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🗡 Roses and Daggers 🎕

Time: Evening
Location: The After Party
Attire: Dress
Interactions: @Rodiak Nahir, @Infinite Cosmos Munir, @samreaper Kazumin, @Reusablesword Roman, @Helo Callum.
Mentions: @Princess Anastasia,

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After wearing the white mask that was given by the strange man, Mayet was able to take a better look around and she was quickly able to confirm that the initial impressions did not disappoint. On one of the sides of the big room they were in, attracting quite a crowd, there was a boxing ring, where two muscular men were fighting each other, being cheered by the crowd watching, most of them having bet money on one of the two fighters.

"A boxing ring, hm...? Interesting..." Mayet said with a mischievous smirk as she glanced towards the ring and the people crowding near it. Maybe bringing her blade was the correct choice after all. Who knows... Maybe the crowd might like some friendly sparring. As long as her blade is covered and no one gets hurt, it might be quite entertaining.

In the other side of the room though, there was a different type of party going on. The type of party where inhibitions, reservations and shame were left at the door as scantily clad women danced on poles and many of the guests were making out and flirting with one another.

"I see now why this after party was supposed to be a secret... The court would definitely be turned upside down if they knew what was going on here." Mayet said raising an eyebrow as she looked through some of the guests in the other side of the room, some of which were probably high ranking nobles.

"Definitely the kind of party my dear brother likes, isn't it?" Mayet asked, turning to Munir with a mischievous smirk.

After making their entrance to such an extravagant party, each member of their little 'group' had mostly gone on their separate ways. Princess Anastasia, surprisingly enough, seemed to be quite comfortable despite everything that was going on, enough even to go excitedly talk with one of the guests. Certainly quite an... 'unique' personality for a princess.

Nahir, who seemed to have already made a new friend, went straight to the bar for a drink. At first, Mayet didn't feel like drinking yet, but the moment Nahir asked her drink and Mayet too a glance at the exquisite drink Nahir had asked for herself, she simply couldn't contain her curiosity.

"Dear sister Nahir, I was never someone to enjoy alcohol that much, but you got yourself quite the drink, didn't you?" Mayet said, approaching Nahir with a curious expression as she peeked over her shoulder, looking at the drink she had gotten for herself.

Carefully decorated with rose petals and gold, the delicate colored drink swirled with an almost magical appeal. The smell of roses coming from the drink only made Mayet even more curious as to how it tasted like.

"I will have the same as she did." Mayet said, looking to the bartender with a curious expression, trying to take a glance on how that beautiful drink was prepared.

While the bartender did give her a show, thanks to her agile and dexterous hands, unfortunately, Mayet wasn't able to see much about how the drink was done, as before she even knew, the drink was already done.
Despite that, the drink was still quite a marvel. A small sip revealed quite an unique, delicate taste of grapefruit and apple, but a surprising spicy kick to it as well, making quite an interesting combination.

"'Douse the Thirst', wasn't it? Simply fantastic!" Mayet said, praising the bartender with a satisfied nod as she took another sip of the drink.

Instead of downing the entire drink in one go, Mayet was slowly savoring it, taking small sips as to completely appreciate the complex and delicate flavor.

Just as she turned and began walking towards the rest of the party, her eyes were drown to a rather familiar, 'mountain' of a man. Even from a distance, Mayet almost immediately knew who he was. With a mischievous smirk on her face, she began walking towards the table he was sitting at, talking with two other nobles, one of which had a suspiciously familiar blonde hair.

"I think you might need more than just a small mask to hide your identity, Lord Roman." Mayet said, sneaking up on Roman's back and leaning forward, whispering on his ear in a low tone before she gave a step back, revealing herself.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Mayet said to both men, pulling a seat just besides Roman and sitting down as well.

Despite the strong Spanish accent, the very familiar blonde hair was a dead giveaway for Kazumin. Regarding the other man, While not that familiar with the other man, she still recognized him as being Callum, thanks to being among the high ranking nobles back at the ball and due to the fact that he had came to the after party in the same carriage she did.

🗡 Roses and Daggers 🎕

Time: Evening
Location: Caesonia Castle => Stables
Attire: Dress
Interactions: @Rodiak Zarai & Nahir, @Potter Layla, @Infinite Cosmos Munir, @Princess Anastasia, @samreaper Kazumin.

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Mayet couldn't help but to laugh as she heard Munir's words, mentioning how it would be hard for her to keep the fact that she brought her weapon unnoticed.

"It's a good thing I'm not trying to hide anything then." Mayet replied with a chuckle and confident smirk as she looked at Munir.

"Things are always more interesting when there's a bit of risk involved. Besides... What's the fun in dancing when there's not blades involved?" Mayet asked, laughing as she looked at Munir.

"Don't worry though. I don't plan on spilling any blood tonight." she finished, waving her hand as she gave a small wink towards him.

Unfortunately, Layla had decided in the last moment not to go to the party and ended up returning to her room. Still, her other siblings were still with her, looking forward to the party.

It was at that moment that the same bubbly woman whom called them in the first place finally arrived, introducing herself to the Alidasht siblings after asking one of her servants to prepare her carriage.

"Princess Anastasia, it's a pleasure to meet you. I have heard quite a bit about you and your... 'unique' personality." Mayet said with an amused expression as she looked at her.

"I certainly have high expectations for this party. Especially now, after hearing your praises about it." she finished as the preparations were ready and the group was about to go on their way to the party.

In the middle of the way though, an unexpected guest came in as Anastasia made sure to stop and invite him to come together.

"Kazumin. Such a coincidence to meet you again." Mayet replied, looking to the blonde man with a raised eyebrow and a chuckle.

The moment the group arrived at the party, Mayet was greeted by quite an amazing sight. From the fog and the loud music to the colorful, vibrant lights gave the party quite an unique atmosphere. The strange shapes floating in the ceiling only made the entire party feel even closer to a fever-dream or an hallucination.

"Now this... Is quite something, isn't it?" Mayet said with a surprised expression as she looked around, amazed.

When she was greeted by the strange, masked man offering her a mask, Mayet let out a small smile as she considered the options he gave her.


"A masquerade... Sure, why not... This might turn out being much more interesting than I thought it would be." Mayet said as she grabbed a white mask.

Avalia

Time: Night
Location: River Port
Interactions: Astra and Vrexen @FunnyGuy, Alaia @Alivefalling and Maeryn @princess
Mentions:

While Myra wasn't exactly thrilled in getting into a boat again, thanks to how bad she felt during the previous trip, she soon found out that it wasn't as bad as the first time. Be it thanks to the hints Astra gave her before, because she tried her best to stay still instead of keeping moving around or because her body was a bit more accustomed to it than before, the trip wasn't nearly as bad for Myra as she thought it would be. Before she knew it, they were already arriving on the docks after a short trip down the canal.

Just as the town before, Myra's senses were instantly overwhelmed with smells and noises. From the voices of the many people of many races, coming and going to the smells of food, fish and other substances Myra wasn't exactly familiar with, she took a bit to take in so much information.
Myra was quick to notice that the smells from this city, while also very intense for her senses, was almost completely different from the previous one, unique enough for her to distinguish them clearly by the smell.

Even though Myra was still distracted, the moment Maeryn mentioned food, she immediately turned towards him. She still remembered of the tasty meat that Astra bought her with some shinies a few days ago and how tasty it was. Were they going to eat meat as tasty as that one? Or would it be different, since it was a different city, with different smells?

Much to Myra's dismay though, Maeryn quickly dismissed that idea, saying something about disguising them as he kneeled down and started rummaging through his backpack. Being familiar with the word 'disguise' Myra immediately showed her discontentment as she looked to Astra, remembering how annoying it was to wear clothes.

Fortunately, what Maeryn pulled out of his backpack weren't clothes, but a small shiny metal circle, the ones people normally used around their fingers. Confused, Myra looked at Maeryn and then to Astra, not knowing how a single small metal band would be able to disguise them. That was until Vrexen and Alaia put it on their fingers, completely transforming their looks.

Amazed, Myra walked around Vrexen and Alaia. If it wasn't for their smell and their voices, she would've never imagined they were the same people Myra knew, especially since both of them had changed so much. After a few sniffs and a small pull at Vrexen's tail, just to be sure that he did not 'turn' into a different person and was still himself, Myra finally was confident enough about the strange ring to let Astra put it on her finger. After all, if it worked like Myra thought it did, only 'fooling' her eyes and not turning her into someone else, it definitely would be better than clothes.

Unlike Vrexen and Alaia's rings, which transformed them into almost completely different people, Myra's ring made only small changes in her appearance, like giving her a set of common, traveling clothes, making her tail appear to be a bit shorter than it actually was and slightly changing her skin, making it appear like it's covered in scales.

All in all, Myra was still a very peculiar sight, but she looked much more like an albino, lizard demi-human than a demon.

Much to Myra's surprise though, despite how annoying those clothes seemed to be, Myra didn't feel anything different. Despite how she looked right now, not only could she move like she always did, but she didn't feel a single change on how she usually felt. Astra really wasn't lying when she said that those were 'clothes that didn't get in the way'.

Happy, Myra gave a small twirl, looking at her new 'image' before she looked at Astra and Vrexen. It didn't take much for them to notice that she was felt much better with the ring than she did when Astra forced her to wear 'clothes'.

🗡 Roses and Daggers 🎕

Time: Evening
Location: Caesonia Castle => Stables
Attire: Dress
Interactions: @Rodiak Nahir, @Potter Layla, @Infinite Cosmos Munir, @Princess Anastasia.

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It was the end of the night for many of the nobles which attended the ball, but not for Mayet and her siblings, thanks to the mysterious 'after party' invitation they received. Unfortunately, the time for them to go to the next 'event' haven't arrived yet and during the downtime, after having changed her clothes to something less formal than her previous dress, Mayet was left waiting in a... barely passable room, according to her standards at least.

"At least the bed is comfortable enough, right Nala?" Mayet asked the tigress, which was lazily laying down on the bed just above Mayet, before she laid down herself, resting her head on Nala's stomach, using her as a pillow.

"The ball was already interesting enough. I wonder what's waiting for us on this 'after-party'.... And more importantly... Who will we meet there..." Mayet said with a chuckle.

It was exactly on that moment that a bubbly, cheerful voice suddenly called from the outside, loud enough to wake up anyone who might be sleeping. The way Princess Anastasia called them to the after party was not discrete at all, truly making one think if the whole 'after party' thing was indeed supposed to be a secret... And if it was, how it had remained so.

Nonetheless, the bubbly, air-headed and overexcited behavior coming from Princess Anastasia had caught Mayet completely off-guard, making her laugh, especially as she heard the sound of one of the doors being yanked open, clearly coming from someone who not only didn't know about the after party, but also didn't care.

"I guess the 'secret' party is not that much of a secret anymore." Mayet said with a chuckle as she got up from the bed, grabbed her ring blade, which was, once again, carefully wrapped with a long, silken cloth before she went near Nala, who was still laying down and gently caressed her.

"I know the ball was already boring enough for you, so I won't force you to come to this one as well." Mayet said to Nala, whom in return let out a low, satisfied growl as she rubbed her head against her hand.

"If anyone enters this room while I'm gone, you can just rip them to shreds. Try not to kill them if you can avoid it though. I will deal with whatever happens next." Mayet said with a smile as she kissed Nala's forehead, before she went got out of her room.

A few minutes later, Mayet, Nahir, Layla and Munir were already reunited on the nearest stable, where Princess Anastasia told them to meet her.

"I guess they really want to go with the 'no titles' theme, huh?" Mayet replied as she heard Layla, chuckling as she approached one of the horses and mounted it.

"That might make things a bit more interesting though..." Mayet said, with a mischievous smirk as she looked to Layla, Nahir and Munir, clearly showing them the big, circular blade, which was completely wrapped by expensive silk.

The Five Senses

Karina Frost

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The scene that Karina and the rest of the pactmakers were greeted upon reaching the end of that dark tunnel could only be described as something straight out of a nightmare. The seed, a nightmarish creature was impossible to be described. It's deformed human body was complete with a black skeleton and an disproportionately large skull, which seemed to beat in a strange manner, almost as if there was a heart inside it. it's arms and legs seemed to function like roots, extending far underground and feeding from the pile of corpses that was near it. The fetid odour only made the scene even more terrifying. All the details, from the corpses to the inverted ribcage and the almagmation of fused, human organs inside of it was something hard to even look at.

The voice of sightless Niefar as he began speaking provoked nothing but a deep disgust and hatred from Karina, enough to make the air around her condense and a thin layer of ice forming on her feet. Such monstrosity should not exist and those responsible for it should be swiftly eliminated with extreme prejudice. The fact that the seed was once a human, Lord O'kal nonetheless, only made things even worse.

"So this is what the insight can do to a person..." Karina said disgusted by what she was seeing.

When Sightless Niefar's skin began to warp and crack, Karina already knew that nothing good was about to happen. But she would have never imagine that she would witness the exact process of how a 'seed' was created. With each word from Sightless Nieffar, in a delirious fervor, claiming that the power from the seed belonged to him, his body grew more, with his skin peeling and his body warping in a gruesome sight as he dug his lower body into the earth, similarly on how Lord O'kal's body was.

When the process was finally over, they were left with not one, but two seeds, joined at the hip. Their voices echoed together as the tendrils coming from both seeds shot at them, impaling an unlucky soldier and almost hitting Chres.

"Snap out of it! Keep your eyes on the tendrils! Chres! Any ideas on how to deal with them?" Karina shouted, both to Chres, asking him if he knew anything about the seed and to the soldiers.

"I can protect us from the fire and the explosion!" Karina said to Týfurkh, agreeing with his idea as the air became much colder around their group. The thin layer of ice growing thicker in order for Karina to be able to protect them both from the flames and should the explosion send any shrapnel to their way.

The Friestan Incident, a Fantasy Sci-Fi Fusion RP

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Despite the unfortunate news that both Zavim and Fei Bai Ho had to retire from the party due to personal reasons, Catherine was still satisfied with how her small 'negotiation' turned out. While the trip back to Almira's ship could have been somewhat worrying for some of the members of the group, it was incredibly interesting for Catherine not only because she had never seen such an vehicle like the one Almira's crew used, but also thanks to the small, strange object Almira had given her, which she called a 'Tablet'.

Made of a mix of many materials, it seemed to be sensitive to touch with it's front made of some type of malleable, crystalline material and glass. While the 'Tablet' was indeed fascinating, it only managed to entertain Catherine for some time, as she quickly noticed that many of it's apparent functions were 'locked'. Besides, the fact that it wasn't configured to use the common Friestan Language seemed not to be something accidental, but deliberate, maybe to further hinder her understanding of that technology.

"Hoo~ So that's how it's going to be?" Catherine said to herself, with a smirk.

"Unfortunately, they might be underestimating my intellect..." she thought to herself with a chuckle.

While Catherine wasn't exactly a linguist, it would be simple enough for someone with her intellect to figure out how the language works, at least in enough to understand a few keywords, if she was able to gain access to any kind of dictionary... From then, it would be as simple as to keep hearing, reading and being around Almira's crew for her to master that strange language...

As they arrived on the place where the 'meteor' fell, Catherine was simply left without words as she saw the gargantuan ship. From the engines, the energy source to the materials used for it's hull, it was everything a secret to her. Every inch of that ship could hide a potential breakthrough.

"I carry no weapons other than this pair of gloves." Catherine said, with a clearly mocking smirk as she took the combat gloves from inside her coat.

"I would recommend against taking the vials away. Both from the glove and from my coat though. Some of them are incredibly unstable and most, incredibly dangerous. Mishandling them could prove to be fatal." Catherine said with a smirk, before Almira mentioned that one of her crew members wanted to offer her a tour through the ship.

"A tour? Perfect! I hope there will be no issues with our communication then? A tour wouldn't be of much use if there's no communication between us, would it?" Catherine asked, raising an eyebrow at Almira, with a mischievous smirk.

Avalia

Time: Evening
Location: Desert
Interactions: Jomari @baraquiel
Mentions:

Nuallán could feel nothing but hatred and anger as the bandits appeared. Truth be told, Nuallán couldn't be sure they were the part of the same group who had taken his mistress and he honestly, didn't care. The fact that they were standing in his way, preventing him to rescue Lady Rosaria, was enough for him.

A quick analysis of the enemies he would be facing shown that the most dangerous ones were clearly the scorpion and the rhino. One due to his sheer size and mass and the other due to his exoskeleton, stinger and it's capability to move way better through the sand than Nuallán could. Although those disadvantages could definitely be dealt with if Jomari used his ability. To make things even worse, he still had to worry about the other bandits and not only they were outnumbered, but the position they were right now, being completely surrounded, wasn't a good one.

"I won't force you to fight, but if you want to ensure your own safety, I need backup. Be careful with the scorpion though. He is well adapted to the desert." Nuallán said in a low tone.

"Do not expect mercy or kindness." Nuallán said with a piercing, cold gaze as he slowly gave a few steps forward, putting his blade under his arm and adjusted his gloves.

"Fortunately for you, I don't have time to make your deaths nearly as painful as I would like to, so let's finish this quickly." Nuallán finished as he held his sword again, pointing it towards the scorpion demi-human, which was the closest to him and armed with a lance.

The Hunt, A Modern Fantasy Smorgasbord RP

^{Interactions: Amanda @Kumbaris, Micheal Crane @BigPapaBelial, Scarlet @AWACS, Ahab @Eviledd1984}

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Faye smiled at Scarlet as she heard her happy voice, cheering the fact that she had woken up again and shaking her shoulder with excitement, something which made Faye dizzy and a bit disorientated, due to the state her body was.

"Don't worry. I just got a bit dizzy." Faye said, with a smile as Scarlet apologized.

"I'm still not one hundred percent recovered. My body feels weak, heavy and it feels like an elephant is stepping on my head." Faye said with a chuckle.

Scarlet continued then to give Faye a brief resume of what happened on the few hours she was unconscious, mentioning that they were still running away and how they were barely able to escape with their lives from the forest. Whoever they were, it was quite obvious that they wanted to kill them at any costs, judging how after everything, they were still chasing them.

The gunshots began once more as Scarlet began firing at them. With every shot, Faye felt a sharp wave of pain on her head. While it wasn't as bad as the pain she felt while she was unconscious, it was still painful. Still, she knew there was nothing that could be done on that situation and instead, she simply lowered herself as much as she could and gritted her teeth.

"Why are they so persistent?! Who are these people?!" Faye shouted over the gunfire, looking behind them as she saw the black SUVs chasing them, just as a bulled missed her by a few centimeters and went on to almost hit Amanda as well, making Faye quickly lower her head.

Only a few minutes passed when Faye felt the impact of the BMW hitting the metal gate of the Minsk's OMR Office as the car crashed inside the OMR Office. Faye, who was already a bit dizzy and disorientated, felt like the world was spinning around her as Amanda identified herself to the OMR agents that were approaching their car.
It didn't take too much until the shots started again, as their pursuers began shooting at them and the other OMR agents, with them returning fire shortly after.

Crawling out of the car and doing her best not to fall down, Faye did her best to find a place where she could take cover from the shots.

"I... I don't think I will... be of much help as I am... right now, but I'm fine. Just... focus on dealing with them first!" Faye said, shouting over the gunfight as she tried to ignore how weak she felt and the strong headaches that were made only worse with the loud noises and she hurried to the back of the office, hiding herself behind anything that seemed to be sturdy enough to put her out of harms' way.

While she did feel guilty that she couldnt help them, she knew the best she could do right now was not to be a hindrance to them, especially since they now had backup from the other OMR agents from Minsk and even a strange Orc scientist, which seemed to be able to summon demons from other dimensions by using a weird gadget.

The Five Senses

Karina Frost

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Karina pulled out her rapier with a swift motion as she stepped back just the moment the other cultist was about to attack her back. Fortunately, Chres threw a construct spear on him before he could strike Karina.
With a silent nod of thanks, Karina swung her blade, cleaning the blood before she pointed it forward again, giving a glance to Chres as she did so.

"We still have a lot of work to do." Karina asked, looking to the others with a serious stare.

This was but one of the battles they had yet to face and just like the others, one they had to win.

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The battle for the church was a fierce and violent one. Once again, Karina was reminded of how much of a threat the mysterious sightless were. Even after the cultists fell, the sightless continued to fight. If just one of those creatures was able to give them this much trouble, Karina shuddered to think of what an army of them would be able to do. All of them wielding the same strange powers the sightless had...

With the majority of the cultists dead thanks to the soldiers they had brought with them, the sightless could do little but resist as better as it could to their attacks.

"Don't be reckless and continue attacking! Surround it, don't let it run and continue attacking! This is a battle of attrition, just continue wearing it down!" Karina shouted, using her ice magic to steadily launch her ice blades towards the sightless, aiming to further and further prevent it from moving or attacking too much, while surrounding him with the help of the soldiers, Chres, Octavio, Týfurkh and the others.

The battle was going very well, just as Karina had envisioned. The steady attacks coming from all sides were overwhelming the sightless, that could do little but to try and defend itself and trash it's sharpened tendrils around. That was until it dug it's tendrils deep within the earth, cracking the ground below them. Just after it did so, for some reason, it's wounds, that previously covered it's body began to slowly, but surely heal and appeared to be recovering it's energy, despite all the damage it had suffered.

"Under the church... The seed?!" Karina said to herself, alarmed as she realized exactly what the sightless was using to regain it's powers.

"Don't break the formation! Stay strong!" Karina shouted, encouraging the soldiers to continue where they are and not desperate themselves, especially after the roar and the sudden renewed vigor the sightless gained.

"Salt! Throw it on it's wounds!" Karina shouted to the soldiers, silently hoping that the other group of soldiers who went to the basement could find and cut the sightless' tentacles.

Fortunately, whatever it was that the sightless found underground to give it that tremendous surge of power was suddenly cut away from him by the soldiers who went to the basement. That, coupled with the salt the other soldiers were using to prevent it's regeneration sealed the sightless' fate.

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With the battle finally over and with their forces having completely controlled the church, Karina walked around for a bit, giving orders to the remaining soldiers and making sure the ones that got wounded were receiving proper first aid.

"Not for long. We are still on their city..." Karina said, stopping near Chres as he mentioned that it was good having the numerical advantage.

"I know... My soldiers can hold on this position for a while, since the church is a good fortified position. It should be enough for us to deal with the seed. But our time is still limited. Their numbers will sooner or later overwhelm us if we are not quick enough." Karina said, agreeing with Chres.

"Are you sure it won't suddenly get up again?" Akai, whom was carefully nudging the dead remains of the sightless with her feet asked.

"Ugh! This thing is disgusting!" she said as her nudge made the sightless' body turn and one of it's tendrils to fall down on the ground with an audible sound.

At that exact moment, one of the soldiers who had previously got down to the basement called Karina, saying he had something to show her. Looking to Chres and the others, silently saying that they should probably come as well, Karina followed the soldier.

Unlike what Karina was expecting, the seed wasn't exactly on the basement, but instead there was a long, dark tunnel with a foul smell coming from it. Even the very atmosphere inside the tunnel seemed to be somehow... wrong. There was a high probability that the thing they were looking for, the seed, was on the end of that foul tunnel.

"We are just behind you, Chres." Karina said as Chres volunteered to go first.

The moment he gave the first steps inside though, Karina suddenly put the hand on his shoulders.

"Remember, you are not alone." Karina said with determined eyes. Albeit short, she hoped her words would help to dispell any doubts that may be arising on his mind as they entered the tunnel.

The Friestan Incident, a Fantasy Sci-Fi Fusion RP

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Catherine couldn't help but let out a chuckle, looking towards the rest of the group as she heard Anki's words, agreeing with her own. Much like Catherine's own words, there was an undeniable logic behind Anki's, which only further corroborated Catherine's opinions about what was going on.

"Anki's logic is flawless." Catherine said, looking to the rest of the group and watching their reactions.

"I have heard stories and tales about the Knights of Deep Wood. Even though it is hard to know which ones are mere rumors and which ones are true, I don't doubt your capabilities. But we are not sure of what they are capable of doing. Going with them is still an extremely imprudent decision." Catherine said, looking to Dumas, who had just volunteered to go with Almira and her crew.

Just as she had finished saying so, Galmira approached her, mentioning about how the dragon code required them to bury the corpse of the dragon and enlist the help of any creature that was able to do so, if they weren't. Catherine's expression was one of visible annoyance at the dragoness and she didn't try to hide it.

"This is why I hate dealing with nobles, royalty and dragons..." she grumbled as she approached Galmira.

"You seem to be quite partial to Galmira and her crew, don't you, dragon? This is very suspicious. Especially considering that even though you seemed to be so enraged with me removing some of the dead[ dragon's organs, you are more than fine with giving it's corpse to Galmira and her crew to cut up and study it... Basically doing almost the same thing I planned to do... I wonder how did you get so friendly with them in such a short amount of time... Knowing how dragons normally are, your actions are quite... unusual. Maybe motivated by something... or even forced...?" Catherine said, raising an eyebrow as she looked with a provocative glare towards Almira.

"Besides, the Dragon Code does not tell when or how such burial needs to be made, does it? I have some extremely potent corrosive solutions with me that could do quite a good job even to a dragon's corpse. Some mixtures that instantaneously combust in immeasurably high temperatures upon contact with the air could be used for a very thorough cremation as well." she said, shrugging as she turned her back towards Galmira.

"Your 'Dragon Code' is honestly, quite funny... If we were the ones that were slain by that dragon, would our burial be treated in the same way?" Catherine asked, looking over her shoulder with an acid chuckle before she turned towards Almira.

"Concessions need to be made, for both sides, for any diplomatic relations to be estabilished." Catherine replied as Almira said she could allow her to experiment with some of their equipment and especimens and gave her some concessions.

"Just remember: We are only willing to do as much for you as you, yourselves, are willing to do for us." Catherine finished as she looked to Anki, Dumas, Srikandi and the rest of her group, waiting for their replies.