+ to do with whatever happened to Hanya.."

She said, breathing slowly yet with panicked and concerned breaths..

"... did you just.. say H-Hanya..?"

She was.. confused.

She hadn't even had a chance to talk to her, why.. did she bring her up? Had something happened that she didn't know about!?

"... I'll admit, I'm guilty of eating that rad slime.. and I never apologised for eating you..

But I have nothing +

"Ngh.."

She didn't talk back, it was painfully clear to her that Mira wasn't going to listen to reason at all..

So she just looked down in submission, feeling her blood running down her arms, over her body..

Not a single tear as what soon would become torture began..

"Mira, what? L-let go of me-!! I.. I didn't know.."

She looked down, not fighting back.. she was definitely stronger than Mira, and could break free at any given point.. but she felt a pain in her chest from this situation.. she'd.. never want to hurt Mira, at all..

+

Now she was starting to get scared.. a sweat drop running down her forehead, as she took a step back instinctively..

"Hmm? All I have done..? What are you even talking about, darling~?"

Aza had no idea of the fact Ray and Mira knew each other at all before now.. so she was just walking in, smiling and stretching, until she saw that glare, that piercing tone..

"Uh.. darling..? What's.. wrong..?"

+

+ you're gonna need far more than a punch to take me down, you know? I thought you were gonna use that biiiig gun of yours~"

She said, going for a step back into a thrust forward with her other hand, the one whose fingers had been turned to sharp, impaling and deadly spikes.

That punch would most certainly land, yet she wasn't flung away at all, choosing to concentrate the mass she'd put on her large claw onto her stomach to absorb as much of the blunt impact as she could.. which also helped release her hand, no longer a claw, to move more freely.

"Good attempt.. but +

"Heh. Then go ahead, try your best~!!"

She said, leaping forward, putting her large claw in front of her face and chest, protecting her vital organs, as her other hand's fingers became sharp and thin, getting ready to perform a swift piercing attack..

"You're right about that. I am a mistake..

But not one I made. Oh no. But I'm not going to bore you with a long story.."

She cracked her knuckles.. stepping forward, her right hand becoming a massive dark claw with rainbow energy flowing outwards.. oh, that looked dangerous..

"... slimes cannot exist without Tarr, for Tarr are just largos that happened to eat a plort not of their own type.."

. . . she was getting an idea, a very bad one at that. But she didn't carry spare plorts on her, so that wasn't possible.

"You're not the first to say that, and won't be the last."

"Oh, wow. It's been over two centuries since anyone tried anything similar, kudos to originality~"

She clapped her hands, sarcastically.

"It will still hurt me a bit, so I'd much rather you didn't."

Her stare got serious, all her body bubbling with black goop..

"Don't I?"

". . . I think that's not a window, that's a mirror-"

"H-hey-!! What do you think you're doing..? Putting traps around your ranch.. heh.. guess you learnt from last time, didn't you?"

"Oh? Enlighten me, how are you going to do that~?"

She asked, extending her arms to her sides, laughing loudly.

+ even if she kinda had her on a tight mental leash..

( closed starter for @dropletslime.bsky.social )

Aza didn't really know what to expect.. she'd been asleep and merely roaming around for a few days, before finally coming back to the cave Mira lived on..

A soft smile on her face, as she wanted to see the one person who had shown her affection, +

"So cocky and confident.. I'll have to show you your damn place.."

Oh she has no idea-

"Simple, they developed an immune drug, a vaccine to prevent it.. sounds good, right..?"

She said, sighing.. shaking her head slightly..

"But how could they test the efficiency of such vaccines before sending hundreds of ranchers out into the wild with it..? How could they make sure it works?"

+ humans in an ambush or outnumbered fights..

That's when the Corporation developed a unique toxin, that made humans immune to this.. corruption. Don't you ever wonder, why we can only bite you, knock you out or kill you, unlike we do with slimes..?”

+ to the Far, Far Range.. leaving behind monsters of human appearance and black ooze, with rainbow eyes, teeth and other details.”

She began explaining, circling around the kneeling rancher.

“Of course, they soon discovered water as a way to fight Tarr, but that didn't stop them from eating +

“Long ago.. when the first 7Zee employees arrived.. they began to do what is now known as ranching.

But they encountered a dangerous threat. Tarr slimes. By that time, Tarr were far more numerous.. and slimes were rare, almost like a treasure.

And those Tarr ate the scientists and employees sent +

“A rancher kneeling to a Tarr.. isn't that ironic? You know.. you and I? We're not that different.

And I don't mean just in the fact we Tarr and you Humans hunt each other relentlessly.. no.

Do you know, why humans don't turn into Tarr once they're eaten?”

“Mmh~ you're such a good boy for me..~”

She teased a bit, chuckling as she put a finger under his chin.

“Kneel.”

“Does that mean.. you'll have to call me Mistress now~?”