???th Battle [FOURTH WALL]

[divinewind]

[There's a new sort of dragon in Blackthorn City today. Or rather, flying above it; after being grounded for nearly six months, Temeraire is taking full advantage of his regained wings to perform all sorts of fancy dives and loops. And with him being several stories tall and weighing around eighteen tons, it would be very difficult to miss seeing him. A second look reveals that he's wearing a complicated-looking harness made of leather straps that covers from his chest to the base of his tail. There's also a large, platinum pendant around his neck, decorated with sapphires and pearls. Every so often he stops to hover in the air, bending his long neck around to rub the pendant with his nose. Around him, a group of six Pokemon fly: a Druddigon, a shiny black Charizard, a Dragonite, an Altaria, and a Flygon. Next to Temeraire, they look like so many gulls flocking around a ship.]

[Around midmorning, the joy of being in his proper form again settles down enough that Temeraire realizes that he doesn't actually know where in Johto he is. Or, more importantly, where Misaki is. So he starts flying lower over the city, hoping to spot her. But what if she's inside? Maybe he'd better call out.]

MISAKI! ARE YOU HERE?

[…and by 'call out' he actually means 'accidentally deafen the whole city'. Whoops.]

[If he doesn't find her in Blackthorn, Temeraire will pick a direction and start flying, keeping a sharp eye out for her or anyone he recognizes as he soars throughout Johto. He'll also have to stop and rest occasionally, in whatever large, clear space he can find. And since he's wearing his harness, he might even give some people rides.]

[OOC: For reference, here he is on a size chart (he's the black one). Comments will be coming from dragonrights!]

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[newberktown]

[It's hard to decide whether to cover his ears or shield his eyes as he looks to see who was making that loud noise.

...It's certainly been a while since he's seen a dragon that size, yep. Despite the yell, though, it didn't seem like this one was out to cause trouble. If only the same could be said for the pack of cat-sized dragons squirreling their way around Hiccup and screeching up at Temeraire.]

[brokenmemories]

[Here are some definite facts about Misaki at the moment: 1)She loves Temeraire, really she does; 2) She hates being called out in public like that, especially by an enormous dragon; and 3) she is wearing a pretty ridiculous outfit right now. All three of those facts kind of lead to the conflicting emotions Misaki's feeling right now, which is primary embarrassment.]

[Sighing to herself, Misaki sent out her Charizard and sat on top of her.]

そらをとぶ! [She point to the big black dragon in the sky.] そらをとぶ!!

[Kiyo seemingly understood the girl and started flying towards Temeraire. Have a Charizard coming at you, you big dragon.]

[ends_in_ashes]

[Oof. Not that it bothers Angelus but honestly. All she's trying to do is scope out the city below her and here's this guy flying around shrieking.]

You will deafen them, you fool. If you must cry for your partner, do so through your link. Are you nothing but a hatchling?

[easy_as_cake]

[She's pretty sure she recognizes the voice, if not precisely the person it's coming from. He's certainly just as impressive and pretty as she imagined when he was describing his real dragon form.

Unfortunately, he's also far too high up and she's far too purple for him to recognize her. So she thinks, and thinks a bit more, and picks a random direction, and just happens to end up in the next clearing Temeraire is going to pick to land in. How lucky!]

Um... Temeraire? It is Temeraire, right?

[Have a properly purple humanoid alien, complete with tail. The way it's curling and twisting behind her says it's just as happy to be back as she is to have it.]

[anabottleofcola]

[Perhaps it's the gulls-flocking likeness that snaps Bobbery's eyes onto the dragon, from where he's found himself back in Johto - while retaining his normal shape this time! - with an expanded crew, crossing the Lake of Rage on the back of a Wailord.]

Temeraire, old boy! Is that you up there on the wing?

[action]

[enjoymyatelier]

[...okay is that a dragon

yeah that... is a dragon

...well he did meet someone claiming to be a dragon at the party in Tohjo, but who knows how many people here are dragons?

He'll dither a bit about being in an area without much cover... that dragon seemed pretty polite, but, well, not all dragons are, and even he isn't sure if he could take a dragon in a one on one fight.]

[rather_eat_turquoise]

[Spike is still testing out his awesome adult dragon body. Who knew flying was so cool?! And a way faster way to travel than walking or riding on Twilight's back.

[Everypony looked tiny to Spike now, even when he was on the ground. It was great! He finally wasn't short any more! He roared in glee, deafening the community, as his huge purple and green body lazily flew through the skies of Johto.

[He spots another airborn dragon, surrounded by flying pokemon, and hovers for a second, cautious. Dragons in Equestria were meanies. He had no idea who this newcomer could be.

[Or did he?]

[Sounding hopeful, and in a far far deeper voice that Tem would probably recognise...]

...Temeraire?

[This adult Spike voice still sounded so cool to him!]

[tapestodiane]

<sub>[Ohhh he remembers this, he thinks, as he looks up at the dragon soaring overhead. They had a right last time one of these weekends rolled around - it had been magical in every sense of the word, and he's happy to see Temeraire enjoying himself in his true form.]

[So he watches with a small smile. HELLO, BRIEF FRIEND WHO MADE AN IMPRESSION.]</sub>