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KIDNAPPEE - Clover & Rose

WHO: Sonata and Leviathan
WHERE: ???
WHEN: ???

[wakey wakey! When were you knocked out?? When did you get taken? Answers for later. It's very likely you don't wake up at the same time though. Shhh, time/space.

But you're in....some kinda lounge? Den? Weird. There's a fireplace, and large windows, though all you can see outside is the mist.

Their accommodations aren't as comfy though. Sonata finds herself in a human sized bird cage suspended from the ceiling, the bars delivering a light shock if she touches them, and it hangs directly over Leviathan, who's in a mer-sized fish bowl. It has a cute plastic scuba diver in it.

Oh yeah, and there's a wolf sitting on the couch.]

Oh good, you're awake. A couple of ground rules here.

One, you're in the mist, so whatever abilities Stormia blessed you with won't work here. Secondly, each of your cages are rigged. If the structures sense any deterioration from an escape attempt, the cage will drop into the bowl, drowning the girl and electrocuting the fish. Thirdly, they've been reinforced with barrier magic. No teleportation spells will work.

Now that all said. . .hey. Let's chat.

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[rests his chin atop his hand, raising an eyebrow]

Hum. That doesn't sound like the flocks I know. But then again, you aren't from this realm, are you? I guess I'm technically not the first to abduct you.

Well, whether that's true or not, it doesn't matter. You haven't made any pacts--but have you come across any Holy Beasts?

I know the unfairness of things is part of how this whole abduction works out, but it really is unfortunate that I can't sit here and learn about you instead. I'm sure that would be far more interesting.

Yes, I've come across a Holy Beast. Completely on accident, mind you.

Oh, you're free to ask questions. Whether I answer them or not is an entirely different matter.

[he raises a hand though]

But back to that Holy Beast. Which is it? I don't suppose you are one of those sheep that helped the Gem Deer escape.

I was not a part of that group, no.

But I would think the sort of run-in I had would be common with your people as well, given how the Forever Snake seems to be everywhere nowadays.

[a twitch of his ear in interest]

So it was the Forever Snake. Good, so it is still active. . .unfortunately it's a bit more difficult for my men to catch a glimpse of it.

Now, where did it take you?

Well it's a very polite Holy Beast, so once it realized it had a passenger it asked where I was from and returned me to a location in the pasture relatively close to where I'd accidentally been picked up - though I did have to do a bit of walking.

[a slight lean forward]

[the water temperature rises]

Where were you picked up?

It was at the lake.

[He can feel his heartrate increase slightly as the temperature goes up.]

But it's happened to various individuals in multiple locations throughout the pasture, so that didn't seem important.

Edited 2024-01-09 07:39 (UTC)

Yes, I'm aware it can appear anywhere at any moment, but that's happened less and less during my time.

I've heard rumors that it sometimes frequents certain areas though. Is there anything special about this lake?

Well until the fog was pulled away from some of the ocean recently it was the only large body of water we knew of.

I'm a chef, not an explorer. I go there for fish.

Edited 2024-01-11 01:31 (UTC)

[there's a twitch of his ears, and he peers over his glasses, agitated.]

Every creature has a pattern, even gods. You're not telling the whole truth.

This has all happened quite recently. If there's a pattern to be noticed already I'm not the one to ask.

I saw him appear by the lake twice. The lake has several streams connecting to it to ponds around the pasture. Perhaps it prefers to travel by water. I know I do.

[one hand squeezes the remote, the other drums on the coffee table with increasing frustration]

You're not giving me anything of substance.

[this time, the temperature jumps significantly. The water starts to bubble. It's just short of boiling, but still very much capable of blistering him.

The wolf stands, walking toward the bowl.]

Sheep, I am trying to be patient here. You aren't from this realm--what could possibly be left in that anthill of a pasture for you to be so coy about?

[Leviathan lets out a cry of pain, puts his hands over his gills and closes his eyes tightly.

He pushes himself up to the surface of the water so he can take in air through his mouth and nose instead. If the wolf wants an actual answer he's going to have to allow him to breathe.]

[nah let him cook--

which he does for a good few moments longer, before he pinches the bridge of his nose and turns down the heat]

Let me be frank--I'm up for conversation, but not wasting my time.

[He's curled up a bit on himself to have the least amount of skin exposed to the water as possible, and there are several pink patches of skin along his tail and arms. He keeps his head above the water, eyes squinting as they try and recover from the sudden exposure to such heat.]

Conversation... is what you get when you invite someone over for dinner. Those of us who've been pulled from elsewhere don't know anything about you. It would have been easier on everyone if you hadn't come on hostile from the start.

Hostile. . .? I could have killed you all in your sleep, but I'm giving you the opportunity to help a higher cause.

[he leans toward the bowl]

Do you not value your life? Why not simply be compliant?

I'm not sure what kind of hostages you've worked with before, but where I come from the fact that someone has been... forced into a situation like this will often make them want to talk less. I was more forthcoming than some would have been.

As for valuing my life... of course I do. However, I have no promise that I'll be left alive even if your questions are answered.

[his ear continues to twitch irritably, tail swaying behind him]

Then you lot truly are stupid. If we wanted to kill you, why would we have pried Death's eye open? I would think that alone would give you motivation to cooperate, but I suppose eternal torture isn't enough to make outsiders comply with common sense.

[a huff]

Or perhaps I'm just wasting my time, and you have nothing worth telling.

Maybe we'd have more to tell if we were ever told anything.

Who among the Wolf King's Court had a son?

[stops walking to stare at him like he's grown two heads]

What in the world are you babbling about?

I'm the Wolf King's son.

[Well then.]

...My apologies, your highness.

I was asking about the other members of his court, not the king himself. The ones that were, as I was told, absorbed into him.

[a snort]

The 'Court?' That hasn't existed for ages. There's no doubt plenty children have been left orphans in his wake, but I've stopped keeping track a long time ago.

[then a frown]

I don't know where this is coming from, but you haven't told me anything even remotely useful yet.

There's a being aside from the sheep priestess who's been summoning others into the pasture. He takes the form of a snake. Are you aware of him?

[A pause, raising and eyebrow, with a trickle of recognition]

. . .so that worm is still alive. Hm. Good for him.

A passing familiarity, but like you, ultimately a waste of my time. At least he had the excuse of being a child.

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