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[valentineluke]

[Children are scurrying about in the nearby graveyard, happily collecting.

When kids are hunting for eggs around tombstones, Easter's a few days away, and the mystery 'Bunny' has left something special on your office desk (the Inbox, cheekily enough) - well, why bother making any attempt to turn off the feed.

Or downplay the glass of blood sharing blotter space with the little orange speckled egg you're now intently examining.

Or acknowledge the audience, who can see your beatific smile at said egg.]

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[thermonuclear_birdbrain]

Is that blood? Are you a vampire? We have one of those in Gensokyo. I hear she's kind of nice if you're not human.

Which I'm not, so if you try to drink my blood, I'll light you on fire.

[valentineluke]

[Yanked out of rapture.] What? I've no quarrel with nor view you as potential prey, so needn't worry.

[1/2]

[brothertragedy]

[Staring in a mixture of fascination and horror at that glass, with a hand over his mouth.]

...

[2/2]

[brothertragedy]

Mister Valentine.

That egg... is it not empty?

[Painted eggs for Easter are typically drained, aren't they? Surely, this egg hunt doesn't involve viable eggs?]

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[valentineluke]

No, very much full [Gently strokes a finger over it.] and alive.

[brothertragedy]

Do you have any idea what's inside?

[valentineluke]

Based on the scent, I've some idea.

[brothertragedy]

Have you encountered similar eggs before?

[valentineluke]

[As if on cue, the egg cracks open. Little orange dragon, damp and uncoordinated, blinks at its new surroundings and beaming 'parent'.]

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[brothertragedy]

A lizard— no, a dragon of some sort?

[That is quite charming. He has a fondness for dragons as well.]

How magnificent! [He genuinely thinks so, it seems.] I did not know they existed here in this City.

[Chandela also floats into view of the camera, eager to take a look:] Shandela?

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[valentineluke]

Yes, dragon. Up until now, the Zoo and Underground were the only places to find them.

[Baby starts chirping at Luke.]

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[brothertragedy]

There are still a number of things I do not know about this City. I should see more of it. [He's still smiling fondly at the dragon.]

We have dragons— or rather, Dragon Type Pokemon— in my world as well.

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[valentineluke]

[Chirping gets louder, more instant. Luke offers the glass, tipping it so the hatching can drink without drowning herself. 'Lap-lap-lap', she's like a kitten at cream.]

Odd that you know of dragons, but not geese. ['Lap-lap-lap']

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[brothertragedy]

[He watches him feed it, not losing the smile.
Chandela seems to find this very cute, letting out an adoring sound!]

I also know of nations and cultures, but our history differs. [Politics are so much more different with monsters involved.] How did you procure its food, if I might ask?

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[valentineluke]

[She pulls her head away from the now half emptied glass. 'Urp'] Local butcher shop. It's animal blood.

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[brothertragedy]

[That is far more adorable than it has any right to be!]

Oh. [He looks like he just became aware of its existence. This guy really, really needs to get out more.]

Will you be naming it?

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[valentineluke]

[The blood was originally intended for Luke's consumption. He walked in with it, saw egg, forgot all about the glass until baby needed something to eat.

Chandela, sooner or later you're going to have to clue-in in Nobori on what Luke really is.]

Why yes! She is 'Enyo'.

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[brothertragedy]

[Awww, but Chandela finds their interactions so much more entertaining with Nobori remaining oblivious! Oh, well, after it gets to feed on a soul, it'll have to, because Mr. Valentine will have left the realm of "merely eccentric" to "alarmingly knowledgeable about morbid matters unbefitting of typical humans."

For now, only the smallest, vaguest unease, forgotten in favour of cute baby dragons~]

That sounds like a good, strong name. [He doesn't know the origin of the name, but the "En" sound evokes a word that makes him think of fire. A fiery name is quite suitable for a dragon!] I hope she grows up healthy.