Marinara sauce :3 TW: abu$e, yelling, mentions of bl00d sorry for long chapter TwT Veneen strode back and forth in his office, hissing. His long, thick tail lashed, knocking over stacks of paper and jars of strange oddities. Most dragons collected treasure; Veneen collected strange things and preserved them in a strange fluid inside of his jars. (yes ik ik he's just like Burn from WoF, leave me alone |:< ) His mind was racing. Something was clearly wrong. His blindsense was telling him that his idiot whelp for an offspring was up to something. A knock sounded on the thick wooden door, startling him into taking a defensive stance. He let out a growl and then answered. A scrawny purple wyrmling in a white messenger uniform was standing there, trembling nervously. "What is it?" Veneen barked. He felt a stab of pleasure as the dragonet winced. "Um- t-the king and q-queen sent a m-m-message for y-you," she stammered, holding out a neatly rolled scroll with a fancy red ribbon binding it. Veneen grunted, snatching the scroll from her. "Leave now. I'm terribly busy." "Um-m- I'm under st-strict orders to w-wait here until you have y-your answer," she squeaked. She looked like she was shrinking with fear. Veneen snorted a burst of flame. "Fine. But you will not set a single CLAW inside this room, you hear? You will wait right out here." She let out a pitiful squeak and saluted. "Y-yes sir!" He slammed his door and aggressively tore open the scroll. He unrolled it and began to read. "Veneen the Venerable, We have been notified of the obtaining of custody of an Eastern Tube-nosed fruit bat named Mango of the Agiflight colony. We regret to inform you that you have broken several laws by neglecting to notify us immediately after this action was taken. We will be visiting your sector of the fortress shortly. Please respond at once with any excuses you have for not taking action. - Queen Ranee and King Kral" Veneen snarled and set the scroll on fire, throwing it across the room into the fireplace. He grabbed a quill and ink and began to write furiously. The king and queen would never understand! The situation was URGENT. They needed Mango's colony to survive! It was so, so much more than just food. He was nearly finished when another knock sounded on the door. Morpho strode in /without even ASKING/ and shut the door with xir tail. Xey froze as they saw the lazer-hot glare on Veneen's face. "Uh. Hi? You look busy. I will go now." Xey started back towards the door but Veneen stomped on xir tail. "WHAT IN THE LOVE OF FLAME ARE YOU DOING?!" he roared, making Morpho cower into a ball. "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! YOU ARE IN HUGE TROUBLE, YOU LITTLE WEASEL!" Xir eyes filled with tears of pain and shame. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to be gone for so long! I was just trying to help- I mean- get Mango to-" Veneen dug his claws into Morpho's tail, which he hadn't lifted his foot from. "YOU! You don't deserve to be what you are. You shouldn't have been given the gifts you have." Morpho mumbled something through xir tears. It sounded like, "I'm sorry, father." "What did I say about calling me that?!" he scolded. "You can't even remember a simple request, let alone the WEIGHT OF OUR ENTIRE SPECIES! A blast of angry energy shot through the room like a ricocheting bullet. Veneen's bl00d turned to ice. "Don't you dare," he barked. "Don't even THINK about-" But it was too late. The room filled with cobalt blue fog, and enormous dragon silhouettes began to appear. Then the whispers began. "You don't-" "of course you can't-" "Who made you-" "You're making-" "Can't you see-" "What are you-" "How could you-" Veneen shut his eyes and let out an ear-piercing shriek. "STOP THIS! BEGONE!" But the mirage had already disappeared. But so had Morpho. Collab with <- If you don't follow them, one sock from each pair will go mysteriously missing >:3
