video; un: dovahkiin (backdated to early Nov)

[fusrodaaaah]

Um.

[Wow, it's a rare show of video from Melius. The Argonian is sitting on the beach, in the cold, at his little tent. A lizard, in the cold. But he doesn't seem at all bothered by it.]

[He shifts where he sits, and then just. Straight up thrusts a basket of mushrooms at the camera.]

I was - I was um. [He ducks his head, hiding behind the basket.]

I know mushrooms! Really well! I um - if you need! To know! I can - I can tell you!

Goodbye!

[He shuts it off, right there.]

[... basically, Melius is offering his services as a mushroom expert. With a lot more anxious yelling than necessary.]

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[possessum]

It's okay, they don't actually.... mean anything to me. You could get better use out of them than me. ( Peter admits — honestly, albeit with a dose of fresh awkwardness as he looks back down to the gold. Once again, he's struck by that odd sensation that he's supposed to give it to people. That it feels right to.

In exchange for something of worth. In this case.... some mushrooms. )

I uh, I can send my Omen thingie over to you with them, if you want me to. Or— I can meet you somewhere, sometime. Since my Omen's kind of... creepy. He's a snake...

( Which... well, this guy might not actually mind reptiles... Regardless, Peter'll handle this exchange however the other wants to, whenever he wants to. He doesn't want to make him more nervous. )

[fusrodaaaah]

O-Oh. Okay. I... um. If you want them back, you can. You can ask.

[And he'd willingly give them over. People seem happy enough to barter, here. He won't really need coin. It's been nice, having that knowledge.]

A snake? [He perks up a bit, curiosity in his expression.] Snakes um. Snakes are fine. I'm - mine is um.

A dragon.

[Since they're sharing Omens, now and all. It doesn't even cross his mind that the snake could be a Problem.]

[possessum]

( Peter gives a little smile and a nod at that — he definitely won't be wanting these things back, and he can always just make more (a fact he.... should probably mention but doesn't exactly know how to bring up; it's So Awkward that he can just make demon gold now?? Is this really his life??) But it's genuinely nice of the other guy to be concerned about it. )

Wait— an actual dragon? ( Holy shit... He's heard of dragons being a thing in other people's worlds; he is in fact dating Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter, so he's learned a thing or two about that. But still... it's definitely surprising. Peter looks stunned — and just as curious, in a boyish sort of way that borders on awed. )

Is it like... a big one or a little one?

( He's heard of different sizes, too. )

[fusrodaaaah]

Um. Yes.

[He ducks off camera again. Re-emerging onscreen with his Omen perched on one shoulder. It is absolutely a dragon. Granted, it's the size of a cat, but still.]

It um. It doesn't... say its name so I called it something in Dovahzuul.

Aakhahnu.

cw: linked image to snake

[possessum]

( THAT IS AN ACTUAL DRAGON.... Excuse Peter for just gaping openly for a very long few moments. )

Dude, that's so cool! Hey there, uh— Aak— Aakhahnu.

Oh man. Mine has some name I never even heard of before. Here, let me—

( Peter summons the snake right out of his chest, a thing he's used to but also never really used to — shuddering as it unfurls from him in a cloud of smoke, to form a python: pure black on top and white-bellied at first glance, but as the snake moves into the light, his scales shine iridescent all over. )

His name is... uh... Susurrus. ( Peter works his way through it, and the word itself even sounds like a hiss. The snake lifts his head at the screen, curiously flicking his tongue out at it. )

I guess it's good they're meeting, so I can just send the coins over to you with him.

that snake is gorgeous

[fusrodaaaah]

[The dragon hisses, and... chatters? It sounds like it's trying to speak, but none of the words are in any kind of language known outside Tamriel. Melius glances at her.]

She um. She speaks... Dovahzuul. Kind of. Aakhahnu is um. It means... Dream Guide.

[His head tilts, and his eyes light up. That. Is a lovely snake. The way the scales change color - it's familiar. His own have done that, in the right lighting. But not like this. That's uniform and steady.]

He... he's really pretty. He um. He has scales like an Argonian. [Not all of them. But a few.] S-so yes. I can keep an eye out. For him.

he needs to have a photoshoot w Melius for Iridescent Scale Boys

[possessum]

She's adorable. And— looks like she could probably kill me. But still really adorable.

( A tiny dragon is still a dragon, and there's a healthy dose of intimidation at the thought of being in the same room as her. At the same time, Peter's pretty enamoured; she's... very cute....! )

Really? I didn't even know scales could do that before I got him... I'm still not really sure how it works. ( Peter doesn't know much about reptiles... )

Yeah, I'll send the coins over to you real soon! And thank you, for the help. ( Though it's voiced shyly, it's nothing but sincere. )

reptiles of trench photoshoot heck yeah

[fusrodaaaah]

O-oh. No. No, she um. Can't. She doesn't - she doesn't have their magic.

[His Omen can't Shout like the real dragons can. She can chatter and shriek like one, but there's no real magic in it.]

I uh. I don't know. Either. Just they - they do. I've seen... other Argonians with them.

[Heck if he knows how it works. Scales are scales.] It - um. It's not a problem!