The older dragon listened to Nexias yammer on, seeming quite surprised Damian was one of his hatchlings. It wasn't too surprising considering she was very different from himself. "Mhmm yes, but our magic shares one thing of common. Ability to cause either pleasant feelings or torment. Mind is just on a mental scale while hers is more physical." he mused as he noted Damia's ability to create a pleasant scent and also a foul one. While he could make dreams or nightmares. It made him a little curious what her magic would grow into as she matured. As the insanity dragon rattled off on having his own possible children, the older dragon chuckled in amusement. Having a lot of mini Nexias's? Everyone would probably go completely insane. That would indeed be a wonderful sight and of course the elder would encourage it. Though before he could say anything, Nexias grew angry, releasing some of his magical power and causing those around him to experience the magic. Draken rolled his Crimson eyes before looking to the human who was having issues dealing with the magic. Lightly, Draken brushed a hand through the white hair, black mist forming around it and seeping into the boy's mind. Ezekiel would feel a calming sensation, and Nexias's magic nullified as Draken's magic overpowered it to ease the human. Listening to the boy's words, the Dragon God chuckled softly. "It's fine, Nex does things like this all the time. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if he was unknowingly hatchling of mine or related. Always causing trouble. He gets more carried away though. I should probably scold him for doing such a thing with you hear, but I can help with that. It wouldn't be alright if I wasn't present however. Your mind would of probably exploded." he mused as he mildly listened to the conversation between Nexias and Great Grandparents. The poor child dragon having fled in terror. Still as the human leaned against him, the black haired compacted form dragon held the priest closer. Lightly petting the white hair before looking to Nexias with a slight amused smirk as Mirazan's questioned on the names before looking to Ezekiel with a grin. "Well since dear Nex scared off the last hatchling, is there anything you would like to do now Ezzy?" he chirped, obviously calmer then the rest of the dragons around that were a bit riled up by the demons and Nexias. The newly made teen was flying in circles in the hair, happily chatting with some other young dragons who passed as well. Though soon paused as there was a ruckus in the clearing with the elders and Nexias. Both heads tilted to the sides a little she flew a little closer to hear what was being said. Looking to the odd looking creatures, she blinked a little more. "What are they?" the left head asked. "They smell funny." the right head snorted a little. "Maybe they are friendly?" the left head suggested. "Or maybe they want to eat eggs? Or as weird and insane as Nexias." The right countered. "Nexias is a funny dragon though." the left said. Pondering for a moment, the dragon looked to see what seemed to be Draken. And seemed unsure if she should speak to him or not. A bit nervous and unsure if she managed to impress him enough to earn his attention. "Let's go and talk!" the right head said confidently. "But he may not like me." the left said softly. Shyly taking the offered hand and blushed at the flirting, Aster walked with the Earth dragon, glancing back as the commotion only got worse. Glancing to Chu at his words, Aster smiled softly and nodded in agreement. Nexias was always such a strange dragon, hard to understand really. "Yeah, but at least you don't cause that much trouble." the red haired man chuckled, shifting a little as Chu wrapped a arm around him, but leaned into him slightly. At the question, the dual element dragon sighed softly and nodded. "Yeah, she's a very energetic human. She makes me feel like a elder. She's been eagerly studying everything there is about us and even sketching dragons. Even had me posing for one. Even drew Draken. Paper might be a good gift, she's probably running out soon." he answered with a soft amused smile before looking to Chu and lightly ruffling the brown hair. "How about you? Been able to handle all the hatchlings in the nursery? A lot of the babies who turned into a child have been more energetic." he chuckled.

Keepa narrowed their eyes at the apathetic demon before digging their heels in. They were light and unable to put up much of a fight, but enough to make the guard stop. "What are-" he started as the demon hopped on one leg, pulling the guard in and gripping his shoulder with their free arm. Pulling them down as they fell, there was an audible 'crack' from their face being mashed into Keepa's exposed knee, just above the ridge of their boot. A small chip of Keepa's flesh clinked to the ground as well as away from their other knee which soaked the brunt of the cobblestone, knocking the guard out cold. They held their arms out to the side in a passive shrug style, letting the man slump to the ground before standing and patting down their clothes. "So, what do you do?" They asked, making the motion of dusting their palms which sent a few sparks noisily from the contact. The question was in regards to Azous' comment about different forms and their purposes; Keepa being 'interested' in what this form was supposed to accomplish. He wasn't one for getting his hands dirty, and had seen ten times the action today than they had over the course of the last few months... Well, that wasn't saying much, but still...

Azous Azous watched as the other demon assaulted the man, possibly killing him if Azous was any judge. When the demon asked him what he did, Azous demonstrated by putting his hand through a building, then through the demon, before finally sitting down. "Nothing, I'm rather detached from this plane of reality, so nothing can affect me, and I can't affect anything in return. Useful for making getaways from hunters when I feel the need, except when they have dragon-bone weapons of a dimensional nature. Those are the only thinks that can harm or hold me, and hopefully they all burned in the fire. Either way, I'm rather tired now due to the amount of energy goes into conversing with people, and will leave you in the hands of my much more approachable persona, bye now." Azous gave a wave, then the shadow around him seemed to expand, his blue eyes darkening as they did, until it burst sending shadows everywhere. Where Azous had once stood, there was now a teenage looking boy with long bangs of black and white hair. He stared at the person in front of him with bright red eyes, before giving them a wide smile, showing off his fang-like teeth, as he put his hand out. "How ya doing, my name's Gaiden, and it's a pleasure to meet you. Also, nice moves on that cowardly hunter their, he ain't going to be waking up any time soon." Nexias And just like that, with those few words, all was right again. Nexias hostility, and the effects of his magical energy, all disappeared as if it had never been their in the first place. The hatchling that ran away, suddenly could remember why it had been doing such a thing. Such was the way Madness struck, it could be here one moment, gone the next, a spontaneous reaction to the pain and suffering of life. "See, that's all I wanted, and as for their names. I honestly have no idea, hell, I didn't even know that the cat wasn't a cat. Though I should have guessed when it didn't run away from me like most animals do, but I was just hoping I had finally found the one that hadn't. But no need to worry about them trying anything, I'm watching them like a hawk, and if they even think of doing something to harm the village, I would thrust them into a world of madness, pain, and degradation for what seems like an eternity. But I'm positive it won't come to that, as both just seemed to be simply curious about the village, and I was eager to educate. And what better way to educate them then by letting them see a duel between two dragon's, please tell me you weren't pulling my leg with that one, Ne, please, please, please. I'm always up for a little one on one action......... That didn't sound half as right as I thought it did, yet it didn't sound a fourth as wrong as you though ti ti did, and I ramble nonsense when excited so let's just shut up and fight already." As Nexias spoke, his excitement became more and more clear, ashe really wanted o show his stuff in a duel. It was his favorite way to prove his strength, the presentations were nice, but fighting was his being, his soul, his existence. If you took fighting away from hims, you'd have nothing but insanity, and even that would be harshly dimmed and dull. He was practically jumping in place, and they were getting bigger with every passing moment.

Syrilth, after listening to the dragons' conversation, now knew what had happened. She nodded to the human girl who had bowed to her, a grin visible on her face. She thought it was nice to see a human who didn't get scared right away from seeing a dragon, even though she figured the girl was used to seeing them anyway. She then looked around the shop she entered. The inside wasn't really familiar, but from the outside it was, having passed by it many times. Syrilth figured she hadn't visited the shop in quite a while. She turned to the crystal dragon, whom she figured was the shopkeeper, and found herself straining her neck to look up at the dragon. Thus she transformed to her dragon form, a black-scaled dragon with white fur on its top side. "May I ask of what you have in store?" Syrilth questioned the crystal dragon.

Abraxas finished the last truck with impunity, picking it up and throwing it into a nearby building. The resulting explosion shook the area causing yet another fire to spring up as the carcass of the building crumbled in on itself. He stood still, breathing heavily as his actions had drained him down greatly but it had seemed the all life in the market was either dead, or unnatural and this pleased him. The fires of the area were choking the sky with a thick smoke, now most likely visible for miles around the area. The pervasive powers given off seemed to warp the area slightly, as many of the areas touched by the demons had started to show signs of corruption and decay. Such was the power that some gave off it effected the very area that they were in, and this area looked now somewhat alien. Abraxas then picked up a dead human guard and started to eat. He needed to regain his strength for whatever would come next, for he had no idea what this place was capable of and he had not yet seen any hunters. Something was amiss and he would have his guard on high alert, that was for sure.

The tree demon was disinterested in whatever the dragons in front of him had to say. He had tried to pay attention to their conversation, but it never felt like the right time to say anything. Nexias, the black dragon, talked a lot. He seems protective, but very talkative and chaotic. I'm beginning to dislike him even more, Ocotl thought to himself. He didn't like people who talked a lot, but he was willing to tolerate them. He peered beyond Nexias' form to see some kind of ceremony going on. Dragons of different shapes and sizes produced unusual magic displays, or fought courageously against other dragons like them. Elements flew back and forth, during the ceremonies, lighting up the large, open space of the ceremony grounds. He looked back at the group gathered near him, joints creaking slightly again. The group was larger now, other dragons having joined the motley crew, seemingly friends of Nexias. A dragon, taking the form of a small, blonde-haired child, was one of the newcomers. A bright light seemed to radiate from her, and Ocotl could tell that she was very powerful. There was almost a hum of energy around her, the air slightly distorting like a mirage. She was somehow familiar, but if he had known her, it was from many years ago, back when his Master was still alive. She did not seem to act with a child either, acting with a decisiveness only reserved for those of old age. She would probably be the most powerful one here, he thought to himself. And the oldest. Nexias had a dangerous look on him again, talking to the child-form dragon. "See, that's all I wanted, and as for their names. I honestly have no idea, hell, I didn't even know that the cat wasn't a cat..." he said, rambling on about something or another, getting excited later as he went on. Ocotl blinked slowly, waiting for him to finish speaking. He realized that he hadn't said his name or even introduced himself, and regardless Nexias had somehow trusted him. Maybe he would be a good ally to have after all... Ocotl thought to himself. "I apologize for not having introduced myself," Ocotl rumbled, addressing the group, his black eyes twinkling. "I go by Ocotlantli, but you may call be Ocotl. I do not wish to harm anyone, I am merely looking for something." He glanced at the cat. He would have some explaining to do, most likely, for nobody knew his name. He looked at the blonde-haired dragon, humming briefly. "Did you happen to know of a Dragon, like you, very gifted in the ways of nature?", he asked her. "I have been trying to find his home-place. One as long-lived as you may know, yes?"

Lucatiel "Well there isn't much to do, with the ceremonies and tests going on most will be there but I thank you for your compliment," she replied ",I would probably be there myself if it wasn't for my condition." She weaved herself around the shop with ease, doing simple tasks all the while she talked."I must say though I find it interesting that you have a human companion. She's the first human I've actually had come around." Tahamuyra He watched from a distance of the commotion that had begun with Mirazan. He had been helping judge when suddenly things seemed to of stopped while she confronted some creature that wasn't a dragon. From what he had gathered about recent events some of the grandparents were on edge which he could understand, they had to be cautious about humans for if they discovered the village there was no telling what would happen. More then likely utter chaos and fighting.

Siabel listened to her, wondering why does her brother help her out so she could go watch. Maybe she was the type of dragon who wouldnt want to brother others. Not questioning her she waved her hand at the question. '' You mean Momo? She isnt my companion more like a pet like a lap dog of a rich lady.....or part of my horde, a piece that I like to watch.'' Siabel explained it simply rephrasing her words so to make it more understandable to dragons. Assuming if she for first time meet a human there could be good chance she didnt know much about human culture. ''You can ask her what ever crosses your mind, if it amuses you.'' Siabel offered, on which Momo nodded. '' I would really be happy to explain anything I know. To you too.'' At the last bit she turned around towards the shop exploring dragon asking what there was for sale. Momo her self still was more than impressed with all the crystal art pieces Lucatiel made with her powers. If she had those powers, momo dreamed for a moment, she wouldnt find the heart to sell them off. She was more of a collector than a creator when it came to art. Snapping back she continued. '' I my self am really curios about the views dragons have of the world. And would love if you allow my curiosity to be answered. My Name Is Momo.'' The human girl raised her dress a bit making a bow as she introduced herself. Carefully walking up to her lady Siabel and smiling for approve at her. Which the wind dragon after rolling her eyes petted the top of Momos head. '' Good girl, want a cracker?'' ''I am no bird Lady Siabel.'' Came the chuckled answer from the human. Chu was beaming inside when Aster leaned into his arm as they entered the forest. His little plan to get Aster all lovely with himself was slowly bearing its fruits. The earth dragon could already see at the end of the festival how they will take care off some newly dragon eggs. Their own eggs. The earth dragon was already painting how things would go and how carrying of figure Aster would be. ''Nuuu dont be a elder yet. How would be making eggs if you be a grand grand father Aster!'' Chu exclaimed taken aback to the comparison. It sounded silly the way he said it but he was half serious about his worry. Nuzzling aster cheek after the other asked him about the nusery passing under the big tree tops, a light early night mist was making the woods appear colder. ''I am fine, there are quite a few adults who help around in the nursery and the children who became teens all try to play I am big now I can take care of the little ones. They are so cute.'' Chu chuckled letting go of aster so he could spin around and use a earth made hand to raise up and pick some apples that grow on it. '' Two eggs hatched during the festival, one was in the lava bath the baby had quite the lungs to cry out for food. The other a much older egg. It the polar opposite too. So silent and humble just asked for some water and so many adults swarmed it, you know curios about it magic and power, wondering if it will age in this festival. '' Chu talked about the adventures in the nursery offering one of the picked apples to Aster, biting into his own quite eagerly. Walking back he moved some of Aster hair behind his ear. It was the perfect atmosphere, he leaned closer. ''You are a really kind dragon.'' He whispered, only to be interupted by a angry echoing voice, which made him jump in place from the scare. ''Who is stealing the holy fruits'' Chu looked around seeing the mist got kind of thicker and whiter. '' I the sacred living one is demanding you dragons to face your punishment for your sins!'' ''We didnt do anything? Who are you?'' The earth dragon tried to stand up wanting to show how great of a mate he could be. Well he felt like there were still quite a few ways he could use to run away, that was mostly the reason he stand up at that moment. What came out of the mist was surprising it was a chicken. A hen was eyeing at them first with one eye turning her head and then with the other. ''Knee down if you wish to exist after the sin you have done'' ''Is that the chicken speaking?'' Chu was a bit surprised, if it was just a chicken there was no problem than....but it spoke?... ''Feel the wraith then!'' It felt like the chicken spoke causing many many chicken to assault them feeling pulling onto his hair and scratches allover his arms. Chu tried to sho away the swarm only managing to reach his hand and grab onto Aster. The Mist grow even thicker to the point it was hard to see anything. The pixies and fairies were chuckling as their friends using the mist were swarming the dragons the mist full with smoke of burning herbs that would cause visions. The chicken having one of the fairies on its head wandered to the dragons feet and started to peek on their feet. He was rambling, way too much of a rambling. She pressed her bridge of her nose. It was always the over energetic dragons that caused the most trouble. Maybe they should make Nexias spend himself by running around the village to calm him down. In all truth, Mirazan was positive it wouldnt work at all. It was the 3 headed elder who chipped suddenly switching his mood. ''Oh they are those kind of 'guest''' Spoke the red head nodding knowingly. '' I had as a teen, and a young adult quite a few guest which names I didnt know either. They stayed for dinner. Quite the tasty fellows they were. '' The blue head attention was suddenly there and Ra spoke. '' Oh are we eating them? I dont mind more vegetables in out diet. '' Eyeing the tree demon as a kid would a tasty strawberry just sitting on the kitchen table. Mirazan raised her hand. '' To summarize. You brought in the tribe complete strangers to 'show' around. You promise to take responsibility and want to mate with a grand grand pa even if you know there cannot be any eggs made. Did I got all of your rambling points?'' She narrowed her eyes at him, just than the tree man started to speak. "I apologize for not having introduced myself,I go by Ocotlantli, but you may call be Ocotl. I do not wish to harm anyone, I am merely looking for something." ''Speak.'' Miraza nodded, elbowing the 3 headed GGF whine of not wanting to know his meals name. She wasnt too sure if he was joking or meant it. Or at least some of the heads meant it. ''Did you happen to know of a Dragon, like you, very gifted in the ways of nature?", he asked. "I have been trying to find his home-place. One as long-lived as you may know, yes?" This made the elders look at each other, trying to remember if there was some dragons. Nature controlling dragons were not completely rare but still werent the most common. ''There was some grand grandparents controlling nature, werent there.'' Sharana asked Mirazan moving her wings as she was thinking. ''I am sorry I wouldnt know I am quite young looked at humans year. '' Mirazan answered to the GGM look towards her. Sandy chipping in. ''Oh there was one who died naturally his body harvested by humans shortly after. Such a waist to his will. It was over 1000 years ago thought. Hm... a younger one there was too, after aging they never returned to the festival, who knows of their fate. '' Sandy chipped, rubbing his hands together as after a job good done. Mirazan started talking leaving the more experience dragons revise their memories of a dragon who may fit the description and maybe appear to fit the description. ''Well, even if you were only searching for a dragon this isnt a place we want to allow you to stay. You are on Nexias mercy and will. Be aware of that, this counts for that silent cat what ever you are. Nexias you will take any responsible for their action. .... Draken dont even think about it.'' Mirazan finished, flying up to the air, she really needed a bath in the waterfalls to relax. After that she would spend the rest of the night in the nursery on watch for the eggs and hatching staying there.

"Thank you, Exalted One." As unworthy as the human race was to receive such blessings, Ezekiel was glad to be in the god's favor. He listened to him talk about chiding the other, and something in his mind suddenly clicked. The father of the church before him acted a lot like Draken. The man held a hotter temper, as one needs for a child reckless enough to get his own eye forcibly removed; but the similarities outweighed the differences. He wondered if they had always been like that, or received divine influence. Looking at Nexias, it wouldn't be surprising if he was related to Draken. That was a completely different conversation, however, and he didn't exactly care to find out the younger dragon's exact heritage. He never held the highest opinion of Nexias, and gave the utmost respect to him mostly since he was his Lord's guest. Not that he would ever think of acting out against such a holy being. The dragon did have a way of testing his patience, but then again, so did his own children. Was there anywhere he wanted to be in particular? For starters, anywhere out of the immediate area. Ezekiel wasn't exactly nervous, but being surrounded by agitated beings more powerful than he could ever imagine didn't seem like the ideal situation for a human. "I'd planned to observe for the day. Maybe I can manage to get my bearings, finally. Thank you for taking the time to come here with me." He explained, giving a short bow. As he spoke, he heard the conversation between the elders and the dragon turn to eating the dragon's guests. He was quietly relieved that his god had given him a way to leave this mess politely. As the priest stood up, he noticed there was a dragon staring at them. Well, not them so much as Draken himself. That was his child, yes? Even with his horrible eyesight, the two headed-dragon was hard to forget. He wondered if that meant anything of significance, if it was an omen of some sort. If he had noticed the child, Draken must have had some idea she was there. Either way, there was only one way out of the clearing, and she was in it. They would run into her. "Should we wait for her to approach?" Every human that was once present in the market was dead. Milhoro had only noticed this after feeling the ground shake from a building collapsing, sending him out of his reverie of impalement. He would need to get back home soon. He assumed his ward had been thrown into chaos once more since he had been gone. It couldn't have taken more than a year for his delicate structure to crumble. The thought saddened him, and infuriated him. He didn't have the time for another 300 year conquest of his people. His people. Even if they didn't realize it at the moment, wherever they were, they were his brothers and sisters and they would accept him as their monarch once more, even if it meant some demons had to die to remember that fact. The break from the action was welcome, but if nothing else, humans were adaptable. Soon they would be back, in heavier armor than before. Hell, maybe they even had equipment forged from the bones of dragons. Wouldn't that be a challenge. Milhoro finally turned his attention to the feasting demon. He seemed interested only in the present, and so far in his observations only acted in animalistic ways. Was he feral? No, the hunters couldn't be stupid enough to keep a feral demon. They provided nothing, in return for taking everything. Demons, after all, weren't cheap to hold. Milhoro set to preparing traps for any humans wanting a second round, mostly in the form of corroding landmarks to a point of delicate balance. While it was possible, he was hoping other demons wouldn't set it off beforehand. Finally, the demon turned his attention to the other, and took a few gentle steps towards him. He didn't need to get too close. "Dear brother, what are you called? Your massacre was wonderful."

Lynx was already feeling a bit tense because of the large group around him. He realized that he, too, hadn't introduced himself. He couldn't build up enough courage to speak in front of a crowd, so he mentally prepared himself to speak to Nexias later. He turned his head to see a two headed dragon, looking at him and the other demon. They looked uneasy as they spoke to each other, as if they were two separate beings. This made him more tense, seeing that it was questioning him. He heard a three-headed dragon start speaking. It started talking about how the last time there were two visitors, they ate them. His anxiousness was skyrocketing as he looked at it. It seemed plausible to him that a dragon that size would eat humans. The fact that Nexias talked about bringing a world of pain to them if they damage the village topped off his paranoia like a cherry on top of a sundae. He knew that he wouldn't damage it at all intentionally, but the fact that Nexias would even say that would be because he didn't fully trust Lynx. In any other situation, Lynx would flee from the problem, but that decision would most likely cost him his life at the moment.

The elder dragon chuckled softly at the priest's thankfulness, gingerly brushing the white hair between his fingers. Draken had to admit, he quite enjoyed showing off the albino human. It was quite rare to find one, and Draken had been blessed with a natural born one that served under him and only him. Perhaps it was one of the reasons he was quite fond of the albino, and perhaps spoiled him a little bit compared to most humans that were either naturally his food, playthings or servants. Ezekiel though was quite the faithful and unique servant that wasn't easily replaceable. It will be a shame when the human passes on, but it was a event that was unavoidable. After many years of experiencing such a natural life occurrences, it was best to make the best of it. "But of course dear Ezzy. Gotta make surl my favorite priest is enjoying his stay well. And no curious dragon decides to try to take a nip at you." The Dragon God laughed as he glanced toward the little conversation between the elders, the tree creature, and Nexias. Giving a simple 'innocent' smirk as Mirazan's spoke to him. At Ezekiel's question about the hatchling, a hum escaped his lips as he thoughtfully calculated his move on the matter. Of course he knew the hatchling was there, and he could smell the fear from her and just how nervous the two headed dragon was. The conversation she was having with herself. Damia seemed to have the issue of having no real thoughts to herself. The two heads represented two sides of thought. A devil and a angel so to speak. Quite difficult to control their words. "Let's walk to the exit. If she ever wants to be any older, she'll have to learn to face her fears without too much assistance." Draken spoke before walking toward the exit, his posture tall and lax, humming a soft tune. Acting as though he did not see or just did not care that the snake like teen was in there at the exit. The two-headed dragon watched as the tree thingy creature spoke to the elders, asking about some sort of nature dragon. Damia was a nature dragon, but not a elder. Soon the two heads flicked their gaze a little as Draken started striding closer with the human servant. "Oh dear oh dear he's coming." The left head spoke nervously, slightly lowering. "Dragon up Damia! You are a dragon! Not a cowardly mouse." The right head snorted with a raised head. "But not all mice are cowards, and not all dragons are brave." The left head said softly. "With that poor attitude, I shall never earn father's favor," The right head snorted irritably before both heads straightened as the dark powerful dragon was about to pass them. Both heads gulping slowly, the drag ones slithered the serpentine body in front of the Dragon God. "Father, it is pleasant to meet you in person." both heads spoke in unison, agreeing with these words. "D-Did I do okay? Did you like it? Would you of passed me if you were a Great Grandfather?" The left head asked nervously. "Hah! I think I did quite well! I've been practicing hard and even harder when you said you were visiting!" the right head spoke, puffing up a little in a attempt to look more impressive before both gazes turned to Ezekiel. Curious, the young dragon slithered around the human, noses poking him gently. "Ezekiel..." the left head spoke. "The human." the right head spoke. "Hello, father spoke of you. You're good human servant." Both heads spoke. "No eat." The right spoke as if disappointed while the left huffed and bumped the right head a little. "Rude to say, sorry." the left head spoke. Looking at Chu as the earth dragon complained silly-like about the red haired compact form dragon getting too old to make eggs, Aster rolled his amethyst eyes but chuckled a little. Lightly pushing his friend's.... Possible mate? Date? Whatever... shoulder playfully. "Is your mind on anything other than eggs? If I did suddenly grow too old, does that mean you wouldn't like me anymore?" the firewater dragon hummed as if offended before laughing a little and ruffling the brown hair. "Don't worry, I doubt I'll grow old that fast." Aster reassured, blushing again as the earth dragon nuzzled against his cheek. Still a bit unused to such affection from the Earth Dragon, but also willing to accept it. Listening to Chu discuss things about the nursery, Aster softly smiled thoughtfully as Chu picked some apples with his earth magic. It made the fellow adult think how it would be to have hatchlings. He hadn't thought too much on it, feeling like he'd never find a mate considering had poor luck in romance. Though now.... It didn't seem like a bad little thought to have at least. He did like hatchlings. Smiling at the offered fruit, the dual wielding element dragon took it thankfully and was about to bite into it before his body tensed as he felt Chu brush a strand of long hair behind Aster's ear. Blushing deeply as the earth dragon leaned closer and gave a compliment. Expecting a kiss, Aster shifted in place shyly but closed his amethyst eyes in acceptance. The amethyst orbs shot back open at the angry voice however, slightly jumping on surprise. Looking around with Chu, as the voice spoke about punishment. Aster looked to Chu as he stepped foreword to be brave. It was a little odd for the earth dragon. It was sweet though. Aster himself, wasn't particularly scared, more confused then anything. Soon, he spotted the chicken and raised a eyebrow a little as it apparently demanded them to kneel. Chu also seemed confused, voicing his confusion before a sudden swarm of chickens. Pulling at the hair and pecking at them, Aster hardly moved though, though minorly twitched and swatted at the feathered creatures. Chu soon clinging onto the red head, Aster sniffed the air as the mist thickened. Feeling a peck on his foot, Aster's brow twitched in annoyance. This seemed quite familiar. With a growl, the steam dragon lifted his hand, a turret of steaming water appearing and swirling around rapidly like a mini tornado, sucking in the mist before the water sucked it all up before shot out over the trees. Scorching some branches, but not enough to do real harm. Quickly reaching down, the red head snatched up a fairy sitting on top of the chickens head and clasped it firmly in his fist. "Fairies, always like playing tricks don't you? What's with the chickens though?" Aster grumbled, watching the fairy give a sheepish grin.

Nexias didn't bother correct Mirazan, he just turned around to face his guest. "Okay, You're about to get to see a real treat today. I don't think many of non dragons get to see a duel between dragons, much less seeing an elder dragon fight. Consider yourselves lucky then, and wish me luck." Nexias, surprisingly, kept his tone even and didn't ramble on. He actually seemed rather calm, except for the look in his purple eyes, filled to the brim with so much excitement, you'd swear they'd burst out of his skull. ToRaNe chuckled a little at the young dragon's words, To in particular finding them to be quite amusing. "Your a millenia to young for this to be considered a duel young one, but don't worry, I'll go easy on you." The dragon gave a look to all those around, most if not all getting the message and backing up to create a rather large space for the dragon's to fight. "Now then shall we-" To began, only to find a large bolt of energized shadow heading his way. The head deftly moved out of the way, the bolt missing and hitting a tree, shearing it in half and causing it to fall over, luckily missing anyone that might have been under it. Nexias stood with another orb of shadow in his hand, soon gaining a purple aura around it as it became energized, his purple eye's showing the full extent of his unstable excitement. "Yes, we shall." Nexias shot another bolt of shadow, but this time, the elder was ready, summoning a bolt of lightning to intercept it, buit it was only a distraction to keep the elders attention busy. It didn't work, though, as the Elder's other heads quickly sturck with their own elements, Ra breathing out a stream of highly pressurized water and Ne breathing out a scathing flurry of sand. Nexias was able to avoid both attacks by slipping into his Shadow form, splitting into several strands that raced towards ToRaNe at high speed. The dragon beat his wins down hard, avoiding whatever attack Nexias was planning, with Ne letting out a roar that caused the ground underneath the shadow to collapse into the earth. Nexias reacted quickly, changing into his true form as soon as he felt the earth begin to move and flying upwards at high speeds, ramming right into the elder dragon. ToRaNe growled at the impact, To taking a deep breath before launching a large amount of lightning at the mad dragon, blasting Nexias off of him and recovering the space between the two of them. Nexias shook of the effects of the lightning, feeling a bit of numbness in his right leg, which was twitching slightly. Nexias, gave a roar of challenge, drawing a large bolt of shadow from those around to condense into a ball, before he bit down on it and unleashed the energy in a mighty beam. ToRaNe dodged it easily, but was caught off guard when it turned around and slammed into the dragon's back, sending it to the black ground. 'Wait,' ToRaNe thought, "Black ground?!?' Before he could react, he felt an immense impact as the ground rose to meet him. Nexias had distracted all the heads by focusing them on the beam thus non noticed the collection of shadows that had collected underneath them and rose at an incredible pace to meet them. The dragon growled, getting up and staring at his opponent, To with a angered glare, while Ra and Ne had an analyzing look in their eyes. "He's much more skilled in his magic than I believed, but I say we end this soon, before he gets to out of hand." Ra stated, to which the other heads were quick to agree. Before any more could be said however, the pillar they were standing on, suddenly grew tendrils in attempt to pull the elder in to it, but Ra was quick to cut them down with a jet of water, flying high before turning to face Nexias again, only to see him swooping in at them cloaked in black flames. ToRaNe quickly rolled out of the dragon's charge, than set about dodging the consecutive bolts of shadow fire Nexias began to shoot at them, It seemed Nexias wasn't going to allow them any time to gather their energies so that they could end this quickly. And so it was that the dragon's continued to fight high above the crowd, ToRaNe shooting their respective elements at Nexias, who was smaller and faster than the older dragon and was able to dodge them while sending his own attacks. This looked like it might continue for a while, until one of the combatants made a mistake.

Keepa's expression seemed to sour as they heard Azous speak about their complete detachment, silently judging them. However, he was curious how gravity was still able effect the demon and, on that note, how he didn't simply slip through the ground and into who knows. He supposed it wasn't worth pursuing, as questions about where Keepa's body went when he transformed and how his clothes manage to keep themselves together. Imagining it was a long and arduous exposition which would fall back on a pinch of magic, he left it where it was, far more interested in the shapeshift. ~~~~~ Like night to day, it was like I was addressed by a completely different person. Actually, if it was like what my nameless associate had mentioned, then this was in fact a different person...One deliciously replete with time. Oh, my. Getting ahead of myself. First impressions are everything And like day to night, the game was back on; "Hmhm~ Charmed, to start. I am unsure if you are aware of my name, your other self seems the type not to be bothered with such details~" I start, softening my demeanor for the breath of fresh air which I considered my newest associate. Checking my watches to make sure they worked, unsure of the care they were given since synchronization apparently wasn't a priority. "I am...hm~ Well, 'Keepa' will suffice for now" I begin, introducing myself with a formal curtsey with the length of my robe, a gesture which could be mistaken as a bow, before looking over the motionless guard. "I only hope I did not hit him too hard" my comment came with a shred of genuine concern; it would be unfortunate if he woke up...and explained how 'a girl half his size' took him down with a single kickboxing reversal? What am I worried about? I'm not some throat-stomper like what's come to be expected of my kind...the ill-tempered oaf down the street did well to enforce that stigma, himself, tenfold. Come to think of it, it sure had quieted down. The prospect of a returned faction of hunters taking down such a beast was unsettling. I was not going back... "I apologize, as I am not entirely certain what to do, next; I have a new pair of watches and am free...I was not expecting or ready for company, otherwise I would have dressed for the occasion~" I chirp with a light chuckle, stepping over the guard and claiming his backup dagger with a tendril, pulling it into my shell for safe keeping. You never know in this day and age~

Lynx was caught off guard when the dragon started to battle. He backed a bit, fearing for his life. He bumped into the tree demon and jumped again, not expecting the demon to be behind him. "Sorry..." he said quietly, although Lynx seemed uncanny because his mouth didn't move when he spoke. He didn't really want to speak, but apologized to the tree out of habit. He looked back to the battle, more interested that frightened. His unblinking eyes watched as the dragons soared through the air, flinging their magic about. He aspires to use that kind of magic. He hated having to destroy things if an adversary challenged him. He made a note to himself to go to the bookstore and buy a book about magic when he went back to the city. That is, if it wasn't destroyed by the time he got back. He started to think deeper about the utter chaos that all of the other demons would bring. Obviously, some other demons, like the tree demon standing next to him, were nice, which made things more complicated for the hunters. He feared that another demon would challenge him, especially because he isn't much of a close-combat fighter, and most other demons are. That allows him to flee easier, however. He started to confuse himself on what demon he'd rather face when the sounds of magic brought his attention back to the real world.

The death of the guards was already noticed by the authorities. The beast eating his new meal away. It was more than clear there were more of those salvage beast as they came in and out of the market by their will. Observing didnt do well. Taking off the binoculars the mayor looked at the hunter guilds leader. ''They are all death.'' The older man said with a blaming voice. ''I am so sorry for the lost.'' Said the guild master looking bored at the scene far away. ''You should send someone to put out that fire.'' The man was beaming with anger in his face, but his voice whined. ''Fine...fine! Protect the people please! I am accepting your conditions.'' '' Please sing on this document to make it officially.'' The guild master pulled out his gantlet a piece of paper and a pen. Offering the side off his finest sword for the major to sing. ''See could have done it a lot earlier so many lives wouldnt be lost.'' The hunters grinned under his mask, his hand reached behind and took out a metal container. Whispering on one end he opened the door letting out a small pixie glow in the dark of the night. Watching as it fly high and noticeable away. A light signal. He limped into a building, to his luck he wasnt aware that just moments later two demons passed that same alleyway beside the building. A cat surprised by the visitor run away from Moris and into the same alleyway. The bartender himself entered the lift and pressed the highest floor. The music played as the lift rose up. The man took another sip from his flask. This night wasnt a kind one. The smell of after demon fight was tickling his nose. The corruption, the burn and death all off it was there. Out the lift he climbed with heavy steps up the stairway to the rooftop. On top of the skyscraper Moris could see the clouds of destruction and fire rise. Where were the guild? He had to focus his eyes before he noticed the shapes of the massacre in the market place. What was happening? He wished he was more ignorant and was sleeping in his flat unaware blissfully of the horrors that surely were in plain view in the marketplace. Just than his training made him notice it. A small blue light was dangling in the air towards the marketplace. ''Blue...scare it away?...'' It was a way to send messages when all the usually methods failed or were not safe to use. Sending a pixie or fairy that would light in specific color to send the messenger. The captured nuisances were brain washed and will broken to the moment where they would always return to their cage. They must have had some saved up in other storage's , so not all of them burned up. ''Why not red?'' As he wondered, why it wasnt a kill it order, from a rooftop several streets away from Moris the first dragon bone arrow shoot down to the marketplace. They had a more clear view of the scene than him and were closer to it than Moris. Several seconds later from the opposite side was shoot one arrow too. He couldnt see if it hit a target or not. He didnt need to look around to see how many hunters groups were all around placed on the rooftops. There must have been at least 10 groups all over the buildings with a view on the market place attempting to shot on command or plan to just scare the demon or demons in the market place away. The tactic was old. ''Those little rats.'' He cursed watching on, aware the hunters must have sacrificed the people down there so they could set up and still have time to play what ever game they were out to play, before actually taking action. '' dragon fuckers.'' He whispered the worst of the insults in the night out. She stayed a bit longer watching the old dragon fight Nixas was amusing. She could tell that he was holding back quite a bit. each head was fighting for themselves not together. Each element magic was for it self not combined. She was thankfully the dragon didnt manipulat weather to get a field advantage. The tribe really didnt need a rain down pour and lighting storm. It was a play time for the GGP, and he was having fun a few times it looked like he underestimate too much the shadow dragon. Getting a few hits. Her eyes wandered down to the demons, and to Draken who was talking with the fresh teen. His hatching wasnt it? She didnt care, it was far from important thing. Flying lower as the two fighting dragon moved up she felt a bit silly. Yeah she called that special feeling silly. Mirazan later blamed Sandy for it. She landed a few feet away changing mid air in her compact form. A 6 year old blond girl was standing beside the two demons. She looked up again, seeing ToRaNe missing Nexias with his electrical breath. It was a portion of a second later she noticed it was a set up. A mine field was now all around the madness controlling dragon. A mine field made out of electricity balls floating idly in the air. He would be quite busy. '' He isnt taking good care of his guest.'' She said a light tentacle moving and wrapping around the cat torso. ''He is so busy with fighting he cannot even look away if he doesnt want to get hit.'' receiving the cat in her hands by her tentacle made out of light she looked at Oct. '' Follow me. '' Mirazan said leading them swittly out the view of the arena where the figth was happening. Lets test the youngling how long will it take him to notice the missing ''What do you two eat? Fruits? fish? Light soil and water?'' She questioned the demons. Mirazan was respecting Nexias will of not harming them. She could tell she was watched by at least 2 of the other elders. It was a good feeling for her, knowing she would have done the same on their place. She lead them to the waterfalls most dragons werent here at night. The one who were in the lake were mostly water dragons minding their own business. Plenty of food was left on its lake shore, mostly by other dragons bringing food for the festival. With a growl aster made the mist go away, and reveling quite a bunch of fairies. The earth dragon was quite glad his steam dragon did it. A real chicken peeked on his bare feet making him jump just in place. Looking over to the dragon in question he saw Aster holding one of the lovely small beings by its wings. He frowned, tapping his foot on the earth and put the chicken in a earth cage. The amount of other pixies and fairies flattering around them was quite impressive. "Fairies, always like playing tricks don't you? What's with the chickens though?" ''You are the one at fault. '' The little gal responded in its high pitched voice. ''How so?'' Chu asked the one held by aster. ''You have a really ugly face.'' She pointed at chu making the earth dragon stare for a long moment. That was a low low hit. ''You are useless and only good for a laugh'' ''Yes yes, the one who lived wanted revenge.'' ''Chicken rage!'' The pixies started to talk all at the same time. flattering around the two dragons. '' Let now her go, to not be the same as them'' ''You arent going to eat her!'' One of the fairies called landing on Aster hand and biting it, in a attempt to free his friend. Chu waved the hand trying to sho them away. '' We will not do anything to you all. We just wanted to take a walk. '' The bunny dragon said still he wasnt fully recovered from the low hit. ''Useless!'' They called at him and started to sing in a choir. ''Useless and Ugly! Ugly and Stupid!'' Chu brow twitched and he called out. ''I am not Ugly! Or useless for that matter I even helped my friends break out the hunter prison get that! I am not useless!'' There was silence. Every single fairy was now staring at chu. Making Chu feel creep out by it. It looked as something was about to happen and he caused it. He didnt liked bad things to happen, even more he disliked surprising bad things to happen. '' You break someone out there?'' The fairy who rode on the chicken spoke up first. '' Um...yeah?...I wanst alone...'' Chu turned into his bunny form and jumped on top of Aster head. Hidding his face in the other dragon compact form hair. He smelled so nice. It was calming.

Lucatiel "Well for each dragon the views could be different. Unfortunately I'm afraid I may not be the best advocate to tell my views for I can not see," Lucatiel joked ",So my view of the world is a rather blurry dark place." She went about rearranging several figures with relative ease even with her disability. "I guess you could say rather then view I sense the world and I view it as a place that needs to be nurtured rather then have we dragons quarreling with those humans who hate us or else the only thing left with be gray crags and burnt trees. We should strive for some means of peace though after all these centuries it would seem that is impossible. But what do you think then Momo, after all you have as much of a view as any human or dragon does what do you view of the world?"

Ezekiel nodded at his lord's words, following along. He was glad to leave the area. If there was one thing he didn't need, it was being in the middle of that mess. As the two left, he heard things only getting worse, flinching as a sudden sound of a lightning bolt came down. It was good to see Damia take initiative to approach her father. It was a step in the right direction, at least. The poor dragon couldn't have a thought to herself, could she? It must have been frustrating, dealing with polar opposites. As the teen went on talking to Draken, it seemed like it could have devolved into a conversation between the two heads if her attention wasn't brought to himself. He glanced up at the elder, trying to guess his reaction to Damia. He generally went much easier on children than adults, but he was also a harsh critic compared to many other dragons. Despite himself, Ezekiel found himself mildly amused at the young dragon. "Thank you." It was always a surprise to hear dragons using his full name. It was so natural for many dragons to simply pick up the name Draken used for him, but hearing his actual name from Damia was welcome. "It's quite alright." He grinned, looking at the right head. Compared to other dragons he had encountered in his time, it was nice to hear she wouldn't eat him. Not that it was such a big issue anyway, between the assurances of the elders to his lord's own protection. But courteous dragons were always better to talk to. Trying to start a conversation, he realized it was more complicated than he had initially thought. Which head should he address? Should they be treated as separate entities, or still one whole? If nothing else, the left head seemed more polite. Even if she lacked the confidence of her other head, it made her less likely to aggrandize herself. "Damia, yes? It's lovely to meet you."

Ocotl gazed in wonder at the dragons fighting up ahead, hardly noticing the fallen tree close by them. "He isn't taking good care of his guest," Mirazan muttered, picking up the cat with a tentacle made out of light. He glanced over to her small form, blinking slowly. "What do you two eat? Fruits? fish? Light soil and water?" she asked, leading them to a secluded waterfall with a small lake. Fires and flares from dragons fighting or having fun lit up the night sky near them, creating a sort of twilight closer to the center of the village. Fireflies danced around the deep blue water in the dusky light, blinking sluggishly. The din of cicadas and the occasional animal cries filled the air around the village. A cool breeze was blowing through the trees, the leaves rustling peacefully. "I am originally a forest spirit, and we draw upon the forces of nature to power us," Ocotl explained, turning back to Mirazan, who was looking at him suspiciously, holding the cat in her arms. The same ethereal light radiated off of her still. "However, being constrained to this form, I have been given human thought, but human limitations." "There are some things I can do," he said, raising his hand and bringing up a swath of knotty branches from the ground near them. He clenched his fist and the branches wilted and crumbled, descending back into the ground. "But a forest spirit embodies nature itself. My power is but a fraction of what it was, but even if I were to regain it, I would harbor no ill will towards human nor dragon." "Do you resent your... master's acts towards you?" Mirazan asked, blue eyes twinkling. "He did capture you after all." "No, not at all. He was incredibly kind to me while he was alive, but I wish to know more about him," Ocotl explained, sighing. "He seldom told us anything." Mirazan hummed slightly, looking at Ocotl out of the corner of her eye. "Like we said before, we do not remember any such dragon around these parts. You may have to take your search elsewhere, but we will not let you leave if you pose a threat to dragon-kind." He turned towards her, joints creaking. "What can I do to convince you of my loyalty? I trust you because of your kindness so far, but it seems we do not share that mentality." Ocotl looked at the cat in the dragon's arms. "It would do both of us good if you explained yourself soon." He looked around the dusky waterfall. "Nobody is around either, now is as good of a time as any."

Nexias didn't bother trying to escape from the mines, instead blasting his way out by launching a barrage of shadow lightning, the charge from the mines being absorbed by them and crashing into the elder dragon. It didn't hurt much, but it did cause a big explosion, clouding the dragon's vision long enough for Nexias to blitz him in his compact form, going for a physical bombardment of blows. Normally, it would do nothing, but Nexias had coated his arms in a large amount of Energized shadow, and each hit caused an explosion shadows to burst forth, doing actual damage to the ToRaNe. It seems Nexias was giving it his all and taking advantage of a dragon's reliance on distance. While dragon's were no slouches in CQC, they weren't that well versed in it for the most part. Nexias was an exception, as he sent a great part of his early 200 years to learn a variety of fighting styles, thus making him very dangerous in his compact form, and when ever ToRaNe tried to claw or bite at him, he'd lither along their scaly hide as a shadow before reforming to unleash another rain of blows. Soon, To had enough, and called down a barrage of lightning strikes on to himself, causing Nexias to get shocked off of the dragon, only to be smacked by a tail straight into the forest. "Damn," To said working his jaw a bit to numb the ache, "I didn't expect for him to be this good. I don't think he's quite GrandFather level yet, but-" Before he could finish, a cacophony of maddened laughter echoed from the forest, a purple aura surrounding it. The trees became twisted and gnarled, the leaves became decayed, and the bark split open to show fanged laughing, that maddened laugh, and crazed red eyes, all focused on the elder. "well then, that can't be good."

The elder watched as his youngest hatchling managed to confront him on her own. A good start. His expression hardly changed, but he did hold his usual mischievous smile and hummed a little. "Mhmm you did alright. I suppose I can't complain. Though I do look foreword on how you manage to grow in your magic." he mused before watching the two headed teen curiously examine the albino human. Lightly prodding with noses and talking to him. Ezekiel seemed happy to talk with the young dragon, but also seemed a little confused. Talking to a multiple headed dragon could be difficult after all, considering each case could be very well different. Each head could basically be a sibling, or just a part of a dragon's personality. Leaning closer to the priest's eat, he muttered a little. "Both heads are one, but are not the same. A constant devil and angel on her shoulders that can be heard by everyone, instead of just in the mind." Draken explained with a soft amused grin. Damia's heads smiled at the greeting, both nodding in response as she lightly flapped her wings before folding them against the emerald scales of the serpentine body as she continued to slightly circle the human man out of curiousity. She did not meet too many humans, her first being someone that ended up scaring her and others after the right head spoke about eating the human. She couldn't stop thoughts that came to mind, they just left a mouth without much warning, even if they were quite rude comments. "It is nice to meet you too. And thank you Father, I shall try harder at the next festival as well." both of the heads said to the human and Grandfather before the right sniffed Ezekiel curiously. "Are many humans as white as you?" The right head asked. "Pretty and unique, but rude to ask." The left head spoke, eyes looking to the right head before back at Ezekiel. "Weird though." The right head snorted, earning a light bump by the left head. "Rude. Weird is good, Ezekiel is nice." The left head snorted. Aster looked at all the fairies around them. A little odd so many would play a prank on a couple of dragons all at once. Still as they started chattering and annoying Chu, he rolled his amethyst eyes before looking at the fairy biting at his hand, attempting to free their comrade from his hold. It stung a little, but nothing he couldn't handle. The steam dragon took hold of the second fairy with a free hand, gripping both of the fairies now. "You fairies are lucky we aren't fairy eating dragons. Otherwise this would be a buffet." Aster mused before releasing them, watching their surprise expressions as Chu denied their accusations by saying he had come to save the dragons from the hunters. If what Aster heard was correct, Jeobae was the one who broke everyone out, then Aster blew a bunch of holes everywhere, then Chu and the others came around. Aster almost killing the earth dragon if Draken hadn't stepped in with some sort of mind control magic. Still, he didn't say anything considering Chu did come for him. That made him happy all the same. Still, the dual element dragon felt guilty at the news that he had almost killed his friend. As Chu transformed and jumped ontop of his head, curling up like a rabbit nestling into its nest for winter. Aster smiled, reaching up and gently petting the top of Chu's head before looking at the fairies. "That's right, this brave dragon managed to save quite a few dragons. I'm sure that also included some other creatures like fairies." Aster chuckled softly.