<span style="font-style: italic">In the tavern</span><br/>The dragon seems a little confused as Bella tries to explain how they're supposed to be on the "good" side. Anyway, he grunts nodding in agreement.<br/>Something odd happens on the creature's scaly and spiny muzzle as Felicity jokingly flatters him -<span style="font-style: italic">dragons can't blush,</span>of course, but if you hardly tried to figure out how would they if they could, you'd get probably Vormitraax's expression in that moment - tousled scales, puzzled eyes looking elsewere, and so on. That lasts only for a moment, then - but it's easy to spot how his chest is now inflated with pride.<span style="color: #BF0000">"THE UNRULY SHALL NOT BE TOLERATED - NOT ON MINE WATCH. BE ASSURED, O FAIR LADIES - THE MOST VIGIL GAZE OF MINE WATCHETH OVER THINE HONOR AND SAFENESS,"</span>he states resolutely.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">As the group splits in town</span><br/>As the decision to split for a few hours is taken, Vormitraax asserts: "A PLAN I GLADLY EMBRACE. I SHALL PROVIDE MYSELF A SUITABLE WEAPON THEN, SO THAT THE EVENTUAL SMITING SHALL BE MORE EFFICACIOUSLY PERFORMED. "<br/>Then, after taking consideration to ask to the ladies "DOST THOU NEED MINE ESCORT OR SERVICES BEFORE WE REUNITE?", and verified that they dostn't, he leaves with a solemn bow.<br/><br/>[OOC, @Sansuki: I have a couple of scruples to sort out.<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">First - I'd like Vormitraax to be quite capable of seeing (and scenting) in the dark, but I don't know if it's something I can decide now and if it's too much of an advantage to add ... <br/>Second - Vormitraax will search a blacksmith or a weapon dealer in town to get the biggest sword he can find, which I suppose will be a broadsword for human standards - so I'd set for it, but again, I don't know if I have the money to get equipment on the run. <br/>I'll accept whatever you decide on these two points, even if he comes back empty-handed  <img alt=":D" src="./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" title="Very Happy"/> If you decide it'd be too much for him to have "night senses", he'll buy a lantern too. <img alt=":)" src="./images/smilies/smile.gif" title="Smile"/></div></div></div>]<br/><span style="font-style: italic"><br/>Traveling</span><br/>After the group departs  from town, Vormitraax will remain silent for most of the journey. He remains aside the rest of the group whenever he can, a position that allows him to keep better watch on all his companions, even if this forces him to struggle more against vegetation and other obstacles - obstacles that he mostly just stomps through...<br/><br/>When Aiyaka screams, Vormitraax rushes at her rescue, roaring to the shadows:<span style="color: #BF0000">"FEAR NOT MILADY! REVEAL THYSELF, THOU TREACHEROUS SCOUNDREL, AND FEEL THE RIGHTEOUS WRATH OF MI-"</span>-Only the notice of Felicity's interest in the little "treacherous" frog halts the dragonspawn's impetus. As the diminutive proportions of the threat he was so eagerly rushing to fight are revealed, Vormitraax emits a little (relatively) grunt - disappointment? Amusement? Embarassement? - and returns silently to his position.<br/><br/>As the group reaches the entrance, at Bella's query he responds:<span style="color: #BF0000">"A KNIGHT SHALTH FEAR NOTHING, AND I TRUTHFULLY ASSUME CAVES ART NOT CONTEMPLATETH AS VALID EXCEPTIONS. MINE FATHER LIVEST IN A CAVE, AND SO DO I - IT IS A COMFORTABLE ACCOMODATION, THOUGH MOST GUESTS OF MINE APPEARETH QUITE TERRIFIED ONCE THEY ENTER. I FAIL TO DISCERN THE REASON OF THEIR CONCERN."</span><br/>It is expectable for innuendos to easily bounce over Vormitraax's scaly head, but still he gives a strange look at Bella - through it's hard to decipher the expression of a reptile. It could - it is<span style="font-style: italic">likely </span>to be - just puzzlement, or hunger.<br/><br/><span style="color: #BF0000">"LADY FELICITY, MINE PRECIOUS ONE ... ALLOWEST ME TO TAKE THE MOST FRONTAL POSITION, SO THAT MINE SCALE-CLAD BODY SHALL SHIELD THINE AND MOST DEAR-"</span>He interrupts, like he lost the thread of his own statement -<span style="color: #BF0000">"...I HEARTILY INSIST,"</span>he concludes, after a few seconds of awkward silence.