school: mandricardo

[shaft]

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[shaft]

Yeah, she was hiding in the dorm all winter. Cold-blooded, y'know?

[ She will just stare him. She is very regal. ]

[duranduel]

[Pointing at her.]

Is she...pettable?

1/2

[shaft]

If you're willing to lose a hand.

[shaft]

[ He grins, shaking his head. ]

I'm joking. You can sit next to her and see how she takes. She's a war mount, so she's used to being handled by people.

[duranduel]

[:o]

[And....oh. Aw, no hand eating. Let the wyvern eat hands!]

A-Ah, okay. [And squinting.] She's...very small for a war mount.

[shaft]

She had to be shrunk down to be allowed at the school. Normally she's the size of a horse.

[duranduel]

[Offering his hand for her to sniff.]

So she's more like a pet than anything else, now? That sucks.

[shaft]

[ She responds by getting up onto her hind legs and extending her neck! Checking to see if he's intimidated... ]

Yeah, I really miss being able to fly. I used to it daily.

Don't miss riding her out into battle as much though.

[duranduel]

[Unfortunately, he can't be because she's so small. Just reaching to gently touch her head!]

So you guys have these and horses? Lucky, lucky. Guess she must have been a force to see on the battlefield.

[shaft]

Yeah, we use wyverns, horses, and pegasi. So there's something for everyone.

[ She seems appeased by his bravery!! She will let him touch her head.

And then she is stepping closer with her monster feet to give him a good sniff. ]

Are you missing a steed too?

[duranduel]

[When you deal with horses who get spooked by sudden movements and can kill a man with no issue, wyverns aren't too much of a big deal.]

[He smiles slightly, moving to give her cheek a little gentle scritch.]

Pegasi, huh? You guys got all sorts of creatures... [And his shoulders go up and down with that, a shrug.] Yeah, actually. Though technically, he wasn't officially mine.

[shaft]

A horse?

[ She's going to continue pushing her snout over whatever she can reach. A new creature... ]

[duranduel]

Yeah. Brigliadoro.

[A beat - he's allowing her to do what she wants, though he will boop the snoot.]

He's...kind of a handful.

[shaft]

[ A boop... She flaps her wings a little at that, interested.

Claude looks pretty amused. ]

Oh? Not very cooperative?

[duranduel]

[Another boop! And a pat as well for her.]

Uh...yeah. Won't come when he's called, sometimes. Which...makes sense, I guess, given that I stole him.

[shaft]

So... he doesn't like you?

[ She accepts the pats. And now that she's done investigating, we will settle down again... napzy... ]

[duranduel]

[Aw, wyvern nappy times. He'll smile at that.]

Sort of. He's just rebellious, for the most part. But when he follows what I say in battle...we're formidable.