Month: November 2020

Billy was having a dance party! He was super excited! A friendly client/acquaintance of his, a cockatoo named Raeyr, had a club, and he was going to let Billy create a whole theme night and everything. Billy was super-duper stoked! It was going to have lots of colored lights, and glow sticks, and snacks, and he’d asked Raeyr to include some of his friends’ favorite kinds of music (well, the tastes of those he was aware of, at least). There would be some danceable hip-hop for his SharkBro, and 80’s for his BatBro…but he didn’t know what his SnakeBro or OctoBro liked, so he hoped they liked what was played. 

He took time to prepare for the dance party, making sure to have his claws and back spikes painted with glow-in-the-dark, UV reflective paint (he had to get help). Then, he helped his friends get ready! Vinny’s wings got a brush of UV paint, while Endrik opted for the suckers on his tentacles. Brandon insisted on only his teeth getting the treatment, but Charlie was harder to figure out, and it bummed Billy out. Everyone thought for a little while, and eventually they decided to paint designs on their SnakeBro. First, they did eye paint that reminded them all of what you saw in movies like The Mummy. Then, at the back of what they guessed would be h is neck, they painted an ankh, and the tip of his tail. Charlie was pleased, and hissed with happiness. 

At the club, they were greeted by Billy’s BirdBro, who said hi and told them it was an open bar, just for them, but to try and not be too crazy. Raeyr then wished them fun, and wandered off, meandering with the crowd or sometimes playing DJ. Some of the Bros were hesitant to party at first, but soon enough they loosened up and got into the groove of things, which made Billy super happy. 

There were all kinds of Bros and Babes dancing, and after a few drinks and a lot of dancing, Billy thought he spied some familiar faces. There was a moth, whose wings and glow-in-the-dark dust spread on the eye patterns on its wings, hanging out near a fox who had painted all her not red bits with uv paint, and seemed to really be enjoying all the attention she was getting. At another part, Billy thought he saw a black cat, but when he looked closer it wasn’t a cat as much as it was a monkey. 

He partied some more, meeting up with friends periodically, though later in the evening while trying to get something from the bar, something caught his attention, just at the corner of his eye – something familiar. It took him a moment to find it, and then he gawked and blushed. It looked just like the super cute dragon from his dream! Her back ridges and claws glowed under the black light, and she was dancing…with his BirdBro! 

Billy was having a hard time processing that the cute dragon from his dreams was very real, so it didn’t occur to him to do anything other than stare for a while. He had been gone so long, his bros came to find him. 

“Billy, you okay?” Charlie asked. But Billy didn’t answer. Vinny closed Billy’s mouth and waved a hand in front of the little Dino’s face, causing him to blink and look around. Charlie repeated his question. 

“Rawr!” Billy said, looking at Charlie, but pointing toward what he’d been looking at. 

“Dude, there’s a lot of pretty shit here.” Vinny remarked. “Be specific.”

“Rawr rawr rawr!” he said, flailing his arms like crazy. 

“Do you ever feel like Billy is sometimes our Lassie?” Endrik whispered to Brandon. 

“Then who is our Timmy?” Brandon asked, chuckling. Endrik laughed a little as well, but they were both looking at Vinny. 

“A dragon?” Charlie asked. Billy nodded vigorously in response. Charlie looked over, but didn’t see anything. 

“I think she’s gone, dude.” Vinny replied. 

“Rawr.” Billy said, feeling said. 

“Why don’t we just asssk your BirdBrow friend about her?” Charlie inquired. This made Billy perk up again. 

“Rawr!” Billy said, congratulating Charlie on the great idea. 

The only problem? BirdBro had wandered off! And so had Vinny! Oh, now what would Billy do? Would he ever find the pretty dragon again?

Billy: Rawr?
Author: Well, I’ll guess you’ll have to wait and find out, little dino
Billy: Rawr…
Author: Don’t frown. I promise we’ll see her again.
Billy: Rawr?
Author: Really.

Billy had had a very eventful weekend with his friends. They had all sat down to play video games! Everyone except for Charlie. But that was okay – he played referee on their tournament! Brandon kept trying to make wagers, but no one could afford to match him, so that didn’t work out, and he wasn’t allowed to bribe anyone – Charlie told him so before he could even try to ask anyone to throw a game. 

Endrik played for a little while – as two different characters at once! At least until he grew bored and wanted to play with his Legos again. It had all come down to Billy and Vinny, and had lasted a really long time. Charlie said it only took so long because they were both being stubborn, and Billy guessed it was so, because Brandon and Endrik had eventually gone home. Charlie was a good sport and stuck around, though Billy suspected Charlie only called Vinny the winner because Vinny threatened to carry him off into the night and drop him in Death Valley. 

While he wasn’t completely sure, Billy thought he had been awake just about the whole weekend. Now that everyone had gone home, he felt very tired, so he went to bed, and had a funny dream. 

In his dream, Billy was a Prince! On his very first birthday, some weird looking fairies (at least, Billy thought they were supposed to be fairies) gave him blessings. One granted the gift of always being likable (this fairy reminded Billy of his friend Brandon). The next fairy granted him the gift of being chill (this fairy-bro reminded him of Charlie). Before the third could grant their boon, there was a poof of smoke, and a cackling black cat with shimmering whiskers and a bright green patch of fur on its forehead that kinda looked like a jester’s cap appeared, and looked all around. 

The cat’s tail twitched, and then its moth opened to yowl before it spoke. It didn’t sound like Billie Eilish, like Billy had thought it might, but the cat was female. “All of you here don’t like me!” she said, stamping her foot. “Especially you!” she said, pointing to the Queen, who happened to be a fox. “You’re the meanest of all! I thought we were friends, but no!” she said, stamping her foot again. “So I’m gonna hurt you now!” she looked around the room, her tail twitching even faster. 

Billy got the impression at this point that Prince Billy had been lovingly adopted by the royal couple. He couldn’t see otherwise how a Fox person and a Moth person had had a baby Dino. The cat’s eyes landed on Prince Billy, and she smiled a Cheshire grin and turned to the royals. “I declare, that on his sixteenth birthday, the Prince will get high, and stab himself with a chopstick and die!”. Grinning at the horror on the faces of those around her, she cackled again and disappeared in a puff of smoke and cat hair. 

Everyone began panicking. But the third fairy-bro (who reminded him of Vinny), declared that instead of dying, Prince Billy would take a most excellent nap. Feeling proud of himself, he began moving toward the food table, until his fairy-bros poked him and whispered something. With an annoyed sigh, he rolled his eyes and moved back to the Prince. “Okay, fine…he can wake up…but I can only make it so that, like, it’s with a kiss. But the kiss has to come from a total hottie who will totally love him for who he is.” he said. Once his fairy-bros let him go, he went and got food. 

From that day forward, chopsticks were banned from the kingdom. With the banning of chopsticks came the banning of all foods that were eaten with chopsticks, and Prince Billy never knew the about chopsticks or food to eat them with. In time, everyone forgot about the curse, and even the existence of chopsticks and the cuisine that went with. As the Prince grew, he became the most chill, most lovable little dino one could ever hope for. 

Then, on the day of his sixteenth birthday, he was out exploring before that evening’s celebration. A small pop-up food stall had been set up in the village below as part of the festivities. There were plenty of other booths around, but this one was a little out of the way, and the smells coming from it – oh, they were divine! Billy’s mouth began watering as soon as he smelled the food cooking, and began making his way over. 

Manning the booth was what appeared to be a Rooster that had partially fused with a machine. Billy was curious, but he was too hungry to ask, his mouth was watering all the more. With a smile, the Robot Chicken placed a large bowl in front of Billy. It contained broth, noodles, veggies, meat, and an egg. Billy picked the bowl up since he didn’t see a utensil, and was about to start, until he was tapped. He set the bowl down, and looked at the Robot Chicken chef, who handed him two long sticks. Billy was confused!

Smiling, the Robot Chicken pulled out another pair, and showed Billy how to eat with them. Billy tried a couple of times, and then…success! He began eating and it was soooo good! He couldn’t wait to just eat it all up, so he ate faster. In doing so though, his fingers fumbled the chopsticks, one fell. In an effort to grab it, Billy dropped the other, and tried to grab that as well, ending up most heinously uncoordinated. He thought he had  things for a moment and then – pain. Owie…why did it hurt? He yawned. Why was he so sleepy? He yawned again, and fell off the stool and onto the ground, and was soon snoring away.  

Billy thought his dream was really weird. He also through it was making him hungry. He was still dreaming though, so maybe he could eat when he woke up. While he was thinking these thoughts, he kind of missed what was going on in the dream, and just saw that Prince Billy was in a room and sleeping, occasionally snoring. He was wondering what Prince Billy was dreaming about, when suddenly the perspective changed. He couldn’t see anything! After a moment, there was a nice, warm feeling, and then slowly, he could see things!

He was confused a moment, and then realized, he was Prince Billy! Not an observer! Floating in front of him was a super cute dragon, who blushed when she saw him noticing her. She waved shyly and pointed to a handmade card. Prince Billy looked over and picked up the card. It had very pretty drawings, and a very nice message about how awesome she thought he was. He looked up to say thank you, but she was gone! He was determined to find out who she was. 

It was just as Prince Billy hopped out of bed, that Billy himself woke up – because he’d fallen onto the floor. “Rawr.” he grumbled. That dragon had been really cute! He wanted to know more. He tried to go back to sleep, but couldn’t. Sighing, he got up and went to his computer, hoping that he could have the dream again soon.