Monodeservedbetter

Monodeservedbetter t1_jdl0uty wrote

Reply to [WP] Just two people sitting on a park bench. No gods or monsters or spies or supernatural elements -- just two people sitting. by IAmTotallyNotSatan

"Awfully quiet today..." Dr Achebe said to her colleague on the same bench in the courtyard. They seemed to care more about their sandwich than how quiet today was.

Dr Achebe was not used to such a boring day. The usual stresses and problems she dealt with refused to come up. She knew she didn't miss them, but you cannot just go cold turkey on these things without feeling something was missing. It would just be a boring weirdly memorable day...

If all her problems just weren't there today, that meant there was no need to escape them. Which in turn meant she had nothing to do. She was just beginning to think that her luck was holding when out in the distance came a familiar but not comforting sound....

A faint muahahaha

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Monodeservedbetter t1_j651cc1 wrote

Reply to [WP] Every year, a dragon lands in the center of the kingdom and lays two eggs. When the eggs hatch, the two baby dragons then fight to the death. The red one winning means a year of good luck while the blue one winning means a year of bad luck. This year, the dragon laid three eggs. by tsl3161991

As the court mage I was always skeptic of broad omens like "dragon festival" because if I'm being honest, "a year of bad luck" is too vague.

I knew there was going to be panic, as soon as that lizard pushed out a third egg I knew. One of the leading problems with this tradition is that they force the dragons to fight.

Don't get me wrong, some religions and festivals are not stupid, usually ones like that encourage charity or boost morale. Dragon festival makes the commoners all anxious and there have been many scenarios where entire villages have committed group suicides because they could not handle another year of bad luck.

The worst part was that this year there was three eggs, and as everyone watched as they hatched three lilac coloured dragons hatched.

If there was any chance of dispelling this awful superstition, it would require the trusted word of the court mage. Luckily it was me.

"Heed my message! Townsfolk!" I piped up over the confusion "It is as the stars and the wind hath spoked to me! These three royal drakes are a symbol of the true fate of all years to come" I was just plain lying "the future is now ours to determine and we shall celebrate this day as the day the dragons gifted it to us!"

There was cheering, now people wouldn't be destroying everything out of fear or relief.

I'm honestly sooo glad another dragon took the old ones place this year

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