#tripray

Tis the season of love, have an early Valentines Day post from some sweet pairs of Tails of Tomorrow!

Anyway, like, 6 Years Later, Ray is Gliding through the Sky, where they see something. A Dragon. Ray is Mesmerised by the Dragon, both cause it's, you know, a Dragon, but also Ray thinks there's Something Beautiful about this Dragon. The Dragon notices Ray, & seemingly gets Nervous, Flying out of Sight. Ray flies back to Sonic & Co, & tells them about the Dragon they Spotted & The Gang doesn't Connect the Dots it's Trip, thinking Ray saw a Plane or Something.

A Few Days Later, Trip arrives on the Island, the Gang's Happy to see her after all the Years, she Catches up with them, & she's most Excited to catch up with... Amy! Then Ray after that, but Amy's her Best Friend! So she catches up with Ray, telling them that sometimes, when she was Nervous, she'd think about the Ways Ray Cheered her up, either doing something Silly, or saying Something Nice, She thanks them for that.

Ray blushes a little & chuckles at the Memories. Remembering one where they ate some very Hot Food to try & Breath Fire cause Trip ALWAYS talked about Dragons for some Reason. That Reminds Ray to tell Trip about the Dragon they saw! Trip starts getting Nervous, both cause she's, you Know, the Dragon, but also Ray keeps saying they think that there's Something Beautiful about this Dragon, Ray says they think it's the Face, Especially the Eyes.

At this Point, Trip is gonna pass out. She's trying her Hardest not to go Beetred, Ray keeps Complimentary the Dragon, she's getting the Most Nervous she's ever been & she can't even use her Regular Self Soothing Technique, cause thinking about Ray being Kind & Goofy is making her need to Blush more, & she's starting to Internally Panic, wondering if she has a Crush on Ray, then Trip decides she HAS to Run so she legs it... then Immediately lives up to her Name & Trips on a Rock, falling Face First onto ths Ground. Then she passed out.

Thinkin' bout Trip! Big cute dragon, but remember - she's a dragon...

Though she's still a Sungazer after all, I like to think that naturally she grew into some crazy powers. And while Cream is titled the "Strongest Mobian", Trip is the shy but very scary combat master in the AU, and there's not much you can do when you're fighting her man to man. And her dragon form is a real 'big red button to press during emergency' type deal. She can only call upon it for a few minutes, but it's hell for anyone facing her. No solid designs yet but I'm looking at Monster Hunter for inspiration, as a longtime fan of the series.

Been thinking about Ray in my au recently. It's fun working with a character with basically no significant personality, you can kinda go anywhere with him.