The Talon's Prey

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A paralyzing poison...now that wasn't exactly what she expected and wasn't prepared for. She knew a herb or two that could help reverse such affects but she had none of them on here, any herbs in fact that'd help her. All the ones she did get were for things such as healing wounds or stopping infection, not poisons unless some were mixed with something else to stop it. "What is you want?"She managed to say before the affects took full effect rendering her unable to move, only watch the dragoness in wonder of what was to come next.

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"i'm not sure, now that i have caught my prey. don't worry, though, i won't hurt you," Akrina said, as the hammer she threw away faded away. positioning herself in a certain way, she picked up the dragoness and settled her on her back. walking steadily back to the ledge that she had first made her move on the dragoness, she took her time, making sure that there was no discomfort for the dragoness. despite having hunted the dragoness like a bad-intended person, she actually found a thrill in the play-hunt, and had no intention of harming the dragoness. after taking around ten minutes to get back onto the ledge, she looked out upon the land to find a suitable place. spying an opening to a cave, she began to make her way to the cave, with the dragoness on her back.

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Oh how Taiga wished she could move, speak, something, but the paralysis effect to her body prevented her from even speaking. She could only watch from the corners of her eyes as Akrina moved her away from her attempts of hiding and easily carrying her near the place she had been before then to a cave close by. Though, she didn't know if this dragoness was telling the truth or not. That's what got under her skin the most, not knowing if she truly was in danger or just someone's thrill of a hunt for even a short time.

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entering the cave, Akrina moved to the back of the cave. setting the dragoness down gently, she crouched down next to her neck. placing her claws on her neck, she lightly dug a few of her fingers in. while it seem like she was going to harm her, she instead pressed a few pressure points, ones that she learned that reacted with her poison breath.

"that should allow you to speak again. i keep forgetting that the paralyzing also affects speaking," she said, as she stood up and moved over to the wall. running her claw along the stone of the wall, she reached out her arm and the hammer from before reappeared in her grip. gripping it with both hands, she then smashed the hammer into the wall. as a few large chunks and lot of small pieces were crushed out of the wall, she sent the hammer down. gathering up the rubble, she placed her claws on the rocks, then closed her eyes. concentrating, the blackish-purple runes on her hands began to spark as the rocks were engulfed in a shimmering mass of energy. as the energy faded, Akrina breathed heavily slightly as the rocks were replaced with pillows. picking them up, she moved back over to the dragoness, then placed the soft pillows under her head. sitting down, she let her body regain itself from the manipulation, while also waiting to see if the dragoness would speak first.

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If her boy wasn't already stiff now Taiga would had stiffen then at first when the fingers were pressed to her neck, but luckily it was only where the pressure points were located. She wondered if she could speak now but didn't at first as she watched Akrina work the hammer on the rocky wall of the cave, wondering what she was doing now. It seemed so random to just smash a wall to bits and Taiga was becoming more puzzled by the minute of what the dragoness wanted at all. Even if she said she didn't know Taiga knew there had to be something she wanted eventually.

And for now she watched as the Dragonborn used an odd energy to change the rocks into pillows which were placed beneath her head. Taiga felt like a sick patient in a way, being taken care of and someone watching over her as if she were extremely ill yet she knew she wasn't. The way the dragoness was acting now made the ice dragoness extremely confused on what was really going on now. First she was being hunted for fun and now she was suddenly being treated with care. There was just something odd about this whole thing and the dragoness. "Maybe you could at least tell me why you chase me at first then suddenly...well this?"She tried to indicate the pillows and whole situation in general, "Guess I'm kind of confused of what your playing at."

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looking at her, Akrina lowered her head slightly. "you could say that i am kinda deranged, but i myself can say i am messed up. i was chasing you cause i like to play-hunt, and i hunt for fun, but not to harm. everything else, though, is kinda complicated," she said, then stopped talking. moving over to sit next to the dragoness, she placed her claw lightly on the dragoness's neck. "my name is Akrina Darktalon, and i was born far beyond the Void. my world was destroyed by the Daemons, and they captured me. they tried to turn me into one of them, and nearly succeeded, but something happened and i was able to escape. but because of that, i am different from before," she paused, as she began to stroke her claw gently along the dragoness's neck. grabbing a decently sized rock that had rolled away from the rest, she kept it behind her back as she changed it into a object that looked like a collar.

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Taiga didn't know if she could really say Akrina was really deranged, it seemed more of a love for the play hunt than derangement but that was her own opinion. Although, she still couldn't help wondering how the rest could be complicated, finding this a little annoying but there wasn't much she seemed to be able to do about Akrina's own unknowing of what she really planned to do. At this rate it seemed she was telling the truth. And for now the young dragoness only could listen as Akrina told who she was and what had happened to her, likely explaining her strange powers and even the runes but it was hard to say.

"Er, my name is Taiga, I'm from the dragon city of Warfang training to become a healer. And as you can see I'm not exactly one for fighting, Akrina, I prefer to avoid a skirmish." Taiga responded in kind but still finding this whole situation very puzzling and somewhat unsettling to a point. But when Akrina began to stroke her neck this made her feel a bit awkward, "Akrina, do you mind not doing that please? It's a little awkward."She said a bit kindly, trying not to be rude in asking.

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as she stopped stroking her claw along Taiga's neck, Akrina lightly set the collar down. reaching her hand into the small pouch that hung from her waist, she pulled out a strange gem that pulsed with a cross between the green and the blackish-purple of her runes. "i'm sorry for making you feel awkward, but i can't help it," she said, as the grin from before spread across her face. taking the collar into her hand, she quickly placed the collar around Taiga's neck. as she heard the click as the collar connected together, she pushed the gem into the socket of the collar. as the gem integrated with the collar, the lines that ran along the collar glowed with the same as the gem.

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Once again Taiga's eyes widened when seeing the gem and to follow was a collar she hadn't noticed before until now. Once again she tried her hardest to get her body to respond, growling a bit as nothing happened when being under the poison still and watching with disbelief as the color was placed around her neck and the gem followed after to fit right into socket. "What is this about?!"Taiga's anger returned, now growing a bit furious with this other female dragon and showing no amusement at all if this was suppose to be some kind of joke.

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resuming with her stroking of Taiga's neck, Akrina kept her grin on her face. not fazed by the dragoness's fury, she enjoyed her feistiness. "this is what i was saying, that you would think of me kinda deranged. the Daemons changed me just enough to cause me to have a strange presence within me, which is unable to be sensed or found out about until its too late. i find you quite female, and must have you," she said, as she brought her head close to Taiga's. placing her other claw on the collar, she tapped it every few seconds. "this collar is similar to what the Daemons did to me, but won't try to turn you into a murderous monster. this will slowly 'persuade' you to give yourself to me, and can't be removed without cutting your ability to use your abilities," she stopped, as she brought her lips close to her ear. "you are my precious now, and so can't wait for the day when you give yourself to my will," she whispered in her ear, her voice holding a touch of want.

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Taiga glared at the dragoness, finding her words frustrating a bit but felt only a small tinge of sympathy for her plight of being tortured. No one truly deserved that, maybe a select few maybe like those of Malefor, but not in the sense of being forced to be something they were not. Unfortunately, that hardly weighted against the anger and disbelief as Akrina further explained about the collar and what it was meant for. She was basically going to have to comply in giving into this collar's affects and having it removed or just eventually suffer the fact she'd have it for as long as she could resist before her will broke.

And the voice of want in Akrina's voice made it clear what she had in mind and what she meant. Growling a bit as she weighed her options she sighed, realizing she was stuck between a rock and hard place, having to pick one thing or the other. Eventually, she would just end up back to Akrina if she allowed her to leave with baring the collar and resisted it's affects so it seemed she didn't have much choice. "Fine, if you want me that badly then I'll let you have me. But can you at least reverse this paralysis or least tell me when it wears off? I least want to be able to move."Taiga finally conceited, pretty much defeated at this point.

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frowning a little when Taiga submitted to her, Akrina was upset that she wouldn't get to experience another play-hunt with her. clenching her claw a little, she let out a sigh. "it seems you really don't like confrontations," she said, as she twisted the collar until the gem was pointing at her. running her sharp claw-nail along the gem, its pulsed brightly, then began to pulse lightly with the beat of the icy dragoness's heartbeat, which marked that she was now Akrina's. turning it back so that the gem was against the underbelly of her neck, she let out another sigh.

not answering her just yet on the paralysis, she picked up some rocks and changed them into wrist and ankle collars that were similar to the collar itself. placing them on her wrists and ankles, she pulled out four gems that mimicked the one on in the collar. as she did the same thing to the wrist and ankle collars as she did to the collar, they followed suit with the neck collar. placing her head on Taiga's neck, Akrina answered her finally, "normally, the paralysis would last around ten or more hours. but you only inhaled a fraction dose, so it will only last for at most an hour." turning her head to look at her new toy's face, she noticed the scars over her left eye. seeing the slightly discoloration that was the signal of blindness, Akrina reached her hand up and lightly ran her fingers over the scars, feeling kinda bad at not noticing that she had such an injury.

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Much as Taiga usually didn't like to disappoint others this time she'd have to make an exception. If Akrina wanted a real fight or confrontation she'd have to find another dragon or creature who enjoyed it, that was something the ice dragoness hated no matter if it was just a fight or not. "Well I did tell you I don't like confrontation, I'm a pacifist since I could remember and I only know basic fighting skills meant to defend myself and that's it." Taiga explained further, at this rate wondering if Akrina would leave her alone.

But it seemed she was wrong. From the corner of her eyes she watched Akrina make more collars like the one she wore, seeing her place them upon her ankles and wrists while also adding similar gems to the first. There was no doubt now this wouldn't be the last time she saw this dragoness in the coming future and sighed softly as she felt Akrina's head on her neck and quietly listened as she finally answered her, which meant the effects would start wearing off soon. Though the sudden touch made Taiga flinch slightly, or just what she could do to count as flinching. "That was my first trek to look for herbs for my lessons one day, my first real venture out of Warfang since I learned my element."She told her.

Akrina had told her quite a bit about her past or painful times in her life Taiga decided it couldn't hurt to tell her something while she waited to see what'd happen. "I came across a rogue dragon and I guess invaded his territory. And as you can guess I really could only defend myself back then too but paid the price for not retreating before. That only further cemented my dislike for fighting so I rarely have Warfang since."She murmured.

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listening to the icy dragoness tell her past experience of how she got scarred, Akrina couldn't help but sorry. while she seemed like a dark being right now, she still held the customs and traditions of her people. wrapping her arms around her neck, she hugged the dragoness. "i am sorry that you had experienced such a harsh dragon. i may seem like a bad person, but i would like to protect you. you are mine now, and wish to keep you safe," she said, as the pulsing of her runes mimicked her increasing heartbeat.

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Taiga watched Akrina as she hugged her neck, listening as she said she would like to protect her which made her a little surprised. "You don't have to protect me all the time Akrina, if at all since I usually avoid trouble." Though she looked at her thoughtfully, "But if you wish to then that is up to you." She said managed to just barely move her head, feeling the poison's effects slowly disappearing. She could just barely twitch some body parts but it would be a bit longer before she was moving fully.