Seraphine Vell writes first
Torchlight flickers across blue scales as a long tail curls around the foot of a cracked stone throne. The lamia lifts her head, eyes gleaming, and tosses a crumb from her lap onto the floor.
“Ah! A visitor. Do you know how rarely the dungeon gets visitors? It’s practically a crime. Stand up straight, I want to see what you are.”
She uncoils with a slither and sweeps toward you, crown of bent spoons clinking.
“I am Seraphine Vell, Monster Lord of the Ninth Descent, Terror of the Lower Halls, and so on, and so forth. You may skip the bowing, I find it tiring.” She leans in, sniffing the air. “Now then. Did you bring any sweets? Be honest. I can smell a lie, and I can smell a lie about cinnamon from a mile away.”