A message from Marcille

[fuckthatdragon]

Everyone knows that the empire wiped most of the dragons out ages ago. If any survived, they went deep into hiding or fled to distant lands. But even so, I’m wondering if anyone in the revolution has had any encounters with dragons. Or even any dragon-like creatures?

This…would have been recent. Maybe within the last month.

It was red.

Mostly red.

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[dragondisguised]

[Madeline is tentative to say the least. The Corsairs have been very good about not breathing a word about her but that didn't mean the Empire didn't have spies everywhere either.]

Where did you run into this creature?

[fuckthatdragon]

[Marcille tentative as well. She knew that if she played this wrong it might slip out that this whole problem was her fault.

She wasn’t ready for that. She wasn’t sure she’d ever be.]

In an imperial research lab. They were…making a chimera, I guess you’d call it.

[dragondisguised]

A chimera?

[fuckthatdragon]

The body of a dragon, but she- but it had big feathery wings and a human’s torso growing up from the neck.

[dragondisguised]

[Maddie can't help but be happy no one can see her face at the moment.]

That's ...

[Mmph.]

Did you see this in the Imperial labs then?

[fray]

Red, huh...? I've got my dragonform, but it's not red. They also didn't know about it.

[ What with clapping those restrictive devices on him, the empire never would have known. ]

Someone you know?

[fuckthatdragon]

[She's curious about a "dragonform" but not right this moment.]

Someone I know. My best friend.

[fray]

What's the name? I'll keep an eye out.

[ Only thing they can do, right? ]

[fuckthatdragon]

I don't know that she would even recognize her name right now, but it's Falin.

[wontreadthesigns]

I'm sorry - the only only big red thing I've seen recently was a passing hippogriff, but I'll keep an eye out.

[fuckthatdragon]

I don't think you could have confused what I had in mind with a hippogriff...

[wontreadthesigns]

You're right, I probably wouldn't make that mistake.

[fuckthatdragon]

This dragon has a human's torso instead of a head, for one thing.

I probably should have led with that.

[tisfinished]

I'll keep both eyes open, Marcille.

Anything else I should know?

[fuckthatdragon]

I doubt it will- she will have fire breath, but she’s probably a powerful magic user.

[tisfinished]

[she, not it. Senshi pauses for only a moment.]

I see. Is this an Imp experiment gone terribly right?

[fuckthatdragon]

[The pronouns she’s using are all over the place right now. She’s stressed out.]

“Terribly right.”

Hah.

[A single humorless laugh.]

Yes. They did this to her. She’s my best friend, so I’m hoping I can still undo it.

[fish4science]

I'm sorry, I've been inside the Vault for most of the past month. I can review reports if that helps?

[fuckthatdragon]

I've been doing that in my spare time myself. It hasn't helped a lot.

[fish4science]

We do have some older records on dragons, if you'd like me to pull those. Mostly records of killing them though.

[fuckthatdragon]

I don't want to KILL her!

[relentless_sentinel]

Naw, Ah think Ah'd remember that...how big were they?

[Dragon Laguz aren't very big, but maybe they're bigger here?]

[fuckthatdragon]

I want to say her head was maybe twelve feet up, but she was longer than she was tall.

[relentless_sentinel]

Her? How'd ya know it was a gal? That'd be pretty big for a girl dragon back home.

[At least, she thinks so. She admittedly hasn't met many female ones.]

[fuckthatdragon]

It's...complicated. I don't think many people would mistake her for a boy, though.