"... did you just.. say H-Hanya..?"

She was.. confused.

She hadn't even had a chance to talk to her, why.. did she bring her up? Had something happened that she didn't know about!?

"... I'll admit, I'm guilty of eating that rad slime.. and I never apologised for eating you..

But I have nothing +

"Ngh.."

She didn't talk back, it was painfully clear to her that Mira wasn't going to listen to reason at all..

So she just looked down in submission, feeling her blood running down her arms, over her body..

Not a single tear as what soon would become torture began..

"Mira, what? L-let go of me-!! I.. I didn't know.."

She looked down, not fighting back.. she was definitely stronger than Mira, and could break free at any given point.. but she felt a pain in her chest from this situation.. she'd.. never want to hurt Mira, at all..

"Hmm? All I have done..? What are you even talking about, darling~?"

Aza had no idea of the fact Ray and Mira knew each other at all before now.. so she was just walking in, smiling and stretching, until she saw that glare, that piercing tone..

"Uh.. darling..? What's.. wrong..?"

+

That punch would most certainly land, yet she wasn't flung away at all, choosing to concentrate the mass she'd put on her large claw onto her stomach to absorb as much of the blunt impact as she could.. which also helped release her hand, no longer a claw, to move more freely.

"Good attempt.. but +

"Heh. Then go ahead, try your best~!!"

She said, leaping forward, putting her large claw in front of her face and chest, protecting her vital organs, as her other hand's fingers became sharp and thin, getting ready to perform a swift piercing attack..

"You're right about that. I am a mistake..

But not one I made. Oh no. But I'm not going to bore you with a long story.."

She cracked her knuckles.. stepping forward, her right hand becoming a massive dark claw with rainbow energy flowing outwards.. oh, that looked dangerous..

"... slimes cannot exist without Tarr, for Tarr are just largos that happened to eat a plort not of their own type.."

. . . she was getting an idea, a very bad one at that. But she didn't carry spare plorts on her, so that wasn't possible.

"You're not the first to say that, and won't be the last."

"Oh, wow. It's been over two centuries since anyone tried anything similar, kudos to originality~"

She clapped her hands, sarcastically.

"It will still hurt me a bit, so I'd much rather you didn't."

Her stare got serious, all her body bubbling with black goop..

"Don't I?"

( closed starter for @dropletslime.bsky.social )

Aza didn't really know what to expect.. she'd been asleep and merely roaming around for a few days, before finally coming back to the cave Mira lived on..

A soft smile on her face, as she wanted to see the one person who had shown her affection, +

"Simple, they developed an immune drug, a vaccine to prevent it.. sounds good, right..?"

She said, sighing.. shaking her head slightly..

"But how could they test the efficiency of such vaccines before sending hundreds of ranchers out into the wild with it..? How could they make sure it works?"

“Long ago.. when the first 7Zee employees arrived.. they began to do what is now known as ranching.

But they encountered a dangerous threat. Tarr slimes. By that time, Tarr were far more numerous.. and slimes were rare, almost like a treasure.

And those Tarr ate the scientists and employees sent +

“A rancher kneeling to a Tarr.. isn't that ironic? You know.. you and I? We're not that different.

And I don't mean just in the fact we Tarr and you Humans hunt each other relentlessly.. no.

Do you know, why humans don't turn into Tarr once they're eaten?”

“Mmh~ you're such a good boy for me..~”

She teased a bit, chuckling as she put a finger under his chin.

“Kneel.”

“Does that mean.. you'll have to call me Mistress now~?”

"Hmm. Did you think just because I wore a maid outfit for this human tradition I'd be listening to orders? I'm still the one who'll be holding your leash, don't forget."

#MaidMonday

ㅤㅤㅤ
ㅤ 「 From the deepest depths,
ㅤ he understood his worth 」

“A revolution.. pathetic.

Even ranchers are part of the natural order of the world.. if we free all slimes and destroy ranches, the ecosystem will crumble, there won't be anyone to pick up loose plorts or destroy the occasional Tarr.

And if all slimes become Tarr, then.. we'll have to eat . . . ”