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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2014 2:49:03 GMT
Adrian growled, baring his fangs when he saw the guard. He stared at the man for a few moments longer before he looked away. He turned and moved towards a tree stump, shifting back into human form and sitting down on it slowly. He stared down at his own stump of a leg, numbly. Spirits, he was sick and tired of seeing and smelling blood. "So are you happy now? Two of the ones you were sent after are dead....and I'm not in any shape to put up a fight either." He spoke monotonously, still looking down at what was left of his leg. He didn't care if this guard was here to kill him. He had planned on killing himself later anyways.
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Post by Niitari on Sept 9, 2014 2:51:28 GMT
The guard made a small sigh of relief when he saw that it was the prince and not the freak. He listened, quiet, then sat down on the ground, pulling his belt out of his pants to make a tourniquet around the stump of his arm. "We're in the same place then," he said, meaning their state of fighting ability. Biting on th belt, he managed to tie a decent tourniquet. No chance of recovering the arm. It was still in dragon form and lost somewhere in the trees. He was still in shock, so he did not feel the pain, though he knew there would be plenty of it soon enough. Looking at the red dragon, he recognized the missing eye. "Is he... dead?" he asked grimly.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2014 2:51:34 GMT
Adrian glanced in the guard's direction, and snorted. They were hardly in the same place. He had more wounds and the guard had more of a fighting ability than he did. The guard would still be able to kill him, even with a missing arm. "Isn't that the point? Ever heard of someone being alive when they don't have a heart beat?" His tone was sharp, with an icy edge. Why would this guard care if Kieran was dead or not? He had been sent out with the rest to kill them, hadn't he?
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Post by Niitari on Sept 9, 2014 2:52:37 GMT
He flinched at Adrian's tone, though he knew he deserved it. "It wasn't our intention..." he said, though he knew it really had been the General's all along, more clearly seen now with these end results. "That blood's not his though," the guard observed. "Something else must have killed him."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2014 2:53:06 GMT
"None of this would have happened if that hadn't been your fucking intention!" Adrian snarled, staring at the guard. Maybe he should finish what Kieran started and kill the guard. Or make him a guard-sickle. Either way the guard would end up dead, but one way would be a lot faster than the other. "Yeah, you can go blame the other fucking ice dragon for attacking him back in the dungeons." Had that been his failure? If he had been a fire dragon instead of an ice one, would he have been able to save Kieran?
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Post by Niitari on Sept 9, 2014 2:53:44 GMT
The guard's eyes widened as a thought came to mind. "His inner fire..." he looked up at Adrian again. "If I save your brother, will you let me go?" He knew he couldn't return back to Cinaed now. He would be killed for showing up empty handed and alone. And if Adrian decided to finish him off, he did not think he had the strength for a fight. Sure, he was a massive dragon, but he was also a dragon with pierced lungs. He could probably fly but certainly not fight.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2014 2:53:59 GMT
While the guard's eyes widened, Adrian's narrowed. "He's dead. You can't save him." His throat had tightened to the point that he didn't think he would be able to speak, let alone breath. What was this guard up to? Was he trying to play a trick on him? He continued to stare at the guard silently. He didn't allow his hope to build past a flicker. He wasn't going to ever allow any hope to beyond that. "If you save him, I'll let you go," he shrugged.
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Post by Niitari on Sept 9, 2014 2:54:14 GMT
The guard got up and approached Kieran slowly, shifting as he walked. He towered over Kieran's lifeless body, dark blue scales shimmering in the light. His missing arm bled fiercely at the changes, so he breathed a puff of fire over it, sealing the wound shut. The shock was wearing down now, just a bit, so he felt prickles of pain around his arm. He bit back the pain and crouched in front of Kieran's face. He had only ever heard of this technique in stories, but all stories had some inkling of truth to them, didn't they? So he pried Kieran's jaws open and shoved his own muzzle inside. Then he took a deep breath and shot a massive wave of fire down Kieran's throat. He pulled away and sat there, looking at his handiwork. He wasn't sure what to expect really. Maybe he had failed and just burned out all of Kieran's insides. He expected the corpse to start bloating from the buildup of smoke and whatnot and maybe even explode. But no, everything just remained still. Then light glowed from the cracks in Kieran's scales, burning hot and bright before fading. If one listened, there was a heartbeat again.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2014 2:54:30 GMT
Adrian watched silently, and remained sitting on the tree stump. He hadn't heard of this being done before, but he hardly paid attention to things that didn't concern ice dragons. He grew tense when he saw the light glowing from the cracks in his brother's scales before they faded. "Did it work?" He glanced at the guard. He was sitting a distance away and he couldn't hear a heartbeat from where he was.
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Post by Niitari on Sept 9, 2014 2:54:41 GMT
The guard watched intently for any signs of life. Then he noticed the nostrils flaring in a very soft, quavering rhythm. He nodded to Adrian and looked up and out at the border. Back to Adrian again, he jerked his head in that direction, a way of saying, 'you need to go there.' Kieran was back, but probably not for long. He needed real help.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2014 2:55:21 GMT
Adrian looked at the guard and to where the guard nodded off towards. “Yeah, I got it that I still have to go across the border. How exactly am I supposed to carry a dragon his size? He’s not exactly small.” He refused to let himself feel anything for Kieran and his return to the living. Kieran was lucky. There was someone that was able to bring him back, but his twin was going to rot in the ground with the rest of the dragons that tried to kill them.
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Post by Niitari on Sept 9, 2014 2:56:10 GMT
The guard looked at Kieran. He wasn't that big compared to himself. Maybe he could do it. Then again, why was he being so helpful? Not like Adrian wanted any help. Nor did he seem at all pleased that he had just saved his brother's life. Harsh, he thought. Still, h had nothing better to do, and he needed to get across the border anyway. He just looked at Adrian.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2014 2:56:29 GMT
Adrian looked back at the guard. In one fluid motion he stood up off the tree stump and shifted into dragon form. He looked at Lorcan for the longest time. Saying good bye seemed too final even though this was the last time he ever would see him again. He couldn't do anything for him, but he didn't think Lorcan was the sort that would have cared what happened to his body when he died. Glancing from Kieran and to the guard, he snorted and took off into the air.
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Post by Niitari on Sept 9, 2014 2:56:43 GMT
The guard scooped up Kieran's body in his three remaining sets of claws and took off after Adrian, beating the air with heavier sweeps as it was more effort now that he was carrying more weight. Dragons weighed more than elephants after all.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2014 2:56:56 GMT
Adrian glanced behind him, seeing that the guard was managing to carry Kieran. At least for now. Looking away he flew on, heading towards the border.
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