In response to 7sky's review
I honestly love how you described Eclipsen as little. Made me laugh for a bit.
But yes, things will be very erratic from now on. Kind of reflective of how an Elder Dragon usually brings chaos when it passes through.
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Eclipsen woke to the sound of a heavy thud on wood and groaning.
He quickly righted himself on the bed and scanned the room. He found the source of the sound easily.
The woman had rolled off the side of the bed and hit the floor.
He began to laugh at the sight, until the woman began to move. He froze as she slowly began to lift herself from the ground, her wings spreading out as she stretched.
She faced away from Eclipsen, giving him the chance to slowly get up from his bed and move over to the Item Box.
-Transition-
Nergigante groaned as she was woken from her dreamless sleep. Her body ached slightly after so long without movement.
She sent the commands to move to her limbs, but found that her body did not feel familiar anymore.
Her back legs were replaced with longer, thinner ones that felt different from her front ones.
Her new arms felt more flexible, but they felt weaker and less weighty.
She opened her eyes slowly, adjusting to the light of the unfamiliar room she was in.
She didn't care for surroundings at the moment, as she was more focused on her alien body.
She lifted herself from the floor, feeling her wings and tail, which were thankfully still there.
She remained on all fours, observing as her strange paw-like appendages scratched into the wooden floor on her command.
She tested her legs carefully, leaning back into a sitting position. She investigated her legs slowly, watching as the much smaller appendages on her feet wiggled about.
She moved her tongue around her mouth, feeling the now smooth and varied teeth that replaced her normal fangs.
Her mouth itself was also smaller, giving her less room to move her tongue around.
She lifted her strange paw and touched her face, feeling a now flat and soft surface. Her nose was now no longer part of her head, but an apendage on her face.
She combed her clawed hand through her new hair, feeling a familiar spike meet her fingers.
Her horns were still present, but they were much thinner in the middle and had sharper points that previously.
She stretched out her left wing and pulled it close. It was much smaller than before, but they were still large. The scales and spikes also remained.
She slowly began to stand, using her hands to support her wobbling knees. She stumbled a few times, but eventually managed to straighten herself.
She then began to focus on her surroundings.
She sniffed at the air, recognizing the smells of human civilization. Paper, dead wood, cloth and other smells filled her nose, which was just as effective as it was before her transformation.
She surveyed the room with her eyes, finding them just as keen as before. She saw strange wooden objects that stood off the wooden floor and weirdly clear solids that peered into a watery environment.
Paper rested on the wooden object, as well as a few objects that she did not recognize.
She froze as a creaking sound met her ears, which she had forgotten to check as well.
She turned around slowly, being careful with her newly weakened body.
Then her eyes met a familiar figure.
-Transition-
Eclipsen watched as the woman stood like a newly born kelbi, her knees wobbling and her body shaking.
He quickly and quietly reached over to the wall, gripping the hilt of the black sword.
Fatalis' consciousness assaulted his mind, but was easily repelled thanks to years of training and practice.
Eclipsen froze as his foot touched a squeaky floorboard, emitting a sound that he knew the woman heard as well.
He gripped the black sword in both hands, preparing to defend himself.
-Transition-
Nergigante felt her mind leap in anger and fear as she locked eyes with the Hunter. She gave a warning hiss.
She didn't normally hiss, as it always bothered her throat, but this time her voicebox didn't give any protests.
-Transition-
Eclipsen watched as the woman hissed like a snake. He would've laughed if had been anybody else, but he knew what he was facing down.
He studied her features closely, trying to ignore her bust that moved amply despite the bindings that the Commission had dressed her in.
Her muscles twitched and shook slightly as she moved. He could tell that she wanted to find a way out of the room, but she was trapped in here with him.
Eclipsen locked eyes woth her, noticing that she was also observing him.
-Transition-
Nergigante looked over the Hunter carefully, watching for any indication of weakness.
She found it strange that he was missing his armor, letting her see what was beneath it.
She noticed the bindings on his left forearm, and how he was reluctant to grip the black weapon with it.
She then moved her eyes to the rest of him.
His chest was bare and his midsection was wrapped in more bindings. The white bindings were stained with tiny amounts of red, as small as a Nulberry.
She couldn't help but notice how muscular he was. His chest looked as though it could deflect one of the steel sticks that other hunters used and his arms were thicker than her own.
Her eyes snapped back to his when she realised that she was staring.
She felt a heat crawl into her cheeks, something that had not happened before she changed.
-Transition-
Eclipsen watched as the woman's eyes moved quickly back to meet his gaze.
They both noticed the emotions behind their irises and both of them sensed fear in the other.
Eclipsen watched as the woman flexed her claws and lowered into what he thought was a fighting stance.
His muscles prepared to leap over the bed and swing the sword, but he hesitated. The woman lowered further, eventually sitting down on the wooden floor.
Her wings folded onto her back and her swinging tail stilled. After she was done moving, she sat completely still on the floor, watching Eclipsen like an eagle.
Eclipsen maintained his fighting stance for a few moments, still locked in a staring contest with the humanized Elder Dragon.
He eventually let the black sword lower, but still held tightly onto it's handle.
He moved slowly, but firmly, trying to give off an air of superiority. The woman did not react as he moved over to the large Item Box.
He set the black sword down slowly, careful not to make any sudden movements.
-Transition-
Nergigante watched as the Hunter set down the weapon that he held. She felt some of her panic disappear when he let go of it.
She had put herself in a subjugation display, something that she thought she would never have to do.
Subjugation positions were normally for weaker monsters and it hurt her pride to have to perform one to a human.
She watched carefully as the Hunter lifted a cloth covering from the large box next to the wall and put it on, hiding his chest.
He then moved over towards the other wall of the room, lifting a wooden object from the corner and setting it not far from herself.
He sat down in the object and met her gaze with his own.
His red eye unsettled her.
All she could see behind it was the vaguest of emotions, and even then she couldn't predict his movements.
"Can you speak?"
The question made Nergigante jump, but she made sure not to make any offensive movements.
She somehow understood his words when previously she could not. The human tongue was strange to her but somehow she got the meaning behind it.
She felt her head move from side to side, giving the Hunter his answer.
-Transition-
Eclipsen felt a bit of surprise as the woman gave a shake of the head in response to his question.
He lifted his hand and whistled, making the woman cringe and cover her ears.
Eclipsen lifted his hands in a submissive gesture when she growled at his actions.
The window of the room then opened and Sundancer bounded through it.
"What is it Meowster? Did you need some-"
Sundancer then proceeded to shriek in fear at the sight of the conscious Elder Dragon, who responded with a hiss of her own.
Sundancer swiftly leapt back out of the window, meowing as he left.
"I'll go get Hether!"
Eclipsen facepalmed as the Palico retreated in a rush. As he dragged his hand down his face, he glanced at the woman again.
Her yellow reptilian eyes looked about the room curiously, no longer focusing on him.
He allowed his eye to drift to the floor, no longer paying attention to the Elder Dragon.
They sat in silence for a while, with only the sounds of the waterwheel outside filling their ears.
He was dragged out of the moment by a quiet tweeting.
He gazed upward, watching as the Elegant Coralbird alighted on the woman's horn.
She shook her head slightly, making the Coralbird lift off her horn, only to set down on the other one.
Eclipsen chuckled as he watched the woman struggle to shoo away the bird, failing to notice Hether at the door with a handfull of food.
She tapped at the door quietly, catching Eclipsen's attention.
The woman was drawn from her dispute with the Coralbird when she heard the sound of the door opening.
She watched as a woman dressed in yellow walked in, carrying a silver object that held steaming meats on it.
Her stomach gave an angry growl as she laid her eyes on the food.
Hether and Eclipsen gave surprised glances at the loud grumbling of the Elder Dragon's stomach.
Eclipsen looked over at Hether and grinned.
"Looks like you have competition."