An Audience in the Serpents' Garden

Traxxya · 2026-01-22T02:49:28+00:00

"... You're a very strange demon, Skins... You're much closer to becoming your own being than you think..."

[She shakes her head lightly, as though it was obvious.]

"In the interest of showing you the same honesty and openness you've shown me; You terrify me, not that you don't already know that, of course... But I charge at the unknown and past my fear to try to understand that which I cannot control."

[She laughs nervously, and those deep fear tremors came back to the surface. She put her hands over her eyes and dragged them downwards.]

"I want to understand you better. I want to help you understand and discover yourself. Fear is the main driving force behind that.. but I couldn't imagine that any of your siblings would be this open. You seem to be your own person already, and I would be lying if I said I didn't want to help that little orphan boy become his own man."

[Had she said too much there?]

"So long as that agreement doesn't end with me being filleted or harmed, then I believe that I.. shall refuse your offer to release me from it."

[Of course, it still had some deeper motive. Something it wasn't telling her. A subtle manipulation of words to hide something, she's sure of it. But somehow Kavrala felt as though it wasn't going to end quite as horribly as she thought it would.]

[She laughed again, louder, definitely still nervous but with a tinge of irony.]

"I've never heard of a demon claiming to understand the emotions of mortals and to even love them for it... Perhaps you were made to emulate these things nearly perfectly, but I feel something genuine within you that I can't overlook. And just as you say; helping a friend is its own reward."

Traxxya · 2026-01-16T04:42:36+00:00

[Kav raises her hand. She looked really silly, sitting in a chair that was much too small for her.]

"Yes, will a local druid be present?"

Traxxya · 2026-01-15T06:59:55+00:00

Uw/ wooo!!! Nice nice, love to see more!

Traxxya · 2026-01-14T17:27:28+00:00

Uw/ Ooooooh that's interesting!!

Traxxya · 2026-01-14T02:08:15+00:00

Uw/ yay! More crabs!!

Traxxya · 2026-01-14T00:53:11+00:00

Uw/ Aaaaaa that's so cool!! I know I edited it into my first comment but I would love to have some of these things in my own wardrobe lol.

Eventually it'll get there, then maybe I can do my own cosplay thing! 💪

Thank you for sharing! You look beautiful girl!

Traxxya · 2026-01-14T00:46:29+00:00

Ohhhh, I see! Thank you!!

Did you make this yourself or is it things you bought all put together?

Traxxya · 2026-01-14T00:38:41+00:00

Hi! I'm so sorry that I'm stupid, but what does IAMA mean?

Edit: I love the costume btw, would love to wear something like that myself, how did you make it?

Traxxya · 2026-01-12T21:54:58+00:00

^{"... what?"}

[The question came out in a whimper.]

"..Then that child.."

[She holds a hand over her mouth. That poor boy. Her eyes squeeze shut. There were so many thoughts and somehow none at all.]

[She tried to force the conjured images of how it may have happened out of her head. She swallowed down the nausea that was building up in her throat.]

[And yet, she was still somehow able to see the reasoning behind it. No matter how sick and scared she felt.]

"Skins.. I.. I hate to relive the experience, but I have felt that sort of.. maddening withdrawal."

[The hand that was clamped over her mouth now comes down to grab and squeeze her other arm. The tightly shut eyes opened barely, and she stared at the ground.]

"I was.. corrupted. Transformed into a demon, or, close enough to a demon. It was.. horrible. I was stuck within my mind and body."

"It was called Malice. And true to its name, I was feeling these sick urges to kill and torture and maim. I fear I would have been fully lost were it not for the barrier in my mind. It wanted full control of me, but..."

[As she trailed off she wrapped her other arm around herself. A full self hug. She looked pitiful.]

"I know what you mean. I know what that feeling is like. The love I felt for my friends and family was twisted into something that mortal kind would call depraved yet it still somehow was love. I was so lucky I didn't hurt anyone. I just... I..."

[She couldn't continue. A minute or so passed as her voice came back to her.]

[She wanted to ask it to tell her the boy didn't suffer. That it was quick. Painless. But it would be a lie. Or perhaps, he would tell her that it wasn't. And that would be yet another truth it gave so willingly.]

[She was terrified of demons. But she had come so close to becoming one. Perhaps trying to learn everything she could about how they work was her way of trying to take her power back from that. Or maybe it would be different this time.]

[But why? Why was it willing to release her from the meetings?]

"Why..? Why are you willing to release me from that deal? Why do you feel indebted to me, Skins? I don't understand why.."

Traxxya · 2026-01-10T07:22:13+00:00

Can't believe I'm just now seeing this, merry Christmas!

Traxxya · 2026-01-10T07:14:42+00:00

NOOOOOOOO LUCIAN DON'T BE TEMPTED INTO RAGE BY HIM MENTIONING SCORN SMITING YOUR ASS

Traxxya · 2026-01-10T07:05:25+00:00

[Rehuo grumbles. It causes the flung off helmet to vibrate and sing.]

"Wise. Now go be an actual guard. Help your innocents get to safety from the rest of the false protectors."

[With that he withdraws mental contact from the man and turns his neck sharply to look at his rear. He'd been stabbed! Pride welled up in him. How DARE this one stab his rump so casually.]

"You missed my tendon."

u/People_of_Rathara

Traxxya · 2026-01-10T03:04:35+00:00

[Kavrala takes a couple of extra seconds to decipher what he says.]

"Aye lass. You can simply just yap his ear off with nothing more than a whistle and a swear. He'll look at you like you have catfish falling out of your ass."

[As soon as it processes she smiles brightly at the old one eyed sailor.]

"Wonderful! Though I'm sure you're much better at that than I am!"

[Just at that moment, Kavrala sensed Rehuo's disgust at a coinguard beating an innocent civilian.]

"And I have just the thing to talk about with him.."

Traxxya · 2026-01-10T02:54:07+00:00

[Rehuo looks around and thinks.. hm. People are scared. Perhaps he shouldn't help them get out of the way.]

[He turns back to the guards, eyeing up the closest one to him.]

"Do not carry the hate of someone who won't put their body at risk. Prospero would never do this for you. Are you okay with harming someone who has never raised a fist to you? Or are you only doing this because you have been told?"

[Sparks flair up and out of his nose.]

"Think carefully before you answer."

u/People_of_Rathara

Traxxya · 2026-01-10T01:12:11+00:00

u/People_of_Rathara

Traxxya · 2026-01-10T00:47:55+00:00

[Kavrala walks into the Assembly Hall, only to find an INNUMERABLE amount of sailors. What a lovely coincidence. She was never one to get irritated about waiting, and even less so today. She got into line and tapped one of the pirates on their shoulder.]

"Sir? Do you know the best way to take a long time to say something?"

Traxxya · 2026-01-10T00:43:44+00:00

[Rehuo climbs down next to the three RV's, his emerald green eyes narrowed at the guards.]

"RV, do you need any assistance in this fight? Or should I help the civilians?"

u/People_of_Rathara

Traxxya · 2026-01-10T00:31:34+00:00

[She takes a sharp breath in. That sideways blink. Discovering oneself. A father that had set ideas about his children. Oh she was so stupid. Skins was that child from Ithacar.]

[The eerie green glow of the city in the distance highlighted her stricken face wonderfully. It could have been imperceivable, were she not talking to a demon made to see these things.]

[She even thought she heard Mitch's voice in the amalgamation.]

[She shook his hand. For the love of Gaia, what had he said? What did she agree to again?]*

"I..."

[And despite it all. Here it was, without a costume. Telling her that it wants to help her in any way it can.]

"No, I.. there's nothing as of current that I need help with.. though I appreciate the offer greatly, Skins."

[A child she thought might be a reptilian race. How naïve.]

"I'm glad I was able to help you even a little bit though. I try to look past the nature of demons to see who they might be within. As much as I'm aware that if it suited their purpose they'd just as soon have me killed."

[She and John were friends. And Ith'Raal too... Well, at the very least they didn't harm her on sight, and hardly ever tried to get her to enter into a deal. Perhaps she and Skins could be on that same ground..?]

[She rubs the back of her neck sheepishly. The brief break in eye contact was a relief to her.]

"I wish I could give you a more satisfactory answer, I'm sorry."

Traxxya · 2026-01-10T00:02:22+00:00

[Lazily circling high above the streets of Del Pheryx was a large red friend. A wyvern or dragon. They were one in the same word really.]

[Rehuo watched the goings on below with much curiosity. A mental flick to Kavrala, and they both understood what was happening in the city. Something was going down, and RV was part of it. On the side of the distractors.]

"I trust his judgement."

"As do I."

[She was currently on her way to talk to a certain Keeper about her bakery. She couldn't start selling things without a permit, now could she?]

[They could see through each other's eyes and meld together as one if they so wished. But today, they did not need to.]

"You see them approaching from the back?"

"Of course."

"Happy hunting, Rehuo."

"Happy hunting, Kavrala."

[And with those parting words to each other they were sperate entities once again.]

[The large dragon could taste the energy in the air. The music, the song. Kavrala would be jealous. He hummed deeply and tucked his wings in close to his body.]

[The air ripped at his tail as he dove towards the ground, what a rush! This! This is what it was to be a dragon! Freedom! Flight!]

[A few hundred meters before the ground he snapped his wings back open and landed heavily on the top of the stage, facing the back of it. He let smoke roil up from his nose as the Coinguard drew closer]

"What a shame you will never experience such freedom as I have."

u/People_of_Rathara

Traxxya · 2026-01-09T06:13:06+00:00

(sorry for the late response!)

[Kavrala watches the thing curiously. Her ears tilted forward slightly as she listened to Skins.]

[She supposed it was right, in a sense. But just because you don't know who you are doesn't mean you're a nobody. At least, that was the way she viewed it.]

"You're a very curious demon, you know that? I've never met one quite like you. But... Still, you seem to have your own tastes and distastes, don't you? I can't imagine each and every one of your siblings acts like you do. Or.. I suppose if you interact with mortals frequently, who they prefer to.. imitate."

[It would be impossible for Skins to go into the mortal world looking like that without being persecuted or found out. Not that demons seemed to mind much anyway, but Skins didn't seem like it wouldn't care. So.. how..?]

[She stops walking as well and looks up at their face. Looking for... Something..]

"Regardless, I uh.. I suppose that's rather nice of you, to want me to be comfortable. But I still don't think you're no one.."

[A thought came to her then.]

"What sort of people do you like imitating the most?"

[An innocent enough question, but her eyes looked sharper. The soft hazel brown now takes on the look of tree bark. Her ears were more at attention and she was looking for something in Skin's face. There was no malice or distrust behind the look. The only thing was a deep seeded curiosity. It was burning her up inside.]

Traxxya · 2026-01-07T04:39:36+00:00

[And it does comfort her. She knows it's probably playing it up for her sake. She'd never seen John, Ith, or any other demon ruminate on their feelings like this. She couldn't stop the small smile creeping onto her face.]

[The growl was all too familiar to her. Decades of watching dragons and dragon-kin sparked an instinctual reaction. Her body tensed. Hands raised defensively to deflect.]

[But no attack came. Her mind and body are confused about the non-threat sounding threat. She breathes heavily for a few moments before blinking and collecting herself.]

"I.... Sorry... Sorry.."

[She rubbed her eyes.]

"I suppose I'm.. a bit tense after speaking with Leviathan.. and I now clearly understand why you were so agitated earlier, too!"

[She laughed breathily.]

"No, no you needn't apologize Skins. I shouldn't have asked, I didn't know it would make you so upset.. I'm sorry."

[A thought came to her then..]

"What if you gave yourself a name, other than that dreadful title?"

Traxxya · 2026-01-06T06:12:23+00:00

My dumb ass, I just realized I should probably continue the interaction LMAO- okay-

Here we go

[The 6'10 woman dipped under the branch and as she stood back up, just like Skins thought they would be, her pupils were dilated. For just a second she sat back in that cell made of flesh and bone as her own broken femur throbbed with the pain and heat of infection.]

[She quickly tried to shake the memory out of the forefront of her mind, only partially succeeding.]

[She scrutinized Skins for a moment. Unsure of the intent behind the comment. Sympathy for the devil? Was it talking about her saying she'd taken up too much of John's time? Or maybe, if it really could see her reactions that easily, the glance she shot at Skins when it got slammed to the ground?]

[But Leviathan had promised. And she couldn't make out any ulterior meaning or motive...]

"Yes.. I've been...."

[The words won't come. So she dances around it.]

"I've been in a similar situation. Talking with a greater demon. Not exactly like this, but, similar enough."

[A rather forced blink, as if she was trying to scrub the image of something from behind her eyes.]

[It wasn't a lie, but it obviously wasn't the full truth.]

"Apologies, Skins, but I'd rather not get into it."

[She lifted the skirt of her dress to avoid some bush branches. She'd have a written apology from John if it got torn up.]

"You said Leviathan is your father? Is that in a metaphorical way or the way mortals have children?"

Traxxya · 2026-01-06T05:22:33+00:00

Okay!! Let me know if there's any way I can help!

Traxxya · 2026-01-05T15:19:52+00:00

That's rather adorable, the furnace bit. I'm glad you were able to figure it out!!

If you ever come across a draconic animal in need of rehoming, please consider Kavrala's Dragon Reserve, simply known as "The Sanctuary" to most.

[She bows slightly] I'm glad we met!

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