>>36191100
At last, faggot

>>36191100
Just 1.5 hours late
I need my fix

>>36191236
>>36191184
Can't fault a man for chasing after dat wackjob pussy.

Who wouldn't want to date a girl that carries around bags of human teeth and keeps ritual roadkill in her fridge?

Oh, and I can tell you're the same person because the thread IP counter is still at 2. You can't really samefag at the start of the thread.

Glimmering, shifting unconscious dreams give way to fluttering open eyes that bear witness to the fruit of ritual. The world tree stands firm, grown with glittering mushrooms sprouting all around, grass giving way to the crystalline light of the iridescent otherworldly leaves. Figures touch the tree with awe filled smiles of alien luminescence, pointed ears and crystal wings, they turn back to the tree of which they came to marvel at its manufacture, more children of light filtering through the hollowed notch.

“How beautiful.” One whispers with hushed reverence.

“It Is like the old tree.” Another runs their fingers down the length of the bark, down to where the roots begin, slowly curling into a bow, “And still the others come through this Samhain.”

Another being of light comes into focus within your eyes as they kneel before you, offering a hand that you take obligingly with your wooden one. “Are you Asher? The human and also the tree?”

You blink, squinting into the light as you're pulled up to your feet. The world looks, larger than before. “Yes...” You say, the hum of magic upon your voice. “And you are?”

“Just one of the first through.” The soft male voice responds with lips turning up into an ephemeral grin, “Shaer.” He gestures to the two others at the tree,” My realized brother and sister marveling the work of you and your friends are Ynto and Aemili.”

A quartet of colored wisps appear from behind the elf's shoulders.
“Awake!” One says.
The others zip around to clamber before your vision as you idly swat them back with your right hand. A Red fae clings to your face, looking you in the eye, “Yay! Asher's awake! We were looking forward to meet-”

Catching the fae with a sudden grab, you pull her back as she wiggles in your grip like a crazed worm. “Yay, yay! Asher did it!” The little sprites all cheer.

>>36191297
>>36191297
>The world looks, larger than before.
YES!

>>36191297
I get the feeling those names should tell us something.
Confirm or deny?

>>36191297
> Shaer=Asher
> Ynto=Tony
> Aemili=Emilia
Wat.

>>36191396
It's probably just Dran being unable to come up with names

>>36191396
Huh.

Did we just make 3 pseudoshade light elf things based around ourselves? That's neat I guess.

>>36191297
>“Yay, yay! Asher did it!” The little sprites all cheer.
This is adorable. I don't know if I can fap to this, Dran.

>>36191396
Uh-oh

>>36191396
I bet this is how legend stuff works. You do something impressive, it causes the astral to make a thing that reflects you. Right now we're separate, but the next step is probably to merge with them somehow.

>>36191297


With a tired groan, you press a hand to one of your ears to shut out the sound to find to your surprise that they've become pointed and elfin. With a blink, you release Xera to probe the change when you realize that your arm is like a natural extension of yourself, and that your face feels normal again.
Your left eye too. You can see through it, though something feels a bit “Off” about it.

There's a groan besides your own as Saph rises up after the blast, taking a knee and pressing her hands together. After a breath, she takes a stand and looks over to you and the elf. She's silent for a moment as Shaer responds to her with a smile, her lip upturns in subtle disgust.
Saph crosses her arms, looking away, “Tapping into ley lines is powerful magic. Those involved seem to have gotten some degree of infusion from the power,”

You stare back at Saph for a moment, squinting hard as the blue faerie separates from the Tetras to look her in the eyes. As Saph meets the faerie's probing observation you realize that you're roughly about as tall as the short woman now.

“You.” She glares at Sapp, snatching the fae out of the air, “Why are you here?” She says through strained anger, or perhaps somewhere closer to outright frustration?

Sapp turns away meekly, “We thought you'd forgotten about us... I'm glad that you remember.”

Xera suddenly becomes all too alert and the rest of the faeries dart over to Zeitgeist's kindest leader as she slowly releases Sapp.

“No way, you're here too! Sapp, you should've told us she'd be here! Saphie, do you remember me too? It's Xera! And Lunn! And Evi!”

Saph looks down in something akin to remorse, “No, I remember you all. Xera Fire, Lunaria Sylpha, Evitra Luin, and...” She looks back to Sapp, “Saphiriana... Amaizon.”

>[] Check on the others.
>[] Enter the reunion(Write in)
>[] Ask Shaer what's next.
>[] Probe yourself further...
>[] (Other)

>>36191731
>Sapp was connected to Saph somehow
Called it

>[] Check on the others.

>>36191731
I guess that locks us out of soul creation.

>>36191731
>[] Probe yourself further...

If I noticed that my body height became shorter then I would like to find out if there was any other changes.

>>36191731
>[] Check on the others.
or
>[] Probe yourself further...
I realy wonder what went down so that Saph started "disliking" mythos

>>36191731
Kind of want to ask Saph about this shit now. When she inevitably refuses,

>[] Check on the others.
Asher probably wants to check on Emilia. I want to check on Solace :3

>>36191731
>[] Check on the others
>[] Probe yourself further...
This second one makes me nervous... inb4 Asher is all girly now

>>36191854
We might have needle teeth now or black eye. Those are traditional, right?

>>36191906
I don't know since we used pushed it into norse.

>>36191906
If we're more like a norse light elf we're probably just extremely attractive

>>36191731
Hah!

I remember when the Tetras got introduced I thought that they kinda reminded me of Asher split up, and Dran said he could see it. He also said that Asher's pretty similar to Saph in some respects.

There's also the thing where Dran kept saying that Saph is "kinda like a sociopath, maybe".

This makes me think she went and magically scooped out the shit she don't want and somehow faeries.

Or I'm full of shit and that's not what this is at all.

>>36191854
I hope he is. It'll be funny as fuck, especially when Belila shows up.

>>36192057
Saphiriana is weirdly similar to Saphira

>>36192082
>Belila is super into traps.
>Loses her shit when she sees Asher and Camille

>>36192120
Beliala barely knows what sex is.

>>36192153
Oh right. She was a terminal cancer kid before all this started.

How old is she anyway? Like 16 now?

>>36192193
Yes, though she barely looks like it.

http://ask.fm/Dranzy/answer/120048030750

Hmm...

Good thing Asher has the magic shifty suit. His clothes'd be all baggy otherwise.

>>36192214
I have a soft spot for all the Omar overs. I guess it's a good thing that we really have no shot of killing them.

>>36192384
If you were in Omar, you know that she's a cool chick, you're just on the wrong side.

>>36192413
>she's a cool chick
She's a dick that killed nearly every new over she came across because she made a habit of beating the shit out of them just because.

>>36192438
The demonic form fucks with her brain.

Making progress with teeth-girl, Dran-senpai?

Are you guys holding hands yet?

>>36191731


Checking yourself over, you don't much find anything else out of sorts besides your hair being a bit longer and curlier than you remember. Closing your right eye, you can steel see through the left, and your wooden arm has a full range of very human-like movement. Letting your shoulder slip free of your shirt, and taking off the gaiter, you find that the seam between wood and flesh moved, with the ashwood creeping further across your chest, giving you something of a wooden, fleshy half-breastplate.

As you finish your examination, you sigh to find again that your voice is a bit higher than before. Not too terribly, but maybe just a half-step of what you intended.

Stepping away from Saph's reunion with the faeries, you check first on Emilia as she comes around. She's about your height, maybe a bit taller and even thinner than before. Like a piece of fine china, porcelain skin, slender, and always seeming to be just a drop away from breaking. Her hair's a bit lighter than before too.
“Asher?” She says as though waking from a long sleep, rubbing away the sand from eyes with glass-like hands. They go wide as they take you in, stars within her irises, “You're... beautiful.”

“Me?” You're taken aback with a sudden disgusted curl of your lip. “No, I'm not! What do you mean?”

“Your hair's all long and curly...” She giggle, “You look like a girl!”

“She's right you know,” Another voice purrs, soft tail tickling around your leg, “You've gotten some Faerie in you. Interesting result, right?” The cat has an amused yet knowing tone in his voice.

Reaching down, you snatch at his tail only to have the liquid fur flicker away like greased lightning.

>>36192668
“Only way to tap into a ley line safely is to release the excess power into the surroundings, the portal will then naturally let the power of that world through and thus you have a natural transition to that domain while on the other side it begins to match that one as they align themselves.”

Rubbing your temple through a headache, “So, what you're saying is...”

“This place will become like the otherworld and the otherworld will become like this place as the portal stabilizes.”' Saph says as she approaches you, a backward glance to the light elves as they remain near the tree as it continues to slowly grow with more faeries pouring through as wisps. “In other words, if we don't all want to become Fae, we need to get away from here while the portal claims the area...” She snaps at the cat, “Gods dammit Solace, you should've told us about the runes you wrote!”

The cat turns to trot away. “And you should've taken Dorothy's lessons to heart 'little Saphie.” As he vanishes through a door.

“Fuck!” Saph yells out, startling the little fae. As they settle down to try comforting her, she turns to you, “Come on, we've got to get outside. Samhain is in full swing. If we don't get out of here then...”

“Fox!” Echo tackles Saph to the ground, causing the two to tumble over with the insane girl giggling madly. Coming out on top, she perks herself up, wearing the eastern-styled Fox mask and for the most part seeming impervious to the effects of the portal, “Everything's all tingly! It is fun, yes?”

“Get off of me!” Saph makes a sudden move to through Echo off, a moment late as the cunning girl dismounts just before the strike. Steadying herself back onto her feet, Saph waves the dust off her clothes with a magical flair.

>[] “I'm staying.”
>[] “Think we should close it?”
>[] “Let's go.”

>>36192687
>[] “I'm staying.”

>>36192687
>[] “Let's go.”
I'm kinda conflicted though

>>36192687
>[] “I'm staying.”

>>36192687
>[] “Let's go.”
Moderation. I don't want a damn full sex change

>>36192687
>[] “I'm staying.”
Upgrade to the tree arm, upgrade to left eye (astral sight), and fae get shapeshifting by default anyway.

>>36192687
>[] “Let's go.”
We already got a good portion of fae.
Don't need the full dosis instantly

>>36192687
>[] “Let's go.”

>>36192687
If we leave, do we stay as we are now or does it revert back to normal?

I like what Asher has now. Is keeping that the stay or go?

So did Dran get a new fetish?

>>36192687
>[] “Let's go.”
Overwatch is gonna be in full swing. Don't feel like staying here when shit hits the fan.

>>36192687
>>36192803
Yeah, I agree here. Not sure which is which.

>>36192687
Is staying to keep what we have now or to go even more fae?

Is leaving to get rid of what we have now or to just keep what we have?

>>36192687
>[] “I'm staying.”

>>36192857
The changes have already been made.

Leaving is to stop them from increasing.
Staying is to let complete faeification occur.

Revote here.
>Stay.
>Leave.

>>36192906
>Leave.

>>36192906
>Leave

>>36192906
>Leave.
We need full-fae for shapeshifting. I want to walk around like this all the time.

>>36192906
>Leave.

>>36192906
>Leave.
We are fine as we are at the moment.

What are the pros and cons of faeification?

>>36192906
Does staying mean we'll get genderbent? If we can shape-shifting back to a male form I'd vote for full fae but otherwise I'm totally uninterested

>>36192954
>We get even shorter and girlier looking
Pro for some, con for others.

>Shapeshifting 99% guaranteed
Pro

>Possible illusion price reduction
pro (though this is pure speculation on my part)

>Even bigger weakness to iron
con

There might be some other stuff like boosting astral sight even more and other little magic perks and such, but that's just guessing.

>>36192955
He's still a dude. He'll still be a guy even if he goes full fae, it's just he'll be a prettier looking guy.

>>36192906
>Stay.

>>36192906
>Leave.

>>36192906
>Stay.

>>36192992
The shape shifting would be cool but genderbending shit puts me off and so does the iron.
>Leave.

>>36192906
>Leave.

>>36193089
>genderbending
It's not though. I can understand if you don't like the idea of Asher looking girlier, but at least say that instead of incorrectly calling it genderbending.

>>36193115
That's just what I expect to happen if we become fully fae.

>>36192906
>Leave.

>>36193132
Are you serious? Going fully fae isn't turning into a chick.

>>36192906
>Leave.

>>36193115
Look like a girl is close enough to gender bending.

>The fires begin,

This is why I love Dran's quests.

>>36193224
I can't believe we actually look like this now. Let's at least cut our hair or some shit

>>36193224
>Not using the dick bulge version.

>>36192906
>Stay.

>>36193249
It'll look a lot less girly if he just doesn't dress like that.

Seriously. Not wearing spaghetti straps or tight-as-fuck pants with boots will go a long way towards this whole thing. Asher wearing his usual big baggy shorts and tshirt should look fine.

So did Tony and Camille just disappear or what? Also I'm pretty sure we made a mistake and opened a portal to Drans magical realm instead of Tir Na Nog

>>36193311
>implying
Shhh. Just accept it, anon. I want to frolic in this realm.

>inb4 Camille stays
This must be a dream come true for her.

>>36193311
You've been in my magical realm from thread 1.

>>36193358
>inb4 it makes her look more like a dude.

>>36193396
Fae are jackasses

>>36193414
Asher fits right in.

>>36191731
>we're a manlet now
dropped

>>36193360
So what are the new height and weight?

4'11" and 100 lbs?

>>36193443
Coulda gone full-fae and gotten shapeshifting, but people didn't want to do that.

Gotta love how the people who voted to leave because "muh genderbending" are the ones that just ensured Asher is stuck looking like a manlet trap for a loooooooong time.

>>36193469
Full fae has a lot of problems beside iron.

>>36193469
I wanted to leave because I think full-faeification wouldn't be beneficial at this point

>>36193469
Well the vote said that the changes would increase and clearly nobody wanted that. I don't really think Asher would like becoming girlier either. And I was unsure that shape-shifting would definitely be possible

>>36193224
>we look like this now
I have never felt this kind of anger before.
Dran.
I'm going to find you.

>>36193568
Actualy that would probably be how full fae Asher would look.
We just got otherworldly beauty out of the deal together with multiple other boni

>>36193551
http://ask.fm/Dranzy/answer/119671973662

>>36193613
Why would he make that clear on his ask page but leave us in the dark now?

Would Titania be our boss if we went full fae?

I feel so fucking contented smugness right now you guys don't even know.

>>36193676
>fucking
much*
how in the hell did that turn into "fucking"?

>>36193649
>Faerie stuff is weird. But Asher isn't really working for them, it's more of a partnership and association.
>>35990224

She is the queen, so yes, but I think it'd probably be in title alone.

>>36193613
You do realize there are a lot of things that can disable fae powers like shapeshifting right?

>>36193750
Well if you are Fae you gotta follow fae rules don't you?

>>36192668
>emilia the nicest person possible towards asher
>calls him a girl
>people think its not that bad

>>36193824
It's not that bad.

>>36193824
How about we just rip the first guy who calls us a girl apart with out tree-arm?

>>36193824
His personality hasn't changed with it.

"Hey, you're a cute kid.'

"I WILL EXPLODE YOUR FFFACE!"

>>36193824
It's fine, we'll grow a beard made out of moss and look like a real man again.

>>36193868
>"Wow you're pretty"
>Summon biggie
>"WHO'S PRETTY NOW, FAGGET?"

>>36193868
He has only shown that kind of anger towards edge lord, no one else, ever.
This will never happen.
Mainly because emilia will convince him its a good thing

>>36193885
Or we'll look like a little kid wearing a fake beard

>>36193885
We need to channel them dark elves.

>>36193926
>>36193885

Sounds adorable. Like Marimo.

>>36193868
Haha Emilia is gonna look like a pedo. She was already older than us

>>36193885
I bet we got fae estrogen blasted too hard for that

>>36193962
>>36193966
This quest is going places it should never go
Goodbye old crotchety asher
Hello new shota asher
Im out

>>36192687


Outside of the exhibit, you find that the air has a thick surge of aprehension to it, as though the world is awaiting something even as the tingling interference of the Seelie gate expands its roots further into the area, slowly converting the Museum of Natural History into a cathedral befitting of the blessed Fae's beauty.

There's a cold lump in the back of your throat as you begin to wonder if this was the right thing to do. A burning reassurance pushes the doubt away as your lips tremble into a fierce smile. The naturakl world, the fae will reclaim all of this.

Echo however, throws her head back into mad laughter, “Ohhh, such happenings!” She spins around upon her heel, arms thrown out wide, the eyes of her fox mask open completely, “Everything's going crazy!” She laughs again, the mouth of her mask opening up into a painted maw.

“Echo, your face...” Emilia says with reserved concern.

“I know! It's insane, right?!” She turns again to run off to another exhibit.

“Echo, come back here!” Saph calls after her.”

“I want to see what the mummies are doing!” She replies as she disappears from view all too quickly.

“Shit, “ Saph curses with a clenched fist. “Overwatch will be here as soon as they realize that something's wrong. The Elves can defend the portal but we can't be caught here like this.”

“Why? Couldn't we just fight them off?” Tony interjects, stepping forward with a perplexed look about his large black eyes.

“You don't get it.” Saph shakes her head, sending the four faeries away from her, “They fucking hate this shit. They'll send actual Templars if basic units can't take care of it.”

“Templars?” You say.

>>36193899
"You're so cute when you're angry".
>>36193962
I swear, if Devon gives us shit about this...

>>36194001


“Templars.” She says. “Think of Marcus, except not on your side, full of righteous anger, and usually operating in squads of three to exterminate magical anomolies like this. We can't get caught alone for when they come. we'll need everyone.”

“And Echo?” You say, pointing at where the fox chick ran off to.”

“Fucking Echo...” Saph sighs, “Someone get her, I'll call Marcus.”

>[] “Emilia, you're up.”
>[] “I'm not doing it, Tony?”
>[] “Okay, I'll go get her.”
>[] (other)

>>36194033
>>[] “Okay, I'll go get her.”
Sure fine whatever

>>36194033
>[] “Okay, I'll go get her.”

>>36194033
>[] “Okay, I'll go get her.”

>>36194012
>implying we could do anything
We cant harm him, hes zg
He has the ability to call asher a sissy fag boi all day long

>>36194033
>[] “Okay, I'll go get her.”
Echo has finally snapped. Excellent.

Also, where is our Faun wife? Hasn't made it over yet?

>>36194033
>[] “Okay, I'll go get her.”

>>36194081
She's caught up in Faerie law right now.

>>36194033
>[] “I'm not doing it, Tony?”
I predict that going in there will make us full fae

>>36194081
>we are gonna be shorter than both of our wives
Dran is turning this into s.s. isnt he?
God damn it dran

>>36194106
>Faerie law
Wat?

>>36194076
>He has the ability to call asher a sissy fag boi all day long
We could let it slip to a few fae/elf/whatevers that the Dark Katana Emperor doesn't need 2 hands anymore

>>36194033
>[] “I'm not doing it, Tony?”

>>36194033
>[] “Okay, I'll go get her.”
Taking Tony with us wouldn't be smart.

>>36194033
>[] “Okay, I'll go get her.”

>>36194147
>>36194116
Sending the guy who mindbreaks shades into a room full of ancient egyptian pseudo-shades that are probably powered up by fae-magic.
Not a good idea

Also fun fact everyone faerie glamour is easy to break meaning fae shapeshifting is nearly useless.

>>36194033
Why is echo so retarded? Too much excitement going on?

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>this thread

>>36194106
So what's Tony look like? His eyes went all big and black, anything else?

>>36194033
>[] “Emilia, you're up.”

>>36194211
I bet he gets needle teeth
Why cant we be Tony?

>>36194206
Those are full-blown souls anchored to the world by ritually preserved corpses. There are more than one of them and there are also all of their servants and familiars.

Tony would get curbstomped.

>>36194211
That's it. His eyes went full black.

>>36194033
Let's go get her. I wanna see faerie elf mummies!

>>36194243
Why the fuck did we loose a few feet and become the abomination we are now?

>>36194260
Different levels of contamination.

>>36194260
>Led the ritual
>Already had a link to the fae
>Already had a strong link to nature, so bonus points on that fae link

>Templars
>Like marcus, but angrier

What if their only weakness is choking on dick? Wouldn't that suck?

>>36194260
Because Asher is a faggot.

>>36194260
Probably because we're more involved with the fae, we were becoming more fae like even before the portal

>>36194277
So how big are we know anyway?

>>36194232
I'm mad that biggie had no play in our transformation, I bet hes happy to be in the body of a lady boy

>>36194316
He said "about Saph's height" and Saph is like 5'1" or something.

>>36194324
Did we ever get Saph's height?
Because I just looked up and Emilia is 5'5

>>36194320
Biggie is Asher. They stopped being separate beings when the soul hole got patched.

>>36194336
I think Emilia actually got taller from this tho.

>>36194369
>emilia got taller
Now thats just unfair, if anything she should have gone full dwarf mode, dat earth.

>>36194277
Did camille ditch us?

>>36194390
>asher the guy who tries to be menacing all the time is now a midget trap
Wonderful days

>>36194417
Ehh, we can just summon up things to look menacing for us.

Or I guess we finally have an incentive to boost Illusion. It's been at Novice forever. Maybe fae will give us a discount.

Permanent stealth enchantments using Alchemy+Illusion would be so fucking cool.
Also, as seen with the thread where we scared off Wallie, it would seem that being able to look scary is more valuable than being able to back it up.

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>>36194407
>pic related
Is how everyone is going to start viewing our pathetic ass. God dammit.

>>36194470
We could never back it up, this is why this is so shit, we now cant even try to be scary, midgets arent scary. Also, we cant afford to put limit into illusion, we can barely afford to put anything in anything

>>36194470
>Maybe fae will give us a discount.
Fae glamour is a weakness not a strength.

Overquest S2 EP20: Adorable suffering

>>36194512
We already have an Illusion spell that isn't a fae glamour.

I was saying that we could probably get one of them to help us raise it for a discount like how Faraji was able to get us cheaper summoning.

>>36194528
I want to rip out the arms of the first fucker that calls us adorable.

>>36194470
We should have stayed at the fucking portal. But no, people had to half-ass it.

Does Dran want us to be mad? I'm trying to think of a reason for Dran to want girly Asher but that's all I can come in with. He couldn't have expected his playerbase to like it

>>36194557
Ten bucks says its emilia, good luck getting dran to allow us any freedom when shes involved

>>36194571
I fucking love it.

>>36194571
Shota and femdom go hand in hand.
There are no brakes on drans fetish train
>>36194589
Suffering anon pls go

>>36194571
>not enjoying Mr Dran's wild ride

>>36194565
I know how much you want glamour man but why would you want that weakness man.

>>36194571
I have no real problem with it unless Dran decides to push it

>>36194611
>dran
>not pushing it

>>36194571
I like the perks it got us and I don't really care about Asher looking girly. It'll probably even lead to some humorous scenes.

The only thing that would make me pissed is if Dran started getting ridiculous maximum overfetishy with it and having Asher suddenly take cocks all day erry day. That's not gonna happen though, I don't think.

>>36194610
What do you mean with weakness?

>>36194648
He's a trapfag trying to spread disinfo so that Asher is forced to look girly 24/7

>people are this accepting of this shit
Yeah no, fuck it, dropped.
Have fun with you faggots

>>36194679
Good. Leave. Maybe this quest will finally be less of an acidic shithole of anger.

>>36194679
I'm pretty sure you already said 4 times that you drop it in this thread

>>36194694
That's never gonna happen and you know it

>>36194706
G-guys, I'm really going to drop it this time!

>>36194648
Faerie glamour is heavily limited by rules on top of being easily broken. That not even getting faerie weaknesses which is even worse.

>>36194742
Illusion spell that we have =/= fae glamour

Fae shapeshifting =/= fae glamour

>>36194764
Fae shapeshifting is glamour.

>>36194781
They were separate things on Morgan's sheet.

>>36194277
Did it also have anything to do with Tony's disposition really being more like the unseelie?

>>36194742
Wasn't glamour extremly potent unless you use one of the explicit counters?
I may be mistaken though

>>36194811
That too.

>>36194845
>Asher is somehow seelie
wut
We killed 3k people like the other day
We tortured a good number of people
We drowned a priest
We worked for fucking lucifer
How did we go full seelie?

>Be some dude in Chicago
>See bright as fuck light in the sky
>Whatever
>Go to bathroom to take a piss
>Troll pops out of the shower and demands a toll to pass and use the toilet

>>36194789
Glamour is fae powers in general not just illusions.
>>36194814
Glamour is a corruption of grammar. Glamour is just a bunch of rules that if broken cause you to lose your powers.
>>36194873
Seelie =/= good.

>>36194873
By going full NATUUUURRREEEE with it and spending a week out in the woods enchanting the trees to give a big middle finger to Winter (winter is unseelie). Then he married into the Seelie.

>>36194873
Because nice things dont exist

>>36194873
Seelie doesn't necessarily mean good. It just means that they're not 120% maximum ultradickass.

So how long until Belila shows up to give us an enema made chiefly from our own torn-out spine?

>>36194033


“All right, I'll go get her” You say as you head away from the main group after the wily fox girl. “Echo?” You call her name as you enter the egyptian section. Turning around the wall, you see a bunch of faces staring back at you from sarcophagi, some even stretching, cracking their bones as they stir from their rest, some are even in the middle of collecting their organs from the jars.
Yet as soon as they see you, they freeze.

Echo wavbes from their midst, “Asher! This is Jaggan, and that's Caedus, and that's Nargua, and that's Barite-”

“What-” You start as one suddenly stands up especially tall.

“The Fox says that your ritual tapped into the line that restored us to this world.” The still-withered mummy take a deep breath through his nostrils, closing his eyes as if to savor the air, “The mana is thick again.” His eyes snap open, “We've slept for five thousand years awaiting the next magical age.”

You slowly nod as an Egyptian feline curls beside the man's leg. “I am Noite, Priest of Bastet.” He extends a hand and a staff with a feline's head erupts from the broken glass, swiftly turning into naught but sand as it hits the floor, the staff firmly in hand as he curls his fingers around gold and embossed wood. “And the Fox says that you are... The Asher?”

The Asher? Huh. You kind of like the sound of that... Puffing your chest up, even if you come up a little short on the man, he only stands a couple inches taller than you, “Yes, that's the name. But-” You point out Echo- “I've come to collect that one, we need to leave before the guards come.”

Noite smiles, teeth shining with some magic despite the persisting presence of an age of rot, “Guards? They would come to cease your tapping of the magical line?”

>>36195002

“Yep, Overwatch. Bad guys. Hate magic stuff like you guys and anything else that isn't all GOD!” Echo says as she tosses some of the urns to other mummies reassembling themselves. In the middle of a toss, she pauses, “Oh no, that's Templars. Overwatch comes before that. They're trying to keep order or something- Hey, who's liver is this? This is a liver right?”

“That's my brain...” Another Mummy says.

“Should drink less, alcohol is bad for you.” She tosses the thing over to the respondent.

“Right...” You say, getting back to Noite. “So, we need to leave, preferably now.”

The mummy fingers the feline head of his staff in thought, “Interesting. For us, this place might be considered sacred were it not already taken... For our gratitude, we would see to its defense for the time until we are prepared to make a pilgrimage to the sacred Nile.”

You hold back informing the friendly mummy of the current state of Egypt, last news report spoke of unrest, now? You've the faintest idea.

>[Write in]

>>36195002
FUCK YEAH MUMMY REINFORCEMENT

>>36195002
Wow we did good, we got super mummies as well

>>36195028
Thank you based Noite.

>>36195028
I don't understand what we should say or what the context is

>>36195028
Grab echo and gtfo

>>36195028
Support them a bit and let Legna tell Tony to hide the mummies are comming

>>36195028
We would appreciate that. Thankyou mr mummy.

But we really should get out of here.

Ask Echo if Fox said anything about how long until Overwatch shows.

>>36195028
>[Write in]
Is this where we tell you to make the Emilia T-rex Mech? Because yes, do that please

>>36195028
Well give them a bit of support in getting ready.
Than go back with Echo

>>36195105
Emilia's outside and we all need to get the fuck out of here. We can make the T-rex mech later, preferably when the anti-magic strikeforce isn't inbount.

>>36195028
Look around for a nice magical item we could use and then leave with echo

>>36194890
I'm still surprised that the marriage contract doesn't allow us to have sex with women we're not married to, infidelity is normal among fae.

So, what's the plan here? We just need to leave, yes? We don't need to fight off waves of enemies?

>>36195028
Should we warn them that they'll likely be touched by the fae if they remain during the portal equalizing?

I dunno if they even can leave, though. Seems like they need the magic in order to reawaken.

>>36195028
>“Should tell your brain to stop drinking.” She tosses the thing over to the respondent.

>As they catch the jar, "It had some problems in life..."

>"Tell Fox about your problems..."

I just wanted to modify that part there...

>>36195148
Yeah better tell them that there's a portal to Tir na nOg and they should probably shield themselves if they don't want anything of that

>>36195148
We could introduce them to Dorothy.

>>36195146
We need to get back to the rest of ZG. We got Overwatch big hitters coming in and I don't want to take them on with our current group.

3 Nerves (two of which have builds that get wrecked even harder by Bones), 2 combat Veins, and 1 Vein that's not built for combat but still probably better than the other two. Point is, we'd get wrecked by Belila right now. I want to get back to the group and have Marcus burn her while we Blink off to a roof somewhere and beam fire mana at him.

>>36195028
"Did you see a person, blonde hair about (demonstrate with hands) this long, French accent?"

>>36195225
>implying she didn't went full fae to get shapeshifting

>>36195028
I guess help the mummies with Echo and try to hurry her along so we can gtfo.

>>36195309
this

I just imagine how walley is going to feel when he comes into the museum.
>Norse Light Elves / Warrior Fae
>Ancient Mummy Nerves
>The whole Museum turning into a part of the Otheworld
>Fae logic suddenly applies

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>>36195002
>“And the Fox says that you are... The Asher?”

>>36195357
He'd probably just be like "man fuck this" and erect a wall around the area before telling the other people that they can deal with it.

>>36195357
Aren't Norse light elves pretty much ye olde angels except more humanoid?

Shit's about to get intense.

>>36195225
I can't tell if she disappeared or if Dran just hasn't mentioned her

I'm really curious about those fairies with mixed up versions of our names.

>>36195501
Those are the light elves.

>>36195456
She stayed in the basement with the light elves. Did you not read that post?

>>36195534
Nevermind. That's weird. I missed a part.

>>36195534
>ctrl+f "camille"
>4 results
>All in anon posts
Yeah, I probably missed that part.

>>36195534
I have no idea what you're talking about

>>36192687


After looking over what's already changed you can't imagine it continuing further than it already has, “Come on, let's go.” You say to Emilia and she follows after you with a black-eyed Tony, looking every bit his usual self except for that.

Saph hasn't moved an inch yet, as she's looking to the last of you, “Well, are you coming?”

Camille, whom looks even lovlier and more feminine than before slowly looks herself over, thing fingers gingerly touching her stomach and slipping lower...“If we stay, it'll keep going...” She whispers.

Saph looks away, “I get it.” She walks after the rest of the group, a cheerful and wild Echo at the fore.

Camille's the only one that stays behind. One of the beautiful elves of light, her name Aemili, touches the new Fae's shoulder. “You possessed the wrong soul, didn't you? The flesh was changed, but it wasn't true. The power of the New Tree will heal it to its true form, come, eat of its fruit.”

With a silent prayer, Camille casts her eyes to the departed party and returns to the tree with the elf as the other two await the first fruit of the tree...

Then
>>36194001

>>36195585
He just asked if you read a part he never posted.

>>36195593
> also says we won't become more girly by staying
Wtf dra

>>36195613
Dran*

>>36195613
Camille literally had a female soul that got stuck in a dude body and the tree is fixing that. See
>“You possessed the wrong soul, didn't you? The flesh was changed, but it wasn't true. The power of the New Tree will heal it to its true form, come, eat of its fruit.”

It wouldn't do the same thing to Asher.

>>36195593
Ok, NOW can we bone Camille? Please?

>>36195635
Nope. That would break our marriage contract

>>36195613
>skimmers

Asher just got "Girly" because faefication made his hair fabulous and his skin immaculate.

>>36195593
>its true form
:D

>>36195613
If you are talking about
>After looking over what's already changed you can't imagine it continuing further than it already has
Asher is saying that he wouldn't want his transformation to continue past the current stage.

>>36195657
So it was less sex change, more day at the super spa?

>>36195652
>>36195633
I'm referring to this. I would've liked to know that our appearance wouldn't have changed more by staying
>After looking over what's already changed you can't imagine it continuing further than it already has,

>>36195674
Elf-like

>>36195681
Oh. I thought you were looking at Camille going full-chick and trying to say the same thing would have happened to Asher.

>>36195681
We would have lost another ~2ft of height from where we are now. Dran's already confirmed that full-fae is about 3ft tall.

>>36195648
I still don't understand why it doesn't allow infidelity.

Well, I guess this cements Camille as a member of ZG so long as she doesn't go and die. Can't imagine that she'd leave after this.

>>36195681
That wasn't Dran saying the transformation wouldn't go further, that was Asher using an expression to denote surprise about this whole situation.

So is our left eye healed now or is it an empty socket filled with glowy stuff in it that we can see through because magic?

>>36195772
I can but it involves dancing and playing among the Fae in Tír na nÓg.

>post yfw we're barely taller than XIX
We'll actually be shorter than her if we get another round of fae zapping shrinkage

Is Dran asleep?

>>36195975
It's probably Toothy.

>>36195975
His last post was 17 minutes ago.

>>36195028


“There's a portal to Tir Na Nog, another world just below here, you should shield yourselves unless you want to become fae while the portal equalizes.”

Noite looks around at the glyphs, sneering with his ancient features, “Indeed. These imitations are poor. Weaving signs in the air with his free hand, he rapidly overwrites the scrawlings upon the walls as the glyphic runes shift before your very eyes. Following his lead, a couple of the others and recently complete follow his gestures, giving him the opportunity to cease.
“We can protect ourselves from the influence. If you must go, then go. We will hold this ground against heathen scum that seek to defile your ritual.”

You nod, “Thank you.” Looking over to Echo as she gives one of the mummies a therapy session about alcoholism, “Hey, any word on how long until the Watch is here?”

She throws her head back to the ceiling, the maw of the fox mask upturning in a frustrated snarl, “I'm TRYING to heal someone here.”

“She's helping a lot actually,” The mummy admits.

“When is the Watch going to be here,” You repeat. “How long do we have?”

Echo rolls her eyes, “Oh, I dunno...” They turn back into aesthetic slits, “You have NO idea how my power works, do you?”

“Yes or no would suffice.”

“That wasn't a yes or no question, you asked a question that demanded a magnitude like I would know when I can't see them OR their auras. I'm not omniscient, and I'm TRYING to therapy!”

“Please sir, I think we're making a lot of progress.” The mummy mumbles pathetically.

“See Asher? Progress!” She throws a hand out as if to show a point.

“Fucking hell, I don't have time for this bullshit.” You roll your eyes to Noite, “You want to help, cool. Get yourselves ready and bring Echo out to the main hall. We need to defend the entrance to the underground exhibit as that's where the line will be drawn. Let the Elf, Shaer know that you're on his side.”

>>36196030


Noite nods, “It shall be done. In the name of Baste, their blood shall be upon our hands.”

“Cool.” You give the mummy a thumb's up and turn to leave only to hear Saph scream from the lobby, sending you into a run. As you head to the main hall, you suddenly wonder why you of all people might be running toward danger rather than away, yet when you get there, Saph's screaming into her mask's Comm.

You jump down from the second floor railing, landing on the ground with supernatural grace. “What's going on?” You ask as you jog over.

Emilia looks over to you, “Marcus said that there's more portals throughout the city, people are being converted into dark faeries and causing chaos in the city.”

You blink once and then find yourself having to cover a grin as it rapidly dawns upon you what's caused this. Morgan's parting gift.

Saph spins around to stare at you, her eyes glimmering from behind her mask, “You, did you have something to do with this?” Her words are dripping with enraged accusation.

You raise your hand in your defense, “Hey, I didn't know anything about this.”

“Your summon.” She snipes, reading you like an open book. “Morgan did this, didn't she?” Her voice becomes cold and steady.

Realizing you can't hide much at all from her, “Yeah, without my knowledge. She left a few days ago.”

Saph takes a breath, thinking to herself as she takes the moment to pace. “Then Overwatch will be divided. A Templar unit will be issued without a doubt, and they'll be distracted as the city converts to the other world.” Saph halts, raising her head. “It's not unlike the followers' method... But it'll distract them enough for us to act and possibly claim the heads of powerful Templars.”

>>36196058
Saph's anger calms completely, “And the Faeries will war, light against dark.” She looks to you, walking right up with that confident gait of hers, she touches your cheek, looking you in the eyes, “Good job Asher.”

Taken aback, you smile and blush a bit abashedly, “So what now?”

“Now?” You can feel Saph smile behind her mask, “Now we leave and pretend like none of this is our fault. Until they need us. Then we return.”

>[Write In]

>>36196086
Well, I guess we get out of here then.

Not really much other option unless we suddenly decide to go sit in the museum for full-fae or we want to go snatch Camille mid-change.

>>36196086
Don't we need to defend the portal though? If not just leave I guess

>>36196086
Prepare for war
Do we have any way to create comunication between the elves and us?

>>36196086
>Now we leave and pretend like none of this is our fault.
Fucking Saph. I think this is the first time she's said anything I liked.

>>36196159
We need to meet up with our allies who are better able to fight, mainly Marcus.

The elves and mummies can fight off intruders until then probably

>>36196086
Oh Morgan, you little trickster!
We should rendezvous with the rest of ZG to fill them in on the situation and consolidate our forces. Perhaps we can grab T-Rex bones too?

>>36196187
No point. The tree arm is already a better magical focus for us.

>>36196159
You could make the choice to. Overwatch is going to be split up with all the activity during Samhain, so with that in mind it's much different than what you would've dealt with before.

Calling the rest of ZG to defend the sight of the Seelie is definitely something to consider.

>>36196058
>You blink once and then find yourself having to cover a grin as it rapidly dawns upon you what's caused this.
>having to cover a grin
Bastard Asher best Asher

>>36196218
I'm betting Legna is going to be really helpful tonight.

>>36196218
>Calling the rest of ZG to defend the sight of the Seelie is definitely something to consider.
I'd prefer that than.
It's time for war

>>36196207
You do realize it can be used as a reagent for an alchemical ritual.

>>36196280
Or just something to repay Dorothy

>>36196248
I agree. The portal seems to be the only thing we really need to protect. If we stay here, we are only fighting the overs/fae that we really need to fight. Not sure what else we really need to do tonight anyway.

>>36196058
Meet up with the rest of ZG and defend the seelie portal

>>36196280
I don't want to waste time and risk getting caught with our pants down by Overwatch.

>>36196218
Yeah. Call as much Zeitgeist backup as possible to defend the portal. With overwatch spread thin it shouldn't be too hard to handle but backup is still nice. I'm kind of itching for a fight honestly

>>36196086
If we are going to leave or not we still have to tell Saph about the mummies at least. Won't change her plans probably but she's gonna want to know anyways

>>36196086
Meet up with ZG and defend our portal.
Pump our summons full with energy

>>36196086
Lets get ZG together and defend the site of the Seelie. I think thats going to be the best option while garnering some good limit.

>>36196341
We might not want to pump up Donneth further. He's already rank 3. Once he hits 4, that's the point where we can't force command on him.

And he's unseelie.

>>36196086
Time for war I guess. Don't want to be near the site till the portal stabilizes unless the transformation can't get much worse.

>>36196403
I agree. How about quick contracts with the quartet and a boost to 2nd or 3rd?

>>36196471
If we can do that and boost them to 3

>>36196086
Adding contracting and boosting to level 3 the Quartet to >>36196376

>>36196403
>>36196539
I dunno if we really want to do that now. They're already here, and this will take time.

>>36196086


You think for a moment, considering the situation. If they're divided and there are multiple Unseelie portals versus the one Seelie... “But we need to defend this site.” Looking back to the Underground Adventure exhibit. “If this site goes down before enough Seelie get through, before the portal's stabilized then Overwatch will only need to deal with the minor Dark portals.”

Saph considers your word, “So you want us to stick around for the first to react?”

You nod, arms crossed, “Yes. At least until the portal's able to sustain itself. It'd be a blow to them, deter them from dealing with the minor spots and turn the entire city into a problem for them wherein we can move freely. With your approval-”

“Yes, I get what you're saying. By the way, where's Echo, you were supposed to get her-”

“Did someone ask for the Fox?” Echo shouts down from the balcony, grinning with her fox-mask. With a leap, she flips through the air and lands before Saph with a flourish and a bow.

“Where were you-” Saph begins to ask.

“Making friends.” She answers as she lifts her head, putting a hand out to usher forth your new temporary allies.

Saph's shoulders slacken and her jaw drops, “No way.”

The Mummies of Bastet, led by Noite arrive at the balcony, clad in their nearly nude ritual garb and holding staff, wand, scepter and cane. “We return a favor.”

“And I, twofold!” An especially sober mummy announces.

You in turn grin, “Yeah, Echo's good at making friends.”

With a shake of her head, she touches her mask for comm, “Marcus, come to the museum.
“We need ourselves a vanguard.”

>>36196604
>Saph's shoulders slacken and her jaw drops, “No way.”
Welcome to mythos-land

Should we start setting up some nitroglycerin landmines (basically just puddles of the stuff)?

>>36196663
Good plan

I'm surprised that no one's said that the mummies went straight up Phylactery, using their own bodies and shit.
I mean, I know Phylacteries are supposed to be super hidden and shit but hey, post mortem, second life.

>>36196663
Sounds like a good idea to me

>>36196604
I'm surprised Legna hasn't said anything yet.

>>36196674
I thought that was one of those "stating the obvious' things

>>36196695
>I'm surprised Legna hasn't said anything yet.
Too busy containing her orgasms

>>36196663
Add in some patches of ONC to blow up at will and we have a deal

>>36196674
I'm kinda wondering how what they did worked.
Did they just stop "working" when the last magic age ended or did they die before that and for some reason didn't chose to respawn before now

>>36196604


Glyphic runes shimmer across the frames of doors and windows, signs of protection and warding against evil as Noite puts it, different sets of signs woven into their garb. He does the same to the others unwilling to be changed by the power of the faerie world gushing through.

Saph however declines, claiming that she's capable of protecting herself against the influence even as the annoying little tetra sisters prance around her person, unwittingly carefree. At least, Xera and Lunn are, those are the crazy ones.

You take a step outside to enjoy the air, short lived when you see in the distant night that darkness and winter encroach upon the Seelie's sanctuary. Weaving magic through the air, laying out subterranean sheets of nitroglycerin just beneath the surface of the street and ground. Working through the disturbance of the physical layer is a bit trying at first, but you soon get the hang of it as you rearrange elements into explosive formations.
“Legna” You speak aloud, calling upon the Valkyrie as she appears briskly at your side, her body more luminous than ever.
“Donneth.” You say, yet there's no answer outside of a frigid chill breaching the warmth of the Museum's magic just to caress your cheek.

“That traitor will not be coming,” The Valkyrie flatly states as she seeks the source of disturbance.

“Excuse me?”

Legna sneers, looking down to you. Her features soften as she meets your eyes, “Faust, as we prepare I must inform you that Donneth has betrayed you with your recent changes.”

“And why did you not tell me of this before?” You say with aggravation straining in your heightened voice.

“Because our contract is also void so I have not been compelled so.”

“Wait, if our contract is void then does that mean-”

>>36196912


“Your contract with Zeitgeist is also void, yes. However the Witch Dorothy is more cunning than the Blue maid, I sense you are still bound to her favors. I know not how she managed thus.”

“So now you provide me good counsel again, despite the lack of contract?”

Legna smiles, her features soft and inviting for a spirit hardened for war, “Because I sense war coming, and I would be obliged for our contract to be renewed before its dawn. By your agreement, I shall accept it as so.”

>[] “Alright.”
>[] “Get lost.”

>>36196936
>[] “Alright.”

>>36196936
>[] “Alright.”

>>36196936
>free from zg
RUN FOR THE HILLS
WE A FREE MAN NOW FAGGOTS
WOOO HOOOOOOO

>>36196936
>[] “Alright.”
"Is Gertrude still bound to our contract?"

>>36196936
>[] “Alright.”
So being fundamentaly changed voids existing contracts

>>36196971
>gerty might be free
AHHHHHHHHHHHH
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>>36196936
>[] “Alright.”
Wait does the hydra thing still exists?

>>36196988
WE LEFT XIX AT HOME
OH FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

>>36196971
oh fuck

>>36196996
It's a rank 1 and its contract was already shit. It's not like it matters that the contract is gone.

>>36196936
Are we still married?

>>36196936
>[] “Alright.”
Legna a best summon.

>>36196971
Oh fuck. Let's hope she doesn't find out...

>>36196971
I bet she is, blood contracts are fucking strong

>>36197024
Just guessing but the fae-portal won't change the fae-marriage contract

>>36197024
Probably. I don't see fae stuff invalidating other fae stuff.

>>36197024
I hope so, I want us to be free.
Oh how I had dreamed of this day
And we dont look like asher anymore, so overwatch wont be looking for us
SWEET FREEDOM

>Emilia probably could have gotten her shredded innards fixed if she stayed in the museum
>She didn't

>>36197047
Our contract with Donneth got voided though.

>>36197089
Unseelie.

>>36197089
That was a summoning contract from long before we had contact with the fae.
Also he is unseelie

>the opportunity to leave comes right as ZG starts to look like they might possibly not be shit.

>>36197123
They're still shit.

So if we leave, what will we actually do? Our forest we were working on is located right outside the ZG door, so it's not like we could set up shop there.

>>36197123
Our Dran is a cruel Dran

>>36197123
I would vote to stay with zeitgeist. Otherwise it would just be us and our wives in a fucked up fae warzone

>>36197156
We could go to the redwoods in cali, thats a good forest, strong forest too.
We could dig a hole somewhere and make an underground forest
We can do anything man.
I wanna start a mercenary group of dickbag wizards. Work like Dorothy, get dem magic items.

>>36197123
We don't actually have to leave. We just aren't bound to them anymore. We're technically able to just walk off whenever we please. Xix isn't contracted to ZG either, IIRC. The thing is that we just don't have a reason to do so. Camille could go either way.

>>36197214
What would we even do about Cora?

>>36197227
This.
It's nice to not be forced but for now we should stay with ZG

>>36197233
She's busy doing her own thing, I'd be surprised if we saw her that much anymore

>>36197227
>Xix isn't contracted to ZG either, IIRC.
You remember incorrectly. She's considered a member, so she contracted with them.

>>36197225
Can we get tony? Tony a best

>>36197276
He got altered too so probably, thinking about it saph herself got altered so everyone is probably free

>>36197301
Saph knows how to shield herself.

>>36197227
Recall that the contract penance of ZG was losing all memory of them. Asher could've walked off at any time, he'd forget about Saph, XIX, Gertrude, other ZG members and well, Emilia.

>>36197319
The real problem is marcus, we need to leave now or never, that burning skull fuck is coming, i can feel it

>>36197335
I'm not sure what makes you think he's gonna kill us. Saph is happy so he's happy

>>36197355
Saph wont be happy if we turn down hoping back into our shackles, and we wont let her put that contract on us like that

>>36197365
I don't have a problem with the contract though

>>36196936


“Sounds fine by me. When did this happen, anyway?”

“I accept our contract once again. This has been so since your fight with the enraged and burning wood.”

“Does Saphira know?” You ask as you resume the creation of Nitro mines.

“I understand that she indeed does. I expect that she deigns to trust you rather than press the issue. Part of the spectacle she calls diplomacy.”

You frown a little at that. You aren't sure what to think of that. You'd been her prisoner through contract more or less. Now she's just going to trust you? Not even the Followers were that nice about it.

“Faust.”

“Yes?”

“I request you stand back a moment.” Legna pushes you to the side, raising her shield up just as a spear of black ice forces her back as it drives hard against her buckler, forcing the spirit of war to dig in hard with her heels and divert the massive shaft of translucent ice.

“What the fu-”

“Seems that Donneth sends his regards. He's grown bold with a body.”

“And how the hell did you see that-”

“I am a Valkyrie, I foresaw your demise and acted accordingly to defend you.”

Demise? You gape, that could've killed you just now? “Donneth, that fucker wants me dead now?”

Legna takes a knee, fixing the damage to her shield, “Last words I exchanged with Donneth, he's decided that you are a beast worthy of hunting. He will prove to you who is the man and who is the animal. Or so that demon says.”

You crack a smile, “Sonofabitch, shit like that really bites you in the ass doesn't it?”

“Demons are pleased with such irony when they are free to act upon it.”

>>36197385


“Spare me your counsel for the moment.” You command. You look out to the street, the distant chaos unfolding beyond skyscrapers, from the edge of the city, all the way to the lake.

Yet right before the museum now, a familiar-looking truck pulls at the end of the field laden with hidden mines...

Without second to lose, you don your mask and get ready for the war to come, Legna brandishes her blade, a serene sense of joy to her cold exterior.

>[End Thread]

>>36197385
>“I understand that she indeed does. I expect that she deigns to trust you rather than press the issue. Part of the spectacle she calls diplomacy.”
Huh. Well then, that makes me actually fairly cool with ZG.