Isabella/Lady Trent - Main Bar

[dragon_naturalist]

 Isabella returns to Milliways in a most distracted fashion. She might be forgiven seeing as how she is carrying a jar filled with vinegar and what looks like the body of the world's smallest dragon. You could be forgiven for thinking it's an actual dragon but it's not; at least according to the common knowledge of her world.

Seeing where she finds herself (why does the bar insist on interrupting her journeys to the kitchen?), she runs for the back door. She reaches for the handle and pauses, a suddenly very worried expression on her face. Stepping back, she looks at the door and then looks at the jar and then back to the door again.

Seems someone has a bit of a conundrum and might be in need of a little help or advise.

[tiny tag: lady trent]

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[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

"Um," says the young woman of grey hair and blue-and-gold jumpsuit (she changed out of her uniform when she was cleaning up earlier). "Is something wrong, ma'am?"

[dragon_naturalist]

Isabella turns and looks a little startled, which she covers by offering a little curtsey. The woman's grey hair confuses the little girl but she decides to address the older woman by her apparent age.

"No, not really Miss. It's just that I thought to show this sparkling I managed to preserve to a friend outback. Only, she's a dragon you see and while sparklings are only insects, it occurred to me she might not see it that way, being from a different world and all. I know I wouldn't want someone showing me a dead little girl."

The sparkling in question is green, about the size of a luna moth, and looks very much like a dragon, if Ellen has an experience with how dragons aught to appear.

[OOC: Yeah, I was geting ready to tag Ellen anyway.]

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

[OOC: no problem! Always good RPing with you either way.]

Ellen blinks a few times and leans over to get a better look at the jar. She's read a few picture books and such, so she does have an idea of dragons- nothing very detailed, you understand, but something of an idea. "My goodness," she says. "I don't think I've ever seen one of those before. I mean, pictures of dragons, yes, but not one of-" She gestures at the jar. "You said that was called a sparkling?"

[dragon_naturalist]

"That's right. I'm not sure what their proper name is, what the naturalists call them I mean, but that's what everyone else calls them. They help pollenate plants and eat other insects. They turn to ash if you don't preserve them straight away and in the right chemicals."

"They also come in lots of different colors."

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

"Wow," says Ellen. "We don't have those where I come from, that's for sure. Do they breathe fire?"

(Dragons do that, right? And fire geckoes, but those only live in the Mojave.)

[dragon_naturalist]

"Oh no," the little girl replies laughing before remembering her manners. Proper girls oughtn't laugh at their elders. "I'm sorry Miss, you are unfamiliar with my world. I shouldn't have laughed. Sparklings are just insects but I believe there are some species of true dragons that do breath fire."

"I am Isabella Hendemore and I do hope I may make you acquaintance in spite of my rudeness.

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

"It's all right, I don't mind the laughing," says Ellen gently. "My name's Ellen Park, and it's very good to meet you, Miss Hendemore. There are a few creatures that breathe fire back in my world, but they're only common a few thousand miles west of where I live. I never quite know what to expect from anyone else's, so I thought I'd ask, that's all."

[dragon_naturalist]

"'Questions are how we understand the world' or so my father says. I don't know that my mother agrees with him, at least not in my case. I don't have any fire breathing dragon species neat my home either. May I ask where you are from? I'm from..." Isabella says giving the name of a world that is not Earth, "and the nation of Skiland."

[OOC: BTW, Here's an illustration of a sparkling if you are curious. I'm also half imagining how fascinating future isabella will find the beasts of Ellen's world.]

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

"Can't say I've heard of either of those places," Ellen admits. "I'm from Earth, from an area called the Capital Wasteland. Right now I'm stationed in a small settlement called Lacuna- I'm a soldier, and I'm supposed to be there for several months before I get to go home to Megaton again."

[street_sparrow]

"Something wrong, Isabella?" Gavroche asks, not more than mildly concerned - and very interested in her specimen.

[dragon_naturalist]

"Oh, Gavroche, I don't know what to do," she says, relieved to see a familiar face; even if they've only met the once. "I met a wonderful dragon here the last time I visited and I thought she might like to see this sparkling I was able to preserve, but now I worry it would be terribly rude to show it to her. Sparklings are insects but they look enough like dragons, I've no wish to offend her."

She does hold up the jar for Gavroche to inspect and within, floating in vinegar, is a green, dragon-like creature the size of a luna moth.

[street_sparrow]

"...I've never seen anything like that", he says, peering at it in fascination. "It does look just like dragons in storybooks... I don't know how easily offended your friend might be, though."

[dragon_naturalist]

"You haven't met Miss Keryu then? She's a dragon as big as a house and she's can't come in because of her size," she adds, because such information isn't obvious apparently.

[street_sparrow]

"No, I don't think I have. Is she there all the time, or does she come and go from somewhere outside?"

[dragon_naturalist]

[OOC: Opps, Isabella would have said Mrs. Keryu.]

"I don't know how often she comes for I've only met her the once. She was ever so friendly however, and very curious. That's why i thought she might like to see my sparkling but then it occurred to me how I might not like to see a miniature little girl, dead and floating in vinegar."

[street_sparrow]

"Yeah, it's true." He considers. "But then, that isn't a baby dragon. She might be interested in how things are different in your world."

[dragon_naturalist]

"Perhaps I shall see if she is there and ask her if she wishes to see it. Do you think that would be polite enough?"

For Kreyu

[dragon_naturalist]

Later, after a visit to the library and discussing propriety with Gavroche, Isabella makes her way outside to look for her scaled friend. At least, Mrs. Kreyu is a friend as far as Isabella is concerned.

For now there is no sign of the jar with its worrisome contents. That she left with Ms. Bar in case Mrs. Kreyu has no interest in Isabella finding after all.

Re: For Kreyu

[brave_kreyu]

Kreyu isn't invisible this time. She's sprawled out on some rocks near the lake, catching some sun.

Her head lifts up as the wind brings Isabella's scent to her. "Hello, Isabella," she calls.

Re: For Kreyu

[dragon_naturalist]

"Oh, Mrs. Kreyu, you look lovely this day," Isabella says when she is close enough for her voice to be heard.

She offers a little curtsey since she is feeling nervous and asks, "Did I get a chance to tell you about sparklings when we met before? I don't believe that I did but I'd hate to repeat something you already knew about."

Re: For Kreyu

[brave_kreyu]

"Thank you," Kreyu replies, inclining her head.

"I do not recall you mentioning sparklings, Isabella. They are a creature from your world?"

Kreyu can smell Isabella's nervousness.

Re: For Kreyu

[dragon_naturalist]

"They are. They appear much like dragons but are insects that both hunt other insects and pollinate plants." Behind her back Isabella wrings her hands, a habit her mother despairs of her ever outgrowing. "They are very beautiful, coming in the most astonishing colors, and difficult to capture or preserve."

Re: For Kreyu

[brave_kreyu]

"They sound fascinating," Kreyu rumbles. "I have never seen a creature that wears our shape but is not our kind."

Re: For Kreyu

[dragon_naturalist]

"Actually, I was wondering if you'd like to see one. I wasn't certain, since they do seem so much like dragons and I didn't want to offend you. I have one inside the bar which I managed to preserve. I can go and get it if you'd like? I also have a friend who'd like to meet you. May I bring him out as well?"

Re: For Kreyu

[brave_kreyu]

"I would like to see the creature you've preserved," Kreyu replies. "And I would like to meet your friend as well."