#scalba

Ok, so I guess I just say I’m doing STS and I’m doing it? I don’t need an invitation or anything? Cool! I’m doing STS.

Ginzaekh might be more surprised by the girl scouts than the dinosaur, to be honest, since he’s a dragon, but it’s not like the dinosaur still wouldn’t be shocking. Same goes for Ash and Gazi. Ginzaekh would react by doing his best to be levelheaded, probably won’t acknowledge how weird it is even though the fact that he’s baffled clearly shows on his face. Gazi would ask for someone to explain what’s going on, while Ash would just stand there going, “What in the...”

Scalba would tell them he was tracking someone and demand they not interfere with his mission. That would likely not go well. He’s prepared to fight if necessary. An older, more mature Scalba would likely just try to pay them off to continue his hunt instead of immediately getting confrontational.

Gabriel would apologize and leave. Unless he needed to be there specifically, in which case he would cite direct, divine revelation and insist on staying. (Most likely to build a giant wooden boat for a flood nobody thinks can happen.)

Com would apologize and try to understand their situation. Leela would too. Apollon would become awkwardly confused. Portia would tell them she’s just passing through and didn’t mean any harm.

Tagged by @klywrites

From Scalba of the Talanari:

“What’s your name, cadet?”

“Scaprio.”

“Fall in, Scaprio.”

I took my place with the other seed-boys. Scaprio, I sneered in my mind. It was the closest Romanali name to my own I could think of. I thought it made me sound like a troublemaking general’s brat.

List the ten character names you’re proudest of. If you made up a name and like the way it sounds, put it on the list. If you didn’t make it up but you think the reason you chose it is clever, put it on the list. If you’re giving your characters the names of your future children, put it on the list. Basically, just pick ten of your favorite names from your WIP and list them, preferably but not necessarily in ranked order.

Zarakharn

Scalba

Sparsuna

Sartigar

Dranolin

Khriza

Kharrin

Aguilaron

Kalgi

Barlago

Rules: Find the given words in your Writings then choose more words for people you tag to find.

Tagged by @inexorableblob who challenged me to find walk, injury, grace, and tattoo.

Walk: Ginzaekh lays down a hunting strategy for his little brothers to follow.

Let’s begin,” said Ginzaekh, lowering his voice as he smiled toothily. “Go in quietly, come out loud. Walk in invisible, run out snapping. No flame; you might strike a dry trunk. The best vantage points are in the branches where the leaves will match the color of your scales. Ris, you take left, Agar, you take right.”

And in Scalba of the Talanari, where Scalba makes his way to Barlago’s mansion to offer his services as a mercenary.

Inside my helmet, my hair felt like butter from all the sweat. My head was baking. But I left it on, to motivate me to walk more quickly.

No luck on injury or tattoo. (I need to give my characters some tattoos. I’m sure Sparsuna’s bound to have one somewhere.)

Grace was nowhere to be found, but gracefully appeared once in The Emperor’s Stone. Kharda is an old dragon and requires a mobility aid to travel between the floors of his estate, so he has a hot air balloon strapped to his back.

“Oh, Kharda?” Zarakharn added. “Eras would prefer that you not kill him.”

“What would you prefer?” asked Kharda.

“He is replaceable,” Zarakharn shrugged, walking away.

Kharda blew flame into the tube of his apparatus, inflating the balloon. He jumped from the ledge and descended gracefully.