Ankoku

Ankoku enters the mansion again, wiping his face clean from tears. He wants to stay so he can properly say goodbye to Lev - finding it rude on leaving after receiving such a gracious gift. He enters a room, pausing as he sees two women in it, and he flusters before bowing out of apologies. "So-sorry." His broken English came through, "Looking for Lev." Since he can't say Levushka, he's going to be sticking to calling him Lev. Straightening his posture, getting ready to leave the room only for the sight of one of them to caught his attention. The Ice Queen herself; Shi. Staring at her features with admiration, but he wasn't going by her looks, but the warrior prowess she was radiating was extraordinary. His face flushed even more, his rainbow colored eyes glowing behind his sunglasses. Realizing he's been staring at her for too long, he turns his head before apologizing again, then left in a hurry to keep searching for Lev.

Ava || Mentins: Malaki, Sky

"Is not necessary. All I ask is that you don't wreck the mansion." Ava was silent, the statement pondering in her head. Was he, truly asking her, to truly not destroy the mansion and everyone in it? Yes. Does she care? Eh - Ava snorted again, growling. She wrapped her talons around Malaki once more, and leaned in, a dangerous gleam in her enraged eyes.

Staring coldly at Sky, Ava held Malaki tightly, then stood up on all fours- three. Snapping her jaws towards Sky in a fair warning, the dragon extended her wings, and launched herself into the sky, Malaki in tow. She placed him up and over on her back, where there were plenty of thick scales and spikes to hold onto. "Letme' show you something. Oh, and don't rip off my scales.. then I'd change my mind about killing you," Ava snarled, and hissed, making her way just below the clouds.

Malaki: Mentions: Ava and Sky

"Let me show you something. Oh, and don't rip off my scales.. then I'd change my mind about killing you," Ava snarled, and hissed, making her way just below the clouds. Malaki did just that and stayed still when she made her way up, noting the distance she was putting between them and the mansion. Malaki did get the desired result: he got Ava to calm down slightly and she wasn't going to immedately wreck the house, so that was a win for him, however he was now completely at her mercy, so he had to play things smart and not upset her, otherwise he would become her next meal. Benny, on the other hand, was still not having a fun time in regards to all of this happening. "Malaki you tell this oversized purse to let us down and get us out of here! We can't let her eat us!" Malaki merely shook his head and continued to ignore him, looking around the clouds, with one part of him hoping that Sky was following close behind, while the other part hoped for her to stay away so that Ava wouldn't be enraged further.

Ava || Mentions: Malaki

Malaki's aura pulsated, instantly making her instantly growl, and bend her head back to look at the man. She curled her lip back before she spoke, "Keep your voice, under control," Ava hissed. Auras that pulsated were always interesting, but some of them would give her headaches, granted Malaki's hasn't yet but she didn't want to see if it would. Might as well nip it in the bud now then later.

As Ava scowered the ground below, searching for her designated spot, she could see something off, but she ignored it.

They covered the sky quite quickly, she has 20ft wingspan, she could move. Down below, just barely hidden in the trees, there was a grey, crippled building, no roads, no paths, nothing leading up to it. Revealing that it was quite an old place. Or so, people wanted it to be. Ava snorted, and dipped down, folding her wings in to make the drop faster, a safe distance from the ground, she whipped her wings out, continuing to land. Ava landed roughly, her tail and tips of her wings getting minor clips. Folding her wings in, Ava looked around before walking towards the building, every one in a while looking back at Malaki. And for anyone else.

The dragon finally walked upon the grey, deteriorating building, growling as they neared. Ava didn't let Malaki down, for multiple reasons. One, he could run away, and with all these trees she wouldn't be able to catch him. Two, if they needed a quick get away. Why wouldn't she leave him behind? Who cares. Three, if he were to trick her or something. In all cases, it be best if he stayed put. "This is it. Where it all started. The origin of our delightful friends, of Ibex."

Oh, she changed her mind. Ava bent her head back, glaring at Malaki for a moment before nipping his shoe, as gently as Ava could, and she placed him near the ruins. "You all.. you all judge me. You think, that I find joy in knowing I kill others. You all think I-" Ava growled, and swiped one of her arms, tossing a few large, cemented walls into the trees. "You all think I am evil," she growled, looking away from the ruins. "But.. none of you know who I am, or even what I am. You judge a book by its cover. Its wrong. I.. I was raised here, before any of you were created. My growth and life was stunted here, they kept me, and they tortured me, just for the sake of science. I know more, I feel more. I-" She walked around the ruins, moving a few large conrete boulder like things, revealing a broken foundation, a poorly done drawing of a red dragon, scribbled onto the ground.

"I was taught, that life isn't fair. Life is survival of the fittest. If your.. kind, and conercing of other peoples lives, your already dead-" what is she doing? Spilling her, what, backstory? God. Why. Ava shook her head, and snorted again, growling deeply. "I was raised, to kill things, like you," she glared at Malaki, before walking towards them, her eyes full of flame. "You all have your peaceful, innocent lives, while I am left with nothing! Absolutely nothing! Those children deserve no love, you don't, no one in that damned Mansion does!" Her demonic voice was back, filled with anger. She knew she made no sense, no one understood her, or her way of thinking. They never did and never will. This was stupid. Showing this wretched man. He needs to get back to the mansion. To watch it burn.

Malaki: Mentions: Ava and Sky

"Keep your voice under control," Ava hissed. You hear that Benny? Ava told you to shut it. Do us all a favor and keep quiet, could you? Malaki told him, and Benny didn't respond, getting the message loud and clear. Ava landed near the ruins of an abandoned Ibex facility and he couldn't help but look around in astonishment at it. How old is this place? This... this looks like it's been decaying for some time now. Malaki's thoughts were snapped by Ava talking, telling him about her past, before ending with "I was raised... to kill things, like you, you all have your peaceful, innocent lives, while I am left with nothing! Absolutely nothing! Those children deserve no love, you don't, no one in that damned Mansion does!" Her demonic voice was back, filled with anger. Malaki looked around for a bit longer before it clicked in his head."They weren't treating you as an experiment... they were treating you as a weapon." The words mumbled out of his mouth, slightly afraid that he would be torched for trying to figure her out. He looked up into her fiery eyes for a brief second before going to the drawing of the red dragon. Malaki crouched down to the ground to look at the details of the drawing, albeit that time was not kind to retaining said details before looking back up at Ava, noticing all of the similarities.

"They twisted a dream or fasicnation of yours into a weapon for them... and a personal hell for you." He climbed up some of the rubble to be a little higher up so he could look Ava more in the eyes. "I'm not going to discount the hell you went through during your time here, but we all went through things that we don't ever want to talk about because of Ibex and their psychotic goals. When I was shipped off to Ibex, I was locked in an isolation cell... for years. Not once did I ever see another experiment during that time, and after I broke out, I was homeless up until Ibex rounded us up once again. I was an absolute outcast and they tried their damndest to make me into a submissive soldier for them, but I wouldn't ever break. I don't know how, or if, I or anyone can help you, but this..." He stretched out his hands once again. "This is your past, but it doesn't have to be your present or future either. You want to get back at Ibex for what they did to you? Destroying them would be a good way to go at it, but another thing you can do is live your life. They want us to feel scared and ostracized from society because of what they did to us, but I'm not going to let them get away with it and I'm not going to let my past determine my future." He finished, looking up at her with cold and steely eyes, not trying to show her the fear that was building up within himself.

Dread

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