The knight and his slave

[Lordoftacos]

In a far off kingdom of diverse anthropomorphic creatures known as Alvius there lived a night and adventure of the emperor himself. He was a dragon named Atraniz who was tasked with roaming the various lands of this kingdom to seek out and destroy any threat to its continued existence and it’s loyal subjects. With him was his servant/slave who was a gryphon. Who helped serve his many needs.
On this day he walked along the dusty roads in the middle of the dense woodlands of the kingdom with his slave. He was clad in metallic armor that covered him from head to toe and from wingtip to wingtip. He carried a large poleax with alchemically made steel for the head and runes carved into the shaft. On his hip he carried both a long sword and the dagger. He continued to walk along peacefully.

[Bombay]

The small duo has known each other for a few months now, but there were still some kinks in the system to work out. The smaller griffin named Ceres had snow white wings that tucked neatly against her back as she walked. The light leather armor sat against her chest and pelvis and her leather bracers holding bright green jadestones sat against her wrist. The matching helmet to the set covered her head and made it hard to see her face. On her hip laid a leather whip and cold steel dagger. Around her wrist and ankles laid silver bands indicating that she is a slave.


After a few moments of awkward silence, she spoke softly “why must we tread on the ground? it would be much faster if we could just fly over this forest. We are also sitting ducks on the ground, any group of bandits could surround us and we would be at a serious disadvantage. I don’t want to have to save you again, that would just be embarrassing” her voice is soft, almost akin to a whisper with a slight gruff when she hits lower syllables. she waits for a reply before she mumbles “At this rate, I will have blisters for a month, I thought you dragons think things through” she growls gently under her voice. “you do know we should just sell that pole ax at this point, it will just weigh you down. I do not get why care so much about your collection, money would suffice just as well as artifacts if not better”

[Lordoftacos]

He looks back behind himself at her. His face covered by the metal helmet he wore making it impossible to see his expression. “Flying in all this armor would only tire us out and if we do encounter any bandits or foes I would rather have all of my stamina with me.” He then pauses for a moment to look up at his poleax. “And you are obviously unaware of the power of a poleax. A good swing can smash a person even encased in plate armor, and the spike is good at running people through at a distance. Of course it’s not perfect in every situation which is why you always need your back ups.” He says patting the dagger and sword on his hip. “Now would you please quit complaining. It’s quite rude especially from your position.” He says continuing to walk.

[Bombay]

A slight snort comes from behind him as she holds back the urge to laugh in his face “what I think you meant to say was flying would only tire you out, you’re the one who is wearing heavy armor plus the only one who has an excess number of weapons on them. I for one carry my possessions in a pouch, but clearly, we will never see eye to eye on that topic.” She pauses for a moment to think before she chuckles “oh no, I do understand the power of a poleax in the right hands, but I do not see the right hands anywhere in sight, perhaps you are blocking them? All I see is someone who doesn’t understand the basics of stamina. You always speak of the backups, but that proves you have no trust in your weapons or yourself. I primarily use my whip and my only back up is my dagger. I do not carry anything else and if I am found in a situation where I have neither, I use my agility and acrobatics to assist me, what do you have oh ‘master’ of mine?” each word is filled with salt as she glares at the dragon in front of her. she groans loudly as she replies “you have known me for long enough that I am going to say my opinions whether you like it or not, if you don’t want to hear me talk, you should get a muzzle or gag, but that may be a little awkward when we approach towns and I may have to claw at you if you even attempt to do such a horrid thing”

[Lordoftacos]

He stopped and turned sharply to face her. “I’m glad to see you show such concerns for how weighed down I am right now, and telling me just how light your load really is.” He then removed his own satchel of supplies and then hands them along with his poleaxe to her. “You’re my slave after all. Why don’t you carry my burden for me.” He then looks down at her hip where her whip lies. “I’d also like to see what that whip could do against plate armor. If anything I should be using it on you right now for the disrespectful remarks that you have been making to me.” His voice was very threatening and near aggressive at this point.

[Bombay]

She scoffs “I show no concern for you and I shall never show such emotions towards someone as cold hearted as you. Someone so stuck on traditions will be left to the sands of dust as the world changes around you” she growls loudly as the heavy equipment and pole ax is thrown upon her back “two things, one I am not mule, if you wanted one, you should have bought one. Secondly this proves my point even more but you are too stubborn to admit it. we could actually buy you some nice equipment and fix your armor and weapons instead of carrying around mediocre junk” she stumbles as she walks with the equipment weighing her down “we all know I carry enough burden for you, being forced to be with someone will do that” her tail flicks back as she walks in front of him “it won’t break through the armor yes, but all armors have weak points, perhaps the face is exposed or I may be able to trip them and make them prone. I do not start fights, but I do finish them” she rolls her jade green eyes as she looks back at him “what you see as disrespect, I see as logic. you have just taken my criticism in the wrong light, as others before you have. I do not blame you” she smirks lightly

[Lordoftacos]

He laughs at her expense as she fumbles and trips with the heavier loads that he is put on to her. “You look an awful lot like a mule right now with all the gear on you.” He boasts with a great amount of arrogance. “You’re also pretty ignorant to the use of heavy armor and arms. You might be able to fly around your opponents and hit their weak points. But I can take 1000 blows from their weapons and smash my way through them regardless of weak points. What you call mediocre junk makes me one of the greatest of warriors.” He says with an extremely deep and heavy voice to emphasize his point.
He then looks down at her flickering tail as she walks in front of him giving out her continued remarks. He then got a devilish idea on how to instill a little bit of discipline into her. “Maybe if you say I’m loading you up like a mule. Then I should start treating you a little bit more like mule.” He then snaps a twig from a low hanging tree branch that they pass under. “Why don’t you bare your bottom like a mule would.” He says pointing the sharp ended twig at her.

[Bombay]

she slowly shakes her head “well, perhaps you should get your eyes checked. I know you dragons do enjoy to live in the dark surrounded by artifacts and lava so perhaps the low light has effected your vision. How’s about I buy you a blind cane in the next town we find?” she shakes her back and stands up tall as she tries to carry the heavy load, she’d not going to admit how hard this is “but what I am saying is if we were to sell this crap and get you some really good equipment, we would be able to buy you armor that can sustain 3000 blows and cut through an army like they are paper. Money and gold makes this world go round, not artifacts and weapons collecting dust and rust”

“I do believe you should do the opposite, just because I am a slave doesn’t mean you need to treat me as such. Who knows, you may be in this position at some point in your life and you would be begging your capture to show you mercy” she hears the twig snap and she quickly turns around to face him. “oh you must be joking, look who finally grew a set of scales and is trying to act all high and mighty” she drops the load on the ground and looks up at him “how’s about I keep my clothing on and we find some shelter before it becomes dark and we forget your foolish idea before one of us gets hurt, that is unless you feel as though you can make me bare my bottom” her eyes go to the twig and she slowly shakes her head before she snaps a slightly thicker twig from a different tree “maple isn’t thick enough, it will break the moment you swing it at me, oak would be what you are looking for” she spins the twig in her talons “but I am sure you knew that when you started working for the emperor, am I right?”

[Lordoftacos]

He listens to her words cutting and salting him. How dare she mock and insult the great dragon culture in such a way. And as a slave no less. Someone who should be under his complete authority and show him nothing but the upmost respect. How this could be he did not know, but he would soon try and correct it. “I was going to try and be a little lighter on you this time, but if you insist then hand me the twig.” He said out stretching his hand with a look of sinisterness and slight anger. “And you will do as I say or else you’ll be going hungry for a while. The nearest inn is about a mile. If you do as I say I’ll buy you whatever you’d would like off the menu.”

[Bombay]

She rolls her eyes and puts up her talons “hey, it’s not my fault you don’t know the difference between two woods and the strengths of said wood. I am merely here to assist you. If you would like to embarrass yourself, then by all means. It will be my pleasure to watch you fail my ‘great and powerful master’” she giggles and gives him the twig. “I have enough money to feed myself for quite some time, you can’t force when I can and cannot eat and even if you do starve me, I won’t have the power to carry your load then I will die from starvation. You will have to spend all that gold on buying a new slave when you just could have taken care of the one you have; doesn’t that seem foolish?” she stops in her tracks the minute he speaks about the menu “did you just say anything!? Oh, applewood grilled salmon here I come!” she’s drooling as she drops the heavy load off her back “you suck at making deals, but you can’t go back on it now!” she removes her helmet and the bottom leather ‘skirt’ she has on “now what? I want this BS to be over with so I can start eating”