Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"I'm your prisoner." Lidnis says, unperturbed by your size.

 

"What were you captured for, then?" I ask.

 

"Jumping through a portal you opened."

 

"And where was this portal opened from?" I ask.

 

"My city."

 

"And where is that located?" I ask.

 

"You know well where it's located. You brought a wounded girl through the same portal, and Ihra's there."

 

"Oh, one of you. Throw her in the dungeons." I say, waving my hand. A few guards apprehend Lidnis.

"Are you sure? Maybe we could put her to work. Throwing her in the dungeons is pretty harsh treatment." Shadow Stephanie asks.

"That depends if she's willing to co-operate." I say, looking to Lidnis.

 

"My people would love you to imprison their leader as well. Why not put them into slave labor while you're at it? I have no other choice, and I surrendered willingly. Unless you'd rather I'd let Artemis bleed out when I first got here. That is her name... right?"

 

I glare at Lidnis.

"You're the invading party here. Why did you follow Artemis through the portal?" Shadow Stephanie asks.

 

"I wanted to ask why her friend killed a dozen innocents. There aren't many healthy draconians left; even less now."

 

"And who was this 'Friend'?" I ask.

 

"I dunno. Cloaked, destroyed our generator. Started dropping our city into the magma. Never got their name, just called for you; Aj."

 

I glance at Shadow Stephanie, and she nods, before disappearing.

A short while later, a less traumatised looking Stephanie walks into the throne room.

"Stephanie, why did you kill those people at Brisingr?" I ask.

"Because they were mean to me after I'd tried to help them! I did everything I could to fix their generator, and then they shouted at me!" Stephanie says.

 

"You broke the generator, they yelled at you, and then you completely trashed the generator. The whole city's falling into the magma now."

 

"I tried my best to fix the damn generator, and then they have the audacity to yell at me!" Stephanie retorts, "The city's full of dead people already. It's not like it's going to change much."

 

"They yelled at you because you broke it."
Lidnis falls silent at Stephanie's last comment.
"So you came to put us out of our misery... I can only hope word of your treachery reaches Ihra before it's too late." She says solemnly.

 

"I didn't mean to break it, it was broken in the first place!" Stephanie shouts.

 

Lidnis falls silent, bending to the ground and mouthing a prayer.

 

Stephanie just watches, confused.