Alexandros
@FallenTrinity @Fetzen
Alex sniffed the air around himself inquisitively, he could not detect any scent coming from himself, but it was fairly likely that many of the creatures here would have much better noses than himself. He made a slight mental note to buy better deodorant as soon as he was able, for politeness's sake if nothing else. The humanoid dragon had seem to appreciate the joke he had made about his taste, blinking suddenly at it before releasing a smoke fueled belly laugh that rang of equal parts amusement and condescension. The dragon/man regained his composure and smiled at him before proclaiming the ironclad nature of his stomach. Alex wondered by what he had meant by the comment about his body causing the dragon some form of indigestion. Was it a comment about his smell again or some other meaning he could not quite understand? He gave an internal shrug not particularly concerned about it.
As Laurel left the scene, and Alex joked with the dragon about his apparent size and pointed out the figure watching them, the dragon glanced at it unconcernedly. Then he turned back to Alex and suddenly lunged forward. The tall mans form began to change, twisting and morphing, his mass somehow increasing from nothingness to a huge serpentine body, entirely crimson of color. Every small motion of the dragon's body spoke of it's sheer power, muscles moving fluidly underneath the scaled surface of its skin. The dragon's massive head came to rest in front of him. Alex could see in perfect detail each of the dragon's many fangs, all incredibly sharp and large. The dragon blew smoke around him and let out an earth shatteringly loud roar directly into his face. Flecks of red hot spittle landed against Alex's body and without the tree supporting his back behind him, he may have lost his balanced completely and fallen over once more or even bolted from sheer animal instinct. The dragon then in what seemed a rather surprising shift of mood, began to laugh. The deep vibrations from the motion flattened some of the smaller plants around him. That was how Alex could tell the creature was laughing at least. The sheer volume of the roar had seemed to have left him somewhat deafened. He placed a finger in his ear and swiveled it rapidly making a "Moop mooop" sound until his Gifted healing ability repaired the damage done to his eardrums.
He looked up at the laughing dragon and considered the beast's size and reaction. It seemed he had entered some sort of contest with the beast. He made a show of clamping his fingers over his now ash covered nose and said, in a slightly nasal tone, "And you accuse me of having a pungent odor. We must grow you a daily garden of mint it seems!" He smiled widely at the giant beast before him. He let go of his nose and began to wipe at his clothes trying in vain to salvage his one set of academy clothing. "As for your size meeting my criteria, I am sorry to say that I have neglected to bring a ruler with me. We will have to check another time. And I am sure your dinner guests always go on about how polite it is that you do not crush them accidentally." Alex paused for a moment with a twinkle in his eye, before letting out a large belly laugh of amusement and delight. "That was simply fantastic- thank you for showing me! I'm Alex and you? Or should I continue to think of you as Red Dragon Man?"
The dragon had turned its head to greet the viewer observing them with the strange body. Alex moved at the blink of the eye, circling around the giant beast by the time it had finished greeting the so called "chimera," to sit in front of the creature. "Hello there- welcome to the conversation. I am Alex, Alexandros, or even Hey You and I haven't seen one of your kind before."