Little Clearing

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DATE & TIME :: Mid-Winter, Late Morning 
WEATHER CONDITIONS :: Lightly Snowing & Mildly Chilly
PREVIOUS THREADS :: N/A

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    It was so beautiful, out here. The sky was light and violet, a mix of clouds and bare winter colours. The pine trees offered the best place to just sit and watch the forest. Although it was winter, Finn had seen quite the lively forest that morning. That is, it was lively for a very boring morning in Berk. There might of been a mouse or two that had passed by, but it really didn't matter. He'd come out here to get out of some chores his mother had planned for him, anyway.
"You'll do yer chores an' you'll like 'em, Finn!" He remembered her saying. Well, this particular young viking wasn't entirely too interested in helping around the house that morning. He'd said he was out to look for some deer, although he hadn't seen a single one. They were all hiding out from the cold, although they weren't sleeping. Finn had figured out long ago that those pesky little guys didn't tend to sleep during the winter.
At least, not as much as the other animals in the forest.

    Most dragons tended to be less active during the coldest of the winter months, or they migrated south, but it had been getting nicer lately, and a couple had returned or woken up from hibernation.
    Finn was hoping he might get one today (as he hoped every day), but he was mostly just out there to avoid bothersome mothers.
He'd perched himself up on some weird white tree stump. Well, it wasn't entirely a stump, but it used to branch off into three parts, then two of them were cut down a couple winters back. Now it made for a fairly good seat, and Finn had frequented the spot time and time again. It was an area that was partially cleared of trees, however it wasn't very large. The clearing was circular in shape, and had a few young pines beginning to grow in the center. Finn thought it was particularly pretty in the summer, when it became ridden with wild flowers and a stream of melted snow made its way and divided the clearing in half. 
However, it wasn't summer, so he'd have to enjoy what he had for the time being.
He'd grabbed a cloth on his way out and wrapped three large fresh buns in it.
They smelt fresh still, and were just barely keeping their warmth. Finn stuck them deeper into his jacket, knowing he'd want them later on. 

Finn, in his boredom, hocked up a rather impressive loogie and spat it a short distance.
"Note to self, practice loogie-spittin'..."  he said to himself.

There wasn't much to do out here, but perhaps someone would walk along...

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Borealis pounded her heavy set paws into the snow as she followed Scout; playing and nipping at the snow. Being a sort of water/ice dragon she loved the cold...same couldn't be said for Scout though. She was lightly shivering even with her big fur coat on her shoulders and the boots keeping her warm, the cold would always find a way to get under your skin.
"At least one of us likes the cold.." she said making a gesture back to Borea, who had snow all over her face and clumps of it on her feathered legs and licking the snow that would fall off her face.

"Oh please lighten up. Snow is beautiful once you start realizing how it reflects off the sun light..and the-"
"Save it Borea..I'm cold and you talking of snow isn't really helping me...Besides I love storms more than anything..snow doesn't compete"
Borea rolled her eyes to her companion; gently lowering her head to take the scruff of Scout's coat and put her on the saddle..which was freezing and smelt of old fish. Scout patted Borealis on the side of her rough skin neck in a thank you as they continued forward, coming into a medium sized clearing with not much trees except for in the middle.

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     Finn's feet dangled precariously above the ground from his high seat on the chopped off branch. He didn't care much for heights, however that usually only applied for flying. Sitting up high, well that was no big deal. Finn just thought of it as a good spot for sight-seeing.

^{"At least one of us likes the cold.."}

   Or listening! Finn's head twisted towards what he thought might be the source as he heard these words. Someone must be coming, and they've got company, clearly. He figured that his mother might of sent them after him. He hushed his breath and listened intently.
"Ah, hell... No' this again..." he murmured to himself. This was exactly what he needed, his mum doting over him all over again. If dad was back from sea already she'd have someone else to occupy her worrisome needs, but of course he was out on a trip without bringing Finn. All 'cause of those dumb old viking classes... As if he even needed them!
Ridiculous, honestly. Entirely his mum's doing.
Finn brought his legs up to his chest, the heavy-weight coats of skins and furs bunching up behind his thighs. A very faint scent of fish wafted lightly along with the breeze of the winter morning.
Dragons...?

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Scout had Borea stop near the middle of the clearing..a few feet away from the white tree stumps that another viking was hiding. Borea picked up the scent but didn't make it to obvious to Scout who was trying to find a better spot to sit.
"We really need to clean that saddle..It's rotting of fish smell and wild dragons always come to that smell to investigate..especially Nightmares."
Normally Borea would shudder at the thought of Nightmares; being as they hunted Crystilscales when they were of young age and so on. But Borea had her attention to the scent of the other viking, it didn't seem threatening, just unsure.
When Scout turned her back Borea's nose led her to the side of the odd cut down tree stump where the smell was more strong. Her nose huffed a small gush of cool frost as she found the young Finn crouched on the opposite side of the stump; she was more curious as her nose touched his arm and a low rumble in her chest sounded her finding to be amusing! Quite amusing that she lay on her belly and crossed her front paws as she investigated her new find..and she was quite happy she found him too instead of having to listen to Scout's complaint of the saddle.

[Troutface Gleamn the Sneeze]

It was finally snowing today. Troutface had been waiting for a good snowfall, so decided to go out to the forest while he didn't have any other responsibilities. He actually kind of liked the snow, although many of the other kids his age didn't. Maybe that was because most of them have dragons, and most dragons don't like the snow. He was footloose and fancy free when it came to dragons, he didn't need a stinkin' reptile to weigh him down! Okay, that wasn't exactly true. He really wanted a dragon, it was pretty lame not having one. He didn't get invited when the other students went on little flying excursions, and he was excluded from some of the lessons because of it. Honestly, he couldn't wait to have a dragon.

As Troutface puttered along through the snow, he began to hear hints of activity up ahead, a dragon by the sound of the movement, but a female voice suggested a rider also. He walked a little faster, eager now to see who it may be. Hopefully someone interesting, as much as he loved the snow, it was no fun without someone else's face to shove in it. Coming into a clearing, he saw Finn, a fellow student, and a resident who's name he didn't know. He'd seen that dragon before, though, it was a little frightening- definitely not the warm and cozy type. "Ah, hello, Finn! Didn't think you were going to be graced with my presence today, did ya? " he said, strutting forward. He gave the big dragon a weary look as he passed it, hoping he wouldn't cause any trouble with that beast- he gave the dragon an awkward little wave and nodded to it's rider, giving the lady a toothy grin.

Troutface leaned comfortably on a low part of the tree, looking up at Finn. "So what are you two doing out here...all alone? Something you haven't told me, friend?" Trouty said, giving him a joking look. He meant no harm, but it did seem funny that these two would be out here, he wondered what their connection was.

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As Megan hooked Bluebreeze's saddle on, she noticed a few stray piece of chicken's feather around his mouth. She knew they were from an incident this morning involving Blue and a tasty chicken. "Blue cannot be trusted with 'em." She could still hear her mother say. Meg picked the feathers off and told him, "No chicken. I'll feed ya plenty, ya don't have to hunt 'em down." She patted his head and climb onto the saddle. She clipped on her bag containing her bow and arrows and tied herself to the saddle with multiple ropes. "Kay, boy. You know where to go. Come on!" She motioned her him to fly, but he stood there biting at an itch on his wing. "Come on, Blue, fly!" She called to him, but nothing. When he finished, he pushed into the air and they where off.
While in the air they could spot the circular clearing a distance away. Bluebreeze dived down and hit the earth with a thud that seemed to be muffled by the snow. He was fine landing on his feet, but Meg would have fallen off without the ropes. She hadn't seen the others on the other side of the clearing, but Bluebreeze had. As soon as Megan untied herself and her bag, he ran off to greet the Vikings and dragon. "No!" Megan screamed and dropped her bag to run after him. She grabbed on to his tail. Blue stopped and lifted his tail to see what it was. They were about halfway through the clearing and could easily see the others. "Nice job, Blue." Megan whispered to Blue as she grabbed on to a rope tied to his saddle. Meg stood there awkwardly staring at them due to her entrance. She lift her hand as if to wave, but lowered it.

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Scout finally turned head to see a whole group now of Vikings! What once was thought to be a deserted clearing of peace to complain turned out to be a gathering spot. With three vikings nearby and one other dragon who's rider was hanging from the tail. Scout didn't know what to make of this scene...it was weird..

"Borea..mind telling me where the others came from?" But even in an uncertain tone of her voice she was ignored; only because Borealis could see these three others weren't of any danger to them; and more interested in getting patted on the nose by Troutface who seemed weary of her large presence; she'd seen the Nadder coming up close but didn't pay much mind yet as she hadn't even gotten any responses from the two Viking boys that her big head were closest to.

Her frosty breath collecting on their hair turning it white with frost and almost freezing the hair strands faster. She made a loud rumbling in her chest that was suppose to resemble a purring noise..just sounded more like growling if close enough to hear from right underneath her nose or chest; but the big Crystilscale meant no actual harm to any of them.

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wow ok this exploded just a bit haha.. let's see... posting order is me, scout, trout, megan and so on so just remember to stick to it! sorry for my absence my computer privileges were taken. 

Red gave me an idea, what if Finn thinks they were all sent by his mother, so he starts running and then borea could chase after finn, and then scout after borea which causes megan's dragon (blue) to chase after them, so megan and scout go along too. then trout is just kinda like "well i might as well come too"

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    Finn watched intently as the older girl entered, her being unaware of his presence.
He watched as the large icy-dragon approached him, his eyes widening as she got closer. Her nostrils flared, dotted with the flakes which fell from the sky above. He spoke to the creature in a hushed voice, trying to shove its nose away from his high position on the tree. "Away with ya, beast! There's nuthin' for ye here!" It was no-doubt attracted to him due to the smell of the warm buns he had in his jacket, but there wasn't a chance he was sharing, especially not with some unfamiliar dragon. As he was pushing away the dragon's great-big snout he heard a familiar voice shout out from the woods.

"Ah, hello, Finn! Didn't think you were going to be graced with my presence today, did ya? "

Finn turned his head in a rather sharp manner, angrily furrowing his brow at the baby faced boy. The hail does he think he's doin'!? Damn it to Niflheim, did Mum send him too? As these thoughts puddled through Finn's mind, he noticed as the girl with the dragon turned and seemed to mumble something with a bright look in her eyes. 
"Don' tell me m'mum sent all of ye? Nawh, I 'aven't got time for all this..." Finn hopped down from his throne upon the stump just as yet another viking crashed through the snow, riding upon a dragon. 
"Thor almighty, mum! Ye could've just come yerself!" He spat at no one in particular. On the way down the long tree trunk, a fresh bun rolled from his caribou skins. He cursed as he grabbed for it, coming face to face with the dragon ahead of him as he did. "Nuh-uh, not t'day, pal!" He quickly bolted from the clearing towards the immense pine trees, albeit leaving a likely very confused group of folk in his wake.

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Borea dashed in a mad rush to chase the other Viking; yes the bun was very enticing her to chase but she always liked running through the snow; it made her almost like a large furry of a hurricane in the white powdery stuff! Scout left behind and more irritated than confused, she ran after her unknowingly happily chasing the Viking Dragon, and shouted at her, "Borealis you get your bulky rump back here or so help me-" The rest of her speech was covered by the large snow getting pushed into her face as she ran from behind her rather 'bulky' partner.

Borea was just enjoying every part of this; a new VIT playing tag with her 'or so she thought' and the yummy smell of the bun telling her to tag him and possibly she'd get the bun for getting him in this unknown game. Her frosty breath became heavy that large crystal spines of Ice collected on the ground where her head would almost touch the ground as she sprinted; making an almost deadly shard of Ice spikes that Scout just so managed to elude..of course she'd experienced this before and knew what would come from this all.