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[nilhilistic]

Greetings, people of Aldrip.

I am a new arrival to this place. My name is Rafal. I am a dragon from another world. As familiar as I am with the mechanics of multiple worlds and travel between then, I am afraid the technology gap here is rather large. I would like to request the aid of a master, someone who is proficient in it and is willing to teach me.

Of course, this does not need to be for free. You are welcome to request a boon or a favor. I lack money at this juncture but I will see to it soon enough. I am no longer in the business of resurrecting the dead and I do not kill for others . . . but I am open-minded in other requests.

Thank you.

— Ah, yes, a picture of my true form since that seems to be a sticking point among skeptics.

Comments

[opheliac]

the one between u and me.

[nilhilistic]

I don't think we have one yet.

[opheliac]

ure so funny! of course we do, u rascal.

ure my dragon, dur.

[nilhilistic]

I am not anyone's dragon.

[opheliac]

touchy. im not going to collar u or whatever. not my thing.

i just want to take care of u. is that sooooo bad?

[nilhilistic]

Yes. I hate the very idea of it.

[opheliac]

how come? 🫢😮

[nilhilistic]

Because I am an independent person. I have always seen to myself and looked after myself. I am not so weak that I require tending to.

[opheliac]

u said it, not me.

[nilhilistic]

And I mean it.

[opheliac]

i dont think ure weak.

[nilhilistic]

It matters what I think of myself.

[ being weak, being a failure, being a defect were things that got you killed. his father and his siblings drilled that into him. ]

[opheliac]

well thats a dud. ure a dragon. why would u think that of urself? none of us are that.

cw: mention of child murder

[nilhilistic]

It stems from my childhood.

My father murdered children who were weak. I have taken great pains to be anything but that.

[ to the point that he overcorrected greatly to the point of becoming sombron. ]

[opheliac]

oh. so like kill the runt thing, right? mothers do that to their young in the wild.

[nilhilistic]

Precisely. My father had no tolerance for weakness and failures.

[opheliac]

my old man is the same. but ure 10/10 on the scoreboard. soo... quit being boring.

[nilhilistic]

I am not being boring. I am being myself.

[opheliac]

hmm. then be the OTHER urself.

[nilhilistic]

That makes no sense.

[opheliac]

it makes perfect sense. u just have to use ur noodle!

[nilhilistic]

My "noodle".

[opheliac]

that thing between ur shoulders. not many people use it.

[nilhilistic]

Present company excluded, apparently.

[opheliac]

what.