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SHAPESHIFTER DRAGON AU MEME

I was going to write a bunch of prompts for this but you know what? Fuck it. You all know why you're here. Just remember to content warn your smut, my fellow sinners.

TLDR Dragons can shapeshift, have been hiding among humanity, some of them for a very long time. Culturally there tends to be a split between the ones that stay in one place and build a power base versus the ones that are more nomadic and wander from place to place. Also hoarding instincts are weird and sometimes latch onto things that are very definitely not Typical Hoards.

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Seto Kaiba | YGO

[playthedamncard]

[Kaiba, in some ironic twist of fate, does not get to be a dragon.

He gets to be, for all intents and purposes, a lorekeeper. A job passed down in the family for thousands of years. It is not...impossible that reincarnation might be involved down the line. He's new to the knowledge, having been separated from his blood family for many years, all potential thoughts of shapeshifting dragon people banished from most recesses of his mind. But now as an independent(ly wealthy) teenager on his own...

Long story short, crash course in draconic knowledge. Major players and families, types, signs, power bases, general territories, connections, oaths, and half of him adores it. The knowledge that dragons are real. Not just a fantasy. The other half despises it. Of all people, he doesn't get to be one?

There is a story that his line began in the sands of Egypt when a distant ancestor fell in love with a shining white dragon with blue eyes, who loved him in return so much that she gave her life to protect him, and from this sacrifice, bestowed upon the line a gift and a responsibility. He thinks it's all bullshit, of course, but...]

[le_mat]

[The first time Akira met the young lorekeeper had been... not very friendly. Hearing that much of the draconian history was kept by one human was too tempting- he wasn't very interested in history except for one thing: Kaiba might have knowledge of lost hordes or ancient tombs. And THOSE made him drool.

So he had tried to sneak into his estate, and was out maneuvered. Which even for a dragon as young as he was was embarrassing. Many would have been furious. Akira on the other hand was fascinated. And often just kept showing up. Sometimes to drop off something new and interesting he found but didn't want to Keep for himself. Relics and bits of horded knowledge he had nicked from older dragons that refused to share their secrets. Today he is lounging in his human skin in a fancy chair, reading an old leather bound book that may or may not actually be cow leather.]

[playthedamncard]

[The security at the Kaiba estate had been mundane but effective enough. Once he understood more about dragons and the slightly more magical world around him, he made some...improvements. They were still mostly theoretical and experimental, but it had thwarted at least one would-be intruder.

Said intruder kept finding holes in the security, though, which makes the intruder very observant, very smart, and very determined. Professional, even. He'd caught only the most fleeting glimpses of the man-beast on cameras, but he knew upon seeing this...boy, honestly, can't be much older if at all than himself, that he needn't necessarily call security or raise a fuss. Pauses at the door, assesses the situation, closes it behind him, shrugs off his coat.]

Come bearing more gifts, Trickster?

[le_mat]

[Akira watches all this like a cat tracking a toy, his grin showing too many teeth. At his age, keeping his disguise up took mental effort, and he was feeling too eager to fully manage it, little bits of uncanniness slipping through]

Maybe. What, curious?

[playthedamncard]

Always. [He's not about to go near, not just yet, though he doesn't show any fear. Wariness, certainly.]

I'm curious, for example, why you've decided to show yourself today. You're getting bold.

[le_mat]

[that 'always' has his heart thumping. Around his own kind, there tended to be a habit of stasis. Even those that roamed the world were very set in their ways if it didn't have to do with their hoards or hobbies. Humans were much more interesting, and so far this one more than anyone else he'd met. He craved knowledge and going beyond his limits. It was what kept Akira coming back to test himself against his traps ]

Bold? Only if I have something to be afraid of. Do I?

[playthedamncard]

I know just enough to be aware that it would be extremely unwise to make a move against me. And you're not stupid. So you're not out to hurt me. You're feeling me out. I haven't kicked you out or made any action against you after finding you here, and you think most people would. Most people would have drawn a weapon or called the police. You know I'm not like most people.

You find that interesting. You're getting my attention deliberately.

So my question in return is: do you have anything worth my attention other than being a minor nuisance and helping me test out my security measures?

[le_mat]

Well, since you haven't tried to kick me out or attack me...

[he stretches out, purring]

I have to wonder if I'm really such a nuisance... Still, I did bring you something.

[playthedamncard]

[He watches, carefully, and inclines his head.]

You haven't asked for anything in return for these gifts. Yet.

[le_mat]

Yet. Wonder why that is?

[You're a smart boy Kaiba, he's curious what you think]

[playthedamncard]

To cash in an incredibly large favor.