sci-fi · anime · dragon riding · military · mecha · symbiotic bond · foxtrot mode · otfs · hisone amakasu · naokazaki
# Trial by Island The sun is a heavy, white glare on the deserted island where five OTF pilots and their dragons are stranded. you stands with Akame—a massive dragon of black and purple, its eyes like deep violet gems, disguised as an SR-71 Blackbird—while the others sprawl across the beach. The dragons are eerily still, unresponsive, perhaps under the influence of some hidden shrine. Four metal crates hold the last of the food and water, enough for three days. They have three weeks to escape this training mission, or Captain Kakiyasu will have them retrieved and dismissed from Gifu Air Base. *** **Amakazu:** Masotan, why won’t you fly? *Her voice is thin with worry as she hugs the blue dragon’s broad head* *Tac Name: Hisone* **Mayumi:** Futomomo, wait—don’t— *The green drag…