[Queen's Paradise: Prologue - The Amazon Queen]

[18:30] <!CYOA-sama> Drums sound like thunder.
[18:31] <!CYOA-sama> The Imperial Guard ushers men from the streets.
[18:31] <!CYOA-sama> Only women are allowed to watch as the procession draws closer to the palace.
[18:32] <!CYOA-sama> Dark skinned muscular women in animal hides carry a throne of skulls and the bones of vicious predators.
[18:32] <!CYOA-sama> When the throne is placed before the palace steps a tall muscular woman stands from it.
[18:33] <!CYOA-sama> Brunhilda, Queen of the Amazons.
[18:33] <!CYOA-sama> Her massive runed obsidian blade at gripped tightly in ehr hands she climbs the palace stairs and pushes open the double doors of the throne room.
[18:36] <!CYOA-sama> Aldeas sits in his throne of silver sipping wine.
[18:37] <!CYOA-sama> To his right, in a smaller throne, Lucia sleeps having eaten a bit too much turkey at dinner.
[18:37] <!CYOA-sama> "Children?"
[18:37] <!CYOA-sama> Brunhilda approaches the throne.
[18:37] <!CYOA-sama> "Welcome Queen of the Amazon." Aldeas says with a grin.
[18:37] <!CYOA-sama> "You are every bit what I imagined."
[18:37] <!CYOA-sama> "When me was summoned by King of Man... me expected great battle."
[18:37] <!CYOA-sama> "I assure you my lady I had no intention of fighting you.
[18:37] <!CYOA-sama> "Why you call then?"
[18:37] <!CYOA-sama> "It was my intent that our people, so closely related by blood, might be able to settle our differences once and for all."
[18:37] <!CYOA-sama> "Boy-King want war then..." She says as she furrows her brow.
[18:38] <!CYOA-sama> "No. Boy-King want peace. Did you not read the message that was sent?"
[18:38] <!CYOA-sama> "Amazon no read squiggle lines. Me just ask little freckle girl what it say."
[18:39] <!CYOA-sama> "How quaint."
[18:39] <!CYOA-sama> Aldeas sips his wine.
[18:40] <!CYOA-sama> "Allow me to clarify then. You have been invited to live in my palace for a time, until peace treaties can be made between our people."
[18:40] <!CYOA-sama> The Amazonian Queen's eyes widen as she gasps.
[18:40] <!CYOA-sama> "You want challenge /me/ to makluk?"
[18:41] <!CYOA-sama> "Makluk?" Aldeas asks in his surprise.
[18:41] <!CYOA-sama> "I'm not familiar with the ritual but... if it will give you reason to stay here then..."
[18:41] <!CYOA-sama> "So be it, I challenge you to makluk."
[18:42] <!CYOA-sama> "Huh...?" Lucia snaps awake suddenly.
[18:42] <!CYOA-sama> "Good morning sunshine." Aldeas says to his hazy eyed bride.
[18:42] <!CYOA-sama> "I had a dream you did something really stupid..." She says as she rubs her eyes.
[18:43] <!CYOA-sama> "Boy-King ask for it.... Brunhilda accept challenge."
[18:43] <!CYOA-sama> She raises her voice loudly and lets out a lilting scream.
[18:43] <!CYOA-sama> "IIIIIIIIIIIIYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA~"
[18:44] <!CYOA-sama> The scream is returned by the other Amazonians outside the palace that procede to burst through the door and line the walls of the throne room.
[18:44] <!CYOA-sama> "Oh no....." Lucia says in horror as she watches an army of muscular brown women invade her new home.
[18:45] <!CYOA-sama> "Ahahahahaha! What a fascinating culture." Aldeas says as he rests his face on his hand.
[18:46] <!CYOA-sama> "Boy-King challenge Brunhilda to Makluk. Mating War. Brunhilda accept." The Amazon Queen says to her followers.
[18:46] <!CYOA-sama> [Intermission]


[19:12] <!CYOA-sama> [Intermission Out]
[19:14] <!CYOA-sama> The Amazons murmur amongst themselves.
[19:15] <!CYOA-sama> They all seem generally surprised.
[19:16] <!CYOA-sama> "Mating War?... That doesn't sound good." Aldeas says as he sits up straight.
[19:17] <!CYOA-sama> "..... You challenged a Triabl Leader to a bizarre ritual in their native tongue without knowing what it MEANT?" Lucia asks as she stares at Aldeas in disbelief.
[19:17] <!CYOA-sama> "To be fair, you were asleep and couldn't stop me so I blame you for this."
[19:18] <!CYOA-sama> Lucia places her face in her hands in despair as the Amazon's begin beating their drums of war.
[19:18] <!CYOA-sama> "Draw weapon boy king. We fight and winner become losers pet-slave."
[19:19] <!CYOA-sama> "Well this is a problem, that was never my intention..."
[19:19] <!CYOA-sama> Aldeas stands, but rather than drawing his personal weapon he takes a spear from one of the decorative suits of armor on the wall.
[19:19] <!CYOA-sama> "I suppose I'll just stall until I can come up with a way out of this.
[19:20] <!CYOA-sama> Or until you come up with a way to get me out of it...." He says as he glaces back at Lucia.
[19:20] <!CYOA-sama> With a flick of his wrist the King whirls the spear around his body extravagantly.
[19:22] <!CYOA-sama> As Brunhilda draws her blade and dashes towards the King he spins the spear and effortlessly deflects the force of the queens 800 lb sword.
[19:22] <!CYOA-sama> Aldeas whistles. "My... that's certainly a dangerous weapon."
[19:23] <!CYOA-sama> The queen slowly lifts her obsidian blade from the shattered tile.
[19:23] <!CYOA-sama> "Um... excuse me." Lucia says as she approaches one of the Amazonian onlookers.
[19:23] <!CYOA-sama> "What exactly is this Makluk?"
[19:24] <!CYOA-sama> "Eh?... Makluk be tribes secret maiting ritual. Loser have to live with winner and be sex slave."
[19:24] <!CYOA-sama> "Oh dear...." Lucia says as she rubs her temples once again overwhelmed by the brash lack of forthought her husband possesses.
[19:25] <!CYOA-sama> "Is there any way it can be called oof once it's begun?"
[19:26] <!CYOA-sama> "Makluk only end when loser submit or if one fighter already lose Makluk to somebody else." The Amazon replies.
[19:26] <!CYOA-sama> "..... I see."
[19:26] <!CYOA-sama> Aldeas' expert dodging has served to easily outmatch the brash direct fighting style of the Amazon Queen.
[19:27] <!CYOA-sama> "You... no fight fair..." She says between deep breaths.
[19:27] <!CYOA-sama> Aldeas hops up and down on his tip toes.
[19:27] <!CYOA-sama> "Well, I never intended to fight at all..."
[19:27] <!CYOA-sama> "If you no fight fair, then me cheat too."
[19:27] <!CYOA-sama> Brunhilda lifts her blade into the sky.
[19:28] <!CYOA-sama> "PELEFIKI RASHODAN!" She screams as the blade itself seems to glow with the fire of the sun.
[19:29] <!CYOA-sama> "Aha!... So that's what makes you a Queen. Rather than personal power you can channel the might of the Amazonian Sungoddess. How interesting!" Aldeas says as he drops the spear knowing it will be of no use any longer.
[19:30] <!CYOA-sama> He runs across the throne room and attempts to reach his sword... not the sword itself, just the scabbard.
[19:30] <!CYOA-sama> The blade of the queen swings down.
[19:30] <!CYOA-sama> "Enough...."
[19:30] <!CYOA-sama> Lucia stands between the two.
[19:31] <!CYOA-sama> Brunhilda's blade is halted and the fire around it vanishes into harmless sparks.
[19:32] <!CYOA-sama> "I'm sorry for my 'pets' complete ignorance to your culture, but he's already lost 'Makluk' to me."
[19:33] <ANTS> (best girl)
[19:33] <!CYOA-sama> "You may ask any of the citizens if you don't believe me, but I am the Queen. In your culture the ritual of Makluk, would in our tongue be called marriage, if I'm not mistaken."
[19:34] <!CYOA-sama> Lucia glances back at Aldeas who's only just reached his sword.
[19:34] <!CYOA-sama> He hangs his head for a brief moment and smirks.
[19:34] <!CYOA-sama> "You own boy-king's tool?" Brunhilda asks with a puzzled expression.
[19:34] <!CYOA-sama> "T-tool!?"
[19:35] <!CYOA-sama> Lucia pauses for a moment and makes a complicated expression.
[19:35] <!CYOA-sama> The room falls silent.
[19:35] <!CYOA-sama> ".... Well you going to answer her or not?" Aldeas says with a wide grin.
[19:35] <!CYOA-sama> "Sh-shush you!"
[19:36] <!CYOA-sama> Lucia sighs deeply.
[19:36] <!CYOA-sama> "Y-yes... I own his t-tool..."
[19:36] <!CYOA-sama> "Then why you no have his scent?" Brunhilda asks with an expression of disbelief.
[19:37] <!CYOA-sama> "B-BECAUSE I'M NOT READY FOR THAT STAGE IN OUR REALATIONSHIP YET!" Lucia shouts.
[19:37] <!CYOA-sama> "Ahahaha! It's so rare to see you raise your voice.... I like it." Aldeas says still leaning against his throne in a cold sweat from his brush with death.
[19:38] <!CYOA-sama> "If you own Boy-King prove it." Brunhilda insists as she jams her blade into the ground and folds her arms.
[19:38] <!CYOA-sama> "...... Gladly." Lucia says as she turns and approaches Aldeas with confidence.
[19:39] <!CYOA-sama> "Oh? Right here in front of everyon-" -SMACK-
[19:39] <!CYOA-sama> With an echo that would wake the dead Lucia strikes the King of all free men across the face in his own throne room.
[19:40] <!CYOA-sama> Even the butlers and maids cowering in the corner who've known the two since they were children stare in disbelief.
[19:40] <!CYOA-sama> "There, do you see? If I were not the queen I'd be thrown in the dungeon already. Now put away your sword so we can talk like civilized people."
[19:41] <!CYOA-sama> Brunhilda nods and takes a seat cross legged on the floor.
[19:41] <!CYOA-sama> Lucia sits with her legs folded beneath her and her hands elegantly in her lap.
[19:41] <!CYOA-sama> PErhaps the person most dumbfounded by this turn of events is Aldeas himself.
[19:42] <!CYOA-sama> He slowly reaches up and runs his fingers across the handprint on his face.
[19:43] <!CYOA-sama> The look of shock slowly unfurls into a smile, and then a booming laughter that fills the entire palace.
[19:43] <!CYOA-sama> Aldeas lifts himself from the ground and takes his seat quietly at the throne content to let his better half handle negotiations for the moment.
[19:44] <!CYOA-sama> "I apologize for my husbands ignorance. In his haste to begin peace talks he's shown disrespect to your traditions."
[19:44] <!CYOA-sama> Brunhilda shakes her head.
[19:45] <!CYOA-sama> "Your husband fierce warrior. I take pride in being challenged by him."
[19:45] <!CYOA-sama> "Thank you for your kind words, my lady." Lucia says as she bows her head.
[19:46] <!CYOA-sama> "In truth it was not our intent for you to stay here as a slave, but merely as our guest. We hope that by opening our doors to you we can someday open the doors between our two people so that we no longer need to live in a world of segregation."
[19:46] <!CYOA-sama> Brunhilda nods as if the concept is finally sinking in.
[19:47] <!CYOA-sama> "Ung. I stay in big house with flat-queen and boy-king as show of respect so our people be nice to each other."
[19:47] <!CYOA-sama> "Precisel-... f-flat?" Lucia says as she pats her chest.
[19:48] <!CYOA-sama> "Me accept." Brunhilda says with a smile as she reaches out and pats Lucia repeatedly on the shoulder causing her to visibly flinch.
[19:48] <!CYOA-sama> "Ouch...." She says as the Amazons all file out of the throne room.
[19:49] <!CYOA-sama> Brunhilda stands and looks down to Lucia.
[19:50] <!CYOA-sama> "You.... you let me borrow boy-king sometime?" She asks with an innocent smile, as if asking to pet someones dog.
[19:50] <!CYOA-sama> ".... I'll... uh... I'll consider it...." Lucia says still not sure what to make of the Amazon Queen.
[19:50] <!CYOA-sama> "Giles, please show our guast to the quarters we've prepared for her."
[19:51] <!CYOA-sama> "Yes, your grace.... would that be the leopard skin room or the room filled with indigenous plants?"
[19:51] <!CYOA-sama> "Th-the first one...." Lucia says rubbing her shoulder in discomfort.
[19:51] <!CYOA-sama> "Yes, ma'am."
[19:53] <!CYOA-sama> Lucia walks over to Aldeas who sits in his throne a grin somewhere between arrogance and pride on his face.
[19:53] <!CYOA-sama> "Not a word." She says as she stands before him.
[19:53] <!CYOA-sama> "What is there to say...."
[19:53] <!CYOA-sama> Aldeas opens his arms.
[19:53] <!CYOA-sama> "Well done, my love."
[19:54] <!CYOA-sama> Lucia begins to tremble as she dives into Aldeas' arms to hide her tears from a combination fo the slight bruise on her shoulder... and the all too severe sting on her hand.
[19:54] <!CYOA-sama> In the corner of the room a young maid watches on.
[19:55] <!CYOA-sama> "Sir Allan, why is her grace crying?"
[19:55] <!CYOA-sama> "The knight places his hand on the young girls head.
[19:56] <!CYOA-sama> "Because child.... there is nothing so difficult as to raise a hand ones own king."
[19:56] <!CYOA-sama> "I... don't really understand... aren't they married? Aren't they childhood friends?"
[19:56] <!CYOA-sama> "Exactly...." says the night as he turns to hide the water forming in his eyes.
[19:56] <!CYOA-sama> "Well done, your grace." He says under his breath.
[19:57] <!CYOA-sama> [The Amazon Queen - End]