04-22-2016, 02:14 AM
1 month 3 weeks later
Ivan was hiding by the artificial hot springs. Ky was smothering him, trying to cheer him up about the kits, but Ivan could see the way Ky was grieving too. Ky hadn't even got to see them and that was all Ivan's fault. Plus they'd all gotten punished for helping him and it came to nothing anyway. Demus was still in isolation and poor Lago was left three months pregnant in Avalon without his mate.
Ivan laid back in the grass at the base of the ground pool. He couldn't get himself to go in. He didn't deserve the comfort of water, but he knew Ky wouldn't find him here. The hot springs were in Ivy's territory. Ivan watched the leaves flutter in wind. His kits had been beautiful and he'd gotten to hold them for two weeks and nurse them before they were taken away. One was larger than the others, a forest dragon with blue markings and Ivan was pretty sure she was fourth egg that he'd had so much trouble with. She was going to give the humans trouble too. He knew it. She had been bigger than the others and had tried to push them away while he was nursing. Ivan had to make sure that the runt, the gold speckled water dragon, was able to get a turn. This time he hadn't named any of them, hoping that would make it easier. It didn't.
Ivan ran a hand down his bony stomach. He'd lost weight since birthing. He hadn't felt like eating. It was making Ky worry and get that endearing wrinkle between his brows and Ivan hated how much he was hurting Ky by not taking care of himself, but he just wanted to be alone.
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"Ivan's depressed. He's not eating, he's barely even moving. All he does all day is lie around and sleep. It's not good for his health. There's no way we can bred him like this and no one wants to buy a depressed dragon," Reva was pacing. These last two months had been a nightmare. Since Ivan had induced his labor (they'd found the berries he'd used and had sent out construction workers to dig up all of those plants to avoid a repeated incident) the dragons had become rebellious. She have considered relocating them to different enclosures, splitting them up, but she was afraid that one of the bad seeds would spread rebellion to the other dragons. "Maybe we should drug the water with prozac or something," she joked, pinching her brows with her thumb and forefinger.
Her phone beeped and she glanced down at it, noticing the reminder for the meeting she and Han had about an... interesting offer.
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Ky was out hunting boar to get out some of his pent up emotions. Ivan had run off earlier, hadn't even told Ky where he was going. Ky stalked the wild pig, shifting his weight so the branch under him wouldn't creak, his gold eyes tracking his prey. Nym was three months pregnant now, half way, and Ky wasn't excited about a repeat process. Ivan was losing weight, he'd lost the bright spark in his eyes, and he was pulling away from Ky. Ky was loosing him and he was helpless. Ky pounced, snapping the boar's neck in his jaws, digging his claws into the pig's thick hide. Hot cooper blood squirted into his mouth and he spit it onto the ground. His limbs still twitched with nervous energy.
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Ivy was worried about Ceral. He'd been starting to feel sick lately, so she was hunting through the forest for some kind of herb that mind help settle his stomach. She could ask the humans for something, but... well she didn't trust them for one thing or like them for another.
Ivan was hiding by the artificial hot springs. Ky was smothering him, trying to cheer him up about the kits, but Ivan could see the way Ky was grieving too. Ky hadn't even got to see them and that was all Ivan's fault. Plus they'd all gotten punished for helping him and it came to nothing anyway. Demus was still in isolation and poor Lago was left three months pregnant in Avalon without his mate.
Ivan laid back in the grass at the base of the ground pool. He couldn't get himself to go in. He didn't deserve the comfort of water, but he knew Ky wouldn't find him here. The hot springs were in Ivy's territory. Ivan watched the leaves flutter in wind. His kits had been beautiful and he'd gotten to hold them for two weeks and nurse them before they were taken away. One was larger than the others, a forest dragon with blue markings and Ivan was pretty sure she was fourth egg that he'd had so much trouble with. She was going to give the humans trouble too. He knew it. She had been bigger than the others and had tried to push them away while he was nursing. Ivan had to make sure that the runt, the gold speckled water dragon, was able to get a turn. This time he hadn't named any of them, hoping that would make it easier. It didn't.
Ivan ran a hand down his bony stomach. He'd lost weight since birthing. He hadn't felt like eating. It was making Ky worry and get that endearing wrinkle between his brows and Ivan hated how much he was hurting Ky by not taking care of himself, but he just wanted to be alone.
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"Ivan's depressed. He's not eating, he's barely even moving. All he does all day is lie around and sleep. It's not good for his health. There's no way we can bred him like this and no one wants to buy a depressed dragon," Reva was pacing. These last two months had been a nightmare. Since Ivan had induced his labor (they'd found the berries he'd used and had sent out construction workers to dig up all of those plants to avoid a repeated incident) the dragons had become rebellious. She have considered relocating them to different enclosures, splitting them up, but she was afraid that one of the bad seeds would spread rebellion to the other dragons. "Maybe we should drug the water with prozac or something," she joked, pinching her brows with her thumb and forefinger.
Her phone beeped and she glanced down at it, noticing the reminder for the meeting she and Han had about an... interesting offer.
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Ky was out hunting boar to get out some of his pent up emotions. Ivan had run off earlier, hadn't even told Ky where he was going. Ky stalked the wild pig, shifting his weight so the branch under him wouldn't creak, his gold eyes tracking his prey. Nym was three months pregnant now, half way, and Ky wasn't excited about a repeat process. Ivan was losing weight, he'd lost the bright spark in his eyes, and he was pulling away from Ky. Ky was loosing him and he was helpless. Ky pounced, snapping the boar's neck in his jaws, digging his claws into the pig's thick hide. Hot cooper blood squirted into his mouth and he spit it onto the ground. His limbs still twitched with nervous energy.
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Ivy was worried about Ceral. He'd been starting to feel sick lately, so she was hunting through the forest for some kind of herb that mind help settle his stomach. She could ask the humans for something, but... well she didn't trust them for one thing or like them for another.