17.Oct.17, 11:33 PM
Madiquel was packing. Again. It felt like she was always packing of late! Though, she reasoned as she stuffed another outfit into a bag, at least this time she didn’t have to pick out the scraps from the mud of the landslide. She shuddered, and Clover crooned where she was perched on Madiquel’s bed, her eyes whirling in concern. The young girl paused to give her sweet little firelizard a pet, reassuring the creature, before kneeling to look under the bed for anything she might have missed. She was pulling out a couple of stray socks when she heard her name called out lightly, and she grinned at the interruption.
“In here!” She called, not bothering to modulate her voice. Her father was out of their little home doing whatever it was adults did before moving. Maybe arranging the dragons they’d be riding on to their new home. She sure hoped he wasn’t expecting them to travel by ground! Madiquel knew it was hard on her father to ride on the back of someone else’s dragon, but it had to be preferable to weeks or even months of travel across the ground! Madiquel’s nose scrunched up slightly, and she stood up, dusting off her knees as Clover took flight to land lightly on her shoulder, tail entwined around Madiquel’s neck like a pretty green necklace.
“As excited as I am to go to Fort, I can’t believe the amount of crap I’ve accumulated since moving to Telgar! Where did all this stuff come from – Ooh! He’s so cute!” Madiquel’s playful whining was interrupted by a girlish squeal of delight as she spotted the little blue firelizard; on her shoulder, Clover chittered curiously, leaning down Madiquel’s arm to get a closer look, her little head tilted slightly to one side so she could eyeball the new hatchling. “Did he just hatch? Do you want some oil for him? Come!” grabbing one of Ayontay’s hands, Madiquel led him into her half-packed bedroom, and gave him a shove to sit on the end of the bed while she retrieved a little jar of oil she used on Clover.
“What did you call him?” She asked, excited and anxious, as she climbed onto the bed and sat on her knees, watching the little blue hatchling with delight.
“In here!” She called, not bothering to modulate her voice. Her father was out of their little home doing whatever it was adults did before moving. Maybe arranging the dragons they’d be riding on to their new home. She sure hoped he wasn’t expecting them to travel by ground! Madiquel knew it was hard on her father to ride on the back of someone else’s dragon, but it had to be preferable to weeks or even months of travel across the ground! Madiquel’s nose scrunched up slightly, and she stood up, dusting off her knees as Clover took flight to land lightly on her shoulder, tail entwined around Madiquel’s neck like a pretty green necklace.
“As excited as I am to go to Fort, I can’t believe the amount of crap I’ve accumulated since moving to Telgar! Where did all this stuff come from – Ooh! He’s so cute!” Madiquel’s playful whining was interrupted by a girlish squeal of delight as she spotted the little blue firelizard; on her shoulder, Clover chittered curiously, leaning down Madiquel’s arm to get a closer look, her little head tilted slightly to one side so she could eyeball the new hatchling. “Did he just hatch? Do you want some oil for him? Come!” grabbing one of Ayontay’s hands, Madiquel led him into her half-packed bedroom, and gave him a shove to sit on the end of the bed while she retrieved a little jar of oil she used on Clover.
“What did you call him?” She asked, excited and anxious, as she climbed onto the bed and sat on her knees, watching the little blue hatchling with delight.