05-13-2016, 09:52 AM
Demus nodded slowly. He supposed that he didn't really have much choice whether he was ready to venture out or not. If they didn't comply with going to the front of the enclosure, then surely these handlers would simply traipse through Avalon until they found them.That's not something Demus wanted to encourage. Really, deep down, Demus didn't want any trouble. He just wanted to be left alone- He wanted to stay with Lago for lazy days in and days out. If he couldn't have the luxury of being a truly wild creature anymore, the least these humans could manage was to leave them alone. So Demus tolerated Lago's grip in in his. The reassuring feeling of Lago's firm grasp was probably the only thing that was keeping Demus from completely panicking and jumping to ridiculous conclusions.
Quietly, Demus followed behind his mate, keep his steps light and nimble as they picked their way through thickets and brush. Sometimes Avalon felt larger than it really was. If one looked down at the ground, or at the canopy stretched out in front of them, it felt like the enclosure could stretch forever- But that was obviously not the case, and eventually the trees grew thinner, and the unmistakable scent of humans grew stronger. Lago was right.... There were three of them- As well as another new odor. At first Demus thought it was Ivy's scent, as it was definitely the smell of a dragon, and definitely a female, but it was different. Instead of the strong scent of pine, this was... More floral. It greatly confused Demus for a moment. Surely they couldn't be introducing yet another dragon here, could they? His brow furrowed as they continued to walk. He supposed that really the humans in this facility could do whatever they wished. He himself hadn't been meant for Avalon, he'd been randomly dumped here without any ceremony... Maybe this dragon was the same.
That also wasn't what they were focusing on at the moment. Demus' thoughts were distracted from the prospect of another dragon and back to the fact that there were handlers in area, as soon as he caught glimpse of the first one. He'd already gathered that one was female, judging by the voice that had sounded at them just minutes before, but the other two... As they ventured closer Demus gathered that they were male. The prairie dragon felt himself instantly tense, and his hair stand on end. Really he figured that any type of human could be dangerous, but so far his worst experiences had been inflicted upon him by brusque, unfeeling, adult human males.
"Lago-" Demus paused and gripped the swamp dragon a little tighter. "We- We need to be careful." He said hesitantly. He wasn't close enough to see if these people had anything menacing with them, such as dragon prods, or dart guns, but he could only assume. "We still don't know what they want."
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"Oh-" Nym nodded quietly. He was glad that Ky seemed to be in the loop about this sort of thing, that he knew what this loud blaring sound seemed to mean. When the sudden sound of a human voice cut through the air he luckily wasn't all that startled. In fact... He was rather curious as to what this ultrasound thing would be like. At this point of his pregnancy, being halfway through meant that he was now beginning to feel the outline of each egg inside of him. He could trace the shapes of the outermost ones, and it only made him more curious to know how many there were, so part of him was reluctantly compliant, even if it did mean going back into a lab, and being woken up at some obscene hour of the morning. From what he could tell, this person shouting at them wasn't Han or Reva, which he was grateful for. Placing an instinctive hand to his stomach, Nym slowly shifted himself away from Ky, readying himself for the task of hosting himself up. That seemed to be getting a little harder to do lately.
"I suppose... We should go then?" Nym cocked his head at Ky, one hand still resting on the forest dragon's knee. "I- I don't want to do unless you come with me." He nodded. While he was anxious to know more about his kits, he wasn't keen on being completely ripped away and taken out of Avalon by himself. He'd have to make that clear... Hopefully without having to bite anybody this time, but still as firmly as he could. "Uh-" Nym shifted and looked to Ivan and then back to Ky, to whom he reached a hand out to. "Could you help me up?"
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"Is Nym getting an ultrasound?" Addie asked. She was about to instantly become all questions. "He should be having one soon, right?"
"Uh..." Vance looked conflicted for a moment as he thought. "Nym... Is the tundra dragon, correct?" He gave a dubious glance to the Addie to confirm that he was right.
"Yes, he's a full blooded mountain tundra dragon, with grey and white scales and feathers, and two horns on top of his head like this." Addie tucked the manilla file under arm so she could indicate long horns on top of her head with her fingers. "And he has long dark hair that goes down to the middle of his back when he's in human form." She nodded and then demonstrated where Nym's hair would hit. She had always been a little bit jealous of how long it was. "Daddy mentioned a while back that he'd been bred, but I never heard that he was officially pregnant until I read this-" She pointed to the file yet again. "So is he getting an ultrasound today or not?"
"Whoa- Calm yourself there." Vance scowled. "I think he's on the roster for the ultrasounds today, yes-"
"Can I watch?" Addie's eyes got wider.
"Now why in the hell would you want to do that?" Vance sighed. This girl didn't know when to let up did she? "I told you- Once we get someone up here check you in and all that, you'll be able to see Nym."
"Yes, but-" Addie tried to make herself sound as pleading as possible, going to from feisty to completely lamblike within a split second, lip jutted out and her head tilted. The prospect of seeing Nym, and watching an ultrasound at the same time sounded far too exciting to pass up. "I don't know if I can wait that long... I've just missed Nymir so much."
"Ah god- Stop staring at me like that." Vance frowned. "Look at them big old puppy dog eyes- You could probably swindle the moon out of the sky with that face couldn't you?" Vance folded his arms and leaned up against the wall. "I don't think I can get you into the room to watch, but with all your nagging, I can probably let you wait inside the lab out by Avalon... Make things faster anyway. But look." Vance said sternly. "You won't be seeing any dragons from Avalon until you talk to someone, I'm not authorized to let you go wandering all over the place wherever you'd like."
"I'll be obedient." Addie raised her hand like she was about to swear an oath. "I'll wait in the other lab." If she couldn't watch the ultrasound itself, at least being in the other lab would get her a little closer to Nym, and these scientists, whoever they were.
"Perfect." Vance said gruffly. "Follow me. You're going to have to follow me in that shiny tin can you call a car- I'm also not authorized to let you ride with me in one of our work vehicles, but no wandering, I see you driving off anywhere else, and you're getting escorted out by security- Got it?"
"Got it." Addie nodded, and then within no time at all found herself following behind Vance, out the door, to the Lexus, and then east, apparently out towards Avalon. The drive wasn't long, but it wasn't short either. A good twenty minutes passed before she followed Vance off the road and found them pulling up to first a lab, and then just a ways behind it a tall, walled, enclosure. She was instructed inside the building with hardly a word and plopped down in a chair just inside the first sterile white hallway. Vance stayed too, watching her like she was about to steal some top secret national treasure. Addie simply waited, quiet and fidgeting with the folder in her hands.
Quietly, Demus followed behind his mate, keep his steps light and nimble as they picked their way through thickets and brush. Sometimes Avalon felt larger than it really was. If one looked down at the ground, or at the canopy stretched out in front of them, it felt like the enclosure could stretch forever- But that was obviously not the case, and eventually the trees grew thinner, and the unmistakable scent of humans grew stronger. Lago was right.... There were three of them- As well as another new odor. At first Demus thought it was Ivy's scent, as it was definitely the smell of a dragon, and definitely a female, but it was different. Instead of the strong scent of pine, this was... More floral. It greatly confused Demus for a moment. Surely they couldn't be introducing yet another dragon here, could they? His brow furrowed as they continued to walk. He supposed that really the humans in this facility could do whatever they wished. He himself hadn't been meant for Avalon, he'd been randomly dumped here without any ceremony... Maybe this dragon was the same.
That also wasn't what they were focusing on at the moment. Demus' thoughts were distracted from the prospect of another dragon and back to the fact that there were handlers in area, as soon as he caught glimpse of the first one. He'd already gathered that one was female, judging by the voice that had sounded at them just minutes before, but the other two... As they ventured closer Demus gathered that they were male. The prairie dragon felt himself instantly tense, and his hair stand on end. Really he figured that any type of human could be dangerous, but so far his worst experiences had been inflicted upon him by brusque, unfeeling, adult human males.
"Lago-" Demus paused and gripped the swamp dragon a little tighter. "We- We need to be careful." He said hesitantly. He wasn't close enough to see if these people had anything menacing with them, such as dragon prods, or dart guns, but he could only assume. "We still don't know what they want."
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"Oh-" Nym nodded quietly. He was glad that Ky seemed to be in the loop about this sort of thing, that he knew what this loud blaring sound seemed to mean. When the sudden sound of a human voice cut through the air he luckily wasn't all that startled. In fact... He was rather curious as to what this ultrasound thing would be like. At this point of his pregnancy, being halfway through meant that he was now beginning to feel the outline of each egg inside of him. He could trace the shapes of the outermost ones, and it only made him more curious to know how many there were, so part of him was reluctantly compliant, even if it did mean going back into a lab, and being woken up at some obscene hour of the morning. From what he could tell, this person shouting at them wasn't Han or Reva, which he was grateful for. Placing an instinctive hand to his stomach, Nym slowly shifted himself away from Ky, readying himself for the task of hosting himself up. That seemed to be getting a little harder to do lately.
"I suppose... We should go then?" Nym cocked his head at Ky, one hand still resting on the forest dragon's knee. "I- I don't want to do unless you come with me." He nodded. While he was anxious to know more about his kits, he wasn't keen on being completely ripped away and taken out of Avalon by himself. He'd have to make that clear... Hopefully without having to bite anybody this time, but still as firmly as he could. "Uh-" Nym shifted and looked to Ivan and then back to Ky, to whom he reached a hand out to. "Could you help me up?"
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"Is Nym getting an ultrasound?" Addie asked. She was about to instantly become all questions. "He should be having one soon, right?"
"Uh..." Vance looked conflicted for a moment as he thought. "Nym... Is the tundra dragon, correct?" He gave a dubious glance to the Addie to confirm that he was right.
"Yes, he's a full blooded mountain tundra dragon, with grey and white scales and feathers, and two horns on top of his head like this." Addie tucked the manilla file under arm so she could indicate long horns on top of her head with her fingers. "And he has long dark hair that goes down to the middle of his back when he's in human form." She nodded and then demonstrated where Nym's hair would hit. She had always been a little bit jealous of how long it was. "Daddy mentioned a while back that he'd been bred, but I never heard that he was officially pregnant until I read this-" She pointed to the file yet again. "So is he getting an ultrasound today or not?"
"Whoa- Calm yourself there." Vance scowled. "I think he's on the roster for the ultrasounds today, yes-"
"Can I watch?" Addie's eyes got wider.
"Now why in the hell would you want to do that?" Vance sighed. This girl didn't know when to let up did she? "I told you- Once we get someone up here check you in and all that, you'll be able to see Nym."
"Yes, but-" Addie tried to make herself sound as pleading as possible, going to from feisty to completely lamblike within a split second, lip jutted out and her head tilted. The prospect of seeing Nym, and watching an ultrasound at the same time sounded far too exciting to pass up. "I don't know if I can wait that long... I've just missed Nymir so much."
"Ah god- Stop staring at me like that." Vance frowned. "Look at them big old puppy dog eyes- You could probably swindle the moon out of the sky with that face couldn't you?" Vance folded his arms and leaned up against the wall. "I don't think I can get you into the room to watch, but with all your nagging, I can probably let you wait inside the lab out by Avalon... Make things faster anyway. But look." Vance said sternly. "You won't be seeing any dragons from Avalon until you talk to someone, I'm not authorized to let you go wandering all over the place wherever you'd like."
"I'll be obedient." Addie raised her hand like she was about to swear an oath. "I'll wait in the other lab." If she couldn't watch the ultrasound itself, at least being in the other lab would get her a little closer to Nym, and these scientists, whoever they were.
"Perfect." Vance said gruffly. "Follow me. You're going to have to follow me in that shiny tin can you call a car- I'm also not authorized to let you ride with me in one of our work vehicles, but no wandering, I see you driving off anywhere else, and you're getting escorted out by security- Got it?"
"Got it." Addie nodded, and then within no time at all found herself following behind Vance, out the door, to the Lexus, and then east, apparently out towards Avalon. The drive wasn't long, but it wasn't short either. A good twenty minutes passed before she followed Vance off the road and found them pulling up to first a lab, and then just a ways behind it a tall, walled, enclosure. She was instructed inside the building with hardly a word and plopped down in a chair just inside the first sterile white hallway. Vance stayed too, watching her like she was about to steal some top secret national treasure. Addie simply waited, quiet and fidgeting with the folder in her hands.