Sleeping dragon? Not so much.

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

Who: Skyfire and whoever happens to find him.
What: He's sleeping outside while waiting for permission to set up a home, because he doesn't want to be a burden on the locals.
When: A couple of days after arrival, any time between the early evening and early morning.
Where: Random spots around the edge of town and the local forest areas.


It wouldn't kill him to sleep outside for a while, at least that's what Skyfire kept telling himself. During the day between the sun and walking around, he could ignore the cold, but he was finding that at night it was a different story.

Even though it wouldn't kill him, it didn't mean that it was a pleasant experience. Finding a place out if the wind wasn't too hard, but he was still feeling rather chilled. Being organic was really different from being his 'normal' self, he'd never realized just how sensitive organics were to different temperatures.

Being curled up with his wings covering as much as himself as he could manage made things somewhat better. Princess Celestia had been kind enough to agree to help find him somewhere he wouldn't be an inconvenience to the locals, so he thought he could handle being cold for a while... Still, he'd welcome a distraction as sleep was going to be rather difficult.

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[onaroll]

Oh hey look it’s a pink unicorn.

“Is everything alright?”

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

Skyfire blinked and looked towards the sound of the voice, he must have been more tired than he thought if he hadn't noticed her approaching.

"I'm fine, thank you for asking though..." He was lying (somewhat badly at that), but he really didn't want to bother anyone. "Do you need me to move?" With as big as he was, he could easily believe that he was in her way somehow.

[onaroll]

It’s perfectly normal not to notice Amelie approaching because frankly she just warps the fabric of spacetime to get places these days.

“No. I was just worried, since it’s rather cold out and most dragons don’t like the cold that much.”

She’s saying it as if she has personal experience.

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

"I'll admit, that it's not pleasant... but a few nights out here won't kill me." Maybe. He's sure it won't, but then he still doesn't know much about dragons either. Still, he's trying to seem positive that he'll be alright and gives her a small smile.

"Finding somewhere large enough for me to fit isn't easy after all." It wasn't as if he could fit into any of the local housing and he wasn't so inconsiderate as to just start digging and making somewhere for himself either.

[onaroll]

Amelie isn’t sure what to make of that reply, so...she’ll place it aside for now.

“Do you need anything to eat? Drink?”

Pause.

“A blanket, perhaps?”

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

He shakes his head lightly. "I'm doing alright..." Though the mention of a blanket does get a slight longing look before he stubbornly pushes that idea away. "I don't have the money to buy one for my size... and where would one even buy such a thing? I can do without. It's not that cold out."

Stubborn Skyfire is stubborn, and also not used to people wanting to help him. He's used to being the one to help, not to be the one accepting it.

[onaroll]

...hm. Amelie comes to a decision.

“Okay, listen. I’ve decided to help you. Please do not be startled when I come back and start draping you in blankets.”

A brass hoop appears behind her and she trots through it briskly, vanishing into thin air.

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

Skyfire opens his mouth to say something, only to snap it shut with a poleaxed expression on his face as the pink unicorn vanished through some kind of portal.

"What the..?" He just shook his head and wondered if he'd just imagined that. If not, this place was going to take a lot more getting used to than he thought. Getting up, he went over to investigate the area that she'd just left from.

[onaroll]

As he watches, another hoop forms - but instead of freestanding like the last one, it’s lying on the ground. Amelie hauls herself through it, because she really does enjoy pretending she’s Bugs Bunnelby.

She seems to have wrapped a large, fuzzy blanket around herself like a cape.

“Bonjour! If you are ready, I can begin draping you in blankets!”

[explosions_are_awesome]

"You know you can just cram yourself in the castle hall for a while. Starlight's already putting up ponies and others in the castle, I'm sure she'll let you slide on in. The front door's big enough." remarked Megumin to the side.

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

Skyfire looked over at Megumin, tilting his head a bit, wondering if she was upset over the fact he'd pretty much handed her to Starlight to talk some sense into. She didn't 'explosion' him at least, so there was that. Though if that was because she'd used it for the day or not, he didn't know.

"Even if I did fit... Wouldn't that just inconvenience everyone else?" Plus Starlight hadn't offered, so he didn't want to assume anything. "I also might scare some of them?" He gives Megumin a look, remembering her initial reaction to him.

[explosions_are_awesome]

"It's already been some time. I'm sure everypony's relaxed by now." said Megumin with an imperiously arched eyebrow.

It had been a long, agonizing week waiting for that abandoned castle to be located. But thanks to her patience being rewarded, Megumin had a long-standing target now.

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

Skyfire just shakes his head a little. "Perhaps if she invites me, I will try... but I do not wish to cause a disturbance by showing up unannounced." He already kind of felt bad that he'd had to push Megumin off on her.

Even so he was still massive, and quite unsure of what kind of damage he may cause to the place in his sleep if he moved... Though he was rather relieved that Megumin didn't appear to be angry and seemed to at least be trying to control herself when it came to explosions.

[explosions_are_awesome]

"This whole thing is one big disturbance, I doubt anything else will rustle it," said Megumin in a dry, deadpan tone.

"Stop being so stubborn."

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

He's just going to sigh and rub a paw over his snout. Megumin really needed to learn some manners and how to be respectful of others...

"It would be rude and disrespectful to just show up as well..." Since it didn't look like she was going to drop this, he figured he could make a small concession. "If it makes you feel better, I'll ask her tomorrow if I can stay for a few days..." He still doubted that he'd fit without annoying the others staying there, but at least asking might make Megumin happy.

[explosions_are_awesome]

Fat chance of that happening.

"Didn't you hear? They invited people to stay there, so you wouldn't be a bother." Said Megumin.

She got a fiendish grin on her face. "Or I could just light you on fire to warm you up."

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

"Still, it's only polite to ask first. I have better manners than to show up unannounced."
Well, he's trying to get her to understand basic manners... though he thinks it's going in one ear and out the other.

"Oh? Light me on fire huh?" He grins "Does that mean you've learned something besides explosion?" Because all that 'explosion' had done was cover him in soot and knocked him on his rear... Not what one would really consider being 'lit on fire'.

[morphitudinous]

Billy had finally found a spot in a small factory somewhere. His arrangements weren't the most comfortable, but they had to be better than....this. He approached with a frown on his face, lit by a tiny light coming from the tip of his horn.

"...Skyfire?"

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

Even though he had some blankets thanks to Amelie, Skyfire was still having difficulty resting and the light coming towards him had him sitting up and looking towards it.

"Billy?" He blinked a little, trying to focus on Billy's face rather than the light he was producing from his horn.

[triceratrots]

"Affirmative. How are you doing?" he wondered, wandering close enough to inspect the place he assumed was Skyfire's bed. Blankets, but...not quite enough for such a big dragon.

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

It wasn't a bed so much as a depression in the ground of the natural plant material... Really, all he'd done was hunker down out of the way and out of the wind behind some trees. He'd find somewhere to stay eventually.

"I'm alright..." Well, that could be up for debate but Skyfire wasn't going to complain. He thought he could deal with a few cold nights. "How about you?"

[triceratrots]

"I'm settling. But...Skyfire, isn't there a cave for you somewhere?" He frowned and scanned the surrounding landscape. "We always kept warm in one before. With just the right size and a small fire."

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

"Sadly not..." He shifts around a few blankets and makes a mental note to find some thread to sew them together. "I have yet to find anything large enough, and I do not wish to just take over an area without permission either. I did happen to speak with Princess Celestia and she did say she would try to assist with finding me a place to stay..." Skyfire really didn't want to make a pest of himself after all.

[triceratrots]

Billy's face is still twisted in thought. There had to be a better way. "My spellwork is rusty, unfortunately, and heating the air in an open space would take too much power. But I could keep you company?"

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

"I'm fine like this for a bit, really... but I wouldn't turn down some company."

He smiles at Billy, glad to spend a bit more time with him. Shifting himself around a bit, Skyfire curls up his tail and tosses a blanket over it so Billy could settle on it instead of sitting on the ground or having to keep standing.