Featuring marital and familial drama, a forbidden relationship, and multiple assassination attempts, witness this insane satirical take on the Rain and Night Kingdoms around Glory's tenth year of ruling ;( Written entirely by Butterseer.
Deathbringer's eyes felt heavy as consciousness slowly returned to him. The NightWing king was aware of air conditioning, breezy and refreshing over his scales. His head hurt where he had been hit with a knockout punch.
Great. The classic "knocked out and transferred somewhere" plot point. Where the fuck was he? (tw swearing)
"...Glory?" he asked tentatively as he opened his eyes, finding himself in a hotel room with the desert visible outside the window. (tw aesthetic)
SAY WHAAT??????
"Glory isn't here."
Deathbringer blinked, vision focusing more, and turned to see a dragon sitting at a table. She had dark green scales and vision teardrops on the corners of her silvery eyes. Something familiar about her...
Deathbringer rubbed the sore spot on his head and frowned, sitting up in bed. "Moonwatcher," he remembered. The younger NightWing nodded and he asked, "Moon? Why are we in... the Sand Kingdom?"
Moon took a sip from her carton of organic fair-trade coconut water, looking quite preoccupied. There was a handsome sand-yellow dragon who looked like a pick-me girl behind her (Qibli, Deathbringer remembered as well). The couple had moved to the rainforest utopia after graduating from JMA.
"My mother never came out of the quicksand," said Moon, setting the coconut water down. She fixed a very mindreading gaze on Deathbringer, who felt rather uncomfortable and intruded upon. "Sorry for knocking you out, but we've had enough." Beside her, Qibli nodded.
Deathbringer didn't follow. "No offense, but seriously, what the hell are you talking about? Three MOONS WHY AM I IN A HILTON? WHY DID YOU TAKE ME TO THE DESERT?"
Qibli grinned. "To make sure you were safe and nobody would follow us."
"We're sick and tired of Glory's rule," said Moon. "We were her besties for a long time, but during these ten years she's only become worse and worse. She's completely wrecked our economy."
Deathbringer didn't agree. In fact he felt the economy was one of the LEAST concerns in this scenario. Oh, how he wished he had those deadly metal disks on him now so he could kill these two after flirting with them a little... just like he'd done with Glory all those years ago. SIGH...
He wiped a nostalgic tear away from his face. "So... that's it? No longer moots? Just like that?"
Moon nodded gravely. "Because of her, my mom is in mud forever. We're going to stop Queen Glory. And we wouldn't have told you about this plan, ever, if Mongoose and Baobab hadn't told us you were unhappy with your marriage."
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said Deathbringer's face. That was what his face looked like right now. "Moon. Qibli. As alright as you two may be, this is................................................................"
