Chapter 1: Enter Jaaruki
T'was a time of peace and adventures for the great purple hero, Spyro the dragon. The young one grew up from an adventurous juvenile dragon to an adolescent with an attitude. Countless adventures brought him to distant lands and various realms beyond his wildest imaginations. But there was one place he has yet to see. The celestial body above his home.
One night of stargazing, Spyro sat on the grassy field of the Dragon's Artisan looking at the stars to take in their beauties and majestic wonders, and yet they all seem so small. "Gee Sparx, what if we can fly into space one day. Huh?" exclaimed the boisterous dragon to the dragonfly friend who has been his eternal companion. "Yeah yeah, sounds cool and all, but really what's out there to explore?" Sparx buzzed to Spyro in skepticism.
"I dunno, but that's why it'd be something cool. Besides, we could always go talk to the Professor, maybe he'll fix up one of those old Flying Saucers and we can use that," Spyro said.
"You're a go getter Spyro, you know that? Who knows maybe we'll find something interesting up there. But don't 'cha forget, Hunter and Bianca's wedding is coming soon later this week." The Dragonfly buzzed back to Spyro as the purple dragon nodded to his friend before the two went back home to the Artisan for their sleep. But as Spyro unfold his wings and took off, flapping his wings to gain some start up momentums and flew back to his home, something caught his eyes.
A gleaming, shiny object falling from the stars above down to Earth, "Oh look a shooting star! Make a wish!" Spyro exclaimed upon seeing the shooting star streaking overhead in the night sky. But as he closed his eyes and made a wish in his head, a twist was taking place with the shooting star that he saw.
Suddenly he felt that the light of that star was glowing brighter and brighter, followed by an intense heat that was spiking up, not within him, but outside. He opened his eyes slowly to take a peek at the source and gasped in shock to see the so called "Shooting Star" was crashing down to the ground. Its silhouette grew larger and larger, revealing itself to be a spherical object of sort.
"Hit the deck!" Spyro shouted as he and Sparx got out of the way, narrowly avoiding the object crashing into the ground.
The object streaked past Spyro and Sparx, narrowly missing them by a margin as it crashed down into the open fields outside of the Artisan's proper. Much to Spyro's awe and perhaps some shock in his own mind, he saw the object exploding somewhat and intense heat emitting from the object with a earthen trench dug up by the crash landing.
After seeing this, Spyro's thought was to approach it and see for himself what was it, of course it was cut off by the voice of the Dragons in the Artisans calling each other about the crash landed object the tremor left behind. "My paintings! They're everywhere oh no!" Screamed one of the dragon, "There goes my studio's hard work! Catastrophe!" Another bemoaned the losses of his establishment leaving Spyro with a moment of difficult choice. Either go help his fellow dragons or explore the object. "So what do we do? What do we do Spyro? We can't just leave them in their mess like that?" Sparx buzzed to Spyro urgently while he glanced back and forth at the Artisans and the object that crash landed nearby.
Spyro glanced back and forth before sighing out, he glide down to the Artisans and began to help cleaning up, as he was helping, the other dragons Nestor found Spyro and grabbed him by his wrist and held him up gently. "Spyro where were you? You're supposed to be in bed! You can't just keep on running out this late at night you know?" He scolded the teenager, despite the fact Spyro had grown up and was capable of taking care of himself, Nestor still viewed him like a juvenile because of his personality.
"Uh-oh...hey Nestor...I was just...you know coming back from my...evening flight...you know?" Spyro sheepishly answered Nestor with a nervous grin on his face seeing that there was little to no way out of the matter, especially with Nestor. "You're grounded Spyro, from now on, you're not leaving after dark without an adult like me to supervise you. Got that?" He sternly assert himself to Spyro, the purple dragon with gold horns sighed out defeatedly before reluctantly went back to his home in the artisans to sleep.
But while Spyro was turning in for the night, out by the crash site, a mysterious creature was emerging out of it. A metallic door slide open to the side and out came what appeared to be a dragon like creature as it skulked around the crash site. For a moment it didn't do anything but glanced back and forth for a moment before on its back, a pair of bat like wings unfolded as it began to flap, however as it began to flap, electrical sparks flew out of the joints on the wings, forcing it to relegate its mobility to that of a lizard and scurry away on all fours.
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The next morning came with Spyro yawning and stretching out under a tree near the castle of the Artisan as he did, he became eager and excited even to get out adventuring again. Even more so than before. As the other dragons were busy discussing with each other about the recent event and the out of place tremor the night before, Spyro found his opportunities was now. He unfolded his wings and made a running start taking off from a ramp and flying into the air before looking over his shoulders to see if there was anyone following him. Beside Sparx, he was thankfully spare of anyone following him.
"Alright then, time to see what crash landed here yesterday. Probably something cool, maybe it will give me an idea of what's out there." Said Spyro as he flew to the Western edge of the Artisans, reaching out into the rolling fields where the flocks of sheeps were grazing the grasses, he saw the crash landed object and excitedly glide down to see it. As he leveled himself and lowered his altitude, he put his legs forth to brace himself for landing.
The young purple dragon made some scampering as he landed at such fast pace before walking towards the object. "Whoa...look at that Spyro, that's no shooting star that's a ping pong ball...in Spaaace!" Sparx exclaimed to Spyro in buzzing. The object was a spherical craft with silver chrome surface. It was like a reflective mirror that allowed Spyro to see his own reflection. As he came close he saw a hatch had opened and whatever was inside had left the spacious cabin.
For a moment Spyro's curiosity grew intensely seeing that indeed something alien might have been here, and the fact that it might still be on the planet caused him to ever more excited by the prospect. His eyes seemed to be seeing money bills at this point as his mind trail off at the thought of catching the alien and bring it to the Artisans for all to see.
It could be an alien squid like creature, or perhaps a gigantic arachnid monster or just about anything. As Spyro took a step back, he however found something off about this alien, he glanced down on the ground, seeing a trail of footprints all of which were heavy indents on the ground, indicating a lifeform of immense physical power to have left them behind.
What caught his attention further was the fact that the footprints were similar to...dragon's feet. Three claws protruding forward with one to the side like a thumb. The length of the claws also suggest a creature built for combat. "Hey this is no aliens, somebody is messing with me here. And I'm going to get to the bottom of this." Said Spyro as he began to follow the footprints to find the exact culprits.
"You sure? These DID come from the ship," Sparx pointed out.
Spyro looked back at the ship again for one last minute before looking down at the footprints, he started to doubt his own judgement, as he felt that something didn't add up. If it was a dragon then where did he or she get the craft? And who made the craft for what purpose other than an elaborate prank? "Then again...this might be shape shifting monster Sparx! We can't trust anyone until we found out what this monster is!" Spyro exclaimed in half panic and excitement as he pounced up and down in the flurry. He then followed the footprints to see where it led to.
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Back in the Artisans while the other dragons were busy discussing with one another about the tremors and cleaning up the messes it left behind, in the Hedgerow Garden near a portal, a dragon was sitting in the center of the garden with what appeared to be tools set on the ground. The dragon's appearance didn't seem fleshy or leather like at all, it was rather synthetic and smooth like skin but clearly Bio-Mechanical in aesthetic.
The dragon's overall color was a navy blue with dark cyan stomach area. He was on his knees with his wings folded over his shoulder as he began to repair the joints of the flaps. The dragon's head had a pair of long metal horns protruding backward with a shiny chrome layer suggesting it was coated by something. On his body and especially the back of his neck, the dragon had various plugs, outlets and ports for wires to connect into him, driving the point home of his exact nature. But while he was busy with repairing himself, Spyro was busy following the trail he left behind towards the garden.
Spyro was hot on the trail, and soon found himself going deeper into the hedge garden. When he soon found the source, he was a little surprised to find an odd looking dragon...who seemed to be fiddling with tools on their own body. Spyro peaked his head up over the hedge a bit more, seeing that the dragon was about his height if his guess was correct. But the odd part was the dragon's bio-mechanical appearance. His body was shiny like metal but smooth and flexible like real flesh with various ports, outlets and plugs on his body for wires and cables.
As the dragon was about done with repairing his wings, he picked up his tools and placed them inside what appeared to be his left thigh, a compartment opened up on his left thigh, revealing a tool box where he deposited his equipment inside before the compartment closed up and seal itself tightly. The dragon however soon froze in place and quickly glanced behind him, seeing Spyro was spying on him probably startled him. He quickly took off with his wings flapping to take off, flying away from the garden. "Oh no you don't!" Spyro quickly give chase flying after the strange dragon.
"He's persistent...I have to shake him off." The bio mechanical dragon thought as he glide around the Artisan, narrowly dodging the various castle towers and occasional dragons flying about in the area. Spyro following him closely, seeing how he was able to make graceful, if not far too precise maneuvers, folding and unfolding his wings at just the right moment to slip through narrow spaces before making a dive towards the nearest portal he saw. "You won't get away from me, I got ya this time!" Spyro then pounced on the Bio Mechanical dragon's back, causing him to lose control of his flight as the two fell into the portal connecting the Dragon's Realm to Avalar.
The Adventure Begins…
In Avalar's Summer Forest, Elora the Faun was wandering about in the garden and meadows of the splendidly built Forest. But as she was walking about near the portal to the Dragon Realm, she saw two figures falling out of the portals slamming on the ground of the garden. She gasped hearing the violent sound and the tremor caused by the landing, the Faun ran over to the nearest tree to compose herself and looked at what was happening.
To her amazement and confusion, she saw Spyro struggling to keep what appeared to be a strange dragon pinned on the ground while the other was trying to throw Spyro off his back. "Uh...Spyro...what's going on there?" Elora asked hesitantly as she came out from the tree she was hiding behind, her voice caught Spyro's ears by surprise.
"Oh, hey Elora. I was just chasing after this guy. He came out of this thing that fell out of the sky," Spyro said.
But unfortunately for Spyro, he was distracted by Elora as the Bio Mechanical dragon pushed him off of him with both legs before scrambling away from the two. Much to Elora's profound confusion, the Bio Mechanical dragon was able to run away on his hind legs similar to Hunter and most residents of her realm. The only thought on her mind now was to assist Spyro, she ran over to him and pushed him up from behind before he was on all fours again. "Are you alright Spyro? Who or what was that?" The Faun asked him.
"I honestly don't know," Spyro admitted. "But I intend to find out. Thanks again for the help Elora," he said, before getting ready to run off.
"No problem. Oh, and while you're here, why not say hi to Hunter and Bianca. They're almost done with the wedding preparations, and where they're planning to spend their honeymoon," Elora said.
"Right, I'll be sure to give them a visit," Spyro nodded before running off.
As he ran off into the Summer Forest, his first thought was obviously "Now where did he go?" He asked himself pondering the possible locations a strange alien dragon like what he saw would hide in. Spyro then picked up from where he left off, following the trail of footprints left behind by the Bio Mechanical dragon. "Let's see now, where would he be." Said Spyro as he began to instinctively sniffing the footprints to pick up the scents and track him easier.
Surprisingly enough, Spyro's dragon nose picked up the scent of latex, metal like substance that were sterilized and probably came out of a lab somewhere. "Ugh! Why can't he put on some perfume or colognes before landing?" Spyro gagged before continuing his search. While Spyro was searching, for him the Bio Mechanical dragon was taking a moment to catch his proverbial breath as he sighed out, he sat down on the top of a castle overlooking a marble covered pool.
At the edge of the pool, he saw a cheetah and next to the feline was a bunny with creamy tanned fur the two seems to be gushing over something as the bunny was apparently giddy about it. He zoomed his vision in on the two, from his eyes, laser rays invisible to the naked eyes projected out to them as his ears began to pick up on their words, queueing him in on their conversation.
"Then we'll have the doves flying over the arch with Spyro spreading the rice around." Hunter said to Bianca with a glee on his face. "Awww that's the greatest thing ever! I think we're gonna have the best day of our lives, maybe we can have Elora as the bridesmaid and Professor as your best man. Or maybe Spyro can do it." Bianca bursted into laughter with Hunter as the two kissed each other's lips repeatedly, it didn't take Spyro long for him to run into the two with his face stuck on the ground sniffing for the Bio Mechanical Dragon's scent. "Oh hey Spyro! Surprise seeing you here, Hunter and I were just going over our Wedding details and thought maybe you can be Hunter's best man. What do you think?" Bianca asked Spyro excitedly, catching his attention for a moment. The Bio Mechanical Dragon sighed out in annoyance seeing the purple dragon again being so persistent on his chase.
"Well...I don't mind doing the rice thing and I'm flattered you'd think of having me be the best man, but...I dunno," Spyro admitted. As for what I was doing...did either of you happen to see this metal looking dragon come by here?"
Hunter and Bianca were both caught off guard as they made a simultaneous "huh?" double take at Spyro's question. "Uh no...we didn't see anything?" Hunter replied to Spyro utterly lost for words as to what he was looking for. "But uh...Spyro listen, if we uh...see anything weird we'll call you. On other news I heard that the professor just got himself a new observatory. He said he saw some weird objects flying in space the other day." Said Hunter with a shrug to Spyro. All the while, the Bio Mechanical dragon knew he needed to get away from Spyro as quickly as possible before he was caught.
"Really? What could they be I wonder…" The purple dragon remarked raising an eyebrow interested by the finding. But as soon as he turned his head towards the castle, he saw the sight of the Bio Mechanical Dragon lurching and ready to take off. "There he is!" Spyro excitedly shouted as he pounced up and flew towards the dragon slamming his head into his torso, throwing him off balance and down on the ground.
"You can't get away from me now!" He declared as the mechanical reptile got up to his feet and ready himself to fight. "I'm not here to fight, but if I must, then so be it." The dragon replied to Spyro, the purple dragon heard the voice being rather synthetic, artificial like a voice box than a unique voice of his own.
The Bio Mechanical dragon then threw himself into the air, ramming Spyro with his head pushing the purple dragon flying upwards before crashing down on the ground. Hunter and Bianca gasped seeing this as they ran for cover away from the two. The cyber dragon then hovered over Spyro preparing to strike another blow if necessary as his mouth was preparing to breath fire. "Had enough?" He taunted Spyro.
"Not even close," Spyro smirked, before countering with his own fire. The flame reached up to the Bio Mechanical dragon, forcing him to hold up both hands to shield himself from the flame and its intense heat. As he was holding back the flame, his mouth was charging up, preparing to unleash a breath of what appeared to be black flame. He then lowered his hands and fired his breath attack at Spyro, forcing him back and throw him into the lake, splashing water everywhere. Some fell on Hunter's fur, causing him to shiver and caught a cold in the process.
"What do you want with me? I have nothing to offer, not even what you would consider money or valuables. Leave me alone!" The hostile dragon roared to Spyro, frustrated and reluctant to fight him as he then used his tail to slam Spyro on his side, more as a bludgeon than fatal blow to his body.
Spyro went flying, but quickly righted himself in mid-air, before flying straight for the dragon, ramming into him with his horns. Jaaruki grunted out in surprised as he felt Spyro's horn punctured his chest, throwing him backward in the process and slammed into the castle wall. Spyro in turn felt dizzying and nauseating due to the impact and the immense physical fortitude the Bio Mechanical dragon had.
"You two please stop fighting! What did he do to make you chase him and battle him Spyro? And look what you did to Hunter he caught a cold!" Bianca pulled Hunter over showing him shaking and his teeth were clanging at one another. "There there Hunter, you poor kitty cat, don't worry. Everything's will be a Okay." Said Bianca in a loving and compassionate tone as she stroke him by his arm and held him close to her.
His sneezing seems to be the indication for Spyro that perhaps his excitement for adventures and fighting had gotten the better of him. "You managed to actually damaged my Napalm launcher system...I will need time and space to repair this." Said the Bio Mechanical Dragon in a more annoyed tone to Spyro as he stood up slowly showing that he was about Spyro's height.
His horns however made him slightly taller by comparison. Spyro looked again at the chest section of the cyber dragon, there were two holes on his chest where Spyro's horns impacted with the torso section being bent inward. A moment of hesitation and regret came to his mind as Spyro looked at the Bio Mechanical Dragon and hesitated for a moment, he would then let out a nervous smirk, an embarrassed glee more like as he voiced his apologies.
"S-sorry about that. I didn't know that...well uh…" He stuttered a bit before the Bio Mechanical Dragon replied sternly. "You wished to battle me and now you have had your thirst for battles satisfied. I believe you owe me something since the damages won't fix itself entirely." The cyber dragon stated to Spyro.
"Well…" Spyro started, before an idea popped into his head. "We could go see the Professor. He's got all sorts of tools and equipment. I'll bet he can help get you fixed," Spyro said.
The bio mechanical dragon huffed out hearing this, however once he took another look down at his chest again, he knew that accepting help never hurt anyone. "Very well, but no tricks." He remarked tersely to Spyro before following the purple dragon to find the Professor he mentioned. Spyro would then lead the Bio Mechanical dragon with him back to the Dragon's Realm, as the two exited the portal back to the place, Spyro was immediately greeted by the sight of Nestor disapprovingly looking at him for running away again.
The rather large and beefy dragon huffed out at him, snorting smoke from his nose before crossing his arms. "Spyro, where have you been? Perhaps you would like to explain to me why in the sudden you just took off and chase something?" He asked Spyro sternly before gasping seeing the dragon that was following Spyro coming out of the portal. "Look out Spyro! Get behind me!" He hastily assumed position ready to fight the Bio Mechanical dragon out of suspicion. "Gah! No Nestor don't! He's not hostile to anyone, it's my fault for picking a fight with him!" Said Spyro in a hasty bid to prevent conflict from erupting.
"What? Spyro? What is going on here? Can't you see that he's not...normal? What is this thing?" Nestor asked confusedly to Spyro all the while the Cyber dragon sighed out disapprovingly, rolling his eyes in the process as if to show his apparent distaste for being referred to as a "Thing".
"He's a dragon I met earlier. He fell out of the sky, and well...he's a bit banged up. I figured the professor might be able to help him," Spyro said.
"Yes...banged up...thanks to the purple one here." The bio mechanical dragon snarked at Spyro darting his judging eyes towards the purple dragon before hearing Spyro chuckling nervously. Nestor was looking at Spyro and inspecting the synthetic beast with interest. The elder dragon lifted the strange dragon up by his forelegs and saw the punctured holes on his chest.
"Oh dear, it's a fortunate thing that you didn't die with those penetrations. Not to worry, I'm sure the Professor can at least fix this. If your body has the same gizmo as his." Said Nestor as he put the Bio Mechanical dragon letting him continuing to walk with Spyro but always keeping close behind to keep watch on them. As they passed through the Artisans, the trio drew the curious attention from the inhabitants there.
"Don't mind them. They're just not used to seeing something like you," Spyro said simply.
"They don't seem to have much in the way of technology either." Said the Cyber dragon as he followed Spyro towards the Professor's lab. The mole Professor himself seems to have a massive makeover with his lab being outfitted with an observatory built up from a castle tower with a periscope to look into the star.
The mole himself was seen on the top of the tower looking into the periscope noting the stars and the various celestial bodies and items of interests. "Hey Professor! We got someone here to meet you! It's kinda of an important thing!" Spyro called up to him from the bottom, catching his attention. He looked down and gasped in sudden shock.
"Great Scott! Give me a minute Spyro I'm coming down!" The Professor shouted down the tower before catching the elevator down to the entrance of the tower. Spyro and his cybernetic dragon companion heard the sound of various locks being flipped and turned, the door opened up with the Professor gasping and gushing over the cyber dragon the most. "My goodness Spyro, what is this? Where did you get it? I may be a mole, but my vision becomes perfect 20/20 when advanced technology is near!" The mole professor exclaimed as he inspected the cyber dragon.
"Hey uh I didn't get your name, do you have one by the way?" Spyro asked in a more friendly tone to the grumpy synthetic lifeform as he reluctantly sighed out to Spyro before answering. "Unit XXI Type 893 Jaaruki. Or Jaaruki for short if you prefer." Said the questionee with a sigh as he felt the Professor grappled on his leg and was soon seen hanging on his neck in uncontrollable excitement. "I would be grateful if you please contain your excitement before my body and technological aspects." Said Jaaruki to the Professor.
"Oh yes, my apologies Jaaruki, ahem, now if you please just sit down and relax, allow me to see if I can repair the damages done to your body." Said the Professor as he directed Jaaruki over to the table where the synthetic dragon lie down on his back to let the Professor repair him. His HUD showed that the tower was around 30 meters high and 50 meters wide with his digital measurement instruments working in a few seconds and he got the results displayed on his vision.
"So Professor...how long have you been here?" He asked before feeling the Professor prodding his chest with a stick, apparently to test the depth of penetration and how thick Jaaruki's chest was. "Oh I've been here for quite some times now, a few years ago, Spyro came and rescued me and my companions from the terrifying Ripto." Said Professor as opened a tool box full of equipment and tools for heavy mechanical duties, the instruments were so shiny, their reflection went up to his eyes. "Most interesting, I saw you have a telescope as well on the roof of this tower." Said Jaaruki as he soon let out a yelp with his head jerked upward from a sensation he felt, the Professor was now removing from the screwdrivers and nuts of Jaaruki's chest plate.
"Why yes. I have been using it to study the stars above, the Celestial bodies these days seems to have a number of interesting activities. Such as a massive dark object orbiting the planet around the asteroid belt." The Professor stated to him. Hearing this Jaaruki's optics began to dial as if they were opening wide in shock of the statement, he soon heaved his chest up and down causing Spyro to grow concern a bit by how sensations and feelings work for the synthetic dragon. "You mean...you saw...it!? The space pirate's ship?" He asked the mole with a grunt.
"Pirates? Oooooh oooooh! Do they have lots of treasures on board? Gems, golds, diamonds? Huh? Huh? Any of that goodies?" Spyro asked excitingly to Jaaruki as he listened in anxiously wanting to know more about the subject. Jaaruki instead sighed out. "No Spyro...they don't have those, but they used to have something of valuable. Me." His remark caught Spyro and the Professor off-guard with Spyro being the one that got hit hardest as his expression turned into a stunned one.
"Wait what? Why would you run away then? They t-treasure you right?" He asked confusedly to him as Jaaruki sighed out to Spyro. "They don't. I was traveling in space searching for something, a planet to survey. Then they captured me on their ship and intend to reprogram me against my will. So I broke out and ran as fast as I could. Spyro, why do you seem to have the odd desire to collect gems?" Jaaruki asked awkwardly to Spyro.
"Uh...cause dragons like to collect those kinds of things?" Spyro answered as if it were obvious. "Its kinda our nature to like to collect and horde stuff like this. Everyone's got some stashed away."
Jaaruki huffed out hearing this as he was not sure how to think on that, though he may look like a dragon but he was in no way a true dragon like Spyro. This gave Spyro great curiosity as he attempted to find some similarities between him and Jaaruki. "Don't you collect gems and horde things in your place as well? I mean wherever you came from that is. You are a dragon aren't you?" He asked Jaaruki only to hear a robotic sigh and a mechanical groaned as the doctor continued his work repairing the cybernetic components.
"I am not a Dragon. I am an AI, programmed and crafted for a purpose of exploration and surveys. The Dragon that you see here is my body, a mechanical frame for me to interact and go about as I please." Said Jaaruki as he groaned out one last time before seeing his chest plates being secured into place. "That was a lot more difficult than I thought, so far I have managed to do a temporary repair work on your body's component. Some of the misplaced wires and muscle fibers are secured in place now, but try not to get into much if any combat for now."
Jaaruki then proceeded to try and get up to his feet and walk about, his stance seem to suggest that he was still having difficulties adjusting to the damages that was inflicted on him. The repair seems to have restored some speed and mobility to him but he wouldn't exercise his body or push it too far. "Thank you Professor...Professor? That's your name I guess?" Jaaruki asked awkwardly noticing that the mole's name was never disclosed at any point. "You're most welcome, feel free to come and see me if you need anything. I am interested in learning more from you as well."
Jaaruki and Spyro would then exit the Professor's home as the two were now free to walk about in the Artisans, however one thing was still permeating in Jaaruki's mind and Spyro's own, how would the cybernetic dragon fit into the place, the other dragons of the Artisans were looking at Spyro and Jaaruki with concerns, they kept their distances as the two walked out. "So Spyro, I suppose you have a home or shelter somewhere?" Jaaruki asked Spyro looking around trying to get a better view of the Artisans.
"Yeah I have a home, it's not like I sleep under a tree's shades everyday and night. But that is kinda refreshing to be honest. Come on let me show you." Spyro would then excitedly make a running start before Jaaruki before taking off into the air, he flew around the Artisans leading Jaaruki, who in turn took off in a more graceful manner with his wings stretching out and his hind legs extended to the straightest as they can be.
Spyro heard a humming sound coming from Jaaruki as the purple dragon saw that the cybernetic dragon's wings emit a sort of anti gravity field lifting him up to high altitude. "Whoa that's cool! You can do that?" Jaaruki nodded to Spyro noting his excitement. "Yes I can, you seem to be rather interested in me." Said Jaaruki with a robotic voice, not aware of the double meaning he might have implied to Spyro. Spyro in turn blushed brightly red and blistered around flailing before regaining his composure. "Uhh...well...uhhh you see...the thing is...well I think you're...pretty exotic I think?" Spyro smirked nervously trying to wrap his mind around what he had just said while Jaaruki remained oblivious to what he just did.
Once they were finally at Spyro's home, Jaaruki found that it was a castle tower like many others in the Artisans Realm, as the two set down on the balcony, Jaaruki saw inside was a common room for Spyro where he stashed endless amount of gems he had collected over the years throughout his adventures. Not only that but the lack of furniture due to the amount of gems suggest that he slept in the room as well. "You live and sleep here Spyro? How do you maintain your own hygiene and maintenance for the place?" Jaaruki asked perplexed.
"Uhhhhh don't know. Magic, I guess?" Said Spyro as he then hopped on to the stash of treasure and rolled around on it. He then burrowed down into the mounds of gold and gems, swimming around in it gracefully before spitting the gold coins out of his mouth like a water fountain. "See what I did? I spent years training to get my body that flexible. Pretty cool huh?" He blunk waiting for Jaaruki to attempt the gold dive himself.
Jaaruki then proceeded to lay his back on the gold coins and gems, he however found himself grunting and groaning at the sharp edges pricking at him as he rolled around on them. "Sorry Spyro, I find them to be too...painful to attempt." The synthetic dragon stated with a tired look on his face as he rubbed his back and walked over to a clearing on the floor to lie down and rest on his stomach instead.
"Heh, say Jaaruki you mind if I help you to the sofa?" Spyro offered his assistance in a friendly manner as he came to Jaaruki's side and sat down next to the synth. "Very well if you wish, forgive me Spyro but I have been through a lot of troubles lately." He stated with a groan as he stood up and followed Spyro over to a red sofa where the purple dragon let Jaaruki lied down on his back on the sofa. "Good night Jaaruki." Spyro bidded before sleeping on the mound of gems next to Jaaruki.