The Dune Sea: Travelers Trail

The Travellers trail links the small settlements that exist within the Great Beijionese Desert Expanse to the outside world. It is a caravan trail known to those who live here, but hidden to the eyes of outsiders thanks to the ever shifting sand dunes. The trail is lined with small oases and water wells dug deep into the bedrock in times long since past.

Miiryuu had ambushed a small caravan of travelers who had stopped by the oasis she was resting within at the time. The immense Dragon Woman surfaced from beneath the pure spring water and had encircled all 8 of the humans with her body and tail before any of them or their camels could escape. Their carts topped over and shattered into wooden splinters, spilling their cargo into the sand and dirt by the pristine pool of water. She had shoveled four of the humans into her mouth quickly. her sharp teeth and long prehensile tongue tearing the clothing and other objects off of her prey, spitting the indigestibles out before she started suckling and gently nibbling on the tiny bodies trapped in her maw. Well, gentle for her. She was still an immense and very powerful being, and her teeth were not blunt, by any stretch of the imagination, a fact that made itself apparent as she smiled when she heard the screams, yells and cries of pain her ministrations caused them. She paid them no mind as she swallowed the first one, sending them to her growling greedy belly.

As she continued to play with the food in her moth, she corralled the rest of her prey into a tight circle, formed by her legs, sitting cross legged, with her legs encircling the remaining four humans between them. The scene would be obscene given her naked form was right before them, if not for the fact that she intended to devour them all anyway. She plucked the clothing from her captives, before roughly depositing them back in their leggy prison as she continued to consumed the prey already in her mouth.

Miiryuu wrote:The Travellers trail links the small settlements that exist within the Great Beijionese Desert Expanse to the outside world. It is a caravan trail known to those who live here, but hidden to the eyes of outsiders thanks to the ever shifting sand dunes. The trail is lined with small oases and water wells dug deep into the bedrock in times long since past.

Miiryuu had ambushed a small caravan of travelers who had stopped by the oasis she was resting within at the time. The immense Dragon Woman surfaced from beneath the pure spring water and had encircled all 8 of the humans with her body and tail before any of them or their camels could escape. Their carts topped over and shattered into wooden splinters, spilling their cargo into the sand and dirt by the pristine pool of water. She had shoveled four of the humans into her mouth quickly. her sharp teeth and long prehensile tongue tearing the clothing and other objects off of her prey, spitting the indigestibles out before she started suckling and gently nibbling on the tiny bodies trapped in her maw. Well, gentle for her. She was still an immense and very powerful being, and her teeth were not blunt, by any stretch of the imagination, a fact that made itself apparent as she smiled when she heard the screams, yells and cries of pain her ministrations caused them. She paid them no mind as she swallowed the first one, sending them to her growling greedy belly.

As she continued to play with the food in her mouth, she corralled the rest of her prey into a tight circle, formed by her legs, sitting cross legged, with her legs encircling the remaining four humans between them. The scene would be obscene given her naked form was right before them, if not for the fact that she intended to devour them all anyway. She plucked the clothing from her captives, before roughly depositing them back in their leggy prison as she continued to consumed the prey already in her mouth.

"Okay, which of ya is the richest of your group?" Asked Maru the Bandit, the rather shapely and dangerous Tanuki who now loomed over the squishy hill of the giantess/dragoness Miiryuu, her partner in crime!



At the moment, Maru had her geta, her platform sandals, off, as they irritated the dragoness whenever she walked on her skin with them. As such, the woman looked even smaller walking along the fleshy hill barefoot; her feet sinking deep into the plushy thigh of the squishy giantess. Maru was only five foot even, a short and stacked Tanuki with large light green eyes and medium length ginger hair which was high up in a Beijionese folded bun with a red and flowery head band. The woman had tall, fuzzy brown ears and a long, plush, bushy ringed tail that was alternating brown and ginger in coloration. The yokai had long, needle-like claws on her hands and toes; both lacquered crimson. A single fang poked out of plush, painted pink lips, and her long and dark fluffy lashes were accented by thick, satin blue eyeshadow mostly obscured by the runny, black ink she spread across her eyes to act as a mask; not that she needed it.

"Well, am I speaking Ancient Beijionese??" She asked, before speaking once again: "Anata no naka de dare ga ichiban yūfukudesu ka¹??" This time in Ancient Beijionese!

She paced, glaring down at the survivors with her menacing painted face, her huge breasts bouncing as she walked thanks to the skimpy light green kimono she wore that had been modified with a skinny tabard that fell between her thick thighs like a curtain; her ass exposed in the back save what her tail and high leg black thong covered. A pair of mines bounced on her left thigh; the very same which had disabled their wagons and forced them to take shelter in this oasis, while blue prayer beads (made from explosive shells gathered from her homeland) clacked on her right thigh as she balances the large, Beijonese Handcannon on her right shoulder!



She looked down at them with a smile on her face. "Too complicated for you? Well, lets make this easier: the richest bastard here gets to be ransomed! You'll be treated fairly, fed and the whole nine yards, for what its worth being dragged around in a shitty cage of sticks. Piss me off, and my friend here will give ya a bigger room, but you'll won't be checking out. Am I makin' myself more clear now?" She asked with a heavy sigh and bounce of her chest as her left hand fell on her wide hip.

There was chaos amid the survivors trapped inside the walls of Miiryuu's legs, and arguing on who was richer among the present merchants and travelers. All the while, the bandit smiled.

No one knows our names in Beijio or anywhere in Gailden since we play it smart. These poor mortals think there may be a chance since we're not notorious. There's a reason why we ain't... its because Miiryuu can't help herself; she's a growing giantess and dragon after all. The cage is just a sham to make the richest human step forwards so I can loot them blind and Miiryuu can have dessert once I've gotten info from them. Yeah, if we were notorious we'd be targeted by every damn agency so we're lucky that Miiryuu's always sniffs out survivors and unfortunate passers by to leave no tales of our crimes, save the empty wagons and useless crap. The bandit thought to herself, as her geta bounced on her right hip next to her bag of Beijionese Gold coins.

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1. Translation: "Who is the richest among you?"

Maru Yaetomo wrote:"Okay, which of ya is the richest of your group?" Asked Maru the Bandit, the rather shapely and dangerous Tanuki who now loomed over the squishy hill of the giantess/dragoness Miiryuu, her partner in crime!



At the moment, Maru had her geta, her platform sandals, off, as they irritated the dragoness whenever she walked on her skin with them. As such, the woman looked even smaller walking along the fleshy hill barefoot; her feet sinking deep into the plushy thigh of the squishy giantess. Maru was only five foot even, a short and stacked Tanuki with large light green eyes and medium length ginger hair which was high up in a Beijionese folded bun with a red and flowery head band. The woman had tall, fuzzy brown ears and a long, plush, bushy ringed tail that was alternating brown and ginger in coloration. The yokai had long, needle-like claws on her hands and toes; both lacquered crimson. A single fang poked out of plush, painted pink lips, and her long and dark fluffy lashes were accented by thick, satin blue eyeshadow mostly obscured by the runny, black ink she spread across her eyes to act as a mask; not that she needed it.

"Well, am I speaking Ancient Beijionese??" She asked, before speaking once again: "Anata no naka de dare ga ichiban yūfukudesu ka¹??" This time in Ancient Beijionese!

She paced, glaring down at the survivors with her menacing painted face, her huge breasts bouncing as she walked thanks to the skimpy light green kimono she wore that had been modified with a skinny tabard that fell between her thick thighs like a curtain; her ass exposed in the back save what her tail and high leg black thong covered. A pair of mines bounced on her left thigh; the very same which had disabled their wagons and forced them to take shelter in this oasis, while blue prayer beads (made from explosive shells gathered from her homeland) clacked on her right thigh as she balances the large, Beijonese Handcannon on her right shoulder!



She looked down at them with a smile on her face. "Too complicated for you? Well, lets make this easier: the richest bastard here gets to be ransomed! You'll be treated fairly, fed and the whole nine yards, for what its worth being dragged around in a shitty cage of sticks. Piss me off, and my friend here will give ya a bigger room, but you'll won't be checking out. Am I makin' myself more clear now?" She asked with a heavy sigh and bounce of her chest as her left hand fell on her wide hip.

There was chaos amid the survivors trapped inside the walls of Miiryuu's legs, and arguing on who was richer among the present merchants and travelers. All the while, the bandit smiled.

No one knows our names in Beijio or anywhere in Gailden since we play it smart. These poor mortals think there may be a chance since we're not notorious. There's a reason why we ain't... its because Miiryuu can't help herself; she's a growing giantess and dragon after all. The cage is just a sham to make the richest human step forwards so I can loot them blind and Miiryuu can have dessert once I've gotten info from them. Yeah, if we were notorious we'd be targeted by every damn agency so we're lucky that Miiryuu's always sniffs out survivors and unfortunate passers by to leave no tales of our crimes, save the empty wagons and useless crap. The bandit thought to herself, as her geta bounced on her right hip next to her bag of Beijionese Gold coins.

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1. Translation: "Who is the richest among you?"

All four of the remaining, now naked members of the merchant caravan, looked on with both awe and terror as the gigantic beast woman continued to devour their compatriots.

However, when the smaller Tanuki Beast-Kin made her intentions known, several of the group started arguing among themselves until one stepped forward.

"I am the most wealthy Merchant of this group. I am Tuong Shiren, I owned this caravan and it's cargo, before you and your monster destroyed it!" he declared defiantly.



The man boldly crossed his arms infront of him. "If you think size will matter, you are wrong. GUARDS!"

Materializing out of the sands, was their escort, six armed fighters of the Domescadian Sand Snakes appeared, wielding their cutlasses and lever action rifles.

"Hmmph?" Miiryuu hummed around the mortals trapped in her mouth as she blinked, looking at the hostile men that had somehow gotten past her senses. Or at the very least her immediate attention. But that changed quick when they started to attack, some firing shots at her friend.

That got her attention. And that attention, was anger.

She bit down on parts of her meal, swallowing down two of the remaining three that were still in her mouth, leaving one unfortunate victim still caught in her maw, with a broken and savagely wounded arm and leg caught between her sharp teeth, the poor man's screams could be heard when the Dragon's lips pulled back a vicious snarl, exposing her sharp bloodied teeth, and she let out a rumbling growl at the attackers. Her amethyst eyes flared and a vile heat began to build in her claws and inside her mouth as her gullet began to glow red like the fires of the underworld were about to surge out of her.

The screaming victim in her mouth became hysterical with pain and fear, and the other vicims still trapped by the ring of her legs fell down in terror and helplessness. The mercenaries however, kept up the attack, trying to strike some sort of weak point in her armored hide, or bring down the Tanuki Beast-Kin collaborator

However, the immense giant creature's spiked tail crashed into half the assaulting group with the full force of several freight trains, each one on fire, which cast a cloud of red mist, broken bodies, and embers of flame to fly everywhere behind the dragon woman...

Miiryuu wrote:"Hmmph?" Miiryuu hummed around the mortals trapped in her mouth as she blinked, looking at the hostile men that had somehow gotten past her senses. Or at the very least her immediate attention. But that changed quick when they started to attack, some firing shots at her friend.

That got her attention. And that attention, was anger.

She bit down on parts of her meal, swallowing down two of the remaining three that were still in her mouth, leaving one unfortunate victim still  caught in her maw, with a broken and savagely wounded arm and leg caught between her sharp teeth, the poor man's screams could be heard when the Dragon's lips pulled back a vicious snarl, exposing her sharp bloodied teeth, and she let out a rumbling growl at the attackers. Her amethyst eyes flared and a vile heat began to build in her claws and inside her mouth as her gullet began to glow red like the fires of the underworld were about to surge out of her.

The screaming victim in her mouth became hysterical with pain and fear, and the other vicims still trapped by the ring of her legs fell down in terror and helplessness. The mercenaries however, kept up the attack, trying to strike some sort of weak point in her armored hide, or bring down the Tanuki Beast-Kin collaborator

However, the immense giant creature's spiked tail crashed into half the assaulting group with the full force of several freight trains, each one on fire, which cast a cloud of red mist, broken bodies, and embers of flame to fly everywhere behind the dragon woman...

Most of the bullets flew through the apparition the Raccoon-Dog conjured, as the woman herself, hiding within the crowd of hysterical people as an old hermit, loaded her hidden cannon with the removed heads of Neutralization bullets of various caliber along with gunpowder. The raccoon dodged her friend's attack before she could be crushed with the others, her glamor fading as her cloak ripped and fell away as she used Miiryuu's tail spike's for a hand and foot hold! She leveled her large hand cannon at the survivors of the attack, shaking her head. "Ya'll should've just listened~" She sighed before firing!

KA-BANG!!

The loaded charge expelled from the barrel of the hand cannon shot out like a super shot-gun; the small, red projectiles hitting the survivors still holding weapons, pelting them with the odd neutralizing effect of the Tenik made cartridges! Many began to fall in agony, believing they were shot with live ammunition, only to find no blood from their deeply felt wounds. Unlike rubber bullets, Neutralization rounds actually neutralized nerves of where the bullet strikes, disabling limbs and can even cause instant K.O.'s if struck in the heart, neck, head or some other vital areas like the groin! It was a blend of magic and technology that still surprised much of the modern world of Galiavan since its invention in the 2200's!

Now, the remainder of the rich man's force lay dead or disabled, the raccoon dropped her knee down on his shoulder as she released her grip on Miiryuu! Now pinning the man on ground with her knees gripping his neck, the mischievous raccoon glared down at him with her vicious jade eyes!

"Naughty naughty! I think I'll have to punish you for that, Mister!" She exclaimed, setting the hot barrel of the hand cannon on his right hand, shoving it right into the screaming, red hot barrel as she twisted it! The screams of the bastard beneath her were of pure agony, and as she did this she glanced up with a playful smirk, looking at the others still alive within the pen. "So is he really the only rich one among you lot? How sad... he looks like old, dwindling money to me..." Maru sighed, shaking her head.

Maru Yaetomo wrote:Most of the bullets flew through the apparition the Raccoon-Dog conjured, as the woman herself, hiding within the crowd of hysterical people as an old hermit, loaded her hidden cannon with the removed heads of Neutralization bullets of various caliber along with gunpowder. The raccoon dodged her friend's attack before she could be crushed with the others, her glamor fading as her cloak ripped and fell away as she used Miiryuu's tail spike's for a hand and foot hold! She leveled her large hand cannon at the survivors of the attack, shaking her head. "Ya'll should've just listened~" She sighed before firing!

KA-BANG!!

The loaded charge expelled from the barrel of the hand cannon shot out like a super shot-gun; the small, red projectiles hitting the survivors still holding weapons, pelting them with the odd neutralizing effect of the Tenik made cartridges! Many began to fall in agony, believing they were shot with live ammunition, only to find no blood from their deeply felt wounds. Unlike rubber bullets, Neutralization rounds actually neutralized nerves of where the bullet strikes, disabling limbs and can even cause instant K.O.'s if struck in the heart, neck, head or some other vital areas like the groin! It was a blend of magic and technology that still surprised much of the modern world of Galiavan since its invention in the 2200's!

Now, the remainder of the rich man's force lay dead or disabled, the raccoon dropped her knee down on his shoulder as she released her grip on Miiryuu! Now pinning the man on ground with her knees gripping his neck, the mischievous raccoon glared down at him with her vicious jade eyes!

"Naughty naughty! I think I'll have to punish you for that, Mister!" She exclaimed, setting the hot barrel of the hand cannon on his right hand, shoving it right into the screaming, red hot barrel as she twisted it! The screams of the bastard beneath her were of pure agony, and as she did this she glanced up with a playful smirk, looking at the others still alive within the pen. "So is he really the only rich one among you lot? How sad... he looks like old, dwindling money to me..." Maru sighed, shaking her head.

Mr Shiren roared out in agony as his hand blistered and boiled horribly being pressed into the dirt by a hot metal barrel like a spatula pressing a side of minced beef into a frying pan to make burger patties.

The other remaining merchants and members of the caravan looked at eachother. "He owned the caravan ma'am. We paid him for the security of his escorts and a place to trade along the trade route. He was the ritchest among us, but we each have wealth from the goods we trade!" each of the merchants said, the remainders were servants or caravan guards, and paid only what their contracts demanded of their employers.

Miryuu watched with a small smile of fascination as Maru toyed with one of her captives, even as she finished flicking her tongue to dislodge the final morsel in her mouth from between her teeth, and sent him down to oblivion in her belly. Once the visible bulge he formed in her neck disappeared, she leaned forward, her eyes gazing down at the remaining people trapped in the circle her crossed legs and tail formed, and she watched. She knew to wait for Maru's word before she did anything else, but she could not help herself at eyeing her prey with a hungry gaze, and a small trail of saliva drooling from the corners of her lips.

Maru nodded. "Very well. Ya'll get to live." She says to the group of merchants, who looked both confused and elated. "...Miryuu, show them all to their new room! They can live out the rest of their lives there~" She sighed, as she nestled atop Mr. Shihen. "Old man, just lay there and don't cause me any undo trouble, I need to know some background before we can... 'properly ransom' you." She giggled, as she twists the cannon atop his hand, pulling herself up as Miirryuu began plucking the rest of the villagers. She leaned onto the cannon with her full weight, the yokai woman's bare but clawed foot rested on the gentleman's neck- playfully as to not choke him out or crush his windpipe; however, this caused more pain to his hand as she was placing far more weight resting her upper body on the stock of her hand cannon to compensate! She waved 'good bye' to the poor survivors, but... its how they had to operate in order to remain successful and to keep Miiru from eating Beijio, Danton City... hell the Capital. You poor sods haven't seen the big gal when she's hungry, she's kind scary- oh, wait, I suppose you are! My bad~ She thought, closing her eyes and sighing.

When she first encountered Miiryuu, well...



"Oooh, yummy Raccoon-Girl! So meaty! Buh-byyyye~!"



...she still wondered how she survived the entire, undignified trip!

I lost 1000 years in that full tour experience... The wide eyed raccoon shivered, feeling that she was lucky the first time around; and wouldn't be the second! Even so, it was her job to help pick Miiryuu's teeth clean given she had a nasty infection that swelled up her jaws a year or so back; she's extra careful when cleaning out the dragoness' back teeth especially, not wanting to fall into her stomach again like last month...

I'm just glad we're on the same side... She sighed, before blinking down at the man looking up the Raccoon's legs. "What? Something catch your eye ya old letch?" She smirked, swishing her bushy tail into his face in an annoying way; the hair of her fur becoming taut instead of soft, so it felt like being brushed by a push broom instead of being cuddled in the soft, warm embrace of a Yokai woman's tail!

Maru Yaetomo wrote:Maru nodded. "Very well. Ya'll get to live." She says to the group of merchants, who looked both confused and elated. "...Miryuu, show them all to their new room! They can live out the rest of their lives there~" She sighed, as she nestled atop Mr. Shihen. "Old man, just lay there and don't cause me any undo trouble, I need to know some background before we can... 'properly ransom' you." She giggled, as she twists the cannon atop his hand, pulling herself up as Miirryuu began plucking the rest of the villagers. She leaned onto the cannon with her full weight, the yokai woman's bare but clawed foot rested on the gentleman's neck- playfully as to not choke him out or crush his windpipe; however, this caused more pain to his hand as she was placing far more weight resting her upper body on the stock of her hand cannon to compensate! She waved 'good bye' to the poor survivors, but... its how they had to operate in order to remain successful and to keep Miiru from eating Beijio, Danton City... hell the Capital. You poor sods haven't seen the big gal when she's hungry, she's kind scary- oh, wait, I suppose you are! My bad~ She thought, closing her eyes and sighing.

When she first encountered Miiryuu, well...



"Oooh, yummy Raccoon-Girl! So meaty! Buh-byyyye~!"



...she still wondered how she survived the entire, undignified trip!

I lost 1000 years in that full tour experience... The wide eyed raccoon shivered, feeling that she was lucky the first time around; and wouldn't be the second! Even so, it was her job to help pick Miiryuu's teeth clean given she had a nasty infection that swelled up her jaws a year or so back; she's extra careful when cleaning out the dragoness' back teeth especially, not wanting to fall into her stomach again like last month...

I'm just glad we're on the same side... She sighed, before blinking down at the man looking up the Raccoon's legs. "What? Something catch your eye ya old letch?" She smirked, swishing her bushy tail into his face in an annoying way; the hair of her fur becoming taut instead of soft, so it felt like being brushed by a push broom instead of being cuddled in the soft, warm embrace of a Yokai woman's tail!

Miiryuu smiled, exposing her fangs as she plucked one of the smaller men from the group, and lifted him up over her head. "Don't forget to tip your Hostess generously!" she said to them all, as she forcibly "unwrapped" her present, using her sharp claws to rip the clothing from his body, leaving him bare and naked, with the shredded remnants of his garments tossed aside, before she opened her maw up wide, and dropped the man inside, screaming.

The poor man landed on the rough, slimy tongue and immediately slid feet first towards the udulating throat. he reached and scratched at any surface he could reach to abate his inexorable descent into the oblivion that had consumed his fellow servants, but alas, the tongue and walls of the mouth were far too slick with saliva to offer much to grab on to, and his feet ended up sliding past the throat's entrance, and into the greedily gripping muscles  of the Dragon Woman's esophagus.



She smiled again, now that she had her prize trapped, and in a rare display of vindictiveness, she leaned forward again and bowed her head at the rest of her prey, including Maru's captive. Her maw opened, before them, revealing her prey trapped in her gullet. His screams drifted out of her mouth to be heard by the others. the screams degenerated into gibbering babbling and violent sobbing. Once she had let her prey get a good long look, she curled her tongue back up, drawing her prey further into the back of her mouth. The gibbering man started screaming in terror again as his body was drawn deeper into her gullet, before the screams abrubtly cut off as his head and flailing hands slowly disappeared down the dark tunnel that was the back of her throat, and she swallowed while her mouth was still wide open.

This action sent a wriggling lump that formed in her throat to travel from under her jawline to disappear beneath her collarbone.

The remaining caravaneers pressed their backs into the crease of Miiryuu's heel, unable to escape, unable to fight back as the horrifying image of the giant dragon girl devouring their compatriot, and enjoying every moment of it.

Mr.Shiren swallowed nervously, even as he winced, his hand still pressed down by the rapidly cooling gun barrel, making the seared skin of his hand sting like crazy. His eyes darted around from the Dragon woman's languid devouring of his crew, to Maru, pressing her clawed foot down on his throat, pinning him down, with his free hand trying to shove against her heel to keep her from choking him. He had no words for her.

"Its all very tragic, Mr. Shiren. Your not even that bad a guy, from what I can tell. Maybe a tad corrupt, but... eh? Ain't we all?" The Tanuki began, easing her grip on the gun somewhat, just enough to let the man flex his fingers a little, expose them to the sandy wind blowing around them. "I like to think your mortal War Gods like to truly pick on your lot. The God of Luck? Corveyus? Has as much fun bestowing luck as he does taking it away. Why worship someone so... vindictive? It makes no sense to me. Then again, what do I know? I'm an apparition to your lot." Maru sighed, her tail easing up as well. She watched as Miiryuu began plucking away the few survivors that remained from the caravan, and then glanced back down to Shiren. "What I do know, is that everyone has a time limit, and something of value to them. So, I need to ask myself... Is Shiren going to be worth something to me? Or, is he going to waste his time with me?" She asked, eyeing him evenly. "I need to know what the latest is in Beijio. I heard something about the Empress finally putting her foot down on something related to Hara Village and now there are suddenly frogmen trying to fuck with supplies going into Hara? Know anything on those things? Rumors, news, anything?" She asked. These were odd questions to ask, not one's he'd expect like 'who do I contact to ransom your sorry ass' or 'where do you live', that sort of thing. "Well?" She called, impatient as she dug her heel into his neck before sliding her bare foot onto his chest to let him talk more easily.

Maru Yaetomo wrote:"Its all very tragic, Mr. Shiren. Your not even that bad a guy, from what I can tell. Maybe a tad corrupt, but... eh? Ain't we all?" The Tanuki began, easing her grip on the gun somewhat, just enough to let the man flex his fingers a little, expose them to the sandy wind blowing around them. "I like to think your mortal War Gods like to truly pick on your lot. The God of Luck? Corveyus? Has as much fun bestowing luck as he does taking it away. Why worship someone so... vindictive? It makes no sense to me. Then again, what do I know? I'm an apparition to your lot." Maru sighed, her tail easing up as well. She watched as Miiryuu began plucking away the few survivors that remained from the caravan, and then glanced back down to Shiren. "What I do know, is that everyone has a time limit, and something of value to them. So, I need to ask myself... Is Shiren going to be worth something to me? Or, is he going to waste his time with me?" She asked, eyeing him evenly. "I need to know what the latest is in Beijio. I heard something about the Empress finally putting her foot down on something related to Hara Village and now there are suddenly frogmen trying to fuck with supplies going into Hara? Know anything on those things? Rumors, news, anything?" She asked. These were odd questions to ask, not one's he'd expect like 'who do I contact to ransom your sorry ass' or 'where do you live', that sort of thing. "Well?" She called, impatient as she dug her heel into his neck before sliding her bare foot onto his chest to let him talk more easily.

"*GKK!*" he choked a little as she dug her foot into his throat momentarily, before easing off of him. He rubbed his abused neck for a moment "I don't know anything about the situation in Hara... But much has happened in Beijio City and the Palace, much news. disturbing news!" he rasped out.

"Empress Sango has received several strange visitors these past few weeks. One was Rufus Tenik, her In Law, Leland McKelly, who sought information regarding the Asrond ruins. Then, a strange giant of a man, who possesses mighty powers, and bore terrible news... these new demons invading the world are of a far darker origin than those we are familiar with, more evil, more powerful, and seeking to enslave or destroy everything. they seem to be related to that strange blast of energy from near Ithteca a few weeks back. There was also a strange gigantic explosion of flame from the Tanegashima Fire Temple a few days ago..." the man babbled all he knew of recent 'big' news.

"That so?" Maru replied, nodding as she took in much of the news. Being in this self imposed isolation made it hard for the yokai to find out about recent events, but his answers pretty much cleared up many of her questions. "Nothin' about Hara though? Such a shame..." She sighed, rubbing the back of her neck with her free hand. She wanted to fence some of her recent 'gains' over there, but now she wasn't too sure with the unknown factors. She didn't want to end up walking into a warzone after all, and from what he said about Beijio itself being in a bustling mess, her primary fence Nagauta Busujima was definitely out of the question. She had to see if perhaps Roxanne Woolfe or maybe somebody out of Danton or Jemial could be more beneficial to them, but the presence of ADN and other agencies in those areas really made her worry.

And aside from the regular monsters, I have to deal with souped up ones now as well? Someone Kitsuned this shit up nice and dirty... Maru sighed at the distressing thoughts, and glanced down at him. "Anything else?" she asked in a bored tone. All the while, the last of the carvan (save Shiren) had been plucked and devoured by the giant dragoness above them...

Maru Yaetomo wrote:"That so?" Maru replied, nodding as she took in much of the news. Being in this self imposed isolation made it hard for the yokai to find out about recent events, but his answers pretty much cleared up many of her questions. "Nothin' about Hara though? Such a shame..." She sighed, rubbing the back of her neck with her free hand. She wanted to fence some of her recent 'gains' over there, but now she wasn't too sure with the unknown factors. She didn't want to end up walking into a warzone after all, and from what he said about Beijio itself being in a bustling mess, her primary fence Nagauta Busujima was definitely out of the question. She had to see if perhaps Roxanne Woolfe or maybe somebody out of Danton or Jemial could be more beneficial to them, but the presence of ADN and other agencies in those areas really made her worry.

And aside from the regular monsters, I have to deal with souped up ones now as well? Someone Kitsuned this shit up nice and dirty... Maru sighed at the distressing thoughts, and glanced down at him. "Anything else?" she asked in a bored tone. All the while, the last of the carvan (save Shiren) had been plucked and devoured by the giant dragoness above them...

"Only thing... I know about Hara's situation is what the rumor mill said. but not much has left the palace about it." replied the struggling merchant. his eyes widened with terror as two more of his companions were devoured by the giant dragoness, leaving only his last remaining Bodyguard, Viziir, A Domescadian Desert Swordsman.

Rumors persist that Shogun Otton plans to unite his army with that of the foreign demon invaders. Lady Beijiosaki was requesting reinforcements to storm Otton's palace outside of Hara Village to prevent this. But if this keeps going, it will be civil war without end. Merchant trading will cease as the capital will go into a state of lockdown, just like in the old wars..."

"Then there's the more troubling rumors of... strange, morbid energies being sighted coming from Mt.Risa... And the shadow of a colossus there..." he added, a fear in his foice not sourced from the bandit standing on his chest, or the Dragoness devouring his caravan.

"Shit... seems like every where is going to hell in a handbasket..." sighed Maru. She took her feet off the merchant and pulled away the massive cannon, leaning it on her shoulder. "Well, I guess thats that then... what a pain. I need to find somewhere else to fence our shit... Kami above, do I really have to resort to selling out to the Slugs? Shit...!" She grumbled, stomping her feet onto the sand!

There was a moment when Shiren was able to sit up and take a moment to relax... then, without looking back at him, Maru waved her other hand lazily up at Miiryuu. "Okay... I got what I need from him Miiryuu, he's yours now." She sighed, condemning his fate like the others! Sorry my man, but considering we don't need the law on our backs, its best we have no survivors like always... Maru closed her eyes and rubbed her skull. Everything's becoming a pain in the ass lately...

Without any sort of delay, even as she swallowed the final victim, Miiryuu plucked the now abandoned merchant from the sandy ground. He was forced to watch the wriggling bulge that once was his body guard slowly slide down her neck. She licked her lips languidly right infront of the frightened man, and, like all the others, she started ripping his clothing from his body, with quick, yet delicate slashes of her claws.

She looked her prey over with a hungry smile on her face for a few moments, but then she took on a thoughtful look. She just ate 8 humans, and was satisfied nutritionally for now. She could very easily fit in this ninth man into her stomach should she wish it, but right now, in the middle of the desert with little other food or water, her instinct told her to save the man for later.

With a shrug of her shoulders, she popped the merchant into her mouth like a ball of candy, only to stuff him under her tongue, and keep him there, much like how a Crocodile or a Pellican stores food for later.

"Ughh... well this feels like a bust!" Screamed the Racoon-Girl, who began scratching at her red hair as she paced about; her geta still hanging off the strap of her thong banging into her thigh as she walked irregularly between the walls of the fleshy dragoness' legs! "Where can we go to sell our loot? I mean... I guess I could just cart it to Nagauta's place, but... ugh, there's so much hassle there!" She began shouting, her face turning red with anger!

"Hey, Miiryuu!" Maru shouted up to the woman, arching her back to do so! "What do you think our next move should be? Go towards Beijio or overlook Hara and head further East towards Jemial City to get rid of our acquired loot?"

Maru Yaetomo wrote:"Ughh... well this feels like a bust!" Screamed the Racoon-Girl, who began scratching at her red hair as she paced about; her geta still hanging off the strap of her thong banging into her thigh as she walked irregularly between the walls of the fleshy dragoness' legs! "Where can we go to sell our loot? I mean... I guess I could just cart it to Nagauta's place, but... ugh, there's so much hassle there!" She began shouting, her face turning red with anger!

"Hey, Miiryuu!" Maru shouted up to the woman, arching her back to do so! "What do you think our next move should be? Go towards Beijio or overlook Hara and head further East towards Jemial City to get rid of our acquired loot?"

Miiryuu's expression turned thoughtful as she clicked her tongue, which served to punch her new captive down the the floor of her mouth beneath her tongue, and pressed her index finger to her pips as she looked up at the sky for a moment.

"We need to get rid of that stuff very fast, maru, then get away from Gailden altogether. Beijio, Jemal, Ithteca, the whole continent seems to be getting ready for war... Asrond, and that last part about Risa... that worries me... Perhaps we should go to My home in Scardia? or maybe the Beijio Scardia Islands? Or perhaps we should go to Domescadia or even Izhevsk?"

"Hmm... you got a point there. I suppose I could head back home to Ryunoshi as well, say hello to the family while I'm at it... but yeah, Scardia doesn't sound too bad an idea." the Raccoon replied, taking a seat for a moment. "Hmm... any of the horses still alive and nearby? I could head towards Hara to pawn this stuff off while you get us prepared to leave if you like." Maru suggested.

Maru Yaetomo wrote:"Hmm... you got a point there. I suppose I could head back home to Ryunoshi as well, say hello to the family while I'm at it... but yeah, Scardia doesn't sound too bad an idea." the Raccoon replied, taking a seat for a moment. "Hmm... any of the horses still alive and nearby? I could head towards Hara to pawn this stuff off while you get us prepared to leave if you like." Maru suggested.

Miiryuu glanced about for a moment, before noting the pack animals had taken to the oasis a little distance from the Dragoness herself. She pointed them out to Maru.

"Pack Camels, over by the water there. They may need to be reharnessed if you intend to use a cart tho. Did you even manage to get that much salvage from this caravan?" Miiryuu asked as she looked around the piles of what looked like junk and debris to her at the moment. Much of the wealthy may have been in the clothing her victims wore, things like weapons, artifacts and coinpurses. She didn't know if the wagons contained the Caravan's treasury coffers or not. She didn't see any lockboxes or the like, tho admittedly she wasn't looking for them, and all her concentration was on rounding up the little delicious snacks.

She had a seat strapped to her upper back, near the base of her neck she wore nestled among her back spines for Maru to ride in during long flights. And if they were island hopping Ryunoshi over to Scardia or further abroad over the seas, she would need it, along with some in flight food. Flying that distance always burned a lot of calories...

Some distance away, another giantess was wandering into the expansive dunes of the Beijio Desert, more of a beach though for her though:



Standing 100 foot even, Atla was a rather formidable giantess. Most people kept their distance but there were the occasional group of Lilliputian mortals who thought they could trip and rob a giant. Silly bugs.

"Mmmmmhmmm!" Moaned the giant woman, stretching her arms above her head, her equally gigantic breasts bouncing as she walked along the hot desert floor. Atla had been working in the far south, in the blistering cold mountains to mine gems and materials for Black Anubis for the last seven months, so she needed some time in the sun to remove some of that chill. "Pretty lovely day, I might be able to take a dip in the ocean before someone spots me, hehehe~" giggled the giantess, her pearlescent eyes scanning the horizon ahead of her. She couldn't see the ocean just yet, but climbing the hot dunes, she'd probably see it soon enough!

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Maru Yaetomo wrote:"Hmm... you got a point there. I suppose I could head back home to Ryunoshi as well, say hello to the family while I'm at it... but yeah, Scardia doesn't sound too bad an idea." the Raccoon replied, taking a seat for a moment. "Hmm... any of the horses still alive and nearby? I could head towards Hara to pawn this stuff off while you get us prepared to leave if you like." Maru suggested.

Miiryuu glanced about for a moment, before noting the pack animals had taken to the oasis a little distance from the Dragoness herself. She pointed them out to Maru.

"Pack Camels, over by the water there. They may need to be reharnessed if you intend to use a cart tho. Did you even manage to get that much salvage from this caravan?" Miiryuu asked as she looked around the piles of what looked like junk and debris to her at the moment. Much of the wealthy may have been in the clothing her victims wore, things like weapons, artifacts and coinpurses. She didn't know if the wagins contained the Caravan's treasury chest or not. She didn't see any lockboxes or the like, tho admittedly she wasn't looking for them, and all her concentration was on rounding up the little delicious snacks.

She had a seat strapped to her upper back, near the base of her neck she wore nestled among her back spines for Maru to ride in during long flights. And if they were island hopping Ryunoshi over to Scardia or further abroad over the seas, she would need it, along with some in flight food. Flying that distance always burned a lot of calories...

"Yeah, one of the wagons I noticed contained quite a bundle of Ootori silk, that stuff's the cream of the crop in terms of silk, can't do better than Ootori, not even Drider silk compares to it." She explains. "Realistically we can't take all of it, but I can probably sell a cart's worth of goods in Hara, sell it off to a gal I know who can fence them." Maru explained as she stood back up and patted the sand off her curvy body. "I'll start rummaging the clothing and get those camels hitched again. Go grab some more food for yourself, we have a bit of a journey ahead of us, between stopping at the islands and Scardia, and that's being optimistic." She says as she rolled her shoulder. "We can either meet back here again or you can meet me outside Hara's woodlands." She offered.

Maru Yaetomo wrote:"Yeah, one of the wagons I noticed contained quite a bundle of Ootori silk, that stuff's the cream of the crop in terms of silk, can't do better than Ootori, not even Drider silk compares to it." She explains. "Realistically we can't take all of it, but I can probably sell a cart's worth of goods in Hara, sell it off to a gal I know who can fence them." Maru explained as she stood back up and patted the sand off her curvy body. "I'll start rummaging the clothing and get those camels hitched again. Go grab some more food for yourself, we have a bit of a journey ahead of us, between stopping at the islands and Scardia, and that's being optimistic." She says as she rolled her shoulder. "We can either meet back here again or you can meet me outside Hara's woodlands." She offered.

Miiryuu pouted a little. "I can disguise myself as a little person, temporarily..." she said. Though if she did that now, she risked squishing her current mouth captive, and exhausting her magical energies. "I can meet you close to Hara if you like, just use the whistle I gave you so I know when to come get you." Miiryuu suggested, referring to the tiny magically created ultrasonic whistle she gave to Mara back when they first became friends. It was a item Miiryuu created specifically attuned to her ears, and her ears alone. It sent a signal to her to let her know the wielder of the whistle needed her, and where the whistle was blown.

She nodded and started looking around the sandy dunes. Not much was around this area, but her senses told her a being of unusual size was not far away. "You better hurry Maru. Another being of significant size is not far away." Miiryuu warned, even as she slowly stood up, and stretched her limbs. her tail and wings shuddered and uncoiled themselves, cracking the giant bones as she did so.

"Yeah, but that's a lot of strain on you and you don't need that right now." Maru explained, given they were going to cross an ocean soon. Even with a stop at Ryunoshi, it wasn't just a walk in the park to cross that much distance. She'd burn calories, lots of them and Maru knew that a ravenous dragoness was not good for anybody's business! I can't have her eating a village of people; trading caravans, travellers, other thieves are fine; hell an army platoon just as well! But if we hit a village and someone remembers our faces... we'll be hunted down till we're killed. The local governments will have no qualms sending Monster and Demon Hunters, or even the Gunslinger Association! At least what we've been doing thus far hasn't gotten us too much heat, with the disappearances being blamed on other thieves or predators. We've been lucky so far... She thought, worried about both of their safeties. "It won't take too long, and that's a good idea! That way I can also sell the camels and make us some extra profit." She smiled, reassuringly as she pulled up the tiny well crafted whistle.

The mention of another being of 'significant size' was slightly troublesome to the Tanuki, but she gave the dragoness a 'thumbs up' and reassured her: "I'll just turn into a statue if I sense them drawing close, that way if they manage to eat me I'll just pass through them like our first meeting." She teased. "Not many people can say that you are sexy inside and out, Miiryuu~" She teased the larger dragon, laughing hysterically as she rummaged through the belongings of the recently devoured!

Atla was still a number of miles away, but given the mostly flat terrain of the Beijio Badlands, she should have been able to see the small oasis towards her right. However, the giantess seemed to be focused on the distant blue haze ahead of her instead, knowing that the oasis was too shallow for her needs. Even so, a glance in the direction of her right gave her pause as she saw the beautiful leathery wings of what she assumed was a dragon poking over the hillside in the distance in the direction of the oasis. Huh, you don't see many dragons of this size out this far... how peculiar. She thought, though she misjudged just how big it was and didn't realize the wings were attached to the body of a dragonkin, a mortal looking body. She kept her distance all the same, admiring the blue scales from afar as she continued towards the Scardian Ocean as planned.