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Waking up has never been something she liked, not especially since she had been sent to this prison hole they called a city, 'well it was a great city once' she thought bemused to herself before she got ahold of herself and scowled remembering that she still didn't like waking up even then. While being a vampire is something she would never regret she did think that they had some of the more prohibitive side effects like hating the day even if it didn't even weaken her as it had when she was a fledgling. She wondered whether she would have different feelings for the day had she chosen to become something like a demon or even a dark elf had she been given the option.
Her mind began to wander a bit more before a polite know was heard at her door. Being the powerful being she was she didn't even need more than an instant to determine that it wasn't one of those other lower status servants she had, but her more favored and more powerful butlers that served her, that was knocking. With barely any effort other than a simple flex of her dainty and deadly fingers [she liked calling then her double d's] the door swung open rather silently, the butler didn't need more than that to understand that his mistresses' patience to being awake for the past few seconds was already getting to her. Without being loud but still being heard quite clearly from the door he began "My Lady, I apologize for the disturbance, but I would like to remind you of your previous engagement."
"Its already been 5years since the last one?"
"Not quite Miss ….." He didn't quite finish as he felt more than saw his lady grimace. Her face a perfect shade of light brown bordering on being pale as with the rest of her body fully turned to him and he could see how her dark red eyes stared into him and he did not doubt for a second that if she so wished she could bore holes into him with that withering look, the rest of her face was obscured by some sort of shadow that even his magical senses couldn't penetrate, he knew better than to try and push when it came to his mistress. He took a slight breath before he resumed and watched as her frown turned into a pleasantly satisfied smirk that would no doubt have lesser men professing love ,him included had he not already been cautioned by his mentor. "Its been 60 years since the last time I awoke you from slumber. Most meetings have been attended by some of those you instructed as an opportunity to take over the burden that you hold in administrative duties."
"I see. You have done well. we shall have some time later then to discuss your reward." She finished with a seductive lick of her lips. She would have a bit of fun with this one as long as he didn't get greedy. Despite thinking he had hidden his desire well to her it was like looking through a pane of glass as his lust leaked out of him like some childish attempt to hide behind a tree. She would allow it for the sole reason that he had done a good job. With a dismissive wave she sent him away while closing the door to get ready to make an entrance at the meeting. Yes that seemed like a fitting way to spend her time now that sleep had already left her. 'At least it's not gonna be too boring since I've been gone for so long.'
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In a cave on the south end of the City , well cave is a relative term used to describe the very large area in which a dragon colored a mix of red and black slept. It's snores had an almost musical note to them despite their quite literal earth rumbling nature. The giant of a dragon, because even compared to other large specimen of the dragon heritage it was still a few leagues larger, suddenly snapped awake, everything in the vicinity stopped, for about 2km in every direction past the cave nothing moved, the beast's four eyes scanned the cave with a sort of expression you wouldn't expect on a dragon. It was one of utter confusion. with its senses spread out it should have managed to sense whoever woke it up but nothing, not even magical residue left after the activation of a spell or two. Its expression grew even more confused as it took a look at the impressive pile of treasure it kept not for any reason other than to please its subordinates. Somethings were missing from the hoard , it seemed smaller.
With a grunt all of the tension left it, it didn't know why or what but it could tell that something had happened and for a being as powerful as it that was truly a concerning state of affairs. With a mental effort the Dragon disappeared, it took barely a few seconds before seated on a throne that was before hidden in the wall behind where the dragon had been sleeping that a woman appeared seated. The throne itself just looked like your typical throne if you excluded the aura it washed over the area when the woman was on it , made from some sort of black glass like crystal with red and white jewels inlaid at various sections. Despite being as gaudy as most other thrones it was perhaps the only one in the vastness of the habitable planets that had the ability to truly show the superiority of the being seated on it. As soon as the woman was seated quite comfortably with her legs crossed over each other, her hands on both arm rests and leaning back a bit , her aura and the throne's fully combined combining like the perfect pieces of a puzzle , the true nature of the throne revealed itself. All over the surface of the throne a story began to unfold, one showing the trials, fight, losses[the few that existed] and overall story of a dragon that started as being as small as any normal dragon to becoming the huge behemoth that was previously asleep. Yes this was the story of the Woman Dragon hybrid that sat on the throne. She took the appearance of a human with dragon like parts as most dragons would look like if they took on a more human like appearance without losing signs that they were dragons. That was the end of the similarities though, for one she was at least 8ft tall with a pair of horns curving from the sides of her head backwards following her long red and black hair, another pair of horns below the previous set that framed her head in a circle while curving behind her head almost like a crown, both sets were a shade of beautiful red almost like a crystal but couldn't be seen through, and a final two straight but slender black pairs right out of her forehead that made her quite unique in her appearance. Her eyes were a striking full red similar to her horns with the slightest slit to act as an iris. A delicate nose and shapely lips sat on her dark skinned face. Her features combined to form quite the serious looking woman while those who knew her as peers were more inclined to say she was on the more motherly side except when facing her enemies , then she was the scariest of demons as her two front horns always reminded of her partial demonic heritage. taking all into account she looked more Amazon and athletic than her motherly attitude would like. She was dressed in nothing but a red top and black leggings that hugged her figure made from a silk like material. She wore what appeared like boots and had a few rings and bracelets to accessorize. Her name Teras was one that most dragons and demons said with fear and respect with some not daring to say it lest she hear it and answer.
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She thoughtful hummed to herself while arranging things in her mind before she called for her only two true subordinates she had left in this prison "Casius! Yena! We have much to discuss." Her voice though not shouted carried to the whole network of Caverns that spanned her current domain. She was barely waiting for a few seconds before two beings appeared before her. As she looked at her subordinates and closest to friends as she would never see them as servants after how much they had given up to help her be what she was today she couldn't suppress the satisfied smile on her face.
Casius had the appearance of you typical storm dragon with shoulder length silver hair speckled with small streaks of blue and gold braided together into a sort of knot he had seen in his travels at a village that had caught his eye, he had only two pairs of horns though not as grown as the Teras to indicate that he was still young for an elder dragon, his eyes looked as draconic as they came showing his full dragon ancestry and had a sharpness to them that would put most on alert, he had decided to grow a short beard on his well defined chin. At around 7ft tall he was pretty tall when not compared to Teras. he was dressed in a simple gold robe that flowed around him and didn't give anything about his physique.
Yena looked like a toddler compared to the two giants at barely 5ft7 and dressed like a rouge in form fitting dark leather armor though no weapons could be seen on her . She had short hair barely grown that was charcoal like black in its appearance, she had two small straight pairs of horns with the outer ones a little bit longer than the ones on the inside growing on her forehead marking her as an Arch demon. Her expressionless face was a mask she wore when dealing with anyone not close to her , now her smile stretched on her face made her look cute as those in the room with her liked to tease about. It brought focus to her small nose and thin lips as well as her eyes which were composed of a black sclera and silver pupils.
None of them spoke enjoying each others presence before Casius coughed a bit bringing them from their thought, his voice sounded smooth as he commented on something bothering him ,"glad to see you boss. Did you know there was a meeting called that's why you woke up?" though it sounded rude that was just his approach straight to it.
No one seemed bothered by his question but the women in the room did get serious at its mention. Teras had a contemplative look on her face before sighing in defeat" It would seem things are about to get quite interesting. Good to see you both and no I hadn't known today was a scheduled day but rather I just felt like I had to wake up today."
Yena didn't say much other than a simple "I will keep an eye during the meeting if it helps"
"Yes it does .Now I wanted to as if anyone had made it to my little stash of stuff over there but it seems like that's another mystery left for me."
this statement caused a bit of a frown to cross Yena's face. "between your senses ,traps and security measures , you being in the room and me outside and we didn't sense them ?They must be great at hiding then " She had the look of a child just realizing that there was a new kid she could play with who would be as fun as her.
Teras looked like she wanted in if you went by the predatory smile gracing her face.
Casius asked breaking away from similar thoughts "Know what was taken? I could see if its anywhere nearby."
"That's just the thing its like when it was taken I immediately forgot I ever had it but still knew something was taken. quite vexing really" Teras said still smiling while both Yena and Casius shuddered a little.'If someone was able to tamper with the memory of one of the most powerful of the great elder dragons who also happens to be one of the monarch's ruling a part of Hell then just how powerful are they?!!' They both thought simultaneously. They heard Teras laugh once more before she spoke "one part you both aren't considering is that whoever did this could have left me asleep and could have easily wiped all the memory about what they took and left me none the wiser." she finished with more laughter and said "they must be pretty confident then"
both were shocked and now also super curious, it had been a while since they found someone who brought both joy and frustration to Teras. They were brought back by Teras asking " Any idea what the meeting is about this time?" No one seemed to know so Teras didn't push it instead she decided to catch up with them about what they had been doing for the past 70 years or so.
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In another world separate even from the one in which the city sans Prison is hidden a few relevant events were about take place, to herald the beginning or maybe even the end of whatever narrative had been planned. Through no power of his own and certainly not through any single act of his entire life a man had just been chosen. Whether for good or ill someone was going to be selected it just so happened the current criteria had been met by this individual.
He had just taken a sit on the park bench to start on his lunch now that he had a moment to spare. Held in his hand was his personal favorite a double cheese burger made at a family owned dinner close to his work place. As he savored the food and lapsed into thought something that couldn't quite be explained happened before his eyes, a hand emerged from seemingly nowhere and made a grab at his head, upon contact something even more incomprehensible , at least to him, happened. A screen suspended in the air appeared in front of him.
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By the time the counter had finished all that was left that would hint at even the memory of the man in any way or form in the entire planet was the fallen burger and left over wrapper left behind but even those didn't last long before a few creatures scrambled for the food while the wrapper floated away on a strong gust of wind.