polar is so fun to write, he just really says EVERYTHING he thinks. he has the emotional regulation skills of a small child. anyway here's some of his antics haha, i can't imagine being permafrost and having to WORK with this. he's like the anti-sharp eyes bc sharp eyes plans out everything he does so much, versus polar, who hasn't planned anything in his entire life.
also for context on the first snippet--i've decided icewing schools divide into four tracks, representing the four main careers for noble dragonets. arranged-marriage track (princess alabaster, the school permafrost went to), military track (prince burmal, the school polar goes to), political track (princess crevasse), and academic track (princess frostbite). i am having so much fun designing their school system haha
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exhibit a: "i'm late for class because i'm a war hero (and i had to blackmail my classmate)"
I throw open the door of my Battle Tactics class.
"Polar. You're late," Commander Subzero says, glaring at me, and marking something on a clipboard. She never calls me prince—it drives me crazy.
"I had important matters to attend to," I sniff.
"Sure you did." she wrinkles up her snout at me. "Class, take Polar as an example for what not to do if you don't want to drop three places in the student ranking wall. Just because you returned from the war doesn't give you the right to disrespect your teachers."
"Well—well my mom could ruin your life! She's gonna be so mad when she hears about this! She's the queen, you know! And I'm, like, a war hero now!" Tears well up in my eyes. I'm about to tell her about all my spells, when I remember, I can't.
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exhibit b: "polar's battle strategy for the new icewing-skywing war"
"I have good ideas!" I protest. "We should have stayed, and fought the SkyWings! We're strong enough to get them! We could kill them all, then and there! No more war, done!"
"Polar, they have the largest military on the continent," Mother says scathingly. "Service is mandatory for every single citizen. We can't just kill them all, Polar. We have to be smart—divide and conquer. We can defeat them, I'm sure of it, but we'll need to plan."
"Well—we looked like losers!" I protest.
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exhibit c: "polar tries to have a normal interaction with eclipse, fails miserably"
"Can you... control your power?" she asks, glancing at the rain falling from the ceiling. "Cause, uh, if you can, can you make it stop? It's cold enough in here as is, and I'm gonna drown if you're not careful. If I'm really that important, your mother probably wouldn't want you drowning me."
"Fine! Have it your way!" And now I can see the water steaming up around my talons, the embers of flame searing into my scales. I close my eyes, gritting my teeth in pain.
"Are you okay?" Eclipse asks worriedly.
"None of your business!" I wish I had something to throw at her. But instead, I just storm out of the room.
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anyway uh. this poor kid is such a wreck, he's like. ALMOST endearing haha.
also for your song rec, have this song, which makes me think of either snowflake and snowfox or early timeline/mid waves of ice darkstalker and clearsight, when their relationship was going through a bit of a rough patch
... also this song is fucking incredible please listen to it
"will we fight/stay up late?/in my dreams i'm to blame/different sides of the bed/roll your eyes, shave my head/now we're stuck in the storm/we were born to ignore"
"you steal the air out of my lungs/you make me feel it/i pray for everything we've lost/buy back the secrets/your hand forever's all i want"
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Moonbeam: A Timeline series companion
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