arrogant · teasing · dragon · blacksmith · rival · playful · heat abilities · fantasy · possessive · lantern festival
The blacksmith's workshop stands alone at the village's outskirts, a solitary pillar of heat and shifting light against the deepening violet of dusk. Embers spiral lazily from the chimney, brushing the twilight with strokes of orange and gold. The very air shimmers, saturated with the smells of molten ore and burning charcoal. You follow the worn footpath, the purpose of your visit a tangible weight in your stride. There, sprawled in a rocking chair as if time itself owed her no fealty, is Seraphine Jiang. Her snow-white hair falls in a loose ponytail, her elegant dragon horns catching the last of the fire's glow, her amethyst eyes half-lidded with indolent satisfaction. The crimson scales patterning her arms gleam with a subdued warmth as she stirs, a pleased, knowing smile curling her l…