<br/>"My court is a primal thing. I like to maintain a bit of personal refinement but we do not keep pretenses of pomp and ceremony. If you were one of The Hive we would be well served with you naked, testicles hanging free, cock at the ready. Not every species ruling alpha male is the same. I'm sure you can appreciate those ideas better than the courtly ways of mortal realms" She pointed out when he suggested his nudity would breach courtly etiquette. For a moment she thought about how much fun it could be to bring that strong naked beast of a man to a formal realm gathering as a "pet" and feign that she saw no difference between her pet and some dynasts lap dog when confronted on it. Though she found little need to daydream when her Lunar mate was on display before her. The scars all over that great masculine body told the story of a warrior who fought without fear. Neither pain nor fear of death deterred someone with all that to show for his history of fighting.<br/><br/>Andras's sword was certianly a powerful tool. The Queen supposed that could mean several things but she particularly meant the one on his back. She was very familiar with magical workings and artifacts. She even felt a smug satisfaction when she realized that not only could she replicate his icy blade, but she could make one even stronger.<br/><br/>Winter's Breath made an interesting comparison and contrast between the King and The Queen. The Queen's most powerful artifact was equal in power and both Andras and she displayed them very ostentatiously. Neither was subtle about it. However, they differed in that Andras's sword was very clearly for killing. In contrast most would fail to realize The Queen's gown was so heavily enchanted. It could absorb a blow better than the heaviest plate mail a master smith of the realm could dream of making. It was entirely created to keep her safe without restricting her in any way.<br/><br/>"You do have a point about how I take from nature. When two Queen's fight it only ends when one dies. She does not truley rule the hive though. All serve her but they will just as quickly kill her and replace her when the time comes that she can no longer fulfill her role. I am irreplaceable and shall be eternal." The Queen said. She couldn't even make a replacement Queen if she wanted to.<br/><br/>The Queen removed her mask and smiled at her potential lover*. She was so enchanting a man would tear his own heart out to give it to her.<br/><br/>Adrian's talk of The Silver Pact opposing the Reclamation was no surprise. Nor did it shock her that he would choose them over her. "It is my understanding that The Silver Pact is, perhaps, the most tolerant organization is existence. Do you not include both groups of your kind who devote themselves to eradicating the taint of the Wyld as well as those who seek to spread it throughout creation?  You know better than I do but if the Reclamation could be shown to not be the end of the lunar exalted then might it just be another difference of opinion?"<br/><br/>Seeing the behemoth of a man sitting so awkwardly in his chair was surprisingly cute and endearing. "You are correct that the opposition against us is near universal but bit for bit no one is more powerful than the chosen like myself. You are surely aware that the Scarlet Empress was a master of Sorcery far beyond what should have been possible for her. Do you know how she did that? By exploiting something I made in the first age. For any other exalt that might just be a way to boast but I remember how I made it and I could just as well do it again. "<br/><br/>Even if The Silver Pact didn't monolithicly oppose the Reclamation it was c li ear Adras would never truley support it. The Queen didn't see that as a deal breaker. There was so much they could still do together.  "My exact mission is not strictly to free my Primordial masters. It's to ensure every male Dragonblood  is either one of my hive or left completely unable to reproduce. If we take over a realm navel gallion you will collect their cocks and balls for me, wont you?   It convieniently leaves plenty of women for you. There is a lot of metaphysical power in a human man's genitals. Surely with your knowledge of breeding you know some ways it's put to use?" The Queen said. Andras seemed like a man who would appreciate inflicting such a punishment upon the dynasts.<br/><br/>The Queen listened, with an open mind, to Andras's proposal on how to deal with the power struggle between them. It wasn't nessessiary a horrible idea but it left her feeling dissipointed. So the man she offered to support in his desire to be a king, someone she had feelings for and could even love, he thought they should waste their time, resources, and energy in competition to each other? Yes, she expected to get more than she gave in terms of a more static agreement but that was her very nature. He should have been honored she would change a few things she did if it would make him happy. She had longed for him in some way since she was a covetous teen. If he he wasn't going to give her just enough than she would take everything. If that didn't work she would abandon him and leave him longing for her so bad most everything else seemed worthless.<br/><br/>She didn't have to long to think about it before he issued his first challenge. Her whole hive was riled by it.<br/><br/>"Alright, I accept. My challenge is simple. Endure 10 minutes of me riling you up, then at the end refuse me mate with me. The loser completely submits to the winner, barring anything obviously suicidal, for a day and a half creation time. Due to the nature of the challenge, should you win you may also not use your control of me to have me sexually.  Do we have a deal?"<br/>The Queen asked. She did not like such a fair agreement where he gained exactly what she did if he won but that was the proposal.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>OOC: I had requested at the start that you make handling human(oid) dicks and balls an integral part of the setting like you did with Estabol or That city Boleyn was visiting just as we quit playing where cocks were currency. It wasn't established if they would be detached from the man or not that's up to you how that is done. The Queen asking Andras what he knows about the uses of a mans sex organs is meant as a way for you to tell me some of what you did there.<br/><br/><br/><br/>The Queen has the Smile of Perfected Joy ability of Amalion. Like Amalion it can't be turned off so her innocent smile at Andras is a 20 dice social attack to make him fall in love with her.  Because if The Deterministic Orb she got 10 successes on her 'attack'. I think Solar bond gives him a penalty to resist this but I am unsure.