The little bird sings her feelings to the people.

[former_endboss]

[Video]

Hey. So, has anyone noticed that we are in a school where nobody teaches class except for that plant-lady? And she just plays Tetris all day. There's a ton of abandoned class rooms, waiting for people to move in and do something. I mean, I found an orchestra pit with a fully functional organ in it.

So, I'm going to make people an offer. I've got a working knowledge of music, and if there's anyone who wants to learn or form a band, or learn the quantum-mechanical underpinnings of magic that will blow the back of your skull off, get in contact with me. Meanwhile, I'm going to treat everyone to the sound of me blowing some of the dust out of this thing.

[Cue Tocata and Fuge in D minor.]

Comments

Re: [Action]

[former_endboss]

[Since this is a dragon's palace, there's obviously a passageway down to the dungeon for Ixie, while the servant scurries off down a human sized staircase to beat her to the destination.

It's all very well aranged, so when Ixie gets there, the poor cultist is already stripped naked and properly on the rack.]

[Action]

[dragon_moe]

Has he yet said anything of note?

[Action]

[former_endboss]

Not yet Milady. These cultists are remarkably resiliant.

[Action]

[dragon_moe]

Hmph. He's still human, he will break.

[Insert draconic torturing here or something, I certainly don't know much about torture...]

Re: [Action]

[former_endboss]

[Waterboarding and stretching! YAY! The handmaiden is meticulously skilled at this, parsing what is enough pain to make them talk and what is too much.

But eventually the Cultist confesses that he was taught the demon-summoning spell by a cultist from a different part of the Great Dragon Empire.]

[Action]

[dragon_moe]

It seems I'll have to take some time away from the palace, then. These cultists have been a nuisance for far too long.

[Action]

[former_endboss]

Shall I make the preparations?

[Action]

[dragon_moe]

Yes, and make haste. We do not want to allow them time to cause any more chaos.

[Action]

[former_endboss]

[A dutiful and perfect servant, she did exactly as she promised...and even got herself packed up and ready to go. After all, a dragon queen should never be without her loyal servant...]

[Action]

[dragon_moe]

[And with all their preparations complete, Ixthalluz nodded approvingly]

Let us depart.

[Action]

[former_endboss]

[Aaaand Paradigm Shift.]

Well, that was a short first chapter.

[Action]

[dragon_moe]

[Ixthalluz is obviously a little disconcerted... that personality was very different from how she was normally]

A-ah...

... chapter?

[Give her a bit to steady herself]

[Action]

[former_endboss]

Take time to catch your breath. And yeah, that was the first chapter of a little story I've been working on. The ending still isn't finished.

[Action]

[dragon_moe]

Ah...

... and I'm the Queen, huh?

[Action]

[former_endboss]

Well, I figured this would be less distressing that the other options I've been working on, like the one where we're sisters on the run. And yes, you're the Queen, I'm the obvious plant who is preparing to stab you in the back but then decides to defend you.

[Action]

[dragon_moe]

W-wait, you're a double agent?

[Apparently it wasn't so obvious to Ixthalluz...]

Re: [Action]

[former_endboss]

Soon to be triple! And of course you didn't notice, you're not supposed to realize.

Speaking of things you didn't realize, was that a fun hour you spent up to your neck in gold?

[Action]

[dragon_moe]

W-what? I...

You...

You saw that...?!

[Embarrassed forever]

[Action]

[former_endboss]

...Ixthalluz. We're inside my mind. Nothing happens here that I don't see.

[Action]

[dragon_moe]

...

[If she was Kazumi she'd probably say uguu. Instead, you get some odd sound from her that's something between discontent and embarrased... and ridiculously cute]

[Action]

[former_endboss]

Psh. Let's just get out of here, come on.

[And back to the real world.

[Action]

[dragon_moe]

R-right...

[real world yay-]

[Action]

[former_endboss]

[The worst part of it is that she's stiff from lying still in the pod.]

So. Shall we work up a lesson plan? I'm thinking half an hour of singing lessons a day, and an hour of language studies for each of us.

[Action]

[dragon_moe]

[Ixthalluz nods in agreement]

That sounds fine.

...

Erm... how long were we in there?

Re: [Action]

[former_endboss]

Good. I'll try my best to only use draconic during your lessons, but you don't have to do the same until you get a better handle on Hymmnos.

Uhhh, maybe three quarters of an hour. I don't have a watch, but that feels about right.