Ashes to Ashes w/a lil bit o Ketchup!!

[Meline Kana Noriuma]

((OOC: This thread does not take place in Troll Spit Bar and Grill but one of the many worlds it is connected to.))


Meline sighed and looked up. She wasn't even up the mountain yet and there were ashes and scorch marks everywhere. She looked at the ring Joe had given her for protection and shook. No, no it would not do at all. She would need something better if she wanted to protect her from becoming a human french fry. She slung her pack down next to a tree and poked it to make sure it was safe to lean against rather than the last attempt she had a few miles back.

Seeing as this one was safe, for the moment, she sat down and began ruffling through the pack till she pulled out what looked like an extremely thick book and began flipping through the pages till-" Ah, that's the one!" She came across the spell she was looking for. She thought about it. "If I change this here, and that tidbit there then I can burn my sleeves every so often to know when the spell is wearing off rather than a complete lack of knowledge and suffering the consequences later. OK then." With that she began drawing an intricate set of runes on the ground in a semi circle around herself occasionally glancing up towards the mountains, back the way she came, and around the ash of a forest she seemed to be in.

[Chronica]

Aradania watched the girl from the shelter of a granite boulder she blended in with quite well. Her dress and hair sparkled like the crystaline forms in the granite so her spot wasn't given away by occasional glances. Aradania had been watching the girl approach for some time, but had been weary of making her presence known.

The strange girl had been somehow scorching the mountain and herself, and Aradania wanted nothing to do with that. Fire was the one thing she feared and didn't need it near her. She wouldn't die because of a little bit of flame, she would just burn worse and it would take her twice as long to heal than your average human.

[Cain]

((OOC: Not to chronica just so you know this is taking place on a mountain that used to have a fair sized forest but due to events in the past that involved a very big, very evil, and very nasty dragon, a large amount of it was scourched to ash, some was even reduced to glass. Its been centuries and only some parts of the forest are finaly reviving. The reason Meline is scorched is likely due to the gyszer feild in the area which has also been active. If you have any questions do ask please. ^_^ ))

About that time a bit further ahead there was a rumbling before a jet of water spewed forth out of the ground seeming to launch out a rock. Or atleast it seemed to be a rock untill it started to uncurl Its scales were an emerald green exept a line of red that ran down its back. It had a set of fins on its head with one on each cheek and third forming a crest on its head. Its tail spread out another pair that seemed to form a sort of fan as it shook itself off, steam rising from it.
"I'm ok...I..oh...uh oh...Daddy's not gonna be too happy... I did it again.."

[Meline Kana Noriuma]

Meine, just having finished the spell she had been casting, was doing her typical scouting around her and saw this jumping about three feet into the air where she jumped and landed in a small hole. As she began wiggling to free herself there was a slight rumbling and she groaned just barely throwing herself in a different direction as a gyszer revealed itself from under where her behind had been. "Man! I'm going to kill Joe this time!" She picked up her bag and and shook herself off.
At least now she would not be reduced to a bunch of ashes. Well not for a while anyways. She looked over to the creature which had scared her and took a deep breath. "Um...who might your father be little one?"

((OOC one way entrance kind of explains some things to if you want to knwo what's going on))

[Cain]

The dragon turned and seemed to freeze when he spoted her. Slowly he seemed to glance to either side. Finaly he replied in a hushed whisper.
"Daddy said I shouldn't talk to strangers..."

OOC: this post relies heavily on this being the same little dragon Ronin has traveled with before, if it is a different one, I'll fix the post.

After a nearby geyser was finished, and the boiling vapor cleared, a man in crimson robes walked forward. With a large nodochi at his side he walked over to the young dragon.

bending over, he rusteld in his pack for a haunch of meat and set it in front of the dragon.

"What about old friends?" Said Ronin with a smile,

He used his mechanical arm to set the meat down, in case the dragon didn't recognize him without his black robes.

[Cain]

The young dragon, who indeed was Tourch, tilted his head from side to side then peered at the man.
"I don't knooooowwww.... you still seem a bit strange to me..."

[Meline Kana Noriuma]

Meline looked at them and chuckled slightly. "I'm Meline Kana. See now I am no longer a stranger, just strange." She looked over to Ronin. She couldn't be sure but it seemed almost as if she had seen him before at Joe's bar, but then again, she doubted that a bit. Then again she never really knew. "I'm looking for, oh blast it all." She pulled something out of her pocket looking at the map. "I'm trying to find someone here and I can't remember his name. I'm picking something up for Joe."

Ronin smiled warmly, 'of course' he thought 'this little guy did seem to have a little streak of ADD' He reached into his robes and pulled out a seed.

"This should jog your memory"

He squeezed the seed and sprouts began to slip through his fingers, hey set the sprouts down and as soon as they hit the ground thorned stems shot up at an alarming rate, dark green leaves grew and dark red roses bloomed letting off a sweet fragrance.

"Does that remind you Tourch of the Alexander Clan, Son of Traden?"

He smiled again, and patted the yound dragon on the head, he reminded him so much of Drox when he was a young wyrmling. Looking back at Meline

"Joe you say, from Troll Spit? I'm heading there now, so I can help you. I am long overdue for a glass of wine with someone."

[Cain]

Alexander, that name would ring a bell. Actualy the contact Meleine was looking for was named Arkturos Alexander.
Tourch seemed to smile at Magnus.
"Oh, I remembered you, I was just saying you're strange." ^_^