[The Duchy of Meridian] Mt. Indra - Dragon lair

    Should anyone look to Jill for a response, it'd echo the others in that she meant no harm--but in the most likely scenario she remained out of mind, not wanting to interrupt. Still unfamiliar with the culture of these lands, she wasn't quite sure how to behave in this sort of situation. Waking up a dragon seemed pretty crazy as is, though it seemed to be getting somewhere, and Camilla seemed to know the most of all of them what she was doing and why.

Jarkoopi was not fully convinced by them promising no harm, but he believed it enough to comfort him. He saw the other three replicas and decided before they discuss anything else on the topic he should take care of his fourth visitor.

"The locals have been known to call me Storm-Wing, quite respectful of them I think. But if you wish to know my name given by my ancestors then it is Jarkoopi." The dragon stood up on top of the rock.

"Now excuse me, I must 'remove' the fourth visitor who is too cowardly to face me in person, instead he watches through the eyes of creatures." He descended down from the boulder to the left of Camilla (to avoid squishing her) and walked straight over Jun and Jill (unless they decided to get out of the way) to the opening of the cave. Upon finding the black bird perched just outside his lair, his neck and head pointed directly at the feathered minion and his maw opened to let loose a cone of blue lightning that arced towards it. In case he missed and the bird started to fly away two more quick beams of energy would be projected towards it's flight path. The crack of the lightning rumbled down the mountain into the lands below.

Jill quickly, but without expressing panic, moved out of the way as her instincts told her a giant dragon was walking towards her. If anything, getting out of Jarkoopi's way in his own lair was respectful.
The thunder rattled her; she could feel the vibrations in the rock underfoot. Did he hit the raven? She did not know, yet--but she could have swore she heard it say something else just as Jarkoopi attacked...

Jun calmly stepped out of the way and marveled at the creature's blue scales. As the dragon released its lightning she made a note of his lightning's attack range. (She also peered under its legs, idly wondering what a dragon's reproductive organs looked like).

As it passed by, she figured negotiations would continue, and seemed to be going well. So on a whim she decided to test out a new spell she was studying. She pulled out a role of parchment and one of the vials of blood from before, which she had made in the ruins, and put a small drop on it. Then she began writing little runes around the parchment.

Like her scrolls to Camilla, she intended this to be a helpful gift for the future.

"I am a slave to Trogdor!" The bird squawked. "He controls me with dark magic. The spell gave me sapience as well." The bird started flying away.

    "We were looking for gems," Jill finally spoke up, steering the discussion back towards the objective. She then looked to Camilla.

Jun looked around for a DNA sample of Jarkoopi. She noticed an old shedded scale on the ground next to her, picked it up, and crumbled it onto the parchment she was working on, just over her own blood sample. Then she began chanting while channeling magical energy into the parchment.

Should Jarkoopi become suspicious, she would simply explain that she was preparing a gift for him as a show of good faith, and that a DNA sample was required for the scroll to be used by Jarkoopi.

She was still prepared to step in to negotiations, but felt Camilla had everything under control.

Jun teleported away and left behind the parchment behind so Jarkoopi could see for himself. "Forgive me my lord. See for yourself." Jun had nothing to hide. She allowed him to see the parchment and its runes, and with his vast knowledge and experience he could easily decipher it.

Quite simply it was an emergency call-scroll. If Jarkoopi was ever in danger, he could use the scroll to alert Jun through a vision of his predicament, also allowing Jun to teleport to his location if he so desired. "Maybe it's a little presumptuous, you're probably far more powerful than I am, but I was hoping it'd make a gesture of good faith since you could just as easily use the scroll to trick me. You could summon me and kill me under false pretenses, perhaps for your amusement or because you need mage's blood for a spell." Jun looked at him straight in the eye. "I get bored easily, and I'm too brazen for my own good. Forgive me." She bowed, and allowed Jarkoopi to see the parchment in full view.

Jun wanted to add one more thing, something she meant sincerely. "I sense good in you Jarkoopi. I'm not saying that to flatter you. After all, being a good being has its drawbacks. It makes one naive and vulnerable and idealistic, and depending on the time period significantly shortens ones lifespan. But none-the-less it's the truth."

He read Jun's scroll with utmost delicacy (to avoid tearing with his large hand and such). "I'm glad you see good in me but I see myself as neither good nor bad, I am merely a equalizer in this world." Going back to the gems, "Ah, one of them is in my possession, and getting it will not be easy."