How to Kill a Dragon

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

Just now, Spark of Hope said:

 

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Revi sighed. So much for that, well, he'd tried.

Please let this work 

 

[Through the Living Hope]

Just now, IcedOutPenguin said:

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Revi sighed. So much for that, well, he'd tried.

Please let this work 

 

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"Since when did 25 years overwrite our entire lives?" she said quietly.

 

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

Just now, Spark of Hope said:

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Revi turned back toward her. "It didn't, I still remember everything we did, all the good times we had together." 

 

[Through the Living Hope]

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Revi turned back toward her. "It didn't, I still remember everything we did, all the good times we had together." 

 

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"And it made you squishy." She turned back. He could tell she was fighting off tears.

 

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

Just now, Spark of Hope said:

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"And it made you squishy." She turned back. He could tell she was fighting off tears.

 

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Revi walked up to her, and hugged her.

 

[THE SEER OF ALL genderfluid]

Taurian stood, “I’d better go get the others.”

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

Just now, THE DEMON said:

Taurian stood, “I’d better go get the others.”

Others?

[Through the Living Hope]

2 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

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Revi walked up to her, and hugged her.

 

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She didn't hug back. She couldn't have even a moment of squishiness.

 

[THE SEER OF ALL genderfluid]

2 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

Others?

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you and @Spark of Hope?

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

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She didn't hug back. She couldn't have even a moment of squishiness.

 

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Revi gently handed her the crown again "You can change, be better than how you were before." He whispered softly

 

1 minute ago, THE DEMON said:

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you and @Spark of Hope?

You have no Idea where we are, though you can try to find us.

[THE SEER OF ALL genderfluid]

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Revi gently handed her the crown again "You can change, be better than how you were before." He whispered softly

 

You have no Idea where we are, though you can try to find us.

Yeah I know

Taurian walks back to the lair

”wait, no one’s here?”

[Through the Living Hope]

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Revi gently handed her the crown again "You can change, be better than how you were before." He whispered softly

 

You have no Idea where we are, though you can try to find us.

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She didn't look at it. "She always said I just have to be better than the humans. And I am. They're afraid of me."

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Yeah I know

Taurian walks back to the lair

”wait, no one’s here?”

No one was there. Most of the wealth there was gone as well.

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She didn't look at it. "She always said I just have to be better than the humans. And I am. They're afraid of me."

No one was there. Most of the wealth there was gone as well.

“Well I missed something”

he sits and starts grumbling to himself 

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

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She didn't look at it. "She always said I just have to be better than the humans. And I am. They're afraid of me."

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"Fear is not the best way to show greatness." He handed her the statue of herself

 

Edited April 10, 2025 by IcedOutPenguin

[Through the Living Hope]

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"Fear is not the best way to show greatness." He handed her the statue of herself

 

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She set it on the ground in front of her. She kept looking away, but every once in a while when she thought he wasn't looking she glanced down at it.

 

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She set it on the ground in front of her. She kept looking away, but every once in a while when she thought he wasn't looking she glanced down at it.

 

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Revi pretended like he wasn't watching.

 

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Revi pretended like he wasn't watching.

 

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"This- this goes against everything Zarthia taught. You avenged her, and then betrayed her." The stutter didn't go unnoticed.

 

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"This- this goes against everything Zarthia taught. You avenged her, and then betrayed her." The stutter didn't go unnoticed.

 

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"It was wrong and I didn't learn that until I left"

 

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"It was wrong and I didn't learn that until I left"

 

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"She was older, so she was wiser. She knew better."

 

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"She was older, so she was wiser. She knew better."

 

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"She was wise, but had never known everything different from what she was taught." Revi sets down his smaller golden statue next to her larger platinum statue.

 

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"She was wise, but had never known everything different from what she was taught." Revi sets down his smaller golden statue next to her larger platinum statue.

 

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"We knew her forever. You know these others for not even a century and you already trust them over her."

 

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"We knew her forever. You know these others for not even a century and you already trust them over her."

 

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"Zarthia left only pain and suffering in her wake." Revi says. "But these others have left progress and prosperity in their wake. I don't trust them. I've never fully trusted anyone. Except you."

 

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"Zarthia left only pain and suffering in her wake." Revi says. "But these others have left progress and prosperity in their wake. I don't trust them. I've never fully trusted anyone. Except you."

 

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She stiffened. She hadn’t expected him to say that. 

 

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She stiffened. She hadn’t expected him to say that. 

 

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"Zarthia taught to trust no one." Revi says. "I assume that meant her too." He says with a small smile. "But I trust you."

 

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"Zarthia taught to trust no one." Revi says. "I assume that meant her too." He says with a small smile. "But I trust you."

 

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Her breaths started coming quicker. “I-I can’t be squishy.”