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Things that go Ribbit in the night. [Open] - T'shiro - 23.Aug.12
As the usual meal time was coming to a close and dusk's somber hues began to creep over the sky, a lively pair was out for a stroll, enjoying the fresh air...
“Oi! Cru!” The Bronzerider stood from his crouched position out in the open, not too far far from their own personal place of dwelling.
“Look what I found!” Grinning a malicious, knowing expression, T’shiro held out a wriggly toad that was probably just as afraid of T’shiro’s ensnaring grasp as the great Bronze Crucluith was about to be afraid of it.
What is it? His thoughts, leaking in a curious tone through his rider’s consciousness couldn’t detect the horrors that were about to be thrust at him. Crucluith’s giant head swung in the direction of his rider to spy what had caught T’shiro’s attention.
Rider held up said toadly creature to his dragon, proudly putting it on display -bugging googly eyes and all. Crucluith hauled back in surprise, giving a guttural grunt of disapproval and steadily retreating. Eww! You know I don’t like those things! Why would you pick something like that up?
Soon, Crucluith was turned around, curling his tail about himself in a protective huddle. Oh, what a sight it must have been to see the hulking form of draconic sublimity cowed before a frogly thing.
“Ahhhh, seriously? This thing isn’t going to hurt you. I’s just a toad!” Amusement spread across the rider’s face in a much broader smile now, and as T’shiro advanced on Crucluith’s position, the dragon got up to walk in the other direction, flicking the end of his tail in an irritated manner.
No! Get it away from me! I don’t like it.
“Oh, come back here you silly oaf. You don’t have to step on him and get his guts all between your toes.” T’shiro jumped at the chance to chase after his dragon with toad hoisted overhead. “Waiiit! Come back! It’s just a toad! What are you afraid of?”
Obviously, even if his dragon was a little embarrassed at the public display of his most secret phobia, T’shiro had little shame regarding personal faults..or anything else for that matter. Having quickly dismantled himself of Bronzerider-like dignity, the man went running on the heels of his bonded beast, laughing jovially.
Crucluith’s wings lifted over his back in a pensive manner, bugling his disapproval as they went.