The Pen Chronicles: Pen's request.

Unending BE - episode 217723

There is nothing you can offer me, Pen said, except...

“Yes?” Sharon asked.

A mate. Someone to synchronize my power.

Annie tossed her arms in the air. “Oh, for the love of…”

Charlotte leaned close. “How will that help you?”

Once I have another to share my power, it will grow stronger through the union. Surely you felt your own strength increase from your fledgling union with the one called Nobakai.

Sharon nodded. “I did. But I don’t understand why he died.”

Pen shook his head. The ancients never die. He is in a stasis, what you humans might call hibernation. His power ebbed before your Bond could be achieved.

“Can he be restored?”

Yes, through the merging of your powers in the Bond, but it will take your full transformation into a dragoness to accomplish this.

Charlotte looked up. “What about me? I never had a mate.”

Pen nodded sagely. You will, red one. Someone is already watching you.

Charlotte smirked. “Cool, a supernatural secret admirer.”

“I went to college to play matchmaker for a dragon. Unbelievable.” Annie paced the floor, once in a while stopping to pick up the pieces of her ruined experiments.

Sharon sighed. “Annie, try and relax, okay? I know it’s weird, but this is really important to us. Pen, how can we find a mate for you? We have no way to find another dragon.”

I have enough power to create one, of a single aspect. Once they become, the Bond will sustain me until I can regain my power. Then, I can assume the appropriate aspect and change you. I assume you know how.

Sharon blushed, but Charlotte grinned wickedly and licked her lips. Annie just looked confused.

“Wouldn’t that be like cheating, if we’re supposed to be mated to another?” Charlotte asked.

Your mates would not think it inappropriate. It would be as though the universe bestowed the gift of dragonhood upon you.

“Okay, so how do we go about this?”

You must find me a willing female, who will submit to the transformation without coercion. Once I have remade her, I must be guarded until the Bond is complete, and my power is refreshed.

Sharon and Charlotte exchange glances. Charlotte shrugs. “Find one woman who wants to be a dragon. Piece o’ cake, right?”

1. *To their amazement, Annie volunteers.
2. "I know a couple of role-players that might jump at this..."
3. Pen said female, not necesarily a woman. They ask him if a female reptile would do.
4. "Okay, let's start hitting the fantasy chat rooms."
5. "Hey, what about that girl who writes those erotic fantasy stories? You know,..."
6. Someone else comes to mind...

Tue Apr 30 21:45:24 2002