Nym

Mischief. Trickery. Merriment. Nym thrives within the fond, warm chaos of the Temple of Past Echoes. She’s a skilled entertainer, and she loves it. Some sleight of hand, a quick pantomime, a touch of misdirection. She can do it all. The sound of laughter flows as seamlessly and as plentifully as the stream of coins into her hat.

She loves it. She lives for it.

It doesn’t come easy to her. She has difficulty parsing abstract concepts, and it takes her some time to learn. It doesn’t discourage her. She’s innately curious, and dedicated to her craft. She will work for as long as she must to learn a new trick, driven by the delight of her audience.

Her trickery isn’t always reserved for performance. Although she insists that she’s not a thief, that she’s definitely not a pickpocket, she has a certain knack for finding coins in unexpected places.

She’s never been one for adventuring. She doesn’t see the point in taking to the skies. She has everything she needs right there, in the Temple, practicing her craft. She’ll stay there in the Temple, with what she loves; costume on her back, aura of mystery weaving around her, and laughter in the air.

She’ll be there until the end of time.

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“Nym, Nym!!!” She stops at the sound of her name, head swivelling instinctively towards the sound. There’s a hatchling bounding towards her.

“Hiya, Tiny,” she greets teasingly, “What’s up?”

“Hey!! I’m not that small!” it insists, puffing its cheeks out defensively. It can’t keep it’s excitement at bay for long, though, and its eyes sparkle brightly. “Are you performing today?”

“Course I am!” Nym grins. “You know me, I’m always working.”

“All work, all play.” It nods sagely, parroting her own words back at her.

“You got it! Now, get going,” she tells, flicking her fins back towards the den. “You know how crabby your mother got last time you ran off towards telling her.”

“Oh, right!” it squeaks, “Thanks, Nym!”

“Anytime, Tiny,” she chuckles as the hatchling races off again. Shaking her head in amusement, she pads off again, heading down the road to the bazaar. The sun’s still low in the sky, so she’s got enough time to pick out a prime spot before the crowds come out. Despite the early hour, there’s a few dragons milling around. She greets each by name as she passes, and they do the same.

“Another day of entertaining, Nym? When’s the last time you took a day for yourself?” one dragon jokes.

“Why, only yesterday!” she responds with a wink. “Every day I’m out performing is a day for myself!” She spots a prime spot on the road leading from the bazaar to the temple. High traffic, so she’ll get loads of attention, but with enough space to avoid obstructing the path. Perfect.

She spends a few moments sifting through the folds of her costume, checking that everything’s in place before she begins. Before long, a crowd’s forming, hatchlings with wide eyes and elders with fond smiles, each clinging to every word she says. “Alright, who wants to see something magic?” she calls brightly, “Come on, don’t be shy! I need a volunteer!” A chorus of voices immediately answer, the hatchlings who were silently enraptured moments before all squabbling and shouting for her attention.

“Me! Pick me!”

“No, it’s my turn!”

“You had your go last week!”

But her eyes fall on the hatchling she’d bumped into earlier, its eyes shyly on the ground as it shrank back amongst its denmates. “I see you there, Tiny,” she says playfully, gesturing with a claw. “Get on up here!” He blinks, surprised, before grinning and bounding up to her.

“I can’t believe you chose me, Nym!” he says warmly.

“Hey, ‘course I did,” she grins back, “You come out nearly every day, it’s totally your turn!” Nym snags a deck of cards from within the folds of her costume, shuffling them effortlessly between nimble claws.

“Pick a card, any card…”

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-street entertainer
-skilled at sleight of hand, trickery of the eye, miming, etc.
-makes money through tips in a hat
-definitely not a pickpocket... she just finds coin laying around... and gets lots of tips...
-mysterious aura when in costume
-slow to understand concepts but intensely curious
-stress-eater
-has little interest in flying
-very good at packing luggage