Thread:TurquoiseEmber/@comment-35137341-20191214205925/@comment-35137341-20200103060448

"It's okay," she replied with an easy smile. "Should we go ahead? The boys'll catch up soon enough."

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"Thank you." she pronounced.

"Now, you are familiar with my brother and his children--er, child, yes? She's, ah, recently become..." Integrity paused. "Recently become involved with the heir to the NightWing throne. And the way it looks like it's going, she'll be crowned soon enough. She'll be crowned, and we can take over the Night Kingdom through her. After we've taken over the Night Kingdom, we'll be strong enough to overtake the others. And then, my dears," she purred, "the world is mine. Er, ours."

Integrity studied them for a bit, then took out a yellow manila envelope. She reached inside, swiftly pulling out four polaroid prints, and then splaying them out on the table to where they were flipped to the opposite side, where you couldn't see the pictures.

The dragon flipped one of the pictures over in one fluid movement, revealing a dragon that resembled Integrity perfectly, right down to the color of her eyes. This one's eyes, however, were kinder than Integrity's would ever be. The picture had obviously been taken without her notice, as she was caught mid-laugh, like someone had just told a joke.

"Celestial. Our future queen and present puppet," Integrity declared. "Also, my niece."

The elegant dragon turned back to the other three photographs, and overturned the next one. This one captured a darkly handsome dragon, one with sharp, angular, defined features. He seemed to complement the previous dragon, and his expression was one of curiosity - a raised eyeridge adding to the effect.

"Mindhunter. Mind, as he's dubbed by his friends. Our ticket to the NightWing throne - and eventually, the world."

Integrity looked at the two pictures, a warm feeling creeping up in her, but shook herself away from them before she could fully react. Instead, she proceeded to flick the third photo to the other side, showing a reddish-golden dragon, graceful in appearance. Her stance was like a fighter's, always on alert - but the way she looked, her fighting style was probably more like dancing. Her face appeared on edge, but what was most interesting about her were her wings. Or, rather, lack thereof. She didn't know if Admiral thought that they looked alike, but Integrity saw some resemblance in their faces.

"Innocence." Integrity looked pointedly at Admiral. "Your daughter. BFFs with my niece, and involved in a relationship of her own with this one.."

Integrity didn't keep looking at Admiral, but turned the last photo over. This one depicted a soft, shy-looking, sweet dragonet. He was cute in the 'boy-next-door' way, she supposed. He held himself with uncertainty, and in the photo, he wore a face of doubt. This face was different from most doubt, though, it seemed - this face was doubting himself.

"Astrum. Your daughter's boy toy. Seems sweet enough," she mused."Isn't he, Psyche? I'd bet you'd know."

"Now, you might be wondering why your relatives are important to this plot," she said to the two dragons before her. " - they don't offer us a direct pathway to taking over the world. But in reality, they do have uses. First of all, they'd make good generals, wouldn't they? I'll just brainwash them all in one go. But second, well... that's where you come in."

"The way we plan to get to the dragonets is through you two. You're their family members. They don't know that you work for me. I need you to get close to them. Get close enough to them where they can trust you with anything, which should be easy, because you're family. And then, lead them into the trap. Bring them into my facility. The second reason we can use them is for trust. Astrum and Innocence will already trust you because they know you. By having their trust, you can more easily gain Mind and Celestial's."

Integrity smiled and handed the two the manila envelope.

"Enclosed is the four dragonets' location and information about each of them. Read the files wisely. Use them to get close. I'll be here waiting for you. All of you."

(whoo that was way longer than I was expecting to write...

sorry for the wall of text my guys)