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[Harbingerjm]

We already have those.

[Mesa]

// How exactly do you want them to fly? Dude, we do have magic, but there IS stuff that's outside the realm of possibility, for us at least.

Wings made from ice or something like that i guess.

// As you wish.

The small-sized snowball scouts do not require supportive bones like you do, so you quickly create a few new ones. But just as you wanted to throw them and release into the wild, you notice a strange contraption flying rather nearby.

A giant, skin-covered tan //baloon with a ship-like structure at the bottom. You don't recall seeing anything of this sort before and you have no idea what it could be, but its appearance does make you think of a sort of aerial means of transportation. Could it be?
Could the humans (or any other race) tame the untamable? Could they attain the secrets of flying?


// Yup, thaat's an airship. I think I don't need to tell you that.

[Harbingerjm]

Be as stealthy as one of our... status can, observe the mortals.

[Eotyrannus]

Throw a scout at them, and use trial and error until you can get a good idea of what's going on. Also, attempt to get some sort of advanced sense on these scouts. They should be lasting us a good half-hour at the very least before they melt, but we're going through them like they're icecream!

[GrizzlyAdamz]

Good thing we don't need to worry about mana.


Use our telepathy to inquire who they are and what they're doing introduce ourselves and ask them to come around the front for a discussion! (assuming doing so won't sunder their feeble human minds)
Politely!

-edit
Where precisely are they? Are they below us? Or are they at our level and heading towards the node?
If the latter, I doubt it's a coincidence.

So, possibilities (if they're heading towards us):
-Not a coincidence: They knew we would awaken now and/or had wards up.
1. They won't be friendly, but I doubt they'll be able to slay us easily, spess mehreens or not. We shouldn't fire first though.
2. A diplomatic envoy! Times have changed after all. Say hi!

-Coincidence:
1. They're grave-robbers. One hell of a coincidence, none showed up till 5 mins after we woke up. Roar at them! (can we roar?)
2. Our node is a pit-stop/field-trip spot/they're in distress/some other random occurrence.

[Empiricist]

Maintain an altitude above the human vessel. Utilize Kavush to conceal ourselves. Drift horizontally in the same speed and direction as the clouds.

[GreatWyrmGold]

You forgot another Not-A-Coincidence option: We awoke because these people were approaching.

Regardless...

Maintain an altitude above the human vessel. Utilize Kavush to conceal ourselves.

Try to think of how to improve senses of the snowball scouts.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

But but, hiding isn't the way of the freshly-do-gooder dragon amnesiac! Meta-knowledge: They're seasoned sky pilots. They won't notice a cloud that follows them? [really?.jpg]

[Empiricist]

But but, hiding isn't the way of the freshly-do-gooder dragon amnesiac! Meta-knowledge: They're seasoned sky pilots. They won't notice a cloud that follows them? [really?.jpg]

((We never said anything about following them. We merely observe them for now.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

A cloud that follows them is a lot less suspicious than a dragon made of ice doing the same thing...

[GrizzlyAdamz]

A cloud that follows them is a lot less suspicious than a dragon made of ice doing the same thing...

That's debatable.
-As is the inference that it would be more effective.

But if we want to be friendly, there's no time to start like the present! Let's land on their ship and say hello! Politely & with extreme care!

[LordBucket]

Use our telepathy

+1

How many minds? What are they thinking? What are their emotional states?

[Chink]

Good thing we don't need to worry about mana.


Use our telepathy to inquire who they are and what they're doing introduce ourselves and ask them to come around the front for a discussion! (assuming doing so won't sunder their feeble human minds)
Politely!

-edit
Where precisely are they? Are they below us? Or are they at our level and heading towards the node?
If the latter, I doubt it's a coincidence.

So, possibilities (if they're heading towards us):
-Not a coincidence: They knew we would awaken now and/or had wards up.
1. They won't be friendly, but I doubt they'll be able to slay us easily, spess mehreens or not. We shouldn't fire first though.
2. A diplomatic envoy! Times have changed after all. Say hi!

-Coincidence:
1. They're grave-robbers. One hell of a coincidence, none showed up till 5 mins after we woke up. Roar at them! (can we roar?)
2. Our node is a pit-stop/field-trip spot/they're in distress/some other random occurrence.

+1

[GreatWyrmGold]

A cloud that follows them is a lot less suspicious than a dragon made of ice doing the same thing...

That's debatable.
-As is the inference that it would be more effective.

Clouds are something you see every day. If they're not paying much attention to every cloud, they probably won't think more of us staying in roughly the same position to them as they do of mundane clouds doing basically the same thing. Dragons made of ice? I'd imagine this would be the first time for any of them, not to mention that it's an immediate threat.

But if we want to be friendly, there's no time to start like the present! Let's land on their ship and say hello! Politely & with extreme care!

I'd rather scout them out first...at least a quick glance.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

They're sky-mariners, boyanced upon the air currents; paying attention to the clouds is what they do.
-Couple that with the fact we're made of magic ice, and I'd say if we keep pretty high above them we'll be harder to see without our mist.

And darn, I was hoping you'd argue about the relative suspiciousness of stalker-clouds vs stalker-dragons.




Mmmm, I'm partial to either landing on their ship or using mind-telepathy to listen to their brainwaves. We can use telepathy (to speak) if they're directly approaching our node. What kinda range do we have on our telepathy?