nicedragonsfinishlast: Tyler Posey as Julius Heartstriker (Telephone: Texing)
2020-05-08 02:47 pm

Detroit Free Zone Airport, DFZ, Saturday Morning (Before the Shuttle)

Julius was still barefoot when he exited his mother's plane. Or, well, it was a private plane but not, he realized belatedly, one of his mother's. It took him a moment to realize why, until he looked up and saw the sign above his head. It bore the logo of a giant cresting wave next to the words Welcome to the Detroit Free Zone Airport.

His stomach fell. The DFZ? )
nicedragonsfinishlast: Tyler Posey as Julius Heartstriker (Using Computers)
2020-05-08 02:37 am

Deep Within Heartstriker Mountain, New Mexico, Friday Night, Midnight

"J! J! I'm down!"
"Quick, where's the healer?!"
"MEDIC!!!"
"Where the fuck is HealStryker?!?"

Julius Heartstriker, youngest member of the illustrious (or infamous, depending on your point of view; Julius was loyal to his family on pain of death, so illustrious it was) Heartstriker clan, spammed another heal into one his guildmates, narrowly avoiding an attack from the enemy as the newly-healed tank deflected the oversized axe before it sank into the back of Julius' skull. It was close enough that the hairs on his neck swished from the movement of the air, but he didn't let that stop him. He left his guildmate squaring up to defeat the enemy, casting a look over the field. So many of their people were down, but his mass-heal had just finished cooldown and with one of those and backpacking a couple of their highest level guildmates, they might just pull a victory out of this yet--


Or you know. Maybe not. )

***


He awoke on his mother's private jet, his entire body aching like he'd just gone six rounds with Justin before being bounced down the mountain for fun. He was in human form, which he didn't remember resuming, still wearing the same outfit he'd been when she'd burst into his room - though his jeans were now singed and his ancient green t-shirt far the worse for wear. He had no phone, no wallet, not even shoes but he was apparently going - somewhere?

He could worry about his destination later. Right now, he had much bigger game to roast - like figuring out exactly what his mother had done to him.

It was distressingly easy to figure out, however, once he managed to clear his head. He could feel it, a malignant knot of magic, right around the base of his. Not all of his magic, no. Just the bit of it that controlled his ability to take his proper form.

She'd sealed him, trapped him in this too-skinny mortal body, and locked his draconic form away.

[NFB, NFI, establishy! Adapted from Nice Dragons Finish Last and One Good Dragon Deserves Another, both by Rachel Aaron. Just getting the new kid ready for his grand arrival!]