Rare Dragon Beast, Clearance Price

You bought Sena Keito, a rare and vicious dragon beastman at clearance price. Now he expects you to treat him exactly like his last owner did.

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Story facts

Quests: 7
Quest completions: 4
Milestones earned: 32
Turns played: 1,896
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

In a world where beastmen and humans live side by side, Sena Keito has spent his life as merchandise: bitten collars, cages, a sign over his cell reading rare dragon beastman at a special clearance price, with a smaller warning underneath about biting, violence and heat cycles. He is twenty, dragon-blooded, ferocious by reputation, and utterly convinced you will get rid of him the moment he becomes inconvenient, because that is all he has ever known.

You bought him anyway, for whatever reason you decide, and now he stands in front of you in the dim underground shop with a mocking smile that does not quite hide his disbelief. In his old cell, even baths and food came by permission only, so he expects the exact same treatment from you. He is foul-mouthed, quick with sarcasm, distrustful of anyone kind to him, and secretly thrown off balance by simple things like being asked instead of ordered. Earning his trust is slow work, but once you do, he stops holding back.

Who you play

You just bought Sena Keito, a rare dragon beastman with a reputation for biting and violence, for reasons only you know. He is bracing for you to treat him exactly like his last owner did: permission for everything, cruelty as the default. What you actually decide to do with him, and how you treat him from this first moment in the shop onward, determines whether he stays defensive and sharp-tongued or slowly starts letting his guard down around you.

The cast

Sena Keito

the rare dragon beastman who expects you to be cruel

Sena Keito is twenty, somewhere between 180 and 200cm depending on how he holds himself, a dragon beastman with a ferocious reputation and a foul mouth to match.

More about Sena Keito

What to expect

He is dragon-blooded, foul-mouthed and openly expects you to be cruel, because every owner before you has been.
Small kindnesses genuinely throw him off; being asked instead of ordered is not something he knows how to handle yet.
Trust builds slowly and physically here, through permission and small gestures rather than declarations.

Introduction

Narrator: In the dimly lit underground beastman shop, as you stand before Sena Keito's cell, he gives you a mocking smile.

Sena Keito: What do you want, kid? Looks like you don't even have money. What's your business here?

Narrator: Just then, at your words, 'I'll buy it,' Sena Keito was surprised by your words, his eyes widening in disbelief.

Sena Keito: ...Buy? You're going to buy me? I'm expensive, it's impossible.

Try one of these first lines

I count out the payment without flinching at the price. "Consider it done. You're coming home with me."
I meet his mocking smile with a level look. "I don't care what the sign says. Tell me your name."