homeless & throwing a tantrum about being ignored (some War Crimes spoilers in comments)

[unaffiliated]

Congratulations, mundane, on the extraordinary achievement that is your soon-to-be second legendary cloak! Why, it is almost as if you haven't been meaninglessly squandering these past several months on more trivial pursuits.

I would salute you, but my capacity for sarcasm is all but exhausted. Truly, mundane, you have been living up to your title, haven't you? I haven't even gotten started on your astonishing lack of interest in acquiring what should have been your favorite summer reading material. That book came out how many months ago now? And yet you have done nothing. Is trying my patience the only form of entertainment your pitiful mind can devise?

I do not accept your excuse that this is "compensation" for the fact that certain dialogue responses are no longer available in your "game." How many times must I say "you do not want to make it onto my list" before the message sinks in?

There is the remaining grievance regarding your appalling lack of progress in obtaining a certain pair of daggers, but I feel I've rather made my point. Do not disappoint me again.

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[nerzhul]

Stop squalling, you child. If you can still speak, you have their attention.

[unaffiliated]

If I were you, I would take greater pains not to annoy potential allies.

[nerzhul]

I am not such a fool as to believe you would make a reliable ally, dragon. Not while you live.

[unaffiliated]

I would make a far less desirable enemy, I assure you.

[nerzhul]

The threat your kind posed was in number. Without that, you are nothing but another sorcerer.

can i just cry on your shoulder because extended maintenance

[unaffiliated]

[In number? Oh, but this orc is proving to be far more entertaining than he had anticipated.]

If I had thought that being outnumbered might put me at a disadvantage, I wouldn't have arranged for the extermination of my flight. As things stand, I've done rather well for myself, wouldn't you agree?

[whitepawn]

One can hardly blame them for taking their time when the compensation is hardly worth the effort compared to past campaigns.

[Not to mention by now Anduin is more than aware that certain quests were only done to further questionable ends and he can not fault anyone for choosing to refrain.]

Besides, how can one even hope to talk to you if you run off in tantrums every time something does not go your way?

[unaffiliated]

[For various reasons, Wrathion hadn't quite expected the other prince to make an appearance, but it's easy to see why Anduin had when all his breath is wasted on meaningless recriminations.]

Any form of compensation I offer is always worth the effort.

[An easy dismissal, and no, no Wrathion does not care that his measure of what is or or not "worth the effort" is entirely subjective.]

And I don't throw tantrums.

[whitepawn]

[Yet they are so easily replaced as soon as the next adventure puts those champions on their cost.]

I am afraid I still do not quite believe you, how many times were you surprised someone came back alive?

[As for his appearance here and now, that is due to some part of him that still believes he has to try. However, that does not mean he is not entitled to feel frustrated and annoyed over how they parted ways. Being knocked out and watching yourself die will do that to a person.]

The state of Tong's tavern suggests otherwise.

[unaffiliated]

[Always so inclined to view him in the worst light, aren't you? Not that it isn't justified, but goodness, Anduin, he'd almost think you didn't like him.]

Those were calculated risks, and I did see to it that my champions were justly rewarded. All of my transactions were mutually beneficial. Why else would they keep coming back for more?

[Anduin may just have him at a loss when it comes to Tong's tavern, though. Wrathion can hardly pass it off as a, er, fit of high spirits. No, best call it what it is.]

As for that incident, I was entirely justified in my frustration. The tavern simply happened to be in the way.

[See? Not a tantrum.]

[whitepawn]

Beneficial so long as you got what you wanted.

[The problem for the young prince is he likes you far too much than he should. Friends. The word now leaves him feeling sour, because he let himself believe it to be true.]

Incident? You trashed the entire lower level, you broke nearly all of Tong's belongings, and you set fire to the outside porch! Not to mention you took advantage of Tong's hospitality, do you have any idea how mad he was?

[The pandaren were known for their infinite patience so no he is not buying the dragon's brush off.]

You acted no better than a human child going through their terrible twos.

[unaffiliated]

Yes, that is the meaning of the word.

[It's a petty revenge, speaking to Anduin as if he were the child, but he'd been the one to bring Wrathion's age into the conversation.]

Justifiable frustration. As I said. One could hardly expect me to have been pleased at how thoroughly your father unraveled my work. It was hardly that impressive a show of destructive force besides— if anything, I should remarkable restraint in limiting my anger to that tavern. A human two-year-old wouldn't have had that sort of sense.

[whitepawn]

[As always when Wrathion repeatedly acts his age.]

Just because you were cross and disappointed things did not go as you wanted does not give you the right to destroy the property of others. If you possessed any restraint you would have gone elsewhere instead of stomping about the tavern and last I checked a human two year old even those magically inclined can not, thank the light, set wood ablaze.

[Seriously, Wrathion.]

You at least owe Tong an apology for the way you treated him.

[unaffiliated]

Oh? And was your siege upon Orgrimmar any different? From where I stand, the only real distinction between the two was the scale of our respective undertakings.

[No pun intended, by the way.]

Your forces left far more collateral damage, both in terms of property and lives lost, and they didn't even have the decency to finish the job. All of that groundwork, gone to waste!

[His agitated tone, brightly burning red eyes, and the faint curl of smoke escaping one corner of his mouth may just be an indication that another meltdown is imminent.]

Need I remind you of the devastation wrought by my father's reemergence into the world? A tavern doesn't even compare.

I'm not apologizing for anything.

I honestly love them best when they are at one another's throats.

[whitepawn]

You would think showing mercy as not finishing the job. My father understood the need to give the Horde a chance to prove they could act with honor under the right leadership. Or did you honestly expect us to repeat the past filled with interment camps that obviously do not work.

You still only see strength and power through domination as the only way of accomplishing anything. Did your time with the each of the Celestials teach you nothing?

[However, all of that is easily forgotten as Wrathion brings up Deathwing.]

At least your father was under the influence of the old ones, Wrathion. You always said you were different, it was a point of pride for you. So now what is your excuse?

[Anduin will not let him say such things, not when the priest knows deep down he does want to see Azeroth saved not torn asunder.]

they do seem to bring out the worst in each other

[unaffiliated]

Do you truly think that the conflict would have ended so easily, with so many members of both the Horde and the Alliance still bearing grudges? Not all are as quick to forgive as you, dear prince, or as willing to blind themselves to the flaws of others. You see a better nature in everyone only because you project your hopes upon them, your ideals and how you think the world should be. If the world truly worked like that, there would have been an end to this conflict ages ago. Don't tell me you still think that kind words alone are enough to end all wars!

No. If we are to unite Azeroth against the threat to come, we will need to resort to more extreme measures. How else will we be prepared in time? You cannot rush diplomacy, assuming that such a tactic would succeed at all!

[He takes a deep breath to calm himself, some measure of control returning at the unwelcome reminder of how much is at stake. Why can't the prince of Stormwind see things his way?]

I only mentioned my father to put things in perspective for you. I may not be capable of that level of destruction, but I am capable of doing much more than wrecking a single building. Do not compare me to him.

yus :(

[nerzhul]

A sorcerer and a fool, then. I fail to see what, if anything, you have accomplished at all.

[whitepawn]

You still think me a fool. I have studied enough of wars and history to know there is never an easy end conflict and peace is even more difficult to maintain. You were at the trial and you witness for yourself many who were rightly wronged express otherwise. Great good can occur from the worst of situations if we give it the chance to, but we have to try first. Everyone has the ability to change things for the better. Sadly, they do not always choose to do what is right.

[Of course, belief in what you think is right can lead some down very dangerous paths. It is hard for him not to think the worse might come of all this if any of them continue to move forward.

That is why he has to keep trying and if it means being at odds with one he called friend then so be it.]

Your actions as of late certainly do a poor job of making all of us think otherwise.

[Though he is purposefully ignoring the fact that Wrathion left him and the Chu brothers alive.]

all your fault

[smithwork]

[ Looking very much like he and Toothless were just shoved over here, whoops. Glancing sideways, they straighten with an oblivious glance at one another and Hiccup clears his throat as they hang back. ]

I think I'm here to see a man about a dragon?

[ And it remains a question because, uh, is that thing microscopic or what. ]

[unaffiliated]

But have you been looking? My deeds and those of my champions have become Pandaren legend, to say nothing of our defeat of the Destroyer! Are you truly so uninformed? If so, I pity you.

all right, fine, buying War Crimes, I HATE YOU

[unaffiliated]

Trying is not nearly good enough, dear prince, whatever fairy tales you may tell yourself. Your words only prove my point: people do not always choose to do what is right. At the very least, what most people think to be right cannot be said to be the same as what you think is right. You cannot know who might disagree with you or betray you with absolute certainty. Your way only hands others the opportunity to do so on a silver platter.

Wouldn't eliminating that uncertainty serve us better in the long run?

[If Anduin disagrees now, he truly has learned nothing, but the thought does nothing to reduce the sting of his final words. Wrathion is not his father, he is not, and if he had been anything other than a black dragon, Anduin would be able to see that!]

My actions were necessary, Prince Anduin. Condemn me for them if it pleases you, but you cannot convince me that they were wrong.

hi i love you

[unaffiliated]

[Said dragon is just a little thrown, sorry, because Hiccup aside, what is that thing? Not a dragon from Azeroth, he would know that even if the rest of his kind weren't extinct, but those... fins? Where were its horns? Why did it have that thing on its tail? The contraption attached to it? The saddle made sense at least, but...

With one last glance at his fellow dragon, Wrathion turns his attention to the human, giving him an assessing look.]

I may be of some assistance there, provided you have some description of the dragon you were looking for. Who are you?

[nerzhul]

"Our"?

The Aspects defeated Deathwing. You weren't present.

[unaffiliated]

My representative was there.

Lies all of them! And you'll either like it or hate it.

[whitepawn]

[The princes lips twist and set into a frown as Wrathion further presses the issue of betrayal. He hates to even acknowledge the dragon has a point let alone correct, but in this case Wrathion is right and as was mentioned it was not in Anduin to see betrayal. He was far too trusting and it took a harsh lesson to teach him otherwise.]

In the end we all do the same and in a way I suppose I should at least thank you for that much.

[He admits as a hand falls to grasp Fearbreaker's hilt that now hangs from his belt.]

The Alliance is the strongest it has been in decades, we are united to face a common enemy. We will stop you and anything else you see fit to challenge us with.

[Anduin has a feeling the Horde will not so easily bend at the knee either.]