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GrinningFox
100 levels // 500 words
Plot:
Many species often looked towards the past to find romanticised tales of their heritage. For common demons, this would be the warlord July’s reign. For the gods, it might be the War of the Realms. For humans, some even believe that they were the sole species that roamed the world prior to the existence of gods, monsters and demons. For B; (Or just “B”), a bottled demon, he found this in the stars.
Unlike his other bottled demon peers, B; had been interested in the stars ever since learning of rumours that the first bottled demons first appeared on the world, having arrived from a comet that smashed onto the earth from ages past. The written records of this event were sketchy at best, but it was enough to capture B;’s imagination of a possible colony, or even a kingdom of bottled demons, living out there in the cosmos, just waiting to be contacted or possibly reunited. His other bottled demon friends, Dremur and Buckhead specifically, made fun of him for that. They were both already well accustomed to living amongst the other species and found no need to search for a possible “home”, or any other home for that matter.
(It was good natured joking, of course, though B; sometimes wished they weren’t so quick to write off the notion.)
One day, B; found himself staring up into the cosmos again when it happened. A bright streak of golden light gliding across the sky, before the ground trembled from its impact. B; rushed to where he saw the light fall to and discovered a strange creature who introduced herself as C#. She was no bottled demon, which B; found mildly disappointing, though the appearance of such a creature did fuel B;’s hopes that he might find others of his kind out amongst the stars someday.
B; did not know it at the time, but perhaps home was already closer than he’d expected.
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Rosoidela
Type of Commission: Stories
Dragon/Character(s):
Marinite, the first prism demon
Unlike common demons, both male and female prism demons exhibit scales which are often associated with the males of their more well known counterpart, the common demons. Marinite is the firstborn child of a common demon and a god (Another species that populates the world), her birth awing the entire demonic population as she is the first naturally-born female which the species as a whole had ever seen. As such, her parents can be rather over-protective of her.
Details:
Some background information:
The world is inhabited by four main species, one of which are the demonic folk. Within the demonic population, the common demons are the norm, with other subspecies sprinkled in-between.
Story:
As a child, Marinite has lived a very sheltered life. She had never really been allowed outdoors, and her parents had servants for nearly everything, so Marinite spent most of her early years at home being coddled by her mother. Even though she had not outwardly voiced it, she already had a desire to learn more about the greater world that existed outside the comfort of her home.
Her first opportunity to experience the outside world would come when her father took her to meet the warlord July, who had returned from some overseas conquest. Her father, being one of the retirees of the warlord, was compelled to visit. It was the first instance that Marinite had the opportunity to hear about things outside of home, so she had paid careful attention to everything said, even though she might not have understood much of it due to her young age. Noting her interest, July had off-handedly asked Marinite of her opinions of the warlord’s future prosperity. In contrast to her father’s endless praises, Marinite instead answered, “Nothing is certain, other than death.”
Marinite’s father, horrified by the response, begged July to overlook what Marinite had said. She was but a child, after all, and didn’t understand what she was saying. For a moment, a glint of madness seemed to flash in the warlord’s eyes, before she laughed and praised Marinite for being wise beyond her years. Later, Marinite would learn that the warlord had decided to sponsor her education, and she would be sent to learn at the most prestigious academy in the entire nation. While there, Marinite discovered an interest in law, and she, barely a teenager at that point in time, would begin pursuing a career as a lawyer.
Marinite had finished her education in law just as she became a legal adult. She was excited for the opportunity to defend clients in the court of law, but would discover that work was hard to come by. Many common demons were still skeptical of the abilities of other subspecies of demons, and her young age and possible inexperience did not help her, either. It was only when she overheard a conversation from two of her visiting friends Allegro and August (also July’s son) about a rat infestation destroying the local crops did an idea come to her on how she would demonstrate her cleverness and proficiency in the realm of law.
During that time, superstition regarding magic and witchcraft was relatively widespread among the more uneducated masses, and animals being put on trial was not completely unheard of. Most lawyers, realising that the ordeal would be pointless, would not bother defending animals on trial.
Marinite was going to defend the rats in trial. When Marinite appeared at the first court hearing, her “clients” were nowhere to be found. Although this was to be expected and the judge quick to move onto the sentencing, Marinite argued that her clients deserved legal representation, and it was unreasonable of the judge to expect them to appear in court when notices of the hearing were only placed in the urban sprawls of the nation but not in the countryside. The crime had taken place in the countryside, so it was not unreasonable to assume that was where her clients resided as well, and with no notices posted there, how were they supposed to know? It was a ridiculous argument, of course, but one based on the written law, and finding no legal argument against it, the court adjourned, with the judge ordering notices to be placed in the countryside, informing all the rats in the local area to attend the hearing.
When the court came back a few days later, Marinite’s clients were still nowhere in sight, and the judge was ready to move onto the sentencing. This time, Marinite argued that the rats had not been given sufficient time in between notifying them of the hearing and the date in which they were scheduled to appear in court. Most defendants were given weeks in advance to get their affairs in order before appearing, so why shouldn’t her clients be shown the same respect? Another ridiculous argument, but when the court found no legal argument against it, they were forced to give the allotted time for the rats to appear in court. By this point in time, there was already some talk about a prism demoness strangely but somewhat successfully defending rats in court.
On the third hearing weeks later, Marinite’s clients were still nowhere to be found. The judge yet again was about to move onto a guilty verdict, but Marinite had an explanation for her clients’ absence. She explained that her clients had every intention of appearing in court. However, they were afraid for their lives due to the local cat population and the contraptions the local populus used to kill them. She argued that no other defendant was required to risk their lives in order to appear in court, and if they wanted her clients to show up at the hearing, then they should do something about the cats and the mousetraps first. Again, a ridiculous argument, but one that forced the judge to send out an announcement, asking everyone who owned a cat to put their cats indoors until the next hearing.
There would be no next hearing. Marinite had successfully strong-armed the court into dropping the case against the rats and defended her “clients”.
It would be the beginning of a long and successful career as a lawyer for Marinite.
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