Did anyone order a half-dragon girl with an extra serving of snark?

[whitescalesbigmouth]

[Well this certainly was new...

Wandering around the campus after waking up in it's clinic is a young woman, she looks to be around 17-19 years of age and more or less looks super confused about where she is right now. Judging from her wardrobe, she clearly isn't from any kind of modern-esque world either, she's in a blue and white tunic.

This doesn't appear to be any kind of building she's used to and it's structures and such just don't seem at all right.

She rubs slightly at the side of her temple and grumbles a little to herself. Normally if she had woken up in a place she wasn't familiar with it'd had to be the work of a fairy or maybe some other magic user - but what sort of person would bring her to such a weird place as this?]

...What is this place?

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[fluffydeathdealer]

I'm Ryou. Ryou Bakura.

[Seeing her confusion, he rubs the back of his head awkwardly.]

Sorry. I've never heard of anything like that outside of a roleplaying game before, so it's a little hard to comprehend. Magic books and dragons... its the type of thing you'd find in a fantasy novel.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

Oh, but....I am a dragon.

[There's no point in hiding it, if she's going to be stuck here. Plus he seems pretty clued in what a dragon actually is, so there shouldn't be a problem should there?]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Eh?!

[The shock on his face can't be faked. She seems serious, so either she's really in the role, or she's actually, seriously, a dragon. Or she's crazy.

He's really not sure. But considering the sort of things that happen here, he'll give her the benefit of the doubt.]

I-I see. I apologize if I offended you.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

No apology needed! Anyway, I'm only half dragon so I can't really say I'm all dragon to begin with. Sorry to disappoint.

[Most people normally freak out once the word "dragon" is even muttered, but this kid seems totally fine with it.]

It's nice to meet someone who actually isn't scared of dragons though.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Dragons don't really exist in my world, so I've never really met one before coming here. So I don't really have any preconceptions for what they're like. I know they're supposed to be big, and they're revered a lot, but other than that, I don't really know much about them.

But you don't seem like a frightening person. So why would I be scared?

[whitescalesbigmouth]

I like you Ryou, you're not at all like most humans near Dragonsbayne.

[She laughs a little.]

As soon as you whip out the whole dragon-form thing that's when they start to panic. I mean sheesh, talk about judging someone before you get to know what they're like.

[fluffydeathdealer]

I think it sounds kind of amazing! And you can't help what you are, anyway. So it's really not fair to judge someone on that.

[Though with a name likes Dragonsbayne, he's not surprised. It doesn't sound like a good place to be a dragon.]

Even if you've had bad experiences with dragons, there's been a lot of humans who did bad things, so it's not like being bad is something related to a particular species.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

I guess you're right. Some people are just complete jerks though...then again some dragons can be downright jerkish too so I guess it applies both ways.

[She cracks a grin and places her hands on her sides.]

So what are we supposed to do in a place like this? I mean if we're stuck here, doesn't it get a little boring after a while?

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Rubbing the back of his head awkwardly, he smiles in response to her grin.]

It's not so boring to me, since I play a lot of games with my friends. I never get bored here because my friends are here too! But... if you're used to roaming around, or being really active, it can get a bit restricting. The island's not really very big, and everyone living in the same general area means that you're usually running into people you know a lot.

But you're really just left to your own devices by whoever's in charge of this place. They don't force you to do anything, though they'll sometimes do really weird stuff to you for no real reason.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

...Ryou, has anyone ever seen who's in charge of this place?

[fluffydeathdealer]

...no. We've heard her voice over the intercom, but we've never seen her.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

So there's no indication as to what she looks like or where we can even find her?

Well that blows.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Un. Even my Ring can't find her. It's like there's some magic protecting her.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

Your ring?

[fluffydeathdealer]

My father gave me an artifact he bought in Egypt. It's able to track things within a certain range and direct me along the best path to get to them. But it's thrown off entirely by her and anything she 'borrows', so it's not much use here.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

[She sighs and looks to the floor.] I'm sure if Uncle Glad was here he'd know exactly what to do...

Until the head of this place shows herself then I guess we're stuck.

[fluffydeathdealer]

It's not so bad. I've been here a few months now. It's kind of peaceful, like going on a really long vacation.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

You mentioned games earlier. What kind of games do you play?

[fluffydeathdealer]

I really like board games! My roommate's got a lot of video games, which are kind of fun, but they're not as fun as playing games with your friends. My favourite's Monster World, but Yugi-kun and I have been collecting games we've found in the north wing.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

..."Bored games"?

[Yeah, she's not so sure she quite gets what you're getting at there Ryou. Saft's never played anything like that at all. Normally she enjoys a good race or a good game of hide and seek with younger dragons back home. The type of games you're speaking of don't mean anything to her at all.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Ah... that's right. You look like you're from a world that's pretty outdated... Ah, sorry! I don't mean it as an insult.

[Now how can he explain this...]

Board games are games that are played on a board! They usually involve rolling dice to make decisions, and they're played as a group. You pick a 'counter' to represent yourself, and you move it on your turn based on either a strategy, or by rolling the dice to decide how to act. There's a preset condition for winning, but it depends on the game. Some games just require you to conquer your enemy's counters until they can't move any more, and some require you to use strategy to amass land or figure out mysteries.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

No, that's fine I guess I just don't really get what you mean by 'outdated' [Don't worry Saft you'll figure it out soon enough once you start getting introduced to all these electrical devices and stuff.]

They sound pretty complicated but I suppose if people find these 'board games' fun then I should keep an open mind about things. My idea of fun though is just being out in the open air and just...enjoying life!

I hate the idea of being stuck on a island like this.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Well... your style of dress is kind of like something from the really, really far past.

[He fidgets a little awkwardly.]

I've never seen anyone in the modern day wearing it. That's why I wondered if you were roleplaying.

[Man... she makes it sound like his hobbies are really weird.]

Can't you enjoy life here? There's plenty of nature on the island. There's a whole jungle out there.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

I guess I can give it a try.

[Still the thought of not being able to fly around the place as freely as she wants to puts a slight damper on things.]

...Has anyone ever managed to leave? You know, for curiosity's sake.

[fluffydeathdealer]

If they have, they didn't tell anyone. There's a lot of people I haven't seen for a while, but they usually turn up eventually. Most of the people I know here have been here for months, so I don't think it's that easy to leave.

My roommate had an idea about how to get out, but I think it failed, because he got really depressed for a while and we're still here.