<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/UHoG3vb.jpg)</div>V'neef Kotone, alias; Rhapsody arrived at The Satrapy of Visayan, with aid of a merchant who had been a fan of her performance in her earlier stop and given her free ride to satrapy, a ride which she had desperately needed. A better of year she has been traveling and trying escape blessed isle, but inquisitor from Unseeing Eye has been on her tails since beginning and thanks to contacts she made they had helped warn her in time to move new place and hoping shake inquisitor off but he persistent manner keeps tracking her! But now she had taken the last ship and had a bit of time to be in the capital before she needs to move again. However once in the city, Carnelian Dreams recruited contacts who had then quickly informed about Rhapsody to Carnelian. Who immediately lured her to figure out why and how high profile dragon-blood was<em>alone</em>in the satrapy! Once learning she was an escapee from Blessed Isle who is trying live freely, feeling sympathetic Carnelian Dreams then started planning how to help her escape from the inquisitor for good.<br/><br/>However, Carnelian Dreams nor Rhapsody did not know that the inquisitor who had tailed her was arriving mere hours after she arrived at satrapy, the man had acquired another ship to chase her ship down to satrapy (and punish the merchant properly; in killing him). He arrived city silently, contacted local governor V’Neef Tikuru for aid and he redirected the inquisitor towards Nellens Taleda who had been working past days trying to solve the skinning killer case and he and his team of other dragon-bloods have provided great clues to the local police force in discreet manner. Considering his status, even as senator of Thousand Scales in the highest room (albeit on vacation), he was far below Unseeing Eye in influence who worked directly to Scarlet Empress and his house was Nellens and thus he essence was nobody importance and had no room to refuse to aid the man.<br/><br/>He did, using his own resources and skills track down V'neef Kotone...to Carnelian Dreams residence. The woman whom he had played weeks on their dates which have tested her resolve, nerves but also creativity. Always for the next date leave a hint about lecherous decadence, but always revealed the request to be something unexpected and tamer things what Carnelian originally imagines. Taleda sensed potential disaster and secretly made preparations, inquisitor entered the residence and despite Carnelian Dreams doing her best to hide Rhapsody, she was discovered but worse happened; the suspicious inquisitor used charm to confirm Carnelian's identity...and once voicing it out and with a cruel smile telling dragons had blessed him with luck finding two lost heirs which need to be<em>rescued</em>back to Blessed Isle...albeit word 'rescue' clearly had unkind tones and a hint of disgust indicating inquisitor was disgusted for their cowardice and lack of resolve live as a proper dynasty and no doubt punishment would have awaited them both some manner once they are home.<br/><br/>That's then when Nellens Taleda showed another reason why he was called<em>Shiaka (Shark) of Nellens</em>, swiftly he moved; he kicked on back of the inquisitor's legs to make him fall forwards and Taleda's hand locked around inquisitor's throat in all in single smooth motion! The man gurgles, unable to scream or speak, trying to break free from the grip! But like a merciless tide, Taleda kept man pinned with his knee on his back and his fingers clutched on man's throat like steel wires despite man kicking and trying to tear his fingers off him! Terror and fear filling quickly man's eyes and erase initial rage from them. The man rapidly grew pale and started literally choking on his own blood, blood filling his lungs which started to drip from his nose and eyes, and then he stopped struggling altogether. Once not feeling man's heartbeats anymore Taleda slowly stood up, his blind eyes looking emptily towards Carnelian Dreams and Rhapsody who both saw him kill a man whose killing is the death sentence. Taleda silently reaches into his robes to find his handkerchief and he rubs and cleans his hands from bloodstains.<br/><br/><strong>Tags:</strong>Carnelian Dreams, V'neef Kotone/Rhapsody, Ryuko