Thread: When all is Dark (with Reddy)

A r a s h i Let me go! The vixen shouted as she was carried by her arms by two burly-looking soldiers. A low growl left her as she tried to lean her head to snap at them and did manage to land a kick onto the man to her left's leg. Oh, she'd just missed the back of his knee. That would've been satisfying to watch him drop to the ground if she'd managed to buckle it. No such luck this day. It sure seemed as though her luck had run dry. First the war had been lost and now... this. By this, she meant the thick leather collar about her throat that marked her as someone meant to be owned by another... a slave. She got hauled into the middle of a dinner party and thrown onto the stone floor. One soldier put his foot between her shoulder blades and forced her down onto the floor with a low grunt escaping her. Those eyes of hers they were a vivid green and currently narrowed in anger. Her body was mostly human save for the fact that she had the ears and tails of a vixen. Someone had cleaned her for her amber fur shown with a pretty luster and looked soft. Her blonde hair had been brushed and left to tumble in a wild array about her shoulders. By some grace, she still had clothing on. Her doeskin top and loincloth clung to her form. Her weapons had been taken from her. All of this prep had most likely happened while she'd been unconscious. Your majesty, I present to you the last of the Frillen, their Queen Arashi. My troops have been victorious and the war is over. She is my gift to you as proof of my victory. The soldier, obviously the general of the army, said with a laugh. Have her broken to serve your glory, my lord. He raised a fist up into the air with a smile. Arashi was biding her time as she listened to the talk about her. The lords and ladies of this court were muttering in wonder and disgust at her presence. Some called her monster. Others a filthy animal. A slave? Broken to obey like some dog? They had to be out of their minds. The king stood and came around the banquet table looking like some strutting peacock in her opinion. He looked disgusting to her as he stood before her looking down to inspect her and she wanted no part of this plan that they'd hatched. None at all. They could shove it where the sun didn't shine for all that she cared. Wasn't it enough that they'd not only beaten her people but slaughtered them? There! The general shifted his weight above her and she hauled her body quickly to the side scooting out from under him and while he was startled, she grabbed the sword hanging from his hips free and pointed it at the closest person's throat, the general since the king had scooted too far back, with a growl. Her ears were back as her eyes narrowed further in hate. She should run him through right here and now for all that he'd done. The king laughed in amusement. There was no good way out of this. No good way to survive. She could make a run for it but she'd probably be cut down. Her chances were slim but what would that chance get her? Her people... her family... her friends... they were all gone. She was alone and there was nothing left for her. That made her desperate. Let me go! She repeated as she stared daggers at the general. The man chuckled at her. The king clapped and shook his head as the other guards came forward close to her ready to cut her down if she gave any quarter. This is your gift to me? While I appreciate your winning the war, I will pass on this gift. I have plenty of loving women to worship me as they should. This one, while exotic, seems too much trouble. Still, it seems a shame to kill something so beautiful. He thought a moment and then looked about the room at all of those gathered here. As a show of my benevolence, I shall spare her. Let us have an auction right here and now. Whoever is brave enough to take this wild creature on. Speak up. What? This was ridiculous and strangely enough, a few bids came in. Damn it all, she would not go quietly and shoved the sword forward but the general stepped out of the way. She tried to make another swing for him but another guard intervened blocking her sword with his. She stepped back quickly to try and counter but a blow to the back of her head claimed her consciousness right then and there before her body crumpled to the floor. Whatever happened with the rest of this farce, Arashi had no idea. Her fate was no longer hers to decide.