[Video]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

[What you see is Rose, in her Dragoon armor flying over some countryside. With her is a very large black dragon flying along beside her. She flying very close to the beast, and despite it being big enough that it could swallow her whole, she is smiling.]

[They soon land on a cliff over looking a forest. Rose still doesn't show any fear as the dragon lowers its large head towards her even though it is making a deep rumbling sound. Instead of going to attack her, the dragon lightly nudges her with the end of its nose. Rose gives a soft laugh and reaches up the scratch the an area in the middle of the dragon's forehead.]

I had missed you as well, old friend.

[And the video ends there.]

Comments

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

He's cute. She?

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

He... That never happened though...

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

Daydream?

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Yes. A 'what if' type of daydream.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

I've seen a few of those lately. Must be a particularly harmless virus.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Perhaps. I can imagine it could be bittersweet in some cases.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

In yours?

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

[there is a pause]

Yes.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

I thought so. ...I imagine you must miss him.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Of course. Michael was with me for nearly 10,000 years.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

What happened?

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Like all dragons of my world, after a certain amount of time and so many battles, his heart fell into blood lust. He did not even recognized me. I had to slay him before he could hurt anyone else.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

I see. I'm sorry.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Don't be. It was not your fault and it happened over 1,000 years ago.

[Voice]

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

[Jak is silent - partly because he doesn't want to interrupt, and partly because he's pretty sure Rose has mentioned the dragon's name at some point and he's trying to remember what it was. Eventually, he settles on...]

Been a long time, hasn't it?

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

That never happened. I was just daydreaming about it.

[Voice]

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

I meant since you saw him. I mean, I'm guessing that's him?

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

That was Michael... And yes, it has been a long time since I had actually saw the real one. Over 1,000 years now.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

You still think about him.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

He was the only one besides myself to survive the final battle of the Dragon Campaign. For 10,000 he was the only thing normal in my life.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

Oh. I would still be thinking of him if I were in your place.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

It is a shame you could not meet him.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I would like him better than the dragons of my world.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, though Michael did tend to be a bit protective of me.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

I'm charming.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

That may be so, but he was known to snap at Zieg from time to time.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

I can handle that. I would like anyone better than the dragons from my world.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

What are the dragons like in your world?

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

Insufferably arrogant.

Re: [Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

And what makes you think that Michael wasn't?

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

I would say because you put up with him, but you also put up with me...

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

I will admit, Michael was no where near as arrogant as you are.

[Voice]

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

...

[This would be Jak, who continuously forgets that Rose is ten thousand years old and really just acts like she's around his age.]

... Sorry.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Don't. It is not your fault, Jak.

[Voice]

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but still...

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

What happened, happened. Though I do miss him, I had made peace with the loss.

[Voice]

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

I guess that's kinda the only way to deal with it, huh?

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

I believe so.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

See? He can't be that bad.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Well, Michael had every reason to be arrogant. The only creature more powerful than him was the Divine Dragon, which was the king of all dragons.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

From personal experience, the king of dragons is the absolute worst about this.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

You mean the one in your world.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

Yes, him.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

He is probably still better to deal with than the Divine Dragon was.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

I doubt that.

[Voice]

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

The Winglies locked the Divine Dragon away before I was even born. Imagine what he was like when he got out three years ago.

I would rather deal with arrogance than a very vengeful dragon.

[Voice]

[cawing.livejournal.com]

...I take back everything I've said. Although he's been king since before the Great Flood, he at least isn't that bad.