Smaug hadn't seen any of the signs, since he wasn't a resident of the castle, but he had been told of the celebratory gathering by his group of Shoggies who had insisted he come. He had become rather fond of them after his own fashion, and he also knew it might provide him easy access to 'Arioch' or his companion, the Potions professor, so he decided to attend. It would simplify his plans with Ancalagon considerably if he happened to run into either Man outdoors, rather than trying to squeeze through the tiny corridors of the castle in search of them. The shrinking enchantment left him itchy all over besides.
Once it was dark out he winged his way to the tower the Shoggies had told him about, bringing with him the sacrifices he'd spent the afternoon collecting especially for the party, which consisted of about a dozen or so screaming, terrified Muggles taken from a nearby town. The humans were carried in his hands, and he took care not to inadvertently impale or squish any of them as he carefully landed near the tower and balanced on his hind legs. Lowering his hands closer to the ground, he unceremoniously dumped his catch in front of a group of Shoggies and rumbled a greeting.
"The sacrifices you wanted," he informed the little amorphous blobs, recognising a couple of them as his own.
When the humans recovered from the drop and predictably began to flee the area, the dragon deftly plucked each one up and redeposited them in front of the Shoggies, and eventually curled his long barbed tail around the group in an attempt to better keep them together. The combination of fear and exhaustion soon proved too much for a few of the group, who promptly passed out. Smaug hoped they'd still be useful to the Shoggies.
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Date: 2010-04-03 04:53 am (UTC)Once it was dark out he winged his way to the tower the Shoggies had told him about, bringing with him the sacrifices he'd spent the afternoon collecting especially for the party, which consisted of about a dozen or so screaming, terrified Muggles taken from a nearby town. The humans were carried in his hands, and he took care not to inadvertently impale or squish any of them as he carefully landed near the tower and balanced on his hind legs. Lowering his hands closer to the ground, he unceremoniously dumped his catch in front of a group of Shoggies and rumbled a greeting.
"The sacrifices you wanted," he informed the little amorphous blobs, recognising a couple of them as his own.
When the humans recovered from the drop and predictably began to flee the area, the dragon deftly plucked each one up and redeposited them in front of the Shoggies, and eventually curled his long barbed tail around the group in an attempt to better keep them together. The combination of fear and exhaustion soon proved too much for a few of the group, who promptly passed out. Smaug hoped they'd still be useful to the Shoggies.