Scarlet Drakes

[Princess of Fire]

"I'd love to. My thanks." She took a sip of the fine wine and felt the warmth immediately."I suppose this is how you can wear such cold clothing in this weather." Sora too another sip unaffected by the drought inside.

[Xyster]

Lothorian stood, dusting himself off. The drakes tensed, then relaxed again slightly. He took several steps forwards, waiting for them to do something, but they merely continued to watch him. Apparently they had taken the elder's orders quite litterally.

He began walking down towards the women, the drakes following carefully at a distance. If one didn't know that they were guarding him, it would have been difficult to figure out that he was a prisoner.

He stopped in front of the women, making a slight bow. He rose again, pulling his warm winter coat off and holding it out towards them.

[Princess of Fire]

"I am fine thank you."Sora said warmly."But I think Ms. Iadan would appreciate it."

[Xyster]

Lothorian paused, turning. The drakes were drawing nearer now, and none of them looked too please with him. He frowned, setting the coat down slowly as the nearest drake grabbed one of his arms and twisted it back around behind him, easily pulling him back away from the women. There was a short scuffle, and Lothorian wound up wiping blood from the corner of his mouth, still not fighting back.

[Princess of Fire]

"What are you doing?" Sora demanded of the drake. "What could this man possibly have done to you?"

[Xyster]

One of the drakes turned to her, "This is the commander of an enemy troop that has been abducting our bretheren for some time now."

Lothorian made no attempt to deny the claim, after all, he had instructed his men to bring several of the drakes to him so that he could question them.

The man that was holding Lothorian began pushing him away, towards the part of the camp that the Grand Elder was resting in. His punishment could not be delayed any longer...they were begining to become very uneasy about this.

[Princess of Fire]

Sora frowned angrily grabbing the drake by the arm. Her grip was hard and she was not completely sure if she had herd a bone snap. "Even if this man is your enemy, how can you be sure that he even hurt the ones on your side? Shouldn't you treat your enemies as you would expect them to treat you?"

[Xyster]

The drake shook off her grip, "We found the bodies...they had been beaten and tortured and died in pain. They were not even given an proper burial...just dumped in the forest for us to find."

Lothorian made no denial again. He had ordered his men to release the prisoners, but apparently they had not. If he survived this, he would remember that for the future.

[Princess of Fire]

"Have you ever asked him if if he ordered anyone to do that?" Sora demanded as her fists shook with anger.

[Xyster]

"He is the commander. He is responsible for what his men do." The drake pulled on Lothorian's arm roughly and he winced slightly, but said nothing. Really, it was his fault when it came down to it. He should have done something about his men some time ago.

[Magus]

This girl seemed to not be affected by the drought. In fact, if nothing else, she seemed to be more fired up than ever. She'd have to drink more, but now was the wrong time for that.

"Let's leave them to their work. It's no matter to us what they do with this man. He's already dead. Look at him! Even he knows it!"

[Xyster]

Lothorian looked to the cat woman, "My fate is not so easily sealed. I may yet find some mercy here." The drake holding his arm wrenched again and he winced, but did not fall or falter from the pain.