Before Kirk had Defeated Hide by the Skin of his teeth, The rest of The Red Sash Pirates were amidst their own fights throughout the citadel, our gaze shifting back to the young Mink Doctor.
"Who're you?" The Doctor's eyes narrowed. The crude statement to the Doctor from the shiny scalp man echoing in their ears. The man then stood, his torso still bent forward as he was bowing to the shrine in front of him. The Shrine had jewels and Berry Notes across its wooden surface. But the recognizable mark of the Celestial Dragons on a pendant that he was praying to.
Slowly rising to his full height of 8'7, he wore a robe around his waist that came up around his torso that looked similar to many monks that inhabited monasteries across the world. But he was not one of those monks…
The robe was a stark black, thick beads around his neck that were deep brown, almost like a rosary, but another pendant hung from a smaller set of beads. The mark of the Celestial Dragons Claw, yet again.
"I am Akimera, Agent of CPA-9 Master of Interrogation, Assassination, Undercover Operations and Absolute Devotee to the Gods of This World…" His eyes seemed to be perpetually shut, his face was like a rounded rectangle, a sharp rounded jaw and a prominent brow, and this was when Dezzi could see that this man wasn't just bald, but his Brows were totally gone, same with his eyelashes and lacking any hair on his face and chin
"Devotee?" Dezzi mindlessly muttered to themselves as they watched their hands come back up into a prayer. That was when Dezzi's mind connected it! This man, he was the same man that Leroy had given money to on the Side of the Street in the lowest Level of Water 9! The praying man!
"Yes. I am a Devotee and a High Priest of the Fellowship Following of the Sacred Dragons. We devote our lives, and our faith to prayer and giving all that we can to the Celestial Dragons, the Gods and Righteous rulers of this world."
"Which is why I am sickened that a Race that is not within their gaze of Creation is in front of me right now…" His eyes opened into a hardened gaze, looking with piercing pink eyes.
"Those Up in the Heavens, give me strength. Let me righteous in my path of following in your shadow, cast down from the great holy land, and be able to bask in your holy light…" Akimera prayed as one of his hands left his centered clasp, slowly and methodically. Stopping stretched out at his side.
"Sanctorum Clara!" His palm began to glow as a form of a teardrop formed from what looked to be solid light! Before firing off right towards Dezzi! But the moment their mind processed the light the mere half second before it was fired, Dezzi broke into a sprint around the room of worship! Harsh footsteps causing shelved items to devotion from branches to other beads and candles shook in their spots!
The Drop of Light smashed into the Far wall! "You are a devious creature for forcing me to desecrate such a holy room. But I will gladly pay penance via flagellation once I exterminate you!"
"Manus Iudicii!" Akimera swiped his hand across his body, the golden glow from his hand stretching out and forming into a large hand that was flat palmed and slamming into the place where Dezzi had been a moment before!
"Duo!" Akimera swung his other hand and another glowing light hand caught Dezzi, The fingers squeezing around the smaller body of the Doctor! "Grah!"
The hands were solid, but felt like they were being squeezed by liquid- "There, now you can stop running…"
The Following of the Dragon was a World Spread religion. It took on many forms, there were those like most common folk that believed with all their heart that the Celestial Dragons were the true gods of the world, who created the world a thousand years ago. Others devoted themselves to prayer, and others devoted their entire lives.
It was all about devotion and faith, Giving that of your worldly materials to the faith. Not all believed what Akimera believed, In the Faith it was said that the Dragons created all humans, but the other Races were corruptions or not made by them. This led many to view the other races in a bigoted and hated light. And in the 'Pure' religion, any that were not aligned with the dragons, were to be avoided and cleansed from the world.
"Now to deal with you Swiftly! Grand Oratio!" Akimera let go of Dezzi, then another solid arm formed as the Priest slammed his hands together in a Prayer, the secondary limbs following suit!
The impact caused wind to shoot around the room! Dezzi utterly crushed between the solid light! Blood ran down their face, soaking their fur in Crimson. Dezzi slumped to the ground, the hands retracting slowly back into the Worshippers body.
"Good. May the Dragons have mercy on your wicked form." Akimera took a deep nostril breath, and exhaled slowly. Walking back to the Shrine to begin Praying once again.
Dezzi was Lucky, their bag was almost indestructible from Kinetic blunt force from the Outside, acting like a turtles shell for the fragile contents. Dezzi's chest heaved, mind racing. 'I'm not like the others. I don't usually fight. But I have to. I can't let this man win. I'll show him…Prove him wrong! Have faith in me, Leroy- Everyone. Your Doctors got this!'
A small clinking of the clasp on their bag opening went unheard by Akimera. The small hand of the Doctor pulled a vial of Green and Blue swirling inside. A small rubber cork being forced from the top by the small claw of the Doctor's thumb.
Messy trails of the liquid moistened the corners of Dezzis mouth as they Lazily poured it. The Bitter and almost herbal taste of the Elixr falling down their throat.
Mere seconds later Dezzi's body tensed hard! Their eyes blackening and red irises forming across the vibrant blue!
The sound caused Akimera to stop, his head slowly turning over his shoulder. Only to see that Dezzi was still standing.
Now taking on the form of Sulong!