Strange...

[Capxeno]

The Xuna II appeared out of FTL just outside Aurum's orbit. The vassal seemed to be scanning its surface.

[Queen Bright]

The Gryphon's just went about their daily lives. They didn't possess tech as they had given up such when they abandoned their last leaders and hadn't bothered to invest the time in building or obtaining anymore. The scan was left unnoticed.

[Capxeno]

The Xuna II finished its scan. After discovering that it was indeed what the Wayword thought, the Xuna II sent the signal to the rest of the fleet. The Tetra fleet dropped out of FTL near Aurum's star, and began building a Dyson Sphere. Soon, the start would be covered complelty, its energy the reactor for a new Wayword base. This one for mining Aurum.

The Qu II and Las Plas II appeared on the out edge of the system, ready to bombard Aurum should anything in the current situation change into one of violence. While the Xuna II deployed its fleet of frigates, and Nagants deployed a net of cannon funnels around Aurum. although, if this society did not have tech, its world appear as if nothing changed in the night or day sky.

1/3 posts til Dyson Sphere completion.

[Queen Bright]

And nothing was noticed...

[Capxeno]

The Tetra Fleet continued the construction of the Dyson Sphere, the black outline of lines would appear over the star in the daytime sky. you see this was the shell of the Dyson Sphere's construction. It was nearly done, its inner skeleton was finished and was noticed in the day time sky.

The Qu II and the Las Plas II remained in position, as the Xuna II's fleet of frigates remained in a orbit of Aurum, as the net of cannon funnels remain in position, nothing in or out of the atmosphere would go unnoticed by the funnels. Should things get violent, the funnels could rain fire over most of the planets surface.

2/3 posts til Dyson Sphere completion

[Capxeno]

OOC: Three-day rule.

The Dyson sphere was completed, The Aurum star would go dark in the sky, no longer providing light or heat for the planet, as the star was now a reactor for the Dyson Sphere. It was built with similar systems as the Talar Sphere.

The Xuna II would Fold the inhabitants of Aurum into a brig block of the ship, complete with a localized AM field. The Prisoners would Fold in restrained and gagged with an odd happy theme song of great annoyance blaring in their cells.

The Xuna II would also deploy a mining facility to begin extracting the planets gold, and leave a station in orbit.

[Queen Bright]

Without the Gryphons upon the surface of Aurum the gold had mysteriously vanished... As it was the Gryphon's ability to turn anything to gold that was keeping Aurum the way it was, without their magic the effect would be gone as the planet returned back to the barren uninhabitable desert it once was. The gold that was being mined? It would turn to dust in front of the Marid's very eyes.

The Gryphon's did not know what to make of what had happened... Some freaked out, others cried, and still, and some even tried to think of plans to escape or barter with their captors. Most just stayed silent.

[Capxeno]

The mining station shifted to mining more mundane resources from the planets crust, the station would leave nothing left of the hunk of rock in a month.

The Marid soldiers would oversaw the prisoners never said a word to them. However if they showed any signs of dissidence they'd have their organs harvested, and skins removed for research purposes. Every cell was had a plane view of the research room. The soldier were not the average clockwork crew, they did nothing in any precise order, leaving very little opportunity for predictability. Everything was self-contained in the prison block, no one in or out.

The prisoners would see any rebellious kinsmen being nearly vivisected to death as reproach non-cooperation. Those who freaked would suffer the same fate.

Soon in the common tongue, a voice would be heard echoing the halls.

"For now, this is your life. You will be fed when needed, anything else you desire. Keep it to yourself. On a case by case basis we will assign Slaves to specific labor. Do not speak unless spoken to, do not deviate from silent or stillness unless told. Most of all remain calm." said he unreadable mechanic voice.

[Queen Bright]

Lost of hope the Gryphon's all went silent. This had happened them more than once now. First, when Tremor had led them from the Sage Dimension and brought them to their deaths at the hands of those that hunted them for sport. Then, when he had left them and they had to fend for themselves from viruses targeted them. Now, again? They should never have left the Sage Dimension.

While the Gryphon adults simply lost hope, the Gryphon young were crying as hard as they could.

[Capxeno]

A single adult and child were dragged out their cells. Their binding kept their elbow to hand bound to their chest, and from their ankle to the knees were bound, their feet stuck in an uncomfortable wide V position. The Adult and child were again chain to two chairs facing each other. A presiding soldier would remove the Adult's gag, as he was asked a simple question.

"Who here is whatever you call a leader to your people." asked the soldiers commanding officer.

[Queen Bright]

The adult that had been dragged out was a mix of Condor and Caracal. The ears that sat atop his head were  large, sand colored, and pointed with tufts of black fur at the very ends. His hair was the same color as his wings, pure black and wildly unkempt. The Gryphon man had reddish-brown eyes that were somewhat dulled from what he had been through.  His tail remained hidden.

Across from the man sat a young girl that looked no older than eight. She had bright green hair done up in pig tails, bright gray eyes to match the color of her smaller still forming wings, and fuzzy black ears and tail of a Panther. She looked frightened as she watched the man, her eyes and face stained with tears and reddened to scarlet.

"W-w-we have none." The man stuttered, the feathers of his wings quivering in his fear.

[Capxeno]

The Commander sighed, "Take the girl away."


The girl was taken to have her organs and to be skinned. Her life would be lost. Poor girl.  Another child was dragged and chair to the chair where the girl was.

"I ask one more time. You have no leader?" Questioned the Commander.

[Queen Bright]

The man just shook his head, horrified.

This kid was a mere toddler, male, with orange and black striped ears and tail, orange colored hair, green eyes, and lime green wings with patches of orange feathers. A mix of Amazon Parrot and Tiger.

[Capxeno]

The commander nodded, knowing he should be telling the truth now. The girl took her last breath before being rapidly dissected in front of the all the prisoners.

"Next then, describe your people, your history, you beliefs, and of coarse anything else about your species. Dishonestly or lack of details will costly for all of you."

[Queen Bright]

The Gryphon man swallowed before slowly replying to the questions with everything he knew. Their people and beliefs were simply part of their culture which was easy to explain. But when it came down to the history, even the Gryphon's themselves didn't know how they originated passed the bare basics, that they were a Sage race and they had originated in the Sage Dimension. The elders may have knew more, but even they didn't know how the Gryphon Sages came to exist. This knowledge had been lost to the race as a whole, and the man was sure to detail this to the captors despite the fear that they would fail to listen. Fear over giving too little won out over fear of being accused a liar.

The rest of the Gryphon's cringed at the sight of the girls death. It only served to make more of the younger children silently scream through their gags and cry in fright. While others closed their eyes wishing for it to all go away or hoping it was some grim nightmare.

[Capxeno]

The Commander cut the toddler slightly across the cheek, "I'll warn you this once, do not say something without explaining it fully... what is a sage?"

[Queen Bright]

The man cringed at the sight as the toddler cried out for his mommy. With fear in his eyes, the man went on to explain that the Sages were a race which lived in the Sage Dimension, that there were many kinds of them, all unique in their own ways and that the Gryphons were one such subrace. He gave what he knew of the Sage Dimension but had to fearfully reveal that he did not know where it was located as only the eldest of their race knew and that they had died out with their former leader, Tremor. He also told of the Sage anatomy, souls, taboos, and their connections to magic being higher than most races, and finished with what he knew about most Sages warring with one another and the different kingdoms, including the royalty of the former Era Village and the destruction of it which had become story and myth to most older Sage races.

[Capxeno]

The Commander nodded, as he kept the blade at the toddler's throat. "Ungag all the adults when I give the word." the Commander calmly ordered. "Understand your position, you are all our slaves. You will do what we say, how we say it when we say it. The cost? Your children will disappear. No worries, they'll be safe and you'll get regular updates. We'll even educate them. However, when you mess up. You will not be the ones punished, they will. You really mess up they die. Any rebellious ideas and the future of your  race will be wiped out. Now, you will be given, as a race, as a species one chance to understand, to cooperate, or you will be lost to the future." The Commander's voice was even and unemotional

"Now, ungag them." his men followed the order and ungagged the adult.

[Capxeno]

OOC: Can I even three-day rule them agreeing and being enslaved...?