Farming Insight

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Time and Date:: Late Winter - Early Afternoon
Weather:: Very cloudy, but still bright and warm
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Normally, Agnes would have gone to the village farm to get more feed for her animals, but this time round, she wanted them to have a fresher meal. She knew a few spots where berries and carrots grew, so she set out in the morning, hoping to gather supplies before others. After all, these spots she knew about weren't really secret.

To get there faster, she rode on Felix's back. The Flightmare was calm as they walked through the undergrowth. The old dragon gurgled happily when Agnes rubbed his snout from her saddle. His breed would normally glow in bioluminescence, but because of his strict, non-algae diet, he had no light whatsoever, allowing others to see his dark green scales, and bright blue eyes.

"Almost there, Felix." The dragon huffed in exhaustion. His age was making it harder and harder to travel like this. Agnes knew to accept it, but she was still devastated to know her friend would eventually become too frail to even walk at all.

"Tell you what... When we get there, I'll give you some of the carrots, alright?" The flightmare immediately picked up his pace. Carrots always seemed to make him do whatever she wanted, not that she used that to her advantage.

The field was in an open area, though the trees still loomed overhead, only allowing patches of sunlight to enter. And it was in these patches that the special vegetables grew. Unfortunately, only a few were actually ready to be picked, seeing as it was still winter.

She hopped off Felix and made her way through the rows of protruding leaves coming from the ground. "I guess it's your lucky day, Felix. There's enough carrots to give you some of the extras."

Even though the dragon was 50 years old, he still bounced in delight at the news. Unbeknownst to the two, they weren't the only ones who were in the field...

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It was a nice winter day, alas the rays of the sun brought warmth to the little island by the name of Berk. A Viking girl hopped out of her house and stretched her arms as if she was attempting to reach for the rays of the sun, "It's a great day to be alive!" She exclaimed.

The blonde's mother peered out from the door, 'Where are you heading off too?' The woman asked and the younger woman simply smiled, "Just for a little romp in the woods." The girl was off and about before her mother could even utter a 'be careful'. There was nothing quite like a protective, caring mother.

As the girl rounded her house she looked up to find her companion sitting atop the roof of the house, his back nails scraping against the roof. "You know they don't like you up there." The dragon snorted and hopped down onto the ground below butting his head gently against the woman's body. "You wanna fly?" She asked with a smile and the dragon moved forward and the Viking hopped up behind the beast's neck.

The woman's favorite thing in the entire world was taking to the skies with the dragon when you flew it was as though nothing could harm you. Without hesitation the dragon spread his wings and lifted himself up into the air with the woman leaning forward her hands resting on either side of the dragon's neck.

With a laugh the woman gestured for the dragon to move towards the forest. "Do you ever get tired of flying, Zapfang?" The dragon seemed to let out a snort as though the woman's question was unnecessary. "Okay, okay. Nevermind. Let's go down there." She motioned for the dragon to move and he lowered his altitude until they had settled into the wooded area below. 

Light snow covered the ground and the woman's boots made a crunch as she dismounted her dragon. Zapfang raised a clawed wing as though he hated snow before following the woman as she walked on through the woods. "It's not that bad Zapfang, really." The dragon snorted again and they continued their little stroll in the woods.

Soon the pair began to see sunlight break through holes in the forest as a field could be seen a few lengths ahead. "Oh wow, are those wild vegetables?" The woman smiled and she hurried forward to go investigate the field but soon stopped when she noticed another villager and dragon. Although the Viking indeed lived in Berk she mostly kept to herself so she had never quite gotten the chance to know everyone, she spent most of her time alone with Zapfang.

The Skrill stepped forward, standing quite protectively near his rider and delivered a nasty glare towards both the stranger dragon and its companion. "Uh, hi there." The Viking girl finally spoke up, feeling quite awkward about the situation. "I d-didn't mean to intrude on anything." She looked to Zapfang, but the dragon was too focused on the pair ahead of them.

Perhaps a set of introductions would be more necessary. "Well, uh I'm Aria and this is..." The dragon growled as he stared the other human. "Zapfang." Maybe now the air would not seem so tense, maybe not.

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(I can delete this if Doodles wanted to respond first. I just though I'd help a bit for Spike and Fluffy's introduction)

The flightmare waited behind Agnes as she began pulling the delicious orange vegetables out of the ground. However, a sudden crunch in the snow behind them made him turn his head to find the source. His anxiousness for carrots ceased almost immediately.

A skrill and teenage girl entered the clearing. The dragon seemed to tense at the sight of the flightmare alone, never mind Agnes. Not only did he see the two newcomers step into the field, he also caught their scent. Even though his senses were fading, he could tell the skrill was male, and apparently very protective over his rider.

"Do not fret young one. Neither of us will harm her. Do you really think an old dragon like me could actually take you on in a fight?" He gave a soft throaty chuckle.

Agnes whipped her head around when Felix's bouncing stopped. "Felix? Wha-" Her question was cut off when she saw a younger girl and her skrill. The dragon's eyes narrowed when Felix let out a few warbles and barks. It's a shame Agnes never learnt Dragonese. But she's decided she doesn't need words to bond with her dragon, so it's a skill she doesn't need.

When the girl stuttered out an introduction, Agnes gave her a small smile and got to her feet. She noted how closely the skrill, named Zapfang, stood next to Aria. Agnes knew enough of dragon training to keep her movements slow. She gently patted Felix's head, making him purr and lower his body to the ground.

"Don't worry. We might've not expected company, but Felix and I are more than happy to make some new friends." She tried to give them the warmest welcome she could, seeing as the skrill looked ready to defend with its life.

"I'm Agnes by the way. Nice to meet you."

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It was a cloudy overcast sort of day, one of Spike's favorite types of days. Besides sunny days, anything else he just stayed inside. He was supposed to be working back up on the farm, but it looked like his hard work earned him a break. Or maybe he was playing hooky from work. Either way he ended up in the woods which was probably some farm. He tried not to step on anything and generally avoided anything to do with it. Although Fluffy wanted something to eat, sure he didn't see her but the little rumbling underneath his feet meant something.

Lifting his back off the tree he was leaning against, Spike decided to scan for some rocks to toss in Fluffy's way later. Although from not too far, he spotted a few pairs of people and dragons. Good thing that those were common on an island such as this. From his perspective there was an old geezer, a girl, and dragons around some crops. This must had been a boring scenario or something. Looks like it was time to 'spike' it up! The farmer trotted over to the strangers, tucking his hands in his pockets like a cool person would.

"Hello!" Spike greeted with a wave. He strolled by, glancing around to examine who he was with. "Were you the gal that just flew by?" Spike asked the younger one with a chuckle. Spike glanced down at the carrots. "Whoa! These sure look great! Did you grow these?" He asked eagerly towards the not younger lady. 

((quickly jumping in))

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The girl didn't understand dragon speak, but she never could find much use in bothering to learn it as she usually had a pretty good idea of how her dragon was feeling. Organisms didn't always need verbal words to communicate. 

Zapfang shifted his attention back to the older dragon and emitted a growl that rumbled in his throat, he didn't seem comfortable about the situation at all. "Likely so, but one can never be too careful. I protect my rider with my life, as she does the same for me." The young dragon was more stubborn than anything.

Aria looked to her companion who draped his tail along the ground, slightly curling protectively near the woman's feet. As the woman provided an affectionate gesture to her own dragon, Aria found herself glancing at her companion, but the dragon didn't seem to be letting up with his protective stance. A hand went out to rub the black dragon's snout gently, "It's okay Zapfang, it's safe." She spoke in soothing tones to the dragon who relaxed only slightly, his eyes were still on the elder dragon.

The woman gave a small smile towards the farming woman. "Nice to meet you Agnes, Felix." The viking woman and her Skrill were an odd pair, their personalities varied by a longshot. The viking woman jumped a little when she heard the sound of another near the field. Her reaction prompted a reaction from her own dragon who turned and growled a warning at the newcomer.

Aria kept her hand on her dragon's snout before addressing the boy's question, "Yeah, that was me. I don't think I've seen you before either." Wow, the boy didn't have a dragon with him as far as she could tell perhaps Zapfang would finally relax and stop feeling like everyone was ganging up on him. 

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Felix could sense the tension building in the younger skrill. And the situation grew worse when yet another human happened to enter the small field. This isn't going to end well.

Just in case Zapfang's patience grew thin, Felix took a small protective stance in front of Agnes. Sure, he wouldn't last long, but at least Agnes would be able to get far enough away.

Agnes turned her head at the newcomer's question. "Um... well, I didn't plant them. I found them one day and decided to use them when I felt like something fresher instead of buying ones from others' farms." She placed a hand on Felix's muzzle, making him let out a low croon at the touch.

"In case you didn't get my name, I'm Agnes." The old flightmare under her hand snorted. "And this ol' geezer here is Felix." She chuckled. That's when she finally got a good look at the boy. His bad-boy attitude made hi familiar, but she couldn't quite place him. "Do I know you? Because I think I've seen you around before."


While his rider was talking with the boy, Felix was trying any means to prevent a fight, so he lowered himself to the ground. As a further precaution, he lied his head on top of his paws in a submissive bow. Hopefully the skrill would calm down soon. Felix didn't know how long he could keep this up.