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Gathering some energies before what is expected to be a trying day, Princess Lara takes some rest. Yes, you have read right: Lara must now be addressed as a full-privileged Princess, by order of the Queen of All Vampires, Kytana.
Being thusly honored doesn't mean that she can only lounge around on soft cushions for days on end: in the hours to come, she will meet her biggest challenge, that of taking part in an encounter that could leave her totally shattered. Representing her Queen at a meeting called by some miscontent vampiric rulers, Lara must gather all her skills and courage... she's honored by the faith shown in her capabilites but is terrified of failure.
She has been assigned a bodyguard, the skilled warrior Keena, another close associate of Kytana. Keena has not let Lara out of her sight for the last days, watching her last troubled rest before they must take their leave.
Upon awakening, Lara is quite impressed by the weapons of choice that Keena will wield, blades coming directly from Kytana's country of origin, an Asian state that has never been properly identified. Any vampire finding herself with her head cut will be in grave jeopardy, indeed. Keena's training has made her Mistress of many such weapons and for this, Lara stands reassured. Still, she remains quite impressed by the sharpness of these strange-looking knives.
Another secret location, another gathering of dissatisfied souls... the vampire world has never been known as an universe of quiet and peace. In unfamiliar surroundings, the two distraught envoyees are disadvantaged by the territory. They can sense hostility climbing these darkened stairs, as a presence is felt on the way up.
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Yes there is still someone more or less "welcoming" them. They have heard of this Miss Lexxi, a ruler from a troubled country that had just suffered through a devastating earthquake. What is she doing here? Trying to gain more power in maybe knowing that her main followers had died in a natural disaster?
Coming completely out of the blue, Isabhell (who has been mostly known to date as just standing in the sidelines and let events pass her by) immobilizes Keena treachously from behind. Wearing mystical makeup giving some ancient powers of invincibility and invisibility, she had actually been following the pair from outside without their knowledge. That Lexxi and Isabhell could render Keena powerless is an exceptional feat in itself, the bodyguard unceremoniously thrown in a common jail cell to ponder her fate.
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So now it's "You are alone, 'Princess' Lara! What do you have to tell us?" Impressed by this unexpected action, Lara must gather herself as a third figure appears, the ferocious Morgana, who has been a thorn on Queen Kytana's side for world domination for the past two years.
But make a stand she must. There is no alternative, not with the mission she has been trusted with. Even if she could make it back home alive, in no way she could face Kytana with news of failure. Lara at last realizes that her inexperience and the fact that she's a newcomer to all these intrigues is exactly why Kytana has shown her all that trust. She's not bound by old principles or past etiquettes. In other words, the results are all that counts, not so-called appropriate behaviour. Showing such would be pure hypocrisy. So she leaves her kneeling position, a bit more sure of herself.
"You will show me your place of gathering, right now, and pay proper respect to a representative of your Queen Kytana! Must I command you to kneel yourselves, now, and crawl behind me?" Her voice is pure, her voice is sure. Even Morgana is stunned into silence. Who is that young vampire, to be all of a sudden so commanding? How much power has Kytana has given her? All this is too much of a suprise.
One stands before three. New-found confidence is confronted by confusion and the need to retreat. Even at this moment, the rebellion is considered silenced.
"You can play musical tables with me all you desire, it won't avail you nothing. You must hear me out, and learn that your mutinous ways are now coming to an end ."
"Don't make The Imperial Presence Queen Kytana lose patience with you! Don't make you strike you where you stand and be transformed into piles of ashes! Can't you not feel my power?"
One by one, fear and doubt make the three rebels swear fidelity to the Queen's empire. This, they must promise out loud.
But how long can such a treaty last? Even so, Lara is free to go, taking Keena with her, not much more knowing that her bodyguard actually held back on purpose from physical confrontation, by secret order of Queen Kytana. The point was to let Lara handle things on her own and gain the confidence to make her a Perfect Vampire Princess.
But remaining nonetheless spiteful and frustrated, the infernal trio go to another one of their dreaded playrooms and begin to take advantage of a poor innocent girl made up to look like their supposed ally Dakina, who failed to show up today and who could have tilted the balance the other way around...
Will these sick games satisfy their need for power and dominance? We will permit us to doubt it, doubt it very much...
Yes, they are all VAMPIRES SIRENS FROM DEEP HELL!!!
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