Woo!

You wake up warm, and more comfortable than you've ever been, Kaliel curled up next to you. There was a strange ringing noise from the helm of Sparrow, and Kaliel stirred, kissing you on the cheek and tucking you into bed, before getting dressed and going abovedeck. Sparrow shuddered, and stopped moving- apparently you're wherever you need to be.

>>20892595
Magic up too plates of hearty pancakes.

Rolled 69

>>20892604
Oh god how embarrassing... maybe i should get some sleep.

Harro New York!

>>20892595
Get up and go see where we are.

>>20892613
Lol @ dice

>>20892595
Get dressed and head abovedecks.

It's still early afternoon, but no time is too late for pancakes. You sit up, pulling the covers over your undressed state, and look this way and that for the ship's cargo hold. Finding a door and the elven tasteless rations, you bring forth your magic, transmuting them into two plates of pancakes. You quickly get dressed yourself, and make your way abovedeck- and you're at one of the elven prisms, apparently, and Kaliel is speaking with a keeper.
"I was given this scrip as proof of ownership, signed by crafter Kiyara for services rendered." She said. The keeper took a look at it, read both sides, and then nodded.
"Welcome, Wizard Kiyara." He said, and bowed.
"Thank you." She responded, and the elf made his way away. She gave you a grin.
"I thought you were asleep." She said.

>>20892613
>69
No, we just did that.

>>20892726
"I was. Now I'm not. I made pancakes!"

>>20892726
"Who cares! I've got paaaancaaakes~"

>>20892726
"I woke up. Would you like some pancakes, Wizard Kiyara?"

>>20892726
(mumble) "Warmth left. Made pancakes."

"Which prism we at?"

"I was. Now I'm not." You say, giving her a smile. "Would you like some pancakes, Wizard Kiyara?"
"I would, Sorceress Ishelda." She said, quickly pushing her notes into a binder, freeing up the small table so that the two of you could sit.
"I, uh, never had pancakes before." She said, taking it in hand and taking a bite. "It's like... soft, sweet bread." She said. "A lot better than the elven... whatever it is that Kiyara had on the ship."
"Which prism we at?"
"We're at one of the easternmost prisms." She said. "I wanted to take a look at some goats before we go further south."

>>20892824
"The dire goats? I see."

>>20892824
"So why did that keeper call you Kiyara anyways?"

>>20892824
"Right, the completely harmless goats?"

Give her playful smile.

"How far from the prism are they?"

>>20892866
>Wait, shit... Whoops, I meant Kaliel. Fuck. I haven't had enough coffee today.

"Right, the completely harmless goats?"
"And the dire ones." She said. "I want to see if there's any difference. I mean, yeah, they're larger... but there's hardly anywhere else in the world that has dire creatures and non-dire creatures so close to one another."
"How far from the prism are they?"
"Not far, just a short walk to one of the nearby villages." She responded, and took another bite. "This is delicious." She said.

>>20892929
"It's actually just those elven things that I transmuted into pancakes."

"It's actually just those elven things that I transmuted into pancakes."
"You did a good job. Eugh, those rations." She said. "The elves themselves might not care how it doesn't taste like anything, but all you can do is chew the stuff." She said. "I mean, they're still food, and it stores well... I just need a spell to transmute them into real food." She said, and took another bite.
"So, do you want to come with me while we go look for goats?" She asked.

>>20893066
"Of course."

>>20893066
"Duh? Why else...would...I come...right Anyways, I coming with you."

>>20892878
>He calls her Kiyara
>We call her Kiyara as well because it's funny
>She then immediately talks about the real Kiyara
>You still don't notice
Uh, yeah. Get some coffee.

>>20893066
"How can I protect you if I'm not with you? Of course I will."

"Of course." You say.
"Well then, come on." She said, and gave you another kiss. The two of you finished your pancakes, and the conjured plates vanished into nothingness. "Make sure to bring Rikar. With my luck, we'll end up having to fight every goat on the continent." She said, with a giggle.

The two of you get off the ship, looking down from the balcony. Other than the eastern sea below, you see a port to the ocean, a large farming village full of Galadriel's Light, several goats amboling around inside of a pen, and a strange, stone monument.
"Let's go, shall we?" She asked, and the two of you went down the stairs down the prism, until you finally got to the ground. The two of you enter the village, where the elves seem to ignore you, for the most part.
"Excuse me." Kaliel said, speaking to one of the elves who were watching the goats with a wary eye.
"Yes ma'am?"
"I'm a traveling wizard, and I'd like to examine any dire goats, if you have them, for my studies.
"Well, they keep getting into the Galadriel's Light..." He said, after a moment, and touched his chin. "There's the big one in the back you can examine. He ain't no use anymore because he gets angry when you prod him."
"Thank you." She said, and gave him a smile. He opened the gates to the pen for you two, and Kaliel immediately walks toward the back. Instead of short, nubby horns like the rest, the dire goat had four, sprawling, sharp horns, and it was nearly twice as large as the others.

Rolled 34

>>20893218
"Hang on, Kali."
Do that spell we did on Grayson, when we first met him.
Calm animal.

>>20893218
"I think he's having us on, Kali."

Rolled 86

>>20893237
Support roll?

Rolled 26

>>20893237
C'mon, Dice Gods! don't be a bunch of assholes today!

"Hang on, Kali." You say, and bring forth your magic, trying your best to calm the goat. It's head bobs, slightly, and the thing's eyes half-closed.
"... You know I was just going to send it to sleep, right?" She asked, and gave you another smile. She knelt near it, and raised her hands, gently running her fingers through the goat's rugged, tangled fur. It bleated at her, half-heartedly, but your spell held sway.

She pulled out her papers, and quickly started scribbling. You see that the largest, most significant markings were bolder, and they seemed more individual, compared to the smaller, more numerous ones, which were little more than dashes and curves.
"The larger ones say what shape the animal is in." She mumbled to you, as her words calmed the beast. "The smaller ones say how thick the fur is, or the color, or how large it gets."
After a few more minutes of mumbling, she finally pulled her hand away, and the goat was completely snoring, asleep.

"Now I just need to do that to another goat." She said, looking this way and that. She walked over to one of the smaller goats, and started to touch it- but it leaped away adroitly, bleating at her- it sounded almost like laughter.

Rolled 53

>>20893314
Calm the goat

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>>20893314
I know exactly what we need.

Are the goats born dire, or it's a effect of the exposition to the magic from Galadriel's Light?

While Kaliel chases after the goat, you reach out with your magic, and calm the goat, which eventually stops, panting, and still laughing at Kaliel. Giggling back at it, she put her hands on it, scribbling down on the paper. You turn to the fey who was watching the two of them.
"Are the goats born dire, or is it an effect of being exposed to the magic from Galadriel's Light?"
"They ain't born dire." He said. "It comes from the ones that get out of the pen and start chewing on the things. Then I wake up and there's a big one with four horns." He said, and frowned. "Can't wait 'til I can afford a spellcrystal that keeps 'em in. Once that bridge is done, I think trading with that new kingdom in the warped lands'll help with money."

>>20893418
"Well, that's good. It'd be terrible if that bridge was built for nothing."

>>20893418
Note to self: Feed a Galadriel's Light to the squirrel.

"Isn't them getting bigger good? You get more milk and more meat."

"Well, that's good." You say. "It'd be terrible if that bridge was built for nothing."
"Well, the judicator Kyvann made the councilors a lot of promises considering that bridge." The fey said. "If the bridge does nothing new, it's worth his job."
"Isn't getting bigger good? You get more milk and more meat."
"Not at all. Dire goats get angry. You can't get milk from a dire goat. You try, it'll skewer you. They even skewer their own young. We do get more meat, but ya' have to kill the thing first, and that isn't easy when one's horns can punch through orichalum like it was paper. We're lucky that thing hasn't gotten very angry yet."

Rolled 52

>>20893493
Enchant a crystal with the calm animal spell and give it to the elfdude.

>>20893493
"I see. Do you want me to kill it while it's asleep?"

Rolled 95

>>20893493
To be fair, we're using magic to keep them sedate.

>>20893557
Aaaaaaand now every animal in a 5-mile radius is chill as fuck.

Rolled 37

>>20893493
WE MUST WROUGHT FROM THE VERY FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE THE INFLATABLE FISH BALLOON OF CALM DIRE GOATS!

You take one of the looted crystals from your broken armor out, and with your magic, you weave a spell around the crystal- one to calm animals, dire or not, and your arms glow, softly, as the crystal turns from pale blue into a dark purple, and you give him the crystal.
"... This doesn't look like it was made by a crafter." He said, turning it around in his palm. "What's it do?"
"It calms animals." You say. He grins, and slides it into his bracer, which had only one of three sockets already full.
"Well, thanks." He said. "You're just giving it to me? You don't want anything for it?"

>>20893590
You've already let us examine your goats, thats enough.

Well, I have to go. We should eventually ask Kaliel what she thinks about us being too serious.

>>20893590
"It wasn't much trouble to enchant, and you're letting us look at your goats. Are spell crystals valuable? I thought they were meant to be common for elves."

"You've already let us examine your goats. That's enough."
"You're a kind girl." He said, after a moment. He looked down to the crystal again.
"It wasn't much trouble to enchant." You say. "Are spell crystals valuable? I thought they were meant to be common for elves."
"They are. Certain types." He said. "One for heat, or moving things at a distance, those you can get for just a few notes. But the ones custom made by crafters are expensive. Only nobles can get 'em unless you save up." He said. "Something like this would be worth two or three of those goats." He said.

Rolled 15

We should really start looking for the dwarf and the artifact thing, if wizardry gets destroyed we wont be able to have children with Kal. Unless we become the dude, but still, rolling to scry.

>>20893726
>Get the Gearworks before she does. It cannot be scried, even with your power. That is one of it's abilities. But when it reappears. . .you'll know.
Yeah, good one. There basically is nothing to do except wait.

>>20893726
Why do people never learn. Never roll for scrying. Just stop.

>>20893699
I wonder if Kaliel would want one or two of the goats. Should ask her.

>>20893762
Scry the dwarf not the gearworks. Or shit travel to Dwarfville, find dwarf, kill dwarf or remove the knowledge of the gearworks from his head. We need to go over there to bitch slap snake people anyways.

>>20893699
"Interesting. Sadly I don't think they'd fit well on our airship. But in the future I'm sure you'll find the new kingdom's Queen Ishelda quite willing to negotiate to purchase some of your goats, New Arcturus could use some more variety of livestock, is there anything about their diet, preferred environment that I should know?"

>>20893821
The dwarf will be in dwarf lands. If he's leading them to war he'll be high-profile and not exactly hard to find when we go over there. Why do we need to scry him now in the middle of doing something completely different? We don't. We have a couple of months before he destroys wizardry. This trip is going to last one day. Just enjoy the time alone with Kal.

You close your eyes, and once again, you try to scry. For Tyr, or for the Gearworks... and your magic, once again, tears it's way out of your body, and your head starts aching, your legs trembling. You wobble, and the farmer catches you.
"Be careful, girl." He said. "Maybe you should eat more. Here, have some." He said, handing you a large bag of lembas bread. "Everybody needs to eat, even powerful wizards like you two. Anyone who doesn't, must not be people."
He chuckled, as if it were a joke, and nodded to Kaliel as she came back.
"Thank you, sir."
"Oh, I don't mind." He said. "Just glad to have some visitors. Nobody comes to this prism, nowadays, even with our history here."

Rolled 56

>>20893865
"What happened? I must say I'm not familiar with Elven history."

>>20893865
"Oh? What /is/ the history here?"

>>20893865
"Could you tell us about that history? You've piqued my curiosity."

>>20893865
>You close your eyes, and once again, you try to scry
WHY? One idiot suggests it and then we do it. Again. For fuck's sake.

"What's the history here?"

"What happened? I must say, I'm not familiar with elven history, and you've piqued my curiosity."
"Most aren't, not even the nobles." He said. "They forget. We first came here from the east, fleeing other elves. Fleeing the wizards, mostly, who wanted us non-wizards as servants and slaves. An elven wizard named Jaridan raised a boat from the waters as we fled from the golems, and we all left. The wizard spent all of his energy, sending us across the sea. That monument over there? That monument is his grave, and it's the first place we set foot. This was before the prisms, before the spellcrystals, and before Eidolon. Jaridan was a real hero, rather than Eidolon, and everybody forgets him."

Rolled 81

>>20893933
Rolling to scry the number of pimples that were on Jaridan's ass.

>>20893933
We must honor this man's memory.

>>20893933
Mutter under our breath "Eidolon was a complete jerk."

"Did the stories mention anything about how he made the boat? What sort of boat it was?"

Then head to the monument, look at it, and place our hand on it.

>>20893945
Why must we always try to scry things first? We can try that in a bit if needed.

>>20893945
You're kind of a bitch.

Rolled 96

>>20893966
Rolling to interrupt our holiday and waste all our magic energy scrying how much of a bitch I am.

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>>20893985

Rolled 57

>>20893985
the rolls keep getting betterrrr

>>20893999
>>20894000
Fuckin' trips man. Also, I laughed.

>>20893985
Don't need to scry to do that.

You mutter about Eidolon being a jerk, and then speak up.
"Did the stories mention anything about how he made the boat? What sort of boat it was?"
"Not at all." He said. "I only heard that he made a boat, and created a storm to push us to this continent. Feykind was born in this place... although I suppose we still have kin to the east, now that I think about it."

You make your way to the monument, and see a few words in elven, and put your hand on it... and you hear the wind blowing, in the back of your mind, and a muffled cry you can't discern.

>>20894012
To late we're doing it now it doesn't matter if people object.

>>20894027
Only one person objected to the scrying attempt, and that was a legitimate post, you are just being a bitch.

>>20894026
Close our eyes, listen to the wind, and try to make out what the cry is saying.

>>20894026
It was a stupid post.
One person for + one person against = zero net support for the idea
I look forward to finding out exactly how much of a bitch I'm being with that excellent scrying roll.

You close your eyes for a moment, and for a flash, you see a stormy night, and an enormous ship, made of stone. At the helm, was a fey, hunched over the wheel, his cloak covering most of his form. What you do see is gray, and pale, his eyes deep and sunken.
A woman comes near, and speaks with him a little. The fey doesn't respond, simply pushing the storm onwards, staring outwards. Clearly, you feel the presence of evocation...

And blood magic.

With a creeping realization, you have a feeling that you know what happened to Jaridan.
He collapsed, quite suddenly, and someone cried his name.

You pull your hand away from the stone.

>>20894141

<inb4 Jaridan was Dras'leas lover.

>>20894180
That's stupid, Jaridan is obviously Eidolon and Eidolon's happily married.

>>20894180
>>20894190

Moving on.

>>20894141

Head back to Kaliel see if there's we can help with.

If not, chat it up a bit more with the elf. See what else he can tell us about their history and such.

>>20894125
>Wah someone's post got considered when I didn't want it to be, now I'm gonna passively complain about it till I get my way.

Don't need a roll, you are a mega bitch.

>>20894223
It really didn't make sense in terms of the context what was happening. To just randomly scry something.

From my view point it just attempt to jump off one plot to another. Really Just no need for it.

You look back to Kaliel.
"Is there anything I can help with?"
"Well, surprisingly, that's it." She said. "It's rather boring when I'm not fighting for my life."
As she said that, the dire goat got to it's feet, shaking off the spell, and huffed, angrily-

And then it's eyes half-lidded again, as the farmer held up his bracer, the purple crystal gleaming with power.
"Don't worry, I'll get a Keeper to put 'em down." He said. "Be safe, ladies."

>>20894223
But it was stupid. Things have a time and a place. You don't just suddenly stop petting goats to scry another continent for no apparent reason.

>passively complain about
...what could I do that would be active?
Yes my response is massively out of proportion and bitchy, so what?

>>20894264
"Well if there's nothing else you have to do here, Kaliel, shall we had back?"

I can't think of anything else here in elf lands to do.

>>20894338
We could go speak to Kyvann. We haven't talked to him for ages. I don't really have anything to say to him though.

"Well, if there's nothing else you have to do here, Kaliel, shall we head back?"
"We shall." She said, and linked her arm with yours, leading you back up the prism and to the Sparrow.
"Now, we just go south to the lizardman lands." She said, keying the crystal. "And then I need to compare and contrast the two goats. It'd probably be easier if they were twins, but... oh well."

>>20894422
"He said the goats turn dire from eating Galadriel's light. You could make two completely identical goats and then feed one some to turn it dire."

"He said the goats turn dire from eating Galadriel's Light. You could make two completely identical goats, and then feed one some to turn it dire..."
"Created creatures act differently with magic, usually." She said. "I don't know how that will throw off being dire or not. Things like this doesn't act like wizardry." She said, and flipped open her binder, putting three stacks of paper in front of her- one with the markings of the normal goat, one with the markings of the dire goat, and a third, blank stack. "So, what was that with the monument?" She asked, as she got three differently colored inks ready. "You... looked rather strange."

>>20894505
"I managed to get a bit of history from it. It was a monument and tomb to the man who first brought the elves to this continent. Turns out he used blood magic on himself to do it too."

>>20894505
Wait till we are out of earshot of the elves to confer what we have learned.

"Jerridan seems to have been consumed by blood magic."

Rolled 74

"Visions of the past, learning the truths behind myths, the usual using my sorcery for absolutely anything I find remotely entertaining. By the way, look, magic!"

>Shoot a tree, change the color of its leaves

Rolled 29

>>20894572
Make the color be non burning flame.

Fire tree

"I managed to get a bit of history from it." You say. "It was a monument, and a grave to the man who first brought the elves to this continent. Turns out, he used blood magic on himself to do it too."
"...Blood magic?" She asked, and frowned. "That kind of sacrifice..."
She sighed. "I wonder what was so bad that he was willing to give up his life for it."

Sparrow shot away from the prism, coasting toward the south, moving almost more quickly than you could believe, while Kaliel kept writing the same runes on the third copy, changing inks ever so often, from black to green to red, and back again, with black mostly dominating the page.

>>20894631
"What do the different colors mean?"

>>20894631
Well we shouldn't disturb her work, and there's probably nothing to do on the ship. Chat with somebody over the rings. Who haven't we talked to recently?

>>20894654
Let her finish first. Then ask that.

"What do the different colors mean?" You ask.
"Well, the black is something that both share. The very nature of being a goat, I suppose. Then red is the things that a dire goat has that the normal one doesn't, and the green are the things that a normal goat has, that the dire one doesn't. Although the green is mostly minute changes that just come... naturally, from having different blood. Except... maybe..."

Her eyes widened a fraction, and started scribbling faster.

>>20894654
Black is stuff that's on both goats, red is dire goat, green is normal goat?

>>20894707
Let's just watch her scribble.

She continued scribbling, eyes wide., and then finished comparing the two. The green runes stick out, rare...
"These are all related, somehow." She said, tapping each green rune. "But there's no sort of pattern to them." and then grabbed a knife, slashing the final piece of paper into ribbons, switching and swapping the order the runes went in, switching them around. She slashed off the blue bits, and moved them, too. "These are related too, but not changes from being dire, but changes from being born to different parents..."

She gulped, and looked up.
"I need to do one of these for you, your father, and Marigold." She said. "I think.... I think I can figure out how talents work through bloodlines. Maybe. Possibly. Probably not."

>>20894833
"Well, Marigold isn't actually descended from the bloodline with the sorcery talent."
as far as I know, according to the family tree picture that's floating around

>>20894833
"Ok. You want to do me now?"
She's blatantly not going to figure it out. Because then she could create an army of squirrels with sorcery and we'd win the whole quest.

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"Well, Marigold isn't actually descended from the bloodline with the sorcery talent." You say, scratching out your family tree on a nearby piece of paper, as was drilled into your mind at a young age.
"I know, but look here- your great grandmother is her great grandmother, and that's what's important." She said. "It would probably be a lot easier if I had a whole family to work with, but I don't know anyone with a large family including multiple generations."

>>20894909
"So what exactly would you need us to do?"

>>20894909
You could ask Belethor. His family tree ought to be interesting.

>>20894909
Sorcery stuck to the line of male kings. And fathers sorcery is not like mine. And my mother will complicate your drawings a bit.

Say, could you write one for dres lea?

>>20894909
"The kobalds probably have a full family structure."

>>20894909
We have quite a few citizens I'm sure there are some large families out there. At a guess the lizardmen would be a good start for such a search.

btw something that I find quite unsettling: Every now and then when I use quick reply there is already something written in the box. This time I didn't remove the following for example:
>>20894909
>as far as I know, according to the family tree picture that's floating around

>>20895046
It's when ever you highlight something then click the post number to quick reply. It will auto fill with the highlighted bit.

>>20895046
Which is weird because I wrote that, not you. Unless you are me, and I just have some serious short term memory loss.

"So what exactly would you need us to do?"
"Well, I just kind of need to examine you the way I've learned to examine everything. With my crystal and a touch. I've, uh, never done it on people before because it's impolite."
"Okay." You say. "You want to do me, now?"
"In which way do you mean?" She asked, giving you a sly grin. "No, no, I'm kidding. Yeah, we don't have much else to do up here."

"Sorcery stuck to the line of male kings." You say. "And father's sorcery is not like mine, and my mother will complicate your drawings a bit."
"Probably." She said. "But the more evidence I have, the easier this will be. I won't have to extrapolate as much."
"Say, could you write one for Dras'lea?"
"Probably, if I could get her to stand still." She said, putting a hand on your shoulder and giving you a kiss, before taking a quill in hand.
"Here goes."

>>20895088
Stand still.

Rolled 98

>>20895088
We are the MOST still!

>>20895088
Pull funny faces to distract her.

"Does shapeshifting work? Can you still get family lines? Maybe you could compare me and father, and us again as kalak."

>>20895146
That is pretty fucking still. I hope you didn't stop our heart or something.

>>20895088
Make sure we are getting all flustered, because she's looking at us all over. Even our innards. Even _those_ innards.

>>20895160
If this queening thing doesn't work out, we could paint ourselves gold and get a gig busking as a statuette.

You stand perfectly still, watching her eyes trail all over your body, looking... through your clothing, you know. You shift, slightly, and your cheeks go pink.
"The kobolds probably have a full family structure." You say.
"But I thought kobolds just threw all their eggs in a pile, and I don't think they have talents." She said.
"Well, we have quite a few citizens. I'm sure there are some large families out there. At a guess, the lizardmen would be a good start for such a search."
"Maybe. I'll ask around, when we get home." She says, and looks back up to you, where you pulled a funny face at her. She fought to keep hers own perfectly straight.
"You know, you're *really* fit." She said, suddenly.

>>20895242
"Well, I've done a lot of training you know. Even before Old Arcturus fell to the demons, I had militia training."

>>20895242
"Umm, thanks. I've been training physically most of my life."

>>20895242
"Of course. I have to keep in shape for all that world-saving I do."

>>20895242
"All the better to hug things with.

You should have seen Dras'lea. Completely the opposite."

Also, as if she didn't noticce that last night.

Wait, if are ultra fit, does that mean our boobs are smaller then they should be?

"Of course." You say. "I've done a lot of training, you know. Even before Old Arcturus fell to the demons, I had militia training. And it's all the better to hug things with."
She looked down to the paper, scribbled a few more things, and added some question marks in red ink, and then nodded.
"Well, I need to do another few humans, but this is good for now." She said, giving you a kiss.
"You should have seen Dras'lea. Completely the opposite."
"Next time you talk to her, ask her if she can stay still and remove that cloak of hers, so I can examine her too." She said, and gave you a second kiss, pushing herself closer to you, and giving you a hug, before putting the paper away.

>>20895365
"So. What now?"

>>20895365
<Dras'lea, come and strip for my girlfriend.>

>>20895405
As amusing as that would be, (And it really is amusing.) let's not.

>>20895434
Ah, I thought he had a good idea!

>>20895365
"Your being a bit forward today."

Put arms around her neck and fall backwards onto the bed.

"turn me kalak, I want to try that preening thing again."

<Dras'lea, come and strip for my girlfriend.>
<I am busy.> Comes her response, immediately, and she breaks off the connection.
"So... what now?"
"I could show you the new form I've been working on after I left the island." She said. She peeled off her robe, and making sure nobody was nearby except for you, shrugged off her living armor, and then closed her eyes. You feel her heart beat a rhythm you've never heard before, and suddenly... there was an enormous tiger standing there, a deep red, save for black stripes, and The Soul was piercing the tiger's ear.
<I ... based it off of a lion, and the dragon, and my kitten.> She said, the tip of her tail twitching. <And I knew you liked fluffy things, so...>

>>20895509
[X] touch fluffy
"What features of a dragon does it have?"

>>20895509
[]touch fluffy tail

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>>20895509
[x] Touch the Fluffy

"I love you so much."

>>20895509
[X] Touch the fluffy

"Fluffy!"

"You look somehow adorable and menacing at the same time. I love it."

"Fluffy!" You cry, giving her a hug. She pushed her forehead into the crook of your neck.
<This is exactly the response I was looking for.> She said.
"What features of a dragon does it have?"
<Mostly the skeleton.> She said. <And the paws. It makes me more flexible, and a bit stronger. I still need to learn how to use it, though... I got the fluff from the kitten, and the rest is mostly the lion, but I didn't like the way the mane looked.>
You tighten your hug. "I love you, so much." You say, and she somehow returns your hug, and starts... purring.
<... What is this.> She said, suddenly. <I don't know why I'm doing this... and I can't control it. The... growling thing. I don't mean to growl at you, I'm sorry, I'm happy!>

>>20895657
"That's called purring. It's probably from the kitten."

>>20895657
Exactly like a kitty!

So cute!

Rolled 100

>>20895657
Become a catmonster like her!

>>20895746
What's with the rolls in this thread?

>>20895746
Here we go!

>>20895746
I...I...WHY!

>>20895746
Well... At least it's not a retarded thing to use a 100 on.

>>20895746
Astral fire breathing cat-tiger?

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>>20895746
OH BOY, ANOTHER SUPER CRIT!

"That's called purring." You say, and hug her more tightly. "It's probably from the kitten."
<Maybe.> She responded... and then laid on you, pinning you down under the eternal fluffiness of Kaliel's belly.

So, of course, you do the only reasonable thing, and bring forth your own magic, twisting your form into a near-identical version of hers, only pure white instead of a deep red. Quickly, you writhe under her, and pin her down under your own catlike prowess.

<... Hi.> She responded.

>>20895793
lick her face.
<Hi.>

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>>20895746

>>20895793
<Magic!>

>>20895810
This, then initiate lesbian draco-tiger procedings.

>>20895784
It's a silly thing to use a 100 on, we could do it with a 50. It's not really going to be any different with a 100, unlike other spells with variable effects. But it's not like you can control when you roll 100s, that would defeat the point.

>>20895793
<Now we are both fluffy!>

<Double the fluffy! Double the fun!>

>>20895829
Agreed. It's just feels like a waste.

>>20895810
Yeah, that.

>>20895829
We have finally acheved FLUFFY! Ishelda's life goal is complete.

But seriouslly, hopefully we can shift to this form for cheaper or more reliably or something. Don't argue with the dice.

>>20895854
Nat 100's show up when thematically appropriate. Especially if it's relatively unimportant to something like fighting.
Just think of it like being the only possible way the story could go.

<Hi.> You respond, and lick her. Subconsciously, something... changes with your breathing, and you start purring.
You swish your tail, and move this way and that. Even with sorcery, you usually still have something to learn about the body, something that you need to practice, like kalak flight... but now, Now you're as elegant as you always are, even in human form.
<I somehow expected you to do that.> Kaliel admitted, before rolling onto her back, curling up.

>>20895854
As I said, it's not a waste because you can't control them. The only way to never 'waste' 100s is to only ever roll for awesome world-shattering spells, which is stupid. I guess we could have got Kal to transform us instead of trying to do it ourselves this time. But then we wouldn't have got that 100 at all, so what difference does it make?

>>20895935
Pounce on her!

"I'm fluffy! So very fluffy! You are the best girlfriend in all the realms!"

>>20895939
That's why I said it 'feels' like one. Not that it is.

Just RNG is something I've never really liked. I prefer to have more control over things. Eh. I really don't know why I like games based around chance so don't ask.

>>20895935
<I wonder if Lizardflok would be upset if we just stayed like this. So fluffy>

>>20895935
<Seeing as I can transform into stuff without knowing how it works, like this and that snake thing, could you examine them and turn stuff I just thought up on the spot into real creatures? Do imaginary creatures I turn into look 'made' like the other things?>

<I'm fluffy! So very fluffy!> You cry, and rear back on your hind legs for a moment. Powerful, draconic muscles push you forward, and agily, you pounce on her, rubbing your own cheek against hers. <You are the best girlfriend in all the realms!>
<I'm glad you think so.> She responded, and licked your eye.
<I wonder if the lizardfolk would be upset if we just stayed like this.> You say. <So fluffy.>
<We could call Vithriel, tell her what's going on...> She said, tilting her head. <... and now she's laughing at me. Wonderful.>

>>20896103
<Fluffy is not to be laughed at! Our fluffy is powerful and commands respect!> Attempt to roar, meow instead.

>>20896103
<Pfff. Just jealous of us and our fluffyness.>

>>20896103
<Fluffy is nice, but I still need to command respect somehow. Being queen of fluffy probably doesn't, unfortunately.>

>>20896103
"Fluffy fluffy fluffy."

I think we're incapacitated for the day.

<You should do your crystal thingy, check that I'm the same as you. The sorcery might have taken some shortcuts, or done some innards differently.>

<I wonder why every form I take is white.>

<Fluffy is nice, but I still need to command respect somehow.> You say. <Being queen of fluffy probably doesn't, unfortunately.>
<Just show them your teeth.> She said. And if you can figure out how to flatten your fur, you'll look less adorable and more imposing.
A few experiments later, you figure not only how to flatten your fur... but to puff them up. Kaliel starts giggling at you. <You're fluffier than Dariel, now!> She said, rolling on her back.
<I wonder why every form I take is white.>
<It's your hair color.> She responded. <Shapeshifting likes to do that sort of thing, usually. I'm surprised Raz doesn't have blue hair.>

>>20896199
><And if you can figure out how to flatten your fur, you'll look less adorable and more imposing.>
>This was meant to be spoken, not narrated.

>>20896199
She has beautiful raven hair. That's practically the same thing in humans.

Humans don't normally have white hair though.

<She has beautiful raven hair.> You respond. <That's practically the same thing in humans.>
<Yeah, that's a good point.> She said, getting, once again, to her paws to peer over the edge of the ship.
<Humans normally don't have white hair, though.> You say.
<Well, your father does, and his father does, and so on, I remember hearing.> She said. <But Marigold doesn't... so your white hair is probably linked to sorcery.>

>>20896344
<Do I have purple or blue eyes in this form.>

<Tricked you! I don't care, I just wanted to stare into your eyes.>

>>20896344
<Hmm, when we get back, you should examine father to confirm that.
No ogling though, Raz got her eyes on him.>

>>20896476
>No ogling though, Raz got her eyes on him
Our girlfriend shouldn't ogle our father whether her sister wants him or not.

<Hmm, when we get back, you should examine father to confirm that. No oogling, though, Raz got her eyes on him.>
<Well, if I want to ogle somebody, I'd just ask you to turn into a man.> She said. <Your, um, tailfeather dance was really something.>

<Do I have purple, or blue eyes in this form?> You ask, grinning. You felt rather euphoric, and you weren't quite sure why. Amber eyes met yours, as she prowled closer to you.
<They're bright purple.> She responded. <Glowing, almost, like you're always using sorcery.>
<Tricked you~> You say, and lick her again. <I don't care, I just wanted to stare into your eyes.>
<....> She seemed to deliberate a moment. <I don't really know how things would work in this form...> She said, sidling up close to you. <So how about we both go human- or kalak- and... well...kill some time.>

>>20896522
But fluffy.... I have such bad luck with fluffy I might never be able to be fluffy again!

>>20896522
God damn, if Ishelda and Kali live long enough some really depraved shit is going to go down. Two shoggoths going at it is not something I want to see.
Just kidding, you know it is.

>>20896522
<...I'm not sure how things would work in Kalak form. Let's find out.>

>>20896522
Nope. We just did that yesterday. Fluffy is more important.
<Isn't finding out half the fun?>
<How much time do we have to kill?>

>>20896522
okay.jpg

>I'm fapping so hard right now.

How about: we get her back into kalak or human form, then make good use of purring.

>>20896605
heh.
"you first."
Then pounce on her

How about some preening? Go Kalak.

lets not get too kinky now folks, this is two teenage girls here. lets try to stay in character.

i vote that, since we initiated things last night, kaliel takes the lead this time. only fair.

<... I'm not sure how things would work in Kalak form.> You respond. <Let's find out.>
<Well, erm, Neiriel explained a few things to me and Raziel...> She said.

You end up on your side, wings spread, and your feathers tingling all over, cuddling with Kaliel, when something in the front of the ship rings.
"We're there." She whispered, preening the crook of your neck.

>>20896671
"I don't wanna get up."

>>20896671
Get up, make tea, be prepared to meet people.

"I don't wanna get up." You say. She ruffles her wings, and next thing you know, you're on your feet, pulled upright by Kaliel. Strange... you're just as graceful in kalak form as you were in the Kaliel's tiger form.
"Now you're up." She said. "You want to go human for this? I'll need to, because I need to be human for my armor."

>>20896671
Wait, we're a kalak. There is only one correct course of action.

Shake those tailfeathers!

>>20896841
You go human. I'll be here, shaking my tailfeathers.

>>20896841
"I'll stay Kalak for now."

>>20896841
"Actually, I think I'll try out lizardwoman."

>>20896864
This

>>20896841
Go human, less confusions around.
<Odd, why did you make the armor for human form?>

>>20896883
Feathers, IIRC. They interfere'd with the skintight biosuit.

>>20896883
Because it needs skin contact and kalak form has feathers. That's why she's naked underneath.

>>20896853
Why not. Seems like we're Kalak half the time anyways.

>>20896864
Lizardwoman

>>20896902
>>20896897
Ah, that makes sense.

<Say, what would it take for you to make me a suit of living armor?>

>>20896935
It was originally going to be for us but it only works for the person casting the spell so she made it for herself instead.

You're not here in an official capacity, anyways, and your armor was destroyed, so you don't exactly need to be human right now. "... I think I'll try out lizardwoman." You say.
"Lizardwoman?" She asked, and giggled. "Okay. I'm curious how you'll look."

She closed her eyes, and pushed the soft pads on the palms of her talons against you, and you feel her heartbeat shift...

And suddenly you banged your head against the ceiling, while your feet suddenly feel much, much too long, and they feel like they were made to swish from side to side, like exaggerating your hips when you walk. Strangely, you intuitively know how to move this form, too.
"I'm sorry!" She said, putting her talons over her cheeks. "I wasn't thinking that lizardwomen were so large. You, uh, should be able to fit out of the doorway."

>>20897006
"I thought it'd take a bit more getting used to. Though everything seems too small, or maybe I'm too long.

How do I look?"

>>20897006
>your feet suddenly feel much, much too long, and they feel like they were made to swish from side to side, like exaggerating your hips when you walk
Uh, don't the women have snake tails?

>>20897006
"Hmm... It seems that I can use this form intuitively, even though it was wizardry that changed me into it. How do I look?"

>>20897006
"Ouch."

Head outside whilst rubbing head.

See how much we slur our s's

We should try dragon before our hyper shapeshifting wears off.

>>20897033
Same. Odd.

Maybe we misread something somewhere. Or Exabyte changed the cannon again.

"Hmm, it seemsss that I can ussse this form intuitively." You say, looking at your legs- they still feel like your legs, though they're only limb. Strange, how your human mind translates the more exotic forms. You lick your teeth, and they're all pointed. Your face was long and crocodilian, your eyes set back. "How do I look?" You ask.
"Well, you're green!" She said. "Mostly. You have little white spots here, on your chest, and a lot of white spots on your head and snout. And the soft scales on your belly are really pale..."

You look this way and that, and you see that the greens of everything seem slightly muted, making other colors stand out, and making your skin look a pale, pale green.
"Can I ride on your tail?" She asks, as she shifts into human form and climbs into her living armor.

>>20897107
>only one limb*

>>20897033
>>20897106
>They have tails. You're used to being human your entire life, so they still *feel* like legs.

>>20897107
"Of course, you let me ride you as a dragon after all... though this doesn't really compare."

>>20897107
"Of course you can dear. It'll be a bit of a swishy ride but it ought to work.

Shall we? It'd be rude to keep Vithriel waiting."

>>20897107
"Ssssure."

>>20897124
Ok. I would have thought only having one limb would stand out more as a new feeling than swishy hips.

>>20897124
Ah. Okay then.

>>20897107
I'm hoping we're not going to upset any diplomatic relations by showing the other lizardwoman mothers that people can shapeshift to look like them and infiltrate their ranks.

Regardless, let's get abovedeck and find something delicious to drink: SWAMPBREW!

>>20897165
If I remember right those that aren't mothers are simply females of the lizardflok and hold no special power at all. So hopefully not at all.

>>20897165
We can say it's awesome sorcery and they know we can do anything but there's only one sorceress.
Besides, we have lizardmen followers so we basically are a Mother anyway.

>>20897183
The Mothers probably like New Arcturis more than the other human nations.

"Finally! Humans who organize their society the right way!"

>>20897193
>Indeed. Nahzit sometimes slips up and literally calls you 'Mother Ishelda'

"Of coursse. You let me ride you as a dragon, after all... though thiss doesn't really compare."
She frowned. "I know how fun it probably is, but it's not polite to do the 'ssss' thing. And I'll ride you as a dragon later."
You pout, and stop extending your sibilants, while Kaliel climbs up onto what feels like the back of your thighs, and clings tightly to your butt, and you slither out of the cargo hold, into the sunlight, while Kaliel keys the airship to slowly set down.

"Greetings." One of the two lizardmen say, bowing to you. "We were, erm, told there would be two lion-like creatures in the ship. Has there been a change?"

>>20897225
Change, haha.

"Yes, yes there has."

"I TOLD you we should have stayed fluffy!"

>>20897225
"Indeed. We are here to see Vithriel."

>>20897225
"Yes, we are no longer fluffy."

>>20897225
<See, we should have stayed fluffy.>

"Yes, there has been. We've come to see Vithriel. If you can kindly guides us to her."

>>20897225
"Magic."

<I *told* you we should have stayed fluffy!>
<I think fluffiness might be some kind of drug to you, Ishelda.> She said.
"Yes, there has been. We've come to see Vithriel, if you can kindly guide us to her."
"As you wish." He said, bowing again, and the two of them trotted down a path you hardly remember, down into some deep tunnels, where you hear, once again, rushing water. You slither, following them, feeling the dirt and vines underneath your tail- it's a feeling that's almost impossible to explain- like the soles of you feet had become a dozen distinct segments. eventually, you reached the deep, watery chamber where Vithriel was, leaning back as if the water was a sauna.
"Kaliel! Come give your brother a hug. Well... whichever one of you Kaliel is." She said, leaning forward. Kaliel climbed off of your tail, and gave Vith a hug.
"I'm Kaliel." She said. "Though sometimes I have pigtails in my hair."
"Glad to see you. You too, Ishelda."

>>20897359
"Hi, Vithriel."

>>20897359
<The best kind of drug.>

"I was fluffy, but then Kaliel decided to make me all scaly, it's hardly as fun. I'm not sure how you manage."

Anyone remember the list of things we needed to talk to him about?

>>20897359
"Good to see you too Vithriel. I must say the tail takes some getting used to, but it's interesting.

So, aside from whatever Kal is here to talk to you about I have some things to talk to you about, you may need to bring them up with the rest of the Mothers though so I can wait until Kaliel is done hugging you."

>>20897359
<Point?>

"Good to see you too, Vithriel."

Give her/him a hug also!

"How things been sense the last time I was here? Also my tail look fat to you? Would that be good thing or bad thing?"

"Good to see you too, Vithriel." You say, giving her a hug. "How have things been since the last time I was here? Also, does my tail look fat to you? Would that be a good thing or a bad thing?"
"Well, we've been prospering." She responded. "The hobgoblin islands and the warped lands opened up at the same time, and it seems that every species, for some unknowable, unholy reason, likes swamp brew, so we're scaling up production of that and we're trading it. Also, your tail is pretty plump, but that's a good thing. Means you're more fertile, so it makes you attractive."

>>20897400
Uh...
We want mithril for armor.
Gehenna wants more vineapple and striplisk seeds.
I think there was a third thing but I can't remember it.

>>20897502
"Well, there's a few things we're here for. Kal's here to examine the singing crystals, and I was looking to get a substantial amount of Mithral, striplisk seeds, and vineapple seeds."

>>20897502
"Huh, not so sure I want to lay a clutch of eggs at the moment. That is what lizardmen do, right?"

"I do have a few buisness things to talk to you about, managing a country is a lot of work. Getting crops to grow in the wasteland isn't easy."

>>20897502
"Can we discuss trade negotiations for a bit? I'd like to start a trade route of Mithril, some more vineapples and striplisk seeds."
See if we can contact Gehenna to help us get a good deal.

>>20897502
"Huh. Well I'll let Kaliel start on her work first but we'll need to talk trade later."

I think it was just the seeds and mithril. At least that's all I remember.

>>20897505
>>20897560
I just checked, it's just seed and mythril. But I think more swamp brew is also a good idea.

>>20897600
If they're already upping production then it be safe bet that some of that is heading our way. But guess we should bring it up anyways.

"Huh, not so sure I want to lay a clutch of eggs at the moment. That is what lizardmen do, right?"
"Only after you get it on with some lizardmen." She said.
"Well, there's a few things we're here for." you say. "Kal's here to examine the singing crystals, and I was looking to get a substantial amount of mithril, striplisk seeds, vineapple seeds, and swamp brew."
"Yeah, yeah, I can swing that." She said. "I have a lot of clout here, now that the less agreeable mothers went to the island off to the west, and I have one of those rings, so I can talk to Gehenna about the specifics. Or talk to Velrid about talking to your steward. 'Henna really likes his 'proper channels.'"
She shrugged. "I can talk to him while you two make your way to the singing crystals. Why do you want to study them?"
"I'm curious." Kaliel said. "Just all of these oddities across the world that nobody understands."
"Hm. Fair enough. Those are actually why I came here in the first place. Just go down that path, it goes straight there."

The tunnel led you further down, past the point where vines turned into soil, and soil, into stone, deeper and deeper down the tunnel until you heard a strange humming, and saw a bright glow.

Kaliel took a few steps around the corner, and you followed. It was a large chamber, with two enormous crystals, standing in the back of the room, next to a perfectly smooth stone wall. The crystals were... strange, a dark red, and pulsed as they hummed.

>>20897679
Listen to the crystals, don't fiddle with anything but take a look at their magic, how it flows between them, that sort of thing.

>>20897679
Let's just look at the crystals, no interfacing with them or anything crazy like that.

Rolled 67

>>20897679
Red? Boring. Turn them purple.

>>20897691
>>20897698
Agreeing with them.

>>20897699
NO NO NO NO NO.

Do not fiddle with the mysterious singing crystals. DO NOT.

>>20897699
hows about no.

>>20897699
Just no. What the fuck.

>>20897679
See if we can match the humming noise. Is it constant or does it vary?

You don't touch the red crystals, just looking at them, examining them, and trying to feel the way they work, but there's something... deep there, something so deep and murky and hidden that you can't discern it. Something *ancient*, ancient beyond belief.

"I remember this." Kaliel said. "This was... in one of my dreams. During one of my passions. I just..."
She hovered her hand over one of the crystals.
"Put my hand here, and one of my... creatures came spilling out of the stone."

She hesitated, for a moment.
"Wh- what should I do?" She asked you.

>>20897679
Hum along. Is it a tune or just a sort of drone?

>>20897738
>Forgot to say;

>WAT DO?

>>20897738
"I wouldn't do it, unless you could control the creature that comes out."

Rolled 90

>>20897746

Shove obscene amounts of magic at it.

That usually works.

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>>20897738
[x] Awaken the ancient evil

>>20897738
"I don't know Kal. These thing are old, ancient. I wish we had Raz here to look at them with her mirror.

If you think you can control whatever comes out you should very carefully mess with it, after giving me a chance to get my sword out and seal this place off from the outside. If something bad comes out we don't want it to leave."

>>20897760
voting for this.

Rolled 83

>>20897746
"Let me see what it does first."
Rolling to for magic observation.

>>20897738
Maybe it was the home of the creator of those other things.

The twisted thing could be a guardian, or it might be sealed here. There's only one way forwards.

Sword up and at the ready, make sure both Kal and us have available magic, maybe summon a water elemental to keep guard as well.

>>20897738
"I'm not sure Kaliel. This is your trip and you're in charge here. You'll have to decide that yourself.

All I can say is this...this is really really old. Ancient kinda old. Just be careful, whatever you do.

I'll support you the best I can."

>>20897738
"What did the creature do, in your dream?"

>>20897787
Why water?
When it comes to horrible tentacle monsters I'd want to kill it with fire. Or at least have something solid like earth or crystal.

>>20897773
>>20897760
See >>20897761

>>20897760
>>20897773
Let's not poke it ourself, it seems to be attuned to Kal and her magic, let's observe, watch Kal's back, and try to investigate with care instead of brute force.

"I don't know, Kal." you say. "These things are old, ancient." You say. "If you think you can control whatever comes out, you should very carefully mess with it, after giving me a chance to get my sword out."
Kaliel took a few steps back, and gently touched your shoulder. Your body twisted, and you wobbled, once again in human form. You draw Rikar, just in case.
You quickly cast a spell to see the magic- and all you see is something dark, linked to the stone itself, and something beyond. It wasn't abjuration, like something sealed, you know that much...

"What did the creature do, in your dream?"
"It simply... burst out." She said. "And then I woke up. It was... the morning after we saw the sea serpents together." She said, still staring at the crystals. "After the serpent whispered something at me."

>>20897828
because on the off chance that it's not going to eat us or be neutral, a water elemental is a lot less threatening.

Also they're powered by emotions, and I thought water was a better one for 'Wanting to protect loved ones'.

>>20897843
"I could try making an earth elemental, and move the rock out of the way."

>>20897843
"Be very careful, Kali."

>>20897843
Put a ring on the crystal.
<Hi.>

>>20897843
Wait a moment, are we wearing clothes? I don't think we put any on due to shapeshifting.

>>20897884
Magic.

>>20897843
"What did the serpent whisper?

I want you to be extremely careful here Kal. I think something is sealed here and in my experience good things are very rarely sealed.

Unless you feel like you really have to do this I'm thinking that for something like this we should have Kris and a giant cannon waiting for whatever comes out."

>>20897843

<Vithriel, do you know anything about the singing crystal, because Kaliel and I are about to poke it.>

>>20897843
"Did your passion lead you to all of these places?"

"Let's hope the pattern doesn't hold this time. You've only got one life."

>>20897902
Agreeing with this. Really need don't need Cthulhu or the Overmind out and about.

>>20897902
Is leaving it alone an option? Because I'd really rather do that.

Rolled 86

>>20897884
All the better for tentacle rape.
But really if we have natural movement in shapeshifted forms now and we don't have any armor at the moment we should be something less squishy than a human. We could try troll, they regenerate anything and it probably can't breathe fire.

>>20897902
But it's not sealed. There's no abjuration magic. It's just chillin', being a crystal.

>>20897960
>like something sealed, you know that much...

Close enough to be a seal.

>>20897975
>IT WASN'T like something sealed
Cool selective quoting bro.

>>20897975
It said it WASN'T like a seal. That being said it's a connection, a link to something strange and weird.

I think it's like a door, it's not locked but you still need someone to open it.

>>20897975
> It wasn't abjuration, like something sealed,
> wasn't
You forgot the key word

>>20897985
>>20897990
>>20897991
I stand corrected on my brainfart.

>>20897884
>Shapeshifting also shapeshifts your clothes. Advanced kalak-invented transmutation that human wizards can't do yet.

"Did your passion lead you to all of these places?"
"Not the goats." She said. "And not the spiders... but the island. It led me to the island."
<Vithriel, do you know anything about the singing crystals? Because Kaliel and I are about to poke it.>
<Poking it should be fine.> She responded. <It never reacted in any real way.>

She took a step closer to the crystal. The entire cavern started rumbling, and the humming got louder, and in the background, you could make out words. Singing, a chorus of tongues in a language you don't know, getting louder, and louder, until it was all you could hear.
<Be very careful, Kali.> You say. <I think something is sealed here, and in my experience, good things are very rarely sealed.>
<I'll be safe.> She said, and raised her hand. <I promise.>

Without waiting for your response, she touched the crystal.
>Field too long!