Decisions [Private, Shudaar]

Yuuki crossed her arms as she stepped into the room. Her eyes darted around curiously. What a variety of animals. It was amazing how many different sorts of creatures they had already captured, from all over the world. From where she stood, she could see rows and shelves of cages, the walls transparent yet as tough as titanium. The sounds of claws clinking against the glass and metal as the animals paced irritably, and the angry noises they let reverberated throughout the large storage room. People walked around, pushing carts into different areas, some into trucks, others into planes waiting in the hangar. They were in an underground storage area where the organization had made their temporary base in Xastristan. Animals were going to be traded, killed, and bought solely for wealth, their exotic pelts, and their other resources.

Yuuki hummed thoughtfully. She had never actually been involved in animal trafficking herself; she vehemently refused when she was younger, yet she had still went into a job force that involved the death of a living organism, so did it really make a difference when she thought about it? Yuuki wasn't thrilled to receive this job offer, but it rewarded a sufficient amount of money, so Yuuki had decided to accept it. Of course it'd be costly; the job was most definitely an important one. After all, it entailed the guarding of the creature with the highest bounty on this planet: the dragon.

They had somehow captured a baby dragon, and were now going to sell him off to the highest bidder. Either that, or they were going to skin him alive and use his scales as clothing items to sell into the future. Soon enough, the dragon was going to be gone either way, and the traffickers were going to grow rich. Now, where was that cage? Yuuki stepped through the storage unit, ignoring the loud hisses and roars that creatures shot at her as she walked past, focused on getting to the dragon's cage. It was going to soon board a cargo plane and shipped off to the country of Minoura, where others were waiting for them.

As Yuuki waited patiently, she crouched down, and peered through the glass to stare at the dragon curiously.

It had all happened in such a blur. Shudaar had been out trotting in the coolness of night, following his nose of a sweet aroma that he was not familiar with. It lead him to a silly pile of leaves, with a substance that emitted the smell. The curiosity of it, he went forth to explore, and like all animals, eat it. However, as his front paw stepped on the leaves, something cracked. As his ears were rising to the cracking sound, a swish and blur of movement happened below his left paw, entwining it at pulling taunt. Yelping, the little dragon turned and jumped to run away, startled, but his left paw stopped and brought him back to the ground with a thud. From there, things happened fast. Bipedals came from the shadows with bright sun sticks that they used to light the area and blind him, the cackle of electricity as he panicked and let loose a bolt, followed by several hard blows from a metallic object to his body, till one found his head and knocked him out.

After awakening, in pain and a throbbing head, his whole body ached. He was caged, with posts of loud noises, and muzzled. Not knowing what had happened or what was going on, he tried to get up, but now all his limbs had small bindings on them, prestricting movement in the upward direction by half a foot. Scared, he curled as much as he could into the back of the cage, his legs pulled towards the middle as he whimpered. Whatever and wherever he was, it was just scary, and he wanted out.
(iPad sleepy post, Sowwy for short/spelling/autocorrects)

Yuuki stood up just as a slightly shorter man stopped in front of her, notifying her that it was about time to board. "Right," Yuuki said in response. The man nodded, stepping to the side as a few other workers came around to latch onto the sides of the cages. With a heave, they began rolling it towards the jet that was waiting to take off in the hangar. As they locked the cage safely into place so it wouldn't roll, Yuuki took this time to acknowledge her surroundings.

The plane was small; they were only shipping one thing this time as well, and Yuuki found it slightly surprising that she was actually the only one that was guarding the cell. Of course, there were actually other planes flanking the sides of the cargo, but she would have thought that a dragon like this would have garnered more protection.. Maybe it was due to the fact that it was a baby? Maybe they underestimated the baby's abilities to do any harm, which was why they had deemed Yuuki fit enough to be a guard. A row of seats lined the wall opposite of the cage, but Yuuki didn't take a seat yet. As the others began checking more precautions, the back of the plane slowly began to close, and Yuuki was cast into a dim darkness. Enough to see, however.

Yuuki went back to crouching in front of the dragon again. She placed a palm on the glass as she watched curiously. What was this dragon thinking? It was still but a baby; were its parents killed? Dead long before the dragon was captured? Yuuki didn't know the facts of how they had acquired the baby, something about being kidnapped, but wasn't that how most exotic animals were taken anyway? Yuuki could say for a fact that the dragon was frightened, and most definitely injured. The way it curled inwards, and the broken scales that were littered across his body. The way it cradled its left paw also deemed that the paw itself was damaged. How much pain was it in? Should she feel sorry for the dragon? Yuuki couldn't help but question herself so much. There was a lot of things wrong with this scenario, but it was her job; why should she question it?

Maybe she should try to soothe it; make it feel more comfortable with her around. It'd be easier to control, that way... "Hey, hey," she whispered, knocking on the glass lightly. "It's okay, you won't get injured with me around." Not yet, at least. "I'll keep you safe."