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Eternya by Callodyn Quickwinter
VOLUME ONE - ANTHOLOGY
The Dark Side of the Tiger of Wrath
'Callodyn. How many fingers am I showing you?' 'One, Kayella.' 'That's what I think of this s****y Hull City Tigers match.' 'Aw, come on babe. What could be better than freezing cold temperatures, a boggy match, cold pies and s****y beer?' Kayella raised the second finger. 'It's also only a friendly, non competition match,' smiled Callodyn.
Later on Cal still had on his Hull City Tiger's T-Shirt. 'You know, babe. I love it when you are angry.' 'You love a lot then,' she said disinterestedly at his sexual approach. He cradled up next to her on the couch in their Northern Pole residence. 'By the way?' she asked him. 'What are you doing here? Don't you have a mandate disallowing visit to the Terran Plain?' 'Lord Chronology is backdating this historical episode,' replied Callodyn. 'Who is Lord Chronology?' she asked.
'Anyway, Tiger's are the fiercest of creatures.' 'I thought Bulldogs were the fiercest of creatures?' she replied, regarding Callodyn's NRL team in the Australian Rugby League comp. 'Them too,' replied Callodyn. 'But Tiger's have a dark side. A wrathfully dark side.' 'Yes,' she said. 'They smell.' He looked at her bluntly, and went off to the back room. Soon he returned, all polished up after a shower, shave and lovely aftershave, even though he disavowed the stuff.
'Do you have ANY action in you?' she asked him, again disinterestedly. He looked at her, again bluntly, and left the room.

17 weeks later he returned. She was in the kitchen, making lunch. 'There,' he said, throwing down the prized possession onto the table. 'What the hell is that?' she asked him. 'Velociraptor egg,' he replied. 'The mother almost took my arm off. For you babe.'
She looked at it, took it to the frying pan, cracked it, and a big yolk came out.
They had omelettes for a few days. She curried the remainder.
He still stank.
Wrathful indeed.
The End

The Dark Side of the Tiger of Wrath II
'Where are we going?' asked Victoria. 'I am................not sure,' replied Saruviel Savereign, all dressed in flowing gowns of darkest black. They were on a bus, at the North Pole of the Eternal Terran Plain, flowing through the city. It was the 'Blue Circuit Special', free to ride, which ran through the entire southern side of the main city area of the North Pole. 'You didn't tell me,' she said. 'What we are doing today.' 'Victoria Adams. It is not the business of Saruviel Savereign to disclose every detail of his affairs to his consort.' 'No,' she said, and remained silent. People were looking at them. A Spice Girl, someone noted. They didn't bother them, though. There was a lot of respect in the North Pole for privacy. She took out an issue of vogue from her handbag and started reading. 'Candace is upset,' said Saruviel, out of the blue. 'Your dinosaur.' 'She is not a dinosaur. I do not know how many times I have had to stress this. She is a dragon.' She's a Velociraptor,' retorted Victoria. 'Yes. And a damn fine one to boot,' replied Saruviel. 'Yet her father was a Terraxian Thunderclaw, and she takes mostly from him in my own opinion. She is a dragon.' 'And why is she upset?' asked Victoria. 'Her latest egg was stolen. And she bid me find the damn thing and exact swift justice.' 'Oh,' she replied.
The bus circuited the south side. They changed, and came onto yellow bus for the East.
'I have pictures of farting football players and smelly tigers in my visions,' said Saruviel. 'It makes no sense.' 'A football team called the Tigers, perhaps?' suggested Victoria. 'What would a football player want with a dragon egg,' he replied, gazing intently at her. She looked downwards. 'I know someone. Said he would do this to impress a lady when he had to. Bragged to me that he would.' He stared daggers at her. 'Callodyn,' she said softly. Saruviel Savereign looked at her with those dreadful eyes. 'Then he shall be dragon food,' responded Saruviel.


They found Callodyn's abode. It was in the telephone directory of all things.
Kayella admitted they had been eating omelettes from the Dragon egg. 'The dastard shall righeously pay,' swore Saruviel. 'I'll give you one of his earth comics to appease your wrath,' replied Kayella quickly. 'An ancient one. 21st Century old earth. A spare Batman issue he has here at the moment.' Saruviel's eye lit up. 'They are..............rare. It shall suffice.' Kayella went to the back room and got the comic. Saruviel sniffed at it, looked it over, and said, 'The cretin may have mercy on this occasion. Please ensure it happens not again.' 'Aye aye, captain,' smirked Kayella.
4 weeks later. 'Where the f**k is my comic?' swore Callodyn out loud, heard all over the flat.
He came into the room and looked at Kayella, his arms raised in gesture. 'A dragon ate it,' she replied. 'What dragon?' swore Callodyn. 'Saruviel Savereign,' she replied.


'Oh,' said Callodyn, softly.





'Hero my butt,' Kayella said under her breath later that day.
Callodyn did not object to the statement.
The End

The Dark Side of the Tiger of Wrath III
'Candace does not have a mate at the moment. The eggs will be unfertilized for the time being. She lays one periodically, depending on her will mostly,' said Saruviel, looking at his cards in the game of Bridge. 'Fascinating,' said Callodyn. 'Does she have an income?' 'I give Candace an allowance,' replied Saruviel. 'Can eggs be purchased. They are very tasty.' 'My God, man. Tis an abomination,' replied Saruviel. He looked, though, at Callodyn carefully. 'What price are we talking about?' 'At 87 Degrees of the compass, I have a team of Realtors purchasing land in the Great Terran plain,' replied Callodyn. 'We purchase quality land, which is already part of an established dominion. Nothing too far out. I don't mind paying if it is not a big stretch of a private world.' 'I see,' replied Saruviel, interested. 'He loves 87,' said Kayella. 'Why?' asked Victoria, and bit her tongue. 'Oh, of course. Daniel Daly. Numerology equals 87 in ordinal equivalents. Dan's favourite system.' 'Kapiche,' responded Callodyn. 'What is the offer?' queried Saruviel. '1 Million US Dollars per egg, and a dragon ranch for each egg, and I'll have it built. She can have them reserved for future seed.' 'And my fee as agent?' queried Saruviel. 'An extra million each time.' Kayella smiled. That was play money on Callodyn's royalties for his writings. 'The agreement is reasonable,' said Saruviel. '1 Spade,' he called. Callodyn looked at his cards. 1 Spade would practically take him already.

'Can we at least get a cook to cook them properly,' said Kayella, when their guests had left. 'Sure,' said Callodyn. 'Are there any other exotic desires I should be aware of?' asked Kayella. 'Tiger testicles,' said Callodyn. Kayella looked at him. 'But only smelly ones,' he said, the little grin now apparent.
That night she cuddled up to him. 'With all that tiger testosterone in you, your sure to be a hell of a lover,' she said, being obvious. 'I already have a name for a new product we can name it,' he replied. She looked at him amused. 'Tiagra,' he said.
She reached down, cupped his Tiagras, and said. 'But are you sure you are up to it?' He pounced on her, ripped off her bra, and said with a grin. 'Its not the only p***y I'll be eating tonight!'
Kayella enjoyed his living up to those words.
A night to remember indeed.
The End

The Dark Side of the Tiger of Wrath IV
'17 Leagues westward, aye lad. We are travelling 17 Leagues westward.' 'Yes Captain Daniel,' responded Valandriel. Ariel, in the back seat remarked to Elsabel. 'They are nuts. Think they are pirates.' 'Oh, Valandriel has always been pretty much a pirate to me,' responded Elsabel, smiling. Ariel looked at her honestly. 'You think Daniel is some kind of saint?' 'Methinks the damsels are plottin mutiny,' said Captain Daniel to his henchman. 'Aye, Capn. They're a rebellious bunch,' responded Valandriel. 'We should give them the lash,' said Daniel. 'I'll give you the bloody lash if you don't get us to Callodyn's new place,' swore Ariel behind Captain Daniel, and punched the back of his head lightly. 'Rebellious alright,' said Daniel. 'I should get in there and give her a good thrashin.' 'Try it,' said Ariel. 'I'm trained at Karate level Dan Master 78 now.' 'That's pretty high Captain,' said Valandriel. 'Can Daniel San match the challenge.' Daniel kept on driving, but looked in the mirror. Ariel was looking savagely back at him. 'She's a mean tiger of a woman, by the looks of her,' said Daniel. 'Twould take a real man to tame that shrew.' Elsabel grinned. Ariel stuck up her fingers at him and said 'Bite me, Captain Dickhead.' Valandriel and Elsabel laughed all the way to Callodyn's.
'So, she's a tiger, is she,' said Callodyn. 'She's a vicioius little minx, if you ask me,' responded Daniel. Ariel looked up from the couch and smiled at them both. 'Who, me? I'm all heart.' 'And she'd have yours by the looks of it,' said Callodyn to Daniel. 'She expects it now. You know. Fidelity. I leave for a day, and my mobile never stops ringing. If I even mention Ambriel's twin, bloody hell. Deep water.' Ariel glared at Daniel. 'I guess love conquers all in the end,' said Callodyn. 'And some times its the fairer sex which comes to the rescue.' 'He's a faithless fart,' said Ariel. 'Good for nothing.' 'Except wrestling Tigers,' responded Daniel, and poked his tongue out at her.
Later that evening, in the guest room, Daniel was smooching up to Ariel. 'Callodyn recommended I try his Tiagra solution to master your fercious love.' Ariel did not reply. 'Helps lovemaking. Fierce women need fierce loving.' 'I'll wait forever then,' she said sharply. Daniel sniggered. 'Yeh. Suppose we should get a divorce then.' Ariel suddenly leaped on him, and licked his forehead. 'Nice p***y,' said Daniel. 'Don't be too rough.' 'You better get that Tiagra then. I'm up for some primal passion,' she smooched.
And she was. And the scratches only hurt for a few days. Daniel didn't mind though. Some times a good licking is what really solves the eternal mate conundrum.
The End
The Dark Side of the Tiger of Wrath V
The Tiger roamed around the sanctuary. It stared at its viewers for a while, and settled down to gaze at them, unfearing. 'What do you think it's thinking?' asked Kayella to Callodyn. 'That we are probably his next meal if he can escape his enclosure,' said Callodyn smartly. She hit him on the wrist, and returned her gaze to the tiger. 'Why do we still lock up tigers? Old ones even communicate with mankind now.' 'They grow in intelligence as well,' said Callodyn. 'Have a soul just like us. But Theodore over there is young. Doesn't know the ways of the force, yet.' Kayella looked at her man. 'Do you know the ways of the force?' Callodyn started breathing heavily. 'I HAVE BEEN ON THE DARK SIDE ETERNALLY, DEAREST KAYELLA!' She looked up into his eyes. 'I believe you.' 'Theodore is young,' said Callodyn, looking at the tiger. 'He has his whole life ahead of him. He will learn to adjust to mankind in time.' Kayella was staring at the tiger, as it started raining gently. She was looking at the tiger and said, 'Do you think you will ever adjust to mankind?' 'Probably not,' said Callodyn. She almost agreed with him.
Soon it started pouring down heavily, and they found the sanctuary of the zoo cafeteria. 'I mean, mankind is rather thick, when it all comes down to it. They live on basic levels. The three F's as I call them.' 'And what are the three F's,' she said, now amused as she was used to his jokes. 'Well, Food for starters. They all need the grub. Even me. And we have to work to get it.' 'And the next F?' she asked. 'Fighting. All grunts ever do is fight. The world is full of them.' 'Not you, I take it,' she said grinning. 'No. Not me. I'm into the third F.' 'And what is the third F, oh wise one?' she asked sincerely.
That night, in the bedroom, he showed her.
The End