[Action/Written, 7/18] Homesick
[Kitten has been trying to keep busy, but she's bored.
And when she gets bored, she has time to be angry. It's best to avoid that. Dragons hate captivity, and Kitten is no exception to the rule. She has seen her fill of politics, understands a fair amount from the guide and monitoring other people's journal entries, and is well aware that outside the enclosure is no better than in it. That doesn't make it chafe any less, though. The dragon finds an out of the way corner of the village and takes her frustration out on air and rocks, breathing fire and practicing some of her spells. A small section of rock is turned to gravel by the time she's through with it.
She picks through the gravel, pulling out any particularly interesting stones. They serve as a neat distraction from the fact of her captivity, so Kitten takes them and heads back to the fountain in the village center to settle in for the rest of the morning and experiment with spells on stone. The stones may be hot, or lighting up, or levitating; Kitten doesn't mind interruptions from passerby. She found one or two stones she hasn't seen at home, and she'd like to try magic before looking them up.
She stops by Seventh Heaven for lunch, eager for something to eat after a morning of magical exertion. Kitten does like good food.
After lunch, she does stop by the library for some geology texts before heading home to House 44 and proceeding to either make herself useful or make a nuisance of herself, depending on the perspective of anyone else involved. Kitten doesn't ask before whistling the wrinkles out of clothes or heating water for tea.
Once she's back in her own room, Kitten writes out song lyrics for Saori on another piece of paper before she reaches for the journal. She writes there too.]
Are you certain that time stops at home? My family is not here. I don't want to miss too much.
[She is, after all, an Immortal with a mortal family. Kitten will outlive her adoptive parents, her sister and brother, their children, and so on for generations unless she is killed. The idea of losing time with them, maybe years of time, is the nastiest thought she's had so far. Their lives are so short to begin with. Kitten is still only a baby, and by the time they reach her age her brother and sister may well be married.
It's been over two months now. She is a child and impatient, for all her immortality. Kitten wants her mama and papa, or at least some idea of when she can have them back.]
((Prose is also welcome))
And when she gets bored, she has time to be angry. It's best to avoid that. Dragons hate captivity, and Kitten is no exception to the rule. She has seen her fill of politics, understands a fair amount from the guide and monitoring other people's journal entries, and is well aware that outside the enclosure is no better than in it. That doesn't make it chafe any less, though. The dragon finds an out of the way corner of the village and takes her frustration out on air and rocks, breathing fire and practicing some of her spells. A small section of rock is turned to gravel by the time she's through with it.
She picks through the gravel, pulling out any particularly interesting stones. They serve as a neat distraction from the fact of her captivity, so Kitten takes them and heads back to the fountain in the village center to settle in for the rest of the morning and experiment with spells on stone. The stones may be hot, or lighting up, or levitating; Kitten doesn't mind interruptions from passerby. She found one or two stones she hasn't seen at home, and she'd like to try magic before looking them up.
She stops by Seventh Heaven for lunch, eager for something to eat after a morning of magical exertion. Kitten does like good food.
After lunch, she does stop by the library for some geology texts before heading home to House 44 and proceeding to either make herself useful or make a nuisance of herself, depending on the perspective of anyone else involved. Kitten doesn't ask before whistling the wrinkles out of clothes or heating water for tea.
Once she's back in her own room, Kitten writes out song lyrics for Saori on another piece of paper before she reaches for the journal. She writes there too.]
Are you certain that time stops at home? My family is not here. I don't want to miss too much.
[She is, after all, an Immortal with a mortal family. Kitten will outlive her adoptive parents, her sister and brother, their children, and so on for generations unless she is killed. The idea of losing time with them, maybe years of time, is the nastiest thought she's had so far. Their lives are so short to begin with. Kitten is still only a baby, and by the time they reach her age her brother and sister may well be married.
It's been over two months now. She is a child and impatient, for all her immortality. Kitten wants her mama and papa, or at least some idea of when she can have them back.]
((Prose is also welcome))
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Hmm.. I wonder what's going on here! [ Tenten's curiosity gets the best of her as she paces around and spots the dragon. ] Do you know anything about this?
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She could take out the slate and explain, but it seems silly to. Instead, the dragon croaks softly and the ground right in front of Tenten also turns to gravel. A wordless confession.]
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Wow! This is quite a talent you have here! I mean, you just powdered the earth! [ A+ kitten, A+. ]
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Call her a showoff if you like, but Kitten enjoys magic, and she likes the enthusiasm Tenten has displayed for hers.]
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You know, I'm not sure what type of use this would have in battle but these look simply gorgeous! You could probably make a wonderful necklace out of this...
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She considers it and picks up one of the larger pieces. Very carefully she brings the points of two of her sharp silver claws together through it, the movement accompanied by the unpleasant noise of scraping on stone. Then she passes a bead over to Tenten. The spell isn't permanent, but it will last a few days, and Kitten can always renew it next time she sees Tenten around the village.]
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I'll accept it proudly! I'm Tenten, a ninja from Konoha. You are?
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She holds out her nametag, which reads "Skysong," by way of introduction before pulling out a slate and chalk. Pointing a claw toward the bead on Tenten's forehead, she writes:] How?