A Rainy Afternoon (Open!)

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The rain came down in tonnes, pounding against the earth like a griffin's thundering steps. Against the rocks they splattered, against the trees they pummeled, bending the leaves to their will. There were no strong wings, just the cold and the rain. Many creatures had taken shelter for the night, concealing themselves in the darkness of their hollows or the tunnels of their dens. The fox peered out of her little cave, tucked away into the roots of an old oak tree. She dipped back inside, however, when a creature passed her by.


The creature was white in color, standing out like a sore thumb against the green foliage. Soaked through, water dribbled off the end of her snout and dived into the leaves to join their brethren, her feathers pressing against her back from the weight of the rain. It stung, so it did, striking her scales and setting them alight with the burn that usually only came from hailstones.

Glancing up at the darkened sky, Athena let out a soft growl directed at the clouds that turned the heavens black. They resembled coal, lumbering across the sky at the speed of fat snails. To put it simply, they weren't going anywhere for a while.

The mud that formed beneath her talons got stuck in her feet and chilled her to the bone. She may have been made for the cold, but the sensation was still unpleasant. Grunting, Athena swished her tail and kept walking, blue eyes scanning what she could see for shelter.

This is such crap.. shifting her gaze to the sky again, Athena had the urge to curse at the clouds. Instead, she merely grimaced and kept walking -more like wading- through the mud. Letting out a single cough, she trudged up a small hill and glanced around. Nothing but grass and trees. Great.

Sighing, the ice dragon spread her wings, face contorting slightly at the horrid sensation of the heavy water sliding off her hide. Gross.. shaking her head, the dragoness went to leap into the air, considering flying above the clouds in the hopes of getting away from the rain.

Katyusha continued to stare skeptically over at Esridar, or his silhouette, since everything was a blur in this rain and dark. But Katyusha was growing tired, and she was honestly annoyed with fighting. And it wasn't like she had any other bright ideas on where to take Athena. So, letting out a sigh, she muttered "Fine. Help me pick her up, and we can take her to the cave."

Just when Katyusha was relaxing her defenses, the voice of another dragoness spooked her into aggression once again. She cursed silently at the downpour, frustrated that she couldn't smell as well as she could have. She only relaxed a bit when she heard the dragoness comment that she was a healer.

"Oh... well that's good, I suppose... What's your name?" Katyusha asked the new dragoness.