I Don't Smile

==Author's Note==
Okay, stop JUDGING GOSH.
I wrote this script style (because I am H1P5T3R) because I felt like it, and just . . . because. I really don't know why. But I think Delmar has become my pick-up line vehicle.
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO TRY AND FIND PICK UP LINES THAT AREN'T SPECIES SPECIFIC???
Thanks to Tumblr for being my pick-up line magnet.
==I Don't Smile==
EXT. SEAWING MILITARY TRAINING ACADEMY – DAY 
RIVER is alone and examining the scales on her tail, and DELMAR is talking to some other SeaWings, presumably joking about male SeaWing-ish things. 
SEAWING I 
Imagine if we could be trained to have animus powers. We could do anything with that. 
SEAWING II 
I don’t think that would be wise. 
SEAWING I 
It would make all this training a lot easier, though. 
[pause with murmuring] 
SEAWING I (cont’d) 
Admit it. 
SEAWING III 
Have you seen the other dragons? 
DELMAR 
[looking up from seemingly disinterested position in the group] 
You mean the female dragons? Yes. 
SEAWING II 
I’m not sure who they think they’re fooling. The Royal Guard’s not much for them. They’d have an easier time trying to become one of the queen’s servants or something. 
DELMAR 
I thought some of them were worth staying on the academy for. 
SEAWING III 
They’re pretty, though. 
DELMAR 
[dubiously] Have you seen River? 
SEAWING I 
I’ll agree with that much. River is a good dragon. And she knows what she’s doing. 
[murmuring of agreement] 
 
 
SEAWING I (cont’d) 
Delmar, you like her, don’t you? 
[DELMAR looks alarmed.] 
SEAWING II 
Don’t hide it. You probably do like her. 
SEAWING I 
Besides, I’m not sure why she wouldn’t like you back. 
[DELMAR looks sceptical.] 
SEAWING I (cont’d) 
Face it, Delmar. You’re the general’s favourite. You stick out like a limp tail every time you do something because you have to be good at what you do. 
DELMAR 
I’m not any better than any of you. I just care about what I do. 
SEAWING II 
So why not care about River? 
DELMAR 
Are you sure about this? 
SEAWING III 
[snickering like the misogynistic poop he is] 
Go five it. 
[DELMAR and SEAWINGS I, II, and III snicker together conspiratorially.] 
DELMAR 
Hey, River! 
RIVER 
[looking up sharply before focusing on DELMAR] 
[bored] What? 
DELMAR 
If you were a booger, I’d pick you first! 
RIVER 
[makes slightly disturbed face and narrows eyes] 
[primly] That’s mildly insulting, considering the word booger is the slang term for bacteria that finds its way into our snouts and a crude term from scavengers. If that was meant to be a compliment, it failed miserably. 
DELMAR 
Well, are you an artist? 
RIVER 
[blinks] 
[not getting it] No. 
DELMAR 
But I can picture you and me together. 
[RIVER looks perturbed] 
RIVER 
Delmar, I don’t know you very well, but are you feeling alright? 
DELMAR 
No, not really. I need a bandage. 
RIVER 
[looks DELMAR up and down and frowns, thinking] 
Why? 
DELMAR 
I hurt myself falling for you. 
[SEAWINGS I, II, and III quietly congratulate DELMAR on his lameness and scurry off to laugh at the derp they’ve made of DELMAR] 
[RIVER frowns] 
DELMAR (cont’d) 
Hey, don’t frown. You never know if a dragon could be falling for your smile. 
RIVER 
[frowns some more] 
I don’t smile. 
 
DELMAR 
Well, I don’t know much about mathematics either, but that doesn’t stop me from appreciating the mathematicians on Coral’s council. 
RIVER 
[blinks] 
I don’t see what that has to do with this conversation. 
DELMAR 
Well – 
RIVER 
You’re using the word well too often. It’s being misused. 
DELMAR 
I don’t know much about mathematics, but that doesn’t stop me from knowing you have one significant figure. 
RIVER 
On the contrary, I – 
DELMAR 
On a serious note, though. I really like the way you take care of your scales. It’s like you can see your reflection in them. 
RIVER 
[brightening] 
Thank you, Delmar. I can see my reflection sometimes if I’m in the right place with the right lighting. 
DELMAR 
[thoughtfully] Now that I think about it, you only see yourself twice. 
RIVER 
Yes. In your scales and in the water’s reflection. I’m quite aware. Frankly, it’s quite enough for me. 
DELMAR 
You’re just satisfied with that? 
RIVER 
Yes. 
 
DELMAR 
I wouldn’t be. 
[RIVER ignores him and goes back to examining her scales.] 
DELMAR (cont’d) 
You will never see how your eyes brighten whenever the general congratulates us – 
RIVER 
That’s because I already know my eyes brighten. 
DELMAR 
Or how you smile – 
RIVER 
I don’t smile. I told you that earlier. 
DELMAR 
Well, then, your eyes. 
[RIVER blinks again. DELMAR waits for a reaction, but in vain.] 
DELMAR (cont’d) 
In fact, I might have to ask you for a map right now. 
RIVER 
. . . 
[DELMAR grins impishly.] 
RIVER (cont’d) 
. . . I won’t ask. 
DELMAR 
But do you have one? Because I think I’m lost in your eyes right now. 
RIVER 
[stares dumbly, trying to figure out what he means; a few seconds to process] 
Delmar, I think you’re ill. I’ll talk to you some other time. 
[RIVER straightens, flicks her tail, and wanders off.] 
DELMAR 
[at RIVER’s retreating form] 
[quietly] Maybe when we become mates. Because you’re a reverse immortality potion and I can see us growing old together. 
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