#🌙 EVERY ONE IS BLIND BELIEVING ALL YOUR LIES ( final arc main. )

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" 'Boyfriend Day'... there's really days for everything, huh?"

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"... I've got a bad feeling about something..."

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I've been thinking more about how to make Lyric distinct from their "past" self in the last couple weeks for a twit thing, so I made a quick visual and note comparison.

Lura's og magic, Silver Tongue, essentially functions like a stacked Charisma check with advantage and proficiency. It's how they were able to convince dragons and gods, without realizing it, to give them pieces of power. They can use it to persuade people, to influence odds, and make demands of sentient and non sentient things. However, it can also backfire by locking them into verbal deals ( such as the original exchange they made with Zargeicerinth ) so they have to speak carefully and calmly.

Lyric's cryokinesis magic is the direct result of Lura's pact with Zargeicerinth, which is why it's so strong but also erratic and harmful to them. Their nightmares are Lura's memories, but they won't figure that out until much later. Lyric gains none of the additional magics Lura acquired because they were not blood pacts the same way Zargeicerinth's was.

Lura and Gimmoirer are examples of how the scales and horns of their species pale with age, whereas Lyric is an example of a younger more adolescent coloring.

Lura also has a tail, wings, and a complete True Dragon shape, but they opt not to use them most of the time. Lura also is the original creator of the seal on Lyric and the Beasts that is gradually corroding.

Lura's wife is @archaeval but it's been ~2500 years since their death by the time Lyric is born.

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-> They felt responsible for him in the way a child does for an animal they fed in their backyard---they established this reliance and now it was their duty to fulfill it. They knew he had at least some amount of clothes with him, but there was a nagging in the back of Lyric's head that said they felt he was someone to be woefully underprepared for Earth's seasons, and one ugly sweater could save him a lot of whining and discomfort down the road. Lyric didn't need such things, of course; the cold was their ally. They felt as comfortable in the winter season as they could anywhere. It was summer that often left them reeling. ( they notice the faint wrinkle in his face of displeasure and almost laugh at it. yes, they're sure he was used to much finer things than this, but they didn't have money for that. he could take it or leave it. )

"---You don't have to wear it. I'm giving it to you just in case you don't have anything."

-> But just as he's inspecting it, his behavior turns on a dime; how he leans low to come face to face with them, an incredulous smirk and the audacity to ask if they were jealous. ( and he's calling them names again. things they don't know. their face creases a frown. ) They do not miss his show of fangs or his implications inches from their face, and what they had intended as an act of kindness has been soured by the hard flush on their cheeks.

"Lyric. My name is Lyric. And I'm not showing anyone anything because I'm not jealous, and I don't own you. You're not an object.

I don't care if people look at you, I just didn't want you to get sick. You shouldn't care if people look at me, either."

@prerodinu from ask.

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why their brother kinda...

"Kinda WHAT?"

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@villain-he replied to your post “"... I've got a bad feeling about something..."”:

what has ya all tense?

-> There's a noise in the back of their throat, like a wariness.

"... It might be nothing."

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Miya has a habit of sending Lyric random dragon related memes she sees. Including this one:

"---Old draconic is like Latin, it's painfully easy to mess up. God forbid someone corrects you and doesn't eat you because you called their mother a pair of boots or something."

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"... ... conflicting feelings about being called 'baby'."

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@prerodinu replied to your post “" 'Boyfriend Day'... there's really days for...”:

Rarlith vc: oh we are together now wonderful? Did you get me something)

"---hold on, I didn't say that. I was just commenting on it because I heard someone else bring it up. Don't get ahead of yourself..."

@lobiita replied to your post “" 'Boyfriend Day'... there's really days for...”:

@prerodinu she’s peeking at them from an unknown perch 👁️👄👁️

-> ... they feel like this conversation is being watched.

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*Boyfriend by Big Time Rush starts playing*

(whispers) I thought Big Time Rush disbanded?? Is this some kind of threat?? am I going to forcibly be given a boyfriend by the government??

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-> They say they can handle it as to not worry her, but they're coughing up blood and spittle again.

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" .. Should we just run? " It's an honest suggestion. One she personally thinks is a good idea. " Realistically, if he's distracted he might not even notice. "

There were at least a few individuals she could be talking about right now. Maybe that's even more reason to run.

"Run where, Miya?"

-> It's not meant to chastise her--- it's genuine. Where would they go? Lyric could not abandon their guild, and they doubted that she could escape her family any easier, not with how her brother seemed to always be listening. Gimmoirer would be even less likely to let them escape without giving malicious, bloodied chase, for what predator could resist the sight of sprinting prey? Responsibility held them in place; that, and the sickness they were only barely keeping in check with Gimmoirer's assistance. The scales of a true dragon of their bloodline, forged into bands that keep that ancient magic from tearing their body to shreds, trying to make a dragon out of it in too short a time. ( but they don't tell Miya that. they think she would worry too much over it, and they have had to ask for too much help already. if they had to suffer they would suffer alone. )

"... I can handle it. Even when it doesn't seem like it, I can handle it."

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" Bestie, when are you gonna properly introduce me to your brother? I'll give you a free tiny violin. "

"Bestie?"

-> The word is spat with such venom it's hard to think it was a nickname for someone they were reportedly "friends" with. Their stare is frigid in how they lift their chin and look down their nose at him, a tight-lipped frown that turns into a grimace baring their teeth at the prospect. Did they look like someone to be bartered with? Like someone giving out interviews with their so-called "sibling"? They can feel the exhaustion setting in under their eyes from not enough sleep and too many days of feeling sick, and Kurama's coquettish request just makes them hiss.

"Why. So you can be an even more annoying force in my life? Think you can brat your way into a dragon's hoard or something?"

"Go grovel for his attention yourself. He's not my brother, I have no reason or interest in helping you."

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"I'm going to beat his ass. Mark my words."

"I'm sure you can."

-> Are they? They know Loni is strong, but Gimmoirer's strength is on a scale they struggled to imagine any normal body containing. The might of a true dragon, well into his adulthood. Loni had not told them all there was of her own strength, yet.

"But... be careful, still."

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I’m fighting him Lyric. Give me a hint on how to out smart him and win.

"Huh? What makes you think I know how to beat him? He's like 800 feet at the shoulder in his real shape, and all he does is fight and hoard treasure, eat, and sleep. Go for the stomach, I guess? I'd go for his eyes, personally."

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@prerodinu replied to your post “@prerodinu replied to your post “”: Rarlith vc:...”:

Rarlith vc: we are dating im courting them. We can fight. That’s fine

"Is that so? Well, it seems fine enough a match, then, though our species isn't typically one to settle down permanently."

"DO I GET A SAY IN THIS?!"