#Rare Species

[geraskierfanficprompts]

Prompt 93

Geralt yelled at him, that's fine. Jaskier was just trying to cheer him up, but it's still fine. They're on top of a fucking mountain, but it's fine. Jaskier never even wanted to come to this mountain, but it's fine. Geralt never liked him, but it's fine. It's fine. It's fine. Geralt said that to never see him again would be a blessing. It's fine.

Jaskier goes to get his stuff from Roach, only for her to start freaking out as he approaches. Jaskier futilely tries to calm her down for far too long, before she neighs, looking behind him. He spins around and sees a stomping, still-pissed Geralt.

"Oh, Geralt! Thank gods, something is wrong with Roach, I'm worried about h-"

But Geralt walks straight through him, and pats Roach's muzzle.

"What is it, Girl?"

Jaskier blinks in shock, turning to look at them. He watches as Geralt goes through their bags and seems to relax at the sight of them, stuffed full of all of Jaskier's bullshit. Perhaps he wants to sell all remainders of Jaskier, thinking Jaskier too dumb to bring his things with him, wherever he went. Maybe it wasn't relief at all, maybe it was defeat, as he stares at new duties, as he has to go chase after the stupid bard he despises to bring him back his things because no matter what, Geralt has a heart of gold.

Geralt makes camp, right there and then, and sits down to meditate.

Jaskier decides that if Geralt can't see him, he might as well get his fill of Geralt. He sits right in front of him, and stares at his face, semi-relaxed in a semi-peaceful meditation. He's still tense, as if waiting for something, or expecting the worse. Maybe he's worried Jaskier will come back.

"It's alright, Darling. I won't be there to bother you any more, it seems."

Jaskier makes sure to tell him, even though Geralt doesn't react. Roach has calmed since Geralt arrived, but still eyes him wearily. At least Roach can see him, he supposes.

Jaskier observes as Geralt stays at that same camp for another three days. Geralt either meditates, cares for roach, or wanders off into the wilderness at seemingly random times. He either stays away for two minutes, or nine hours at a time. Jaskier stays with Roach, worried about her without either of them. He knows she can handle herself, but he still worried. Same with Geralt. But it was nice being seen, sometimes. So he stays with Roach.

Geralt comes back, hurriedly packs up camp, leaps onto Roach, and rides like a bat out of hell. Jaskier unfortunately cannot fly or float or even hover. So he has to run after them. And even though Geralt can't see or touch him, Jaskier can still feel his lungs burn when he runs for too long.

Jaskier eventually catches up with them at a town at the bottom of the mountain. Geralt is searching for something, it's obvious. Perhaps a job? Yennefer, somehow? A beast?

"Brown hair, blue eyes, dressed in bright colors?"

Geralt is looking for him.

Jaskier gets excited for a moment, before remembering Geralt still has his things. He probably just wanted to drop his things off and leave him again.

"I haven't seen a man like that." "He- He… He looks sad. He was crying."

Geralt brings up this detail as if it pains him to even speak of it. Jaskier is confused about this, as it was technically Geralt's fault Jaskier ended up crying at all.

"I haven't seen him." "If you do, tell me. Please."

And Geralt moves to ask the same exact questions to the very next person in view.

Jaskier watches as he asks every single person in town, getting more and more desperate. By the end of the night, Geralt sits in an inn room with a large single bed, hugging a lute, as his eyes tear up.

Jaskier sits beside him, assures him he's fine, pleads with Geralt to not mess with the delicate lute, and demands he get happy and stop this frankly heart-wrenching display.

Jaskier tries moving items, tries clapping his hands, tries punching people, tries screaming his head off, but nobody notices him. Except Roach. And a barncat that ran away once it caught sight of Geralt in the distance. Great.

Jaskier can only silently observe as Geralt grieves Jaskier, hopes for him to return, prays that he's safe even though he left his lute , hums his songs under his breath before shaking his head and sighing, whispers "Please forgive me" to empty air. Jaskier has. Jaskier forgave him long ago at this point.

Jaskier's had enough. Jaskier's been annoying and loud his entire life. Surely he can make enough of a fuss to get the animals around Geralt to act up enough for Geralt to know something's up. He starts cooing at Roach and luring her in odd directions with the same promises he made before it all went to shit. Geralt knows something is wrong, but suspects it's with Roach, and not the environment around her. That is, until Geralt is in the middle of a hunt, and suddenly the creature he's there to kill can NOT focus on him, and instead keeps following some invisible being as they race back and forth across the clearing.

[arcadebroke]

[renegadesstuff]

This one hurt 🥺

[respect-the-locals]

🦈 Daily Shark Fact: 🦈

The Pondicherry Shark is an extremely rare species of requiem shark. It was last seen in India in 1979, but was rediscovered in 2016 and is now only known from about 20 museum specimens. It is thought to be fairly small, reaching a maximum length 3 feet 4 inches. It is also difficult to identify due to it's physical characteristics, which are similar to other shark species.

[bd-wlf]

Just got to the gold dragon episode of The Witcher and Jaskiers jacket reminded me of something

A red dragon, his jacket is scale-y and red and idk if that was intentional but It goes along with what Geralt was saying about the different dragons

He Said that green are the most common, red are slightly rare, black are the rarest, and gold are a myth

I think it means that company like Jaskier is close to rare

And it also makes me think about what geralt was wearing as well, like I know he wears a lot of black but still, The Witcher race at that point was dwindling because they're sterile and because humans and monsters alike have it out for them making a Witcher(and especially one that won't kill for killings sake) even more rare than good company..

I'm just saying I've been thinking this through because I've been thinking about Geraskier dragon Au and what type of dragons they would be and I think I actually found my answer within Canon lol

AND I also think that the old man turning into a gold dragon was a wonderful surprise but also another message, in general terms I think the message is that the rarest thing for anyone at that point in The Witcher lifestyle, at least in Geralt's life is retirement and isn't that exactly what the old man was trying to do? Retire?

I'm in the feels tonight

[billionneuronscurious]

Anatona sp. Beetle.

[vastralblade]

"On a late expedition in the Citadel, I was showered with blood laced quills & red bolts. One scraped my weapon and arm, yet I attempted to strike the beast who attacked me... my blade couldn't dent it.. Unbelievable!!"

My own Rare Species, Scarlet Tobi-Kadachi!

[06-06-23]

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

God, if I don't love fuchsia. Fuchsia, my beloved! Paint my dreams in fuchsia! Phlox pilosa, let me worship you!

Phlox Moth (Schinia indiana)

Scattered small areas in the midwest USA

Status: Endangered in Minnesota and Wisconsin

(feeding on phlox pilosa)

[ablogofcourage]

[marina-the-witch]

A rough sketch of the Seregios subspecies I created with the help of my good friend Dawn. Just a tease of things to come, really. Sorry for the weird semi transparent Seregios in the background, neither of us know why it's there.

Named Cutthroat Seregios for its tendency to hunt other Flying Wyverns, this Seregios subspecies is nothing short of a meticulous hunter. Feeding on ore deposits to suppliment its carnivorous diet, its scales form a metallic coating that enables them to conduct electricity.

Its electric scales find usage in both combat and hunting. On the ground, it uses them to set up electric tripwires around its nest, and in the air, it uses them to snipe its target from a distance, the electricity confusing its prey's sense of direction. Additionally, the metallic shine allows it to use electric impulses to make light shift around it, making it appear almost invisible, not dissimilar to Chameleos.

I might reveal more about my Monster Hunter Project in the coming days. Playing Iceborne really got me in the mood again after Sunbreak died down a little bit.

[ciggycat-art]

Lucent Nargacuga painting

[geraskierfanficprompts]

Prompt 63

After The Mountain™, Jaskier is desperate to prove himself a Worthy Travel Companion™ to Geralt, so he decides to take up alchemy. Perhaps if he gets very good at brewing Geralt's potions, Geralt will find him worthy of keeping around. When Geralt takes Jaskier to Kaer Morhen, he can't help but notice that Jaskier is suddenly spending every possible second with Lambert. LAMBERT. I mean, he loves his brother, don't get him wrong! But Lambert? Geralt's words were cruel, and he was still working out the full apology he wanted to give Jaskier (He deserved better than just an "I'm sorry") but he's worried that he's already lost his chance, as Jaskier is seemingly finding himself a new witcher.

[renegadesstuff]

Sleepy baby 🥹🤏

[respect-the-locals]

🦈 Daily Shark Fact: 🦈

The Daggernose Shark once occurred in the shallow tropical waters of the central western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, from Venezuela to northern Brazil, making it one of the smallest ranges of any elasmobranch species. It no longer occurs in areas of Brazil where it was previously common, due to the threat of bycatch in unregulated artisanal gillnet fisheries operating throughout its range.

[finsarelit]

The Devils Hole pupfish, a tiny endangered vertebrate that also happens to be the rarest fish on the planet.

Here's what it looks like.

The picture is from Wikipedia.

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