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Video/Action: Vanquish - glitched Kramm!

Who: Pseudodragon Kramm and you!
Broadcast: video
Action: Vanquish
When: Now until the end of the month of September

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[Hello Fleet! One of your members is currently taking up a lot less space than usual; Kramm wakes up with a tiny squeak of a yawn, Atroma having so sweetly turned the feed to catch this little winged lizard, roughly cat-sized, lift his head and sniff the air. He's black, eyes little specks of blue, the full draconic image with wings and a tail - if quite a bit smaller. He wanders over to the device, sniffing it, then pounces and starts gnawing at the corner. Fearsome piece of plastic and glowy screen! The device catches images of his little white teeth, forked tongue, and a blur of flapping wings as he growls playfully with his new toy.]

Vaquish

[For anyone on the Vanquish, you will find a tiny trouble wandering underfoot or flying above head, winding his way though piping he would never ever in any stretch of imagination be able to fit in normally.]

[Did he trip you? Steal your donut? Or maybe he's grabbed a thing you were working on and is now playing a game of Keep-A-Way!]

[[ooc: Kramm is glitched into a psuedodragon: a tiny dragon-like winged lizard that has the ability to communicate telepathically - though just with simple words, images, or emotions.]]

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[This is pretty ridiculous. This is the sort of post Shinji usually scrolls right on by--lately, he hasn't been in the mood for cute antics. Lately, he hasn't been in the mood for much of anything.

Even so...]

That thing's probably expensive, you know.

[A dry tone, then. And he isn't expecting a response, of course. That goofy lizard--or whatever it is--are those wings?--has got to be someone's exotic pet from some planet they've visited.]

[Kramm curls back when he hears the voice and tilts his head back and for for a moment, then chirps. Shinji will receive a telepathic message - a feeling of simple joy and the word "Fun!" in a disproportionately deep voice. He stretches out and taps his claws against the screen and then pounces it again.]

You fun?

[The hell--?

Shinji hasn't been feeling well, either, physically or mentally, but he doesn't think he's reached the point where he's hearing voices. He tells himself to remain calm and...

Fun.

Oh, great.

Maybe there's more to this lizard than meets the eye.]

Uh...

[...]

Are you talking to me, little guy?

[Kramm pauses for a moment to pull his head back and flick a tongue out. Shinji will receive a simplified image of his face with a sense of curiosity and continued joy.]

Yes! Fun?

[Well, this isn't the weirdest thing that's ever happened to him, but it's ranking up there...]

You--want to have fun? Is that it? Like playing fetch or something?

[Kramm tips his head up and down enthusiastically, wings quivering at the idea, and then runs in a little circle,]

Fun! Fun! Fun!

Jeez...

[It isn't cute. It isn't endearing. It isn't cute, and it isn't endearing, and Shinji definitely isn't smiling right now, not even a little bit. His mouth is just twitching for no apparent reason...]

Mmn, I don't really know what I can do from all the way over here. Hey, who's your owner? They should come back and take you for a walk before you go stir-crazy.

[Owner? He seems to settle for a moment as he ruminates over the word, tilting his head. No owner, but then he hears walk and for whatever reason it is an extremely intoxicating thought. He flutters into the air and chirps. Bombarding Shinji with the anticipation of new sights and smells!]

[Oh no. He's getting a certain inkling here.]

You don't want me to take you for a walk, do you...

[An absolute squeak of enthusiastic confirmation! He flits up and does a little airborne cartwheel.]

[Yes please?]

[This little guy is awfully persuasive, huh...] I guess I could leave your owner a note or something... [Shinji doesn't want to get in trouble for "abducting" someone's precious pet, after all.]

Oh, hold on. Do you know which ship you're on right now?

[Owner what owner? He's not aware of an owner. But he does know the ship!]

Vanquish! Best ship!

[...!] Oh, that's Kaworu-kun's ship. I know that ship. [Which makes Shinji a lot less hesitant about heading over there. It wouldn't be like he's barging into totally unknown territory; he wouldn't feel the need to apologize for his presence.

But he sighs to himself, burying his fingers in his hair.]

So I could come find you, and then we could go the... the Iskaulit, after that. Should be enough space to run around in. As long as you don't dig up the greenhouse, I don't think anybody's gonna mind.

[Kramm nods his head enthusiastically. No digging up the greenhouse, got it! He can behave! Shinji gets a mental image of Kramm sitting very obediantly next to a pretty flower.]

[That mental image is worth a dry puff of laughter.]

Yeah, you've made your point. Okay, so... wait for me over by the shuttles, and I'll come and pick you up. Shouldn't take more than a few minutes.

[Laughter! That's good! He looks supremely pleased of himself. That is, the moment before he turns and disappears with a flick of his tail as he heads off towards the shuttles. He'll be fluttering around the hangar bay in anticipation.]

[Shinji has made the jaunt to the Vanquish hundreds of times before now, so he doesn't have any problems showing up as promised. He's even carrying a plastic container with him, filled with yummy treats. Little dragon-things might have a taste for bacon, or maybe they'd prefer fruit... Shinji tried to select a variety of foods, just in case.

Yep. That really is a dragon-like creature flying all over the place.]

Hey there, [he says, emerging from the shuttle.] Are you ready to head out?

[He hangs in the air for a moment, then swoops down and perches on Shinji's shoulder, stretching his head down and sniffing at the box. Treats? Bacon?]

[Hang on, hang on. Is that a tiny dragon...?

....wait...]

....Hey little guy.

[He sounds...so excited, but he's keeping it in, okay.] Whatcha got there?

[Oh! Oh! Oh! He knows this face! He jumps on the device, little taloned paws on either side of the screen, and wiggles with excitement. With his slight telepathic abilities, Bull will get an influx of happy colors and emotions. Innocent, in this form, but extremely happy to see his friend.]

Okay, creepy.

[He gets it, that the...little thing there is pretty happy to see him, but it takes a bit to sort through all the shock of seeing shit in his head to realize it's come from the little dragon on the screen.]

Calm down, alright? You're freaking me out.

[He settles back, wiggling a little less, and then stretches out his wings, Look! I got wings!]

Is that you, Kramm? So, the Atroma turned you into a weird, tiny dragon.

[A beat.]

That talks in peoples' heads.

...weird.

[He nods enthusiastically. Weird or not, he's enjoying the experience. He expresses his excitement with some more mental communication, and while there's an overlay of wonder, he's trying to focus on less-overwhelming words.]

[His vocabulary in this form is, however, somewhat limited.]

Tiny! Can fly!

[The mental communication is a disorienting experience to the Qunari, who was raised to believe anything that speaks in your head is a demon, and the only way to get it out is to die, but he's trying to go with it.

He smiles, because to spite his misgivings about the abilities, he can't deny the tiny dragon is pretty damned cute.]

You want to go to the Iskaulit? See what you can really do?

[NodNodNodNodNodNod]

[He's not exactly a genius in the best of times, but regular Kramm would at least be a little discerning about mental barrages. Tinydragon Kramm can't think past his own excitement.]

[Okay, he's adorable.]

Alright, Pal. I'll be over in a minute.

[Waiiiiting!]

[It really doesn't take the Bull all that long to get over there, but finding Kramm took a bit more time, mostly because he's never been to this ship before. He tapped the door he at least believed to be Kramm's though, wondering if the little guy could open it on his own.]

[No, he couldn't, but somewhere in the course of things it'd been open for him and he's crawling about on a bulkhead behind Iron Bull, and when the horned man taps, Kramm flits off and alights on one of his horns, giving a happy little chirrup!]

[Seeing little Kramm on the screen was one thing. Having the little fella land on his horn had the giant beaming as he laughed.]

Well, hey there!

Edited 2018-11-06 16:33 (UTC)

[Kramm chitters in return, leaping off and flitting a circle around Bull. He's excited to get out!]

[Kramm might just make the most adorable tiny dragon he's ever seen. Just...nevermind the fact that he's the only tiny dragon he's ever seen.]

Calm down, alright? We're leaving.

[And with that, he's heading to the shuttles, because he promised tiny Kramm a mountain, damn it.]

[A couple more acknowledging chitters, and darts towards the shuttles as well, periodically spinning round in the air waiting for Bull to catch up.]

[If he ignores that this is some weird shit the Atroma did to Kramm, this is actually pretty neat. He's going to have to remember to talk to Kramm about his later, actually.

He does catch up, though, opening the shuttle hatch for the little fella.]

Alright, let's move.

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