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Started November 05, 2018 by @InstaOnly

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"Sweetie, do me a favor and hold him down?" The woman asked her husband when she saw the dragon begin to awake.
"Already on it." The man simply pushed the bottom of his tail against the back of the drugged dragon's neck.
The woman held the dragon's face so she could look him in the eye. She didn't let him, though. It could be a problem if he looked to deeply and made himself insane on accident.
"You have ten seconds to explain to me how you know my daughter." She stated, pulling a knife from a pocket and pushing it against his throat.

"Thanks, Lovino. It's just that so many things have happened since just a few months ago. A few months ago I would be at home, underwater, dreading every second of the day, and now I'm in my own office, in my own restaurant, with a customer turned almost-friend, I guess." Nysaxiope sighed. "If I'm going to be honest, I'm kind of scared, and overwhelmed." She smiled at him. "But, I guess I did do this to myself. It's better than what I had before."

"Y'all are fun." Cherry drawled as she watched this shit storm happen, she could care less about what was happening and more about who it was happening to. "When Y'all are done with shark boy over there, can I dissect him?"

His fangs clacked on thin air. Instead, he felt feet land on his back, and with a shove, sent him sprawling back into the water. The humanoid's form slid across, water once again splashing as his body disappeared beneath the surface. Where he fell, there was no trace left behind…
However…

She picked up her pace. His desperation was fading, weakening. Her violet eyes glowed brightly in the dimly lit halls, pupils narrowing into thin slits. The woman's slim form soon came to a stop. Just as they were coming to the hall, did the doors swing shut.
"Who dares enter my abode…and are stupid enough to think I won't notice…"
The once calm pool started to boil. From the depths, massive tentacles rose upwards. The pale woman stood there, her white hair swaying wildly behind her. The rage rolling off of her form was clear as the clear water turned completely stormy. The giant tentacles moved around in a frenzy, snaking here and there, as if searching, looking for those who were enemies.
Several of the giant tentacles disappeared beneath the surface, to only reappear, carefully cradling the broken form of the shark-like humanoid. As he was brought before her, the woman's violet eyes seemed to soften. Her hand moved, lightly caressing his cheek. She remained in place for several moments. Her eyes seemed to shine, but then they became hard. The female's cold eyes landed on the intruders. The few tentacles continued cradling the humanoid as she stepped forth.
Her voice had completely changed, becoming even deeper, not sounding human at all, "Who harmed my son…SPEAK NOW OR DROWN IN THE ABYSS!!!"

Still somewhat drugged, he couldn't quite focus properly to take on his full form. Besides, it would be a pretty tight fit anyways. He'd have little to not room to maneuver. Eberaus was in no condition to even try right then as his mind wasn't allowing proper thinking. Though he was still able to snap in irritation if that made anyone feel better….
"Hey, HEY! Watch where ya put your tail!"
The dragon's eyes shifted to the woman before him. Seemed she was in charge…not that Eberaus really cared. This female wasn't royalty to him, nor was she a dragon by her scent. Least that's how he saw it, as well as still unaware of how this world really worked.
"Listen, I have no clue who you are, or what the fuck you want. I just showed up here yesterday."
Eberaus' eyes widened as he saw the glint of a blade. Instinctively he tried to thrash and get free, but didn't do him much. Then that blade drew closer, so he started to struggle even more, until the razor edge drew dangerously close to his throat. His thrashing became less, knowing very well that if he were to continue, it would be a very high chance of him slitting his own throat. He was so vulnerable in human form…he hated it…
Eberaus curled his lips back, showing his fangs as he snarled, "Your guess is a good as mine if I knew who the hell you were talking about. So why not elaborate woman if you want details and answers."

"OoOoH, You might be interesting to study too!" Cherry exclaimed, clapping her hands like a kid who was just told they got a lifetime supply of candy. "I wonder…" Cherry mumbled, walking around to try and inspect the woman.

"Sweetie, do me a favor and hold him down?" The woman asked her husband when she saw the dragon begin to awake.
"Already on it." The man simply pushed the bottom of his tail against the back of the drugged dragon's neck.
The woman held the dragon's face so she could look him in the eye. She didn't let him, though. It could be a problem if he looked to deeply and made himself insane on accident.
"You have ten seconds to explain to me how you know my daughter." She stated, pulling a knife from a pocket and pushing it against his throat.

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"Thanks, Lovino. It's just that so many things have happened since just a few months ago. A few months ago I would be at home, underwater, dreading every second of the day, and now I'm in my own office, in my own restaurant, with a customer turned almost-friend, I guess." Nysaxiope sighed. "If I'm going to be honest, I'm kind of scared, and overwhelmed." She smiled at him. "But, I guess I did do this to myself. It's better than what I had before."

Lovino’s eyes went black with red swirls and his smile turns into a less insane one “I can be your friend if you want,” he says “and don’t be scared you made this life for your self and only you so it’s yours you can shape it or do what ever you want with it.” He pauses “it is you life.”

Aaron looked from Nykidia to the lady, uncertain about the current situation. At the mention of an abyss Aaron's thoughts went to the place he had dubbed the Dark Nothing, he shivered at the thought. No matter if it was what the woman was referencing to it was one of the few things that truly scared him, one of the few things that took very little effort to make him feel like he was losing his mind. He hesitated, thinking of Nykidia, before forcing the red head to let him go as he fell to the floor. Please just leave, go get Eberaus. He thought as he stood up, wanting Nykidia to get away. He sent strings to tie up the lady's wrists, trying to stay focused as he urged them to pull her away from them. "I did! Now, BACK OFF." Aaron snapped, letting his anger build up as a thin blade formed in his hand. With his fatigue it would be the only thing keeping him from passing out if the other wanted a fight. He nearly lost focus as he gave an odd look to the cheery girl, thinking she was crazy as she clapped and tried to circle the angry woman.

"Damn it!" Nykidia yelled as Aaron tried to attack Sinann. "Nykidia! It doesn't matter now. we got to get Eberaus." "He's hurt!" "Well he can obviously fend for himself." Nykidia sighed at this. If she left him alone than he'd die. If she didn't than Eberaus might die or be gone. "Why was I put in charge of this mess of a man." She said running over to him and picking him up and running away. "You suicidal idiot. You can't beat that. Especially when your hurt." She said running. "Don't focus on the enemies, focus on the goal. We need to get Eberaus." "He is going to be so mad at me for this." She thought running. "I'll deal with this later though."

The woman dropped the dragons head against the ground. "You bare a very recent claiming mark from a girl named Nysaxiope Wayleche on the tip of your nose. Whether this mark was left on accident or not, you must know her somehow." She narrowed her eyes. "And you will tell me how and where she is." The woman's husband pushed down harder so the blade almost pierced the dragon's flesh.

"I had it under control. I've been hurt worse and could've bought you some time!" Aaron hissed. His concentration had broken when Nykidia picked him up, and with it his strings and weapon had disappeared. He growled realizing he really couldn't do anything right now with Nykidia carrying him, so instead he gripped his forearm and did his best to heal it as he ignored the short bursts of pain. "I was helping, no enemies would mean no obstacles." He muttered, thinking his logic was perfectly sound.

"Yeah but if an it gets you killed than it not worth it. Idiot." She said. A smile was creeping across her face. "I am having way to much fun with this." She said giggling between words. She shook her head. "Focus. No time for fun now." She thought to her self.

Well, it must be hard to keep running, when the door was slammed shut and covered by several massive tentacles. As the other tried to step forward, summoning a blade, did the female react. Despite her human appearance, it was clear the female's age was unmatched. The power that radiated from her made it even more concerning, the pool having become a writhing mass of tentacles.
"You have nowhere to run little ones, except into a dead-end."
Several more giant tentacles rose upwards from the depths. They aimed to wrap around both Nykidia and Aaron. The strings created by the other were seemingly swatted to the side by several more tendrils. The female clearly had the advantage, as well as home turf. She knew everything, right down to the crack of her make-shift home.
As her tentacles aimed to subdue the other pair, her stormy violet eyes moved, landing on the female who was currently parading around her, clearly excited. By what, the female was unsure. However, she didn't let that bother her.
"You will study no one under this roof that is under my control."

His head was flopped back to the ground. Least the knife was removed. Then the woman started rambling on about a name. He maaayy have heard of that name, then again he had been asleep at that time. Oh, she must mean siren girl back in that diner. The male shuddered slightly at the thought.
That is until he was harshly grabbed again, that blade returning to his neck. Eberaus could do little as he tried to keep the space between him and the glinting metal as large as possible. His yellow eyes shifted to the female, pupils narrowed into thin slits that were nearly lost in the vast yellow glow.
"Siren? She's somewhere in this town, where I don't know and don't really give a damn. I just wanna get back to my world and sleep for a week. That too much to ask?"

"S***!" Nykidia yelled as a tentacle wrapped around her. It if hadn't been around her arms she could of tried to stab the tentacle but that wasn't going to happen now. Well this wasn't going as planned. "Night!" Nykidia yelled.

"Way too much. Sinann just ran off, so there's most likely people after you. As much as I would love to be able to take you back to Mertis right now, they'll have to be dealt with first. And if they know you, they'll probably know more about Nysaxiope. And perhaps you could be used as a bargaining chip for information." She insisted.

Me just waiting for you guys to get into the room and them holding Eberaus hostage until they get information))

Cherry pursed her lips. "Can I study them if they die?" She asked, her childish smile returning at the thought, the corpses would do. She would prefer if she got to kill them, but them being dead would do.

(Indeed.)
Aaron growled at the red head, "I'm-" He hardly got a word out before shouting in surprise as he and Nykidia were separated, hissing in pain as his arms were pinned to his sides by tentacles. His magic may heal but that took time, time that had been abruptly cut off. He grit his teeth, shifting and kicking to try and get loose, glaring at the lady in defiance. "How many F–KING times are people going to come after us? You should have just ran Nykidia!" He growled, hurt but angry as ever. At least if Nykidia had ran one of them would have gotten away. "What do you even want?" He snapped, his question aimed at their current captor before looking at the crazy girl standing by her. Do they even know each other? "I swear I'll come back from the dead and throw you off a cliff if you try to kill me for some study!" His words were threatening and his tone angry. He wouldn't die because some deranged female wanted him to.

"I'm not going to kill you~ That would be silly! I'm going to observe how you behave in a stressful situation! It'll be fun!" Cherry said, her childish grin wide.

The tentacles had done their job, snagging both the girl and male. The captives were snaked back around, now before her. The female's violet eyes landed on both Aaron and Nykidia.
"Be silent! You will speak when I give you permission! You are no longer out there. Here, you are in MY domain, and you play by my rules."
A deep, unnatural growl came from her. The sound seemed to reverberate around the entire area, rumbling like thunder. The female's body seemed to be trembling in rage. The pupils in her eyes were narrowed, thin slits that were barely visible in the glow of her gaze.
"I will be asking the questions. What are you doing here? Neither of you are the one I seek or want. Be quick with your words, as my patience is being stretched thin."
She clearly was in a rage, but it seemed that there was something else in her gaze and actions. If watched closely, her eyes were constantly glancing back to the passed out shark-like humanoid. Every time she looked towards him, her violet eyes were full of concern, worried.

"I feel flattered that you would 'love to be able to take me'," his voice dripped with sarcasm.
Eberaus was pretty much done with all and everything around him. The dragon rolled his eyes, muttering something in his own tongue, most likely something that was best not repeated in English.
His head turned, hearing the sounds from further away. He raised an eyebrow, seeming rather confused. People after him? Oh gods no…please no…why…
Eberaus released an audible groan, "Ooohh c'mon! Now who wants me dead? Jeez, I've never had this much trouble before!"
A slight smirk suddenly came to him, "If I was this popular with dragonelles back home, make all the other dragon envious."

Nykidia fell silent and still. Night flew up to her and tapped her. Nykidia rose her head back up. She sighed. "Someone here took our Dragon. We have come to get him back." Nykidia said loud and clear. Best to not use Eberaus's name just in case he is the one she wants or needs.

Lovino sat down on the chair next to her "you ok?" he asks "and what do you mean about the black market?"

Aaron still tried to get free, unwilling to stop just because this lady wanted him to 'play by her rules'. He was far less happy and cooperative than Nykidia. "Yep, Dragon. Because last time I checked living creatures weren't toys you could take because you want them!" He yelled. He mumbled something to himself as he returned to trying to be released by the tentacle around him. Though he didn't notice the woman's worried nature he tilted his head seeing the shark humanoid cradled behind her. "He tore up my arm pretty good, so I don't really see him as someone that should be taken care of. He another one besides our dragon that you collected?" His words were bitter and annoyed, he would speak when he wanted to. He wasn't going to sit still and listen to her rules so easily.

"Oh, you're a snarky one, aren'tcha? I'm going to have so much fun watching the young ones break you mind into little bits." The woman cooed.
"They're probably coming to help you, not kill you." The man told the dragon. "But don't worry, they'll face just as bad a death as you will."

"My parents, they're- they're not good people. No one in Mertis really was. Even Naiads, instead of being nice and helpful water spirits, tricked sailors into going the wrong way and eventually showing up on our shores. I hated it there. So I cut all ties I could and tried to disappear out of their lives, though I bet they're still looking for me." Nysaxiope told him. "They probably would've forgotten about me by now if I was just anyone, but my dad is the mayor, so there's nothing I can do about it but hope that they never find me."

"yikes." lovino says "mines not that bad its just that i have like 17 siblings and being the oldest there were more rules and i don't like rules so i ran." he says shrugging "but the place you live sounds bad like shitty….." his voice trails off

The woman's eyes landed upon Nykidia as she spoke. Her violet eyes remained narrowed as she listened, a soft growl still coming from her. They came looking for a dragon? Hm, most likely the dragon she herself requested as she had thought of him to be another dragon.
"Your dragon? Highly unlikely…since I know the world he comes from…less you lean more towards 'friendship'. A dragon or dragonelle back home would never allow itself to be forced into servitude…"
Her voice seemed to trail off as she thought back. Back home, she have never allowed herself to be caught in the place that she was now. How far she had fallen…all because of a single beast back home…
The female's form seemed to relax slightly, but then Aaron made the mistake of talking about the one she claimed as her son in such a way. The tentacle around him suddenly wrapped even tighter around him, slowly crushing the life out of his body. He was suddenly brought right before the woman. Her eyes glowed with a unearthly rage, the depths of the pool continuing to writhe as more tentacles rose upwards. Her hand suddenly shot out, wrapping around the other's throat. Claws slowly sunk in as he was kept in place.
The female's lips curled back, showing sharp fangs. Her voice was a dangerous snarl, "I am nothing like the humans. I found that child, lost, alone, and nearly dead. It was myself that brought him back from the brink. He has treated me more kindly than the rest of the beasts in this world, or even back in my own world. It was him who showed me the light in the darkness. So I'll be damned if I will let you talk about my little one as if he were just an object."
The tentacle wound even tighter, continuing to crush as her claws remained around his throat, "He is worth more than your petty existence."

"Oh, I can be more than 'snarky'," he growled, "You wouldn't be so confident if you were able to take me on in my full form and have had an actual good sleep as well as food."
His eyes shifted back to the male who currently had him pinned down. Eberaus gave a sudden grin, despite the predicament. His yellow eyes glowed, pupils narrowed into thin slits. His forked tongue flicked out, testing the air.
"Heh, you'd get along well with some humans back in my world. You sure you aren't just a full human with a fake fish tail? Now that's hilarious. Lucky for you though, I don't eat humans. Too bitter, and a lot of dragons will agree with me on that."

The woman growled. "Humans are useless fools who only think about their simple minded hopes and dreams. My daughter is more like a human with a tail than anyone else." She scoffed. "Yes, here right now we wouldn't be able to take you on if you were at full energy and power. The siren motto is to fight smart, not hard. Trickery is a hundred times smarter than brute force, and that is why you are on the ground and we are the ones holding you down." She bragged to the dragon.

"Yeah it kinda was." Nysaxiope agreed.
(I don't know what to write help)

Lovino sat back and hummed a song “wanna go out for coffee my treat?” He questions looking at her

Cherry studied the shark-like male lying on the floor and crept over to him. "Are you okay?" She asked, not quite sure if he was alive or not.

Nys smiled. "Sure." She said, getting up and exiting her office.

Lovino followes her “ok is it ok if we go to the coffee down the street?” He asks opening the door for her.