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Ronan, now in his bulky two-story dragon form, lumbered towards the group. His dragon was boxy and covered in thick and jagged mud brown and gray scales, which resembled rocks along a mountainside. Two large teeth poked up from his lower jaw and overlapped his upper jaw. His dark eyes were partially hidden beneath hooded brows. He was crunching on a large boulder–his latest meal.
Anna cocked her head at the rock in his mouth. "But that's… Nope, not going to ask." She turned and looked around at the trees, noticing a difference. This arena was less like a jungle. It seemed more tame, with less plants and more pine trees. They were higher, but you could see the walls on every side, circling around them. It was smaller than the arena Tess had fought in, but about the same as the first arena.
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Enderstorm still lay passed out on the ground in her dragon form, snoring quietly.
Anna turned and sighed down at Enderstorm. "I'm sorry about this…" She knelt and tried to shake Enderstorm awake. "Don't make me sing…."
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Ronan snorted in amusement, his wings rustling slightly as he lumbered over. HIs large and heavy tail dragged along the ground and created a shallow groove in the dirt. The boulder in his mouth was steadily being eaten.
"Wake uuuuuup." She shook Enderstorm's shoulder, wondering how angry the girl would be if Anna took more extreme measures.
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Ronan dropped his destroyed bolder and nudged Enderstorm with his snout, less at risk of being harmed than Anna was.
She blinked at the scratched rock, looking from Ronan's teeth to the rock and back again. Her eyebrows slowly went up, and then back down as she sighed. "You just ripped apart a rock. With your face." What really scared her was that she wasn't even surprised.
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A deep, throaty dragon-laugh escaped him as he continued to nudge Enderstorm, careful to not stab her with the teeth poking out of his bottom lip. "I'm a mountain dragon," His normal voice was deeper and seemed to resonate through the ground as he spoke–as he had not moved his mouth. "They eat rocks."
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Enderstorm stayed fast asleep, not responding to their efforts to wake her.
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Tessa, coming back to reality after sulking in a corner, crouched next to Enderstorm and poked her hide. "Welp," she declared. "She's dead."
Ronon grumbled, shooting a glare at his sister. "I'll have to watch over her." He didn't seem too bothered, though.
Anna looked at Tess in horror. "She can't be dead!" She felt for a heartbeat, and found a heartbeat. "Tess, she isn't dead!"
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Tessa rolled her eyes. "I'm aware she's not dead. But she might as well be with the lack of response regarding our attempts at communication."
Ronan snapped at his sister, just barely avoiding biting her head off. She smacked his chin, to which he was completely unfazed.
"Ohhh." Anna nodded, realizing the sarcasm. "She'll wake up. I have some ideas." She stayed a safe distance away from the siblings, not wanting to get trapped in their play fighting.
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Tessa easily climbed up Ronan's jagged rock-like scales, using them as foot and hand-holds to swing herself atop his head and among his many equally jagged horns. "What do you have in mind?" she asked. Ronan walked over to his boulder and laid down, gnawing on the rock like a dog with a bone.
"If we could find water, we could hold her under until she wakes up. We could try force feeding her until she chokes, or waking her up with the smell of food. Or I could sing, but that might be bad." Anna shook Enderstorm's shoulder again.
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Enderstorm rolled over in her sleep, her snout lolling open. Her mouth dripped with glowing blue blood and saliva.
"So I guess shaking her isn't going to work." Anna sighed. Enderstorm had to wake up…
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Tessa sat cross-legged atop Ronan's head, cocking her head to the side. "So… You want to almost kill her so she'll wake up? Violent, Anna. Especially for you."
"No, I just think it would be effective! Also, what do you mean especially for me? I can be violent." She transitioned from defending herself to insisting she could be violent. Tess wasn't the only one who might be willing to blow things up. "We just need to wake her up, and I think if almost killing her is what it takes, that's what we'll have to do. But safely, we can't actually risk killing her. Or hurting her." Anna began to reconsider, pacing again to mentally debate pros and cons.
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Tessa sighed and jumped off of her perch, strolling over to Enderstorm and leaning against her. Her blood and skin and bones heated slowly, radiating that heat towards Enderstrom from where Tessa sat. Enderstorm felt cold, so maybe this would help?
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Enderstorm’s scales had recovered slightly from their clammy feeling, but Tessa’s heat didn’t seem to be contributing o this process. Enderstorm’s tail twitched slightly, and she smiled, as if having a pleasant dream.
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Tessa scowled. "Ugh! And she's fireproof too, so I can't set her on fire."
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(I don’t know why but this is hilarious to watch as you all struggle to wake her. And then I remember why she’s asleep and it ruins it.)
"Oh, that could have worked! Well, what about threatening her so she wakes up to defend herself?" Anna kicked Enderstorm gently, not sure how far she should go. She really didn't want to deal with another episode of bleeding from Enderstorm, or any other problems.
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Enderstorm began twitching and rolling around in her sleep. Her tail lashed about dangerously.
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(Ha ha. Yes, so very funny. (Sarcasm, I'm not actually bitter.) Would a spell work?)
(They're going to wake her up.)
Anna jumped away, before sighing. "We don't have time for this. I have an idea…"
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(Ha ha. Yes, so very funny. (Sarcasm, I'm not actually bitter.) Would a spell work?)
(Probably, though I wouldn’t suggest it. She is sleeping for a reason.)
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(Okay)
