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Hespa's Story part 14 - Awellyth

Loud grumbling and muttering is heard from behind Cira and Emma. Glittering in the bright sunlight Awellyth flies in throught the main doors. As usual, the 10-metres (33-feet) long silver dragoness brings with her coldness and chill winds, causing some icicles to appear in the ceiling. Soon Awellyth notices Cira and Emma, and blue eyes observing the strange dragon closely lands only a few feet away from them. Her breath is steaming, and the air around her must be at least -10°C.

Cira looks over his shoulder and notices Awellyth.  He smiles and turns around.

Emma is startled, but not displeased, to discover that her new form is somewhat more resistant to cold than her human body.

"Well, who do we have here? Cira, I know you thought we haven't talked a lot, but who're you?" Awellyth bends her neck and sticks her head only a foot away from Emma's face, not noticing that she is causing the floor to freeze. "And whoever you are -" Awellyth's right eye is still fixed on Emma, while she looks at Cira with the left eye. "- have you seen Aarnia? I thought he might be at the University, but I've never been here before, and this is... this is BIG."

*bows formally to Awellyth, snout to the ground*  Greetings.  I don't believe we've met.  I am Pyros Rutilicus...excuse me a second...*turns head to side, lets loose a quick, small blast of flame which melts the icicle that formed on his snout when he bowed*...much better....and this  is Emma.  She's, well, related to Hespa...(quickly fills Awellyth in on the story)

Emma smiles gratefully at Pyros as he speaks.  She is feeling somewhat overwhelmed again, thanks to the experience of the vast DU, and is quite happy to let others do the talking.

Awellyth nods at Emma. "If you haven't caught my name yet, Emma, I'm Awellyth. Pleased to meet you."

Emma bobs her head at the other dragon, still feeling a little shy.

"Hi Awellyth!  Have you come to help us?"  ]:8)  The cold should not harm him and he left handedly shakes her paw.

No, sorry, but I'm afraid I don't know Aarnia either...Cira?  You're the only one who's been here before...

"Ah yes, I was looking for Aarnia just so that I could have some fun with him speaking Finnish..." Awellyth grins. "...but this is much more serious. Unfortunately, the last time Aarnia was seen around he was swallowed by the evil Work of RL - it is very unlikely that we'll find him here."

"RL... well that's too bad.  The last I heard from Aarnia was that he wasn't dead, irrespective of his death in the GHTA thread.  Such a terrible place to stop too.  He really needs to come back again and not leave himself dead like that."

Hespa's voice intrudes mentally.  **hey, don't forget me!...i'm not exactly in a position to know where aarnia is, although i know we haven't seen him around here....in the meantime, how well do you know this university?...we were hoping to find someone or something here to help us with our little problem, but i've never spent much time here, and i don't think any of the others have either...**

**we haven't got much time, either...**