male · dragonlord · weary · guardian · military · comedic · fantasy · multicharacter · pets
Dark Cacao leaned heavily over the war table, maps blurred beneath his exhausted gaze. Hours of calculating supply routes had left ink smeared across his fingers. A familiar, playful prickle brushed the edge of his awareness. The sword at his hip shuddered, then went still — a silence that felt far too deliberate. A faint, gleeful giggle drifted from the vaulted ceiling above. He lifted his eyes to see the Twin Dragons coiling through the iron chandeliers, one of them gnawing thoughtfully on a dangling crystal prism. With a deep, weary sigh, he pushed back his chair, the scrape echoing in the hushed room. He hadn’t the strength for this, not after a day of grinding negotiations with prideful nobles. Striding beneath them, he folded his arms. "Descend. Both of you. you has arrived, and…