Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-27950421-20190914004023/@comment-32347114-20190919182135

I rub my eyes for a second.

This was a Ryu, a being so great that she can control the goddamned weather-Yet here she was, drinking like a maniac and saying she was bad at everything?! Now I’ve seen everything.

"Uh.....Just curious, what's a Ryu like you doing in a bar like this?" I say, both confused as why to a near-divine creature who can easily be revered as a goddess is drinking like a Red Oni and trying my hardest not to faint from a nosebleed upon her chest being pushed closer to me as she slumps. “Drowning my regrets, what else?” She whimpers. “No matter how hard I try, I can’t even make a raindrop! I’m a terrible excuse for a Ryu!”

And here I was, having no idea what to do. On one hand, I feel really bad for her, but on the other hand, what can I even do for her? She was quite literally on a whole other level! Unfortunately my mouth (and my lightning rod) have other plans. “I can help.”  “Really?! Oh, thank you!” And with that, I was dragged away by the dragon, admittedly counting my lucky stars as I saw some Ushi Onis give irritated glares at the serpent as she flies off.

Now, soaring through the sky on a dragon goddess would have been nice...were I not massively acrophobic, leading me to frantically clutch whatever i could hold onto as to prevent falling-which unfortunately were two soft objects, followed by a shudder and a moan from the dragon. Crap. “H-hey, don’t touch there…unless you want to…” said response made me quickly grab onto her horns instead, my face beet red.

For a drunk, she was surprisingly good at navigating back to her home. Once there, she was very eager to get to summoning a rain cloud-And failed.

...Well, I was gonna be here a while.

“...Uh...maybe try sobering up first, and then I can help you?” "Alright..."

With that out of the way, training began.

LESSON ONE- POSTURE

She tried to get into a rain-summoning pose, but put too much effort into it and collapses in exhaustion. Simple fix, just relax.

LESSON TWO-CONCENTRATION

The Ryu, who after some much needed introduction shall from this point onward be referred to as Haruka, tried the relaxed pose, but couldn’t find the mental fortitude to invoke the storm. Some coaxing and efforts to get her to think of storms helped greatly on that front…

LESSON THREE- INVOCATION

Simple diction.

After all three lessons, Haruka got into form, and performed her rain summoning ritual to the best of her abilities…

And failed again. Something was missing, And I had an idea as to what it was.

“Haruka, has your mother...ever told you what was most important for summoning a storm?” “No…” “Why?” “My mother...died after I was born. I didn’t get to know my father either…I’m just a failure as a Ryu…”

I take a deep breath, knowing what I was about to do after this chat would be both incredibly daring and incredibly stupid. “Haruka, you know what Ryus like you really need to summon storms, besides posture, conviction and phrasing?” “What?” “...Love.” “...Do you…” “..Yeah, after staying at your place for a while, you’re honestly a really sweet girl. I’d...be happy to help fill the final step needed to summon rain.” “REALLY?! Oh, thank you, thank you, a million times over thank you!” And with that, Haruka embraced me, to which I returned the feeling. “You know what you also need to summon rain?” “Eh?” “Spirit energy.” “And how do I get that?” “LIKE THIS!” I took a deep breath and slapped Haruka’s ass in the area of her reverse scale, and saw her face go red and her breath become ragged. And upon that, I tore off my pants- and the expected result of sweet dragon lovin’ shortly came afterward.

After an undisclosed amount of time (hey, time flies when you’re having fun or slaying a dragon in the other sense,) Haruka was finally able to summon her first storm, blessing a village suffering from a drought for weeks. The look on her face was just priceless-Although being on the receiving end of a full-force Ryu hug can nearly crack your bones, as I soon found out the moment she summoned rain. At times, villagers joked about her being a Wurm in a Ryu's body owing to her over-excited reactions whenever she got something right.

But I wouldn't trade living with Haruka for the world.