Hello, and thanks for readin' this thread!
As a poor knight growing up in a poor Haven with poor money, I've always been, well, poor. SO as a poor knight who's too poor to poor, fantastic aesthetics such as Wings and auras and the like are far outta my league.
And y'know what? That's just fine with me, especially since I have all the accessories I could want, and that's all I can ask for.
SO my focus went solely on gettin' more weapons to satisfy my goal of obtainin' every piece of obtainable gear in the game. BUT THEN! Somethin' interestin' happened! A special someone to me told me she'd play this game, and I was more than happy to bring her into it. She loves it, too, so that made me even happier, since I have an obsession with this game. But she can't help but look at a knight with dragon wings and not imagine herself in them.
I love her VERY much and would have loved to be able to bestow a set of Volcanic Dragon Wings to her, since it's all she could ever want, accessory-wise. Of course, by the time she joined, the Year of the Dragon promo had passed, and all of the Dragon Wings had prices that had more 0s than my report card could ever hope to have.
But one faithful day, the new promo came out! And with Volcanic Dragon Wings being one of the obtainable items, that was MORE than good news to me, because more supply means lower prices due to decreased rarity. So after doing a little victory jig, I rushed to the AH to see the prices; all of them were STILL out of my price range, and I would not be able to purchase them without spending roughly 10 weeks of doin' Vana runs, tokens and all.
But I couldn't give up, especially since the reward is a silly aesthetic item! So I go to my semi-rich friend, and asked if he'd help me purchase them; in return, I'd pay him back for his generosity. That was the day after the promo came out.
So now, almost to the end of the month, Volcanic Dragon Wings are almost going to go back into rarity again. I have absolutely NO money to buy a thousand Nemesis boxes, and I couldn't dare ask for a friend to shovel more than five bucks to get the Dragon Wings.
So, now on my last resort, I come to the forums, asking for a simple (not really) request; a set of Volcanic Dragon Wings to make my sweetheart smile.
HOWEVER! I do NOT expect to get them for free; heck, I don't expect that it'll be EASY. I am willing to pay for them (not all at once; I don't have that kinda money!), and even then, I feel that wouldn't be enough. I will offer the following to get them:
-Crowns, Energy, Materials, Minerals, recipe-hunting...y'know, simple SK stuff like that
-Spriting! Some of you might've seen in threads like this, I consider myself a moderately skilled spriter, and I would be more than happy to use sprites to help pay off my debt to whomever donates these wings. My sprites can be MUCH bigger and more detailed than these, so don't worry about size! I'll sprite concepts or ideas that you guys have, or even make pixelly pictures for you guys to admire! As an added note, for those who play Minecraft, I can make skins and texturepacks if that's what you're lookin' for!
-Team Fortress 2 stuff! Before Spiral Knights took over my life, collectin' TF2 items were what I loved to do, and as such, I've amassed quite an arsenal of items, as seen here; here. You can ask for close to ANYTHIN' that I own, save for whatever is equipped (and even then, I'd give some of those up too!). The refined and the crates are also available, along WITH the hats!
-As an owner of Spiral Spy, I can also make scenes or costumes on demand!
I'll try to add more as time goes on. Even if you can't donate a pair of Volcanic Dragon Wings, share this thread with your rich friends! And with THEIR rich friends! And with their not-so-rich friends! Heck, mentioning the offer would even be good enough.
AND that's about that. I can't say that you guys should trust me (I don't even trust me), as trust can only be earned. I can't say I won't get conned out of a lot of money/materials, but as long as I get her those dragon wings, it's going to be SO worth it. So to anyone reading this, I wanna say thanks for readin', and another sneaky thank you for helpin' anyway you can!
This is a cute story and all but the forums are a rough, mean place and.. *blindfolds you* you may not want to see some comments.
Okay, regardless, let's say, you do get them, give em to her.. but what's she gonna put em on now eh?
The point here is, I'd help but, I doubt they'll get a good use. She'd best stick to a good costume she'll never ditch and get dragon wings to match it. Why? Let's say she keeps playing. Eventually, she might develop a sense of SK-fashion and notice "broo..brooo... BROOO WHY DID I PUT THEM ON THIS ARMOR THEY DONT MATCH IT AT ALL". And bam it's wasted.
Look here, if she/you can provide me with the best, most creative and good looking use for them and make me go "woah that's great, I'd definitely fund that!" I'll mail you a pair. Go on and try out other colors for them too. Volcanic isn't the only choice.
Vog be with you.