Dragon in Distress

Kyp · Aug 12, 2016

Laelynn leaned heavily against Jett, loosely wrapping her arms around him. She listened quietly, sniffling on occasion. Jett was probably right. She'd just overreacted to Malek's inexperience because of her own. Malek wasn't a bad person... He was just as bad at romantic affection as she was. Laelynn stepped away from Jett, drying off her cheeks.

"You're right... I'm sorry if I bothered you. It's just a childish problem. I should have been able to handle it myself, but I guess... I'm not really trained to handle things like this. Thank you."

Laelynn ducked her head in an awkwardly nervous bow to Jett, before giving him a very tight hug.

"I haven't had anyone think of me as anything asides from a close friend or family for... Well, ever. All I've ever known are relationships that succeed from the start."

Sarrain · Aug 21, 2016

Honestly, Jett figured if Laelynn had to come to him for advice, she was really scraping the bottom of the barrel. Jett couldn't name a good, stable relationship he had outside of Finn. He fought with Toby regularly and upset Jeong even more. He was bad at relationship shit.

Jett accepted Lynn's physical affection with a kind of distant curiosity. He gave her back a quick pat, hoping it might make it easier for her to let him go soon. He wasn't a fan of closeness that he hadn't instigated.

"If your familial bonds have succeeded from the start, you're very lucky."

Of course, Jett could know nothing of that. His had been doomed to fail from the beginning, and the Skinwalker couldn't feel much sadness over that fact. It was what it was.

All in all, his previous sentence (hell, all his previous advice) was a little sweet for his tastes. "This is the real world, cupcake; nothing is easy. Especially not when it's worth having. Prepare for more misunderstandings like this -- like a lot. Also, fuck some weird strings or whatever. Go on with life pretending you never even knew about them. What would you do then? Would you say yes? Then do that."

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Kyp · Aug 22, 2016

A life... Without the strings. As if she'd never known they existed. Laelynn kept her arms around Jett as she considered it. She would still have been an orphan, still in china, never knowing she was anything but a human that didn't grow. Eventually she would have been married off, to some old man she didn't like. If not for Yuè and his strings, Laelynn wouldn't have ever met Malek, or Jett. But what would she have done if she hadn't been left behind? If she had hatched as an egg with her family instead of without them? If she'd been raised as a dragon istead of a diety.

"Without the strings... I wouldn't be here. I'd have been killed for being a demon because i didn't grow as fast. The better question is what would have happened if I'd been raised as a dragon. Jett do you think.. Any of my real family is still alive? Do you know if any dragons live here?"

Sarrain · Sep 26, 2016

"Semantics," Jett said with a roll of his eyes when Laelynn mentioned she wouldn't be here without the strings. He gently pushed her out of the hug, not desiring any intimate contact himself.

He'd never been very touchy feely, and besides, it hadn't been allowed where he grew up, touching a girl. Even hand holding was strictly a no-no.

"There are like... Dragons everywhere on this Island kid. Three major families, I can think of off the top of my head, but way more than just them, too. Seriously, a little research would have you finding all of them; they're pretty big names. As for whether your actual family is still alive, I have no clue. Maybe as the Dragon community, they tend to keep their secrets to themselves. Fuckin' hoarders."

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Kyp · Nov 11, 2016

Laelynn clasped her hands behind her back, looking up at Jett with her wide, innocent eyes. Her mood had definately improved drastically by talking to him. The dragoness rocked back and forth on the balls of her feet, considering everything that Jett had said. He was smart, just like Sensei.
"Thank you for talking to me Jett. I feel a lot better now, and I know exactly what I need to do."
Laelynn took the Jett's hand and kissed the back of it. She couldn't reach his forehead so she hoped this would do well enough.
"I wish you the happiest of lives, and that you find all of your true love. Thank you so very much Jett. If there's anything I can do for you, please let me know."
Laelynn excitedly gave Jett one last hug before bouncing off back the way she came.

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