Leroy was guided through the forest. His hands bound in front of him in the Sea Stone cuffs. He could feel that his energy was being sapped from, but not to the extinct he's experienced before. The Cuffs weren't as pure as others.
Zora carried Bilbi on her shoulder as Boudicca walked in front of Leroy leading the way. They were close enough now that she began to explain what exactly was going on
"You're on the Island of Cyprus. Some refer to it as the Island of Women. You may have heard about it from other men" She says with a clear disdain to the other gender in her voice "Surprise surprise we are real. Only Because of people like them…" She grumbles.
"We're taking you to the City of Dite. Where our queen Delehaye Eliza reigns and protects us." Leroy's eyes squinted at the name. Delahaye. He felt like he may have read about that somewhere. But Eliza rung no bells to the mans mind
"An Island of only women. How do you keep your population high?" He asks. He'd knew some women did have the right equipment, but surely not an entire island of such. Zora this time answered
"Bilbi would be better to answer that question. If you hadn't knocked her out with your Aura." She says. Which makes him give a quizzical look at what she meant. "We have some births. Some women are allowed to leave the island, and go and find a Mate for the pure purpose of having children. Every woman on the Island who become pregnant only has genetically female children. It's thought that theres a curse on the Island because of this. The only person said to not have this curse is the queen. But the queens aren't exactly Fertile. A man could probably inseminate a queen for an entire week and it not work. Rather they menstruate or not"
"Its believed that the only man to be able to impregnate the Queen is a man by the Name of Adonis. Or so the legends say." Zora says plainly. Leroy wasn't shy to sex, but such a blunt way of putting it did make him slightly…uncomfortable to say the least. Worrying about his future on this island.
He couldn't lie. Each woman he's seen was quite the sight to behold. So he wouldn't be the most opposed…But there were the obvious issues with being so forceful that put him on edge.
"As well. Most women here are survivors. Any species is allowed here as long as they're women at heart. Even those once labeled men are allowed to be amongst us. Minks, Long Limb, Fishman. All are allowed sanctuary on the Isle of Women. They all find their way here when in need. Another curse said to be on the island." Zora explained it all so simply and so easily to digest. It all made Leroy frown. He felt bad for what he'd just done to them. He probably just reinforced a lot of their prejudice because of it…
"I see…Well then I'm sorry for what I did to Bilbi. At least in terms of being so aggressive…I'm sure I showed to you that I'm like any other man…" He held a wary look as he tightened around the bottle.
"We don't need your sympathy!" Boudicca said with a spat. She amongst all of them currently around may have had the worst experience with men. It was said that she had the Strength of a hundred even when she was young. But in spite of that, every man around her used her. Abused her. Saw her as nothing more than a tool to oogle or send into battle and never given praise.
"We're close now." Boudicca said as she refocused on the trail that was in front of her. They went from a side trail marked by ornate trail posts made of finely carved stone that was painted a pink and red color scheme. The upper half twisted like a piece of dough as the top had four curving scrolled wood with empty space which a paper lantern swings with in. the depiction of a cat within
The main path however was lined with larger versions of these, but also held gates that arched above and held the same lanterns. The path was finely constructed and taken care of. No one around seemed to be currently tending
It wasn't long before that the trees split around to expose the horizon where a huge mountain sat. In the middle of the island. It seemed to have a vague resemblance of a cat on top of its beak. Perhaps loosely carved long ago. But one thing was for certain, the cat that was there had a snake as a part of its tail, mouth and fangs open and bared. This was clear by the scaly surface across the tail as opposed to the more smooth surface of the other figure it was connected to.
Leroy could also see sightings of mountainous pillars with loose trees and green on them far away.
As for right in front of them, a Large Gate came into view. It was richly designed. Pieces of that same pinkish metal in its surface. It was so finely crafter. Curving pieces of metal, carved stone, and the main gate itself having tiles sloped rooves with curving talons coming off the ends as Lanterns hung from their ends.
The entire wall was beautiful. But the inside was even more so, as two large studded gates opened.
It was gorgeous. Only women roamed the streets, but they were currently sparse and looking with far from windows. The buildings were multi story, and had the same types of rooves like the gates. Others were thinner, and more slim and had stairs all around.Other parts of the city seemed to have architecture that reminded leroy of Arabasta with the bulbed rooves and multi segmented towers.
Then there were the buildings built into the walls and hung from the cliffs and rockfaces around.
All of the buildings looked similar, but different in style. Some more intricate than others that were more practical but none the less beautiful. It was as if places from all over the world melded into one with visages of Cats, Deer, Bees, and even snakes as well.
The Main palace however, which was the furthest distance away and was on a straight path from the gate to maybe a kilometer away was all of these things melded into one. A Large staircase leading up to the front doors, tiled rooves with metal across their surfaces in spikes and curves like flames, or the talons of cats. Pink, Coral, Dark Red, shades of Violet and the natural stone color as well.
"Just who is this Eliza anyway?" Leroy asked as he looked from woman to woman whom he could catch a glimpse of. They all wore a variety of clothing. And it was all so…Beautiful. It was as if, and was in truth, what ever they wanted to wear. Away from any sort of cultural norm. Rather that be something as simple as the bra and skirt he saw one woman wear, or the full suit that he saw another wear.
Each woman seemed so unique compared to the next
"Shes the most beautiful woman in the world. And said to be one of the biggest and most powerful." 'Big'?' Leroy thought to himself. Great. He was about to come face to face with a giant wasn't he. He really didn't want to fight a giant. The last giant he fought was easy but was a pain to handle
"On your Knees." Boudicca said. Zora was handing off Bilbi to a Doctor that wore quite a provocative outfit that she seemed to handle in stride. It'd make any man blush that was for certain. But that was not his focus as he was forced to his knees. The bottle clattering as his head was held down.
He heard the doors open
And the patter of feet. It was soft, but he could feel a presence that felt large coming closer and closer. The other two came to a knee in respect as he saw-...
Simple slip ons?
He Looked up to see the Empress of the Island. And she was…
Tiny!