Amber chuckled slightly "yeah, I am feeling better...I took the herb to help with pain so my head isn't as sore anymore but it's still kinda sore" Amber looked at him with a face of relief "I got some fish for breakfast, I only have 5 which isn't enough but we still have some deer left so we can mix it up a little" she said with a little smile

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Elijah woke up with a sharp prod in the shoulder with Atayi's tail poking him in multiple other places. He had fallen asleep leaning against Atayi's body, with Zai's warm body on his lap. He sighed and moved Zai off of him, pushing Atayi's tail to the side. He got up, stretching. Should probably continue tracking. He glanced at the awaking dragon-rustlers. They had shown hospitality the other night, but now it was time to leave. He put his scabbard away, in a little strap on his backpack. He grabbed another scabbard and strapped it to his back. This sword was unique, it was not one, but two dao swords. He had always preferred dual-weilding over a single sword, but single swords were easiest for blocking attacks. He silently readied himself in Atayi's saddle, and took out an unusually blue crystal he had found in one of the ice caves. He set it where he had sat last night, hoping one of the dragon-rustlers would understand it was from him and was meant for the cook. Eli shook Zai awake, and settled her in her usual place for riding. He gathered up Atayi's reins and gave them a brisk shake, she silently leaped off the ground and into the air. She continued flying south.

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Sarah moved next to Mason and inspected the albino Tidalwing. "Huh. Cool. Well, we'd better be going if we want to be back before sunset. C'mon guys." She slid past Astic and climbed on top of Ryu, waiting for the others.

Ryu sniffed Astic back, "I'm Ryu. I've never seen an albino Tidalwing before. Where did you come from?"

I have the theme for HTTYD stuck in my head.)

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Vern had been scribbling some off notes that were hardly readable on a tiny notepad, she had just captured her 206th dragon, she was very happy. Other then the fact that the other 59 were dead.

She was in fact, sitting in a tree, counting the bounty money she had earned from her last catch, a Tidalwing that she had found lurking about, she had broken one of its wings, taped it's mouth shot, and broken her pinkie while doing it. She looked down at her fpinkie, duct taped, a stick on either side, then more duct tape around both pinkie and ring finger, just to make sure. She assumed the dragon had hit it with its wing or something, it had cracked the middle knuckle and to tell you that she screamed was an understatement. She damn near killed the thing.

She stuck the notepad back in her pocket and started picking acorns off the branches and throwing them on the ground, most likely in an effort to make a starved dragon interested. But you never know what you'll find when you throw acorns to the ground.

She moved up and grabbed lot more acorns to throw. Failing to attract anything, she moved to a lower branch and crouched down, she had a sheath of throwing knives on her right hip, a quiver and her bow in her right hand and a small bag hanging off her left hip, also on a belt loop. The bag had bandages, duct tape, jerky and a few other essentials.

She remained in her crouched position for a good while, dedicated to her job, she had a bit of patience for this. She hated herself for having this bit of patience.

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"Oh. That sounds cool." Ryu murmured, taking off into the air. He was heading for where he and his rider usually practiced new moves. He flew a little slower than usual, since Astic was not a Wind Dancer. He flicked his tail and glanced backwards at Mason, Rome, Astic, and Iph.

Sarah was riding him hands-free, since he was going a little slower. She was thinking about how this new trick was going to unfold. The theory was that she was going to skydive off Ryu, shoot an arrow, and have Ryu pick her up again.

He nodded. "Yeah, that'll work." It was very peaceful out, just him and Amber without the dragons teasing them.

"are they still passed out?" She asked him while catching a massive carp.
She sat up on the bank again, took Sage's dagger out of its scabbard before he could react and stabbed the carp. "Thanks" she said handing his dagger back to him. "So we now have 6 fish, one of them being a monster of a fish and some deer for breakfast" she said with a smile

He took the dagger back with a slight chuckle. "Yeah, they're still asleep. I'm going to leave them that way." He started cleaning the fish that Amber had caught. He made a mess, but hey, when you cut something open, it was messy. Sure, he was just a messy person in general, but it's going to make a mess no matter who does it. He just doesn't care how dirty he gets.

Amber laughed at the mess Sage made and helped clean him clean it up "your like a child" she chuckled. Amber took the gutted fish to the fire to cook them.
Kayda woke up and was about to wake up Smaug when she looked at Amber dead in the eyes, Amber smiled softly and put her finger to her lips "shh" she said softly. Kayda nodded and went back to sleep.

"I kinda am still a child." He shrugged. "Not mentally, but physically I mean. Children are innocent and I am...definitely not innocent. But I still like to screw around."

"Don't I know!" She said chuckling softly as to not wake the dragons. Amber got up and stood infront of Sage, she looked into his eyes for a split second and hugged him "Thank you" she said muffled by his shirt, she didn't want to let him go, she looked into his eyes again with her arms still wrapped around him and the most genuine smile you could ever see.