Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-24849899-20151028205131/@comment-26948101-20151106014856

"Lady Yenora- one more thing..." Ilassa said before the Harpy left. "Tell Lady Merse to get a hot meal and some rest. That is not a suggestion- that is a direct order from the Demon Lord's 13th Daughter."

"Yes, M'lady!" the black harpy curtsied before exiting the barn.

"I'm sorry, Princess...." Iruka said, burying her face in her hands. "If only I had sent someone to check further upstream once the levee crews reported their findings to me.....then.....then we wouldn't have to deal with this..." She swept her hand around the interior of the barn turned makeshift morgue while struggling to maintain some semblance of her composure. "....all of this..."

"Do not torment yourself, governess..." Ilassa said in a calm and soothing tone. "There's no way anybody could've foreseen the scope of this catastrophe."

"Ilassa-hime....? I-"

The arch-succubus princess cut her off. "Governess....when was the last time you got some sleep?"

"Not since the night the floodwaters tore through Nightcrest."

"I implore you, governess....get some rest."

"But princess- this village needs to know that their leadership is doing all they can to help in this unprecedented crisis-"

"I wholeheartedly concur, governess....but you will do my subjects no good in such a distraught state...."

The ogre said nothing, but was transfixed by the dozens of bodies before her in the morgue- most of them covered with some sort of sheet and tarp. She hardly noticed Laskey talking with the newly-revived demon.

"Fear not, governess....reinforcements are enroute from the capital." Ilassa said as she embraced the much taller ogre, "There is also heavy equipment coming in from the Human realm....now please get some rest."

"Y-yes your highness..." the ogre said as she quietly slipped out of the barn.

There was a tense, prolonged silence in the barn as Ilassa took in the sight of the 50+ corpses laid out before her.

"I....I've never seen anything like this before..." she said quietly. For a moment, Laskey thought she was referring to the marvel of medical technology he had used to successfully revive the first demon. However, she continued...

"Even in the war's darkest hour, I've never seen so much death with my own eyes....."