Genuine Night Fury Of A Woman

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Anywho:

Viggo's family and business are being sabotaged by a far too stealthy, intelligent, and sarcastic night fury. No one can trap if. If they try to hunt it, they end up being hunted in turn. He's lost far too many men to this dragons tricks.

So he turns to the impossible. He turns to magic.

Ghost tales, illegible runes, special potions, and suspicious leads, all bringing him to one thing. The Dragon Eye.

Viggo does not know what it does except for the only Norse writing on it.

"To turn what was wronged upright again. To gain is to lose, but to forgive it to forget. Beware."

And, really, you couldn't blame him for what he did next, being at his wits end, sending messages of death after death back to mourning families and a staggering lack of gold to send with them.

Somehow, someway, Viggo gets lucky enough to come face to face with the night fury of his nightmares. Its eyes a disturbing shade of bright green, it's scales pitch black and smooth, it's teeth sharp and reveal by its snarl.

Viggo points the Dragon Eye, the light of the full moon shining through its crystal, and suddenly there is more light, and a glowing, blinding green, and smoke, and screams and-

And there is a man.

There is a man on his knees, staring at his hands, shaggy, auburn hair practically glowing like fire in the aftermath of these impossible events.

But sure enough, when the man raises his head, his eyes are that same terrifying green, wide and blurred with tears. His teeth are not as sharp, but they are still worrying behind trembling pink lips.

Viggo stares, and realizes suddenly that this man, this dragon, is absolutely horrified.

"What have you done to me?" He rasps, tongue working over unfamiliar words and voice cracking on every word. Horror turns into rage, and then the man is stumbling but quickly, shoving Viggo to the ground and shaking him by his neck with strong yet lean hands. "What did you do to me?!"

Tears fell on Viggo's cheeks, though they were not his own. He could barely see anything as darkness spotted his vision, little air reaching his lungs as the beautiful man continued to strangle him.

Because that's just what he was now.

just like everyone else around her who knew grace.

carl’s hair is gray, there are bags under his eyes. the agents and the engineers have prominent lines on their faces. the diplomats are balding.

but she watches grace. she hears his laugh that doesn’t have the strain that hers does nowadays.

he is as young as the night, as warm as the sun. just as witty as she remembers.

as brave as the day he ran away.

as soft as the day she killed him.

at least i never have to hear you say, “i told you so.”

even though you were right.

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)

Hudson and Rex Season 2, Episode 9 - Charlie gets shot

Bonus

Especially in online spaces, in this day and age online spaces are so flooded with spam bots, most people assume anyone who just messages them with "Hi" or "Hello" is a spam bot, so most people are prone to ignoring or even blocking those who just message "hi" or "hello" without anything else.

If you would like your message to actually lead anywhere, it's still important to begin with some sort of greeting such as hi or hello, but give the other party more to work with. State your intentions, or what you'd like to talk to them about (I saw in your post x and I wanted to ___), otherwise many people may assume you're a spam bot and either ignore you or block you.

Likewise in real life scenarios, in many places and cultures if you just approach a stranger and say "hi" or "hello" and stand there looking at them and expecting a conversation to follow, many people will find this unnerving, invasive, and in many instances downright creepy.

This is because when you're a total stranger it's harder to know if you have good intentions or not, and many people naturally feel more guarded with a stranger. Therefor, if you really want to strike up a conversation with a stranger, you need to lead with something besides "hi" or "hello", if nothing else to signal good intentions. Something such as "Hello, I saw your t-shirt and just wanted to say I really like that band too!" or "Hi, so sorry to bother you, but I noticed the pins on your bag and that's my favorite show!".