Going into this with no real plan.

[olderthantime]

This will not be the first time Grougaloragran has had to wait. No, not even for many, many years.

Make your plans. Prepare as you need. Time is of no concern this once. Grougaloragran will still be here when you are ready.

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and here we have the lil shit you raised, grougal

[verbaltique]

You're not going to take a nap while you wait, are you? They won't need to prepare for a century, Grougal!

And Grougal is happy to see you!

[olderthantime]

[Deep, dry, rumbling chuckle.]

No, no, not this time.

;w;

[verbaltique]

Good. Because I know patience is a virtue, but--

_{[Okay. He can't keep it up. He is a 12-something Dragonet and Drago-Dads are few and far between. He springs.]}

Grougal, I missed you!

[olderthantime]

[Suddenly! Arms full of tiny dragon! Long sleeves like wings bundle him up carefully.]

Grougaloragran missed you as well, Adamaï.

[tagteamfromhell]

Man, I don't know how you do it, Gurglin'gone, all the sitting around and waiting. I'd go nuts in about ten minutes!

[olderthantime]

With age comes patience, little Iop.

[Ignoring the name mangling this time out of courtesy to Yugo.]

[tagteamfromhell]

...y'mean I gotta wait more to get better at waiting?

[olderthantime]

Do you not battle to improve your skill with the sword?

[tagteamfromhell]

[And thus, it's like someone flipped a switch of understanding in Grovy's brain. An old, cobwebbed, rusted switch that doesn't get much use, but it flipped all the same.]

Oh! I guess that does make sense...

[There's a disdainful snorting noise that comes from Grovy's hip.]

Now I've seen everything - a dragon that speaks Iop.

[olderthantime]

When, Shushu, you are as old as Grougaloragran, you learn a few tricks.

[tagteamfromhell]

Ohohoho, clearly! Tell me, how many foolhardy Iops have you had coming to try and take your head as a trophy?

[olderthantime]

None.

[Lives on an invisible island. Believed extinct. Useful for putting off gloryhounds.]

[rebelwithoutaface]

Sorry, can we get that name again?

[olderthantime]

…

Grougaloragran.

[rebelwithoutaface]

Grougaloragran.

Niiiiice.

[olderthantime]

[Eyebrow. Nevertheless, Grougal does like his name. It's his, after all.]

[rebelwithoutaface]

I mean it! It's a good one. Gravely but melodious. Say it again, go on, you know you want to.

[olderthantime]

[Eyebrow.]

[rebelwithoutaface]

...hold on, please.

[Despite not having any pockets, Lawbreaker reaches behind him to get a white marker pen and casually draws a pair of eyebrows on his helmet, mirroring the ones in front of him.]

[olderthantime]

…Are you mocking Grougaloragran?

[He can't help referring to himself in the third person! It seems to be a Thing with old dragons.]

[rebelwithoutaface]

Wouldn't dream of it!

[He adds a wide smile to the helmet.]

I'm making fun of Grougaloragran, it's not nearly so mean spirited.

[olderthantime]

[Kids these days.]

Hn.

[rebelwithoutaface]

Come on... It's like this. Mocking would be trying to make you feel bad, I'm trying to get you to crack a smile.

[He completes his doodling with an imitation of Grougaloragran's splendid beard.]

Not even a liiiitle one? You can't tell, but I'm smiling. Be a cool guy like me.

[bigsoftie]

[Not exactly a dragon, but an alligator.]

...what is a Grougaloragran?

[olderthantime]

…It is Grougaloragran's name.

[Obviously. Yes?]

[bigsoftie]

What is a Groug...grougaloragran?

[olderthantime]

Grougaloragran is the one you see before you.

[brainyglacier]

Y'see, that there's the key difference between you big ponderous reactionary types and the people who really get things done. You wait. And that's your Plan A! Come on.

[olderthantime]

Grougaloragran's task is to wait. When he must act, he does.

[Is this odd fellow a Iop? He'd fit right in.]