A Conjuror's journey
- Location
- United States
[X] Wake up Louise and talk with her.
Before more misunderstandings on her part, lets add Louise's misunderstandings...
Ya I was expecting something like this from tracking her down so I am glad both of hem went together... (so neither of them needed the kiba treatment(what happened to his dog akamaru?))
Before more misunderstandings on her part, lets add Louise's misunderstandings...
Ya I was expecting something like this from tracking her down so I am glad both of hem went together... (so neither of them needed the kiba treatment(what happened to his dog akamaru?))
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SoixanteZio
Dead man walking
- Location
- anywhere
...mmmm. let's get her to a doctor later and physiologist
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
He was right next to Kiba when the rocket exploded, he transformed into Salsa con carne.
SoixanteZio
Dead man walking
- Location
- anywhere
What was done about the whole kiba stuff anyway?
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Kiba was turned into a lich using the body of a dead gunner and you guys haven't checked on him since.
- Location
- United States
What I meant was, what happened to akamaru in terms of did he also get lichdom, because kiba's clan are really close to their nin-dogs. If he was revived into an undead and akamaru wasn't he would probably be clinically depressed or suicidal...
I mean would it really be that much harder to bring the dog back when not bringing him back defeats the purpose of bringing kiba back...
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[X] Wake up Louise and talk with her.
"You haven't visited Kiba since you made him into a Lich."
For good reason. It is basically a torture ritual that transformed him into a monstrous abomination. I'm pretty sure we don't want to talk to him for the foreseeable future, lol. That kind of attitude might breed a lot of animosity, though...
"You haven't visited Kiba since you made him into a Lich."
For good reason. It is basically a torture ritual that transformed him into a monstrous abomination. I'm pretty sure we don't want to talk to him for the foreseeable future, lol. That kind of attitude might breed a lot of animosity, though...
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Well not only is he a dog, which would only be seen as a problem until you made the attempt due to his breed being sapient, but it has been a too long to use his corpse(what's left of it) to help find his soul.
Since Cynric wasn't familiar with the dog, it would be rather difficult for him to find that specific one. It would be easier to either teach Kiba how to do it or summon another Akamaru and hope for the best. You could possibly make up a believable cover story for inconsistent stories between the two, but it would have to be a write in for taking the easy route.
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- Location
- Down Under
[X] Wake up Louise and talk with her.
Barnes
Laughing on the outside, laughing on the inside
- Location
- Definetly not my parent's basement
I still don't have a great sense of a wearbear's capabilities, but Cattleya's new groove seems pretty darn OP. Clever too, getting around the Ebonyskin like that. Clearly, we need to improve the spell further.
He's at that age where his body is going through some pretty significant changes, boy needs his space.
Oh, that'd be a good project for him, give Kiba something productive to focus on while he adjusts to his new, uh, paradigm.
[X] Wake up Louise and talk with her.
Sisterly Chat
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Unsure of who was outside and unwilling to go to sleep with no answers, Cattleya gently shook her sister awake. Upon awakening, Louise rubbed at her eyes and asked uncertainly, "Cattleya?"
Gracing the younger girl with a small smile, she replied warmly, "It's been a while, hasn't it Louise?"
As she always did in the past, Louise launched herself forward into a hug. Falling into habit, the elder pinkette was rubbing soothing circles on her baby sister's back before she even realized what she was doing. Not that her sister could notice through the thick armor she had apparently been sleeping in.
"I'm glad you woke up." Louise began before her features shifted from relief to anger. "What were you thinking? Why would you just run off into the wilderness alone? You could have died!"
Unused to being on the receiving end of her sister's wrath, Cattleya stumbled for words, "I... I didn't... I wasn't going far. With my magic, no bandit would be a problem. I just needed to kill a bear for Hircine to grant me a shape-shifting power."
Walking into the rocky recess to find a bear sleeping after a meal. Running her fingers through the fur and waking it up. Spending almost an hour in indecision after it went back to sleep with her lounging on it's back. Crying as she rammed a large knife through the back of it's neck with all her might. Feeling sick as she dug through it's body to find it's heart. Terrible, terrible pain.
"But why?! What do you need an ability like that for?" Louise demanded.
Snapping out of the nauseating memory, Cattleya frowned and answered simply, "To get stronger."
"Why?! You don't need to fight!" Louise insisted loudly, causing one of the closer individuals outside to stop and stare at the building they were in. "You hate violence, you already said before that you don't want to join us when we know there will be combat. What changed now to make you stupidly risk your life like that?"
"Maybe I don't want to be left behind! My baby sister keeps rising further and further above me in ability. I don't have your power, Cynric's skill, Vahlen's science, Raymond's innovation, or anything that makes me better than the others. Even with the magic I know, I'm barely more useful than the commoners! You're better than me in everything that matters and I can't catch up... It's frustrating."
Rather than being upset by the jealousy as Cattleya thought she would be, Louise was oddly pleased. Struggling and failing to hold back a satisfied smirk, Louise replied, "I know exactly how that feels."
"Then you should understand why I had to do this." She said morosely. Starting to shiver, Cattleya gave a grateful smile when her sister offered her the blanket. As she covered herself, she was reminded of her reason for waking Louise. "S-sis... What happened? Why am I nude?"
Giving her a pensive look, Louise remained silent for several long, worrying moments. With a sigh, she broke the silence. "You got the power that you wanted. Master Cynric says you probably won't remember since it was your first transformation, but you turned into a giant bear monster. We had to subdue you... you didn't make it easy."
The furless creatures wouldn't stop screaming.
Bone snapped and the taste of blood filled her mouth while more screams filled her ears.
"Did... did I hurt anyone?" She asked, closing her eyes at the flashes of hazy memories.
Louise shrugged. "You were... we found the ruined bodies of some leather clad bandits when we arrived. Other than that? Probably. We're pretty far from the base and given how ferocious you were, I doubt you just calmly walked here."
With the tiny creature's leg in her mouth, she pulled it out of it's hiding place.
Cattleya felt the ground fall away as a child's screaming filled her head. What had she done? Turning on her side, the contents of her stomach spilled out, painting the floor with blood and half-digested meat. Distantly, she was aware of Louise's worried cries, but her mind was focused on what had just come out of her body. In the middle of the puddle of acid, gore, and shattered bone lay a human finger.
A crash of breaking wood echoed through the night as someone broke down the door, but her vision faded and she fell unconscious after one last shuddering heave of her stomach.
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Blinking away the sleep in her eyes, Cattleya woke up the next morning beside a dying fire. The previous night's discoveries immediately assaulted her mind and she began to hyperventilate before an orb of turquoise light slammed painlessly into her face. The sudden change from overwhelming panic to complete serenity was unexpected, she knew it should be terrifying, but she couldn't bring herself to care.
"Good, it worked." The familiar voice of Cynric said, drawing her eyes to the elderly man seated across the fire from her. At her unasked question, he answered, "I was not going to suffer through your emotional distress. We need to leave as soon as Louise returns, that spell only lasts for fifteen minutes and I would prefer to not waste magicka on too many castings."
Status: Post-Transformation Ache, Calmed
Magicka: (1200/3000)
Choose:
[] Gather up your blanket and silently obey.
[] Try to muster up enough will to ask some questions.
-[] A way to control the transformation better.
-[] Write in.
[] POV Switch:
[] Write in.
Gracing the younger girl with a small smile, she replied warmly, "It's been a while, hasn't it Louise?"
As she always did in the past, Louise launched herself forward into a hug. Falling into habit, the elder pinkette was rubbing soothing circles on her baby sister's back before she even realized what she was doing. Not that her sister could notice through the thick armor she had apparently been sleeping in.
"I'm glad you woke up." Louise began before her features shifted from relief to anger. "What were you thinking? Why would you just run off into the wilderness alone? You could have died!"
Unused to being on the receiving end of her sister's wrath, Cattleya stumbled for words, "I... I didn't... I wasn't going far. With my magic, no bandit would be a problem. I just needed to kill a bear for Hircine to grant me a shape-shifting power."
Walking into the rocky recess to find a bear sleeping after a meal. Running her fingers through the fur and waking it up. Spending almost an hour in indecision after it went back to sleep with her lounging on it's back. Crying as she rammed a large knife through the back of it's neck with all her might. Feeling sick as she dug through it's body to find it's heart. Terrible, terrible pain.
"But why?! What do you need an ability like that for?" Louise demanded.
Snapping out of the nauseating memory, Cattleya frowned and answered simply, "To get stronger."
"Why?! You don't need to fight!" Louise insisted loudly, causing one of the closer individuals outside to stop and stare at the building they were in. "You hate violence, you already said before that you don't want to join us when we know there will be combat. What changed now to make you stupidly risk your life like that?"
"Maybe I don't want to be left behind! My baby sister keeps rising further and further above me in ability. I don't have your power, Cynric's skill, Vahlen's science, Raymond's innovation, or anything that makes me better than the others. Even with the magic I know, I'm barely more useful than the commoners! You're better than me in everything that matters and I can't catch up... It's frustrating."
Rather than being upset by the jealousy as Cattleya thought she would be, Louise was oddly pleased. Struggling and failing to hold back a satisfied smirk, Louise replied, "I know exactly how that feels."
"Then you should understand why I had to do this." She said morosely. Starting to shiver, Cattleya gave a grateful smile when her sister offered her the blanket. As she covered herself, she was reminded of her reason for waking Louise. "S-sis... What happened? Why am I nude?"
Giving her a pensive look, Louise remained silent for several long, worrying moments. With a sigh, she broke the silence. "You got the power that you wanted. Master Cynric says you probably won't remember since it was your first transformation, but you turned into a giant bear monster. We had to subdue you... you didn't make it easy."
The furless creatures wouldn't stop screaming.
Bone snapped and the taste of blood filled her mouth while more screams filled her ears.
"Did... did I hurt anyone?" She asked, closing her eyes at the flashes of hazy memories.
Louise shrugged. "You were... we found the ruined bodies of some leather clad bandits when we arrived. Other than that? Probably. We're pretty far from the base and given how ferocious you were, I doubt you just calmly walked here."
With the tiny creature's leg in her mouth, she pulled it out of it's hiding place.
Cattleya felt the ground fall away as a child's screaming filled her head. What had she done? Turning on her side, the contents of her stomach spilled out, painting the floor with blood and half-digested meat. Distantly, she was aware of Louise's worried cries, but her mind was focused on what had just come out of her body. In the middle of the puddle of acid, gore, and shattered bone lay a human finger.
A crash of breaking wood echoed through the night as someone broke down the door, but her vision faded and she fell unconscious after one last shuddering heave of her stomach.
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Blinking away the sleep in her eyes, Cattleya woke up the next morning beside a dying fire. The previous night's discoveries immediately assaulted her mind and she began to hyperventilate before an orb of turquoise light slammed painlessly into her face. The sudden change from overwhelming panic to complete serenity was unexpected, she knew it should be terrifying, but she couldn't bring herself to care.
"Good, it worked." The familiar voice of Cynric said, drawing her eyes to the elderly man seated across the fire from her. At her unasked question, he answered, "I was not going to suffer through your emotional distress. We need to leave as soon as Louise returns, that spell only lasts for fifteen minutes and I would prefer to not waste magicka on too many castings."
Status: Post-Transformation Ache, Calmed
Magicka: (1200/3000)
Choose:
[] Gather up your blanket and silently obey.
[] Try to muster up enough will to ask some questions.
-[] A way to control the transformation better.
-[] Write in.
[] POV Switch:
-[] Cynric
-[] Louise
-[] Louise
[] Write in.
- Location
- United States
[X] Try to muster up enough will to ask some questions.
-[X] A way to control the transformation better.
[X] POV Switch:
-[X] Cynric
I want her to be able to control it and transform into her magical juggernaut form at will but if anyone is getting an explanation I would rather see it from Cynrics perspective... Plus I would rather the conversation happens while they are moving back to base so that we can move past her episode and have her start training. (or give her to Vahlen and let science happen)
Also honestly while I enjoy alternate pov every so often I wish we stayed with Cynric more then had these perspectives as interludes that we can vote for. Such as always controlling Cynric, but then every so often like here, we can vote to see an interlude character...
-[X] A way to control the transformation better.
[X] POV Switch:
-[X] Cynric
I want her to be able to control it and transform into her magical juggernaut form at will but if anyone is getting an explanation I would rather see it from Cynrics perspective... Plus I would rather the conversation happens while they are moving back to base so that we can move past her episode and have her start training. (or give her to Vahlen and let science happen)
Also honestly while I enjoy alternate pov every so often I wish we stayed with Cynric more then had these perspectives as interludes that we can vote for. Such as always controlling Cynric, but then every so often like here, we can vote to see an interlude character...
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On Lycanthropy And Artifacts
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
While you and Cattleya wait for Louise to return, you command the undead to do another sweep of the area for weapons or ammo they might have missed in the dark. Only four functional bodies could be raised after the older pinkette was through with them and the rest were simply piled outside the settlement's walls to distract predators.
"Is it possible to gain control of my transformed state?" Cattleya asks with an expression of extreme concentration.
Her ability to care enough about the question to even ask at the moment is impressive. It would seem that either her distress is more extreme than you thought or her willpower is almost enough to resist your spell entirely. Still, her question is pertinent and so you nod.
"Yes, the inner beast you have been blessed with is strong, but all beasts can be tamed. There are many ways in which you may gain mastery of your new aspect, but the most reliable is simply to transform often until the two halves meld together; human mind guiding bestial power while changed and animal senses protecting your vulnerable human state. The more attuned you are to your inner beast, the more benefits you will have as a human and the less clouded your mind will be by hunger or rage while changed."
You specifically avoid mentioning the fact that silver will now cause wounds to both of her forms that can only be healed naturally. Though her case is not true lycanthropy, being a less controlled form of Reachmen magic, it is close enough that the same weaknesses apply. Since few in the worlds you've visited so far use silver in their weaponry and you don't know if you might soon need to kill her if she loses control, it is better to have the element of surprise. Though it is meant for use on ore, several uses of Transmute on your steel sword should be enough to turn the iron in it into enough silver to create a passable anti-lycanthrope blade in an emergency.
Continuing, you add, "Another option is to impress Lord Hircine by killing something that should be beyond your ability. He is known to give boons to those he favors... in such frequency that he has been likened to Stendarr, the god of charity, by an impetuous few. While this is far from the truth, as he cares little for those in need, his gifts are highly coveted for a reason. The Savior's Hide is known to negate all harmful magics, His spear can corrupt attackers into harming themselves and allies or even harm a Daedric Prince, his totems grant three powerful abilities to those that pray at them, and his ring grants control over when the wearer transforms... The ring is useless to you though, since you are not beholden to the cycle of the moon."
Cattleya simply nods in acceptance, too ensorcelled by your magic to do more than absorb the information. Hopefully with the knowledge that she can gain control of her ability and time under Calm to think clearly, she will be less prone to hysterics. If there is one thing you hate to deal with, it is emotional nonsense over something as mundane as cannibalism... at least you assume that is her problem, since she seemed fine with killing before.
The two of you sit in silence for a while longer before Louise finally returns, her cheeks flushing as you make eye contact and she realizes that her hurried excuse of 'scouting' did little to fool you. "I-I'm back... are we leaving soon?"
Rather than respond, you simply stand and motion for Cattleya to do the same before you fly off into the air. Louise lifts her sister and does the same, the three of you heading back to the base while your zombies are left to scour the area and walk back.
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After you arrive at the base, having needed to calm Cattleya twice along the way, you leave the sisters to themselves and proceed into your lab to enchant a pair of belts with Chameleon and Shield. While you could have made an actual invisibility belt, one hundred percent chameleon is simply better in that the effect can withstand combat. Whether this Alec remains an ally or you reclaim the belts from his corpse, you don't plan on wasting the effort by making a second rate enchantment.
With five hours until the agreed upon time to meet the Undersiders for their end of the bargain, you have time to plan.
Status: Healthy
Magicka: (450/650)
Choose:
[] Wait for them to arrive at the outpost and-
[] Have Louise guide you to their lair and-
[] Ensure Vahlen and her people are prepared to study active parahumans on the other side of the Gate.
[] Leave the meeting with the Undersiders to someone else-
[] Write in.
"Is it possible to gain control of my transformed state?" Cattleya asks with an expression of extreme concentration.
Her ability to care enough about the question to even ask at the moment is impressive. It would seem that either her distress is more extreme than you thought or her willpower is almost enough to resist your spell entirely. Still, her question is pertinent and so you nod.
"Yes, the inner beast you have been blessed with is strong, but all beasts can be tamed. There are many ways in which you may gain mastery of your new aspect, but the most reliable is simply to transform often until the two halves meld together; human mind guiding bestial power while changed and animal senses protecting your vulnerable human state. The more attuned you are to your inner beast, the more benefits you will have as a human and the less clouded your mind will be by hunger or rage while changed."
You specifically avoid mentioning the fact that silver will now cause wounds to both of her forms that can only be healed naturally. Though her case is not true lycanthropy, being a less controlled form of Reachmen magic, it is close enough that the same weaknesses apply. Since few in the worlds you've visited so far use silver in their weaponry and you don't know if you might soon need to kill her if she loses control, it is better to have the element of surprise. Though it is meant for use on ore, several uses of Transmute on your steel sword should be enough to turn the iron in it into enough silver to create a passable anti-lycanthrope blade in an emergency.
Continuing, you add, "Another option is to impress Lord Hircine by killing something that should be beyond your ability. He is known to give boons to those he favors... in such frequency that he has been likened to Stendarr, the god of charity, by an impetuous few. While this is far from the truth, as he cares little for those in need, his gifts are highly coveted for a reason. The Savior's Hide is known to negate all harmful magics, His spear can corrupt attackers into harming themselves and allies or even harm a Daedric Prince, his totems grant three powerful abilities to those that pray at them, and his ring grants control over when the wearer transforms... The ring is useless to you though, since you are not beholden to the cycle of the moon."
Cattleya simply nods in acceptance, too ensorcelled by your magic to do more than absorb the information. Hopefully with the knowledge that she can gain control of her ability and time under Calm to think clearly, she will be less prone to hysterics. If there is one thing you hate to deal with, it is emotional nonsense over something as mundane as cannibalism... at least you assume that is her problem, since she seemed fine with killing before.
The two of you sit in silence for a while longer before Louise finally returns, her cheeks flushing as you make eye contact and she realizes that her hurried excuse of 'scouting' did little to fool you. "I-I'm back... are we leaving soon?"
Rather than respond, you simply stand and motion for Cattleya to do the same before you fly off into the air. Louise lifts her sister and does the same, the three of you heading back to the base while your zombies are left to scour the area and walk back.
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After you arrive at the base, having needed to calm Cattleya twice along the way, you leave the sisters to themselves and proceed into your lab to enchant a pair of belts with Chameleon and Shield. While you could have made an actual invisibility belt, one hundred percent chameleon is simply better in that the effect can withstand combat. Whether this Alec remains an ally or you reclaim the belts from his corpse, you don't plan on wasting the effort by making a second rate enchantment.
With five hours until the agreed upon time to meet the Undersiders for their end of the bargain, you have time to plan.
Status: Healthy
Magicka: (450/650)
Choose:
[] Wait for them to arrive at the outpost and-
-[] hold up your end of the deal.
-[] Capture them for study, you can negotiate recruitment on an individual basis once they're in custody.
-[] Capture them for study, you can negotiate recruitment on an individual basis once they're in custody.
[] Have Louise guide you to their lair and-
-[] hold up your end of the deal.
-[] Kill them all, take their things, and give Vahlen their corpses.
-[] Kill them all, take their things, and give Vahlen their corpses.
[] Ensure Vahlen and her people are prepared to study active parahumans on the other side of the Gate.
[] Leave the meeting with the Undersiders to someone else-
-[] Speak with Raymond about vehicle plans.
-[] Speak with Commander Flagg about directly combating the Brotherhood.
-[] Write in.
-[] Speak with Commander Flagg about directly combating the Brotherhood.
-[] Write in.
[] Write in.
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