Sunset Introductions

[Selene & Crystal]

DATE & TIME : October 20th, The sun is just beginning to set
WEATHER CONDITIONS : Clear with no wind, but cold, and frigid
CHARACTERS INVOLVED : Selene & Crystal, Clockwork
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(Sorry if it's long. I like to add a bunch of details. And Crystal will be coming later in the story.)

As the sun set on the island of Berk, it cast long shadows on its forests, effectively bathing them in orange light. In these forests, was a girl, no older than 17, trying to make another snare to add to her collection.

Selene let out a deep breath of relief when she released the trigger string in her newest animal trap. With this one included, she had 20 summed up.

Packing up the rest of her supplies, she made her way back to where she'd set up camp. As she trekked back through the undergrowth, she couldn't shake the feeling that someone, or something was nearby. Being nearly deaf, she, of all people, has to keep a lookout for the smallest of disturbances.

When she reached the small patch of grass she'd put her tattered, worn out tent, she groaned in annoyance. There were at least 3 terrible terrors scavenging her temporary home. Since she never stayed in the same area for more than a few months, she didn't really care whether or not terrible terrors came by and ruined her camp, which they did on a regular basis.

Selene grabbed a nearby fir tree branch, and whipped it around, effectively scaring off the pests. 'Take that you stupid little brats!'[/color] She smirked and broke the piece of wood in her hands in two, throwing it into the fire pit after.

When she gathered enough sticks, she tried to start a fire...unsuccessfully. She couldn't manage to even get a spark. She sighed in defeat, and decided to watch as the sun set.

However, this was short lived. Cocking her head to the right to hear better, she flinched when a snap echoed through the trees.

She was too frightened to do much except try and calm her breathing. With her luck, it was a wild dragon on a rampage. But she had hoped it was Crystal...

[Clockwork]

Clockwork sighed as his strolled through the forest solemnly. He used to take his little girl through these woods all the time, listening to her redicoulusly outragous ghost stories. Such as the one that inculded a giant rabit. It was a nice night to be out, cold it may be but atleast it wasn't raining. 

He heard the signature 'snap' of a branch. Then the rubbing of sticks, as if trying to start a fire. Anyone out here must be freezing their butt off! Any other dragon with any common sense would just walk away, but not Clockwork.  He was curious to see who was out here when it was about to get dark. Nights on berk were harshly cold , anyone out here without a fire may not be so lucky to surive the night.  

Surly Irrite wouldn't mind him comming home a bit late. He followed the sound of rubbing wood, his leg making the unmistakeable metal 'clunk' each time it hit the ground.  The girl came into his sight but he was so distracted he snapped a branch under his metal foot. He jumped lightly but settled back down seeing the girl jump too.

He slipped from thr bushes, his head low, trying not to look intimidating. He glanced to the empty firepit and huffed, smoke imentating from his one uncovered nostril as he readied a small blast of fire. He blew the flames into the pit starting a small fire it the pit. 

Clockwork simply sat down on the otherside of the firepit, his tail flicking lightly.

[Selene & Crystal]

(In case you didn't feel like reading Crystal's Bio, I put some of it in here)

Selene went to reach for her bow, but gasped when she remembered it was in the tent. The bushes shook again, but this time, a massive red head came from underneath them.

At first, Selene was certain this was a wild dragon, seeing as it had scars littering its face. Upon further inspection, however, she saw that there was no way a feral dragon would have a metallic mask covering half its head.

Smoke began rising from the beast's nostrils, and when it emerged fully from the bushes, Selene awed at how majestic the creature looked, even though it had too many scratches to count. The only thing that seemed to tarnish its perfectionism was the golden leg, but that also seemed to add more beauty as well.

She recalled from one her dragon books back home that the breed was a Western. One of the larger dragons, and this one seemed to be the best example.

Before Selene could move away to give the dragon room, a small stream of fire blew past her, and into her fire pit, effectively setting the wood aflame. She gaped at the dragon, and couldn't find the right words to say.

So, she simply said, "T-thanks."[/b] Normally, she wouldn't speak aloud because of her stutter, but she felt more comfortable with dragons than humans anyway.

Moving over, she patted the ground next to her. "I d-don't h-have any food right now, b-but you're welcome t-to s-sit with me."

A short roar came from nearby before the dragon could respond.

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Not too far away, Crystal was returning from a successful hunt. Most others of her kind would carry their meal in their mouths, but Crystal is different. She has to use her jaws to 'see' in a sense. Being mostly blind, she uses the 'snap' echo through the trees.

And by doing so, it attracts attention for predators, which is why she's cautious everywhere she goes, even if Selene is there with her.

But she stopped right before entering the small clearing beyond the bushes. 'Another dragon?! Here?!' She gasped as she also caught scent of Selene. "Selene!'

Dropping the boar, she burst into the camp, preparing to see the worst. But instead of seeing a bloody heap on the ground, she saw an old Western dragon. Even with her blurry vision, she could see the scars across his hide, and the reflective metal on his head and leg.

Crystal's defensive instincts kicked in when Selene offered to let the larger dragon sit next her. The Iridescent Ironbeak growled and stood beside the girl. "I don't know what she's promised you, but we don't need another mouth to feed.[/color]