Does Their Blood Run Red? (Aka)

by **Traverse** on May 31st, 2014, 11:04 pm

Does Their Blood Run Red?
81st of Spring, 514 A.V.

There wasn't delicious gossip circling the nest about this sacrifice, in fact it was alarming how few Dhani knew about it happening at all. Charoda were a rare, rare treat. Rarely did they venture in from the coast, and even more rare was an instance in which they could be brought to Zinrah in a living state. There was a sort of reverence about the sacrificing of a Charoda, due to their rarity. At the very least they deserved far more respect then those petching Myrians constantly multiplying and infecting the jungle wilds like a terrible plague.

So that was why the whispers about it were so hushed. The few that knew about it were loathe to share the news with anyone else, but the news got around just the same...just much more precisely.

Aka did not hear about it directly, but after taking a wonderfully relaxing bath, coupled with a well earned visit to the Red Room after another tiring day of exterminating Myrians, she saw something odd...

It was a guard slithering hurriedly into the entrance to Siku's Temple. Guards rarely hurried anywhere in Zinrah, for rarely was there ever circumstances dire enough to warrant such an action. No, if there was one thing the viper had learned it was that the oafish cousins of hers loved to take their time...

by **Soshakuakamamushi** on June 1st, 2014, 12:37 am

Almost half-way into her pregnancy, beginning since early Summer, the Viper - in human form - had her belly took on a rather noticeable bulge, at the end of Summer or Early Fall, she would give birth to her first batch of eggs, her first pregnancy and her first birth. It would be a big moment for the Viper, one that was enough to make her contemplate about her life. She was a Viper in the nest of Constrictors, she was also a Master reimancer, an Azenth, an acrobat, and... a rising Dhani in power. All of these, made her reconsider her attitude and demeanor over all these years. She often acted like a spoiled brat, a jerk, and all around annoying, this was why most people wouldn't listen to what she said, only recently did she get recognition because of her power.

"..." Aka stopped her trek through the corridors, leaning her side on the wall, her features looked blank in deep thought, this must stop, she must get a hold of herself and wake up from the naive notion that everyone out there was bent on ridiculing her, she brought it upon herself because of her attitude, it was not a matter of appearance, short or tall, when one acted like a spoiler princess, no one would take her seriously. The Viper clenched her fists as she came to a conclusion, she need, no, she must change, for herself, Xen, Evalin, her unborn child, Ivak, everyone. She couldn't keep acting like a foolish girl anymore.

So deep in her trance, Aka didn't notice a guard in Constrictor form slithering fast past her, he really looked like he was chased by a Myrian horde, but not panicking, excited instead. Aka raised an eyebrow, surely there must be something to make these brutes so excited, of course, the first thing that came to Aka's mind was food, due to her experiences with Senka, that glutton. The curious Viper decided to follow the guard, taking note of his path, they were heading into Siku's Temple if she remembered correctly. Well, perhaps there was another celebration like that Siku's Solstice awhile back? Aka wasn't keen on joining another festival, she just wanted to see what was up, linger there for a few chimes, then go home.

by **Soshakuakamamushi** on June 14th, 2014, 6:54 am

When she had arrived, there were a lot of Dhani inside, not as many as the Solstice, but enough so Aka had to struggle to see what was up in the altar - where the main event usually took place - "Ugh, agh..." She groaned, she didn't dare to push her way, afraid of the delicate eggs forming in her belly. After a painstaking process of traversing her way through the massive sea of bodies, she finally got a glimpse.

Ah, there was a sacrificial ritual being held at the moment, that was usual, but something caught her eyes. The creatures they were sacrificing was not a Myrian, or a human, or any recognizable animal, but two... fish-like humanoids, with two arms, two legs, but strange leathery skin and webbed hands and toes, their face also was very odd, they had no nose and wide frog-like lenses for eyes. "What... are thossse?" Aka couldn't keep her curiosity as she took a spot near the wall to see, leaning her back as rubbed her tummy.

Constrictors were all clamoring near the altar, licking their lips with undisguised hunger, the Viper rolled her eyes, of course they would those things delicious, they ate everything. "Hmmm..." However, looking at them, Aka could feel her stomach prodding her, those fishy - literally - humanoid indeed looked tasty, the Priestess in charge of the ritual then gave a prayer to Siku in Snake-tongue, Aka merely watched as the Constrictors joined the prayer, faintly, she heard the foreign word "Charoda" being spoke in Snake-tongue, that must be their name.

"C-char... Charo... Charoda..." Aka tried to speak it in common, fish-like humanoids were Charoda, got it. If she wasn't pregnant right now, Aka would go there and ask for a bite, but... she had no urge to exert herself amidst the sea of bodies, she was contented to just watch.

by **Soshakuakamamushi** on June 14th, 2014, 6:53 pm

At last, the main event, the ones that these Constrictors had been waiting for, began, the Priestess raised her bone dagger over the seemingly unconscious - or were they dead? - humanoid fish-frog thing, then plunged it deep into one of the creature's chest, fresh... red blood spurting from its punctured body. So they had red blood, odd, Aka thought they would have blue or green or something because... just because, this gave the Viper the assumption that most sentient beings had red blood, Kelvics had red blood, humans had red blood, Myrians had red blood, well... except Evalin and her kind, they had milky white ichor instead.

The Viper watched with amusement as her cousins all hissed in delight, especially the front end where blood spurted to their scaly forms, the Priestss began another prayer to the glorious Serpent Goddess-Queen then just threw the corpse down onto the crowd, which of course, immediately torn apart and devoured by the Constrictors. "Sigh..." The Viper rubbed her belly as she idly examined the temple, truly, it was glorious and a worthy offering to Siku, another sound of flesh being punctured echoed within its cavern-walls, so that was it then? The two fishes were dead now, Aka supposed the show would be over soon, so she stood up then began shifting her feet towards the exit.

"Oh hey, Aka!"

The Viper groaned at the familiar voice of Senka calling out to her from behind, of course the guard would be there, she was a glutton and Aka wondered why her body was not as big as Zarboneus, the Viper didn't have time to mess with Senka right now so she feigned ignorance then continued her exit.

The Constrictor guard merely shrugged her shoulders, falling for it, not that she cared much anyway, turning her head back, she rejoined the feasting with her fellow guards.

Charoda, huh? Wonder if I can meet one alive... someday. See if they can talk...

by **Catastrophe** on June 21st, 2014, 7:07 pm

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