Drakonius' Realm

Whether one wants to be here or not, this is the realm of the Great "Lord of Darkness." The hallway, despite the person, is always the same - high vaulted ceiling, floating candles, demons carved into the walls, looking as if they are looking everywhere but at the trespasser.

However, the farther one goes in, the stranger it gets. From one window, it could be a clear and sunny field - in the one right next to it, a frozen wasteland. Doors that give way to one room may not return to that same room. If one's wants correspond to Drakonius' then the wanted room will appear. If not...

This is a place where his power is absolute, where his power is at its peak. This is a place where he is the equivalent to a God... only if he had the brains and ambition to use his powers for what he was supposed to.

Right now, Drakonius is bored and a bored Drakonius means shit has to hit the fan. So he'll gather some friends to play. Maybe open a portal for them to enter or just teleport them here, or maybe send a giant, scary demon or two to fetch them. He doesn't know - he likes to keep it fun. But he really doesn't want to do that paperwork that's piling up.

A few small candles were the only light in the overcrowded room where Alexis had been working for the last few days without break. Trying to perfect her newest little project, assembling maps and reports together, trying not to think about the chaos outside the four walls closing in. As she scratched down some notes she felt an odd chilling feeling go down her spine. Putting the pen slowly down, she stood up, facing two faceless entities. They were both unnaturally tall and elongated, as if someone had stretched them out just a little too far. Long knife like fingers scrapped against the floor as they bent over to avoid hitting the ceiling. She stared at them, mind racing to figure out who sent these two. It wasn’t the Moipai, there were specific people sent out to detain people, and they would have already attempted to do so. It wasn’t the Tarot Master, as he would have either sent a message of some sort or attacked. It had to be a third party… But who?

Taking a hopeful guess that they were demonic in nature, Alexis pulled out a small pendant from a portal, relaxing slightly when the two seemed to react positively to it. Drak sent them… but why? He didn’t seem to be able to get involved in the tournament directly, and stayed away from the Resistance base like the plague. What would bring him to sending his minions here? Sighing, she bent over, scribbling the last bit of thoughts down onto the scrap of paper before snatching a few items off of the tables and putting them into her pocket. She thought about being defiant and telling the two messengers to buzz off until the war was over, but then wondered what kind of orders they were given on ensuring compliance. The thought of a fight in the middle of the Resistance, let alone in her room with delicate instruments and fragile magical items made her cringe. The wrong thing gets broken and this whole place could blow up. Or get sent to another dimension. Or get turned into giant seahorses.

Deciding that she didn’t want that, she fingered the pendant as she gestured with her other hand to the other two to lead the way. She’d just come back as soon as she could, and no one would ever know she was gone. As a large portal to what she had to assume was Drak’s realm opened up, she glanced back at her work, then took a step forward into the darkness.

Lust had been walking alone through the woods. It had been a peaceful day with no fights and no one around. (Though the latter wasn't particularly appealing). This all changed, however, when the floor opened up under it, dropping it into a rather grim-looking hallway.

Standing and brushing itself off, Lust looked up to see if the hole it had fallen through was still there...finding it to be gone, it muttered a few curses under its breath and looked around, crossing its arms in the process. Its tail flicked.

"Well I have to say...this has to be the most disturbing hallway I've ever seen..."

And that coming from someone who lived through the time that Wrath let Despair decorate the house.

Not sure what else to do, Lust began to make its way down the hall, slightly curious, hoping to find an exit or something else that might better occupy its time.

It wasn't as if it had been doing anything particularly productive after all.

The Lord of Darkness was in the study, hiding from the one place Vivian wouldn't find him. He wasn't working, though. The piles of papers were left unfiled, scattered around the desk, the chairs, the bookshelves, and the floor. He had long since forgotten what the carpet looked like and he had been living here for Gods know how long!

Drakonius had sent Raymond out of the study to go take care of some papers that were actually done. By Raymond's hand, of course. Now, under the desk, he was waiting for some demons to come back. One pair had found Alexis. The others hadn't responded yet. Curled up, flicking a pen back and forth with boredom, he waited. Suddenly, a portal opened up and... there was Alexis!!! With a squeal of delight, he bounced up from his hiding place and cried out, "Dearest Alikins!" Before making to glomp her.

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Elsewhere, a brown haired man was walking carefully down the demented hallway that he had become so used to. Mumbling things under his breath about the filing done, the filing to do and the filing yet to come in, he continued on his way, smaller demons scurrying out of the way of his feet.

The papers were stacked up high and Raymond was even using his forehead to keep them from falling off. His back and arms ached - it was a long way from the study to the infinite filing room.

Eyes were open but gazing at the floor, at where he put his feet. He thought that everyone would watch where they were going and hear him, moving out of the way. But those were only those who lived in Drakonius' realm. A certain blonde haired sex creature, in the same hallway as him, did not.

Fascinated by its surroundings, Lust failed to watch ahead of itself and soon found itself crashing into someone, papers scattering as both parties were knocked back. Lust looked up to see who it had run into and smiled.

"Hmmm, well hello there...I hadn't expected to see anyone in this hallway," Lust said, moving gracefully forward. Or at least no one but those little demons that are all over the place, it added mentally. "And who might you be?" A slight smile and a shimmer of power, first taking an assessment, then reaching out to him...

"Oh here, let me help you with these papers..." Bending down, Lust began to collect a few of them.

"So do you live here, hmm?" Papers in hand, she sidled up close to the man, giving him a seductive smile before resting a hand on his shoulder. "Perhaps you could show me around..."

Raymond was surprised to see this person here. He didn't think that anyone would be here. Drakonius hadn't told him anything, though Drakonius rarely told him anything but that didn't mean that this person was real. The shadows in his head began whispering to him again, telling him things of things not being real and of these papers not being real - she was picking them up, she was touching the real, making it unreal.

Raymond sat on the ground, shaking as the blonde moved. Always so graceful, always so feminine, her hips and long legs revealed through the split clothes.

Before he could register what was happening, her hand was on his shoulder, trailing down, long fingers felt through the fabric of his shirt.

And he panicked. It touched him! The not reals could never touch him!!

'now you are not real'

He let out a desperate yell "Noo!" at the shadow in his head that were succeeding in convincing the man that he didn't exist. He smacked away the not real hand and scooted back a bit. But he could still feel her hand on his shoulder... and wanted to feel it in more than just there. D-Drakonius...

He needed Lord Drakonius to tell him that he was real again. Lord Drakonius, who was Master over what existed where at what time and for how long! He needed Lord Drakonius to make sure that his existence was final! Lord Drakonius' word extended above all else! Even the shadows in his mind.

The first thing that Alexis noticed when she emerged from the portal was the mess that if it was possible was worse than her own room, and the fact that she couldn’t breathe. Trying to wiggle her way out of Drak’s clutches, she tried to respond to his greetings, “…Hey Drak… Mind letting me know why you couldn’t just come by and say hi?”

Drakonius lightened his grip... just a bit. He looked down at Alexis, a slight pout on his face. "Because the Ninth God dude is all like 'BITCH NO' and he would be able to hinder you guys since tournaments like these help him get mucho souls." Then he returned to huggling Alexis, rubbing his cheek on her chin and lifting her up off the ground.

There was a slight growl and he looked up to the portal. The demons were still there. Flashing them an 'A-OK' sign with his hand, they vanished away and the portal vanished.

"I miiiiiiiiissed you, Alikins!" He said, only a small whine in his voice. "Please play with me!"

Lust pouted slightly at the man's rather panicked reaction. She could feel the effects of her powers working, but something else was interfering. Setting the papers down next to them, she crawled so that she was facing him, putting both hands on his shoulders.

Despite his initial reaction, she moved closer. "Are you alright?" she asked, faces close to touching as she leaned forward... "Tell me what's wrong. Perhaps I can make it better." And ever so slight purr accompanied her words as she turned up the power. Perhaps she could just override whatever was going wrong.

Raymond was shaking all over, a cold sweat forming in clenched fists. Her soft, lushes breasts brushed against his chest and he couldn't push her away, shaking arms used to support himself. He had to support himself until Lord Drakonius came. He had to...

This woman was stunning. She was absolutely beautiful. The shining golden hair, the way her lips moved when she talked, the way her hips shifted over his knees, the way she nestled herself right over his groin. It... it was...

Hesitantly, Raymond supported his weight on one arm as he reached up and, ever so slowly, brushed a lock of Lust's hair out of her face. He didn't say anything, just looked at her deep eyes which sparkled and shined.

Lust closed the space between them in a passionate kiss, hand moving up so that her fingers could thread through his hair, body pressing flush against his.

When she pulled back, she smiled seductively at him again. "No need to fight it, just enjoy yourself. You're far too tense..." she nipped at his earlobe, before tracing the ridges with her tongue, the hand that had been left on his shoulder moving down his chest.

Alexis glanced over wearily as her way back to the Resistance base disappeared with the demons. She stopped wiggling to get out of Drak’s hug, deciding that it wasn’t hurting anything with her being here for a little while. Waging a war was so tiring sometimes…. Too tiring for her…. “….Sure Drak, but not for too long… ok?”

As he tongue traced his ears, the man found his shaking go down. And with it, so did he. Falling back to an elbow, he reached out to stop himself, and only grabbed onto Lust's back. Now that she was more fully on top of him, he just couldn't resist. Leaning over, he kissed her on the lips, looking for comfort in her embrace. Gently, his hand caressed her back, moving down, down... Right now, Lord Drakonius could give him no relief from the shadows in his mind... and this woman was enough of a distraction to keep his grip on reality.

Back in the study, Drakonius was doing the happy dance which instituted jumping foot to foot, laughing, and twirling Alexis around once or twice before skipping off down the hall "Screw paper work! Let's play layzor tag!" With a skip, he dashed off, pulling her behind him.

After rushing down the hills happily for a couple minutes, blathering to Alexis about all they would do, he recognized some papers. "Hm? I thought I told him to take care of these..."

A though crossed his mind. "Alikins! Let's play detective!" With a grin, he held up the manila folder "Let us solve the mystery of the missing files!!!"

Lust purred lightly when the man finally gave in and leaned back, returning the kiss, hand slipping up under his shirt. Finally she pulled back slightly so that their lips were still nearly brushing.

"Hmmm...so do you care for the hall or have another room preference?" She kissed him again quickly before nuzzling against his neck. Her hands tugged at his shirt, quite ready to relieve him of it.

Alexis followed Drak, half listening as he rambled on, more interested in the realm itself. All the intricacies in the architecture, the doors upon doors upon doors that spread onward. She could only guess where they all led. And the demons, she didn’t know that there were so many different kinds that worked for him. She wondered if in the past she had ever faced any of these beings, not knowing of their connection to Drak…

Silently and somewhat sleepily, she bent down and helped Drak collect the pile of papers and files. “…Ok… Then again, wouldn’t you know since we’re in your realm?” Alexis asked, dumping the papers in his arms as she stood back up, glancing around for any more files.

Drakonius stuck out his tongue. "I hate being all knowing. It's no fun. No time for mysteries!!!" Grabbing at the papers, he stood and marched down the hall, yelling "I AM OOON TO YOOOOU!!!" This was the fun. This was the most fun he had had in a while. He hasn't seen Alexis in the longest time.

Turning down a corner, he suddenly stopped, black eyes wide. "RAYMOND!? LUST!? Having a threesome without me!?" Drakonius was hurt. he was really really hurt.

At the sound of his name, Raymond looked up. Happiness etched itself across his face as he looked at Drakonius hopefully, wanting some sort of reassurance of his existence. The Lord of Darkness danced around the two and poked Lust in the butt. "Luuuust." He whined. "Luuuuuuust." He was not a happy Drakonius at the moment.

Lust's tail flicked in response to the poke, wrapping the Lord of Darkness' leg.

"Hello darling," Lust purred. Leaning back to look up at Drak, she tugged on his robes, pulling him down into a rather passionate kiss, tongues and all. When she pulled back, she smiled seductively, playing with a strand of Drak's hair with one hand while she leaned on the other.

"Now when have I ever objected to others joining in, hmm? You know you can always join us if you don't want to be left out...after all, it's only right to share." Noticing the other person standing in the hallway for the first time, Lust flashed Alexis a grin.

"Killjoy! Fancy seeing you here."

Alexis stared at the group rather wide eyed. Taking a step back from the awkward situation. “….Fancy seeing you here as well….. I guess….” She said, glancing around for an exit. If she knew Drak…. And Lust… This was going to go in directions she didn’t want to be around to witness. “….Maybe I should… come back later?” She asked, ready to make a portal right now.

Drakonius enjoyed the kiss. He enjoyed it very much. However...

Happily, he unwound himself from Lust, pulling Raymond out from under her, who clung to Drakonius' arm looking up to him with hope in his eyes.

Patting Raymond on the head, he turned to Lust "Alikins and I are gonna play! Wanna join us?" He grinned broadly, not mentioning the ideas he had in store. Maybe layzor tag, or skiing or water polo! Or maybe- The ideas were endless and it made Drakonius excited just thinking about it. So giddy, he almost wanted to jump from foot to foot.

Lust pouted slightly as Raymond was pulled away, but shrugged and pulled herself up, switching back to neutral.

"Mm, perhaps..."

It glanced over at Alexis and went over, wrapping an arm around her shoulder.

"No need to run off like that, killjoy...looks like its all innocent fun today." It looked back at Drak, completely ignoring Alexis' discomfort. "So what did you have in mind, hmm?"

Alexis teleported away from Lust, appearing a few meters away, leaning against the wall. "Forgive me for not beliving you, it wouldn't be the first time you've double crossed someone..." She said, glaring at the Sin before glancing over at Drak.


"So....what exactly are we going to do?"

Drakonius wrapped both arms around Raymond's neck, resting his cheek on the man's forehead. A broad grin was on his face and he pondered for a bit, humming quietly.

"Weeeeeeeelll...." He started, tossing Raymond at Lust before pivoting on one foot and turning to Alexis, bowing deeply. "I was thinking of dancing? Squuaaaaare dancing!" He could totally get them some cowboy boots and a themed dance room. Not to mention some other things.

Of course, Drakonius' idea of square dancing meant making 2-d squares and dancing with them. What else was it going to be?

Alexis looked slightly uneasy, crossing her arms as she glanced around, "Dancing? ....I'm not really good at dancing...." It wasn't that she didn't like to dance.... She just didn't want to end up dancing with Lust or something awkward like that.....

Lust pouted at Alexis as she teleported away. "So suspicious, Killjoy...that almost hurt."

Its attention was quickly caught by Drak, however. "Dancing? Could be fun."

It had danced plenty of times in the past...one of the better ways to meet people...

Drakonius hopped from one foot to the other, wrapping an arm light around Lust's shoulder and tugging her close. Then he reached out and dragged Alexis to him as well. "Let's be off!" And, both girls close to him, he started skipping down the hall, leaving a rainbow behind him, with Raymond following meekly to the side.

Drakonius was in his happy mood, glad to have them over to play with. Pausing in his skipping, Drakonius reached out and opened up a door. He was expecting the dance floor, but only came face to face with a giant dragon.

"Oops. Wrong door."