I guess we're doing dragons now

[mackerelgray]

Written by Jude Rook-Machina on October 12, 2025.

so a few days ago I got Poisoned

(double dosed on a med while sleep deprived, called poison control, they said I was going to be fine, so I felt bad for the day before our body cleared all that out)

and while being sick and liveblogging my poison adventure to my friends, as you do, i said

i dont think being a dragon would fix me but also it would be nice to have big wings to curl up in

im gonna fucking sicklink. coping with being poisoned v lightly id like to be a dragon for now bc i deserve it

"why are you draconic?" "the poisons got me"

all my friends are being dragons i should also be dragon

it will make me feel cool while curled up in bed w brain not working

and thankfully I'm not sick anymore! but I think it would honestly be pretty neat to try out a copinglink! dragons can be anything, so I don't even need to figure out an exact shape, I can just kinda play around with it and see what's interesting

mostly what I've figured out is that I can conjure up vividly tactile phantom sensations, including limbs I don't have, and I really like having wings on my back! I like the imagined pressure and weight, feels like a combination of a backpack and a weighted blanket over my shoulders, except I can move them, which is really cool!

we've been playing around with some ideas in sketches - none of it is set in stone, but it's fun to brainstorm! I think a couple of my defining traits are being small (for whatever my species is) and fluffy (because I like being soft under the hands of my loved ones) lmao

Comments

[chameleons3]

Does not have a specific comment, just, wanted to recognize this stood out. Interested in where it goes.

[mackerelgray]

Good news, I just wrote another journal entry! it's going well! :D

[liondrakes]

ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

*Ahem...* On a more serious note, how wonderful! I’ve followed bits of your dragon copinglink in the server, but it’s really nice hearing about how it all came together for you. Those sketches look awesome; one of the funnest parts of linking is mapping yourself out. I’m excited to see where it leads for you!

[mackerelgray]

DETROIT BECOME HUMAN AND DRAGON \o/

Thank you Sword! I'm having soooo much fun with it, it's been really nice to try on something new and get a lot of support from the friends who inspired me to do it in the first place! (Including you, very cool liondrake!)