By the time the guide arrived almost the entire district was ready to move. I even told Uno to leave the second time everyone was ready. I predict things will fall apart pretty quickly. The guide who had been sent to retrieve us was beautiful.

He was a windclaw with scales so bright it was almost blinding. He smiled when he saw us and walked over. He bowed his head slightly and said. “I am Zek, it is an honor to meet you, Queen Aya.”

I shrugged and said. “I know! Now take me to your queen. We have much to discuss.” Oh my goodness I bet I sounded so cool just now! “We have much to discuss.” I sounded so serious! I bet everyone around me thinks I’m cool now.

I turned towards Tetel and he looked like he was about to cry. I just smirked and started walking after Zek. Walking through the city I felt a bit weird, like something was crawling under my skin.

Had I accidentally paid too much in taxes? But I don’t pay taxes. Strange. It’s probably just indigestion. We made it to Tiktelazertoli’s burrow after around twenty minutes of walking. Her burrow was elegant. That was the only way to describe it.

Multiple streams ran through a large open air room. Eggs were placed sporadically in beautifully decorated nests. In the center Tiktelazertoli sat on a nest made of feathers and furs. She smiled when she saw me but it felt wrong.

It wasn’t a happy smile, it was more predatory than anything else. I mimicked the smile and sat down, not waiting for her to ask me to. We stared at each other for a few seconds before she sighed and said.

“Queen Aya, why are you evacuating your district? And where have you been? You were supposed to be raising an army.” I shrugged and said. “I found somewhere else to live, it’s cleaner, less rats.”

Her smile disappeared when I said that as I sighed and turned towards Tetel. He was still standing happily in the corner, enjoying the triumph of his mission. “Tetel, please run to our camp and have everyone move to the new city, I’ll join you all shortly.”

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He stared at me confused but I just waved him away. He sprinted away as Tiktelazertoli frowned even more and said. “Queen Aya, please tell your servant to come back, travelling alone can be dangerous. Accidents could occur.”

I burst out laughing when she finished saying that. “What are you? A comic book character? Who actually says that? Were you joking? If not thats fucking hilarious!” I couldn’t stop laughing as she just stared at me in horror. I stood up to my full height and said. “Alright Tiktelazertoli. You’re funny, but you also betrayed me. I’m gonna kill you now.”

She scrambled away and said. “Why? How have I betrayed you?” I shrugged and said. “Something seems off. And doing anything to cause me harm is betrayal. When we first met you said we should be friends. You aren't acting very friendly right now.”

A wall of bruisers stood between us now as she shouted back. “You just said you are gonna kill me! How am I the one being unfriendly?” I just shook my head and said. “Disappointing, you chose the wrong side. I had such hopes for you.” Geez, now I sound like a comic book character.

I stood up, stretching as my tail slammed forward and went right through the skull of a nearby bruiser. The corpse collapsed to the ground as I leaped forward, tearing into the orderly ranks. Blood splattered all over me as I bit, stabbed and clawed my way towards Tiktelazertoli.

She was sprinting away but her large, bloated form was slow. Her evolution wasn’t inherently fat but she had clearly enjoyed food a bit too much recently. It would be her undoing in the end. I picked up half a corpse with my tail and tossed it at her.

It slammed onto her back and she screamed in horror. Her scream was more of a squeal, like a dying pig. I bounded over to her and leaped into the air, slamming my two front feet into her.

Her spine crumpled beneath me as her scream was cut off. I ripped her head off with my powerful jaws and impaled it on my tail. I took a quick shit on her decapitated body before walking out of her burrow and yelling.

“I am Aya! Father, queen and your god!” After making sure everyone knew who had killed her I sprinted away. An army of guards would be raised soon and I couldn't risk dying. I had already accumulated far too many wounds from that fight with only two dozen bruisers.

It felt strange to fight other mud skinks. It felt dirty, wasteful even. They’re lives would have been better spent if they had simply sworn loyalty to me. Oh well, I can't win it all. Although her betraying me does kinda mess up my plans.

I wonder if she was actually going to betray me. The meeting itself seemed suspicious but I probably shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions. I kinda fucked up didn’t I? Eh, she annoyed me. At first I thought it’d be refreshing to interact with someone like her, but it just didn’t feel right.

Also why did she act like a freaking weirdo? It was pretty clear she was threatening Tetel but why? Did she just not understand what I did? Oh shit! I didn’t tell her I claimed all the farmers! That was the entirety of my leverage! Shit. I fucked up. I really fucked up.

Deep breaths! We’re chilling. Just gotta get back to my kids. At least I’ll get to hang out with them in the new city. Yeah, that's a good thing! Happy accident! Scratch that, I did all of that stuff on purpose. Hell yeah, time to see my kids!