A Shining Tower Awaits...

[Celestial]

It has been a long trek but you finally reach the high tower atop the cliff. Upon closer inspection, it is not made out of pearl or marble as you thought but more like ordinary stone. It's still pretty enough but just not as...grandioise. You wonder whether it was worth coming here or if it really contains a dragon's hoard.

Normally, high solitary towers have only a single window at the top which contains an easily climbable rope and is not kept shut, even when it is snowing or raining, something which you think must drive up their heating bill so much. But this tower is covered in stained glass windows running all the way down, which while pretty, do not lend themselves to be opened easily without attracting considerable attention and ire from the owners of the property. When the property owner is rumoured to be a dragon, it usually isn't wise to attract their ire.

But as you keep walking around the tower, you discover a nice wooden door. It is carved with dragons and maps of continents, none of which you recognise, all swirling around a brass doorknocker in the shape of a dragon and a tiger. Deciding this is all very strange, you nevertheless use the doorknocker for its intended purpose. The sound it makes can be described as homey.

"Just a minute!" a friendly voice calls from inside and the door is shortly opened by a young woman in a purple robe. She looks normal, until you notice her eyes and her wings. Either she takes halloween very seriously and is a master at making realistic costumes or those are her actual eyes and wings. Is this the dragon of legend? Sure, there are normally young women (of royal birth, usually) in a dragon's hoard but they aren't the dragon, most of the time.

"Oh hello," she exclaims cheerily, not aware of your musings. "Are you here for treats?" she hauls out a large sack of various sweets, including chocolate coins and colourfully wrapped candies. "I've got plenty, help yourself! Have a happy halloween!"

Oh well. Maybe you should have at least some of the dragon's hoard. She's inviting you after all. And maybe there is treasure and a proper dragon inside...

[Sporty]

"Hello!" I reply brightly. "Thank you!"

After picking out a pair of chocolate coins, I let curiosity get the better of me and try to peer further inside. "This is a neat tower you've got here."

[Celestial]

Oct 31, 2013 12:16:39 GMT -5 Sporty said:

"Hello!" I reply brightly. "Thank you!"

After picking out a pair of chocolate coins, I let curiosity get the better of me and try to peer further inside. "This is a neat tower you've got here."

"Why thank you! I've tried to decorate it as best as I can, make it more homely. People always seem so intimidated by towers in the middle of nowhere," the young woman cheerily replies. "If you're cold, you can come in. But I'm sure you have a lot of other houses to get around this Halloween night."

[Coaster]

"Thank you! Dragon's hoards typically tend to be cursed, if I'm not mistaken--or is that only in Narnia?--but you seem friendlier than that. Besides, nasty dragons all breathe smoke and I'd already be long-gone if you were smoking." Coaster pauses. "Not that there's, uh, anything wrong with that... hey, what's the pattern supposed to be on that stained-glass window, there?" He points to the nearest. "It looks like it's got a lot of history."

[Ginz ❤]

Luvdisc smiles at seeing the treasure the dragon lady is offering. She believes in dragons, of course. There's lots of them where she's from, but none of them had ever offered treats like those! She takes a shiny gold coin and a couple candies. "Luvdisc!" She says, grateful. ^_^

[Gelquie]

A ghostly GLQ examines the tower in awe as they approach the entrance. She had seen impressive architecture before, but not quite like this. She approached the dragon lady happily before taking a piece of candy herself.

"Thank you," she said politely before continuing to look up at the architecture. She wasn't sure if she wanted to leave quite yet. Now, if she could take a look inside... Did it look just as grand on the inside? She tried to take a glimpse of the interior past the dragon lady.

[♥ Azzie]

Azzie looked around the tower, amazed. "This is beautiful," she said. "What a lovely house! And thanks for having us!"

[Birdy]

Birdy is transfixed by all the stained-glass windows. But then, she shakes her head, snapping herself out of it. Knocking on the door, she calls out, "Trick or treat!" and then after receiving an answer, adds "You have a lovely home here. It's so beautiful!"

[Celestial]

Oct 31, 2013 18:26:22 GMT -5 Coaster said:

"Thank you! Dragon's hoards typically tend to be cursed, if I'm not mistaken--or is that only in Narnia?--but you seem friendlier than that. Besides, nasty dragons all breathe smoke and I'd already be long-gone if you were smoking." Coaster pauses. "Not that there's, uh, anything wrong with that... hey, what's the pattern supposed to be on that stained-glass window, there?" He points to the nearest. "It looks like it's got a lot of history."

"Oh no, it isn't cursed at all," the woman smiles all too sweetly and shovels chocolate coins and a few candies into Coaster's bag. "Smoking is a nasty habit anyway, it's alright. I'd understand," she looks up at the window. "Oh that? That's the defeat of the Knight Ulysses by the Dragon of Cyprus. It's not one of my favourites but it keeps the knights on edge at least," she smiles again. "Come back soon!"

Oct 31, 2013 19:34:39 GMT -5 Ginz ❤ said:

Luvdisc smiles at seeing the treasure the dragon lady is offering. She believes in dragons, of course. There's lots of them where she's from, but none of them had ever offered treats like those! She takes a shiny gold coin and a couple candies. "Luvdisc!" She says, grateful. ^_^

"Eee," the woman gives off an undignified squee as she sees the luvdisc. Her wings stand up on end. "You are adorable!" she puts more candy into the bag. "These are quite rare, I heard. Enjoy, little one!"

Oct 31, 2013 21:14:18 GMT -5 Gelquie said:

A ghostly GLQ examines the tower in awe as they approach the entrance. She had seen impressive architecture before, but not quite like this. She approached the dragon lady happily before taking a piece of candy herself.

"Thank you," she said politely before continuing to look up at the architecture. She wasn't sure if she wanted to leave quite yet. Now, if she could take a look inside... Did it look just as grand on the inside? She tried to take a glimpse of the interior past the dragon lady.

The woman sees GLQ's curiousity and moves aside to let her see into the tower. "Pretty, isn't it? Had it redone a few months back, replaced the marble and the malachite. It's an old building but it is magic so things last for a while."

Oct 31, 2013 21:54:38 GMT -5 ♥ Azzie said:

Azzie looked around the tower, amazed. "This is beautiful," she said. "What a lovely house! And thanks for having us!"

"Oh aren't you the sweetest thing? You're more than welcome," the dragon waves with one hand and wing. "Come back again!"

Nov 1, 2013 2:18:27 GMT -5 Birdy said:

Birdy is transfixed by all the stained-glass windows. But then, she shakes her head, snapping herself out of it. Knocking on the door, she calls out, "Trick or treat!" and then after receiving an answer, adds "You have a lovely home here. It's so beautiful!"

"Thank you. Everyone seems to love it," the lady smiles widely. "Except for the silly knights, they want to knock it down. Thankfully the wizards recognise its importance and keep them out."