10-06-2015, 01:06 PM
"If it can help you get your mind off of things, and clarify some for me..." Alexyana raised a hand when Axorn moved towards the bench and almost touched his arm to stop him, but the other dragon-like motioned towards the free space on the bench as he listened. "I didn't want to interrupt you to be... well, you know, rude. But what was that whole bit about the "database" that's so similar to this... you called it Dataverse that you mentioned? If you're talking about images and maps it must be some sort of library where the draconians collected their knowledge?" Libraries weren't common where she came from, but every major capital - including Adilon, the capital of Ilan where the human king reigned supreme over his subordinates - had one where texts were collected and hoarded with almost as much protectiveness as a dragon who protected their hoard. Knowledge is power. Such was the motto of the librarians there, and it had proven right time and time again. She reminded herself how impressed she had been at that there were even ancient texts detailing dragon physique and the dubious art of dragonslaying. Disgusted, yes, but also impressed. And what Axorn was bringing up sounded quite similar to that.
The dragoness had barely noticed how, lost in thought and more than curious about this database thing she had sat much closer to Axorn than what was okay between friends - their shoulders were practically pressed up to each other. She cleared her throat and backed away once more, then spoke once more. "By the calculus we had back then... the humans measured time in years dictated by the four seasons, but the commoners used a system based on the passing of the human kings ever since Adilon was taken from the elves. There were no major disturbances for a long time since that event, so they had to make up something: ten kings were equivalent to an Age. The dragonhunts began in the fourth Age under the reign of king Randor the 6th, I believe, he was the 43rd human king. I'm not exactly sure about the calendar year but I believe it was sometime in the 520-range, give or take a score." She gave a mild grin. "As for your remark about an "evil" dragon or dragon-like named Lotziidu which collected and devoured souls... definitely could have been me, or time may have changed the true story and turned a regular demon into a dragon. I'm not going to deny that I'm no angel - THAT much transitioned over from my parents. Though I can't just stick my hand in your chest and rip out your soul. I need to make a deal with you first where I get your soul as payment for my services... and I highly doubt that the Faceless god would allow me to make such a contract, as taking a soul effectively prevents reincarnation."
Finally, she leant back on the bench. "And I hate to get your hopes down, but... if your database is anything like a telekinetic ability where you speak to a librarian to fetch you a book, it won't work around here." She raised the bracelet on her hand, a piece of jewelry with a surface that looked like there was molten rock flowing beneath a glass wall. Axorn curiously leant in to take a look and Alexyana readily showed it to him, though she didn't take it off. "I brought this from my homeworld, it allows me to speak interdimensionally to reach my family. Only because Hell is located in a different dimension than Earth, and I wanted to call home once in a while. Well, ever since I got here using it has rapidly depleted its power, much faster than it used to back home. I'm concluding that there must be some dimensional barrier which inhibits access like that... so even if you can speak across realities, it'll be a lot more tedious. And if you can't, you're effectively cut off."
The dragoness had barely noticed how, lost in thought and more than curious about this database thing she had sat much closer to Axorn than what was okay between friends - their shoulders were practically pressed up to each other. She cleared her throat and backed away once more, then spoke once more. "By the calculus we had back then... the humans measured time in years dictated by the four seasons, but the commoners used a system based on the passing of the human kings ever since Adilon was taken from the elves. There were no major disturbances for a long time since that event, so they had to make up something: ten kings were equivalent to an Age. The dragonhunts began in the fourth Age under the reign of king Randor the 6th, I believe, he was the 43rd human king. I'm not exactly sure about the calendar year but I believe it was sometime in the 520-range, give or take a score." She gave a mild grin. "As for your remark about an "evil" dragon or dragon-like named Lotziidu which collected and devoured souls... definitely could have been me, or time may have changed the true story and turned a regular demon into a dragon. I'm not going to deny that I'm no angel - THAT much transitioned over from my parents. Though I can't just stick my hand in your chest and rip out your soul. I need to make a deal with you first where I get your soul as payment for my services... and I highly doubt that the Faceless god would allow me to make such a contract, as taking a soul effectively prevents reincarnation."
Finally, she leant back on the bench. "And I hate to get your hopes down, but... if your database is anything like a telekinetic ability where you speak to a librarian to fetch you a book, it won't work around here." She raised the bracelet on her hand, a piece of jewelry with a surface that looked like there was molten rock flowing beneath a glass wall. Axorn curiously leant in to take a look and Alexyana readily showed it to him, though she didn't take it off. "I brought this from my homeworld, it allows me to speak interdimensionally to reach my family. Only because Hell is located in a different dimension than Earth, and I wanted to call home once in a while. Well, ever since I got here using it has rapidly depleted its power, much faster than it used to back home. I'm concluding that there must be some dimensional barrier which inhibits access like that... so even if you can speak across realities, it'll be a lot more tedious. And if you can't, you're effectively cut off."
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