[Souls-Between] Foraging 1.1

Aragon folded his massive wings to his side as his long, sharp claws touched the hard, pebbly, surface of The Aether. The area around him was the same as most of The Aether, a dark, grim, wasteland where only the bravest of dragons roamed. Aragon narrowed his bright, pupiless, orange eyes as the permanent curtain of haze that was present in The Aether lowered his visibility even more. His night vision of course could only help his vision so much in the sunless Aether. Aragon grumbled a little as a small, pointed, pebble dug into the thick skin that covered his toes. Damned pebble. The Wyvern thought to himself as he flicked the pebble aside with a growl.

Aragon glanced around The Aether, on the lookout for any potentially dangerous animals that could be nearby, waiting for their chance to strike the large dragon. Not only that, but the other dragons that were scattered around The Aether could prove to be hostile. The Wyvern was relieved when he did not spot any animals or dragons, and he took off into the air once again. He hovered not far from the ground as his wings carried him quickly and safely over the desolate lands. His eyes scanned the rocks and crumbling structures in search of any resources that could prove to be potentially useful for him. Aragon sighed as his search proved to be fruitless, having no luck in finding anything more than some mutated rabbits. However, the Wyvern narrowed his eyes as he began to see spotted blobs of movement in the distance through The Aether’s haze. Aragon paused and landed onto the ground below, unsure of the continuation of his foraging mission as he attempted to figure out what exactly the blobs were. He watched in surprise as the blobs started to come towards him, going quite fast.

With a roar the Wyvern flapped his massive wings and took off into the air as three large Wyverns approached. As they grew closer he could finally make out more of their features through the darkness. Two of the wyverns were mostly blue and fluffy with shimmering and shining markings that covered their fur. The third wyvern was nearly invisible against the blackness of The Aether except for his bright blue belly.

“We come in peace, as long as you do as well that is.” A blue stalker Wyvern called as she landed in front of Aragon. The other two dragons followed her lead, although the other blue dragon didn’t seem too pleased about giving the peaceful gesture. Aragon narrowed his eyes as he too landed on the ground. The three dragon’s showed no fear as Aragon glanced over them, checking for any signs of hostility or aggression.

“What are you doing here?” He questioned, unsure of whether or not to trust these new dragons. They’re probably fine, but there’s no harm in double checking. I certainly do not want to die in the claws of another dragon. He thought.

“Foraging, what else.” The blue Ravager growled as his long, fluffy tail swooshed back and forth across the ground. Beside him, the other blue Wyvern shook her head as if telling him to back down.

“Oh only foraging. We’re peaceful, I promise. You know, maybe you could give us a chance here, we haven’t done anything wrong now have we.” The third Dragon said with a slight malicious smile. Aragon let out slight growl in response to the Ravager’s words.

“Don’t you try that, I’ve heard about you. Seheron is it?” He responded and the other Wyvern nodded his head.

“This is Ryujin, and I’m Raijin.” The blue stalker Wyvern said as she gestured to the fluffy Ravager beside her. Ryujin didn’t show any reaction to Aragon as skeptical look swept across his face. Raijin on the other hand, flexed her sharp claws; as if preparing to attack Aragon in a moments notice. If he made one wrong move, these dragons would be sure to jump on him, and he wasn’t sure that they’d show much mercy. There’s three of them and one of me. It’s best if I show them peacefulness. Even if I don’t trust them, I’d rather not end up dead. He thought.

“Aragon,” He replied in a calm voice as he folded his wings. “I’m here foraging as well.”  

“Good, good. We can go together then.” Seheron said. “We’ll take oh, anything we find spot and you take anything you spot.”

“... How is that any better than foraging alone.” Aragon countered. He knew Seheron just wanted to have dibs on the best materials.

“Oh for extra protection of course!” Seheron said with a fake innocent smile.

“Or so you can take what I found?” Aragon growled as he flicked his long tail. Seheron frowned and Ryujin growled.

“If you don’t want to come with us then don’t.” Ryujin snapped as he shot a piercing glare at Aragon. Aragon struggled to hold his tongue back from making a quite rude remark towards the other Wyvern, but he knew snapping back would do little more than start a fight.

“Fine, I’ll go.” Aragon sighed. Seheron gave a beaming smile and Raijin seemed content with his answer. However, Ryujin merely rolled his eyes and mumbled something under his breath. “But I do have one condition.” Aragon finished. All three dragons exchanged skeptical glances as they looked towards the dragon.

“We split the rewards. Whatever we find, if anything that is.” He said. Ryujin didn’t seem to care much about his demands, and Seheron grumbled as he nodded his head.

“Alright, so be it.” Raijin spoke up. “Let’s go find an abandoned structure, they’re typically full of good loot.” Aragon nodded in agreement as he unfolded his wings and took to the skies. The other three dragons followed in pursuit, hopeful that their foraging would reveal plenty of materials.
“Alright, let’s go north.” Aragon said, and with that the dragons flew off in silence. I guess they aren’t so bad. But they’ll be dead if they try anything...