OOC: 654 words, a bit shorter than I like. I'm not sure if I got Cadenza's personality right or not. I don't do very well with fights or personalities, so this probably isn't as good as it should be. I have a feeling that the ending isn't quite good enough, but I don't know what Cadenza would say next.

I'm actually thinking about making Fientzi a character, but I'm having trouble getting a good bio for her. I have one made, but it seems too short. Until I make a good bio she'll just be a recurring character in Inky's training.

BIC: As Incathuga walked the seemingly endless halls of the Dome he wondered whether someone would give him a tour of it like the last examiner had said would happen. It’s been several days and I still haven’t had anyone tell me who my teacher is. This school should be more organized. He came to an open door and saw that it led to a large garden, so he went out to get some fresh air.

When the blade mage looked up in the garden he saw a group of dragons flying far above him and following a violet dragon. The leader glided down to land and the other five dragons followed; two of them landed perfectly but the other three seemed to have more of a controlled crash.

“All right, you’re all dismissed. Artemis and Lysalis, leave Tenuto and Dorphaen here,. I want to look at them for a moment,” said the dark-haired woman who rode the first dragon.

“Of course, Miss Madrigal,” replied the students when they jumped off of their dragons, the two that landed right. All of the students left and Incathuga was about to follow, but the woman stopped him before he could take a step.

“Not you, you’re not in that class. You are Incathuga Sateerag, right?”

“Yes, why do you ask?”

“I need to test you. It would have been bad if I had gotten the wrong student.”

“Okay, how do you know my name?”

“A very reliable source told me. They also told me a bit more about you, mainly several crimes that have been committed near you. Now, about that test...I challenge you to a battle on these dragons. The rules are simple: the first person knocked off their dragon loses and no magic is allowed.”

No magic? I guess most of mine would be useless in the sun anyway, so I might as well accede. “Well then, I guess I accept, Miss Madrigal.”

“Good. You can use either Tenuto or Dorphaen.” Cadenza mounted Avello while Incathuga looked at the dragons: the smooth, blue Tenuto with wings about ten feet across, and the smaller, scalier, red Dorphaen.

“I’ll go with the blue one.”

“He reminds you of someone special, doesn’t he? Well, don’t just stand around, get on him. Tenuto will do most of the work.” The warrior jumped on and pulled out a katana, wielding it with one hand while hanging on to Tenuto with the other.

Both dragons jumped up and flew in opposite directions. The gypsy pulled out her bow and started firing arrows while Avello flew towards Tenuto and his rider. The blue dragon rolled to avoid the arrows, but stopped when he sensed his rider wasn’t used to flying. Tenuto flew closer to the violet dragon and Incathuga managed to hit the gypsy, but he lost balance and couldn’t knock Cadenza off. The woman took this chance to kick Incathuga off of his mount.

As the warrior fell the hundred feet to the ground, he realized he didn’t have a chance of surviving the fall unless something caught him and slowed his descent very soon. Before he could finish that thought, however, he landed on Dorphaen and the dragon started to slow down. The swordsman was stunned by his luck and looked at his guardian to find a familiar face.

“Nice fall, Incathuga. If I hadn’t been flying Lysalis’s dragon you’d probably be dead,” said the rider.

“I’d have warped to safety at the last second. I would have needed great timing though, so I see why you were hovering there, Fientzi. Shouldn’t you be getting to class right now?”

“No, I don’t have class at the moment. It’s lucky I don’t because you’d be in danger right now if I did.”

“I guess so.” The swordsman turned to face Cadenza, who had just landed. “I’ve never ridden a dragon before, so I wasn’t at my best. I do much better on the ground.”

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My BA character, Incathuga Sateerag