{"id":2460,"date":"2016-07-25T11:43:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T11:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/?p=2460"},"modified":"2016-07-25T01:40:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T01:40:10","slug":"burning-man-in-pictures-xlv-metallic-dragon-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/07\/25\/burning-man-in-pictures-xlv-metallic-dragon-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Man in Pictures XLV: Metallic Dragon Friends!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our last installment<\/a>, our plucky heroes had taken a sojourn amongst the growing coyotes. They then continued on until they saw a sign:<\/p>\n

\"I<\/a>
I would never use these words myself, but they seemed to enjoy them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So many new friends! (Apparently, the real title is ‘Piazza D’Arte’.):<\/p>\n

\"So<\/a>
So many new friends! (Or fiends?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This guy seemed a little…overly friendly. Luckily, he seemed to be constrained by the multicoloured shield[1].<\/p>\n

\"This<\/a>
This guy seemed a little…overly friendly. Luckily, he seemed to be constrained by the multicoloured shield.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next, M & S perused a strange bird\/hammock structure, while the stork in the foreground made efforts to reduce workload in order to take some time off:<\/p>\n

\"M<\/a>
M & S peruse a strange bird\/hammock(?), while the stork in the foreground is making efforts to take some time off.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was then this sign, introducing a Claude Dragon (not to be confused with Cloud<\/a>, or Cloud Dragons<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\"Claude?<\/a>
Claude? Does that mean…?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Claude entreated our intrepid heroes to enter, so that they could embark on an important quest. (This story shall be told at a later date…[2]):<\/p>\n

\"Yes!<\/a>
Yes! You can store many things in the Claude!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The good news was that this sentry was still there. They are always the first to leave, as they always know which way the wind is blowing:<\/p>\n

\""You're<\/a>
“You’re so vane, I bet you think this wind is about you…”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was then this disturbing tableau, which is even more disturbing when you know the story behind why the being is caged, and why there is such a fearsome guardian[3]:<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A disturbing tableau. Even more disturbing if you knew the story behind why the cage and the guardian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Looking next door, our heroes saw this strange sight, recalling Phonecian legends<\/a>[4]:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The jury is still out as to whether this is still a one-horsecar town.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After many adventures, and many tearful goodbyes with their newfound metallic friends, our heroes embarked on the next leg of their journey, which they had spotted from their perch inside Claude. The FEARSOME MEDUSA!<\/p>\n

Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

[1]If you want to hear this story, comment below!<\/p>\n

[2]This one, too!<\/p>\n

[3]This one too, if you really, really want.<\/p>\n

[4]This one sounds like fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In our last installment, our plucky heroes had taken a sojourn amongst the growing coyotes. They then continued on until they saw a sign: So many new friends! (Apparently, the real title is ‘Piazza D’Arte’.): This guy seemed a little…overly friendly. Luckily, he seemed to be constrained by the multicoloured shield[1]. Next, M & S … Continue reading Burning Man in Pictures XLV: Metallic Dragon Friends!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,15,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2460"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2470,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2460\/revisions\/2470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}