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"By the way, I've know for a while. You always seem skittish when someone mentions animus magic," Ankha explained. "Nobody who's not an animus would do that."

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Nightfall nodded a bit. “I. I just don’t like anyone knowing that I have animus magic. I like it, I just don’t want others to know about it.” he said quietly.

Ankha smiled. "Most animus dragons feel the same. There's a few others at this school."

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“I-I know. There’s another NightWing animus here.” he said. He wasn’t cringing away anymore so his true image showed.

Venus could only be described as ecstatic. Her grin showed off all the workings in her mouth, from the omnivorous molars in the back, the carnivorous insizors in the front, and the long hollow fangs in the corners. "I'd love to see it! Does it let off cold air like you do? Is it like fire? Does it act like a gas until it hits something?" She had opened her mouth to ask at least one more question, but it seemed she was a little hesitant. "Does itg-" Tripping on her words seemed to quiet her up fairly quickly.

Firebug followed behind Aurora, taking in the sights of the caves. They weren't as narrow as he thought they might be, and there was always enough room for three dragons to walk wing to wing. He stopped when the Nightwing in front of him did, and looked around the cave. It looked big enough to house four or five dragons, and he was impressed. "This seems really nice."

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Wintergreen giggled at her new friend's obvious enthusiasm, taking in each question as they came to make sure she answered all of them. When Venus stopped before asking her last question, the IceWing tilted her head. "What's up? Like I said, you can ask whatever you want, I don't mind. But hey, no pressure," she added, rolling a rock over to the side of the room. "You can think about how you want to say it while I answer your other questions." Wintergreen pointed to the rock. "Watch closely, but stay back." She carefully opened her jaw and exhaled, and a jet of what looked like liquid shot out, but it almost immediately started turning to gas. Where it hit the rock, ice immediately spread across it. Snapping her mouth shut to prevent any more cold from seeping out, she gave Venus a grin. "That's what it looks like! To answer your other questions: it's basically liquid nitrogen," Wintergreen explained. She had studied the IceWing powers from a young age, fascinated by how exactly everything worked. "It's not quite like fire other than the fact that it's very painful if it hits you. It's a jet of very, very cold liquid that almost immediately starts to turn to gas when it hits the air. And it can cause very severe cold burns, so it's best for non-IceWings to be extremely careful around it," Wintergreen said, rolling the rock towards Venus for her to look at. "Don't worry though, I won't let anyone get their frostbreath anywhere near you."

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Sandpiper gave her a wide smile. "It is great! And that's awesome! I'm really excited to learn about the other tribes and meet dragons, too," he agreed. He continued to leave one wing brushing against hers, almost subconsciously. "I also came here to study history and healing, too, though," the dragonet added, shuffling his claws a bit shyly. "I don't know if I'll be any good at them, but I definitely want to try." Sandpiper met Spiri's gaze again. "Is there anything you're looking forward to studying?"

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"Hmm." Spiri looked thoughtful. "I want to learn fighting and hunting. I heard IceWings were really good warriors." She thought back to her freezesilk, and healing her own little cuts and scratches. "Healing sounds pretty cool too." She half just wanted to hang around the only other dragon who'd talked to her. Maybe she could make a good friend out of them...

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Nightfall said to Ankha, “I-I should probably get back to the caves now. B-bye I guess, and thanks for not telling anyone about my secret.” He left the room with a little flower popping up from the ground in front of Ankha. He smiled towards her, then left the small area they were in.

[See previous post for Firebug and Wintergreen.]

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Sandpiper nodded, listening to Spiri talk. "Yeah, I've heard that IceWings haven't been defeated on their own territory in hundreds of moons." He of course knew about the SandWing Wars of Succession, as well as the SeaWings part in it, but he wasn't sure which of the tribes would be stronger. He glanced back at the barbs on his tail and at the spiraled patterns along his wings, back, and legs. Hybrids could probably be the most shocking fighters that other dragons could face. "Fighting would probably be very cool as a hybrid," Sandpiper said, tilting his head in thought. "I think you'd make a great healer and hunter too! We should try to have classes together!"

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Ankha walked over to Sandpiper. "Hi," she said.

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Venus giggled, then gasped as the frostbreath covered the rock with frost. "Whoa!" Gingerly, she touched a claw to the rock, then picked it up. "Ooh!" Rolling the stone from talon to talon, she giggled again. "It's a little chilly!" Smiling at her own words, however obvious they may be, Venus screwed up her face. It seemed she finally absorbed the question that Wintergreen had asked her. "Er.. Sometimes I trip over my tongue when I'm trying talk, especially if I talk too much. Which-" She chuckled. "Happens a lot." Rolling the stone over in her talons some more, she looked closely at the crystals that had formed, at the patterns the first had made. "My venom never makes cool patterns like this." Thinking over what Wintergreen had said, Venus twitched her nose. "Do you think that the frostbreath could be used for medical reasons? Like, if a dragon had a big cut could it be used to seal the wound?"

Nightfall went back to where his cave was, where he found the dragonet that found him outside, the other dragon who was sleeping by him, and a new one. Was this their last clawmate? He slowly entered the room and went to one of the walls. He felt a little bit cold so he let out a tiny flame that soon disappeared. He was by rocks and nothing else so nothing would catch on fire. He felt better. He ignored the other dragons in the cave, hoping they would leave him alone as well. He started wondering when class would start.

[See earlier posts for Firebug and Sandpiper.]

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Wintergreen laughed as well, watching her friend inspect the frosted rock. "Don't worry about it, I get my words mixed up sometimes, too," she said with a smile, waving a wing as though brushing the issue aside. At the dragonet's mention of venom, the IceWing tilted her head to the side. Of course; she hadn't even thought whether Venus had inherited RainWing or NightWing powers. From what she knew, RainWing venom was highly acidic, corroding whatever it touched almost instantly. She had to wonder if Venus could read her mind or tell the future. Thinking it over, she decided that her clawmate probably couldn't read minds - she figured a dragon like that would be so much more cautious about what they said. And anyways, Wintergreen wouldn't mind either way. It could be a way of silent communicating! Well, one-sided, but still cool. She was shaken out of her thoughts by Venus's question. "I...hmm." Wintergreen mulled it over for a minute before answering. "Yes, I think so. As long as the IceWing was very careful, I think the frostbreath would cryogenically freeze the wound, which might not heal it, but it could definitely stop bleeding or stop infection from spreading. I think it could be super useful, actually," the IceWing agreed.

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"Now what?" Aurora asked.

Venus grinned, then seemed to realize something. "You hardly know anything about me, but I've just been peppering you with questions!" Sitting down and resting her front talons on the frost rock, she made herself a little comfortable on the stone floor. "You should ask me a couple questions, just to be fair!" Her smile was inviting, and it went well with her invitation to ask questions.

Ankha walked into the cave she shared with her clawmates, and noticed Nightfall. "Hi again," she said cheerfully.

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“H-hi.” he said. He was sort of looking at her. He had looked around at the entire room. He was mostly just staring into space. He was thinking about his powers. He could just get rid of them at any point in time, but he didn’t really want to. He’s rather be nervous and skittish than be totally defenseless.

Spiri grinned. "We should. Maybe we should ask some of those 'Dragonets of Destiny'. They supposedly run this school?" Spiri was admitted a bit nervous about speaking to older dragons, because...you know...she knew despite being called the Dragonets, they were much older than she was by now, her being born long after the war of the SandWing succession

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the baby got up and ran away down a hallway and bumped into nightfall.

rose ran after it trying to catch it.

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Nightfall smiled a bit at the baby, enchanting a rock to make a small flower grow from it. He handed it to the little dragonet. He made sure nobody saw, not even the people in the room.