The Tenth Year
I'm short for ideas on my Resident Evil fic, so I think I'll write some of this while I'm thinking, since I have ideas for this.
Fluorgis was a beautiful city. Kinta wouldn't mind living there if there wasn't the risk of losing Edwina every ten years. Before this, the young Viera had never seen a male Gria. Of course, Edwina had never seen a male Viera either. Someday the two of them would have to travel to Golmore (even though Kinta had never been there and was the child of a deserter and therefore forbidden to enter Viera society EVER.) during the fall and see if they would run into one.
Rinalda left the girls as soon as the airship touched down to book rooms at the local inn. They were supposed to meet up with the rest of Edwina's family soon enough, something Kinta was not looking forward to. The only other time she met Eddy's family was a total nightmare, and she was almost killed by one of the Viera-hating bitches. And this time Eddy's brothers and stepfather were going to be there. Before it had only been her mother and sisters. One big Viera-slaying family…
"Kinta, I'm sure they'll be used to the fact that I love a Viera by now. I know Malca tried to kill you, but I'm sure she wouldn't dare do anything like that now," Edwina assured her lover.
"Is it true a Viera killed your father?"
"Yeah. That's the root of my family's hatred of Viera. It's a good thing we were already together by that point, or I might be a Viera-hater too."
"Those Gria males look rather handsome. Are you sure you aren't going to want to mate?"
"Kinta, I'm smart. I'm a lesbian, and that's how I'm staying. I don't need to mate. I just need to find other ways of eliminating the heat."
"I don't know Eddy. The pull of Viera heat is pretty strong, and we have it yearly. I'd think that once every ten years… the pull would be even worse. Is it possible to resist? And especially now that we're in Fluorgis… Viera who come in heat in the Wood are supposedly very uncontrollable until they're bred. I wouldn't know. I've never been there."
The girls stopped in at the local inn. Rinalda booked herself a room, and then Edwina and Kinta were about to when Kinta noticed the receptionist.
He walked on his hind legs, but had the head and curly tail of a Paramina Husky. He was covered in black and white fur. There wasn't a Viera alive who didn't know exactly what that creature was. They were very rare now, but Viera still feared them.
"A Reena-Kaana! Eddy, c'mon! We have to get out of here!" Kinta yelled in terror.
"Relax. Yes, I'm a Reena, but I haven't eaten Viera for decades. Me and my family live here, and we've made friends with the local Viera," The Reena said.
"Reena still terrorize my race all through the Wood," Kinta growled. "I can never trust one!"
"Viera are the ones who terrorize people here, Miss. There are plenty of average Viera and kittens around here, but there is one group that has been killing Gria and eating their eggs and such every ten years. And they're always trying to recruit new Viera to their ranks. They call themselves The Fluorgis Rabbits and they're a Viera-supremacist group. We've tried to get rid of them, but we've been unsuccessful, and the Gria are terrified to fight them themselves. My family and I have fought them on several occasions, but there are far too many for two adult Reena and three pups to take on by ourselves," The Reena said.
"I have heard of the Fluorgis Rabbits. They're nothing but a bunch of psychopathic kittens who have decided they want to take back the land that used to be forest and plant new trees," Edwina said.
"That's simply dreadful. The Fluorgis Rabbits must be making all Viera look bad. I already know Eddy's family doesn't like Viera, and I imagine the Rabbits are the reason," Kinta said. "How can a Reena-Kaana family possibly live here? Wouldn't you be nothing but big furry targets to these Viera?"
The big Reena nodded. "They've tried to kill me and my family on more than one occasion simply because of my race. We'd leave town, but there is nowhere else for five Reena to go without living our lives in either Viera or Hume bodies… and we don't want that. The majority of the people here, even the Viera, have accepted us," he said. "Now, here's the keys to your room, Benny will be down soon to get your bags, if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask, and remember to recommend The Red Reena Inn to all your friends!"