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Deep green moss forms around tree-hinges with roots growing into the stonework, and a wing of the copper dragon encirling the door's top blocks entry. This door appears to have no other features; not even a handle.  
Knock?
Knocking on the soft moss is fruitless endevour and before your hand can touch the metal dragon. "Speak your purpose," blinkless eye stares to yours. It hears your reply, and snarls "Late by 3 hours.....hmmm take a seat"   The dragon's tail stretches and forms a narrow bench beside the door. You wait.....
Call out?
Your voice echoes for a moment and nothing.....then a low rumble. The dragon glares at you before - PING! "What the shit!" The sounds coming from the door.   The rumbling stops and the dragon's mouth moves, "Not your delivery, it's your late guest." "Oh......OH! UUUMMMMMM....shit shit shit.....wait wwwaaaitttt." The speaker clears their voice, "Please, just give me one moment." There's a click of some mechinism and the dragon continues to glare at you. You wait......
  The dragon lifts their wing, "you may enter." The door silencely opens, walking by you notice a semi-circle beside the door; top quater is a window and the lower quater is a handled wooden door.   Chaotic mess of various chairs, cushions, couchs and bean bags upon rugs of many origins. "Take a seat," scaled hand passes between the soft blue and gold rays clashing from opposing windows. Their eyes of lava stare to you, "You were late, so we don't have much time. I give you a choice for your tour; experience a major city, or walk the world?"  
Experience Major City
"Nice choice," standing your @dragonborn host gives a sigh. The golden window expands allowing passage through it. The sounds of crashing waves, crowd chattering, neighs and growls fills the room. Your host gives a smile, "Come", disappearing within the window-door.
 
World Walk
The @dragonborn host does a couple of stretches, while the blue window expands. "You can walk through ahead of me," your host smiles and waits by the window-door.
 
     

Separate Articles?

Copper Dragon

In the beginning, this dragon was considered a golem with limited functions, such as inability to move from above the door. It was a dangerous assumption for an invasion force from xxxxxxxx. Reportedly the dragon climbed down, flooded the hallway with acid and blocked farther passage into the bunker. A bulk of invading forces were killed by the dragon, before retreating into other rooms and finding an alternative route. The dragon's breath caused damage to the already fragile infrastructure much to the Iron Warriors dismay.     This incident was one of the few occasions the dragon has left it's post, also exhibited combat abilities. Despite the dragon's appearance, it holds no relation to copper dragons and is merely made of pure copper. It is believed the dragon is an enchanted, sentient golem who's sole purpose is to guard the door.   The dragon has a standoffish behavior during many early meetings; in part, this behavior to do to the dragon's eremitic oath causing misanthropy. However, it is rumored to have long chats, like special treats and watching cat videos.   Secrets of the Copper Dragon
Favorite Treats: Pennies, Screws, Bolts, and Wire ; made of any metal Disabling Breath: Large amounts of Soap and/or Lye
 
 

Mysterious Visitor

A mysterious individual has been seen to enter the door without disturbing the dragon. When the dragon has been question, it will recall every individual to walk down the hallway in perfect detail, except this visiting individual.   Only afew quick glimpses and interactions of this visitor have been recorded. The individual is heavily shrouded, however, multiple sources have confirmed it to possess some amount of fur, climbing abilities, and possibly 1'-2' feet in size. Any use of recording devices, magical and/or mechanical, fail around the door during this individual's visits.   One source reported to have seen this visitor and the dragon conversing in length outside the door, even giving the dragon some object to 'eat'. Although, no inventory supplies have been reported to supply the dragon with any kind of substance and nothing has been reported 'stolen' around this individual's visits either.     When the author, or owner of this world door, was questioned; they would not reveal the identity of the individual and claimed those who can open a door with no handle and befriend a furious guardian could be trusted.....in a way. When asked to elaborate on 'In a way' phrase, "Such is the way of things, you trust [something/someone] till [they/it] proven to be untrust-worthy, plus what I define as trust is different from others......Now I must return - "  
Further investigation is required to determine if this individual possess abilities as well as their identity, or if the dragon is inferring with the investigation.

Author Asides

( The Major City Experience is walkin through Torch Key Wharf. World Walk is a series of rooms connected to showcase interesting parts of the world briefly before moving on. )
  Considering I can not do so live within the article, but I knew about this type of writing. I wanted to give the reader a choice, much like in D&D itself, however limited it may be.

Separate Articles?

These could be apart of the article itself. The purpose for making them separate characters was for other writers to use them and give the Bunker itself more life roaming about.


Cover image: by TheExasperatedDM

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