Dragon Academy - Dream&&Night

"And you think the wyverns are going to stop climbing on them after they reached that weight?" Austin asked. "They've got to be built sturdier than that. That's kind of the rule of thump with building. You make it as strong as you can,but camp the limit at a weight lower than it's max. That way you have some room to work with if needed."

"Then I best try them out now while they're here," Austin said, grinning as he walked towards the ones in the wall.

Austin moved over to the nearest perch on the floor. Now, he was a tall kid, had always been, so he was no stranger to having things not necessarily hold his weight. However, that never stopped him from trying. Climbing was a favorite hobby of his, and he wasn't going to pass this opportunity up. So, reaching the first perch, he easily jumped up onto it and waited. There was a slight creak, but so far it was sturdy. Grinning, he continued up to the next one.

The second one had a bit of give to it as it didn't have the same level of support as the lower perch did. Still, that didn't concern Austin. Not until the third one. He hauled himself upright on the perch and was prepping himself to go further when he heard the snap, followed by the feeling of falling. He didn't even have time to let out a cry before he landed with a thud on his back, his breath knocked clean out of his lungs.

It took Austin a moment to recover. The tall boy rolled over onto his side, pulled in several breathes, and then attempted to rise to his feet. Nothing was broken, sore for sure, but not broken. He looked up and grinned at Trey. "Guess you were right," he said. "You think if I asked them to make them hold more weight, they would replace all of them? That way I could climb up to the ceiling?"

Austin shrugged it off as he rubbed a spot on his lower back that was still feeling the brunt force of the fall. "That's a shame. You think they would have made them stronger. I mean, come on, you can't put those in here and not expect us to climb them too!"

Austin moved with him. Trey hadn't had the bag when he left, so he wondered where it came from and what it was. The answers to both those questions were soon revealed. "Dude! You got one! That's so awesome!" The boy said, grabbing his roommate's shoulders in his hands and shaking him a bit. "What was it like? How many eggs are there? What kind is that one? Do you know when it'll hatch?"

Austin listened intently as Trey answered all the questions. But with each answer received, two more questions would pop into his head. "Oh, that's awesome. I feel sorry for the poor soul that will have the go through all those eggs in order to find theirs. Wouldn't want to be them. You got lucky though. Got you a possible sea serpent." He, of course, knew that's not what it was, but he said it anyway. "What do you do with it until it hatches? Did this Abigail tell you that? Who is she anyway? Head Egg Lady, or something?"

"Oh, so you got to carry have to carry it around like one of those baby backpacks," Austin said. "Well that's not going to be fun, but if it hatches a wyvern, then I guess it has to be done. And I'll try to remember that. So who got to go after you?"

(Gosh, I do love Austin. XD I don't care about Elizabeth anymore. I just care about him. XD)

(What is his last name? 😅 *goes to look*)

Austin gave a groan at that. "My name's Stewards. It's going to take ages before I get to go get mine then. Oh well, I guess that just gives us more time to get to know each other and explore the room."

(Works for me! And she might earn herself a more important role later, but right now, Austin's just too funny. XD)

(Look, I haven't had to use his last name much. XD)

"Yeah, but you said there's, like, a million eggs. If someone has to go through them all, it'll still take forever," Austin said, flopping down on the edge of his bed, using his arms stretched behind him to prop him up.