my human called me nina

“You are a dragon, you belong to no one, especially not two legged meat bags” she retorted just as stubbornly, her own eyes hard, mainly filled with her own personal resentment for humans, simply because of the ones who had taken advantage of her when injured those centuries ago and had resulted in something that if found, could make her lose her Elder title. “You were a guardian for those that tore you away from your family, YOUR KIND, they made you serve them when all they have done is hunt us, they have hunted us so much that were now believed to be mere myths” she hissed lowly, her eyes turning orange, looking more reptile like. “You are more than Nina” she said as she slipped past her, a silent order for the other to follow her.

Feldrurth couldn’t accept the others answer “You are not with the humans now, therefore you are your dragon name…” she pointed out, searching the others sapphire eyes “Do you not agree? Those humans have made you end up in this city, you do not owe them anything…You do not need their name” she then pursed her thin lips together. “We have all been there at one point in our lives” she said cryptically before pulling away “Come, we should get you off these streets before you wind up beaten…” she said lowly, almost curious to see if bringing the dragon into her own space would yield results, it was Fee’s own science test, wanting to see the true nature of this dragon.

When the other pronounced her name, the elders eyes almost widened, a rush of energy ran through her. Oh how good it sounded to have one of her own tongue pronounce her name correctly. “You allowed yourself to be named by humans?” she almost gasped, then coming that bit closer “You have to have a dragon name…” she then paused, realizing she was getting desperate again. “Is that why you are here? You have been involved with humans? Did they keep you as some sort of….Pet?” she wondered, almost disgusted at the very idea. 

While the other wasn’t too far off in how she’d originally come to be with the humans – that wasn’t how it had been in the end. And to be fair, they had found a baby dragon and Nina hadn’t revealed herself for some time. Things had changed when she revealed she had more than one form. “I was their guardian.” She said simply, “One of the little ones liked the name Nina, so that is my name.” And she would play her dragon name close to the vest. “I’m here because I wound up outnumbered.” The distaste showed in her voice and her lip curled in irritation.

Fee could sense the others lack of excitement and had realized that she had gotten ahead of herself, had shown too much emotion. The red head carefully dropped her hands away from the other, settling them a little from her sides, there was something odd about the dragon, even more odd than the miserable forest dragon in the cells. Is this what was becoming of her species? This one was a slave, something must have gone wrong for her to end up that way and Fee had to make sure that she remembered that to some degree- no matter her excitement. “I can assure that it does not…” she then huffed at her, yet for Fee it still seemed oddly soft “No no, your dragon name, your name given to you at birth. No self respecting dragon would willingly call their child by a human name?” she wondered, her nose wrinkling “I am Feldrurth. Elder of the dragons here.” 

Elder of the dragons. That made sense, she supposed, given that she could feel the other was older than her. A tiny smile pulled at her lips in response to the – could it be called disgust? about her name. “Feldrurth,” She said, eyes sparkling slightly with mischief, “My humans called me Nina. So my name is Nina.” And now she knew the woman’s reaction to that, she was going to enjoy keeping her dragon name to herself for the time being. 

Of course, calling them her humans was probably a fairly good indicator of why she was now in a cell. Nina was still a little touchy about the subject, feeling like she had failed them.

Feldrurth couldn’t tell if she was excited, angry, nervous…It was all too much. The dragon had felt so lonely in the city and yet here there was, a dragon stood right in front of her, standing out in the crowd. The red head slowly approached the bright eyed individual, shoving a human back with immense strength as they dared tried to get between her and this rare beauty. “You indeed” Fee nodded, getting close enough that the two were face to face, ignoring everything that was happening around the two of them. Fee was normally one to be regal and composed but this was different, so very different. The Elder brought a hand up to carefully touch her fingers delicately at the slaves cheek, needing to see and feel if she was real “Why haven’t I found you here before? Tell me of your name” she wondered, demanding some sort of information from the other, her fingers shaky as they drew down to a rich dark lock of hair.

Nina was decidedly less excited about finding another dragon. Not that she was against her own kind by any means but for the most part, her family and the generations of them that she had protected had been all she’d known. With that said, however, it was intriguing to meet another dragon. How much of what she was like was inherited from humans and how much was dragon?

She didn’t flinch away from the touch on her cheek, though she did tilt her head a little, studying the Elder with the same intensity even though she wasn’t quite as forward about it. “Perhaps your eyesight needs checking?” She cheeked off, with a sense of playfulness even though she was still angry about being here, being a slave. “My name is Nina. And you are?”

Feldrurth was furious among the carnage of the city, seeing how the humans dared to even try and attack a city that she had grown to love and help lead in with the council. The dragon snarled at a human before she then paused and caught a scent, her eyes turning a bright orange. “A dragon? Another?” she whispered to herself, knowing full well the feeling of having another dragon near her, along with the scent. The dragon could feel all the sclaes beneath her human skin stand on end. It just had to be, but this one was different to the sad little forest dragon she had come across. “You…” she then hissed, pointing to a brunette with dark hair and bright blue eyes. 

@nektarianina​

Nina had lost the vampire in the darkness of the store. Separated by the insistent looters, she hadn’t been able to find him again with all the activity around them. Instead she’d decided it would be better to get out of there, though the dragon really hadn’t been there long enough to know her way around. Essentially she was wandering aimlessly, not really sure where to go – stopped in her tracks by the woman pointing at her. 

Not that Nina didn’t know what she was, she could feel it inside her. Of all the things the brand had locked away, that sense was not one of them. And she knew this woman was older than her. She also wasn’t a slave. She blinked calmly as she looked back at the woman, quirking one eyebrow and saying almost blandly, “Me.”

He nodded, though he wasn’t sure if she could see him. “Yeah, a few months ago some people attacked the city and tried to kill as many inhabitants as possible. They failed in the large scheme, but the city was a mess, emotionally and literally. Honestly, things had just started to get back to normal.” He sighed. There was something the rebels must have taken advantage of - no matter how vigilant & prepared people are, the more time passes after a traumatic event, the less they think about it, and the more their guard drops. He pulled out his phone and shot of a few quick texts to key people.

Gabriel had decided to grab some groceries for Acacia that she’s specified for something she wanted to try. Since she was still working on reading, he figured this would be a quicker trip if he did it himself and rented out a slave for assistance. He took the first one he spotted that morning since he wanted this to be done quickly. So much for that now. He sighed in annoyance and felt Nina bump into him. “Well, last time, people were unprepared and feared for their lives, so I’m sure they are in full panic mode.”

Suddenly she was aware of voices in the background, chattering over one another, sounding panicked about what was happening. Someone else bumped into her as they ran past with a bundle of items in their arms and Nina let out a tiny growl. This was not what she had anticipated today. Was that the person who had rented her? She turned around to look and bumped right into someone, aware of the sound of something smashing to her left. “Really, I expected it would take far more than this to create this kind of insanity.” She drawled, even though she had just stolen a tin. That was different, though.

( MICHELLE GOMEZ, FEMALE, 1016, BISEXUAL ) Crown Point’s creatures are incredulous forces. Did you see NEKTARIA/NINA within the city limits? They’re a DRAGON who has been a SLAVE In Crown Point for THREE MONTHS. They’re enticed by BONDAGE, PAIN PLAY, MARKING and are known to be PROTECTIVE and SASSY. Brace yourselves. 

Whoever you are in the city, you’ll know Nektaria as Nina. If she is asked her name, she will tell you it is Nina. You’re going to have to impress her or connect with her in some way if you want her dragon name.