into a growl "No, not a dragon. A worthless worm." she again looked towards Leviathan "He is dead, rotten, and forgotten..." she calmed down enough to stop growling "...yet..." She didn't continue, instead she laid down and took a deep breath, falling silent, her eyes once again towards the entrance. ---- "Chega's happiness is our happiness." Sheska summarized "And yes, it is very unusual." "Like said, we are quite isolated species, even if a group or a community is living on the surface, we tend to keep to ourselves." "So even close friendships between kobolds and non-kobolds are relatively rare, not to mention full relationship." "Though when it does happen, it is most often a dragon; there seems to be some natural draw." "There has been cases where kobolds have formed a religion-like relationship around a dragon, and Chega has mentioned meeting a kobold who is acting as sort of a guardian and ambassador for a family of dragons." "But while unusual, it is not shunned, the only thing is, that most communities don't want outsiders living in the community, so any relationships have to work around that." "And as a healer, if a kobold was to bring their non-kobold friend or partner to my care, I would take care of them." "After all, as long as they are not someone who is or has caused direct harm to our kin, not treating them well, would be an act of harm towards the kobold, who's partner or friend they are." Trox nodded at Onache's assumption. "We were told about her, got the same understanding about her." "And no need to worry, looking for traps is second nature to us." he doubted there was any active traps left, since the buildings weren't trapped, but what was a possibility, was unexploded bombs in the ground; but they would remove lot of that anyway, both to get any possibly toxic ground out, and because they will be building partly underground. "And yes, you remember right, we don't really drink." Alcohol did have other uses too, but Trox felt it would have been disrespectful to accept a gift and then use it like that. "As for help generally, we'll have to see when you visit, as we don't really even know ourself yet what we need." "Or what is available." "The same offer goes to other direction too, while we are now even, and I know you said you don't like to owe a favor, our yet to exist doors are open, in case you need someone from outside the pony norm."

"The portal we entered from is there still, I'm pretty certain." "And it shouldn't go anywhere or change in anyway until we do something to the source." Jenna assured "I hope." she then admitted "It is true we don't really know how things work here."

Jenna shook her head "Not how it works." "Raw stays raw...which is perfectly fine to us." "I just wonder more the...cultural side." "Lot of how Talon operates...is similar to humanity." "Some out of necessity, like clothes...when in human form." "But some, like the structure...of the organization, or the fact...that there is an organization at all...is a voluntary copy from humans." "Lot of habits also, has been taken from...humans." "Yet not cooking."

@Blitz Boom Well that was easy. Asildae thought to herself, as she backed away from the door, guess it just showed how weird her situation was, as she was still, even after all this time, baffled why she even was here. She knew who was behind it yes, and knew the reason to what had led to this; but she never understood why imprison her, why make that effort, yet also do it so poorly. She watched as Glutton ate the door, and later the entire cage; most creatures would likely been scared, or at least bothered by it, but Asildae, she was mainly just fascinated, which was shown in her expression and body language. "It is nice to meet you Glutton, I must say, you are an intriguing creature, nothing such exist back home." "I thank you for freeing me, I owe you greatly." she emphasized her words with a small bow "My diet consist of anything that is or lately was alive, but right now, I'm in need of something more filling than moss and occasional fly." "Namely, meat." "A rat or something" If Glutton wasn't blocking the way, Asildae would start making her way towards the outside world; but even if she couldn't, she would continue speaking regardless "If I may ask something though, where are we?" "What is this place that I find myself in called?" ------------------------- "I am not one for close combat no." Vaz explained "I can take part in it if necessary, but I prefer the use of magic in defending myself." "Though predators tend to keep their distance from me regardless, for their senses are sharp, and I am not fit for prey." he kept a short pause before continuing "The truth is, I haven't been in a fight for centuries; I haven't had the need to." as he walked, he scanned the surrounding are with his eyes, now and then getting a glimpse of Solar flying above the area. "If I may inquire in turn, what is your nature?" "It is clear to me, that you are not regular flesh and bone; but are you something that has taken the form of a pony, or a mare that has become something else?" --------------------------- It was indeed a cave that Voltaick lead the trio to, but like the others, it had a doorway like structure on the entrance, though this one was simple and undecorated, with only couple of symbols carved to it. In terms of size, the entrance was big enough for Ruby and Voltaick to potentially walk through at the same time comfortably, yet too small for dragons much larger than them. Curiously, the entrance seemed pitch black, but as they walked through it, everything was well lit, and they could see outside just fine. The cave itself was, well, it was a cave, but it was lot more comfortable than your average cave; it was clean, not too cold, and had basic furniture of various sizes in it, as in, everything from pony size to a size fitting to Ruby. It of course had empty places for those who preferred to lay on the stone, but there were beds and bedding too for those who preferred it. "This is one of our guest caves, this will be yours for your stay here." "As you may have noticed, the entrance is blocked with a magic spell, it provides you full privacy from outside, while letting you see if someone wishes to enter." "For food, you are free to hunt in the forest or the lake, or if you are ill or otherwise wish to not leave the cave, there are means of delivery." he walked to a part of the wall with some magical symbols on it "Meat, Seafood, Plants" he said, pointing at each in order "Just hold a limb against it until it glows." "This system is based on volunteers, so what exactly you get from category, how much, and how long it takes, varies." "If you have any questions, now is the time to ask them, otherwise, I'll leave you alone for now." ------------------------------- "A common mistake, doesn't help she's together with Sear." Sheska responded "We are not just friends, she was, as some say, like a big sister to us, when we were young." it was of course bit more complicated than that, since this Chega and their Chega were different, however, they shared similar pasts, so in this context, details like that didn't matter, Sheska also didn't want to think about it, it was lot nicer to pretend that this world's Chega was the one they knew, and to try and forget the awful fate of their Chega. Meanwhile, as Trox watched Onache make her way out of her room, he realized something and approached them "I think we forgot to mention one thing." "If you wish to contact us later for reason or another, we aren't staying in the tavern anyone, we got a place in the Everfree forest now; look for a barren spot, with at least currently still odd colored dirt, it will be easier to spot when we eventually start construction of a home." he then quieted his voice a bit as he added "And I wish you quick and full recovery." he said it more quietly, because he could tell Onache tried to pretend to be better than she was, yet, at the same time, he didn't want to not wish her well.

"Would we though?" "With the things running around?" Jenna pointed out "And we won't die here, I am stubborn, but I'm not that stubborn." "Besides, we have only so much food and water, we need to turn back eventually if we don't find something." "This is only the second day; though I admit it has felt like forever because of the constant darkness."

"Don't eat too quick." Jenna warned "You haven't eaten...for a while, so your body may...be unprepared." she looked at the piece of meat "It's funny, we can breathe fire...yet we never really cook our food." "I wonder why." "It smells and tastes objectively better...when cooked." "And it doesn't make it...any worse food for us."

@Blitz Boom Asildae's singing echoed in her own ears as it bounced off the cave walls around her, she could feel the metal under her feet resonating with her voice. She had lost count how many songs she had sang, but it was the only form of entertainment she had here, though it wasn't just recreational, her pitch, frequency, was carefully chosen to travel far, to lure. Admittedly it hadn't worked too well, which made her think that where ever she was, had to be far from everything. The tall pink creature did a graceful pirouette inside her metal cage, as she danced with her voice; it was merely a distraction from her current predicament, kept her sane, after what she was certain had been years, though how many? she had no idea. Lucky for her, this cave was quite lush, providing her with just enough food to keep her alive, but she would have been lying if she would have claimed to not have long gotten fed up with the diet forced upon her, it also wasn't quite enough to keep hunger away. Asildae's antennas vibrated, she sensed something, sound, sound not her own; she stopped dancing, facing the direction of the cave's entrance, but kept singing, she didn't want to reveal she noticed, in case got company...finally. She saw the movement before she saw what it was that moved, though when the creature came close enough for her to see it...she had no idea what she was looking at, she had learned about many of creatures, but this thing didn't match any of them. At this point, she stopped singing, though instead of a sudden cut, she faded her voice elegantly. When the creature spoke, the bipedal insectoid's eyes lit up, it can speak. Asildae gave a polite curtsy towards the newcomer "Greetings visitor." her voice had certain grace to it, hinting at regal nature "I am Queen Asildae, though you can call me Asil, I'm not your queen after all." she then grabbed the bars of the cage with her three fingered hands, desperation suddenly on her face "Please let me out." "I'm starving" It was a dangerous move, as Asildae had no idea if this creature was a friend or foe, but at this point, even a foe was preferable to being left there. ------------------------- It was hard to say if Vaz had noticed the crack or not, as with his face covered, one couldn't read his expression, and he didn't otherwise give any reaction. However, considering that he was still facing towards Magma, it was very unlikely he hadn't, and likely just chose to not comment on it at the time. "It is not only a matter of knowledge." "A pony could never fully understand the perspective of a kobold, like we never understand a pony; such is our differences." he concluded, before getting up and heading towards the doors to wait. Solar also had nothing with him, so he too merely waited for the train to stop. After it did stop, and they would make their way out, Vaz would join them once again outside the station, where Solar would go over things "I located the search area to end around there.." he gestured with his hoof to visualize the area "..I'll take flight and scout the area from the air, meanwhile you two should probably look around the forest, if you find something, figure a way to signal me, or just wait until I locate you, before you touch anything." "We don't know if what we are looking for is dangerous." Vaz seemed fine with this, and if Magma was too, Solar would take flight, and Vaz would start wandering towards the forest; His walk patient and calm, like someone with no hurry anywhere. -------------------- While it wasn't a question, Werodex responded anyway "The necklace had bound itself to her." "While the curse and enchantment were too mixed for proper analysis, their combination caused it to link to her magic." "Taking it off, was like ripping out a piece of her." "That is why I had to suppress her, I didn't wish to torture her." "She may feel bit ill for a short while, but it should pass with some rest." After the farewell, Werodex spoke after them "Voltaick, come meet me when you are done." before disappearing as suddenly as she had first appeared. Charir hadn't followed Ruby, so he walked with Leviathan, with Voltaick slightly behind them. Charir had considered asking something from Werodex, but he had ended up being too scared of her to open his mouth, and he was also bothered by what he had smelled. Charir walked closer to Leviathan and moved his head as close to her ear as he could, before whispering to her "I smelled something, Ruby, she smelled like fear." For Ruby, they would see her outside, walking in the distance away from the library, towards where Voltaick had said they would be staying. She wasn't moving fast, so it would be easy to catch up to her, and when close, she seemed mostly fine, bit tense maybe? something did seem bit off compared to her usual self, but when asked, she would assure she was fine, and just needed to lay down. Voltaick, being able to read the room so to speak, didn't say anything, and instead just wordlessly took the lead, so that he could show them where they could stay. -------- What was voluntary for a species that was ready to die for the common good? and that's exactly why Sheska personally saw something like selective adaptation as the last resort, consent didn't make it the right choice, when the species was biologically willing to do anything if they thought it helped the rest. "It's hard to go exploring when you live underground." "There's also a fundamental difference psychologically between us and most other creatures." "For most creatures, even herd creatures like you ponies, there is an instinctual pressure for independence, because on the most instinctual level, you are species of competition, your bloodline over others." "We don't have that, our instinct is to favor the good of the whole over our personal success." "With that, when curious, we favor learning from each other, rather than trying to learn ourselves." "Lone kobold is also a defenseless kobold, and that danger keeps most young from even thinking about leaving." "This of course doesn't mean there isn't exceptions, our friend Chega for example, is a traveling bard." "She now has a partner, but when she first left, she was alone." "Her curiosity couldn't be sated underground." "And even now, she is ready to sacrifice everything she has for our kind." Trox just observed from the side while waiting for Sheska, he could have helped Onache with Happy, but he had a feeling that Onache would have not liked that, prideful as she was, not that he blamed her.

"And that's why we keep moving." Jenna reminded "We can't figure that out by sitting at home hoping for the best." "I don't like any of this any more than you do, but facing the unknown is the only way to learn." "And in full honesty, I rather fail trying, than don't try at all."

At this point, the meat that had been cooking for Oliver was cooked, so Jenna picked the stone it was cooking on from the fire with the meat, so that Oliver had some kind surface to eat on "Time for you to eat." "Watch out...the stone is still hot." "There's utensils in my...backpack, if you don't want to....eat with your hands"

@Blitz Boom Previously mentioned redraw has now happened, so here's the new Ruby The only real change to an aspect that may have been mentioned in the RP at any point, is the fact that she now has a one toe/finger more. Other than that, the new picture gives better picture on the proportions.

@Blitz Boom "While I appreciate it, your judgement or lack of it holds no importance to me." "Even the truth, that my kin doesn't judge me for it, holds no weight." "For those who I have wronged, have no voice, they cannot speak, they cannot forgive." "And thus, the only means of atonement, is undoing." "And it will happen, be it in ten cycles, or hundred, or many millenia." "I have plenty of time." "I do have couple of questions fit for the location." "You say you seek the kobold siblings, so why were you in Canterlot? No doubt Scorch told they were in the town, as she saw them there?" "And, since you met her, were you made aware of the situation with the kobold among them?" "She did mention it yes, but told me that you are likely to know in case they have moved on." "So I saught you out first." "And Sheez? Yes, I am aware." "Such anger in those eyes, such hatred." "A broken soul, to experience such horrors at so young." "I respect the decision my brothers and sisters have made, she made a choice, and banishment was the price, such is life of a kobold." "I however, am not in place to pass such judgement." "And I plan to suggest reconsideration." "Not for forgiveness, not for understanding, but to end the cycle of hatred." "For hatred consumes all." Vaz would then take a bag from under his seat, getting ready for the eventual stop at the bottom of the mountain. ----------------------------------------- "No flair without the basics." Voltaick simply stated, seemingly ingoring the show, Charir however appreciated the little showcase as always, even if he didn't shot it as openly due to the stress of the whole situation. "Here, Elder is more a title." Voltaick explained "The oldest of each kind is the elder of that bloodline." "Generally speaking that is, there's always exceptions." "We call those over ten millenia, The Ancients" "Currently we don't have any Ancients, as there was a change of generation couple millenia ago, as last of them decided to pass." "Or well, there is one that is believed to exist, one so ancient that they preceded even the great collapse. However, it is not known where they are, if they even habit this plane of existence." Werodex laughed "I can, but I dont." she said quite bluntly "I am the matriarch of knowledge, I've been the head of this library for three millenia, and have been surrounded by knowledge since I first broke out of my egg under my mother's wing, over seven millenia ago." "Mindreading is a tool of the ignorant." "Knowledge is a power." she gave an almost unnerving grin as she said it, before continuing "And by my kin, I assume you mean all of us here, rather than just my blood, and to that, there is no single answer." "We all are unique combination of thousands of generations of different dragons." "We can certainly help him." "You met Voltaick already, he is studying to become a teacher, so he shall assist you. But he has some learning to do himself first, so you must wait." "It warms my mind to see you appreciate the wonder of magic, it is so awfully rare in your kind, like it is to our feral friends on the other side of the barrier." "Though, before we get distracted, let me deal with that pesky thing." Werodex then reached her leg towards Ruby, before unceremoniously just pulling the necklace of her neck. Ruby gasped loudly and tensed up immediately, but seemed to calm down right after; Werodex floated the amulet in her claws for a second, seemingly curious, before crushing it into dust that disappeared into the darkness. "Old curse, set up by the dragon that eye belonged to, missfired with whatever equestrian magic it was later enchanted with, making a perfect mess with your inner magic." she then stated casually, though while the whole thing happened in seconds Ruby seemed oddly uncomfortable, even bit timid? "W-what did you do to me?" she asked, sounding uncharacteristically apprehensive, though Charir noticed something that Leviathan likely didn't, a certain smell, as faint as it was, is that fear? "Oh, my apologies, I should have warned you, I had to suppress you to make things easy for all of us." "Whatever you are feeling should pass soon enough." "Speaking off, you three should probably head for some rest, Voltaick will show you where you can stay, I'll have some information prepared for you tomorrow." she touched two of her claws together, and Voltaick appeared next to them from a pulse of black colored magic, visibly confused "Wha- oh." "You could just call my name you know?" he said to Werodex, in respectful but annoyed tone, to which she simply replied "Yes" before adressing the trio again "Do any of you have any further questions?" Ruby opened her mouth but then closed it again, whatever she was going to say she decided not to, instead she turned to Leviathan "I'll wait outside, I need air." and walked off. ----- "I need to keep that in mind, not that I would readily accept a challenge in water, too much disadvantage." Sheska wasn't one to judge Harpoon for hypocrisy in this specific case, after all, it wouldn't be the first or last time for her when Trox carries her to bed after she collapses from exhaustion. Healers were basically just mothers of the entire community. "Dragons are closest in diversity to us I think." "We are small, physically weak and aren't naturally strong with magic either, so adaptation and numbers is how we survive." "We are quick to reproduce, so mutation happens fast, and we live in isolated communities, so different groups don't mix as much" "I have even read about some communities purposely picking and choosing parents to push adaptation to certain direction." "Though I personally wouldn't agree with such, until absolute necessity for the survival of the community."

"Again, I doubt the thing is going anywhere until we do something to it." Jenna assured "Though, if our world is heading towards the same fate, would it really make a difference?" "Which again is why we are here." "We didn't come here because a letter told us to, we came here, because a letter told us something would happen, and we made the decision to see what it was about." "And we are still here, because I don't want our world to look like this." "I don't want to be the one writing those journals we found in this place's version of my apartment." "I don't want to know, what it feels like to be that hopeless."

"Funny." Jenna stated in contradictorily matter of fact tone, "I also wanted to be like the dragons in fantasy books." "Even us dragons, can't be like...dragons." "But back on topic, like said, don't expect..notable obvious changes." "Your body is still...99% human."

Glutton sounds like a fine pick for me. Asildae knows generally what Draconequui are, but as they aren't really relevant where she originates from, she probably won't recognize Glutton as one before Glutton states as much, even if she may awknowledge her as unusual looking creature. I'm gonna try to respond to the RP tomorrow, hoping I feel less tired than I have for last couple days, and like stated, it's up to you to lead the kobolds story towards its for-now end as you wish, and then set up the meeting of Glutton and Asildae No need to take Asildae's page as set in stone fact, rather a direction of the general vibe. At least the Dialogue written in her page is Non-canon, and I'll write something more fitting in my responce as the time comes.

pretty much, though minor correction, it's not that she likes to eat by gooifying things, it's just how she eats. She doesn't have teeth and has a small mouth, instead she eats with a proboscis that is inside her mouth, that comes out when she either feeds or attacks with it. I take from the mention of chaos that she is a Dragonequus (or however you write it, not gonna google ) And i'm fine with some chaos, as long as it's not constantly targeted at my character. That's mainly where my "if" stands, most of my characters don't have natural protections against chaos magic, Kitsune tricks or other similar stuff, so being a constant target of stuff I can't do anything about gets old (experience xoming mainly from specific RP years ago). And don't worry, Asildae won't be much of a problem to the general public, beyond being weird and maybe bit offputting to some , her motives are lot more simple than word domination or destruction She's also smart enough to not make unnecessary enemies. I can also see the garbage eating being a somewhat connecting point between the two, because while Asildae doesn't usually eat literal garbage, anything biological, be it rotten or fresh, is fine enough for her, and if nothing else, garbage attracts animals like rats and some birds, and she likes those. Also, one doesn't need to be dumb to free Asildae, every story has two sides, and they jsut have to be convinced by Asildae's version. It's not like she's sealed in some magical vault deep in tartarus; it's just a metal cage dumbed in a random cave. I remember Shark , she made an appearance with the kobolds in the Oni situtation. Otherwise she would also be fine, but until something happened since, wasn't she kinda hard to communicate with? with her not really speaking or understanding due to being..well, a shark. the problem comes more from the OOC side, because as you may have noticed, my characters (so I) like to talk, and while Asildae as a character wouldn't have a problem with it, I as a writer don't necessary want to have to think about how to simplify the dialogue. (Until shark speaks some other language? Asildae is versed in several languages, so that wouldn't be far fetched solution) 1. She is still quite large, just not taller, keep in mind body proportions. The old picture Isn't really accurate, and a redraw is currently WIP because I haven't felt like drawing for a while, but: She is about 3 times as long as she is tall, maybe longer as the tail will probably become longer in the redraw, and at least as wide as she is tall. So even if standing next to a pony that would somehow be as tall as Ruby, she would still be at least double their size due to how long she is. And that's without the wings, as one wing is enough to cover her body entirely in area + part of the tail, so if standing with her wings open, she's massive. Think something like bears or lions in real life, or even moose (or horses even), they are not that tall when standing on four legs compared to humans, but they are massive due to the rest Not that the exact size is really relevant, to most things, since the main point is that she is too big for things build for ponies and bipedal Equestrian dragons. 2. Sounds like she would like them indeed, though she's only as mean as she needs to be 3. no worries, she's quite tolerant; depending on who you are of course 4. to specify a bit, due to her current predicament, she isn't currently connected to a hive mind, though her mind still is a mess, as she holds certain memories of a hive mind related stuff, which no doubt could overwhelm other species invading her mind. The way I imagine the hive-mind working, is kinda like how I understand the mind flayers in DnD to work(if that means anything to you); they are individuals, but when they get close to their hive-mind, they get connected and taken over by it. Also worth a note kinda a spoiler, but also not since she will state as much in her introduction no doubt, Asildae isn't just a regular member of the species, which makes her mind even more unique in how it works. 5.

Took a while to respond because I haven't been online for few days (12 h work days really are something). The original idea I had was for the kobolds and Onache find her, due to the whole insect thing, however, as I have had a moment to think, your approach does seem more fitting. The kobolds are in a weird place now where while I enjoy playing them, they have been kinda stuck in a loop: meet character -> story exchange -> meet new character. There has been also quite the drama around them, so stuffing yet another from the left field stuff would be jarring. So it is probably a good idea to give the siblings break of some lenght, which could also work as a sort of a off-screen timeskip, so that when/if they return, they already have settled down somewhat (gained some money through the bounties and other odd jobs, and build some kind of start of a home.) I'd say that the best way to do it is to finish the conversation happening in Harpoon's Hospital room, be it couple or few posts more (it's really up to you, since Sheska isn't the one leading the conversation), and then start the new storyline. Speaking, of, I'm gonna give some info on the insect character: First, here's her page https://mlpforums.com/blogs/entry/26757-asildae-oc/ Though besides the picture and the name, it doesn't really give info about her (also don't worry, I'll shorten her name in the RP, I for one won't remember how to write it otherwise ) (Also also, the name is just one letter away from the scientific name for robber/assassin flies, in case you were curious) The page gives more the vibe and general layout of where she is, since you'll have to start the whole thing by your character findig her, per her being in a cage in the end of a dark cave The character isn't fully fletched out, so I'm going to make some things up as we go, but here's some info still in no particular order. 1. She's quite tall, I'd say about 2 average mare heights, so somewhat taller than somone like Celestia? So around as tall as Ruby. 2. She is also quite thin in build, so while tall, she isn't that intimidating physically (though this doesn't mean she's physically weak.) 3. Because one can't tell from my drawing style, she is in fact "fuzzy", like a moth, though like in real insects, the "fur" is just soft scales that resemble fur. 4. She is part of a hive-mind species, so the operation of her mind is quite unique, and is thus immune or resistant to certain things, though that's only really relevant with characters like Onache, who can, and often does, go to others' minds. 5. She's omnivore, and eats things by gooifying them and drinking them, though she personally prefers creature based diet over plants. For your character, it's really up to you, the key thing really being that they are somone who reasonably would find Asildae, or in other words, would: 1. Follow mysterous singing in a forest 2. ignore warnings and follow said singing into a cave And the location? up to you again, as long as it's some kind of forest, it can be the Everfree forest, or some other random Equestrian forest, or even non-Equestrian one. It just needs to be deep enough in the forest, so that it's feasible that she has been there for a while, without anybody else going "I think I'll figure out where that singing is coming from."

"Genetically speaking." Jenna specified "You most likely won't be growing any scales...or breathing fire." "It's a mutation, not a transformation." "My guess is that...if there was to be any physical changes, besides what...we have already seen, it would be something like...your skin growing more durable." "You are still a mammal, you won't turn into a reptile just because some blood." "However, it is good to mention...that I have no real knowledge on the matter." "Talon never, as far as I know, experimented with human-dragon hybrids." "Why would they?.... they see humans as inferior creatures, pests that are more harm than good...." "Why would you try to combine yourself with something you see as inferior?"

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Jenna quoted "All we know is that they knew us, and knew that something was going to happen." "We don't know if they knew what was going to happen." "As far as we know, it was just bunch of dudes in suits who looked at a diagram then a list of names, and just drew some lines based on location." "Again, if intent was to kill, they could have just shot us, that would have been quicker, more effective and generally just more certain way of doing it." "While this place sucks, the only actively deadly thing we have seen, left the place."