Before your eyes were even completely open, you were already donning your armor, Rikar on one hip, and your spellbook on the other. With a glance out the window, you see that the archers are on the walls, firing wildly at something at the gates to Redglares' orders, and lizardmen with glaives in hand, standing behind orcish knights wielding longsword and tower shield, Nahzit ordering the knights into formation, locking their shields together.
Kaliel opened an eye.
"Morning, Ishy." She said, a pleased, content smile on her face. Then she noticed your expression, and sat up, holding the covers over herself, eyes widening. "Something wrong?"

>>21254655
"Grandpa has come to visit."

>>21254655
"Demon."
Then get out there.

>>21254655
"Demon."
<Grayson, trouble.>
Get out there, quick.
After how badly he was injured last time he has to realise charging head on by himself is suicidal. That means something fishy is going on. And unknown dangers are the worst dangers.

>>21254655
"Demons."
<We're under demon assualt. Full alert.>

"Demons." You say.
"I...." She said, trailing off, and nodded, climbing out of the covers and into her living armor, which fastened itself around her, bony fingers serving as clasps, as long bat wings were conjured from her back, and long, sharp claws grew from her armor's hands. The armor's tail whipped this way and that. "I'm ready."
<We're under demon assault.> You say, to everyone in the castle, as you run down the stairs and out of the keep. Grayson materialized by your side. <Full alert.>
<Buh... what?> Zeke asked.
<I'm there.> Lea added.
When you get down to Nahzit, Leon, and Kristoph in the courtyard, the lizardman turns to you.
"It's only the one, your majesty." Nahzit said. "He's been coming straight here, not stopping for civilians, and it seems like our arrows are costing him something- they keep bursting into hellfire and turning into ash. We can keep it up for now, but we'll run out eventually."

>>21254740
"Has he said anything? And why do we have so few arrows?"

>>21254740
"Straight here? Is he fighting back at all?"

>>21254740
"Stop firing until he shows that he's here for a fight, I'll attempt to speak with him."

Rolled 60

>>21254740
any expenditure of energy on his part is a good thing keep firing.

see if we can get some on on the Jomaguard to give us air support.

get to the top of the wall magically amplify out voice and ask the demon what it wants get set to doge hell fire.

"Has he said anything? And why do we have so few arrows?"
"Well, we have few *now*." Kristoph said, black humor permeating his voice. "The dickhead keeps burning them. But no, he hasn't said anything. But he's the same one you stabbed in the eyes, from what little I saw. Hasn't said anything, though."
"Straight here? Is he fighting back at all?"
"No, not at all. But Redglare made the decision to open fire." Nahzit said, and looked to the gate.
"Stop firing until he shows that he's here for a fight." You say, and then you hear Redglare call something out to the archers. They each stop firing, and there was stillness.

There was sudden bang from the gate. And then a second, and a third.
"... Is he knocking?" Leon asked, his conjured blade already in his hand.

>>21254794
"Maybe. It's possible that he's not here to fight at all."
Go up to the wall, yell down at him.
"Why are you here?"

>>21254794
"This is just too weird. Don't let your guard down."
Let's go see what he wants.

"Maybe." You say. "It's possible that he's not here to fight at all. But don't let your guard down."

You make your way to the top of the wall, stepping past the archers, and look down at the demon. There it stood, heavily built, enormous wings spanning from his back, and demonic talons digging into the ash beneath his feet. Six black horns stuck from his skull, and two wickedly hooked tusks from his mouth. Blind holes where his eyes should be spewed smoke, and large holes in the membranes of his wings slowly grew, the flesh turning to ash. The field around it was covered in missed arrows, and small spots of ash where they'd no doubt been disintegrated by hellfire.
"Why are you here?" You call.

The demon took a deep breath.
"I am here for vengeance." It responded, it's voice low, and animalistic- A feral voice.
It raised it's hand, and knocked on the gate again, never turning to face you.

>>21254866
"Against whom?"

Yeah, the correct answer was 'I'm here to grovel for forgiveness for all the terrible things I've done.' I don't think vengeance is an answer that gets him out alive.

>>21254877
This is good.

"Against whom?" You ask.
"The vengeance I speak of is yours." He said, spinning around to face you, standing up at the wall. The archers, on three sides of him, all up on the walls, drew their bows. "Magic, the power of magic, the eternal forces that my people mastered... once betrayed us." He said, his voice never changing from that low, low tone. "Millions died. Millions more gave themselves up so that others could live. In a single century, a great people were dead. The rest, the last... went mad. I went mad. I. Ego is my name. I am the husband of Instinct, and father to Intuition, who you know as Elizabeth. I have slaughtered worlds. I have ended lives. I have utilized blood magic, of the darkest kinds. I have created armies upon armies. I have murdered my own daughter with my own hand and spell. I have found madness and hunger and endless passion and power and I have found vengeance sweet as any other act and I have embraced all of it."
He shut his mouth for a moment, and only then do you realize that you're gripping Rikar so tightly that your knuckles are going white.
"Here I stand... to be killed, in the name of vengeance." He said. "My pride will not let me go quietly. Come, Consensus, you who knows yourself as Ishelda. Defeat me."

>>21254962
"If that is what you desire, then it will be done."

>>21254962
"I am not like you. I find no sweetness in vengeance."

>>21255000
It's not about joy, it's about justice. He's basically asking for an assisted suicide as penance.
Remember, this is the same demon that destroyed Arcturus.

>>21254962
>Consensus
Haaaaa! I see what you did there. Not that it was particularly hard to see.

"I do not desire vengeance, I would even be willing to forgive you.... Of course I doubt that's what you want."

>>21254962
"I have no desire to kill you, despite what you've done in madness."

>>21255017
And we hate him and shouldn't give him what he wants. Let him live and suffer for what he has done.

>>21254962
I assume it's shaky voice time
"I... I do not find vengance satisfying, especially because of what I know of the Arakoatoa's plight..."

"I am not like you." You say, softly. "I find no sweetness in vengeance. I do not desire vengeance. I would even be willing to forgive you."
"... Then I shall force you." He said. He raised his hand, and a long, hellflame blade appeared in it, as he saluted with it. "I name Mala'Khairos a dragon, of dragonkind, of the race slain to bar my maddened constructs from this world. I declare that compact with all the world, all the void, and all the umbra invalid, for Mala'khairos still lives."
In the back of your mind, you feel something go... 'kchnk'.
"When I die, so will the legions that will soon besiege this world." He said, his voice in that same low tone... a tone of finality. "You no longer have a choice."

Rolled 35

>>21255064
Astral fire beam.

>>21254962
At the time I knew you only as merciless killers and burners of worlds. When I learned the truth there was nothing else for me to do but take every action to end the madness and death. I am... not a vengeful person. I can offer you forgiveness for the past, but if you truly cannot live with yourself...

Then I can help you, grandfather.

>>21255042
No shakey voice, we are a queen before our soldiers.
"Those responsible for the destruction of those worlds are already dead or destroyed, I have no desire for revenge on you or your people, who were driven mad by the aspirations of dragons."

Rolled 51

>>21255064
"So be it."

I guess an astral fire type attack will be called for here.

>>21255064
"You have a choice. And you are making the wrong one."
We ain't giving this bitch the satisfaction. Somebody else can kill him if it needs to be done.

>>21255108
He seriously needs to die as fast as possible. The demons are coming, and they can do serious damage in just a few short minutes.

Rolled 24

>>21255064
"So be it" Draw Rikar, shatter his own blade. Converse while fighting, "so you just get to decide what I am just like that then?"

He just broke the sacrifice and you guys still want to talk him down. You know you're putting more than just this city at risk for this right?

>>21255147
He just named Mala as a dragon, which broke the sacrifice.

Rolled 76

So many bad rolls, this is going to hurt.

Warn everyone to not interfere, or at the very least use ranged attacks while we fight.

>>21255160
Ah, forgot about her.

>>21255160
Would that work? I mean, mala exist as a corpse-dragon already, and if he wasn't killed by the ubermagic of the sacrifice initially, why would his existence break it now?

You know, what's in a name, would an aberration by any other name smell just as foul?

"So be it." You say, and rase your palm. You fire a beam of astral fire at him, and it simply tears into his flesh, making it bubble... but he doesn't dissolve into ash, like last time.
"I had to trek through the wastelands, far to the south, for I came to this world by awakening a dormant, blasted portal." He said. "That energy, the antithesis of my kin's shells will no longer affect me."

In response, you draw Rikar.
<Nobody interfere.> You say, over the rings, and then you step over the edge of the wall, your armor glowing as it took the impact from the ground. You charge toward him, and swing your blade at him. The demon whirls about, and parries the blow, his hellflame growing darker as Rikar burned it with astral fire.
"So you just get to decide what I am just like that, then?" You ask.
"No. You choose what you are. You chose consent. Unity. Consensus. Agreement. You took barbarians and savages who knew not what forces they were using and you took many different peoples and you built this nation."

>>21255190
Mala disowned that title as dragon. The demon just called bullshit on it.

>>21255190
Because he wasn't a dragon.

>>21255190
She was declared Un-dragon by the other dragons. Since they no longer considered her a dragon, she didn't count.
We almost broke the sacrifice when we talked to her by asking her whether she was a dragon.

Rolled 20

>>21255200
No more talky. More killy.

>>21255200
"They're my friends and you are a terrible terrible grandfather.

You are about to die yet you are the only one I can ask this. Tell me about my mother."

Rolled 29

>>21255200
rollan for fight

Rolled 34

Enhance ourself with magic, become stronger, faster, better in every way.

Play the six million dollar man theme song.

>>21255200
"Yes I did and plan on protecting it to the end of time."

Go on attack the demon. Let's go see what he's got before spamming magic.

Rolled 91

>>21255200
Lemme show you how a real man rolls a nat 1!

Rolled 46

>>21255200
Forgiveness elemental? Forgiveness elemental!
Die knowing I bear you no ill will, and no hatred, know that your sins are forgiven, Grandfather

>>21255290
You're about 90 off.
I hope Exa takes that one

/tg/ dice want this to end in tragedy.

Rolled 99

>>21255304
The only way to roll high is to expect low. Case in point, I rolled high, this will be low.

>>21255304
of course he won't

>>21255318
The dice gods laugh at your hubris.

>>21255318
TOLD YA!

>>21255318
You add some spells or something...

Rolled 65

>>21255318
>this will be low
>a fate point
let me just confirm it

>>21255332
or not...

>>21255340
You only need over 50 to confirm fate point. That being said, I thought unused nat-100s were fate points?

You know he'll call for any non-magic rolls (fate points/melee fighting/etc) right? A waste of time to do it before then.

You grit your teeth, and whip your blade forward, where he catches it easily on his own blade, knocking it away. Continually, you strike, but he stands there, almost completely stationary, as if he can tell where you're going to be.
"They're my friends and you are a terrible terrible grandfather." You say, gritting your teeth. "You are about to die, yet you are the only one I can ask this. Tell me about my mother."
"Your mother never went mad." He said, and slammed his sword down on your blade, jarring your hand. You try to draw on your magic, to become faster, and stronger, but he's increased his offensive, forcing you to focus on Rikar instead of your own magic. "She was the gravekeeper. The one who stayed on our world, to prepare as the entire world died. To bury our dead. And then she left, and rutted with a savage."

Fury claws it's way up your throat, and you charge, just too quick for the demon to move. You knock away his blade, and with a single, long slash, you remove his entire arm and a portion of his wing.

"Good." He said, as charred bones start sprouting from his empty stump, regrowing a skeletal, thin arm. "You are feeling it. I killed your people. I killed all of them. Every imp you've seen, every hellknight who slayed every savage you've ever cried for... that was all me."

And then suddenly, out of his other arm, there was... a second hellflame sword, already swinging down toward you.

>Roll 1d100 for melee combat!
>Taking only first.

Rolled 91

>>21255362

Rolled 69

>>21255362
Rev up those engines! Here come the low rolls! That asshole a few post up wasted all the luck.

>>21255362
"It was not you. It was the madness brought about by the Gearworks."

>>21255371
Good enough.

>>21255362
"You are selfish. You think that me killing you will atone for for anything, that forcing me to take vengeance will somehow make things right. You are scum and I disown you.

There is no place for you here."

>>21255427
now no need to go that far

>>21255434
It is the truth of the matter. And you know mom did disown him/them before...

>>21255453
that was while he was mad

>>21255434
He killed our mother, he slaughtered our home and he now comes asking us to kill him and if we don't he'll set demons upon this world as well. He called our father a savage and our friends who are far better than he ever was savages.

He is not our family we just happen to be related to him.

>>21255453
He is a selfish coward. But we're trying not to get angry.

In a long arc, you tear Rikar across the demon's blades, knocking both of them away, and then you pounce, jabbing his shoulder with the artifact blade.
Rikar thrummed, and started buzzing, as the demon's arm and shoulder was entirely shorn off.
It didn't regrow, this time, ash falling from the stump. Whatever his powerful constitution came from, you were whittling it away.
The demon headbutted you, knocking you away, but luckily none of the sharp points of his horns pierced you. You skid back, and the demon dismissed the second blade.
Instead, he knelt, his legs and arm twisting, and next you knew he was a beast missing a leg, rather than a humanoid missing an arm.
"You are selfish." You say. "You think that me killing you will atone for for anything, that forcing me to take vengeance will somehow make things right. You are scum and I disown you." You say, snarling at him. "There is no place for you here."
"You are no kin of mine." He said, a perverse echo of what you heard many weeks ago, from your own mother. "Intuition said that."

You make to strike again, and suddenly the beast flaps his wings, leaping out of the way, faster than something that speed should even be able to move. He rears back, and gets ready to pounce.

>Wat do?
>Alternatively, roll for melee combat, taking first and second rolls.

>>21255464
Anger wouldn't be the worst thing here. He just forced our hand into fighting him. Risking the whole of the world just because selfish bastard with a death wish.

Rolled 83

>>21255478
melee

Rolled 98

>>21255478
melee

>>21255485
angry means mistakes
mistakes mean collateral damage
collateral damage means injured friends
injured friends is bad

>>21255485
We're killing him because we have to to save the world.
He wants us to kill him because we hate him.
We do not want to stoop to his level, and give him what he wants.

Praise the dice gods, for they have seen fit to allow us victory!
Ia Ia Dicethulu f'thagn!

>>21255492
>>21255500
I think that pretty much covers it.

>>21255478
"I know she did and I reject you the same as she did. You will have no grave, nothing shall mark your passage. You will be forgotten like a bad dream."

When he pounces I think the 83 and 98 mean we chop off another couple limbs.

>>21255478
"She was right. She was noble and brave, but you are just a coward."

Do not give into anger, say nothing, show only the perfect expression of pity.

Queen before her people.

>>21255503
Blind anger sure. Channeled anger is another story, one that can be used.

>>21255529
I'm really not sure what you're saying here. Most I got was we're killing because of X instead Y. Which really doesn't have anything to do with my post in terms of what MC is feeling at this time. I get we're killing him to save the world not because we hate him. Reason Ishy should be anger is because he forced her to do this instead of finding some other way to atone or whatever he's looking for.

Powerfully corded legs push off of the ground as the demon pounces, and you leap, pouring magic into your own limbs. You shoot into the air, spinning, and he lands just below you. You bring the point of Rikar down, and land with the artifact shortsword, stabbing into the demon's back. It roars, quaking, and you pull the blade back, trying to stab and slash again, mounted on the demon's back. You spare a look to the sky-
And instantly regret it. You see an enormous hole in the sky, stars of another world staring back at you. The demon bucks, and you go falling to the side, as the trembling demon stood again, returning to his humanoid form, weakening. His dismembered wings fell from his back, dissolving into ash. He took a deep breath, and clenched his fist again, as the hellflame sword appeared, and he started to take a step forward-

At least, until his head snaps back, and three of his horns go falling, slashed off by something invisible, a long scar of ash growing across his face.
<I missed, just barely.> Lea said, and flickered into view behind him. You see her wearing her old cloak, with Azariel's enormous, one-edged sword in her hands.

"Outsider." He snarled, suddenly looking behind himself, toward where Lea was. "You don't belong here."
"I belong." She responded. "And that's all I've ever wanted."
He turned his head back to you, and pounced, bringing down his hellflame blade. You parry it easily as the demon whirled about and parried a second invisible blow.

>>21255621
"You left the tale of Intuition void, speak while you still can."

>>21255621
Keep on him. Between us and Lea his attention is divided as hell. Hamstring the fucker.

>>21255621
"Call off your hordes and leave to never return. You've already lost here."

Rolled 22

>>21255621
Attack while he's distracted

>>21255659
Nah, he won't, let's not waste our breath

Rolled 89

>>21255621
I cast Fist.

>>21255621
"She belongs more than you. She had the courage to face what she had done, and make a new start. You can't even die by yourself."

>>21255621

Grandfather, surely you recognize my sister?

>>21255669
I'm fully aware of that. But still one last chance. Then we behead the sorry bastard.

Rolled 12

>>21255673
No. We cast Brick.

While he's distracted, you bring Rikar forth, the shortsword tearing through the air next to his leg just as he charges Lea, bowling toward her, out of the way of Rikar.
"She belongs more than you." You say. "She had the courage to face what she had done, and make a new start." You say.

And then you sneer, as he turns toward you.
"You can't even die by yourself." You say, and clench your fist. You jab it toward him, magic power wracking your body, and the magic slams into him, bowling him over and crunching into his ribcage. Lea flickers into existence again, slashing off his legs with her oversized sword, before vanishing again.

"You're right." He said, in a low, pitiful voice. He stared up at the sky, and the hole up through which was quickly filling with demons. "I can't."
He let go of his hellflame sword, and brought his hand up toward his chest. Clenching his remaining hand, you feel enchantment magic tear out of him, and impossibly complex spell. A... spark, one that reminded you of Grayson.
He let go of it, and you get the feeling that he's looking at you.
"Do it." He said, letting go of the wisp of magic.

>>21255735
Bricks are only for Elves.

>>21255766
"Goodbye."
Doooo itttt. Cut that wisp.

>>21255784
>cut the wisp
>not using the wisp to destroy the demons

>>21255766
Ego, learn humility in the next life

>>21255796
The demons all die as soon as he does.

>>21255766
Look at him with pity. Then eat- I mean kill him.

>>21255798
He doesn't get a next life, he's Arakoatoa.

>>21255766
"May this bring you peace."

Cut the magic wisp soul thingy with Rikar.

"Goodbye." You say, and you slam your sword down on the wisp, through it, and into his heart.

The demon screeches, and the enormous hole in the sky was suddenly... gone, the clouds in their place.
The demon's last remaining hand twitched, and he laid back, relaxing. Ash started boiling away at his eyes, and his stumps, his body slowly dissolving. At the last moment, he took the wrist of your hand, holding it tightly, holding the blade inside himself.
"This spark belonged to your mother." He mumbled. "I stole it from her, when I killed her with this hand. It is yours. To the void, I go."

And then he was gone. An empty shell, slowly dissolving into ash. The spark still floated there, perfectly stationary.

"What did he say?" Lea asked, appearing behind you.

>>21255840
"This... This spark was mother's."
examine it with magic. Don't touch it yet.

>>21255840
<Kal, can you make a body? I need one... for mom.>

>>21255840
Wut. She's dead. The Gearworks knows everything ever. It said she dissolved into void stuff which was then processed by it.

>>21255866
This. Let's not do anything rash here.

>>21255840
"That this spark is what remains of Elizabeth."

First clean up, I don't want there to be any ash remaining to mark his passage. No monument, no grave, he will not be remembered for this selfish act.

Then commune with the spark, try to talk to it. Don't touch it. Also call Kal and let her know that a body might be needed. Give her the image of what it should look like.

>>21255878
She was. That doesn't mean that the spark isn't something that Grandpappy kept as a keepsake/war trophy after killing her.

"This... this spark was mother's." You say.
You close your own eyes, and examine it, feeling toward the spark. It was familiar... but it was broken. Snapped threads of enchantment lay there, half weaved, kept safe and in stasis by the demon's own soul until just now, quickly unweaving again.
Lea looked down at it, and gasped, trying to examine it with magic. "Is it?"
"No." Something said, behind you. Grayson's tail twitched, as he stared down at it. "It is... mine. My... damaged parts. My memories."

>>21255923
"Do you want it back? I think it will come undone soon."

>>21255923
"Would you like it back?"

Also use control magic to keep it from unraveling.

>>21255923
"Can you reabsorb it?"

>>21255923
Interesting. Can we do something about the unweaving? Control magic or such.

"What would happen to you if you took this part back? Will it change who you are now?"

>>21255923
"Then you should reclaim it, Grayson."

"Do you want it back?" You ask. "I think it will come undone soon."
"... Yes." He said, as you reach toward it, using your own magic to keep it from unraveling. He hesitated, and slowly stepped closer, and then touched it with his nose. There was a flash, and you felt it vanish into him, coiling with his own spark.
Lea, meanwhile, conjured a powerful spell, and then waved her arms... and the wind took the ash into the air, dispersing it.
"There." She said. "No burial, no gravestone, no nothing for that bastard."
Grayson trembled, and then started shivering. His whiskers seemed to droop.
"... I would like a hug." He said, suddenly, something heavy in his voice.

>>21255996
[X] Hug the cat.

>>21255996
Part of me wants to yell 'TRAP.'

But let's do it. Hug the fluffy.

>>21255996
"You didn't even have to ask."

Give him a hug, give him one hell of a hug. Don't stop hugging him, smoothing his fur or scratching behind his ears until he feels better.

>>21255996
One will not do for such a bastion of huggleness. Give him all the hugs.

>>21255996
<Group hug, everyone. I mean *everyone*>

"You don't even have to ask." You say, and pull Grayson into the biggest hug you've ever managed, Lea dropping her sword to do the same, as Grayson shivered, and then licked your nose, the cat-tongue bristles scratching at you as he did, his tail twitching. He reared up on his hind legs, and pulled the two of you into an enormous hug, as you feel the tiny pricks of his claws half-unsheathing.
"Thank you." He said, and took a deep breath. He was no longer shivering, but his tail continued to twitch. "I can... I can explain later."

>>21256075
"You don't have to if you don't want to."
huggles

>>21256075
"Whenever you're ready, Grayson."
When we're done with the hug
"Open the gate!"

>>21256075
"Take as long as you need."

Keep on hugging him.

>>21256075
Welp. Show over people, go back to your homes.

Head on inside.

>>21256093
>When we're done with the hug
>hug
>over
I... I'm not sure I understand the concept you're trying to get across here.

"Whenever you're ready, Grayson." You say, and he licked Lea's face as well. "Take as long as you need."
A long, long moment later, you turn back to the gate.
"Open the gate!" you call, and the two portaculli on either side of the gate pulled into the top of the wall, and the gates warily opened, knights prepared for anything to come through. As soon as they relaxed, though, Kristoph approached, and you feel your magic suppress for a moment, as he nullified magic on all three of you.
"Okay." He said. "I had to make sure you weren't, y'know, illusions or something."

Hey wait. Now that the sacrifice is completely destroyed, we can use our dragon form!

>>21256131
"No illusions here. The threat of demons is gone now."

>>21256131
"It was a good precaution. The archdemon is gone, the legions of demons are destroyed.

I'm going back to bed, it's too early for this sort of thing."

>>21256131
What's wrong with illusions? Grayson's a spell, and he's great. He can't help the way he was born. Kristoph is just being spellist.

>>21256131
"No illusions, Kristoph, just a lot of pity. The guard can return to normal duties."

>>21256173
>I'm going back to bed, it's too early for this sort of thing.

Amen.

>>21256188
Yay now we can use
>Fear me, I've killed hundreds of demons
>Fear me, I've killed all of them

A thought. We should thank Lea, for the help, at some point.

>>21256223
But we've only killed two demons.

>>21256223
And if Kaliel ever gets unaging to work, we could easily live for 900+ years


YAY FOR BECOMING THE DOCTOR

"It was a good precaution." You say. "The archdemon is gone, the legions of demons are destroyed. The guard can return to normal duties."
You make your way back into the courtyard, and see a massive berecien, with what looked like the lower body of a spider, enormous, bladed limbs, as the creature drooled something glowing, with spikes on it's abdomen and shoulders.
"... Oh, it's over?" Kaliel asked. "... Okay."
She touched the creature, and it withered, eventually shrinking and vanishing.
"I'm going back to bed." You say, and grab Kaliel's wrist. "It's too early for this sort of thing."
"Sleep well." Lea said. "I'm going to go have some more swamp brew."
"Amen." Leon said. "Mind if I have some with you?"
"Go ahead, I don't care." Lea said.

You drag Kaliel off to your bedroom, peeling off your armor.

You wake up again, Kaliel reading in bed, a spark in her palm, as she leaned back, using the light to read. The curtains are drawn, but you see sunlight poking underneath.
"... Are you feeling a bit better?" Kaliel asked, kissing you on the forehead.

>>21256244
Doctor's over 1200
He just reset his age after killing Daleks and Time Lords.
He was around 1100+ at what, 6th incarnation?

"I need a hug, and some tea, please."

>>21256270
"Did you read all day and night?"

>>21256291
That sounds like a good start.

>>21256270
>"... Oh, it's over?" Kaliel asked. "... Okay."

She seems so disappointed.

"Better. Could use some tea though."

>>21256270
I think I'm alright. We should talk to mala though, and find out exactly what the sacrifice of the dragons was meant to do, and if its still relevant. I might be able to give myself a new title.

>>21256284
He was 900 when he went faced the silence during the apollo 11 mission, and 1100 when he went to lake silencio in utah for the second time

>>21256291
This.

>>21256270
"I just hacked my own too-sane-for-his-own-good, formerly demonic grandfather to bits and scattered his ashes to the wind, parting with him about as horribly as I could. So... No, I'm not feeling much better. Why couldn't he just be forgiven?"

"I need a hug, and some tea, please." You say, and she pulls you into a warm, soft hug, before holding her hand out to a teacup on the desk, next to a dormant Lil'bubbles. She handed it to you, and then pulled you into her lap, arm wrapped around the waist.
"Did you read all day and night?" You ask.
"It's only been a few hours." She said, kissing you. You sipped at your tea. "But I've been reading since then, yes. Grayson's sleeping on our feet, if you didn't notice."
You look down, and see Grayson snoozing at the foot of the bed, draped completely over it, drooling.
"He wanted to stay in here after you fell asleep." She explained.

>>21256340
No, he reset his age with 9th

>>21256350
"We got the rest of his spark back. I don't know what he learned, but I think it upset him pretty badly."

>>21256350
"Ugh, stupid old man. Why did he have to make me do it?"

>>21256350
It's strange how he's a cat again, after being a bear for so long.

I'm sorry about fighting without you, but its something I had to do.

"I'm sorry about fighting without you, but it's something I had to do."
"I know, Ishelda." She said, squeezing your hand.
"I just hacked my own too-sane-for-his-own-good, formerly demonic grandfather to bits, and scattered his ashes to the wind, parting with him about as horribly as I could." You say, and close your eyes. "Why couldn't he just be forgiven? Why did he have to make me do it?"
"... Maybe he couldn't forgive himself." She said. "Maybe he... wanted to make amends, to apologize, and dying was the only way he could do that."

You give Grayson a glance.
"It's strange how he's a cat again, after being a bear for so long." You say. "We got the rest of his spark back. I don't know what he learned, but I think it upset him pretty badly."
"I think so too." She said, and pulled the sleeping Grayson into a hug as well. "But the best we can do is be here for him."

>>21256464
I should address everybody, and tell them what happened. But I want to stay here for a while. Maybe just 5 more minutes?

Yesterday, when we were with lea, you said you had realised something, what was that?

>>21256464
"Of course. He was always there for me."
"Dying doesn't make amends. It doesn't make anything better. It just makes me feel horrible."

>>21256464
But why, kaliel? There's good in everyone, all my journeys have told me this. Why couldnt he just be forgiven.

>>21256562
"... Maybe he couldn't forgive himself."

>>21256562
What about that blood mage? Was there good in him?

>>21256600
Yes, he was doing it so he could free all the slaves.

>>21256618
Neither of the blood mages we've met were doing that. One openly owned slaves and the other kept slaves, but made it look like he wasn't.

>>21256618
No, he was making his own slaves to take over the rest of the elves with an iron fist.

>>21256618
Are you retarded?

>>21256638
>>21256646
>>21256656
I don't even need to address that now. Thanks.

"Of course. He was always there for me."
"... He was there for me, too." Kaliel said. "Back when... when I didn't have enough confidence."

You close your eyes, and lay back. "Dying doesn't make amends. It doesn't make anything better. It just makes me feel horrible."
"I never said that was the truth." She said. "I just said... that may be what he thought."
She closed her eyes as well, and squeezed your hand again, sliding underneath the covers with you again.
"He didn't give you a choice." She said. "I heard that, during the fight. With those words, he made his own choice, right then."

>>21256680
"I wouldn't let that happen. He knew that, which is why he did it. But now I can use my dragon form, so small blessings I suppose."

>>21256680
I had to, your right. I just didn't Like it at all.

Can you be a cat thing again? You're cute when you purr.

>>21256680
"Enough confidence? What do you mean?"

>>21256680
"I know. He was a jerk to the very end."

>>21256680

"I know, he broke the sacrifice to force my hand. To force me to do what he wanted."

Just a thought did he really break the sacrifice? I mean he called out Mala but would that have been enough to break it?

>>21256760
The portals were already opening during the fight. That sacrifice is gone.

>>21256769
Right, forgot about that. Damn you short term memory.

>>21256760
We heard a big magic crack. And then a giant portal full of demons opened in the sky. This points to it being broken.

"I wouldn't let that happen." You say. "He knew that, which is why he did it. I just didn't like it at all."
You closed your eyes.
"Can you be a cat thing again?" You ask. "You're cute when you purr."
"Well, if you want." She said. She closed her eyes for a moment, and ears sprouted from her head, a feline tail suddenly curling around your leg.
"... Lil' Bubbles, can you go to the kitchen and then ask the cooks for lunch for two people, and then wait for it to be made and placed on you, and then come back here?" She asked, turning to the golem. It clanked off.
"Enough confidence? What do you mean?"
"I wouldn't have told you how I felt if it wasn't for Grayson." Kaliel said. "He cornered me, and I thought it was to finally kill me because of my magic... and then instead we had a conversation."
She closed her eyes.
"Do you... do you want to stay in here all day? Have a sleepy day? The clouds came back anyway, and it might start raining again."

Rolled 68

>>21256829
Oh would you look at that, its a thunderstorm.

>>21256829
"I think I'd rather do stuff, to take my mind off it."

>>21256829
"Sure. I can inform everyone about what happened tomorrow."

>>21256829
"I would like that."

"I would like that." You say. "I can inform everyone about what happened tomorrow.
"Good." She responded, cuddling close to you. "Because after this morning, I wouldn't let you go. You'd have to explain why there's a half-naked cat-girl chimera clinging to you."
Suddenly, she seemed to realize something.
"Oh! If the sacrifice is gone... then you can a be dragon again."

Rolled 77

>>21256993
Rolling to become dragon, but in the monster girl style.

>>21256993
"I know! I can even call myself part dragon! That'll be fun."

>>21257014
Yes.

>>21257014
Seconding this SO HARD.
Thisismyfetish.

>>21257014
This

Then fade to black

>>21256993
"do we really have enough room in here for something like that? Not that I'm objecting."

"id like to make sure, by talking to mala first. Just to be safe."

>>21257014
I'm okay with this.jpg

>>21257067
Grayson's in the room.
do it anyway

>>21257070
We felt the sacrifice disappear and saw the demon portals. It's completely gone.

Kiss her and/or touch fluffy tail.

>>21256993
"I wonder if we can bring the species back properly. We do have two fleshcrafters and two sorceresses."

"I know! I can even call myself part dragon! That'll be fun." You say. You give her a grin, and then close your eyes, focusing, as white scales burst from your back, in the form of wings and a tail, as two small horns sprouted from your head. You feel your canines lengthen, and your eyes subtly shift, as your muscles thin and become more... lithe, as the shapeshift goes through.
Kaliel giggled. "I have to learn that form." She said, snuggling closer. You embrace her with your wings, and the two of you pull eachother close. "You do look really pretty as a part-dragon." She said, kissing you.

When you come to again, the light under the curtains had dimmed, and Kaliel was fast asleep, completely, utterly exhausted- but you were still awake. You look over to lil'bubbles, who was dormant, scraps still on the plate on his back, and then to Grayson, who was snoring in the corner of the room. You close your eyes to sleep, but you know that it'll be nearly impossible, because of how you slept in so late and spent the rest of the day... mostly relaxing.

>>21257182
Let's go fly around the city and see what's occurring .

>>21257182
We must run around spitting fire and shouting 'rawr I'm a dragon', just like the old days.

>>21257182
<Hey Mala, you're a dragon.>

>>21257182
Let's carefully tuck her in then go see what's up around the castle. I guess we should put some clothes on. Probably a kalak robe, so our wings fit.

>>21257182
Give her a kiss, tuck her in and grab her butt if we think we can get away with it. Then let's go talk to nazhit.

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>>21257182
oh god
my dick
send help

>>21257214
Oh my, yes, this.

>>21257269
What's it stuck in THIS time?

You give Kaliel a kiss, and she starts purring softly, absentmindedly kissing you back, before you give her a squeeze, before her tail wrapped tightly around your wrist, making it impossible to remove your hand from her butt. It took more kissing to coax her tail away from your wrist, and then you tucked her in, making your way over to your pile of clothing, trying to find some underclothes that fit with your tail. Your strange legs felt like you were constantly walking with your heels in the air, something Kaliel had gleefully called 'digitigrade', or something similar. Finally, you steal Kaliel's robe, sure she wouldn't mind, and poke your wings through the slits, before leaving the room.

Soaring through the sky, you eventually find Nahzit worriedly patrolling the walls, looking this way and that. You land next to him, and he jumps.
"Mothe- Your majesty." he said, nodding to you.

>>21257369
"How's it going? You look worried."

>>21257369
"Hello, Nahzit. Are you worried about more demons attacking?"

>>21257369
"What did you just say to me, hyooman?"

>>21257407
Funny, but no.

>>21257407
Nahzit is a lizardman, not a human


OH OH OH OH OH, with digitigrade legs, we can learn the lizardman parkour free-running thing

>>21257407
You're a funny guy.
But he's a lizardman, and I actually lied about you being funny.

>>21257369
>>21257424
I've been thinking of joining with your recruits in their training. This free running thing seems like fun.

>>21257415
>>21257424
>>21257429
But Bears... :(

>>21257449
>>21257407
Neat, your name is accurate about what kind of person you are.
Get out of here.

"Hello, Nahzit." You say, unused to your serpentine tongue as you spoke. "Are you worried about more demons attacking?"
"Yes, and no." He said. "I'm worried that... we saw it coming, we knew he was coming, and even with archers we couldn't take him out until you arrived."
He looked out over the city. "So I'm just pacing until I put my mind at ease. He didn't fight the main of our army, and I'm sure with enough blades we would have taken him down."

>>21257503
He was a lot stronger than most demons would be. I don't think the demons will ever be a problem again, however, so don't worry about it too much."

>>21257503
It was he and his that I was worried about attacking. Now he is dead I am not sure there is even a need for a castle anymore.

>>21257503
"That wasn't just any demon, that was an Archdemon. They NEVER come out to fight themselves - that one only did because it was suicidal."

>>21257527
There's always a need for a castle. If not now then in 200 years when the elves get uppity or something.

>>21257558
>200 years
more like in 10 months max when they hear about us being the cause of eidolons appearance and redeath

>>21257503
"He was a tough foe. He destroyed my entire world. He would never have got so far if a few arrows could stop him. But there shouldn't be any more foes like that."

>>21257594
That was over 2 years ago. If they haven't heard about it yet, they won't hear about it at all.

"He was a lot stronger than most demons would be." You say. "I don't think the demons will ever be a problem again, however, so don't worry about it too much."
"And the statue." Nahzit said, finally. "The statue was what warned me. It... shook, as if hesitating to do something, and then calmed itself. That's what prompted me to rouse the archers."
"He was a tough foe. He destroyed my entire world. He would never have gotten so far if a few arrows could stop him. But there shouldn't be any more foes like that."
"I'm glad." He said, closing his eyes. "In an ideal world, I'd have no job. No need for a military commander with no combat."

>>21257627
"The statue shook? Huh, that's interesting, and useful."

>>21257627
"An ideal world is beyond even my power. But I do my best."

>>21257627
"Well, you know there is an old Arcturan saying: 'If you want peace, prepare for war', while it may not always be the soundest advice, I'm still glad we have you and your men keeping us safe."

>>21257627
"That's why it's called an ideal world, Nahzit. Reality is far too cruel to allow such peace. The best any of us can do is keep what peace we can gain through are work here."

"An ideal world is beyond even my power. But I do my best."
"Then that's all that remains to me, is to do my best as well." He said, and stretched. "I do believe it's past time for me to retire for the night. I'll see you in the morning, your majesty."
He bowed, and then took off toward the nearest tower.

Suddenly, you hear giggling on the grounds, as two women lay there, drunk out of their minds. Lea lay there... and what looked like a rainbow-colored female Leon, her hair extensively braided.

Rolled 84

>>21257763
Aha! we can get her before she notices us! Rainbow Lea!

>>21257763
It's Lea and Leona! They can't become a couple, their names are too similar. We must intervene.

>>21257763
Sigh.

Keep watch, someone's got to make sure they don't hurt themselves.

>>21257763
Swoop down there.

"See the two of you are having fun. Need help getting back your rooms? Maybe a room?"

Rolled 81

>>21257763
Swoop down and roar.
Except our roar is more like rawr~ Don't give off any hint that we're sentient. (Though I'm sure lea will know.)

>>21257786
this

Wait for them to pass out, then put them in a compromising position and leave them there.

for fucks sake they're having alone time let them be

You swoop down there, your overly-sized wings stretching to their full breadth as you land, and then you say a single word.
"Rawr."
"Ohmygod it's a dragon!" Lea said, and started giggling. She held out a bottle of swamp brew. "Here, dragon, a peace offering!"
In return, you rouse your magic, and point at her, turning her hair just as rainbow as Leonia's.
"Beware, foul dragon." Leonia said, chuckling. "I am a knight!"
"Ess. You're a knightess." Lea said, giggling and laying on her back.
"Oh, right! I need to fix that."
One of the runes on her arms glowed, and suddenly he was Leon again... but his hair remained long, and braided.
"I am a knight!" He said, still giggling.

Rolled 68

>>21257870
>"Bwaaah!" You say, pretending to breathe fire. Sparks of flame shoot from your mouth.

Rolled 100

>>21257870
...He inscribed that rune on him?

Leon confirmed for transvestite.

>>21257870
"I know you are. Why are you two out here in the mud?"

>>21257870
A knight! Bah! If you wish to rescue this princess you must first defeat me!

>>21257921
well.
uh.
fate point?

>>21257921
I don't know whether to laugh, swear, or cry.

>>21257938
No, transvestite Leon.

>>21257921
You're right. Leon is confirmed for transvestite.

Rolled 89

>>21257921
Rolling to confirm fate point and transvestite.

>>21257988
It doesn't work like that.

>>21258000
Leon is now fated to be a transvestite. It's confirmed.

"I know you are. Why are you two out here in the mud?"
"It was boring in the kitchen, and the maid wanted to clean." Lea said. "You had your cat and girlcat to go take comfort with, and I had to go drinking with this bozo."
Leon chuckled, and wiped at his face. "And then, uh, magical shenanigans."
"All the shenanigans!" Lea said, and giggled again. "Did you know that Skerghaul knew about this morning, last night? Raz was too drunk to listen to him. We coulda' prepared and everything."

>>21258024
HA!

>>21258024
Do a girly dragon roar and point clawed fist to sky. "MEDDLING SEERS!!!"

>>21258024
"Oh well. Let's get you inside before you catch a cold."
Pick them up with DRAGON STRENGTH and bring them inside.

Man, our city is going to have a really bad alcohol problem. Poor Gehenna.

"Meddling seers!" You cry, pointing a taloned finger up at the sky.
The sky doesn't respond.
"Oh well." You say. "Let's get you inside before you catch a cold."

You grab them both, and sling them over your shoulders, easily- you're already strong, but as a draconic chimera it seems you're much stronger.
"Pff, fine, I wanted to go inside anyway." Lea said.
"... this is rather humiliating." Leon said.
After dumping them off in their rooms, you go wandering, and eventually make your way into the dining hall, wandering, and you see all of the tables and chairs smacked up against the wall, pushed out of the way, and then Jay and Aeriel working on a strange, orichalum and goldsteel archway.
"Ishelda!" Aeriel said, waving. "I like the form."

>>21258204
Leap through it, QUICKLY! IT'S A STARGATE!

>>21258204
"Me too. Is this your [insert actual name of the gate thing he was working on here]?"

>>21258204
Rawr!

Need a hand? Spare magic power? I feel like I can do anything today.

"Rawr!" You say. "Me too. Is this your... waygate?"
"It is! An experiment, mostly." He said.
"Need a hand? Spare magic power? I feel like I can do anything today."
"Well, spare magic power could help. Jay made us a golem core to power it, but it doesn't seem powerful enough. If we could use you as a living battery, that would be great!"

Rolled 40

>>21258263
Rolling for magic transfer.

Rolled 80

>>21258263
"Sure."

Rolled 61

>>21258263
PHEAR MY UNSTOPPABLE SORCERESS MIGHT

Rolled 47

>>21258263
WE. HAVE. THE POWERRRR! in during nat1

>>21258263
Where's the other end going to come out?

Rolled 99

>>21258263
"I'm a dragon! Descended from the line of kings! Heir of Solu'nox's sorcery! I'm no mere battery, rawr!
Ok I'll help."

"I'm a dragon!" You roar. "Descended from the line of kings! Heir of Solu'nox's sorcery I'm no mere battery, rawr!"
"Okay, I'll help." You say. "Where's the other end going to come out?
"Okay, one second." he said, and went at the wall with some chalk, writing rune after rune. "Technically, the final form will be two waygates connected, but until we get the second one done it'll just be the one and these markings." he said, before finally drawing a large archway with it. "There. Fire away." He said.
You reach up to the core at the top of the archway, inside the keystone, and focus, closing your eyes, drawing power from your body and pushing it into the archway.

Aeriel cleared his throat, and spoke a single word of power, and the archway... gleamed, before the inside of it became a portal, another portal appearing on the wall, where he'd drawn the runes. Aeriel stepped through, and suddenly you were tired as he came out the other side, and it closed.
"It worked!" Jay cried, and started clapping.

>>21258352
"Yay! I can see why a golem core wasn't enough. That uses a lot of power."

>>21258352
"It did! Used quite a bit of power to transport you though."

>>21258352
MAGIC!

"It did! Used quite a bit of power to transport you though."
"I know." He said. "That's because we're using the really big spellcrystals, as a proof of concept. The smaller ones will take significantly less."
He scratched at his chin a bit, and then yawned. "Well, it's actually rather late, now. You want a portal to the prism, Jay?"
"Er, yeah, that'd be best." She said.
He nodded, and waved his arm. A portal appeared underneath her, and she fell into it. He waved his arm again at the archway, and it vanished as well.
"So, Ishelda, how are you feeling? Other than, uh, scaled.

>>21258478
"Pretty good. This form is fun!"

>>21258478
"I'm feeling pretty good, actually. This form is fun!"

>>21258478
"Ok, I guess. This morning was hard, but now there can be dragons again."

>>21258478
Great! Or do you mean about this morning. Um... Alright I guess? I'll cope. I need to talk to everyone I guess, but I don't much want to.

>>21258478
"All things considered, pretty good. I just wish stuff like that would wait until at least lunch time."

I just had a thought.
Don't dragons live for a really long time?
Can't we be an actual dragon now that the sacrifice is gone?

>>21258563
Don't think it works like that. We're still human. But our kids can be dragons.

>>21258563
We've already discussed this with Kali. Even if you shift to a form that lives longer, your lifespan stays the same. Otherwise we could just shift to kalak form and live for 1000 years.

"I'm feeling pretty good, actually." You say. "This morning was hard, but now there can be dragons again."
"And you're enjoying your new form." He said.
"This form is fun!" you say, and whip your tail, and then you sigh. "I just wish stuff like that would wait until at least lunch time."
"Yeah, but I don't think that archdemon paid much attention to the time. Maybe if you were polite and asked him to come back in half a day..." He said.
"I need to talk to everyone I guess, but I don't much want to."
"I'm sure everyone knows." He said. "And if not, you can just use the rings, right now. Or just... after lunch tomorrow."

>>21258593
"I'll call a big meeting tomorrow. I still haven't told everyone about the Gearworks like I said I would, and that caused this."

>>21258587
Okay.
But will our dragon heritage effect our life span in anyway?

>>21258593
Tomorrow. Tomorrow is good.

Today is a day for shenanigans. Can you get drunk in that body?

>>21258627
probably not, given how our dad and grandparents on his side all aged like normal.

The demon blood might mix things up a bit, but there' no way to be sure.

"Tomorrow. Tomorrow is good. I'll call a big meeting. I still haven't told everyone about the gearworks like I said I would, and that caused this." You say. "Today is a day for shenanigans. Can you get drunk in that body?"
"No, not at all." He said. "Sadly. Maybe if I was restored to True Life, but as I am, the state of my body won't effect my mind or soul."

>>21258627
I don't think so or our ancestors would have noticed. Dave was shapeshifted when he did Mrs. Dave, and Elizabeth was shapeshifted when she did Abel. Biologically we're 100% human.

Rolled 63

>>21258662
Let's try to get him drunk via enchantment.

>>21258662
"But Lea said that the cage emulated True Life while in a body. Have you actually tried? Although maybe she just did that bit wrong as well."

"But Lea said that the cage emulated True Life while in a body. Have you actually tried? Although maybe she just did that bit wrong as well."
"I haven't... tried, no." He said. He waved his arm, and a very, very dusty black bottle appeared in his hand. "You up for three hundred year old sosarian wine?" He asked.

>>21258770
Where do you even find these things.

Just a little bit, please, I've been drinking a bit much these last few days.

>>21258770
"You bet I am. Let's see how being a half-dragon affects alcohol"

>>21258798
>Flaming vomit everywhere