Kkek* Eaei lounged on ae throne of bones. It wasn’t technically a throne - just like Kkek wasn’t technically the ruler of anything. In name, ae was the captain of the Erkekkek**, a pirate ship around the size of an asteroid. But when ae had murdered the ruler of the Ieli Independent Federation (A rebellious faction against the Nexus. They hadn’t been stomped out yet because they weren’t even a little bit of a threat), all of the Federation’s ships and soldiers had just gotten folded into ae fleet.
Ae throne was made of hundreds of intricately carved bones, each which had been intricately carved in twisting shapes and spirals. There were from all different species, in shades of black, white, gray, and even green.
All of them were from the corpses of those ae had killed.
At the top of the throne sat a formidable-looking black skull with a row of grinning, deadly sharp teeth. It had come from the former leader of the Federation’s body. Whenever Kkek’s self esteem was running low, ae would take a look at that skull, think about all ae had given to end up here, and grin.
Ae reached for ae goblet, which was filled with scarlet human blood. Ae took a sip - it was delicious. Ae had never understood ae mate’s disdain for the taste.
Funny how ae still thought of au as ae mate. Ae would have to break that habit.
*Translates to “blood.” Ae had given up ae name a long time ago.
**Drinker of Blood.