Naratas Aigatis's Story

At the words of Ebbrabos elsa kept her motuh shut. however, as Ebbrabos finished speaking, a wisp of strange energy shattered the fabric of reality growing to form a purple and black swirling vortex of very violent energies.

For a long moment there was nothing coming through the strange portal. Then a single figure seemed to form through the swirling mist. Darkness corridors were not easy to navigate, but somehow, Force Dragons could easily navigate things.

However the being that stepped from the swirling darkness was clothed in a black coat, a hood covering his face in shadows. However, as intimidating as the being looked, as the swirling portal faded into nothing, the being raised a black gloved hand to his shoulder and dusted it of dirt.

A cultured almost timeless voice spoke from within the hood. "I do hope I am not too late. Mother said things were happening beyond us and wanted me to take a look....." He looked around and the destruction. and swore in Draconic.

It looked like he was late

He held up a hand upon seeing Strange and Elsa, and briefly somehow did not recognise the queen of Arendelle. "Ah, the Sorcerer Surpreme, Exactly as I had expected" The black coated faceless man somehow knew who, and what, Dr Strange was

"Aprehend ?" Asked a voice, clearly male. a man seated near a pillar, in a dark coat, his face hidden within the hood. "Thios thing must be large. First I have heard of it" Trust Nara to get there so silently. Darkness Corridors were useful things to a Force Dragon. "Honestly this sounds like my kind of hunt" Nara was an odd duck at times.

Kanwar spoke up. "It has been brought to our attention yes, as our esteemed arrival in the dark coat so plainly puts it, So far only one of our own is reported missing, But I have a lead on him" Kanwar said, But it was the way that she said the word "him" that got Lights undevided attention.

Nara of course removed his hood by that point, the silver haired green eyed man seemed calm as he spoke. "Say we go after it right now, that could lead to issues with the local populace. The last time I was in the lower city, well, some danged shopkeeper touted to get rid of things, like me, he didnt like the look of me. So naturally I left the area. I do however have a possible Hunter who would like to be in on this though" He gave a look to Kanwar and nodded. Whitemane and her older sister Shadowmane both wanted in on this venture.

But still, Naras antics, his silence of his arrival. The whole thing was oddly confusing.

Then again, Nara was an odd duck.

He was after all married to Lights younger daughter Diamond

Mungus bowed to Nara. He did not sense him come, but knew he was of great importance here.

"We hope to depart at dawn, to meet at Quan Memorial," Mungus replied, "The God Yvandir is facing off against the monstrous Li-Xi, so citizenry will be well distracted and contained. The last thing we need is a fool to try his luck, again. We hope to intercept it farther from the city this time. It was last seen miles out," Mungus gestured behind him.

"It would be an honor to have you join us on our Hunt for the Great Gargantua. Your city thanks you."

Light took into account this new development with the addition of Naratas and the news of a wild Gargantua. When Kanwar mentioned him, Light turned her head. She knew that Irral was alive, but didn't know where he was. Light's expression softened as she smiled.

"My first-born son, my strongest, is hard to track down... he does what he wants when he wants, but always comes back every now and again... I guess you could call him a Hunter of Darkness - It's why I made him my first Champion so many millennia ago." she explained. "But in this case, if Naratas is willing, we shall dispatch him to join in the hunt for this Great Gargantua. As a Force Dragon, most Magic has no effect on him, and as old as he is, he is very powerful." she went on. "More than powerful enough to handle a single rogue Gargantua. Besides... Irral would more than likely kill it, rather than capture it alive. He lacks restraint."

Light smiled and gestured to Nara. "Will you join the humans in their hunt? Or shall I have to send for my current Champion?" she asked. Mark, and by extension Kaldakava, were off on the Silver Eagle, doing their routine patrols, watching for signs of Draco's corruption.

But Draco was off somewhere else currently.

It was a rather childish voice coming from Nara as he pointed out "Actually Grandma, I think what Aunt Kanwar is trying to say is that Uncle Irral is either just outside the front door right now or in bed....... DONTHITME!" Yuip, Nara was an odd duck for sure as he visible cast a table to hide behind as Kanwar looked at the man with such a dirty look, she even appeared ready to pitch the chair she sat on at the guy.

When nothing was chucked in his direction he calmly sat back up as if nothing was wrong, dusting off his coat with a gloved hand he continued "He could" Meaning Kalda, and by extension Mark, "But the last time I saw him he was playing Wheel of Fortune with a Red and I didnt wanna get involved" It was true, Mark bought five vowls and constanant and still didnt solve the puzzle. It was rarther true, ever since Kalda was a child, literally only about six thousand years old, or six years old in human years, whichever worked for most readers, he'd hated Red Dragons with such a violent passion it was....

Well gory was an understatement for sure.

Kanwar glared at her self proclaimed nephew. One of the few Force Dragons to openly be so brash and hilarious at the same time, but also sweet, gentle and one hell of a fighter. Kanwar had to hold back a smile however at Naras antics when she glared at him. Visibly flinching, throwing his arms up to defend himself while conjuring a shadow black and purple table to shield himself with. it was mention of a Mortal loved game with a Red... couldnt be that Kaldas old hate flared back up ?

She kept her motuh shut however as Light focused on him directly. Nara looked somewhat worried. "I could, but I do have two possible joinees... however getting a hold of Shadowmane is not easy, she's ticklish" Nara said. You try grabbing your own shadow and see if it doesnt laugh at your touch.

But when Light spoke to him directly concerning and asking if HE would join the hunt too he said "Is that an offer I cant refuse ? I did say I like this kind of hunt didnt I ?" Of course he did, why else would he be there ? "One question, Mungus..." Nara said holding up a gloved hand with a finger up. "Is there a size limit for the hunters ?" He meant himself, as his dragon form was easily the size of a small skyscraper, though at that moment he was nine foot one in human...ish.... form

Mungus listened carefully as the Royals conferred on exactly how to handle the situation. Wild gargantua were usually of no issue, but there was something highly irregular in the works about this one. Mungus hadn't seen one like it in all his years. He averted his eyes at the minor outburst concerning a table. The drama of the Royals was not his business to laugh at, Mungus thought to himself as he caught a chuckle into a cough.
He would have to ask about Wheel of Fortune later.

Addressing Nara, Mungus bowed his head to confirm, "Size matters not. We may actually have a fighting chance with a...an alternatively sized Hunter."

Not many much larger than that one creature called an elephant had officially fought in The Hunt. There had been plenty of tiny participants who found victory based on their maneuverability. Someone larger may actually be a match for power. Mungus considered this.

"I must arrange the others. Quan Memorial, at Dawn. Thank you again, your Highness, for your care for our city," Mungus bowed deeply to each of the royals, and turned to make his leave. Other arrangements had to be made and wasn't he in a hurry to make them!

About ten minutes later after the meeting and plans set up. and as Mungus was heading to make his own preparations, to his right as he walked along the Sterling Hall a wisp of whiter formed like a vine of thorns before forming a swirling portal of black and purple light. A second or so later and Nara appeared. Seeing Mungus Nara spoke up. "Ah Mungus, I caught you before you could leave! Listen uh... Its not easy for me to say this or explain it so I'll try to do so using visuals."

A snap of the fingers of his gloved hands and some darkness magic formed a model. Two models actually. Both human in size comparison at the very least. "You see before you a pair of... well... we Dragons would call them Mortals, or Men either or really." he said

The magic seemed to 'zoom in' on the two figures. "You see, to get around among humans, Grandma Light, Otherwise known as The All-Mother, takes on a human likeness in order to not accidently crush someone with her grith.... Then again those are not the best words I could have used but it worke." The models of the two figures began to shrink in size as Nara Spoke.

"When I asked you if size was permitted, What I mean is, Well, my size is not limited to three meters or so. But much larger." One of the figures began to grow and change shape into a strange creature, scary looking yet, big too. "I ask you this now, like this rather than in the conference room because, well... I felt it better to have clarification on this. Would it be alright if I were to go full size, or... would half of it work ?" The large Kaiju styled model shrank by half from its full size. "Or would that still be too big ?"

Nara wanted to be sure Mungus was on board with the size question, because if he was, that was a very good thing. Because Nara might even get Asaca in on things.... if he could find her

Mungus blinked hard as the models appeared, but adjusted quickly. He hadn't seen a trick like that for a minute. The two figures reacted to Nara's motions as he explained their purpose. Mungus nodded as he recognized the man shapes, him being a man himself, and he kept a straight face when the girth of the All-Mother was referred to.

He raised a brow as the figure grew in comparative size. It shrank to half, which was still rather large, but Mungus shook his head when Nara implied the size was too much.

"To be honest with you, your grace, this information comes as a relief. Part of the reason we have yet to contain the Gargantua is due to it's size. We are lucky that the casualties have been so low, considering. It is truly a beast unlike any we've seen before. It is..." He gestured towards the figure, "...the same size as you."

"If Uncle Irral goes after this thing in his natural form, which is twice the size of me, He'll possibly squish it.... maybe me at the same time... then again he did use me as a tennis ball once or twice..." Nara snapped back into focus as the model was about ten times the sizew of the human sized guy. "I ask this because this form I am currently using, its not my natural form. I just like the look."

Nara raised a hand at being called 'his grace' "please, Call me Nara. Calling me your grace makes me sound like I'm about to preside a trial, or something like that...." it had been a while since Nara got to watch Judge Judy on TV..... did Force Dragons get TV ? Who cared ?

Nara took a deep breath, held it for a second, then pointed a gthoughtful point at Mungus.... "How big exactly is this sucker ?" The model once more grew to the full size, at least in the magical full three dimensional design, made it look like magically projected or even hologramically projected for that matter. the full scale model was insanely huge. at this moment the model showed the scale, the average hieght of a Man that Nara was used to was around 7-9 feet tall. Whereas normal Mortals on the most commonly visited realm known to Nara as Earth, if that was still around weird shit had been happening recently to the guy the Men there averaged about six feet at most.

The model finally got to its max size on the scale, numbers that Mungus could easily understand. In this case, the hammerhead appearing very thick leathery hided fellow in the model looked rather intimidating at nearly 600 feet long and 5 tons in weight.

Finally Nara asked the right question, he hoped.... "Are you saying that I might be the only one to take this thing down, to study ?" It was sounding more and more inviting. More than just a simple hunt, this was more of a challenge he wanted to get down to knowing who he was gonna hunt with.

Mungus let out a low whistle as the models rescaled again.

"We...do not have an exact measurement. Encounters are rough. For it's size, it's proved very reclusive. Planetary scans have trouble locating it. It's almost as if it can disappear and reappear at will, and it's strange."


This next part he said with the gravity of the entire planet, "We of Vien would never risk the blood of the Royals unless absolutely necessary. It has become necessary," Mungus bowed again, "Do you have any more questions, my lord? We may now have a fighting chance, but there is still much to prepare."

Nara smiled, he liked the sound of this! He nodded and with a gently brushing as if waving off a bad smell the magically made models faded into harmless smoke. "No further question, just this. The plan is to capture alive, to study and maybe train from in the Stage below the Silver Stage. But if goes for the kill. Dont blame me for going all out. I will do whatever possible to ensure Vien is kept save, the Silver City, is my home too." he said.

He held out a hand to shake Mungus' own. "I will see you first thing tomorrow at the Quan Memorial.,... and dont mind the shrieking if you hear any coming from the palace, its either Grandma shooting me and me shrieking in laughter, or possibly a Gargantua being a meal."

Nara had a hunt to prep for. And sadly, as much as Asaca, who outweighed and outsized him by at least twice his own full size, was unreachable.

Maybe... no, Kalda was not one to think rationally when it came to Reds, Nara was begining to wonder exactly what this beast was. It was smart, the planet couldnt find it. nara smiled, he had an idea. A portal wispered into view and a device fell out of it. "Aha perfect lets see" Activating the device, it was a crystal about the size of Naras left arm. And like the magically created models, energy formed a another magically formed thing, in this case a screen of a sort.

The more Nara knew of his enemies true goal, the sooner they could defeat them. After about five minutes of trying to make the thing work, Nara screamed something, opened a portal, and pitched the crystal back into it "Stupid thing never worked right anyhow. I do not weigh more than a E42!" In this case it was a type of hover train, the E series Hovertrains worked in the dragons universe, known as the Mythic Realm, similar to a common landgoing freighttrain. And a E42 was considered one of the heavier models.

He then saw that Mungus was staring at him. "I'll see you in the morning" Another portal opened up around Nara, swallowing him hole before it faded after a second or two

Mungus bowed deeply to the closing-the fading- portal, heading out to make preparations for the following sunrise.

Light shook her head. "No... Irral is off-world. I can sense his magic elsewhere." she commented. With that in mind, she listened further, and took in the situation at hand carefully and attentively. She smiled at Nara's antics. He always was a funny boy - playful and childish to an extent, but never harmful. Most of the time.

"Nara, dear. Find Kalda, When you get the chance. I'm sure we have something for him to do around the Palace. Besides, I think it's time the 'Eagle has some maintenance done. Kanwar, when Kalda gets here, ensure the people are familiarized with my Champion... As an incentive of what winning their annual Hunt could turn them into with my Blessing." she added, smiling at Mungus.

"Nara will meet you at the appropriate place on time. Take care!" she said softly, waving softly as she vanished in another flash of light, back to her private chambers to attend to personal business.

Nara watched as his aunt visibly seemed to stiffen slightly at mention of his uncle, her brother Irral being gone again ? Wasnt he just there ? Kanwar's look told him pretty much everything, Irral and her had spoken!! Infact if Nara knew better he could smell Irral on his aunt right there in that room.

"Yes, Mother, EVen if I must knock out his human, If I can manage to get him away from Xeir.... has the Raven been told ?" Kanwar asked to Nara

"Not yet, trying to tell her anything normally results in a hammerlock, but at least she is ticklish" Nara replied. "Tell you what, you tell Sazhori and I'll worry of finding Wheel of Fortune Cookie in piece. I think I know where to look."

Then Light mentioned her Blessing. And that alone was a huge ass deal. When Light gave someomne her Blessing, it meant pretty much anything to anyone, infact the only known time Nara could remember was when Light had given her Blessing to a young nineteen year old girl named Yaeko Wolfe.

And of Course Nara had to open his big mouth when Light had left "Wow, Grandma giving her own Blessing as a prize...." CRASH a chair was destroyed over his head, "........ Ow"

"Go find Kalda.... now" Kanwar said as the chair reformed near the table as she stood over him. She knelt to one knee and spoke tersely to him close to his ear so only he could hear her voice. "talk of my brother way again, and not even Diamond can keep you from banishment" Nara didnt like the sound of that so he just nodded.

A Darkness corridor opened and Nara faded away.

Of course sometimes Kanwar did have a temper. She bid Mungus a good bye and she too faded away without a word. She had to speak to her mother

"Now this is a sad sight" Came Naras deep voice as he stepped up behind Mark's table. "What the hell are you doing in a Bar ? then again this is more like one of those taverns back in Arendelle, place for information right ?" For a brief second he didnt recognise Mark as Mark, but as Kalda. "But you're married, you dont strike me as one to go into a tavern or even a brothel like this!"

Then he got the dirty look, throwing up his hands Nara sat down across from Mark. "Dont shoot the messenger alright ? Grandma sent me to find you, and I need to borrow your planet scanner" Knocking twice on the table, he called for some food from the nearby tavern keeper.

"Here's the deal, outside Vien and the rest of the Silver City, a strange beast, presumably a Gargantua bigger than anything they caught so far is raveging things. They cant get an accurate esitmate on its size or what it even looks like because when they try, it disappears. I joined up on their recuriting for the Hunt as they call it here, sounds like my kinda party honestly. Thing is it starts tomorrow, dawn. So I have from now, about...." Nara looked at his arm then remembered he didnt carry a watch anymore. "its about what two in the afternoon now ? whatever, either way I wanna try and track this thing down, whatever it is"

He then sighed. "I saw the Red, what was left of her.... care to explain it.... Kalda ?" Nara then focused directly on him

The television was showing the news-it was the only time of year people bothered with the news. Whenever The Hunt was on everyone paid attention. It was perfect timing for the greatest of Gargantua to make it's televised debut, and so they did.

A shaky video came onto screen. It was hard to tell what it was at first, the camera was moving too much and too fast and too close. Anyone familiar with Aberash recognized the black shell for what it was. Despite it's best attempts the flying camera never got a good wide angle shot. It was a shame, for everyone who was anyone was watching the news. Anyone, who was everyone, wondered how big it really could be?

The camera movement jerked to a stop; oops!
It tumbled through the sky towards the Earth at a nauseating speed. On it's way down glimpses were caught of the Gargantua. It was half the size of the city, at least, which was enough to make many citizen's stomaches drop.

The camera landed to the ground and rolled. It came to a stop with a rock formation in focus. In the background a black blob moved and sat mostly out of shot. It was too big.

There was a flash of red light and suddenly... it was gone?
After a few moments, the news cut back to a confused newscaster, and then rolled commercial.

Sunrise.

It was time.

Mungus arrived in full gear. There would be a God fighting in the arena today, so the bustle in the streets was cheery and distracted. Despite the grave task of the day Mungus smiled and waved. Most assumed his decorum was in celebration. Few were any the wiser.

He waited at the base of Quan Memorial for the team to assemble.

"Now what?!", Stephen thought to himself when ANOTHER figure showed up.

"What do you want?! From me...from us?! That question goes for both of you!", Stephen said as he stood still ready to cast a spell as well as protect Elsa from these two and extremely alien beings. "In case you have yet to notice..the mad titan Thanos literally snapped away half of all existence..including those this woman held dear- one in particular, her sister. Now unless either of you have come to aide us in undoing this catastrophe or at least getting her sister and her friends...her land AND her people back I suggest you stay where you are and not take another step towards us.", Stephen said.

His voice was calm but firm as he eyed these two individuals in turn ready to stand his ground with them if needed.

"Whoa hey, easy, Doctor Strange, easy" The hooded man said as he reached a pair of gloved hands to his hood and lowered it, revealing a silver haired man with bright green eyes and a calm facade upon his face. "I am only here because Grandmother felt the loss of life in this realm." He said simply, his voice deep and seemingly calm when he was clearly upset at being too late.

He then took in Elsas appearance. Without a word he looked around them at the ruins about them and stepping closer then briefly past the place the two stood upon. "Grandmother will need to know about this." he said with a sigh in Draconian. Finally he nodded. "Alright. Grandmother sent me to help you where able. So lets get down to brass tacks and kill the dead horse."

Holding up a gloved hand Nara counted off. "One, we're in a ruin of some form, that seems to have been destroyed fairly recently, two you two are here with... another ? Hello there, three. You mentioned a Titan ?" This was getting better and better. Naratas did not seem the least bitfased by the mere fact that Strange was about to try and beat his face in.

Entering the area without any fanfare, just a whisper quiet opening of a Darkness Corridor, Nara once more had his fgace covered in his hood. Shadows obscoured his face from everyone as he walked along calmly towards the Quan Memorial. the massive structure was more or less a cemetary for various reasons.

Try as he might however, he was unable to figure out just what he had seen on the news the day before, nor was he able to figure out how to take Kalda in this case Mark, along as well. Kalda had a severe hate for Red Dragons. so it was fitting that Nara go this venture on his own. Kanwar was unable to get hold of Whitemane or any of her sisters. Mostly because of a kitten being adopted into the family.

All nara had however was information of the apparent Gargantua's last location. And it was on the far side of the planet. At least from what he could tell. Thankfully only nine people had been harmed or reported missing. He stepped into view of Mungus. The hooded man held a gloved hand to his chin, lost in thought.

Nara came to a halt before Mungus. "Hello Mungus, I was unable to find out further information, or even the last known location of the Gargantua, I saw it on the enws and tried to decern its last location, only to find nothing. Though there was some damage to the nearby trees." It was quite possible he'd have to go full Kaiju just to track the thing down.

He took stock of who was presernt, he had yet to see Kanwar, but saw Mungus and one other ? at least it looked like one other was with him. Before Mungus could ask his next question however, Nara removed his hood calmly, his green eyes taking in everything. "I have all the supplies I need, right here" He patted himself on the chest.

Mungus bowed respectfully at Nara's approach. It seemed the royal had been similarly unlucky in finding much more out about the anomalous Gargantua. The thing was damned elusive despite it's size, and it wasn't much wonder. He was as shocked as anyone to watch it seemingly disappear into thin air on the news. As for the flash of light, that could have been anything.

Did the Gargantua evolve a new type of core, allowing it to have abilities dreamed of only by the mad?

Dalgarei

A wild sector of harsh rocks, sandy dunes. Spotted with the every now and again Oasis.

The thought was pushed from his mind as he refocused on the day's task. It did no good to dwell on that which one didn't know, as it did no good to be distracted in the heat of battle. Mungus knew this wasn't going to be any old hunt-and-capture. Normally a few teams dispatched to round up Gargantua for The Hunt, and nobody died. Today ... different story.

"Good," Mungus knew better than to question Nara despite what reservations he may have regarding the clear lack of weaponry. A high tech battleax, extendable yet sturdy, was fastened to his armor.

"We have it tracked, just before the sapphire sunrise, in Dalgarei," Mungus smiled at a lady in passing, keeping with the spirits, "We shall depart on the hour." He reached into a fold in his armor and pulled out a button. Pressing it presented a small hologram briefing. Coordinates, all known data, and the news clip slowed down 600%.

Before Nara could respond to Mungus or even hope to look at the news feed, a voice rang out, that of another hooded fellow in the same coat design as Nara. "Prince Nara!"

Nara let out a strained hiss of resentiment. Then again he was royalty by marrying Princess Diamond after all. Softly he muttered just loud enough for Mungus to hear clearly, "Always shouting my name" He turned to the newcomer "I am right here, you dont have to scream. what is it ?"

"We received a reply from your contact sir." The hooded man said

"And ?" Nara pressed

"Your hunch was right, Lady Henrietta is indeed a Phoenix." The hooded man said

Nara at first did not know how to take that news. But then he nodded, about Lightdamned time! "Good, very good. Alright, where is she now ?"

"Last known rumor placed her within sight of Lord Irral" The other fellow replied calmly. "Whyat shall I do ?"

"Inform the contact that Lady Henrietta and Lord Irral are watched and ensure they are kept safe. Send word to Emporer Tilr he will want to know this news"

"Yes sir" The man bnowed and left as quickly as he came.

Turning back to Mungus he saw the worry on the mans face. Maybe he should show off his weapons. Nara held up a gloved finger, then reached out in front of himself. Energy formed near his hand before stretching in one direction. and a weapon unlike any other formed out of thin air and crackling energies. The weapon, though made from literally nothing whatsoever just seconds before had the appearance of solid durable steel.

"This is just one weapon, of many at my disposal" nara said simply. he let Mungus get a good look at the weapon before dismissing it just as he summoned it. "If need be I can go full form, when or if that should happen, do not blame me for aiming to protect everyone on the Hunt"

"Fuck Reds. Fuck you...."

Mark was drunk and grumpy. His hatred of Red Dragons stemmed from Kalda's hatred of them, which stemmed by the fact that one killed his birth mother. He looked at the tv screen, and flipped off the thing. "And fuck that Gargantua. Fucker throws off my sensors on the Eagle... but they'll lead you right to him. Maybe... i don't know." Mark took a swig straight from the bottle.

Kalda appeared on the other side of the table, a cup of Draconian Whisky in his hand. "Excuse him. He's...not happy. And drunk." He said.

"What can i do for you, Nara?" Kalda asked.

"No can do. Diamond would kill me" Nara said simply to the note of fucking a Red Dragon. So Mark was upset, and drunk. Something must have happened. Nara of course had a smile on his face as he spoke.

"Be that as it may, Grandmother wants you grounded so the ship can get an overhaul, and something tells me that is not why you're madder than a black dragon whose plots went tailspin upstop." nara said simply to Mark before Kalda appeared next t ohim.

"Good, one is drunk the other drinking, wonderful." Nara mused seeing Kalda next to him, turning to him slightly Nara said. "I am going on the hunt tomorrow. I advised Grandmother and Aunt Kanwar of you joining in, if this ends up being something other than a Gargantua it might be worse. If it is what I fear, I fear his lack of control might set off something we wont be able to hold down."

Nodding to Mark as he spoke to Kalda he asked simply. "Whats bugging him ?"

Kalda nodded along. "Join the hunt for the Gargantua... if this buffoon sobers up, sure. We can do that." Kalda sips at his whiskey.

"Y'know what Kalda?"

"Mark?"

"Fuck you."

"We're both married, Mark. Wouldnt work out."

"Maaannnnn" Mark sighed and slammed the rest of the bottle, slamming it down, cracking the glass. He sighed and looked to Nara, squinting to try and focus on him.

"He's drinking because of Light and Kanwar's orders to ground the eagle. There are more Reds to blast into pieces and Draco to kill." Kalda explained with a sigh. "Also he misses his wife. Aint seen her in a while."