The CAPTCHA says "ryfer", which is kind of like "rider!"

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Sorry this took me SUCH a long time, starting this RP is harder than I thought. Not much plot is moved in this section, but I just needed to introduce characters/locations/the current time. I also don't know if I've yet mentioned this, but a rider and their dragon can communicate telepathically. But enough of me talking, let's get on with the RP.

Lexi ~~

The air is laced with a hint of adventure as I take off into the morning sky. 

Today, the sky is blue and the sun is bright, making Kayda stronger than ever. The constant beat of her wings pulses through me, filling me with power, a sense of energy beyond words. 

“Faster,” I yell to her. “To the cliffs. We flew a 10:22 yesterday- let’s try and beat it!” The wind brushes past my face as Kayda speeds up, diving towards the ground and sweeping back up to the cloudless sky. 

The cliffs come into view, growing bigger and bigger as we get closer and closer. Trees, birds, and other things whizz past us as we explode forward, our eyes locked on the cliff face. The massive wall of stone looms over our heads and I hold tight to the saddle as Kayda turns vertical and starts the climb. 

It takes two and a half full minutes to reach the clifftop, but we make it and Kayda collapses onto the hard, rocky surface. 

“10 minutes and 15 seconds,” I say, breathing hard. “Not bad at all.” 

Spectacular, actually, Kayda’s voice says in my mind. Especially considering I could barely make it to the top when we first started this route. I can feel her exhaustion coming from everywhere, so we rest a moment, staring out at the Inanis Desert in all of its glory. More dragons begin popping up in the sky, their riders waking up with an early morning ride to start the day. I considered that I could end up in a unit with any of these riders. In two weeks, I could be fighting for my life with someone I’ve barely met yet. Two weeks and a day. Barely any time at all left to prepare for the Lunar Sun. 

Kayda feels my concern. You worry, she says to me. What’s wrong?

“I’m concerned,” I answer out loud. “We get our unit assignments today. Who knows who I could end up with? My future could be in the hands of any rider, any dragon.” 

Reagan will choose wisely, she assures me, but still I feel scared. Reagan Cavaleiro, the Head of Equidron, always seemed to be a nice lady. She ascends from a long line of Cavaleiros, the original founding family of Equidron, who hold large amounts of power when it comes to understanding dragons. It only seems right that she would be the one to decide our fates - to select the riders and dragons with whom we would fight for the future of Equidron.

A bell tolls in the distance, audible even from its place in the observatory miles away. The bell tells me that it’s 8 o’clock. Half an hour until classes start for the day. 

Time to go, I say to Kayda. With a sigh, I mount onto her back, taking in a final moment of peace before the big day. 

And with that, she spreads her wings and lifts off into the endless azure sky.

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will post when i'm back from the city

AH I'M SO SORRY! I had just gotten something written up, and then I deleted the document on accident! *mutters: and that other thing I was trying to delete survived grumble grumble* I'll work on getting it written up again. I haven't forgotten about this RP. Again, I'm so sorry! 

*sigh* lets post under this name, for old time's sakes....

anyways, nocturne is gonna be someone who has a close bond with luuma, not a rider. She does go with Luuma on Apollo occasionally though. 

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Luuma isn't too pleased about her new rider. But it's alright. Hopefully. Hopefully she won't be another disappointment. 

Luuma sighs, and paws at the ground, before Nocturne comes over to Luuma, gently patting her head and leaving a few avian treats of some sort on the ground. Luuma sniffs at them, and gulps them down. 

Nocturne laughs, before patting Luuma again. 

"Wanna go for a quick ride? Apollo's a bit tired today." 

Luuma nods, and Nocturne mounts Luuma, and they soar off into the horizon together. A couple minutes later, they fly back, landing. 

Nocturne laughs again, and gives Luuma a couple more avian treats. Out of the corner of Luuma's eye, she can see her dragon rider- ivy? Ivyanne? She moderately remembered something about Ivy. 

Nocturne waves to Ivy. "Hello!" she shouts, waving.  

Andrei Lamont~~

This was the day the Riders were supposed to be meeting their new units, and Andrei was spending it in a prison. It wasn’t like he’d intended to end up here, but a very good opportunity had come up and xe wasn’t the kind of person to miss out on good opportunities. He hoped that the rest of his unit wasn’t going to mind if xe spent their “bonding time” committing a crime.

The guard’s uniform he was wearing fit loosely around his body--the guard xe’d stolen it from was notably larger than Andrei, but they were the only one by themself. So far, nobody had found the unconscious body of the guard, or noticed that Andrei wasn’t actually one of their colleagues. Xe tried to walk quicker--the cell he was looking for was just around the corner.

And there it was. The prisoner inside was about the same age as Andrei, with curly red hair, freckles, and pale skin. His head was lowered, but Andrei knew his sharp, green eyes would have a mischievous glint in them. 

The prisoner stood as Andrei got closer, and revealed those green eyes. Andrei couldn’t help but grin--it had been quite some time since xe’d seen Kettu. Kettu did a double-take upon seeing Andrei’s face, then the same grin appeared on him. Andrei put a finger to his lips, reminding Kettu to not say anything. Kettu nodded in response.

Xe pulled the keys he’d stolen out of his pocket, looking for the correct number. He slipped it into the lock, and with a soft click, the door opened. Kettu rushed towards it. When he was in the hall, Andrei guided him, trying to make it look as if xe was just a guard leading him to a new cell.

They were pulling it off surprisingly well.

The other guards hardly paid attention to them as they walked through the halls. Andrei knew there was a back exit around here somewhere--they’d easily be able to escape. It was a shame that Andrei had missed the Rider ceremony, but oh well. It wasn’t like he was too terribly invested in all that war stuff, though Torbjorn would probably lecture him later. 

The pair made it outside, breaking into a run as soon as they were out of view of the prison. Andrei left the guard uniform in a bush several feet away, sprinting to catch up with Kettu. The woods surrounding the prison began to turn into warehouses and shady alleyways, and the pair began to slow down.

“So, Andrei,” Kettu said when he’d regained his breath, “How’d you find me?”

“I saw you being arrested,” Andrei said. “From the sky. On a dragon.”

“You became a Rider? Impressive--how’d you do it?” Kettu had resumed walking, and Andrei followed him. 

Andrei laughed. “I snuck across the border a couple years ago and ran into a group of Riders on the other side. I told them some stupid sob story about my parents getting killed by Azazel’s soldiers and they ate it right up.”

“Haha, nice.”

“So how did you get to Equidron?” Andrei asked. Kettu seemed to be leading him somewhere. 

“Same as you--I snuck across the border. And then, I found a group of orphans in this city. So I taught them the ways of the Reapers,” Kettu explained.

“You rebuilt the gang?”

“That’s right. You want in?”

“Obviously.”

“Then come inside.” Kettu had stopped in front of a small warehouse. “We’ve been waiting for you.”

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