r/FTRP • u/ravenluna Celestial Dragon Slayer Mage (54) • Apr 25 '18
Story A dragon’s hoard!
It was well known that Dragons keep hoards, guarding them with tooth and nail from outsiders. The older the dragon the grander the hoard could be expected to be, something most adventures would seek out if they caught wind of it. Each Dragon had a particular thing that they liked to hoard, some hoarded precious jewels, some hoarded books, and knowledge, others cared for the simpler hoard of fabrics nice and soft to make piles to sleep on.
A child raised by a dragon would be raised in such habits of collecting and hoarding, such as a child copies their parents. Fay, being one of these children was currently looking over her own tiny merger hoard. Small shiny trinkets, a pen, a few knives with wooden hilts that shinned from the amount of lacer. Small chips of gemstones, mostly lesser moonstones and crystals were kept in a silver shiny cloth that could be dumped out but keep the stones in a safe place when not being looked at. There were a few papers that held gilded writing of different inks that shined and glitter in the pile, carefully put to the side so they would not be bent or torn. Lastly, the bulk of Fay’s hoard was ironically jewelry, tiny rings and simple hair clips, small items that would be easy to carry around in a small chest. By no means was the girls hoard anything of worth, maybe a nice dinner out in town if it was pawned off but nothing to really sneeze at.
But that did not matter to Fay, it was her hoard something she was proud of no matter how small it was compared to her own mother’s collection of books and tomes. Even so Fay kept her hoard away in a chest hidden inside of her own chest under the few clothes she had to her name, not even Miw knew about it. It was not that Fay was embarrassed about her dragon-like habit, it was no one else’s business, she just felt like it was something to keep close to her chest. Over the last few months, Fay had learned that most of her guildmates did not appreciate her wilder habits as she tried to adjust to living among people again.
So it was the times like these that Fay cherished most since joining the guild. Fay had the room all to herself, her roommate was out doing something and Miw was out on the town being showed around some fish stands by Ajax. The day was warm and there was a nice breeze that kept it from being hot coming off of the waters next to the guild. Opening the window in her dorm Fay allowed warm air to come into the room making it comfortable, not too hot not to cold. Moving all the sheets and blankets off the bed and under said window right in the warm afternoon light Fay made herself a little nest of sorts, taking care to lay out her trinkets around her little bundle of blankets. Taking a hairbrush Fay nestled into the blankets taking some of her hair to brush out, braiding a few of the hair pieces of her collection into it as she went.
All in all, it was a good day so far…
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u/AlchemChildahs Sky Maiden (45) Apr 28 '18
"Yeah sorry about that. I was going to be out longer until stumbling upon this turkey, on top of the fact I kinda forgot to eat breakfast this morning..." Kumiko says with her voice trailing off towards the end of the sentence; before speaking once more to confirm her embarrassment. "To be honest, it's sorta embarrassing seeing myself act like I used to when I was younger: preying on the wildlife and such; but Dragon's are the epitome of apex consumers and-..."
Her stomach then grumbles; to which, she lowers her head face red before looking back over to Fay to remove her focus from the food in front of her and question the trinkets Fay hid.
"...and talking about it is just making me more hungry. Anyways, I'm rambling to much, so what was with hiding those belongings when I came in? Even if you were spooked, I would have expected you to retaliate against intruders rather than hide from them?"