Syngeneia Kathairein part 42
#43 of Syngeneia Kathairein
you wake up in a suspended cage dangling in a dimly lit sandstone dungeon, seems you got an entire room to yourself though! The stone floor under you and the walls around you, all made from sandstone. You can see some light from far above, and you see a steel like ring in the ceiling, you can probably reach it with your claws... > You leave that for now, you want to know who did this to you. a yellow dragon waltzes in after what seems to be hours of waiting. He is fat,so fat, that his belly looks like an angry puffer fish flopping about on land and the toxic vapors of stale body odor, motor oil and sexual fluids rapes your nasal senses. ''Hey Entropion, I am Fwarhhaa Guranqamt *burp* you probably know who I am... hehehehe..... Redsamuru! I'm his father! we're going to play a game! ohoho...''
> You say "ugh, what do you have in mind? " ''oh i know! How about we play a game where we slowly torture you to death, then cut your guts open and pull your heart out, then we torture you some more, and when you're finally about to die, we kill you by beheading. that will be loads of fun!'' You gulp, but see no other options? > You have your mind races quickly for options... it's insanely dangerous but your unstable, highly explosive fire magic could help out. The yellow dragon seems surprised for some reason, and makes a face like he's thinking, ''hmmmmm...... ok then. How about this? > You tune it out and don't even listen, focus on your rage and hatred. Hatred often summons dark magic as well, though. Shadowfire is even more dangerous! ''I said, ''how about we play a game where we slowly torture you to death, then cut your guts open and pull your heart out, then we torture you some more, and when you're finally about to die, we kill you by beheading''. AND I WILL LISTEN! I JUST DON'T WANT TO......
> You unleash a shadowfire burst from your body. The shadowfire explodes from you like a sun, but to a red sun. Like blood. The flashes have long tails, and just as you expected, the destructive energy heads straight for the yellow dragon. He screams in agony as the blast hits him, and you hear searing. Regardless, the dragon seems unaffected, he just screams. > You wiggle against your constraints and the cage, now that shadowfire has weakened them. You squirm and wiggle, but the steel like wires that keep you captive are to thick, and you can't get out! The yellow dragon laughs evilly and heads towards you, his fat belly jiggling as he approaches and you fear for your life... a voice rings out to you in your head, you recognize it as this ''Warchief'' entity by now. ''Summon Omikouillin! Do not hesitate!'' you remember now, you can summon a bone parasite or ''Gorgor''! Maybe this is the only shot you get to test this forgotten ability of yours out. you do as told! a sea spider looking creature appears, fatso the beard over there is too busy to notice it, which will be his mistake.
You command the creature with telepathy to mess with the locks of the constraints, spindly thin legs twiddle with the locks aaaaand..... click, click, click! your muzzle constraint is still on and fatso noticed the noises! You leap from the cage with the Gorgor wrapped around your arm! Now you got 2 bracelets, your wedding one and a grotesque, parasitic new one loyal to you and ready to infest! *Gorgors* are spider-like creatures that fuse themselves to the skeletons of their hosts. As Gorgor's are slavishly loyal to their hosts, they can act as short-range utility as they take control of whatever the master targets. Yes, you are going there! > You shoot your a ray of frost magic to seal the door, locking you and Fwarhhaa Guranqamt inside this room. The frost magic forms quickly into a crystal spear, and after piercing the metal door, it freezes in place, locking both you and the yellow dragon in. Feeling confident, you sit down, whistling a bit. > You say "sooooo, what was that about torturing me to death again?" Fwarhhaa Guranqamt looks panicked and starts crying. ''not fair! NOT FAIR NOT FAIR NOT FAIR! I was going to save the world from Purple dragon imperialism'' He stomps the floor, and you can swear you feel a slight shake... You hear guards gathering outside the door, better act now... > You tap the Gorgor on your wrist with your finger to get it's attention, point to your eye and then point the finger of the arm with the Gorgor on it towards the fat yellow dragon king.
The command is clear: burrow into the eye socket and infect! The Gorgor hisses to confirm and jumps towards the head of the dragon. Burrowing straight into the center of the yellow dragon's eye. Then, it spins like a demented corkscrew to get! It swirls into the yellow dragon's body. Fatty howls in pain and you smirk inside that breath attack blocking mask, enjoying the show and waiting for the royal guards to break down your frozen blockade. > You say "I'm waiting, come and catch me if you can~ " The guards start hammering at the door, shouting and screaming how much trouble you are in. Your just smile, this is what Traumatian trained you to do. Fwarhhaa Guranqamt fainted due the overwhelming pain and fear, that, or the Gorgor already commandeered his nervous system. the ultimately break down the ice by discharging a fire crystal at it! you are eye to eye with a dozen or so Yellow dragons dressed in steel, gilded armor. Something's different though... tubes adorn the armor and connect to tanks and a fully enclosed helmet. ''surrender and die!'' ''he killed the king!'' ''purple imperator!'' spears are pointed at you... well, you got one trick up your sleeve still.
> You use your dark siphon ability on one of the guards and drain him until he and his armor are nothing but dust! you casually touch the guard on his face with the palm of your hand, and there is nothing left of him but dust. The guards start screaming in horror as what is left of his body turns into a black cloud that falls to the ground. They will attack you within a second so best use that opportunity now or die! > You use the power you absorbed from Deimodo; the white dragon psycho-sonar You want to instill crippling fear and roar with all the malice in you! You roar at the guards, hoping the psycho-sonar ability works... which it does! You paralyze them in fear as they go fully catatonic. They are in fetal position and tremble, leaving you with an ample free pass to escape! You run, and run into the depths of the castle while the guards are still frozen to the spot, watching helpless as you outmaneuver them. Time to look for an out...
> You rush through the palace, hoping to find something useful to aid your escape. You sprint into the depths of the castle, hoping you won't have to deal with this catatonic state for too long. You rush down stairs, explore tunnels, make a couple of turns, look for the exit... that door looks important... > You burst inside that room, to find an array of teleportation gates. The portals all seem to be off, so you'll have to be quick. If the guards come here soon, you won't have time to escape. You quickly run into the room as what appear to be humanoid engineers rush out in terror as they see you. You mess with the levers, switches and buttons and a teleporter springs to life. these are very different from what you saw before. Mechanical-looking, wires, crystals and metallic bits. You got no idea where it leads but waiting will mean DEATH!
> You jump into the portal leading to a random location. You start walking towards the portal and the guards approach fast. You parrot ''sorry, not my fault'' and step through. You hear the portal close behind you and you wake up in a damp, dark jungle... Kakaida. > You say "well... at least I'm not dead." > You fly above the canopy to take a look around. This jungle is calm and quiet, almost eerie... but, you don't care at the moment. You just want to be free of this insanity and find your palace... No luck, jungle stretches as far as you can see and for some reason you can't use your magic anymore. Damned teleporter. > You get on the ground and start walking, hoping for the best. You sigh and get up, then start walking. Hope you find an exit soon so you don't have to spend all day walking. You hear a screech and your instincts tell you to run. You turn around and there are a couple of monkeys in front of you. You get your eyes on the lead monkey and wave hello, it throws its head back and laughs. Then you laugh along with them. moaning can be heard in the distance, sounds very familiar: undead!
The monkeys look at the direction of the source once and are flee as fast as you can blink! This isn't good. You hide and want these undead to not be that strong, hoping you'll make it out alive. what appears to be a group of humans, or.... were? shamble forwards. They don't stink like undead, their movements seem impeded but more... fluid? these creatures seem to be lame monstrosities but then there is the most obvious detail: they are covered in hideous, deforming cancerous growths! some even leak small fumes of a pinkish gas alongside a ruby liquid, no, not blood, it behaves too much like water for that and is... brighter. > You look at your claws and test your tail. You can take these monsters! You attack them. You lunge at the closest one, biting into its shoulder. You take hold of the beast's throat with your claws and start to tear at it, shredding it into pieces. The creature screams in pain while the others move aside, giving you space to ravage this abomination. You rip into its neck and tear out its spine, enveloping you in pink gas and ruby liquid... some got in your eye. Ew! You do not care about this right now and finish the job until only viscera remains! rumble rumble rumble.... seems you are not in the clear yet. Whatever this is, it's big! you sigh deeply but are then shaken by a giant SPIDER, HAIRY and with MASSIVE FANGS, bulldoze the vegetation in front of you.
On top of the spider is a green dragon, riding and controlling it. It growls, while it's fangs drip with venom. You would not be able to escape, not even if you used your wings! > You say "I killed those mutated things, as you can see, I'm one of the purple dragons." You speak slowly, calculating, hoping for the best. The dragon looks at you ''purpul dergen?! yesh! awoohoohooo!'' he seems quite jovial to meet you... ''Purpul dragon stop tyranny yeeees?'' you nod slowly. ''fantasticular! You go cage, go Kiba wif mew?'' > You say "why do I need to get in cage?" The green dragon responds, somewhat worried ''You hit wif da miasma! very poison, much bad! normal everyone die but your purpl dergen so, me have hope.'' this doesn't sound reassuring to you at all but you comply, in case you really got a scary disease. on the ass of a giant spider, in a cage, you head for Kiba. You swear something feels tickling and that your mind is drifting more than normal... probably just your imagination. you feel sick or just stressed, or maybe both. Kiba, the green dragon capitol, is located somewhere in the jungle mountains, and by the look of things, you might be near it. Kiba is a city mostly made out of wood with traditional tribal style but the craftsmanship is intricate... colors all round, high detail carvings... You can't help but feel mesmerized by it. The city is a mess, not that it is unhygienic, no, just cluttered.
You shake your head as this reminds you of Machafuko. you climb a stair pyramid like structure, up and up... the top well stretches above the canopy and your cage is dropped of the ground. the wood buckling a bit at the drop but swapping back into place. as you look up, you see a gorgeous green dragoness. clad in jewels and her scales are covered in tribal heritage tattoos. this one obviously is vain and takes great value in aesthetics. You hope she is not the spoiled princess type of lady. she speaks to you, in fluent Draconic, unlike her underling. ''Greetings, purple dragon. I am Zamaradi, Matriarch of the green dragon kingdom of Kiba, and you are?'' you answer her as polite you can, hard to take your eyes off of that anyway. ''I am Entropion. I greet you in the name of Korizan, the red's kingdom.'' that sounded promising. She gleams a bit and says ''Oh, so you are Entropion? Seems those myths about you aren't myths at all. Such a shame such a young king as yourself is spoken for, a purple would look good by my side'' she comes closer to the cage and and gives you that seductive gaze... There is no intention in your heart to betray Koriza or become a trophy husband, luckily you got an ''out'' card. > You say "ma'am, I was brought here in cage by your hunter because I got the miasma disease or something?" Zamaradi, the green dragon Matriarch, stares at you a bit, as if you offended her. ''Please, pardon my manners. You are Entropion, right? That is your true name? How may I serve you, purple dragon?''
You answer her with as much respectfulness as you can. ''For now i just want help curing this thing before it gets worse.'' ''Ah, the miasma disease. I am sorry, purple dragon, but there is no cure. The best I can do is help you with your muzzle guard and send you to my court mage.'' you get a knot in your stomach and your eyes widen. No cure? well, you still got the Warchief or Xenia. Maybe even Nalomuzo? Light magic should in theory keep the symptoms at bay... Zamaradi gestures to the hunter. ''Buibui, get the bronze contraption loaded, our friend here looks so unsightly with that muzzle on'' Buibui, the hunter, has that grim smile of his and nods.
''Yes, Matriarch, right away''. As soon as he is in position, he starts loading it... it occurs to you. That is a CANNON! you gulp. ''you... you know what you are doing?'' Buibui rolls his eyes. ''yeah we free dergen alltimes dis way from bronze crap. sit still.'' you got no choice to obey, really... > You get shot in the face with a cannonball to destroy your muzzle guard! You are smashed in the face by a huge chunk of metal. Your muzzle guard is destroyed. You fall over backwards on the bars of the cage. Zamaradi comes up to the cage and stares at you. ''looking much prettier! Now how does that feel?'' your ears ring and you can't hear anything, Buibui seems to be reminding the queen of as of why from what you see. and so, you are taken to the base of the temple. nice and isolated away from anyone. this back path leads straight out of the city, there is a corridor leading inside but 2 large stone gates block it. you are left there as Buibui returns ''Miasmorium, Buibui leaving, no want sick!'' you understand, but it still feels shitty. So you want for the Green dragon city's court mage to fetch you. ''Miasmorium? Sounds pretty important..'' You ponder, maybe that is where you will get cured.
After a while, the court mage appears. a human wearing robes and a hood. They look Volecian by design... this dude is far from home. obviously, he is wearing a plague doctor mask and has no bit of skin uncovered. makes sense. he introduces himself as Igor, grand wizard of the Kiba court. You go over the basics with him, and he unlocks the stone doors, gesturing you inside. You go inside, place looks cavernous and is dimly lit with torches inside... he shuts the doors behind you. ''sorry, Entropion, this is for my safety. can you stay there for a bit? I need to finish some touches on my research hypothesis regarding treatment. I actually would need your help fetching stuff in the rain forest!
Far too dangerous for an old man like me.'' makes sense, you suppose you will take a look around. you can already tell this place is pretty huge, just from peeking through the doors. this is an internment facility, palliative care seemingly, for miasma patients. you spot several people in different states of the disease. Some are more tumor than dragon or humanoid, while others just have crocodile skin. The rash around your face is spreading.... feels very rough, even for dragon scale! > You take a look around this hospice cave. it's a horror show; patients moaning in pain, some moaning as miasma destroyed their mental faculties, others just struggling to breathe.