yoshi p said to play other games

A dumb idea I had, featuring @blueburds-but-swtor 's Altrethir and his inquisitors: @ebitenpura 's Dantalion, @crqstalite 's Rodiviri and my Ai'o :3

... don't worry about how Ai'o knows this. She's bitten a lot of different people for a lot of different reasons.

the Sith scientist who made her was brilliant. she learned everything there was to learn about science and alchemy from them, though they never suspected that Dantalion was anything but a dumb beast who could not understand them or their work. but day by day, Dantalion watched, learned, and waited. she taught herself all of it; the equations, the chemistry, the labwork, their language. she played the snarling animal to perfection, concealing her true intelligence and bided her time until it was right. her creator's death was mysterious at best, found dead of a sudden heart attack, as if all the blood had stopped flowing in their veins. most of their work was stolen. the authorities chalked it up to a rival's foul play and let the trail run cold. then, one by one, all the members of that house began to die in both quiet and gruesome ways, until only the eldest daughter was left. she pleaded guilty to her family's murder, begging to be taken into Imperial custody, despite no evidence pointing to her having any hand in what appeared to be a series of cryptic accidents. she was later found deceased in her isolated cell, asleep with a smile on her face and drained of all blood.

for a time, there was an undercurrent of fear that a blood plague had taken the fallen house and would infect the rest of the nobility. rumors spread like wildfire of the curse of the beast who haunted said house, and some spoke of a dark romance that occurred between the last daughter and the monster. many strange things were reported happening around such rumors, but ultimately, none would come to light.