Quests & Challenges

[center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_2833212]how to play[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556444]judges[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556446]awards & prizes[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556447]credits[/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/T3RitiF.png[/img][/center] [i]Spin a Yarn[/i] is an improv role play event. We are open 3/22 - 3/28 to both OOF & Windies! [quote=3/29 Update][b]We are now closed![/b] Thank you so much for taking part in our event. We hope you all had fun--we certainly did! Please allow us a couple more days to finish replying to everyone. We hope to have everything wrapped up and prizes/awards delivered by [b]April 5th[/b], but we will let you know if anything delays this. [emoji=familiar heart size=1][/quote] We will provide [b]two (2)[/b] scenarios a day, in which the player's dragon was just caught doing some [i]very [/i]dastardly deed, like stealing the last cookie out of the cookie jar. Your dragon must then lie to the dragon who caught them (the judge) and try to convince them of their innocence, or of their very good reason for such an act. Think of it as an improv sketch! [b]Want to be pinged when new scenarios are posted? [/b]Add yourself [url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/19sv2zzo8cQHrOJG918aqQoed8j8vCgLj69M7fsF8XIk/edit?usp=sharing][b]here [/b][/url](or ping me and I will)! [center][img]https://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjYwLjQzNmZkNi5hRzkzSUhSdklIQnNZWGssLjAA/pwbroderie.medium.png[/img][/center] Submit [b]one (1) dragon[/b] by posting on this form with your [b]first [/b]reply. [indent][LIST] [*]You do [b]not [/b]need to repost this form for later replies. [*]You may reply to multiple scenarios in one post, but please [b]do not edit older posts with new replies[/b]. This is to ensure we don't miss anything! [*]Please use [b]the same dragon[/b] for the entirety of the event. [/LIST][/indent] [quote=][b]Dragon name:[/b] [b]Link/image:[/b] [b]Bio (150 words or less):[/b] [i]just key words are fine![/i][/quote] Each day/scenario will have a specific, "active" judge, so you can tailor your response to that dragon's personality--if you'd like! For the game it is assumed the dragons at least passingly know each other, but your dragon should still stay within their own character. [LIST] [*][b]Ping [/b]the user the judge is attached to when replying, to help us keep track! [*]You may choose to respond to one or both daily prompts. [*]Please keep responses to 500 words max! [*]You may respond to each prompt [b]once[/b]. [*]You have until the event closes (3/28 at 23:59) to respond to all of them. Please give us judges this time to reply as well! [/LIST] You will receive a small, in-character reply from the judge in this thread. We will internally score each response out of 5, based on how good the lie/reason is, humor/drama, if our judge would actually buy or like it, etc. [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42644356]day one (3/22)[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/2#post_42655170]day two (3/23)[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/3#post_42668994]day three (3/24) [/url]| [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/5#post_42679962]day four (3/25)[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/6#post_42693370]day five (3/26)[/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/7#post_42701966]day six (3/27)[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/7#post_42712062]day seven (3/28)[/url][/center]

[center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_2833212]how to play[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556444]judges[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556446]awards & prizes[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556447]credits[/url] [img]https://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjYwLjQzNmZkNi5hblZrWjJWei4wAAAAAAAAAAA,/pwbroderie.medium.png[/img] [columns][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49684866593_b5491e6344_q.jpg[/img][nextcol][size=4]At barely over a meter in length, and a third less in wingspan, [b]DarkSpirit [/b](@dancingcrane) is tiny as Fae go, but makes up for it with a surprising intensity. His ascerbic manner, fierce Plague eyes and sharp hardwood monotone, and a headfan-semaphore that looks more angry than anything else, mask a true softie with a wry sense of humor and a keen appreciation for those who look past appearances and have the chutzpah to try to get him to crack a smile. Unless it happens to be a certain annoying Ridgeback.[/size][/columns] [columns][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49684776473_a66fe9df55_q.jpg[/img][nextcol][size=4][b]Blitz [/b](@tarshaan) has a mutual adoration with all hatchlings, all the time. You know if he catches you out, the punishment won't be that bad.... but he'll be sad about it, and when all's said and done, you'd rather just take a punishment than make Blitz sad. But if your story is good enough, there's a not insignificant chance he'll actually come help you with it...[/size][/columns] [columns][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49684996163_43747d88b8_q.jpg[/img][nextcol][size=4][b]Amethyst[/b] (@Wolfstarblade) often defaults to clan treasurer/records keeper & likes looking after/spending time with our hatchlings on her weeks off. She has seen a lot of pranks & mischief, successfully participated in/planned/carried out some herself (not that anyone's figured that out yet) but will lecture/enforce rules if you make a ton of trouble for everyone/harm someone.[/size][/columns] [columns][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49685393231_97be322e37_q.jpg[/img][nextcol][size=4][b]Wyrm [/b](@Argante) is generally composed and standoffish, which can lead to some... interesting conversations given how trusting and forgetful he is at the same time. That said, this is also [s]a shallow[/s] veneer for how much he loves dad jokes.[/size][/columns][/center]

[center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_2833212]how to play[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556444]judges[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556446]awards & prizes[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556447]credits[/url] [img]https://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjYwLjQzNmZkNi5ZWGRoY21SeklDWWdjSEpwZW1Wei4wAAAAAAA,/pwbroderie.medium.png[/img] [i]our judges are welcome to play, but they won't be eligible for any prizes, or any badges beyond the participation one.[/i][/center] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/QOZnrey.gif[/img][nextcol][size=4][b]Participation Award.[/b] Thank you for taking part in our event! [emoji=familiar heart][/size][/columns] [center][code][img]https://i.imgur.com/QOZnrey.gif[/img][/code][/center] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/nw05UBP.gif[/img][nextcol][size=4][b]Most Points.[/b] Awarded to the user who receives the most points total. You did it. You have improv'd the best. [/size][/columns] [center][code][img]https://i.imgur.com/nw05UBP.gif[/img][/code] [quote=Most Points][item=Paunchy Red Percher][item=Buccaneer's Seaspray Cap][item=cyan cockatoo] [i]paunchy red percher, buccaneer's seaspray cap, cyan cockatoo[/i][/quote][/center] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/XbsliVC.gif[/img][nextcol][size=4][b]Judge's Choice Award.[/b] Each judge will select their favorite entry! [/size][/columns] [center][code][img]https://i.imgur.com/XbsliVC.gif[/img][/code] [quote=Judge's Choice 1][item=Yelling Wyrmpeck][item=Red-Crested Tweeter] [i]yelling wyrmpeck, red-crested tweeter[/i][/quote] [quote=Judge's Choice 2][item=Screaming Tickbird][item=Red-Crested Tweeter] [i]screaming tickbird, red-crested tweeter[/i][/quote] [quote=Judge's Choice 3][item=Chattering Parrot][item=Red-Crested Tweeter] [i]chattering parrot, red-crested tweeter[/i][/quote] [quote=Judge's Choice 4][item=Talkative Hookbeak][item=Red-Crested Tweeter] [i]talkative hookbeak, red-crested tweeter[/i][/quote] [/center] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/v9IMZH6.gif[/img][nextcol][size=4][b]Mitzi's Choice Award![/b] Mitzi is also determined to be a judge! That said, she hasn't sat down long enough to tell us... what she likes, will avoid, if she's even seen the little judging pamphlet. Uh. Where did she go? [indent][size=4][i]Mitzi will not be an active judge, and will chose her favorite via RNG. Users who have already won an award (barring participation) will not be in her pool.[/i][/indent][/size][/columns] [center][code][img]https://i.imgur.com/v9IMZH6.gif[/img][/code] [quote=Mitzi's Choice][item=Paunchy Green Percher][item=Privateer's Eye Patch][item=cyan cockatoo] [i]paunchy green percher, privateer's eye patch, cyan cockatoo[/i][/quote][/center]

[center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_2833212]how to play[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556444]judges[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556446]awards & prizes[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556447]credits[/url] [img]https://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjYwLjQzNmZkNi5ZM0psWkdsMGN3LCwuMAAAAAAAAAAA/pwbroderie.medium.png[/img][/center] [img]https://i.imgur.com/AzWEmYL.png[/img] Lovely banner by @Alfamangle! [img]https://i.imgur.com/AzWEmYL.png[/img] Thank you to @tarshaan and @wolfstarblade for helping bring a 2am coffee-fueled idea to life. [img]https://i.imgur.com/AzWEmYL.png[/img] RIP Panderz's notifications. [emoji=familiar heart size=1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/AzWEmYL.png[/img] Badges by @Argante. [img]https://i.imgur.com/AzWEmYL.png[/img] Thank you to @Storygeek for the event name! [img]https://i.imgur.com/AzWEmYL.png[/img] Font: [url=https://www.1001fonts.com/pwbroderie-font.html]PWBroderie[/url] by Peax Webdesign. [img]https://i.imgur.com/AzWEmYL.png[/img] Tiny Wind symbol by [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/1449587#post_1449587]Baelfin[/url]. [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2836492][img]https://i.ibb.co/4PXDhHY/Parrot2.png[/img][/url] [i]Tucked in the judge's booth is... is that a macaw screaming bird? When it AAAAAAs, does it go AAARRRR?[/i][/center]

[center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_2833212]how to play[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556444]judges[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556446]awards & prizes[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556447]credits[/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/2833212/1#post_42556444] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/581260/58125941_350.png[/img] [/url] [b]March 22nd[/b][/center] [b]Wyrm[/b] (@Argante) rounds the corner just as you... [quote=Scenario 1]... put the last of the cookies from the cookie jar in your mouth. "Hm," he says, eyes flickering between the crumbs on the floor, the jar, and you. "Weren't those for the hatchlings?"[/quote] [quote=Scenario 2]... are trying to untangle the grandmatron's familiar, a harvest hardshell, from the ball of yarn you'd given it. They are fine, and seem to be enjoying themselves, snipping frays but not cuts--yet--into the thread, but you really, really need both familiar and yarn unharmed. "I didn't know crabs even liked yarn-wait. Isn't that thread special? And what are you doing to that poor thing?"[/quote]

@Argante (Forgot to ping when first posting, editing to do so. Rest of the response is untouched) [b]Dragon name:[/b] Rialren [b]Link/image:[/b] [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=50801646] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/508017/50801646_350.png[/img] [/url] [b]Bio:[/b] Though he serves as the Guild’s diplomat, Rialren finds the formality of the position boring, to say the least. He has a penchant for sleight of hand and mischief, playing a few pranks and tricks here and there to add some excitement to the hum-drum of daily life. He is generally rather relaxed and casual about things, happy to share a joke or story with friends. He has little talent for spellcasting, yet still peddles a kind of magic of his own, through cards, cloth, smoke and mirrors. With the Mistral Jamboree coming up, and the Guildmaster’s attention turned to other matters, Rialren sees an opportunity to go out looking for a little... ‘fun’, as they would say. The Diplomat is currently away, and now it’s the Magician’s time to play. [b]Cookie Jar[/b] Rialren looks at his claws in the cookie jar, and back at Wyrm. He coughs before smiling sheepishly, retracting his hands from the ransacked container. “Well, I suppose it’s rather ‘jarring’ to see this, but I can assure you that there’s a reasonable explanation for this.” He says, scratching the back of his head with his crumb-laden hands. The pink coatl appears to have recovered from the momentary embarrassment, leaning on the countertop as he speaks. “The Matron mentioned that the hatchlings were just getting too much sugar. She said she could hardly sleep with them bouncing and flying around. Just yesterday, she told me Junior tried to go looking for honey the old fashioned way. Poor kid couldn’t get enough of the sweet stuff, and now he’s in the infirmary. All day spent keeping them in line, and when they finally do settle down, they bombard her with questions. Her words, not mine.” “She said that she just couldn’t take it! Either someone else takes over, or we get rid of the sugar that’s keeping them awake. And you know how she’s one tough cookie.” Rialren shakes his head, shrugging his shoulders helplessly. “And well, it’d be a waste to just throw all the candies and cakes and brownies away, wouldn’t it? Might get one of the familiars sick if they ate it, and we all know what happens when the Gamekeeper gets angry. One loose lock, and there’ll be fur all over the place! So, we may as well eat them while we can.” Rialren slides up to Wyrm, and puts an arm around his shoulder. He breaks a bit off the cookie, and offers it to Wyrm. “Tell you what, since we need to get rid of all these sweets anyway, why don’t the both of us go for those cupcakes in the cupboard? It’s hardly a one-dragon job after all.” He tilts his hat with his other claw, and gives a mischievous smile. [b]Crabs and Yarn[/b] “No, no, I’ve got this under control- ow!” Rialren winces as he pricks himself on the Hardshell’s claws. He blows on his claws, as he shakes it. He then turns to Wyrm, one claw still entangled in the stringy mess. “They were going to use these for the decorations, yeah? Well, I heard the organiser was a fair bit crabby. Said that things were ‘uninspired’ and ‘derivative’. The artist just seemed so harrowed by it! Thought I saw she was about to cry.” Rialren’s head feathers drooped, to really sell the sob story. His eyes wandered to where the crab was still crawling, poking at the ball of yarn. “So, I was thinking, if the organiser wasn’t going to be happy with anything a dragon could make, why not hand something to our crab friend here?” He continues, gesturing to the thoroughly-entangled crustacean. Noticing the crab’s claws get close to the thread, Rialren swats it away, trying to maintain a straight face. “I mostly just want to get some ideas to make my friend less glum. She seemed so out of it, without any inspiration. It’s really not like her to be so affected by this. I swear, I’ll keep an eye on the crab, and return the yarn unharmed before the day’s over.” The coatl gives his best innocent look to the Wildclaw. “I promise, I won’t be ‘stringing’ you along here. We’re cool?”

@Argante Dragon name: Nebby Link/image: [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=51337534] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/513376/51337534_350.png[/img] [/url] Bio: Nebby is a magician who specializes in escape artist tricks. While for the most part a sweet and happy to help dragon, she does have quite a habit of telling lies whenever they suit her needs. Says a magician can never be fully honest, so a "few" white lies won't hurt her. While she's used to getting out of chained up bags, getting out of trouble from these judges might take a bit of work. [b]Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?[/b] Nebby darts her eyes to the Wildclaw approaching her, before wiping the crumbs off her mouth. "The hatchlings? What are you talking about?" She turns straight ahead towards Wyrm, trying to hide her smile. "The only hatchlings in my lair happen to be Mirrors, and if you want to claim those cookies were made out of meat I have a few harsh words for the baker." Nebby reaches into the cabinet and pulls out a few "cookies", well, loose meat badly shaped into cookie circles. She hands one over to Wyrm. "We do need a taste tester for the meat "cookies" the baker thinks we should make for the Mirrors. Judging by fact a Fae did it I doubt these things are very good, but if you want to help the hatchlings...." [b]Crab in Yarn[/b] Nebby grabbed the yarn and quickly wrapped it wildly around the crab, making sure to keep it away for the pincers as much as possible. She then turned over to Wyrm, readying herself. "Yes the yarn is very special. It's special because of the fact... the leader gave it to me herself! You know how gifts from her get rumors about them the instant they happen. She wanted me to teach her familiar how to escape being tied up, in case of an emergency. You know how paranoid she gets." The crab tried to reach out to cut the string again, before Nebby batted it away. "Unfortunately they don't seem to understand that they have to use a non cutting method. Real rope isn't this weak let me tell you that. You gotta loosen yourself out of the trap nice and slowly, not like this crab."

@Argante Dragon name: [i]Harvest[/i] Link/image: [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&id=473655&tab=dragon&did=59168465][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/591685/59168465.png[/img][/url] Bio: [i]Harvest is an ex-convict (or thief, as she prefers to be known, because she wasn't ever actually catched). She does not stick to the rules at all, if there is a loophole then you bet she will use it; back in her days of illegality, she used to be the one in charge of creating plans or manipulating targets, though she never backed down of any opportunity to do the actual crime. She only ever stuck close to burglary, pick-pocketing and blackmail; but if hard pressed she won't hesitate. She was betrayed by her old gang, so she nows stick to just acting solo, distrustful of any outsider she knows. Her current job is just being a bad example to the hatchlings, teaching them how to play poker and cheat in it.[/i] [rule] [b]Stolen Cookies[/b] Harvest freezed in her place, the crumbs stuck to her mouth. Cursing in her mind, she tried to act nonchalant about this. "Oh? Haven't you heard?" She asked, finishing up her cookie. She cleaned herself, throwing the last crumbs into the ground. She stood proud, smiling lazily. "The hatchlings and I have a deal, don't sweet it" She winked. Taking the silence as disbelief, she made a show of pouting. "Come on, why would I lie about this? You know how the hatchlings are, with such a passion for any trick whatsoever I'm surprised they weren't born in a gang! Why! If it wasn't yesterday that I teached the brats how to scam their caretaker... Don't worry I returned the money to the caretaker" She lied, not wanting to admit she had let the hatchlings buy their weight in candy with the money. She turned and started to clean the place, destroying any evidence of her cookie-crime. "It was a deal like this, I teach them how to scam, they give me the cookies! Easy peasy. You know how Ember is about any of this ideas of crimes and "revolution" "She joked, doing quote marks sarcastically, "That hatchling is a danger, believe me, he will take the world by surprise with such a fiery temper." Once she decided that everything looked clean enough, she smiled at the wildclaw invitingly, hoping to distract him; she made a gesture towards the door, starting to walk away. "Come on, do you fancy a game of poker? I'll have you know I am the best with card tricks in my clan" [b]Crab in yarn, what crimes shall it commit? [/b] Harvest smiled at the wildclaw, not letting show her annoyance at the damned crab. "Oh don't mind me, today someone is a little crabby" She said looking at the harvest harshell who just kept trying to get free from her hands. "I was just passing by when I saw this poor dear thoroughly entangled in this yarn. Just not too long ago I saw his owner looking terribly sad at having [i]lobster[/i] familiar, so I decided to sacrifice myself to free him" She raised her arms, showing the struggling crab, who kept trying to get back to the yarn. She turned her attention back to the crab, feeling glad that she was almost finished in freeing the familiar. "This yarn is actually her owner's, would you believe it? This between you and me but I heard the owner said that maybe his familiar had ran away because apparently they had a fight. No idea how does a crab and a woman fight, but I'll let you know if i figure it out" She said chuckling, praying that the other would believe her. Focusing in liberating the last legs of the animal, she tried to keep talking "I found this little criminal deciding to take vengeance in an[i]krill[/i]y trying to destroy the yarn, but alas! He was defeated by the mighty yarn" She smiled when she finally got the crab free, thrusting him into the hands of the wildclaw while she started to spin the yarn into looking less like a octopus and more like a ball. Her nimbly fingers quickly conquering the mess that was the yarn. "Didn't know crabs were so vengative, he never stopped trying to pinch my hands! So small and so angry! But don't worry, I'll take him out of your hands before he can do anymore damage" She gave a quiet sound of triumph when she finished coiling the yarn, looking as if nothing had happened to it. "If it isnt a hassle, wouldn't you mind and put away the yarn in the [i]crab[/i]inet? I should take this little demon away but if I bring the yarn the owner would know about how ventagive her familiar is, and we don't want to cause her anymore anguish, would we? And also, I have no doubts that this little fellow wouldn't doubt before trying to attack a second time the yarn" She offered him the yarn, joking "Yarn for a crab? It's a once in a lifetime type of a deal!"

Dragon name: Navara Link/image:[url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=60056744] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/600568/60056744_350.png[/img] [/url] Bio (150 words or less): She doesn't do looking for trouble, it goes looking for her! Mischievous, playful, and accident prone. Has good intentions, but always gets mixed up in trouble. She’s an older hatchling, not long until she needs to learn to grow up—or maybe she’ll always be a goofball. She’s always coming up with hare-brained schemes to “help,” but they almost always end up in disaster. —— [b]Cookies![/b] "Yes,” Navara says without a pause, licking the crumbs off her paw-pads happily. "And I'm hatchlings, so the cookies are for me! Or, well, I'm [i]a[/i] hatchling. And I know, they were supposed to be all the hatchlings, not just me! But its okay, actually. I did the maths and I figured it out and its fair if I get all the cookies!” She puffed her feathers up with pride and pulled out a small sheet of parchment. She began drawing a diagram—though it looked more like a series of stick-figure dragons with and without cookies. “See, all of the other hatchlings have parents, right? And I don't! And that's not very fair. But, now if I have cookies and the other hatchlings don't have cookies. And that’s not fair too! They have something I don't have, and I have cookies and they don’t. The two not fairs cancel out and become a really super fair! The math works out great." She set aside her unfinished drawing—excuse me, her ‘diagram.’ She poked her head into the jar, checking to make sure she hadn't missed any cookies or crumbs. "I did everyone a favor anyway! See, because there aren't any cookies left, this just means we get to make more cookies to replace them. And more cookies existing means more people get cookies which is better for everyone! Also I think Anemos might hate chocolate-chip cookies anyway so he wouldn't have wanted any of these ones. Since we can make new ones, we could make peanut butter cookies instead, so he can have some too! Better for everyone, like I said! Of course, the problem is that Zaj is allergic to peanut butter, so I'll have to eat her share of those cookies, and then we'll need to make more cookies so Zaj can still have some—how about snickerdoodle? Oooh, Mr. Morii can't stand cinnamon, so I'll get his of course! And then so he isn't left out we'll make more cookies, this time they can be—" It seems she has put in a good deal of thought about this cookie scheme, as she continues rattling off a seemingly infinite chain of excuses as to why they should do nothing but make and eat cookies all day long. [b]Yarn Crab Time[/b] "It's not the grandmatron's familiar! This one is, uh, it’s actually mine!" Navara blurts out. It occurs to her just a few seconds too late that she might have to actually go find a second harvest hardshell at some point to convince him of her little fib. But then, that's a problem for Future Navara to deal with, right? "And.... the thread is, um. Hm. Okay, so, there's a whole lot of this special thread right? And you have to cut yarn so many times when you tie it together to make stuff and um, do yarn things! And, y'see, the hardshells have their super sharp lil pincer claws! So I was thinking, maybe we could teach the harvest hardshells how to cut the yarn on their own, so that we don't have to do it! It'll make things so much better and faster, I swear. Besides, look at this little guy. He's cutting them so good, and he likes doing it! He’s having fun. C'mon Wyrm, you don't gotta be—" She paused, a mischievous and immature grin crossing her face. Her feathers fluffed up with excitement, a clear sign a little scheme had crossed her mind. "You don't gotta be so... [i]crabby.[/i] Don't you have the, um. Oh! The [i]crab[/i]pacity to forgive me? You're just being [i]shellfish[/i] because you weren't the one to come up with the idea to have the familiars help, and you don't want to [i]shell[/i]-ebrate me being smart! Or maybe you're just going [i]cray-sea[/i], and—" At this point the hardshell had begun to wander off, the yarn wrapped around its body snagging on a chair and being pulled taught behind it—and knocking Navara off her feet. She lay there for a moment before muttering softly. "...Aw crabapples."

Dragon name: Mana Link/image: [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=45531649] [img]https://flightrising.com/rendern/350/455317/45531649_350.png[/img] [/url] Bio (150 words or less): just key words are fine! Mana has a day job as a stage magician's assistant and is herself a skilled performer and illusionist. By night, she is an accomplished Dreamwalker and spends many of her sleeping hours hunting down a Shade fragment known as Ouroboros. ----- @Argante [b]The Cookie...Thief?[/b] "Yes, they were, indeed!" Mana says with a grin. She smooths her sleeves and explains, "The matron told me to take the cookies to the hatchlings -- they were so well-behaved during this morning's lessons that she decided they could all use a treat." "...These crumbs?" She laughs, pressing a paw self-consciously against her cheek. "The hatchlings invited me to have a tea party with them. You know how it is, when children offer you snacks, it's sort of difficult to say no....I was in such a hurry that I couldn't brush off the crumbs. Recess isn't quite finished yet, so Matron sent me back to get more biscuits. Would you like one, while you're here?" She offers one to Wyrm. [b]Crab's Cradle[/b] "Oh, hello there, Wyrm." Mana grins back at him over one shoulder. She waves a hand at the crab and the yarn. "That's right -- the grandmatron spun this yarn specially for me. She and my employer are old friends, you see, and he asked for her help with some magical yarn for one of his next shows. "I'm not always around in the daytime to help [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=33195609]Flo[/url] out..." She makes a face. "So we thought, why not teach simple tricks to familiars to help spruce up show routines? I'm sure the audience will enjoy seeing something new." All this time, the crab has been rolling around in the yarn, and Mana delicately picks it up. She holds it out to Wyrm mournfully. "The grandmatron's familiar is exceedingly intelligent, so she's agreed to let him help us while we test this thread -- we're planning to use it in our next act. Easy to cut, so that familiars can do death-defying feats of escapology! --Swiftly and safely, of course. But alas..." And she smiles wryly. "It looks like this little guy got more enthusiastic about the 'entangling' parts than the 'escaping' bit! Could be a nice trick name in there, though. Shall we say...[i]Crab's Cradle[/i]?"