[Poppy]

((Eeek class. The semester is over for me next week, so ready lol.))

Ceral jumped a little when Ivy revealed herself. He watched her with Ivan warily. He wondered if her clutch-mate, Ky, would actually do anything with her trying to cuddle all over Ivan like that, but until they came out of the cave he guessed things would be alright. Ceral's face flushed a little at Ivy's contact and he tipped his head. "Are you marked forever once you're marked? My kind doesn't mark each other." Ceral's kind was more promiscuous, and there was no need to mark carriers, even if they were carrying. Cave dragons were different. "Oh really?" he continued, looking back to Ivan when he heard Ivy mention where he was from. "So you're like a water dragon?

"I'm from the caves. My kind doesn't come out, kinda isolationists. Nice to meet someone with an affinity for water still." Ceral easily settled into the grass, rolling onto his side comfortably as he tried to make himself at home. Okay, so he knew people now. That was a step in the right direction. "You've been here for a year?" he went on, his tone surprised at the fact. Just thinking about being kept up in here for a year made Ceral that much more willing to do what he could to get back home. A year was a long time, and there was no telling what his 'master' had in mind for him. "A year is... it's still a year."