Syngeneia Kathairein part 38
#39 of Syngeneia Kathairein
Lysistrata moves over to the center of the dread silo holding Apocalion. ''You are aware about Genesion? How the fall happened?'' You nod, Xenia told you that tale a pretty long while ago. ''Well then, Entropion, Genesion's fall was tragic but their own fault. You see, Genesion hungered for more, to expand their influence and life to others worlds. I have read on you and talked to Eleos, you got that same addictive personality'' Lysistrata seems slightly worried. ''You don't want that to happen to you, trust me.'' She's right, you are very tempted to try and take over the world, but you'd rather keep it to yourself.
''Don't worry, I'm not planning on trying anything anytime soon.'' You reply. Lysistrata nods in response and begins to walk out of the dread silo. ''Now that we got that out of the way, we can begin training. > You say "Figures, you are the aspect of discipline too. " Lysistrata smiles as you reply. ''It's all part of being a dragon, Entropion. We are the embodiment of the world around us. It's only natural that we hold these qualities.'' Lysistrata leads you outside the dread silo and into a small courtyard. ''I must be honest, you need more structure in your life. you can't just go off on a whim'' > You say "I don't go off on whims, I keep a loose thread of tasks I must complete. You are correct I often mess up my schedule or stay up just a little longer instead having a regular sleep schedule"
Lysistrata nods in response. ''Well I'm here to help you get your life together. Now, I've read through your notes and noticed a few things. For one thing, you haven't had a stable sleeping schedule in years. You also eat whenever you feel like it and don't really exercise. I want you to start going to sleep at 11 every night and waking up at 9am. You need a strict sleeping schedule to be productive with your time. > You say "The world is not that strict though, I mean, things happen." Lysistrata scratches her head. ''Yeah, but you're still young and need to be at the top of your game. A good nights sleep and a set schedule will help you out both mentally and physically.'' Lysistrata is completely right, though you hate to admit it. Still, you don't want to sleep at 11 and wake up at 9 every day. That just seems boring. > You say "welp, it's not something that can be fixed in a day... I suppose Koriza has to be on my ass more to enforce this stuff." Lysistrata laughs loudly.
''Yeah, I'm sure she'd love to do that. I'll have to talk with her about it too, but this is why Sophrosyne will visit you a week from now'' The next few days are spent with Koriza drilling you in combat and the basics of mindfulness. You spend a lot of your time running through the woods outside of the dread silo. It's actually very peaceful out here, and you feel like you could run forever through the trees. You do feel more fit. Koriza is still a bit distant, but that rough patch is slowly healing. something is.... off.... you are awaken more early than normal, nobody is up yet but Sophrosyne seems a bit too eager and impatient compared to the others... You can barely eat before she pulls you away again... You feel that this is very similar to the day you were recruited. You are lead up to the roof of the palace, where a large portal opens up. You can see a dark purple light emanating from it... You look at Sophrosyne expectantly. ''Well? Get in!'' > You say "That is not light magic, it feels very similar to that alien stuff of the heavenly rings..." > You say "what the FUCK?! " Sophrosyne looks at you with a mixture of shock and anger. ''You will not speak that way to me ever again! I am in charge here! You got that?'' Sophrosyne appears wreathed in a bright white light, she's angry. Very angry.
You've only seen Koriza this angry once, but with her it was justified. With Sophrosyne, it isn't. She inhales, and it fades... a magical disguise break and you see... a purple dragoness?! ''I am Pyranna, name like the fish, to make clear to not mess with me'' > You are stunned and take a good look at Pyranna, the purple dragon. Pyranna is a gorgeous, regal purple dragon. She is wearing a tight, sleek leather outfit, and her purple scales glitter as she moves. She is a magnificent creature. You can't take your eyes off of her, even when she is looking at you with a bored expression on her face. She has 2, long horns curving backwards. Her eyes are a light grey, and they are focused on you now. > You say "You are also a purple dragon... I wondered where the others were! now, why have you kidnapped me?" Pyranna laughs a throaty, evil sounding laugh. 'You're a fool if you think you can escape.' 'No, I mean, I am a purple dragon, but I thought the others were gone.' 'Other planets, dumbass!' 'I been to the heavenly rings, but other planets?' ''Potentate in my case, well, I guess you aren't totally incompetent if you know about them'' > You say "I got a violet dragon working under me and met the Warchief Do you work for him?" ''Yes, I came here on his behalf. Kisses and cuddles are not going to help you. The thrones couldn't stop Apocalion the first time, that was Catharsion's work.'' she huffs, releasing black smoke from her nostrils. > You say "The thrones are the most powerful light users out there and Catharsion used light in his arsenal." ''Light has it's place, sure, but you can't be a total wuss! Hatred and fury are weapons and Sophrosyne would hinder your ability in that!'' Pyranna stomps a claw on the ground and bares her teeth. > You say "Let me guess, you have me harness my inner rage as we slaughter Apocalytes?" you kind of like this idea.
Pyranna smiles. 'That's right, I'm going to rip them limb from limb and scorch the flesh off their bones.' 'Well, that's a bit extreme...' 'We must win at any cost! This world is at stake!' "Let's spar and see see how powerful you are without your magic." Pyranna smirks and gets into position. You unleash a flurry of attacks against her, but she easily dodges and parries them. You realize she is much stronger than you are. ''I have been doing this longer than you, Entropion. You are WEAK!'' you have much to learn, but wow, that stung. You didn't even see that coming.' "Let's keep this interesting. I know you're stronger than this, but let's see how you fare against a more specialized attacker." You roll your eyes and take a defensive stance. Pyranna smirks and launches a barrage of attacks against you. You can see she is a master and you are somewhat worried. She is fast and she is strong. > You grab her body with your tail! You try to wrap your tail around her, but she is far stronger than you. She breaks your hold easily and pins you to the ground. "You want some more, little purple one?" she asks. "Maybe...'Maybe not." you groan. Pyranna raises her foot and brings it down, connecting with the side of your head. "Ouch." you say. > You say "you made your fucking point! come on!" "Fine! I want to see your magic!" Pyranna says after quickly releasing you. > You say "that's what I'm best at, get ready as I'm taking initiative again!" > You use the best you got and attack with dark power! You summon all the dark energy you can and hit her with it. She blocks it and it bounces off her body. You are shocked and you attack again, but she is still unharmed. You see that she is still unharmed and your attacks are doing nothing.
She is laughing at you. You are about to make another attack when you feel a pain in your side. You are on fire! Makes sense she uses fire, as her fire markings suggest she knows fire magic. > You calm down and focus on the power of ice to extinguish yourself and counter her fire magic. You summon all the cold energy you can and hit her with it. It causes her to catch her breath and she is left open for a finishing blow. You slam your tail onto her head and it causes her to go down. You won. > You help Pyranna up. Pyranna rubs the top of her head and winces, "That was... interesting. Hey, you did good. I think you've got potential. That was the first time I've ever seen someone actually land a hit against me. I think I may've misjudged you.'' You're very curious, and a bit frightened, but you agree to go with her to the battlefield. > You say "Is your head fine? I just want to make sure if we're going to pick a fight with the despotate." "It's fine, I just... I'll be fine. Let's just go." she says. You follow her to the edge of the battlefield. She stops and turns to you. "Listen. I'm sorry if I offended you. I didn't mean it. I just... I have a short temper and a quick tongue.'' You're still a little scared of her, but you're also a little bit intrigued. "That's alright, I am married to a red dragoness and you know how these are'' You and Pyranna are flying over the landscape, to location. You decide to have a chat. > You say "that world of yours, Potentate, what is it like?" ''It makes Syngeneia look like paradise! Potentate always faces it's gas planet so you got a midday, midnight and twilight zone. Only a bit of the temperate equatorial zones are habitable'' > You say "So I guess the midday pole is scorching hot, devoid of life as it's practically a surface while the cold midnight zone is so cold massive growths of ice and unbreathable frigid air dominate while the equatorial ring is a zone of permanent storm? " ''yeah, Potentate kind of sucks'' she snickers, but growls as you noticed she saw something ''fucking Despotate scum!'' Pyranna makes a sharp downward turn and you follow her... > You fly an extra circle to look at what opposition you will be facing. Mostly undead, one black dragon, few living militia troops.
They seem startled and get in defensive position before Pyranna unleashes an inferno from her paws onto them, she circled around the onslaught one time to blast them with her combustible liquid breath. It's clear she did this before and a cacophony of screams fills the air! Where is the black dragon at?... Your mind is empowered with a familiar feeling, the power of Annihilatoran magic! a metallic, sour yet sweet sensation... You notice the black dragon lining up for an attack run on Pyranna! You know what is expected of you. > You aim blood magic at the black dragon, intending to draw blood from it's head to force a blackout. The dragon flies through the flames and narrowly misses you. He dives down towards you and opens his maw, ready to bite you! > You attack again with blood magic, with deadly intent this time! The dragon is hit and his blood sprays from his mouth, he is unable to control his fall and crashes into the ground. You fly over him and notice he is knocked out cold. You fly back to Pyranna, she is breathing heavily, but seems alright. > You say "you fine? that one nearly got you." ''Yeah, I'm okay. You did well.'' Pyranna says. ''Thanks, Pyranna'' ''No problem, but let's move on. Despotate scum have a habit of regrouping'' she says, flying away. ''god dammit'' you follow her and soon catch up, as you still are built for high speed bursts. ''heya. what did you have in store next?'' ''let's destroy a mining village?'' she suggests, it's obvious she plans on the go... bit of a wildcard, that Pyranna. > You look for a settlement with Pyranna ''There, that one. The mines are close, so we'll hit them first.'' Pyranna says, flying towards it. ''Alright, let's do this then'' you reply, flying beside her. ''Alright, ready?'' ''Ready'' ''Get ready, here comes the firestorm! > You have Pyranna's back as she turns the ramshackle settlement into a blaze. The flames spread rapidly, the screams of the dying echo through the valley. > You say "Pyranna! Let the living slaves run! Military and undead killing only!" Pyranna nods to you, you fly behind Pyranna who is setting up for another attack run, guarding her sixes.
You spot a primitive but sure as hell dangerous cannon being rolled in! Pyranna will be shot out of the sky if you don't do something! > You use your blood magic power to slam Pyranna's body out of the firing line of that cannon. Pyranna is hit, she screams in agony as you slam her out of the canon's firing line, the canon explodes, killing the 3 soldiers that were pushing it, but one cannonball zooms by. Yep, poorly made garbage. Pyranna lands on the ground and collapses, blood dripping from her mouth. > You say "yeah that was me, it was either that or a cannonball ripping you apart. You fine?" ''I'm fine! couldn't you just use damn TK or some shit?!'' she screams at you. > You say "My college didn't offer that major! now, heads up! Undead infantry!" You spot a group of undead soldiers marching towards you. Pyranna is regenerating, but isn't fast enough. > You shake your head as you got to save her again and use light magic to heal her up. ''Oh thank god...'' Pyranna says, her wounds are healed. ''You okay?'' ''Yeah, thanks!'' She douses the undead with her lighter fluid breath before igniting them! ''I'm good, thanks for asking...'' > You say "They just keep on coming! We need more power! Hey, breathe that flammable goop in a light shield I summon. Trust me okay?!" ''Fine...'' Pyranna says, as she breathes the flammable liquid in a light shield you summon. ''Now this is how a bomb works!'' ''Yeah, I see your angle!'' She shoots a single ember in the shield, you close the shield and now have a searing orb of combusting liquid... > You send the light orb towards the undead and hold it closed as long you can so the pressure can build for a massive explosion. Kaboom! The explosion is so powerful you and Pyranna are knocked out... the entire village is gone and you wake up in a large impact crater. Pyranna is nowhere to be seen... > You say "Pyranna? You there?!" ''Yeah, I'm over here...'' She replies from behind you. ''Oh thank god, I thought you died...'' ''You really think this is the first fireball I ended up in? That was fucking badass!'' > You say "Thanks, glad you seem to warm up on me. bdm tsk!" ''Yeah, that was pretty cool...'' Pyranna says, smiling. ''So, now what? Where are we?'' ''In what WAS a village'' she shows you a toothy grin.
> You say "you made your point, fury and viciousness have their place... I aim to live in balance, the thrones are not the final end to that. They do play a role but it's just that." ''Yeah, yeah, yeah...'' Pyranna sighs. ''So, what do we do now?'' ''introduce me to your friends I guess... Warchief wants as much information he can on the Syngeneian purple dragons.'' > You say "Teleportation to places I've visited is a power of mine. Want to skip the journey?" ''Yeah, that'd be nice...'' ''Okay, here we go...'' ''Hey, where are we?'' ''Place you kidnapped me from, Pyranna'' and with that, you are back with a flash! Nobody's here.... they're probably all looking for you as you have been missing. Pyranna and you wait for your room and you decide to use your telepath power...''wait you went to dreamscape's god consciousness?'' > You say "Yeah? Didn't you get your Apocalion and Singularity powers yet? " ''I'm.... not good with spirituality'' Pyranna huffs, looking away. > You say "I'm not good with fire magic, but you are amazing. I think we are supposed to help each other out." ''Yeah...'' Pyranna looks up and smiles. The Warchief probably orchestrated this... > You wait for Koriza and Disarria to return. The travel was long, Koriza and Disarria returned...... ''Oh, hey guys...'' ''oh hey guys? is that ALL you got to say?! You got me worried SICK Enty!'' Koriza's got a furious meltdown once again... Disarria notices Pyranna, her more chill demeanor won't put blinders on her face. ''Oh hey, you're the fourth purple dragon on Syngeneia!'' Pyranna nods ''that his wife? ''Enty'' here told me he likes them... dominant.'' Pyranna teases, Koriza's senses kick in and she forgets to rage at you... At the dinner table pleasantries are exchanges, Koriza's mood is still not too good... ''Entropion? I shouldn't have screamed at you but... Your trial with Lysistrata is a bust, and she is too busy to rerun it'' Koriza sighs, worriedly. Disarria buds in ''well, I did all of mine successfully, maybe I should be the lea-'' Pyranna cuts in ''yeah shut the fuck up. I've dealt with enough entitled idiots'' uh oh... you can feel the tension rising. ''why in such a bad mood, Pyranna? Disarria is a capable purple dragoness'' Koriza says, trying to ease the tension. ''We'll see'' Pyranna says, darkly. ''We'll be back later, Enty'' Dis says, leaving the table with Pyranna. It's just you and Koriza. > You say "They're going to bash their frustrations away on each other, ain't they?" ''yeah...'' Koriza sighs, looking away. ''I hate that, save it for training or the enemy...'' ''I figured...'' you nod. ''about Lysistrata's trial....'' > You say "well, I told you Pyranna was sent by the Warchief.
Sabotaging the trial of temperance was deliberate, I was told by Pyranna we need bloodlust to win this war. I think she may be right, the thrones are just one side of the coin and Apocalion is the other. Purple dragons are meant to be fighting machines so it makes sense I draw from both philosophies of dark and light?" Koriza is silent for a moment, then nods ''yeah, makes sense. It pisses me off though. Lysistrata is smart, and she'll make an amazing queen. But...'' > You say "but what? you're afraid it goes belly up? " ''no, I'm worried it'll go belly up...'' Koriza looks away. ''Korisana, who was a lot like Lysistrata. She was the opposite of me, she was the martyr, the healer, the caretaker. She was always trying to talk sense into me, make me see the light. > You say "what did I just tell you, love? this world obviously needs a tougher hand. Ours- no, yours, is what is most crucial here. I didn't marry you if I didn't believe in you." Koriza smiles a little at that. ''you're sweet, Enty...'' she says, then sighs. ''I just worry, Lysistrata is smart, but she's also fragile. She's fragile and she's kind, she cares too much. She's not ruthless enough. She needs to grow a backbone. > You say "probably, all the thrones are flawed, but Apocalion is far more so. How about we'll share this night? There has been far too much worry and far too little romance recently" Koriza bites her lip, a blush coming to her cheeks. ''I...'' ''what?'' you smile at her. ''I...'' she stammers, then finally looks you in the eyes. ''I...'' she stops, then looks away. Koriza runs off, stopping in the door frame and looking back at you, blushing, beckoning you to follow her to her bedchamber. ''what?'' you smile at her. Koriza bites her lip, and runs further, making you chase her! You spend that night on top of Koriza for a change, wrestling with her. Yes, wrestling... The next day you check in with Nalomuzo. You got sidetracked but now it's time. Kakaida and Bastarkia beckon! > You say "Desichalkos reactor all healthy and ready to fly this massive palace to another continent, Nalo?" Nalomuzo nods. ''yes, all systems go. Entropion, the reactor is all ours.'' ''thank you, Nalomuzo...'' you smile at him. ''I only wish there were more I could do...'' Nalomuzo looks away. ''but we have to make due'' > You fly downwards to the black dragon citadel, to check on Xenia and Abysmalia. You fly downwards to the black dragon citadel, to check on Xenia and Abysmalia.