Qiyana could be selfish. She knew this. She was a little selfish, but only because by divine right, everything belonged to her. Did that not make sense to people? And maybe she was arrogant! So what?! It wasn't her fault she was born to rule over a futuristic paradise while they came from a backwards, magic-hating technological backwater. Not only couldn't she be blamed for being arrogant, she should probably be thanked! For…for
For gracing these idiots with her mere presence, of course!
She should have just killed them, but the sheer number of others within the large village she had to live in would have been a diplomatic issue. Still, she had done a splendid job of insulting them, all things considered. The skinny one with the blonde hair looked particularly upset; it was like she had pulled a small tree branch and watched the whole thing fall over.
What was she going to do now, though? What was there to do?
Her thoughts were interrupted by someone slamming into her door repeatedly.
Did they expect her to answer with courtesy? Why would she be expecting visitors, or trusting of strangers on a day like today? She grabbed a knife and opened the door, but infuriatingly, there was nobody on the other side!
What is this, a bloody schoolyard? Who would want to ram into my door repeatedly, then flee with my gazelle?
She thought about hurling her chakram at something but changed her mind because it was pointless. She'd already broken things at the Institute and people had responded quite poorly. However, glancing down, and saw a letter on the ground.
Qiyana
That is my name. I suppose this is for me? There's something…
There was a letter inside, alongside a necklace. The necklace was beautiful, yes, but not beautiful enough for her to wear. And the letter? It was actually more like a note. Five words, and no signature either, not that that would have helped, she didn't know the names of the denizens who lived here anyway.
Make your enemies wear this.
"Why? Because it looks ugly? Hmph."
Of all the gifts to leave her, her secret admirer had left this? No, that didn't make any sense. Nothing made any sense. It was quite obviously magical, but she'd never seen this type of magic before. How could she have missed it?
I wasn't aware I even had enemies here. But…I suppose it should come in handy.
—
The following day…
Lux was a little nervous. It wasn't easy apologising and it was especially difficult asking for an apology, and it was even worse when you needed to do it just to make your brother happy. Had she been offended when Qiyana insulted her families honour? Yes. Of course, she had. But demanding an apology from a foreign warrior that could crush her head between her thighs was just stupid! Wasn't it? Why did she have to do it? In person? On a Tuesday morning? So many stupid questions, but she couldn't exactly defy her brother.
She knocked on the door as loudly as she could. It sounded pathetic. She couldn't help it. Hopefully Qiyana was outside or asleep or something, so she could just put this whole miserable experience to bed.
Apparently, she was not.
"Oh hello, it's you. Any more gifts you'd like to send me? A plant perhaps? Or a rock?"
"My name is Lux. And I haven't been sending you gifts. I came to…"
"Did you come to apologise to me or not?"
"What? No, you're supposed to be apologising to me! You dishonoured my family! And it's not my fault you decided to get upset! Just because Shyvana…"
"I heard you laughing! Standing there looking at me as if I was a fool! All my life I worked hard to be taken seriously and I'm not having some stupid idiot from some stupid backwater look at me with a stupid expression on their face!"
"You have no idea what you're talking about! You probably didn't even remember my name!"
Nobody gets away with calling me stupid three times in a row!
Lux was probably staring at this woman, but it didn't matter because Qiyana was staring straight back. Was this a stare down or something? She has only been staring a couple of seconds, then Qiyana turned away.
"Wait. I'm sorry. I shouldn't be arguing with you."
"Oh, so now you're feeling bad about insulting my family?"
"Here. Take this. As my apology."
Lux wasn't very good at reading expressions, but Qiyana looked…afraid? One thing was for certain, the necklace was very beautiful. And Lux did really want something to show off for her efforts…
For just this once, Lux decided she wasn't backing down. She took Qiyana's quite obviously precious necklace, and strode out of there, as fast as her short legs would carry her.
Lux wasn't trying it on yet though. After all, she needed time to relax, away from this bloody rainforest. She was so proud of herself though! What would Garen think when he learnt his timid sister was finally standing up for herself!
—
Okay, so she was trying the necklace on. It did look so enticing though, sitting in the palm of he hands as she stood in between two massive buildings. Just a couple of seconds wouldn't hurt, right? Then she'd take it off. Just a few seconds…
—
Qiyana was quite happy that the necklace hadn't killed Lux on the spot. The thought of it was terrifying, just think of the mockery she would get in prison! Hopefully it didn't kill her at all, because Qiyana suspected they'd be hunting for her if that happened regardless of the circumstances. Maybe it would just make Lux look stupid? It couldn't be so simple. Someone somewhere was laughing at her. The magic had to create a connection between her, and Lux, somehow…
Knocking on the door. More urgent this time, but the tone was the same. Smiling, she opened the door. It was Lux. Wearing the necklace and looking several shades paler than last time.
"I'm sorry! For everything!"
Something had caused her to do a backflip, before the shadows had even budged. Hm.
"For…everything? No, that won't do. Explain yourself, slowly."
"I'm sorry for insulting your intelligence! I'm sorry for interrupting you! I'm sorry for not being courteous! I'm sorry for not being…"
That's more like it! Although she noticed a complete lack of…education on some matters.
"I'm sorry for not being courteous, Empress."
"I'm sorry for not being courteous, Empress!"
She was under duress. But what sort? Qiyana wanted to know exactly why was going on before she became entangled in this mess.
"Anything else you'd like to say?"
"No…I just feel really guilty…like I shouldn't have…"
"As you should. Now as a matter of fact, there is something you can do for me…"
—
Lux felt guilty. Unspeakably guilty. As if all the sins she had ever committed were pushing down on her shoulders. But the good news was she just had to keep being a nice caring person, and then she felt great! She just had to keep trying until the bad feelings stopped.
"I'd like a massage. There's some lotion in that thing over there."
Lux was already getting it. She'd never done this before, but it couldn't be too bad, right?
"Your name is Lux, yes?"
"Luxanna. Luxanna Crownguard, empress. I'm from Demacia, and I-"
"What's it like in Demacia?"
"Cold." That was the first and only word she thought of. "And cruel, sometimes."
"You're just saying that to be nice. But I'm sure, someday my body will adapt to the cold. Now, rub that into my shoulders. Start at the back, and work forwards."
The smell of the lotion was unbearable, but apparently Qiyana didn't mind. Apparently Qiyana didn't mind the motions Lux was making with her hands either, which was very encouraging. Lux felt better just thinking about what a good job she was doing.
"Yes, like that. Mmmm, keep going…. how does it feel to massage an Empress?"
Lux hadn't ever massaged someone before or come to think of it…she didn't get a lot of human interaction, to put it mildly. She tried to think of an eloquent way to say that, and then gave up. It wasn't worth the trouble.
"It feels…good, Empress."
"Just…good?"
"I'm sorry Empress! I don't…"
"You don't what?"
"Get a lot of practice, Empress."
"Would you like some? I would be most grateful for your touch…"
Qiyana said something that Lux couldn't understand but sounded very exotic.
"I…uh…don't speak anything other than basic Runeterran, empress! Were you trying to say…"
Qiyana didn't look upset by this development at all. If anything she looked positively delighted.
"Oh…I'll help you understand alright."
Then Qiyana kissed her hard on the lips!
—
Qiyana could have dragged Lux slowly to complete insubordination, but something about a young blonde woman lusting after her seemed quite appealing! The sex would of course, be the best Lux would ever have, ruining the poor girls future marriage in the process, It would serve her right.
"You're pretty sexy, for a Demacian. I like you! So I think I'll grace you with my company for a couple of weeks!"
Lux appeared…stunned. It was almost as though her mind was blown from how amazing the situation was. That would be a first.
"What's the matter? Never been kissed?"
That was it, wasn't it? She'd been attempting to say it earlier! Well, that might slow things down. By about a day.
"You should be grateful, your first kiss being with an Empress! Probably the defining moment of your existence as a stupid peon!"
"I…I…"
"Oh shut up, stop thinking and take my fucking clothes off!"
"Yes…"
Lux froze for a second, then two. Then her eyes just…glazed over and lost focus.
"It worked!"
Qiyana's clothes just fell away once she helped Lux with taking them off.
"Off. Now. You're going to be much prettier naked."
White people are cute naked, aren't they? I can hardly wait.
Then she had an beautiful idea. She pointed Lux towards her and in the most intimidating way possible, issued her commands:
"I want you to look at my body and worship it, and remember this, when I break you out of trance. You can't stop thinking about me, fantasising what I'll do to you. You can touch yourself, but it just makes you want me even more. And then, when invite you, you'll come crawling back to me. And then…then I'll fuck you, and you'll be mine forever."