(no subject)

[born_in_flame]

Caleb hadn't been in the Nexus in a while between classes and grading and visits from his friends both new and old there just hadn't been time to visit. He had worried about Molly, he always worried about Molly given what he knew.

So it was a relief to get the strange text from his friend and head into what he considered his second home. He popped up just outside the tavern he enjoyed visiting when he was here. He looked around trying to puzzle out what Molly's words meant.

"Has anyone seen...an almost dragon," he asks sounding almost amused by the whole idea.

Comments

[the_rebel_son]

Lucifer was laying out beside the tavern, his brother Beelzebub inside causing a ruckus as always, but the king as enjoying the warmer winter sun that said Spring would soon be here. He stretched his neck when he heard the word dragon, the ruff of multicolored feathers raising before he shook them. He's relaxed, forelegs crossed comfortably and wings resting at his back.

"Do you seek a dragon or THE dragon?" He asks lazily as the fan of feathers at the end of his tail flicks as if he was some giant, feathered cat. Here in the Nexus the answer to that question was an important one.

[born_in_flame]

Caleb turns and looks at the other not at all afraid, "My friend was not exactly clear on the matter," he replies in his quiet way, "Something in his text simply mentioned an almost dragon needing my help and that was all." He chuckles softly. "Molly can get excited about new things and not include details."

[the_rebel_son]

"I am the Dragon, the original one." The hint of arrogance is unavoidable but he does raise his snout to smell the air. He doesn't sense another dragon of his kind but humans had once called many things dragons; whales, lizards, fossils, huge snakes, and volcanos. It could mean anything.

"I am not in need of assistance but, if there is a dragon then I would be willing to assist." All of his feathers shake before he stands and flattens them. He's more serpentine and long like an oriental dragon or some Central American imagery than the dragon of Europe. Lucifer is curious about the dragon this human might be talking about and he has nothing to occupy his day at the moment.

[born_in_flame]

Caleb raises an eyebrow more amused than annoyed or afraid. He has faced down gods, dragons and wizards and little scares him anymore. "Have you seen a creature named Mollymauk around recently," he asks, "six feet tall, purple with horns, very colorfully dressed. "That is the friend who asked me to come...I believe if I find him I will find the creature he spoke to me about."

[the_rebel_son]

"I have not." Lucifer stands and shakes out his feathers to get them all to lay flat. "I have heard of a being with this shape coming to the plaza from my companions."

Surely, they could find this other person. Lucifer is bored and feeling generous, a disposition that is becoming more common as he spends time in the Nexus.