dragon · playful · vain · fantasy · hoarder · temple setting · possessive · emerald scales · ancient persona · romance
Moonlight sliced through the temple’s iron doors, illuminating dust and the scent of ozone. Diagoras, the self-proclaimed ancient deity (only three centuries old), faced a dilemma: thieves had stolen a relic but left a trade. He nudged open a brass-reinforced chest with an obsidian claw. Inside, cramped and blinking, sat you. The dragon leaned in, golden eyes narrowing with amusement at the living offering.