Characters:
Zed:
Slender dark-green Anthroraptor, 6 feet tall
Gorflame:
Huge black Dragon, 80 feet tall
Zed has waited
outside for a long time until he finally sees the dragon stepping out and
leaving the cave alone... Zed is no amateur... he knows most dragons can smell
him so he checked the wind first before he had chosen his hideout. Sensing no
danger anymore Zed quickly moves over to the cave and steps inside. Zed gives
the runes on the ground a quick glance and tries to avoid stepping on them. Magic
was never something the thief liked very much.... he quickly pads deeper into
the cave, only watching out for traps and treasures... this is no sight-seeing
tour and Zed knows: His life can depend on how fast he gets out again....
Gorflame awoke
again out of a deep and relaxing nap and now feels the acids within the depths
of his stomach demanding for fresh meat. Hunting time it is and as Gorflame
tilts his massive snout into the air outside of the entry of his cave, the
roaring waves of the sea carry the fresh scent of salty water and hunting shark
to his nostrils, making him drool in hunger. With a loud roar he spreads his
mighty, velvet-like, black wings and starts to chase the clouds, while he dives
into the sea as his eyes spot a worthy target. Unaware of the little creature
that sneaked itself into his caves to steal what is his he keeps on his hunt,
since it is hard to calm down a dragon's hunger. While you walk deeper through
the caverns of Gorflame, a lot of miracles come to your eyes. The black dragon
seems to be the guard of something, a large portal that is embedded into the
cave's floor, a runic gate to the underworld, maybe?
As Zed reaches
the gate he stops for a moment to look at it. He doesn't know exactly what it
is... all he can say from its look is that it's probably magical.... The raptor
snorts silently to himself as he moves on "Bah.... magic....!" The
reptile makes his way through your lair as gracefully as only a raptor-thief can
be... his upper-body is bent forward slightly as he walks, his sickle-claw is
raised slightly to avoid the "clicking"-sounds on the ground... he
knows the dragon is not here, but it's always better to be as silent as possible....
For this raid Zed wears only his trousers for better movement. Also he is
carrying a rather large bag with him... This might not be the most elegant way
to steal, but he has found out that much more fits in there as for example into
a backbag.
Gorflame still seems
to be far away enough to make you feel somewhat comfortable with walking the
huge dome that Gorflame's cave is, silently making your way around rocks and
pillars of stone, small puddles of water and a lot of more or less fresh bones.
Some of them still have blood and flesh sticking at them which does not really
help you to stay calm. The risk is high, indeed, yet same is the prize. Like a
silent shadow you keep on sneaking your way into the deeper lair. Your
experience tells you that there is where dragons tend to have their hoard
collected. As you follow another curve, you suddenly see two things that make
you hold your breath, drop your jaw and almost your bag alike: First, there are
some chains and collars embedded into the ground here. The scent of old blood
comes to your nose from them, easy to guess what happened here. But as
frightening as that sight may be, you hardly realize it! Since, second, your
amazed eyes are allowed to behold one of the largest hills of gold and precious
you have ever seen in your life so far! Coins of silvery and gold, beautifully
crafted weapons, worthy the highest kings and most noble warriors of the world.
Fascinating pieces of art out of gold and jewels are formed in small hills next
to it, very well taken care of and collected by size. The style looks very odd
and cruel, though. It's easy to guess that most of those treasures here seem to
be gifts and robbery from the underworld, considering their style. Those will
hardly find a customer, you think. And coins fill your bag too fast. But then
your greedy eyes spot something that almost makes you drool! A massive hill
built of jewels and gems! Sapphire meets ruby, Emerald lays next to diamond like
sand on a beach...Those are just perfect!
Zed passes the
bones and only moves his head slightly sidewards to give his luckless
predecessors a short glance.... He tries to figure out what kind of creatures
they might have been... knights... thieves... or maybe just meals the dragon
took to his cave... Zed shivers a bit although he has seen this quite often in
other lairs, but at least these bones give him a hint about the nature of this
dragon... Zed moves on and stops immediately as he finds the part of your lair
which he was looking for.... He opens his mouth and lets out a silent gasp as he
pads over to the piles of gold... He looks at the dark artefacts for a moment
but quickly decides that they are of no use to him... coins he only takes when
there wouldn't be anything else in the lair.... but then he spots his favourites....
nice shiny gems... His eyes sparkle as he sees the amount of gemstones here and
he starts to walk over to them. Quickly his bag is opened and
he kneels down to shove the precious stones into it... With a sly grin on
his muzzle the thief does his work: filling the sack until it's completely full.
He tests its weight and lets out a satisfied murr as he throws it over his
shoulder and walks back into the direction where the entrance lies....
Gorflame dives
back out of the sea once more, fresh, salty water running over his sturdy body
and raining down into the ocean again as the mighty dragon unfolds his wings to
climb back into the skies with a maw full of living, fresh, struggling fish. His
bright yellow eyes glow in a rage of magic fire! He swallows his meal down fast,
enjoying the struggles of his prey on it's very last journey, feeling that call
of his cave coming for him. "The gate! Someone nears the gate!"
Gorflame catapults himself back into the skies with a ROAR that is sure to be
heard further than the waves below might ever reach and shoots forward back to
the island. The clouds and the wind itself give the mighty creature way, showing
him an almost fearful respect as it flies back to his home, speedlines of air
forming behind it's powerful wings. Within few heartbeats the guardian of the
gate gets his cave back into eyesight, aiming for a fast and hard landing. His
face shows a vicious expression and his breathing comes as a sharp, fast snarl
as he SMASHES his body back onto the sandy beach beneath his broad paws. With an
angry hiss he stamps forwards into his cave, shaking the earth with each
firceful step as he walks forwards, sharp yellow eyes seeking for the sinner
that dared to intrude his lair.
Zed stops for a
moment as he feels the earth shake under him, the vibration almost causes him to
trip... The reptile raises his muzzle and listens for a moment.... What he hears
doesn't really make him feel comfortable... an angry hiss tells him that the
dragon has come back.... For a moment Zed ponders, as he hears the heavy feet
stomping into his direction... He tries not to panic and slowly retreats into
the treasure-chamber... He remembers what his mentor has told him so many years
before... "If a dragon comes back early, when you raid his lair, it makes
your situation more difficult but it doesn't have to be your end" Zed calms
down a bit and walks around the
pile of coins, sitting down there to hide... The raptor thinks about his
possibilities... he could either try to talk to the dragon or hide for now and
get out when you leave the cave again... Remembering the bones Zed realizes that
the second choice is the better one...
Gorflame tramples
through his cave, eyes half lidded in open rage, yellow fire shining out of
them. His jaws are shut tightly. Acidic drool rains down out of his gritted
teeth and makes the stone floor smoke where it falls onto. His snout tilts sharp
from left to right, trying to spot the trespasser to rip him into pieces right
where he stands. But he is not able to spot anyone! He can still sense someone
around here, his fine senses tell him that still an intruder is near the gate he
was told to guard with his life. He walks past the runes on the floor. "No
one here...The gate was not touched..." His vicious gaze travels further
through the caverns. "But WHAT does it want here then?" With an angry
grin, Gorflame tilts his snout back to the entry of his cave, blinking a magic
command. Suddenly the rocks around it come to life, roll and jump and dance over
the floor. At first, it seems rather chaotically, until finally they jump into
their destined places in the cave's opening, firmly sealing it with tons of
stone! Another magic blink out of his eyes unlits some spheres of light within
the air under the cave's ceiling, coating the caverns into brightness that
resembles daylight with ease. The dragon walks further until he reaches his
hoard, being the only other thing he could think of to be interesting for
intruders. And indeed! His perfect collection was disturbed! The coins and
precious were pushed out of order, some of them are even laying on the floor in
chaos! Gorflame stands back up on his hind paws, letting out a terrible ROAAAR
of rage that almost makes the small Raptor inside cover his ears in pain!
Falling back on all four, Gorflame looks around to where the thief could have
gone. "COME OUT, INSECT! OR I WILL COAT THIS CAVE IN MY FIRE! YOUR BONES
MELT FASTER THAN MY GOLD!"
The sudden
light in the cave startles Zed for a moment but only until the dragon comes in
and roars... Zed presses himself flat down onto the ground behind the coins,
trying to make himself as small as possible "He knows, that I am here!"
screams his mind to the raptor and fills him with terror. Your booming voice
lets the raptor wince again... "He...he can't mean that..." and
while he still ponders if it might be better to get out and try to talk with you,
he notices a movement on the pile in front of him... maybe it was his fast
breathing or just bad luck, however one coin starts to slide down the pile,
tumbling over another coin and spins into the air.... Like in slow-motion the
raptor sees it falling down in front of him... a silent "Ping" can be
heard in the cave, but to Zed this noise seems even louder than your roar before...
Zed has almost tears in his eyes as he looks at the coin and whispers...
"No....."
Gorflame's head still
seems to move in slow motion to you, too, as the first few lines of smoke are
coming out of his nostrils as an ambassador of the mighty fire that surely would
have melted your very soul away with. He seems to have meant it serious...But
suddenly, his ears make out the "Ping" of a lonely coin. Only as
silent as a metallic whisper, it still roars inside the dragon's ears like the
wrath of a volcano. His muzzle tilts to where the sound came from, his whole
body shifts to there on his massive legs, sending further trembles through his
lair and your hide alike. With a hiss of pure, sheer hate and wrath he smashes
one of his forepaws around and makes the perfectly ordered hill of coins EXPLODE
out of the way! An action that drives more fear in your bones than the enraged
gaze he pins you down with, since you know that only a dragon that has reached
the limits of his anger will go rude with his lair. You definitely have made the
audience of this creature that looks down at you now like one of the devils
whose gate he is set to guard, waiting for you to react in some way.
Zed covers his head
as your fore-claw smashes into the pile, some coins hitting his scales now. When
the pile is wiped away, you get a look at the intruder.... a shivering bundle of
a reptile, lying on his back, looking with wide-opened eyes at the enraged owner
of this cave. Zed makes crawling movements, he slides backwards on his rump,
holding up one fore-claw as if he could block away your gaze on him with it...
Zed has never seen so much hate in a dragon before... he was caught a few times,
but the smart thief he is, he was always able to escape or talk himself out....
somehow he doubts that this will work here.... Zed bumps against his sack that
lies behind him and a few gems roll out. He doesn't notice it, just staring at
the danger in front of him as he lets out a weak whisper "pl..please... let
me explain..."
Gorflame stands in
front of you, breathing deep and rumbling, each soak of air more than a growl
than a breath. His firey gaze lays upon you like two suns in the desert. Acidous
drool drips down from his ivory fangs, forming small, slimy, steaming puddles
near you. Still you can hear single coins hitting the ground with a rain of
pings, telling you of the firceful power inside the dragon's forepaws alone. He
steps forward slowly, threatfully, growling deeply just in the same pace the
small raptor tries to crawl away. "Blah! Another small one! I expected
something a little...larger." Still the dragon comes closer as you try to
somehow seal him away with the palm of your forepaw, but it indeed seems to be
of little use. "Explain? You want to explain, insect?" Grinning madly
out of gritted teeth, his drool forming almost foam around his cheeks, he speaks
on as the sight of his precious gems rolling from your bag drives new wood into
the fire that is his rage. "Very well so! I'd recommend you try to explain
why MY GEMS are rolling out of something that is NOT MY bag!"
Zed's whole
body is shivering as he slowly sits up and ducks his head down acting as
submissive as possible. He turns around and winces as he sees his bag behind him...
trying to get calmer again he gathers enough courage to speak out to you... his
head is still lowered, he doesn't dare to look into your hate-filled eyes at
all... "Ye...yes, I am a thief and you have caught me... s.. so I'm at your
mercy now, oh mighty dragon... I will leave the gems here of course, but I beg
you, spare my life, oh powerful one" His standard-phrase when caught...
always acting submissive and adding some compliments... He tries to say that as
calm as possible but every part of his body shows the dragon his fear.... his
chest rises and falls unrhythmically while his tail twitches under him. His claw
hand is still raised, either he has forgotten about it in his shock or it gives
him a false feeling of safety.... as if he could block with it whatever might be
coming....
Gorflame lifts his
body back up on his hind paws. The sheer pressure beneath his broad, massive,
scale-armored hind feet is already enough to drive slight cracks into the rocky
ground he stands on, sounding like the breaking of bones for you where you sit
quite helplessly on your back. Gorflame laughs loud and deep, definitely amused
by your acting. He turns around a bit, taunting you in your defensive stance and
tries to imitate your submissive voice. "Oh...You caught me, mighty dragon!
You beautiful kindred, your ears are too great for such a mere being like me to
outsneak you. I am at your mercy. Please, oh mighty lord in your infinite
patience, don't take my life... for I've trained five minutes in front of a
mirror to tell you this pathetic little line." His eyes change back to a
vicious gaze, looking definitely even more enraged than before he SMASHES back
down on all four paws, the edge of his left forefoot pressing over your throat
and holding you down, choking you a little and shaking your body in a mighty
tremble! He brings his snout closer to you, just an inch in front of your eyes,
allowing you to behold the toothed, slimy weapons chamber that he calls a
"maw" while he hisses a sharp whisper to you, coating your face in
drips of drool. "I will tell you something. Being sooo impressed by your
little spell, I will not kill you. I will...even give you those gems!" He
grabs your bag with his other forepaw, driving more of his weight down on you by
that and rips it open with the horn on his snout. He waves the bag over you, the
precious, hard and sharp edged gems raining down on your body, coating it all
over. "Indeed I will make these gems a...part of you? Doesn't that sound
NICE?" With another fierce snarl, the desert dragon pushes himself up on
his hind legs once more, taking balance with his tail and forelegs before he
lifts up his left hind foot! For a brief moment he allows you to behold the
broad, iron-like-brown-padded and rather filthy, three toed sole before he
STOMPS it down on your helpless form, trampling anything down from your throat
downwards and driving the air out of your lungs. The sharp gems SINK deep into
your body like shreds of glass, ripping scales off and skin open and terribly
sinking deep inside your soft hide. "How does that feel, oh little one? Is
that nice? Are you ready? Yes? Good!" With these words he shifts his weight,
ready to start trampling your fragile form.
It takes a
while for Zed to realize that the dragon is actually mocking him. Nervously he
starts sliding his rump from side to side as you make fun of his little sharade,
not sure how he should response to this.... he opens his mouth to say something
but your vicious glance takes the rest of his courage away.... Seeing one of
your feet coming down on him, he tries to crawl away but is easily caught under
it, coughing as it presses on his throat he looks up at you and whimpers "R...really?
And... you... won't kill me?" Zed's eyes follow your other claw hand as it
takes the raptors bag and he blinks surprised as you open it and let them fall
onto him, not understanding this. He looks at the gems on his belly and his feet
and asks "Why... why do you....?" but his sentence is cut off as he
sees the sole of a huge hind leg looming over him. Hearing what you have in mind,
he screeches out in terror as you bring it down on his helpless frame. Pain
rushes through his body as some of the gems are rammed into his body, the
dragon's weight almost crushing him already, but with all these gems going
through scales and the flesh below, Zed starts to wriggle like an insect beneath
you. His small form pushes against the dirty sole that is standing on him, while
he throws his head from side to side in agony "Argh... pl... please, no...
ge..get off.. it hurts, please... no more!"
Gorflame grins
down at you with both his dagger-like teeth and his sharp glazing eyes.
Zed's own are already wet of tears and he still tilts his snout from left
to right to somehow deal with the pressure and the agony. He can read cruelty in
the dragons face, sadism and...pure joy! Snarling again some more drips of drool
land on the ground around you, some hitting Gorflame's smothering foot and
running down in lines of wet grime to meet your half-crunched body beneath the
sole, to intrude into your wounds with it's filth and acid. "Get off of you?
Sure, I will. Hard to trample bugs without gathering some distance!" As if
to proof his words, he lifts up his foot again, drawing lines of your blood and
his dirt forming from the sole to your body, allowing you to get a short look of
your bruised body, some gems sunken more than halfway deep into it! You just
want to take some air, as the paw comes CRASHING down on your stomach again,
again and AGAIN! You twist and shudder beneath every smashing stomp, perfectly
powered to bend your larger and break some minor bones, but nothing that would
crush you flat or hurt you severe. Again the foot rises, this time landing hard
in between your legs, smothering your most sensible parts and painfully
stretching your legs apart, forcing your upper body to tilt upright in sheer
reflex. With a vicious chuckle somewhere between joy and sadism, he grinds his
foot from left to right for a few times, putting it out like a mere cigarette.
Again the foot comes up and hovers forwards, coming over your face for a moment,
allowing you again to watch pads, sole and filth next to your blood and some
stomped gems alike before the smelling surface rushes down on your snout! Your
muzzle gets pushed to the side in a fierce impact. After granting you some
seconds to smell the terrible scent of grime, dirt and former victims, Gorflame
starts rubbing up and down on your face, abusing it like a doormat. After
coating your face in stinking grime, he steps off of your face. You can hear him
laugh once more. You still keep your eyes closed somewhere in between the hope
that maybe that demon disappears as well the pain all over your head. But you
can feel the foot coming down hard again on your tail, flattening it to almost
half it's size with far less care then the dragon put in while he trampled
around on your more vital regions. He adds a second, massive stomp and five, six,
seven lighter ones just for fun, as it seems, before FINALLY the winged demon
steps aside of you. It seems that he grants you some seconds to get your breath
back...and feel and think about what he just did to you.
Zed grunts in pain as
he feels the acidic drool on his bruised form beneath your foot. As you move
your foot up, Zed stares at his tortured body for a moment with disbelief... he
sees the gems sticking on and in him and it's almost funny that he reminds
himself on a charm he has stolen once.... it had the form of a lizard adorned
with small gems.. his thoughts are rudely cut off as your foot lands on him agin,
causing Zed to scream out in pure agony, throwing his muzzle backwards.... He
looks right up into your sadistic eyes, as you trample him like a bug... again
and again your paw comes down on him, breaking bones as if they were twigs. Zed
is able to mutter a few "No more"s while your foot works on him but
when you bring it down on his crotch you are rewarded with an extremely long
screech which lasts for quite a while as you twist your sole on your toy's
private-parts... The raptor bends forward and pushes at the foot with all his might to
get it off from this region but you lift your foot off anyways afterwards and
slam it down on his face.... Able to see the grimy bloody pad above him for a
short moment the raptor meeps pitifully before you bring it down on him... You
add insult to injury as you start to wipe the dirt off on your poor victims
face, your heavy foot forcing Zed to sniff in the scent of it. You can tell
that he doesn't like it as you look to his uncovered body which is writhing and
struggling like crazy.... He breathes in deeply as you step off at last.... and
again more pain is added... your foot found a new spot on his body which was
undamaged until now.... Zed's pride, his long slender tail, which he swayed
around so gracefully falls victim to your rage, flattened to nothing by your
mighty foot... The reptile screams loudly as you bring it down several more times...
When you step off from him, tears run down his muzzle, not only from the pain,
as he looks at his beaten body... every movement hurts him, still he tries to
roll around on his belly, crawling towards the exit again, even though it means
he is directly crawling underneath you to reach it.... all the while Zed pleads
and begs "No....please, let me go.... I'll do anything.... I promise...."
Gorflame waits
for your trampled, battered mind to come back to it's senses. He casually steps
on your back without much care as you try to crawl into safety. His snout
travels down to you once more, beholding your body and the dragon's work. You
can almost feel this beast soaking up the suffering expression within your face
to convert it into pure joy in his sick mind. His view tells you that he is
loving to see you that way, loving to see what is just a mere bug in his eyes wriggle for him in agony and begging for mercy. A view that tells you that your
suffering is far from over...Again the dragon speaks to you, still not caring at
all where the saliva lands while he speaks. "So, wasn't that nice? Look at
yourself! Some of these gems are likely to always stay with you. I think some of
your...friends will be able to see your wealth better in the future."
Grinning a bit wider, Gorflame lowers his snout down to you again. "That
is...if you have any future at all."