Undressed for War

"Very good my lord!" said the courtier, who was dismissed with a wave. Reaibn looked into the jewel again, then chuckled and put it back into his pocket.

"They are in a panic!" he said, chortling. Astra shook her finger in his face.

"See here, you lunatic," she said, "if my people are invading we need to know why. Let me talk to my sis-" and then she was silent, as Reaibn had placed a picture in the air in front of him, showing Astra and Reaibn the Aqualarian invasion force, naked and panicking. Astra's sister, however, had recovered her composure and was giving some sort of speech. "What did you do?!"

"I told you, I removed their weapons, armor, and clothing. However, that sister of yours seems to be preventing a full-on rout. This is unacceptable." Reaibn snapped his fingers, and a naked Belinda appeared in front of them, mid-speech.

"And, my sisters, that is why we will continue our march to Caemlyn, for we fear no-" and then she realized where she was. "What sorcery is this?! Astra?!" quick as a flash she reached out and snatched Lord Fred's sword out of his scabbard and held it in front of her defensively. "What is going on here? Where are my troops? What devil appears to me in the form of my sister?!"

Astra frowned, "Oh come off it, Belinda, it's me! Don't make me start reciting stories about when we were kids." Reaibn interrupts this reunion by standing right in front of Belinda.

"Hi there!" he said, prompting her to shrink back.

"You!" she said, placing the sword at his neck. "You madman, in the name of the kingdom of Aqualaria we demand you abdicate the throne and submit to judgement for your insane crimes. A full list of your crimes will be pro-" and then her sword turns into a herring.

"No, you listen to me," said Reaibn, advancing to stand toe to toe with her. Astra and Fred were quite uncertain what to do, so for the moment they just watched the exchange. "you are going to get the hell out of Allaria, or I am going to transform your entire invasion force into hedgehogs, and sell them as pets to my citizens."

Astra protested, "now see here, Lord Reaibn, do not think you can speak that way to-" there was a loud, wet, *whack* as Belinda had clocked Reaibn with the herring, knocking him to the ground. "Sis, no!" she exclaimed. "Do not provoke him!"

Reaibn's jaw hurt where that beautiful, yet quite upstart, woman had smacked him with the fish. He grinned, "you will regret that." and waved his index finger. Belinda vanished with an audible *POP* and Reaibn got to his feet and dusted himself off.

Astra grabbed Reaibn by the front of his robe, yelling. "What have you done with my sister?!" she demanded, but was pulled off by Lord Fred.

"Astra, please," he whispered, and then at normal voice "I am sure that Lord Reaibn has not harmed your sister."

"Indeed not," said Reaibn, with a smile. "In fact, I like her spunk. She is beautiful and fiery. I decided to teleport the invasion force back to Aqualaria. Her, however..." and he giggled, "she will be my bride." and Reaibn walked off towards the castle, leaving a very shocked Astra and Fred in his wake.

1. Astra chases after Reaibn, furious!
2. Fred restrains Astra, and they try to make sense of all that has just happened before doing anything else.
3. Meanwhile, in the castle dungeon, a naked Belinda is chained to the wall. "Release me, you fiend!" she cries out, enraged.
4. Meanwhile, in Aqualaria, the entire naked invasion force appears, scaring one farmer to cardiac arrest.

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