I'm done being a human, let's be (a) Dragon instead!
- Thread starter Ryuchanwings
- Start date
- Original
- Location
- USA
Okay! I'm gping to start writing the nwxt part!
.... as soon as I get to a computer and not a cell phone.
.... as soon as I get to a computer and not a cell phone.
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
See's Children Killed in the list of rolls.
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fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck...
And now I have Regret!!! LOVELY!
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fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck...
And now I have Regret!!! LOVELY!
- Location
- USA
It's painful to write. Ivorixia is a healing dragon, with an angel familiar, so you guys are lucky there.
HOWEVER.
Even as much as I love the comedic and lighthearted bent, I wanted to highlight that your choices have impacts on not only you, your loved ones and bad guys, but innocents caught in the crossfire. So.
I'm still working on writing this. It's sorta hard, and even though Lucian's boost means that the dead children will be saved, that does not erase the fact that they were dead for a little while, and that their loves ones were also likely killed by a giant golden dragon.
Feels.
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Sadness incoming.
I prepare for more feels and more REGRET!
Even though I, personally, didn't vote for Tal's actions.
I am not to blame for the dead children.
That's on Y'all.
I prepare for more feels and more REGRET!
Even though I, personally, didn't vote for Tal's actions.
I am not to blame for the dead children.
That's on Y'all.
- Location
- Germany
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Character building - with great power etc. And this is an example of what happens if you misjudge the application of said great power.
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Somewhere that legendary wisdom must come from.
Regrets and Terror
- Location
- USA
Well, here we go!! It's good to be back to an almost normal pattern. I love you guys!!
This, uh... there were some bad rolls. I rerolled one for an assist from Lucian, but that does not erase the consequences. Bad stuff still happened. Sorry for the sad stuff, it hurt me too.
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I watched as Tal, Theyra seated at the base of his neck, flew down past me, angling towards the village. His jaws were already open, and I could see the particles of light gathering there, purple eyes alight with... rage.
I was conflicted. On the one hand, I was pretty pissed with these guys myself. They were scum, and it was hard to get past the adrenaline rush that was urging me to join him. They had tried to harm my elf!! Those lowly ground-bound thieves!! How dare they threaten my hoard!!
But there was another part of me that still.... well, yeah, I was a dragon now, but I used to be human. There were some humans down in that camp. Those were living beings, with souls. I didn't want Tal to become... the type of dragon everyone was terrified of.
<IVORIXIA!!> Lucian's mental voice pierced through the red fog clouding my brain and jolted me from my reverie. Startled, I looked at him and Kaya, who I just now realized was poundimg on my talons and yelling sething at me. I couldn't hear past my heart beating in my ears. I watched her face. What...?
Children. <-Ivorixia, beloved, please, there are innocent souls down there->
I cried out, almost a wail, and twisted around as fast as I could. Tal was already on the attack, his light weapon smiting everything it touched. The explosions didn't cause fire to spread too much, because it burned so fast it used up more air and fuel than could keep the flames going. I could hear again, sharper than I wanted, I could hear screaming and roaring and smell fire and cooking flesh-
I tossed Kaya to the side and cast feather fall for her, before tucking back my wings and diving down. I had to stop Tal before it was too late! I had to-
I angled myself to fly under Tal, lifting my head to bump under his jaw. "Tal!! Wait, STOP!!!"
His jaws closed, and he snarled in pain. "Ivo-!"
"There are- there were children, Tal!!" I cried out, clumsily flapping my wings for a moment as breath caught in my throat. Why didn't I stop him?! I could have stopped him!! I should have stopped him! This was a village, of course they probably had children!
The weight of my guilt and grief pulled me down into the ruins of the village, most of those who could run away, had already. The dead and wounded were mostly in two categories; charred by the blast, or hit by shrapnel.
I... won't describe what state the small bodies I gathered were in. I can't. It was bad enough. Six dead, their forms laid out in front of me, the last a small girl, still alive, but in a bad way, with her arm at an awkward angle.
I sat and stared at them for a few moments, voice stolen. ".... sorry." I finally was able to croak, eyes misting as my body rocked from side to side. I couldn't... make myself look away. The tears rolled down my muzzle to fall upon one of the bodies. "I'm so...."
I felt Tal approaching from behind, but he hesitated, stopped. He felt guilty about killing the children, I knew that, but he didn't understand why I was so distraught.
I distantly heard a low, keening crooning sound. I didn't realize it was coming from me until I felt a hand touch my neck. <Your pain tears at me, Ivorixia.> Lucian's voice again flowed into my mind, trying to pull away some of the hurt. He was in his human form, for some reason I couldn't quite grasp. <It is not too late, beloved. Not for these. I can help you.>
My heart ached. <Please, Lucian, help me.> I begged, letting him into my mind. <I can't... Tal can't be a murderer. Not children. I wouldn't be able to...>
<Breathe, Ivori.> He told me, and I knew what he meant. Eyes squeezed shut, I began to inhale, what felt like the deepest breath of my life, flexed my throat, and exhaled. The glowing green mist spilled from me, and I could hear him chanting beside me, taking my incomplete Breath of Life and making it.... more, stronger.
'Please,' I begged silently as the mist covered the dead and injured forms in front of me, 'Bahamut, God, anyone listening, please help us bring these children back. They don't deserve this, and... I don't think I could live with this on my conscience.'
I watched the cloud anxiously, the glow fluctuating, then growing brighter, and, when it faded.... Both Lucian and I collapsed, him popping back into his pseudo-dragon form. Welp. I mean, resurrection spells would take a hell of a lot of magic, wouldn't they?
I looked at the nearest child, a boy, near the tip of my muzzle. Gone was the disturbing black remains, he was whole again. I wanted to know if he was still breathing, or if his soul was back, but I felt pretty winded.
I didn't even notice Kaya's approach until she was kneeling by one of the children, checking for a pulse. Theyra came over from somewhere, having gone to one of the outlying houses and having found cloth and clothing to lay over the now-sleeping children. She breathed out a sharp sigh before looking at me, then Tal with her piercing green eyes.
".... I get why you did it." She said after a long few moments, to my brother. "Sort of. You didn't know there were kids here, either." She looked down at the face of one of the girls. ".... Those who are still dead were assholes. Glad they're gone." She looked at me, next. "And thank you. For bringing them back."
I shook my head, diggin my claws into the earth below me. "I shouldn't have let-"
"Not your fault." She said flatly. "Not even NeRoI's fault entirely. Thieves usually don't bring their families up to hideaways for just this reason." She glanced over at the smouldering wreckage of the houses. "Well, not this exactly.... You know what I mean. If it's anyone's fault, it's mine for not telling you two sooner that we actually had non-thieves here."
I wasn't sure I believed her entirely, but I let the subject lie as I watched all the children breathe. Those who died in the explosions had only a light fuzz of hair where it had once been on their bodies, healing breath didn't grow hair out to original length, apparently. And a more pressing concern rose to my tired mind; what in the world were we going to do with seven abandoned/orphaned children, who were now probably extremely traumatized by dragons?
And if everything wasn't already terrible enough, it was at this point that one of the smaller boys woke up, looked at us, and began shrieking.
Hnnnngh.
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What do we do with the kids?
[] Find some way to take them back with us. (Their parents were all either dead or running for their lives right now, after all. We should take responsibility. Also, I'm not looking forward to them becoming a bunch od dragon hunters in the next couple decades.)
[] Find a town to leave them at.
=[] Give them some treasure and an apology
=[] Erase their memories with magic
[] Leave them here (Not likely with it still weighing heavily on your conscience.)
[] Write In.
This, uh... there were some bad rolls. I rerolled one for an assist from Lucian, but that does not erase the consequences. Bad stuff still happened. Sorry for the sad stuff, it hurt me too.
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I watched as Tal, Theyra seated at the base of his neck, flew down past me, angling towards the village. His jaws were already open, and I could see the particles of light gathering there, purple eyes alight with... rage.
I was conflicted. On the one hand, I was pretty pissed with these guys myself. They were scum, and it was hard to get past the adrenaline rush that was urging me to join him. They had tried to harm my elf!! Those lowly ground-bound thieves!! How dare they threaten my hoard!!
But there was another part of me that still.... well, yeah, I was a dragon now, but I used to be human. There were some humans down in that camp. Those were living beings, with souls. I didn't want Tal to become... the type of dragon everyone was terrified of.
<IVORIXIA!!> Lucian's mental voice pierced through the red fog clouding my brain and jolted me from my reverie. Startled, I looked at him and Kaya, who I just now realized was poundimg on my talons and yelling sething at me. I couldn't hear past my heart beating in my ears. I watched her face. What...?
Children. <-Ivorixia, beloved, please, there are innocent souls down there->
I cried out, almost a wail, and twisted around as fast as I could. Tal was already on the attack, his light weapon smiting everything it touched. The explosions didn't cause fire to spread too much, because it burned so fast it used up more air and fuel than could keep the flames going. I could hear again, sharper than I wanted, I could hear screaming and roaring and smell fire and cooking flesh-
I tossed Kaya to the side and cast feather fall for her, before tucking back my wings and diving down. I had to stop Tal before it was too late! I had to-
I angled myself to fly under Tal, lifting my head to bump under his jaw. "Tal!! Wait, STOP!!!"
His jaws closed, and he snarled in pain. "Ivo-!"
"There are- there were children, Tal!!" I cried out, clumsily flapping my wings for a moment as breath caught in my throat. Why didn't I stop him?! I could have stopped him!! I should have stopped him! This was a village, of course they probably had children!
The weight of my guilt and grief pulled me down into the ruins of the village, most of those who could run away, had already. The dead and wounded were mostly in two categories; charred by the blast, or hit by shrapnel.
I... won't describe what state the small bodies I gathered were in. I can't. It was bad enough. Six dead, their forms laid out in front of me, the last a small girl, still alive, but in a bad way, with her arm at an awkward angle.
I sat and stared at them for a few moments, voice stolen. ".... sorry." I finally was able to croak, eyes misting as my body rocked from side to side. I couldn't... make myself look away. The tears rolled down my muzzle to fall upon one of the bodies. "I'm so...."
I felt Tal approaching from behind, but he hesitated, stopped. He felt guilty about killing the children, I knew that, but he didn't understand why I was so distraught.
I distantly heard a low, keening crooning sound. I didn't realize it was coming from me until I felt a hand touch my neck. <Your pain tears at me, Ivorixia.> Lucian's voice again flowed into my mind, trying to pull away some of the hurt. He was in his human form, for some reason I couldn't quite grasp. <It is not too late, beloved. Not for these. I can help you.>
My heart ached. <Please, Lucian, help me.> I begged, letting him into my mind. <I can't... Tal can't be a murderer. Not children. I wouldn't be able to...>
<Breathe, Ivori.> He told me, and I knew what he meant. Eyes squeezed shut, I began to inhale, what felt like the deepest breath of my life, flexed my throat, and exhaled. The glowing green mist spilled from me, and I could hear him chanting beside me, taking my incomplete Breath of Life and making it.... more, stronger.
'Please,' I begged silently as the mist covered the dead and injured forms in front of me, 'Bahamut, God, anyone listening, please help us bring these children back. They don't deserve this, and... I don't think I could live with this on my conscience.'
I watched the cloud anxiously, the glow fluctuating, then growing brighter, and, when it faded.... Both Lucian and I collapsed, him popping back into his pseudo-dragon form. Welp. I mean, resurrection spells would take a hell of a lot of magic, wouldn't they?
I looked at the nearest child, a boy, near the tip of my muzzle. Gone was the disturbing black remains, he was whole again. I wanted to know if he was still breathing, or if his soul was back, but I felt pretty winded.
I didn't even notice Kaya's approach until she was kneeling by one of the children, checking for a pulse. Theyra came over from somewhere, having gone to one of the outlying houses and having found cloth and clothing to lay over the now-sleeping children. She breathed out a sharp sigh before looking at me, then Tal with her piercing green eyes.
".... I get why you did it." She said after a long few moments, to my brother. "Sort of. You didn't know there were kids here, either." She looked down at the face of one of the girls. ".... Those who are still dead were assholes. Glad they're gone." She looked at me, next. "And thank you. For bringing them back."
I shook my head, diggin my claws into the earth below me. "I shouldn't have let-"
"Not your fault." She said flatly. "Not even NeRoI's fault entirely. Thieves usually don't bring their families up to hideaways for just this reason." She glanced over at the smouldering wreckage of the houses. "Well, not this exactly.... You know what I mean. If it's anyone's fault, it's mine for not telling you two sooner that we actually had non-thieves here."
I wasn't sure I believed her entirely, but I let the subject lie as I watched all the children breathe. Those who died in the explosions had only a light fuzz of hair where it had once been on their bodies, healing breath didn't grow hair out to original length, apparently. And a more pressing concern rose to my tired mind; what in the world were we going to do with seven abandoned/orphaned children, who were now probably extremely traumatized by dragons?
And if everything wasn't already terrible enough, it was at this point that one of the smaller boys woke up, looked at us, and began shrieking.
Hnnnngh.
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What do we do with the kids?
[] Find some way to take them back with us. (Their parents were all either dead or running for their lives right now, after all. We should take responsibility. Also, I'm not looking forward to them becoming a bunch od dragon hunters in the next couple decades.)
[] Find a town to leave them at.
=[] Give them some treasure and an apology
=[] Erase their memories with magic
[] Leave them here (Not likely with it still weighing heavily on your conscience.)
[] Write In.
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- From the moon
*sees latest update and previous posts.* Oops. Well Atleast their not dead... well they died but Atleast they didn't stay dead and not the undead not dead I mean the whole being alive thingy... I'm sure they'll be fine maybe they'll even keep their firey attitude.. oh yeah that got kind of incinerated.. well no use crying over burnt toast..
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shutting up now.
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shutting up now.
lockingbane
If you're crazy and you know it clap your hands!
- Location
- Waxahachie tx
[X] apologize to them and make them an offer.
-[X] they can come with you and you will raise them as best as you can and will try to make up for what you have done.
-[X] or you can wipe their memories of this tragedy. They won't have to feel as sad if they can't remember.
--[X] you will also leave them with a some treasure to help them on their way.
-[X] they can come with you and you will raise them as best as you can and will try to make up for what you have done.
-[X] or you can wipe their memories of this tragedy. They won't have to feel as sad if they can't remember.
--[X] you will also leave them with a some treasure to help them on their way.
- Location
- USA
[X] apologize to them and make them an offer.
-[X] they can come with you and you will raise them as best as you can and will try to make up for what you have done.
-[X] or you can wipe their memories of this tragedy. They won't have to feel as sad if they can't remember.
--[X] you will also leave them with a some treasure to help them on their way.
-[X] they can come with you and you will raise them as best as you can and will try to make up for what you have done.
-[X] or you can wipe their memories of this tragedy. They won't have to feel as sad if they can't remember.
--[X] you will also leave them with a some treasure to help them on their way.
- Location
- Germany
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Find some way to take them back with us. (Their parents were all either dead or running for their lives right now, after all. We should take responsibility. Also, I'm not looking forward to them becoming a bunch od dragon hunters in the next couple decades.)
// and, if anywhere, they should be safe on our island
// and, if anywhere, they should be safe on our island
Having some human children with us is not a good way at keeping them out if harm's way. Dropping them in a more populated area sounds better.
[X] Find a town to leave them at.
-[X] Erase their memories with magic
-[X] Give a the mayor some treasure ad payment for him to find them homes and take care of them.
There, much better than leaving traumatised kids with some gold at an unknown town.
[X] Find a town to leave them at.
-[X] Erase their memories with magic
-[X] Give a the mayor some treasure ad payment for him to find them homes and take care of them.
There, much better than leaving traumatised kids with some gold at an unknown town.
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Find a town to leave them at.
-[X] Erase their memories with magic
-[X] Give a the mayor some treasure ad payment for him to find them homes and take care of them.
I agree with this.
-[X] Erase their memories with magic
-[X] Give a the mayor some treasure ad payment for him to find them homes and take care of them.
I agree with this.
- Location
- Just passing through.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Find a town to leave them at.
-[X] Erase their memories with magic
-[X] Give a the mayor some treasure ad payment for him to find them homes and take care of them.
I'm sad now.
-[X] Erase their memories with magic
-[X] Give a the mayor some treasure ad payment for him to find them homes and take care of them.
I'm sad now.
- Location
- USA
*hugs all*
Again, I'm really sorry about how things turned out with that roll. 20% chance of having children in a village is pretty low, but I had to put that in there. I mean, how do you continue a family run business without having kids?
Also, I am hoping to stimulate more discussion in the future. If I leave voting and discussion open for, say, five days to a week, do you guys think that would be enough?
Again, I'm really sorry about how things turned out with that roll. 20% chance of having children in a village is pretty low, but I had to put that in there. I mean, how do you continue a family run business without having kids?
Also, I am hoping to stimulate more discussion in the future. If I leave voting and discussion open for, say, five days to a week, do you guys think that would be enough?
- Location
- Germany
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Depends - if you leave it open for too long, people might lose interest (because it takes so long for something to happen, and you have to remember what is currently voted about). The tricky part is of course the "too".
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I think five days to a week is a bit long. Maybe...one to two days could work?
- Location
- USA
XD that was my original voting window too, but I feel like there's not much discussion so I was wondering what to do about it.
- Location
- USA
Speaking of which, is this all the votes for today?
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Seems like it. I voted, didn't I?
Taking Responsibility
- Location
- USA
My dear questers, for you, a new installment.
Ironically, the dice favored you quite a bit this time!!! You got lucky!!
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Both Tal and I winced as the kids befan screaming. Well, not all of the kids. Three were terrified of us, the two humans and one of the dwarves, three were quietly trembling and crying, a dwarf, a cute mouse girl, and a young demon, but surprisingly, one of them was just looking at us calmly, an older demon girl, who was holding and trying to calm the younger demon boy and the two dwarves, they appeared to be preteen twins.
"Dragons!!"
"They're going to kill us!!"
"They're going to eat us!!"
"MAAAMAAAAAAAA!!!" The youngest human cried, rubbing her eyes as she cried messily.
All of this... seriously hurt. I mean, what could we say? Nothing, really. Tal had attacked their home. They had been pretty terrible people, but these kids probably still loved them. Maybe? In any case, any excuses would just be crude.
Then, Kaya tapped my shoulder. "Ivori, where did you find most of them?" She whispered, a frown crossing her face as she looked at the bodies.
I turned to her, a little confused, then pointed at the remains of a certain building with a wing claw, then another about 60 feet away or so.
Kaya blinked, then... smiled?! What the heck??
Clearing her expression (so quickly I questioned if she'd actually smiled in the first place) she stepped forward and barked out, "Hush up, all of you!! Is this any way to treat those who saved you!?!?"
Everyone was startled by her sudden loud, bitingly harsh tone, even us. What in the world??
"S-saved us?" One of the kids stuttered, sniffling as they rubbed the back of another.
"Of course!" She swept her hand at me in a flourish. "Behold, the High Dragon Adventurer, AHaHa the White, and her brother, the High Dragon NeRoI the Golden Warrior!"
"High Dragons aren't like the ones you're used to, Flemmeth." The Demon girl spoke up to the dwarf twins, red eyes drifting over all of us again. She was rather pretty, with pale skin, long black hair and a noble bearing. I had the weirdest feeling that the little boy clinging to her was her brother, they looked similar to each other. I had the weirdest feeling she knew exactly what I was. And what I was capable of.
Maybe some memory charms were in order here....
Kaya, however, wasn't done yet. "You two, and you two." She said, indicating the dwarf twins and the demon siblings. "You were being held hostage, weren't you?"
My jaw dropped open a bit. Well! That hadn't been something I'd considered, I thought as they all nodded.
"And you three..." She said, looking at the mouse girl and the two human kids. "You were taken off the streets of some city, am I right? They were training you to be pickpockets, shills, stuff like that." They all nodded, looking a little more guarded than the others. How lucky were we?? We didn't actually kill anyone's parents! I thanked the Gods for Kaya, maybe we actually had an opportunity to do some good here! Kaya was obviously of the same mind I was, because she came back over to us and leaned in after talking to the kids a bit more.
"Okay, so, here's what I'm thinking." She said. "I talked to the kids and checked them over. The Dwarf kids were nabbed outside Locus Crescent, their parents are pretty influential traders down there, and are fairly wealthy. The Demon kids aren't saying much other than they would like to be taken to the Black Citadel, but judging from their clothes and the jewelry they still have on them, they're pretty high ranking, at least Nobility. The girl is pretty shrewd. And as for the other kids, they'd probably just be happy to get a trade somewhere. The Thieves Guild snatches up orphans or cheap slaves to use for stuff like this, but with a dragon sponsor, they could probably make something better of themselves." She looked up at me. "If we could somehow facilitate or assure the return of the kidnapped kids to where they're supposed to be, you could probably get a nice reward."
"My clan could probably take the Dwarflings to Locus Crescent." Theyra finally chimed in, after listening to it all carefully. "And likely help find a place for the humans and the beastkin."
"There's also those pirates of yours." Tal added quietly. He still felt rather bad about killing them in the first place. "They might not be able to go back to the Silver Sands, however, as deserters."
I sighed heavily and looked at Lucian. He shrugged. I was calling the shots here, I'd have to decide.
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What course of action should you take?
[] Stick to the plan, do a basic mind altering spell, then take them to a nearby village and assure their care with the village headman through a bribe.
[] Edit memories, then Take the Dwarf Kids back to Locus Crescent, and hire someone to take the Demon Kids back to the Black Citadel. (Or have Theyra pick a few clansmen and have her do it.)
[] Edit memories, then Have the Vikings, the Wandering Storm Pirates or Theyra take the dwarf twins back to Locus Crescent, and take the Demon Kids to the Black Citadel.
[] Get someone else to take both the Twins and the Demon kids home, and go back home.
[] Write in!
Ironically, the dice favored you quite a bit this time!!! You got lucky!!
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Both Tal and I winced as the kids befan screaming. Well, not all of the kids. Three were terrified of us, the two humans and one of the dwarves, three were quietly trembling and crying, a dwarf, a cute mouse girl, and a young demon, but surprisingly, one of them was just looking at us calmly, an older demon girl, who was holding and trying to calm the younger demon boy and the two dwarves, they appeared to be preteen twins.
"Dragons!!"
"They're going to kill us!!"
"They're going to eat us!!"
"MAAAMAAAAAAAA!!!" The youngest human cried, rubbing her eyes as she cried messily.
All of this... seriously hurt. I mean, what could we say? Nothing, really. Tal had attacked their home. They had been pretty terrible people, but these kids probably still loved them. Maybe? In any case, any excuses would just be crude.
Then, Kaya tapped my shoulder. "Ivori, where did you find most of them?" She whispered, a frown crossing her face as she looked at the bodies.
I turned to her, a little confused, then pointed at the remains of a certain building with a wing claw, then another about 60 feet away or so.
Kaya blinked, then... smiled?! What the heck??
Clearing her expression (so quickly I questioned if she'd actually smiled in the first place) she stepped forward and barked out, "Hush up, all of you!! Is this any way to treat those who saved you!?!?"
Everyone was startled by her sudden loud, bitingly harsh tone, even us. What in the world??
"S-saved us?" One of the kids stuttered, sniffling as they rubbed the back of another.
"Of course!" She swept her hand at me in a flourish. "Behold, the High Dragon Adventurer, AHaHa the White, and her brother, the High Dragon NeRoI the Golden Warrior!"
"High Dragons aren't like the ones you're used to, Flemmeth." The Demon girl spoke up to the dwarf twins, red eyes drifting over all of us again. She was rather pretty, with pale skin, long black hair and a noble bearing. I had the weirdest feeling that the little boy clinging to her was her brother, they looked similar to each other. I had the weirdest feeling she knew exactly what I was. And what I was capable of.
Maybe some memory charms were in order here....
Kaya, however, wasn't done yet. "You two, and you two." She said, indicating the dwarf twins and the demon siblings. "You were being held hostage, weren't you?"
My jaw dropped open a bit. Well! That hadn't been something I'd considered, I thought as they all nodded.
"And you three..." She said, looking at the mouse girl and the two human kids. "You were taken off the streets of some city, am I right? They were training you to be pickpockets, shills, stuff like that." They all nodded, looking a little more guarded than the others. How lucky were we?? We didn't actually kill anyone's parents! I thanked the Gods for Kaya, maybe we actually had an opportunity to do some good here! Kaya was obviously of the same mind I was, because she came back over to us and leaned in after talking to the kids a bit more.
"Okay, so, here's what I'm thinking." She said. "I talked to the kids and checked them over. The Dwarf kids were nabbed outside Locus Crescent, their parents are pretty influential traders down there, and are fairly wealthy. The Demon kids aren't saying much other than they would like to be taken to the Black Citadel, but judging from their clothes and the jewelry they still have on them, they're pretty high ranking, at least Nobility. The girl is pretty shrewd. And as for the other kids, they'd probably just be happy to get a trade somewhere. The Thieves Guild snatches up orphans or cheap slaves to use for stuff like this, but with a dragon sponsor, they could probably make something better of themselves." She looked up at me. "If we could somehow facilitate or assure the return of the kidnapped kids to where they're supposed to be, you could probably get a nice reward."
"My clan could probably take the Dwarflings to Locus Crescent." Theyra finally chimed in, after listening to it all carefully. "And likely help find a place for the humans and the beastkin."
"There's also those pirates of yours." Tal added quietly. He still felt rather bad about killing them in the first place. "They might not be able to go back to the Silver Sands, however, as deserters."
I sighed heavily and looked at Lucian. He shrugged. I was calling the shots here, I'd have to decide.
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What course of action should you take?
[] Stick to the plan, do a basic mind altering spell, then take them to a nearby village and assure their care with the village headman through a bribe.
[] Edit memories, then Take the Dwarf Kids back to Locus Crescent, and hire someone to take the Demon Kids back to the Black Citadel. (Or have Theyra pick a few clansmen and have her do it.)
[] Edit memories, then Have the Vikings, the Wandering Storm Pirates or Theyra take the dwarf twins back to Locus Crescent, and take the Demon Kids to the Black Citadel.
[] Get someone else to take both the Twins and the Demon kids home, and go back home.
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XD I'm hoping to see some discussion.