Chamorus the Cat
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Nov 1, 2010
Illuvae D'vou’s office was a wonder of craftsmanship; old-world charm, especially if one was a drow elf. The walls and floors were marble, all a single piece, not a seam to be found, as though someone had shaped the very stone itself. Lighting was inlaid in the stone walls, kept dim so as not to disturb the elf’s photosensitive eyes. She stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows that spanned the north, east and west walls of the office. The sun shown brightly, though it was muted through the darkly-tinted, bulletproof glass, like staring at the sun with dark sunglasses on. Most found it unsettling, to see D’vou in her office; no one wanted to venture into the spider’s lair, where she sat at her high-backed chair, cloaked in the long shadows cast in her office space. Those eyes, glowing red in the dim light, staring across the ironwood desk at her subordinates, had been known to make or break deals, depending on how D’vou used them. The moonlight glow of the sun through the glass danced on her form. She wore what she wanted in her domain, which was little. A wrap of fine, crimson silk around her neck, which slithered down the front of her torso, barely hid her breasts. It wrapped around to the back, leaving shoulders and belly bare, before wrapping like a sarong around her hips. Matching blood-red heels made the tall elf even taller.
Outside of the office, however, where our… protagonist… sat, well, that was an entirely different setting. Bright and airy, with green plants along the walls to add color to the dark, mottled black-and-grey-and-white marble walls, it still felt like a dragon’s grotto and our hero had been summoned there after turning in their resignation. It was probably bad timing, after all; our hero had uncovered some information that was very important while sifting through mounds of data. Certain numbers didn’t add up and our hero was too smart (yet too foolish) to let sleeping dragons lie. Our dragon was awake, prowling behind the heavy doors that separated the classically-tasteful executive plaza (and the only way out, the elevator) from the cold, damp and dark office in which D’vou resided. A woman came out, wiping her mouth on the back of a tawny-colored hand. A bugbear, dressed in a form-fitted business suit and blazer, smiled politely, showing off sharp teeth. “Miss Illuvae will see you now,” she said, bowing in the Japanese fashion that elves of all kinds had taken to with abandon.
The entrance to the dragon’s lair stood open…
As soon as our hero stepped inside, they closed surely, the click of automatic locks reverberating through the marble corridor…
Outside of the office, however, where our… protagonist… sat, well, that was an entirely different setting. Bright and airy, with green plants along the walls to add color to the dark, mottled black-and-grey-and-white marble walls, it still felt like a dragon’s grotto and our hero had been summoned there after turning in their resignation. It was probably bad timing, after all; our hero had uncovered some information that was very important while sifting through mounds of data. Certain numbers didn’t add up and our hero was too smart (yet too foolish) to let sleeping dragons lie. Our dragon was awake, prowling behind the heavy doors that separated the classically-tasteful executive plaza (and the only way out, the elevator) from the cold, damp and dark office in which D’vou resided. A woman came out, wiping her mouth on the back of a tawny-colored hand. A bugbear, dressed in a form-fitted business suit and blazer, smiled politely, showing off sharp teeth. “Miss Illuvae will see you now,” she said, bowing in the Japanese fashion that elves of all kinds had taken to with abandon.
The entrance to the dragon’s lair stood open…
As soon as our hero stepped inside, they closed surely, the click of automatic locks reverberating through the marble corridor…