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Roses and Daggers - Romance

Definitely interested!!

The Friestan Incident, a Fantasy Sci-Fi Fusion RP

^{Interaction: Anki @Medili, Srikandi @Kumbaris, Zavim @Sanity43217, Fei Bai Ho @Shirly Swad,
Almira and Galmira @Kumbaris, Sumiye @King Cosmos, Garret @ShiningSector, Q-T @DracoLunaris}

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Staying true to her word, Catherine was completely absorbed in her work as she 'harvested' the organs and useful parts of de dead dragon's body. Fortunately, both for her and the others nearby, not only no one tried to stop her neither they seemed to need her help in healing the rest, thanks to Anki's healing magic and quick treatment of the wounded.

It was only after a good amount of time, when Srikandi was already fully healed and carrying Fei's unconscious body that Catherine finally finished butchering the dragon's body. Besides the now open carcass were many different jars, with many different organs and parts of the dragon inside, neatly organized besides Catherine, in a grim and bloody display of efficience.

"Hah! That was refreshing! It was quite a haul. These beauties will last me a good while!" Catherine said, looking at the initial results of her 'harvest' with a satisfied expression as she cleaned her arms and the knife she used to cut the dragon open with a small rag, tossing it aside soon after before she kneeled down and started putting all the jars back into her bag.

"Plus, if I ever wanted to get stuff as good as these back in a city, I would probably have to either blackmail, threaten or punch someone!" she said, laughing as she gave a small tap on the bag, making the jars inside clink against each other.

"Still... It's really a shame to leave so much behind... Sure, they're basically useless to an alchemist like me but scales, bones and fangs can fetch quite a high price on the market..." she said, looking at the dragon carcass in front of her before she looked back to the group.

"Hm... I've heard that the meat from a dragon's tail, especially the thicker part of it, is quite a delicacy... Is anyone interested in eating some dragon tail steak for dinner? I'll need some help with the tail though, since I don't think this knife will be enough for a clean cut..." Catherine said as she looked to the dead dragon's tail with a rather voracious look in her face.

It was exactly at that moment that an ominous sound of wings beating interrupted them. Something was coming their way and by the sound of it, it was even bigger than the dragon that they had just fought... The realization that the situation was really hopeless only came to Catherine after she heard Srikandi apologizing herself and a huge dragon suddenly landed behind her. Everyone seemes to be far too tired and exhausted to fight and they both had no time nor a place to hide...

On that moment, Catherine's mind was racing with everything she had, thinking of any possibility for them to get away of that situation. She still had some reagents and could maybe do something to blind the dragon for a moment, but that wouldn't help them that much, as it would still be able to track them by their scent... Fighting against a dragon that big and that old wasn't an option... not on the state they were...

Strangely enough though, the dragon didn't use it's breath or even demanded anything from them. Instead, it simply lowered it's head as the unlikely passengers slowly slid down. What Catherine saw next thoroughly confused her. While she didn't recognize the technology, the automatons that came down could only be Oberian constructs, since there was nowhere else in Friestan where that type of technology was this advanced. That said, not only the clothes the woman was wearing were incredibly strange, but for some reason, she seemed to speak Pataliputran.

"Well, we aren't dead yet so that's a good thing." Catherine said to herself as she continued to watch the situation with extreme curiosity and amazement, but at the same time, still cautious.

For now, she would just gather information. It was highly unlikely that the dragon didn't smell the blood on her or the jars inside her bag, so the fact that she didn't have to fight against it meant that the dragon didn't seem to harbor any hostility towards her. Regarding the strangers who got down from the dragon, the first contact was still... cautious, from both parties so she was unable to say if they could be considered allies or if she had to be careful around them.

"So... I'll leave the diplomacy to you guys. For obvious reasons, I'm definitely not suited to this type of thing." she said with a mocking smirk, but sharp and observant eyes, looking at every movement the dragon or the strangers gave.

The Hunt, A Modern Fantasy Smorgasbord RP

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

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While Faye knew they would be on a rather dangerous mission once they arrived and started searching through the city, she was expecting the trip to be just that. A calm, fun little trip. While the warning that Amanda gave them regarding their immediate departure was rather sudden, thanks to Faye's abilities, she didn't really need to pack that many things, so it was quite easy for her to just get a few important items on a small backpack and get ready. Mainly consisting of a few sweets and snacks for the trip, a headphone to help her with the inevitable boredom that would come after she got inside the plane. one or two change of clothes, soap, shampoo, conditioner and a few other skin care products.

After the plane landed and Faye saw herself finally free from that boring steel cage, Faye and the rest of the group were received by a group of OMR agents, whom would apparently be their escort to the OMR headquarters on Minsk. Just like the rest of the group, Faye didn't really pay much attention to the agents as she got inside the car with Amanda and the rest of the group. They didn't look or acted differently from the other agents she had saw until now, so she didn't really have any reason to doubt them.

"Wow, I'm really thankful I came together with you guys. I can't read or speak a single world of Russian. I'm definitely sure I would get hopelessly lost if I came here by myself." Faye said with a giggle as she entered the car with the rest.

"Do you think we'll have some time after the mission to stop to get to know the- Huh? What's happening?" Faye began saying, stopping as she looked to the windows, confused as they suddenly began rolling down and revealed two other black cars that besides theirs, one on each side.

Before Faye could even register what was happening, a loud shout from Scarlet scared her, before she was pulled down by Scarlet, away from the windows in the exact moment that the other black cars began rolling down their windows, revealing the soviet-made magic rifles that they had pointed at them.

"What is happening?!" Faye asked, panicking as the magic bullets flew over her head.

Unlike Faye, both Amanda and Scarlet were quick to act, with the former immediately taking control of the vehicle, crushing the driver's hand, disarming and quickly getting rid of him. Scarlet also was quick to act upon being ordered by Amanda, immediately pulling a gun and starting to return fire upon their shooters.
It took a brief moment, due to how stunned Faye still was with how chaotic the situation became in such a quick manner, but along with Micheal, Faye was doing everything she could to ensure the shooters on the other side wouldn't be able to hit them. Opening and closing a multitude of small portals one after another, Faye focused on trying to redirect the magic bullets that were shot at them. Due to how quickly she had to open and close them, Faye didn't have enough time to think about where the bullet would go, instead simply making them go anywhere but towards their car.

"I can't hold them forever! If I stop making portals for a second to try and take one of them out, the others will definitely be able to hit us!!" Faye shouted, still trying to do her best to keep her friends safe in the middle of such a chaotic scene.

Faye could barely register the fact that the car was heading towards a lightpole among such chaos. Fortunately, Amanda gave her a loud and clear order to blink everyone outside of the car before it crashed. While Faye knew it would be dangerous to just blink them outside, both due to the speed the car was moving and for Faye herself, since blinking all of them would put great stress into her body and mind, she had no time to think.

As she blinked the group, she could feel an intense pain going through her head and running through her body almost as if it was a strong pulse of electricity. She could feel her eyes, her veins and her entire body burning. Faye had always used her ability in a very unrestrained manner, but it was the first time she had ever felt something like that. Unable to handle the recoil, Faye got unconscious even before her body hit the ground, after blinking the group outside of the car.

The moment Amanda went to Faye's unconscious body, she would realize that while there were bruises caused by the fall, they wouldn't be enough for Faye to get unconscious. Instead, what was alarming about Faye's condition was that both her body was hot to the touch and blood continued to drip out of her nose. While the nosebleed could be caused to the fall, maybe a result of her hitting her head after she blinked out of the car, her bodily temperature was definitely related to her powers, as it was the only explanation for a human body to be able to get so hot in such a short amount of time.

Avalia

Time: Morning
Location: Aldrakh
Interactions: Astra and Vrexen @FunnyGuy, Alaia @Alivefalling and Maeryn @princess
Mentions:

While Myra was worried at first, thinking she would have to compete against the dark elf for the shiny spheres, she was relieved once she realized that his objective was talking with Astra and Vrexen instead of going to the stall. Normally, Myra would be curious about what they were talking about but at that moment, she was too busy trying to purchase the shiny spheres from the orc.

Despite the rough start, the orc did seem to understand Myra's words and her intentions fairly well, and even though he seemed to be rugged and rather crude, like most orcs did, at least for Myra, he wad kind enough to even give Myra a few shinies back! Something which did make her quite happy, since now, not only she had a few shinies, but she had the spheres as well!

With a huge smile on her face, Myra carefully grabbed the wooden box as the orc handed it to her. Holding the wooden box with her tail, Myra took the spheres on her hand slowly turning them, both watching the shiny reflection, feeling the cold and smooth mettalic surface and hearing the soothing, delicate noise that came from inside them as she moved them in her hands. It didn't take much for anyone looking to realize that Myra was absolutely ecstatic and thoroughly satisfied with her purchase, something that definitely would, albeit unintentionally, give the orc and his stall quite a bit of positive advertising. Drawing many curious eyes as they saw Myra running, almost jumping out of happiness to show Astra and Vrexen her new spheres.

Astra and Vrexen were still talking with the strange dark elf when Myra approached them. While the fact that he had approached them, more specifically Vrexen, who wasn't exactly the kindest looking fellow out there was indeed surprising, what was even more surprising was how the pretty winged lady didn't seem to be afraid of vrexen, in fact even approaching him and petting his head, something which Myra herself would have never even imagine happening. What she felt when she looked towards the winged lady was completely the opposite from what she was watching though. While it did seem quite obvious that she wasn't a threat, something on her made Myra's skin crawl. It wasn't in her appearance or her voice, instead it was in her eyes. Something about that winged girl made Myra's instincts yell at her to stay clear from her.

Quickly giving a few steps back, Myra kept staring at the winged girl with a nervous expression. While she wasn't exactly displaying any hostility towards her, she was definitely watching her every move with extreme caution.

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Time: Dusk
Location: Myriamor Bed & Breakfast
Interactions: Rosaria @Potter , Jomari @baraquiel, Mikazuki @Tae, Uzul @dragonpiece
Mentions:

It was no secret that the desert was a ruthless and unforgiving place. Despite it's beauty, it was truly a place where only the ones who knew it very well were able to survive and right now, the person who were responsible for their safety was one of Princess Mikazuki's companions, Uzul. Even though Nuallán had not underestimated all the warnings and orientations he received as he was preparing for the desert as the group prepared themselves, buying scarves, camels to carry their posessions and all the equipment they might need, it still proved to be difficult even to the normally composed Nuallán to tolerate the searing heat and sun over their heads, giving the contrast between the forests he was used to and the harsh, unforgiving desert. To make things worse, the uneven footing from the dunes made the trip even more exhausting, especially since Nuallán himself, despite how agile and dextrous he was, wasn't really used with that type of terrain. Still, despite all that, Nuallán continued to faithfully perform his duties to Princess Rosaria and her close friend, Princess Mikazuki, having bought a parasol to shield both of them from the searing sun. An added protection besides the scarves they were all already using.

"Princess Mikazuki, please be careful. We are moving through a deceptfully dangerous terrain. Strained muscles or ligaments can be incredibly dangerous injuries to have when traversing the desert." Nuallán said, offering his hand to Princess Mikazuki, who was just climbng back the dune after falling and rolling down half of the dune.

"In this case, it is best to take our time instead of risking getting exhausted or even injured while trying to hasten our pace." Nuallán finished, offering Mikazuki a spot under the parasol he was holding for Rosaria.

"Please be careful as well, Lady Rosaria. We still have a long way ahead of us. Should you feel tired or uncomfortable, you have but to tell me and I will do everything in my power to help you." he said with an smile as he returned to his position besides Rosaria, making sure she was fine.

The Friestan Incident, a Fantasy Sci-Fi Fusion RP

^{Interaction: Anki @Medili, Srikandi @Kumbaris, Zavim @Sanity43217 and Fei Bai Ho @Shirly Swad}

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With the dragon now dazed, thanks to the explosive compound Catherine thrown at him, she watched, amused as Fei Bai Ho continued to fight. Not only his body was resisting remarkably well to the concentrated tonic she gave to him (and he ended drinking in one gulp), but even after his body was affected by both the tonic and the powerful sleeping poison, it seem to be breaking down. In fact, he seemed to be resisting remarkably well to it. No organ failure, no severe intoxication due to two completely different mixtures affecting his body at the same time... It was truly interesting. Although there weer a few hints that he wouldn't be able to keep up for too long...

"Truly remarkable. It seems I have found myself a very~ promising test subject." Catherine said, observing Fei Bai Ho with an amused expression.

"Oh~ There it is. He's not going to last for too long. It is still impressive that his body or his organs didn't fail after being affected by both the tonic and the sleeping poison though..." she mentioned as she watched him struggling to keep awake.

Much to Catherine's surprise, Fei Bai Ho still had more to show her, as he jumped towards the dragon, kicking him repeatedly with his feet in a wheel motion, making the dragon slam into the side of the mountain. Following that move, Fei Bai Ho used some type of martial arts ability, making his fists become engulfed in flames as he punched the dragon, making it roar in pain before it succumbed to it's wounds. After such a powerful attack, Fei was only able to raise his arms in commemoration and for some reason, bowing towards the dragon in respect before he fell down, unconscious.

Srikandi was the first to approach the dragon's body to confirm it was truly dead. After that, she mentioned that they should cover it's body with snow and go to the Table, in order to avoid further problems, just before Anki went to treat her wounds. Unfortunately for Srikandi, Catherine not only had completely ignored her words, but was going towards the dragon corpse with a dangerously excited expression.

"Out of my way~ Out of my waay~!" she said, singing and almost hopping as she got closer to the dragon.

"Now, where is it? It should be around here..." She began mumbling to herself as she went to the dragon's throat and began running her hands through it's scales, apparently searching for something.

"Ah~ Here it is! Good, no wounds. Hopefully it'll be undamaged." she said as she touched upon a distinct scale on the dragon's neck, the only scale that seemed to be on a different position than the others, the so called 'inverse scale'.

It took a few seconds until she was able to finally dig her nails under the scale and lift it enough for her to put her fingers underneath but the moment she did, she dug her feet into the ground and pulled it, suddenly tearing the scale off the dragon's throat, exposing the soft meat underneath. Using the very scale she tore from the dragon, she carefully made an incision and quickly grabbed a glass jar from inside her bag to store the blood that began flowing from the wound. It took a moment for the blood to stop flowing, filling two thirds of the jar when it finally did.

"Such high purity! Look at this vibrant crimson color!" she said, admiring the steady stream of blood that slowly filled up the jar.

The second the blood stopped flowing, without losing any more time, Catherine immediately rolled up her coat's sleeves before plunging her hand inside the dragon's throat. After a few minutes of carefully feeling around inside with a very concentrated expression, Catherine's face suddenly brightened up as she carefully pulled her hand from the wound, carefully holding what Srikandi would immediately recognize as the dragon's breathing gland.

"Luckily, a perfect extraction despite the lack of appropriate tools! It's undamaged as well, even after the beating the dragon took!" Catherine said, looking at the gland in her hand and admiring it almost as if she was looking at the most beautiful and expensive gem in the world.

"Hm... The blood crystal inside... Has a decent size but it's not particularly big. So this was a relatively young dragon then?" Catherine said as she very gently and carefully pressed the gland between her fingers, turning towards Srikandi as she asked the last part before she put the gland into the jar, together with the blood she had just gathered and put the lid on it, carefully resting it on the ground besides her.

"Should you need any help with the wounded, just call me. I still have a few potions that could help with internal injuries." Catherine said to Anki as she rolled up her other sleeve while looking at the dead dragon.

"Otherwise, I think I will be very~ busy here." she said with a rather grim smile on her face as she kneeled down and started taking off all the jars and vials she was keeping inside her bag, along with a small knife used to separate and cut ingredients with it's blade or even grind and crush them with the back of it's handle. In the end, there were about three other jars, not counting with the one she had just used.

"While I am not exactly an expert draconologist, I'm knowledgeable enough about it's anatomy to harvest the 'useful bits'..." Catherine said with a chuckle as she put the inverse scale she had used to cut the dragon's throat on top of the glass jar, both the scale and her own arm still completely covered in dragon blood.

Avalia

Time: Morning
Location: Aldrakh
Interactions: Astra and Vrexen @FunnyGuy
Mentions: Alaia @Alivefalling and Maeryn @princess

Myra was still excitedly looking at the confused orc, pointing towards the wooden box while extending the coin towards him despite how puzzled he seemed to be. That was until both Vrexen and Astra called her, that is. Upon being told that she wouldn't be able to 'trade' like Astra if she didn't say anything, Myra was visibly distressed for a moment. Being communicative wasn't exactly something she was good at, despite being very 'expressive' in both her movements, actions and expressions... Something which was easy to notice, seeing her troubled expression and how she was pouting as she looked to the coin, to the object, the orc and then to Astra after being told she had to 'speak'.

As Astra began talking, Myra paid careful attention to her words, but despite Astra talking slowly, she was still having some difficulties on following her. After a few seconds of hard thinking, pouting and being very annoyed at the situation, Myra simply turned towards the Orc with a determined expression, clearly tired of trying to decypher the strange ritual of 'bargaining' Astra used so much.

"Ahem! Buy!" Myra said, doing her best to mimick even the sound Astra made before she talked as she pointed towards the wooden box with the metal spheres inside

"Shiny?" she concluded, extending her hand towards the orc, once again showing him the coin, almost as if asking if it was enough. Her determined expression made it clear that she wanted to buy those shiny spheres no matter what.

It was then that a dark elf approached them and began speaking with Astra, the same dark elf that was nearby the woman with the pretty wings she was admiring before. Myra, misunderstanding the dark elf and thinking he also wanted to buy the shiny spheres, immediately looked to the orc again with an energetic tone.

"Buy! Me!" she said, reaffirming that she was the one that would buy them and not the strange dark elf.

Avalia

Time: Morning
Location: Aldrakh
Interactions: Astra and Vrexen @FunnyGuy
Mentions: Alaia @Alivefalling

Myra was genuinely surprised to see Vrexen beeing so agreeable as he spoke with Astra about the Shinies. The 'Amas', as Astra called them were undeniably useful, so much that even Myra, with her shallow understanding of how the 'civilized' world worked could see their power but it was still a... different type of 'power' than the one Vrexen valued, so she was surprised to see him saying that he would use it. Maybe being with Astra for so long wasn't only affecting Myra herself but Vrexen as well? Maybe it might even help with his... unstable behavior in time. Seeing how her two companions were understanding each other so well, Myra couldn't help but feel happy.

Following Astra, who was leading the orcs to where the stinky-fish-horses where, Myra couldn't help but to think about what the orcs would do to them. Unsurprisingly, the confirmation came soon after as Astra mentioned that they would 'chop-chop' them, which immediately made Myra understand that they would eat those.

"Foo?" Myra asked, a bit skeptical as she looked to the stinky-fish-horses, sniffing the air around them. No matter how much she thought about it, they didn't seem to be that appetizing...

Her thoughts were interrupted when Astra suddenly got two shinies from the pouch the orcs just gave her and handed one to Vrexen and one to Myra. Myra was absolutely ecstatic as she held the shiny on her hand. Not only it was the first shiny Myra got to herself, but it looked really pretty and shiny as well! Myra was so distracted by how pretty her first Ama was that she almost forgot what they were supposed to be used for. With those, she probably would be able to buy the shiny spheres that she saw on the first stall she visited with Astra.

Almost hopping out of excitement, Myra went near Astra, grabbing her hand and gently pulling her as she pointed back to the place where all the stalls were, with the platinum coin still on her hand before she looked to Vrexen, signalling for him to follow her as well.

Upon reaching the stall, Myra stopped just in front of it, looking to the puzzled orc behind the stall, who was probably finding that situation really strange, before pointing towards the small wooden box with metal spheres inside before extending the platinum coin towards him with an excited smile. The orc was still confused as it looked to the small, cute and overexcited white creature extending her hand with a platinum coin on it. Seeing how the orc seemed to be a bit confused, Myra glanced towards Astra, just to be sure she was doing everything correctly just like Astra normally did when she used the shinies to buy something.

The Hunt, A Modern Fantasy Smorgasbord RP

^{Interactions: Amanda and Madeleine @Kumbaris, Morgana Faith @King Cosmos, Micheal Crane @BigPapaBelial, Xaviron @Martian, Scarlet @AWACS}

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Thanks to OMR's 'generosity' and the Hayward family's influence, Faye was able to get a room in one of the best 5 star hotels on Frankfurt. A place where both the OMR could keep an eye on her, was easily accessible for when they wanted to run some more tests about her abilities and it was comfortable enough in order to not offend the Hayward family and satisfy Faye's own tastes. With an incredibly soft and big bed, just the way Faye liked, she had a wonderful night of sleep despite being away from 'home' and the forest.

As the new day dawned, Faye was woken up by the few rays of sunlight that were able to pass through the heavy curtains that covered the windows, blocking both light and sound from the city below, a request from Faye herself as she wasn't accustumed with the lights and sounds of Frankfurt at night.

"Hnnng... What time is it...?" Faye muttered, yawning as she rolled on the bed and reached for her cellphone, only to immediately jump off the bed, alarmed as she saw the five lost calls and the three alarms that had failed to wake her up.

"Dammit! I am SO late!" Faye said to herself as she immediately started wearing her clothes and getting ready to go meet Amanda and the rest of the group.

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Thanks to her portals and her blink ability, Faye didn't take too long to get to the meeting room. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to go back in time so she was still late.

"I'm sorry! The hotel bed was so comfortable and I- Ack!" Faye begun, her voice being heard before her presence was noticed as she blinked inside the room where Amanda, Madeleine and the other members already were, before she interrupted herself with a loud yelp, stumbling on the pile of documents Morgana had just stepped away from, making them all fall on top of her in a rain of papers and documents.

"Why would someone pile up documents like that?! That has to be made on purpose!" Faye complained as she stood up, looking at the huge mess that it caused, knowing that she definitely wouldn't be able to clean that up by herself.

As she gave a small look around the room, which seemed to be more a dungeon of documents and papers, straight out of a clerk's nightmare, she was relieved to hear from Amanda that she would accompany her to Minsk, since she would need her abilities to help uncover exactly what was going on there, meaning that she wouldn't have to deal with all that paper, with that job being left to Morgana and whoever else would prefer staying there instead of going to Minsk.

"I'm sorry Morgana, I didn't mean to..." Faye said, with an awkward smile as she looked to the amount of papers and documents now on the ground and then to Morgana again.

Avalia

Time: Morning
Location: Aldrakh
Interactions: Astra and Vrexen @FunnyGuy
Mentions: Alaia @Alivefalling

Myra kept staring at Vrexen for a moment as she offered him the meat, pondering why he seemed rather reluctant in accepting it. Sometimes, despite how... 'simple' Vrexen's way of thinking seemed to be, it was hard to figure out was was going through his head. After some encouragement from Astra though, he finally accepted, taking a large bite from the meat she offered him. Surprisingly enough, even Vrexen liked the meat, which was evident by his reaction upon tasting it, going as far as even making him hum in delight. Satisfied by his reaction, Myra smiled as she looked at Astra and Vrexen.

With Vrexen back on the group, Myra felt as if things got 'balanced' once again. Astra would continue to show her the wonders she could buy with the shinies she loved so much while Vrexen's... inconstant behavior would keep Myra's instincts sharp and give her some chances to sharpen her claws once in a while. Surprisingly enough, Astra seemed to be happy with Vrexen's return as well, which was a bit confusing for Myra, since it wasn't really that hard to realize Astra didn't like Vrexen that much. Still, judging by her tone of voice and her words, she seemed to be genuinely happy about it. While most of the stuff Astra was talking about, mainly about how she and Vrexen could be an 'item', flew right over Myra's head, she got the overall idea that Astra was happy that the 'team' was back together.

With their small 'reunion' over, Astra and Vrexen began discussing about their plans, or better, Astra's plans. While Myra was distracted most of the time, mesmerised by both how the light reflected and shined on the wings of the fairy Vrexen had just pointed to and because it was her first time seeing a person with wings. Such a sight was not only something new to Vrexen, but Myra as well. She couldn't help but to wonder how did that work. The woman's wings looked so beautiful and fragile and yet, she was able to flutter and fly around seemingly effortlessly through the air with them. Judging by how she moved too, she seemed to be very agile as well, which only made Myra even more puzzled. Myra's intense, curious stare was only broken when Astra gently rubbed Myra's head. While she didn't know what she did to receive the praise, she was still happy for the attention received.

The Friestan Incident, a Fantasy Sci-Fi Fusion RP

^{Interaction: Anki @Medili, Srikandi @Kumbaris, Zavim @Sanity43217 and Fei Bai Ho @Shirly Swad}

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Catherine let out a smirk as she noticed the dragon's surprised reaction as it breathed the gas. Truly, dragons were very similar to some nobles. So arrogant and proud that they thought of themselves as gods... Which only made it easier to strike them down. Surprisingly enough though, even though it was clear that the poison was working, it only made the dragon woozy, despite how concentrated it was, something which did made even Catherine a bit surprised.

"Hm... I may have underestimated a dragon's physiology... Interesting..." she said to herself, looking to the surprised dragon almost as if she was watching a test subject.

"Producing a more concentrated mixture, without making it lethal will take some rather difficult to find materials... Although, if everything goes right, resources won't be a problem after this mission and I'll have enough funds to make some very interesting toys..." she said with a chuckle.

Still curiously studying the dragon's reaction, it was only after he spoke that Catherine noticed the newcomer. The strange adventurer seemed to have appeared out of thin air and offered to be the one to pay the 'toll' in place of the group. Although it seemed to be already too late. Not only because the dragon would certainly be offended by Catherine's sleeping gas, but because of what Fei was about to do.

"If I were you, I would wait for the sleeping gas to..." Catherine began to say, trying to warn Fei about the gas, before he could rush towards the dragon. Unfortunately, she was already too late, as when she began saying that, Fei had already started rushing towards the dragon, jumping over it and smashing it to the ground with a mighty attack, having enough force to crack the ground underneath the dragon.

"Dissipate before going in..." Catherine finished her sentence only after Fei completed his attack, sighing.

"I mean, at least this will serve as an experiment. It's the first time someone who drank an concentrated energy tonic gets exposed to a very concentrated sleeping gas. It's a lot of stress to someone's body. After all, both mixtures were extremely concentrated... Since he's a martial artist, I doubt anything bad will happen, but I wonder for how long the tonic will keep him awake..." Catherine said, shrugging before she turned her attention to her newest 'test subject'.

"Fine... I wont just keep watching... If he falls unconscious before the dragon is dealt with I'll go get him..." Catherine said, already foreseeing the protests that would come from the rest of the party should she only keep watching.

"If you guys want to avoid an impromptu slumber party, I would avoid inhaling the gas. Unlike Fei who drank the tonic, you guys will definitely fall unconscious within seconds of being exposed to it." she warned the rest of the party, before she grabbed one more vial and threw towards the dragon, who was still a bit stunned thanks to Fei's attack.

The moment the vial shattered on top of the dragon, the unstable mixture inside it heated up and exploded with enough force to send a shockwave to even Anki and Srikandi, who weren't as close from the dragon as Fei and Catherine were.