A Conjuror's journey
- Location
- St. Petersburg
I respect the way Cynric's moral compass works. 'Please refrain from kicking the puppies, I need to harvest their organs for research'.
[x] "Fine, you can come along... but first we're going to find my sister."
Well, if anything, she should be good with spiders. Better than us, at least.
If we keep her around (who am I kidding - I am starved for new characters/party members), we should make Vahlen do something about her communication. Maybe get her to learn psionics now that we have the tech? Psionic spidergirls, huh. This quest takes us places.
Now, where did we put Quelaag's soul? She should be able to give the poor girl a makeup advice or two.
[x] "Fine, you can come along... but first we're going to find my sister."
Well, if anything, she should be good with spiders. Better than us, at least.
If we keep her around (who am I kidding - I am starved for new characters/party members), we should make Vahlen do something about her communication. Maybe get her to learn psionics now that we have the tech? Psionic spidergirls, huh. This quest takes us places.
Now, where did we put Quelaag's soul? She should be able to give the poor girl a makeup advice or two.
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PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
So... I'm not sure why you guys want Louise and Vicky to go find Cattleya late at night, but I'm working in Rhadamanthine's question as well since it doesn't contradict the majority vote.
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Well, I'm about to post the next chapter, but it would have just been taking Vicky to Louise room and going to sleep after a bit of conversation. Anyway, talking to the spider a bit and dropping in on Cattleya late at night is the winning option.
Awkward Conversations
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Rather than answer right away, Louise's mind latches onto one part of the conversation in particular. "Wait... you said now." The creature tilts it's head in confusion, causing her to elaborate, "You said you look scary now... so obviously you weren't always..." Not wanting to offend the hideous thing and start a fight, she gropes the air in an attempt to find the right words.
Somehow, the sad face it makes is almost enough to make the pinkette feel bad for it despite it being a repulsive spider-thing. Tapping it's fangs against the digit-all key-board, the bug responds with 'A freak?' Without waiting for confirmation, it continues. 'Yeah, it wasn't that long ago I was an ordinary girl like you. Well, maybe not ordinary, considering the flying and aura and other powers, but I was human before whatever did this to me. '
"That's awful!" Louise cries, actually feeling a bit of regret for thinking such things about it... her. Just the thought of somebody going around stealing people's magic and turning them into monster made the pinkette feel ill. "Maybe my teacher can undo your transformation, he's the greatest wizard I've ever met, if anyone can, it'll be him."
With a look of distaste or constipation, it was hard to tell with how the face seemed to fight it's owner over every expression, the other girl typed, 'Another Myrrdin? I've studied powers in school, they aren't magic. There's no such thing. Whatever the geezer's powers are, he's either delusional or manipulating you. '
Now her turn to sneer, Louise scoffs, "Please, I come from a long line of mages... I think I would know a wizard when I see one. Nobody on this world believed in magic either before we arrived and now I'm teaching their healers how to make potions and I'm developing a new spell based on one of their weapons."
'Some powers do seem to be hereditary, yes, but that doesn't mean it's some magical bloodline mumbo-jumbo. Just because some parahumans have similar powers, doesn't make it a universal or teachable skill. It just doesn't work that way kid.'
Gritting her teeth at the stubborn she-beast's impudence, she growls, "I. Am. Not. A. Kid!" Perhaps it isn't the most important thing to get caught up on, but damn it, she was getting sick of needing to correct everyone. Whatever this puberty business her Master mentioned before had better start soon, or she might just kill the next fool to make the mistake. "I am Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière, third daughter of the Vallière family and I have been of majority for a year and a half! Do not make me repeat myself on this. Six thousand years of history and Master Cynric's own lifetime of studies would contradict whatever narrow-minded fool that taught you such lies."
Perhaps it was the sudden eruption of sparks from her tightened fists or maybe the unnatural wind causing her hair to flutter, but the spider-girl had retreated to the far corner during her tirade. 'Right, my bad. Won't happen again.' The girl literally tripped over herself to type. 'I guess a different world could have magic, it wouldn't be any weirder than my sister's girlfriend. Can you stop now? I really don't want to see if I can still tank a lightning bolt.'
Slightly embarrassed at losing control, Louise feels her cheeks gain a pinkish hue before the entire message sinks in and her flush doubles in intensity. "G-g-g-girlfriend? Your sister has a... Thats... that's absolutely repugnant! How could two... just... what?"
'Hey, don't you dare insult them. How would you like it if I talked bad about your sister?' The eight-legged girl asks, though needing to take time to type everything certainly does make the display of fangs less threatening. Not by much, they're still ginormous and dripping with venom.
Hiding her instinctual and completely reasonable fear, Louise declares fiercely, "The last person to insult Cattleya, I introduced to them to my blade."
'Then you should know how I feel.' The spider says rather reasonably, causing Louise to nod reluctantly despite her opinion on the matter. 'Besides, Taylor's the sweetest, most genuine person you'd ever meet. You can't not like her once you get to know her, I don't care how backwards a household you grew up in.'
Ignoring the feeling that the other girl had insulted her somehow, Louise points out, "But what's the point in their... relationship? If they can't have children, why bother?"
'Companionship? Love? Kinky fun times?' The immediate response reads, a look of pity on the naive creature's face... though what twisted hair had to do with it, the Vallière girl couldn't fathom.
"Love is a desirable end goal of any courtship, yes, but how are two girls going to continue their bloodline?" Louise asks with a yawn as she beckons the other girl to follow her into the corridor. "I suppose it wouldn't matter for commoners though, considering their worthless blood would only matter if they somehow manage to woo a noble."
Hearing a clicking clatter, Louise turns around to see her follower in a jumbled heap on the floor. When the girl untangles her limbs, she types, 'There are so many things wrong with that statement. Just how messed up is your world?'
That's a good question. Louise hums in thought, her mind instantly leaping to her years of toiling under the guidance of incompetent fools who blamed her for their failure at teaching. With a shrug, she says, "I don't know, but they can burn for all I care. The only ones I care about have left that place already." Reaching Cattleya's door, she extends her arm to knock before whispering, "My sister can be a bit... excitable when it comes to animals, so don't be alarmed if she does something strange because of your appearance."
Hearing a thump and whispering from within as she raps her knuckles on the door, Louise narrows her eyes in suspicion. The door opens a crack, the elder Vallière poking her head through the narrow space and looking down at Louise with wide eyes. "L-Louise! What... What are you doing here, shouldn't you be resting after that science stuff?"
"I thought I should inform you that my treatment is done." The younger girl says neutrally, giving her sister a stern look. "Is now a bad time?"
Wincing, Cattleya looks around for a distraction and her eyes land on the giant spider that's standing off to the side. "Oh look, a giant spider!" She shouts in alarm, pointing a bare arm at said creature.
Without even a flicker of recognition given to the words, Louise grabs her sister's exposed arm and glares at the expanse of milky skin. Emotionlessly, she asks, "Did I catch you changing attire?"
"Y-yes, exactly!" Cattleya nods enthusiastically. "No need to wait for me though, Just give me a moment and I'll stop by your room."
Smiling, much to her sister's relief, Louise cheerfully says, "Okay!" Casting Reinforce Strength, the tiny pinkette forces her way into the room, effortlessly brushing aside her sister's attempt at resistance. Rather than the scene of debauchery she'd expected to find, there is a pile of bloody meat on her sky-clad sister's floor. Staring dumbfounded at the the offending mound of flesh and offal, Louise can only say one thing. "What."
Cattleya's full body blush earns a most disturbing wet, yet hoarse chuckle from the spider-girl that is now peaking in from the doorway. The elder Vallière swiftly wraps herself in a bed sheet and avoids eye-contact as she stammers, "It's not... I wasn't.... I j-just... Cynric told me to!"
"What." Louise repeats, a blank look on her face.
"W-well... Ok, fine!" She says with a petulant huff. "He started teaching me while you were sleeping in that orange goo and now I'm supposed to be preparing for some test. I haven't eaten in three days and I don't remember how long I was supposed to fast and I'm starving!"
Wrinkling her nose, the younger girl asks hesitantly, "You're... not going to eat that... are you?"
As though seriously considering it, Cattleya stares at the pile for a long time before shaking her head. "N-no, of course not! Don't be silly... I... I just thought the smell might help me sleep without hunger pains."
"Uh-huh." Louise says as she slowly backs out of the room, no longer remembering why she even came by in the first place. "Um... good-night then."
Taking her datapad from the spider as she turns and walks to her room, she reads the message on the screen. 'She reminds me of Taylor. That girl was always naked and eating small animals too.' Deciding to just ignore the growing insanity around her for now, she opens her door and falls face first onto her bed without even bothering to change out of her charred hospice dress. Not a minute later, Louise is snoring lightly with a damp spot of drool forming on her pillow.
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In an extravagant penthouse, a hologram of the Earth flickers to life as a dozen nebulous figures discuss plans most nefarious. In the lower floors of what was once a rather large hotel, stolen data is put to use assembling machinery and weapons. Further down, if one knew to check, they would find a vast complex full of amber fluid and submersion tanks.
In a room in an underground facility, a large man crawls out from beneath a bed and sighs in relief as an illusion fades away.
High in the atmosphere above the planet, a massive ship settles into a low orbit, unseen by the panicking inhabitants as it finishes it's approach from the largest gas giant in the system. Following less than a day behind it is the fleet assembled by exploiting the mineral wealth of the star system's asteroid belt, enough ships to black out the sun across an entire hemisphere of the planet.
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Waking with a choked scream brought on by dreams of being devoured by insects, Louise rubs at the dried saliva that was desperately trying to hold her coral-tinted locks to her cheek. Looking at the digit-all clock on her bedside table to see that it's only a few minutes past midnight, she-
Choose 1:
[] Rolls over and goes back to sleep, nightmares be damned! In the morning she-
[] Decides to get up and-
[] Write in.
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A/N: Got my tenses mixed up at some point and needed to go back and fix it, I may not have gotten them all.
Somehow, the sad face it makes is almost enough to make the pinkette feel bad for it despite it being a repulsive spider-thing. Tapping it's fangs against the digit-all key-board, the bug responds with 'A freak?' Without waiting for confirmation, it continues. 'Yeah, it wasn't that long ago I was an ordinary girl like you. Well, maybe not ordinary, considering the flying and aura and other powers, but I was human before whatever did this to me. '
"That's awful!" Louise cries, actually feeling a bit of regret for thinking such things about it... her. Just the thought of somebody going around stealing people's magic and turning them into monster made the pinkette feel ill. "Maybe my teacher can undo your transformation, he's the greatest wizard I've ever met, if anyone can, it'll be him."
With a look of distaste or constipation, it was hard to tell with how the face seemed to fight it's owner over every expression, the other girl typed, 'Another Myrrdin? I've studied powers in school, they aren't magic. There's no such thing. Whatever the geezer's powers are, he's either delusional or manipulating you. '
Now her turn to sneer, Louise scoffs, "Please, I come from a long line of mages... I think I would know a wizard when I see one. Nobody on this world believed in magic either before we arrived and now I'm teaching their healers how to make potions and I'm developing a new spell based on one of their weapons."
'Some powers do seem to be hereditary, yes, but that doesn't mean it's some magical bloodline mumbo-jumbo. Just because some parahumans have similar powers, doesn't make it a universal or teachable skill. It just doesn't work that way kid.'
Gritting her teeth at the stubborn she-beast's impudence, she growls, "I. Am. Not. A. Kid!" Perhaps it isn't the most important thing to get caught up on, but damn it, she was getting sick of needing to correct everyone. Whatever this puberty business her Master mentioned before had better start soon, or she might just kill the next fool to make the mistake. "I am Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière, third daughter of the Vallière family and I have been of majority for a year and a half! Do not make me repeat myself on this. Six thousand years of history and Master Cynric's own lifetime of studies would contradict whatever narrow-minded fool that taught you such lies."
Perhaps it was the sudden eruption of sparks from her tightened fists or maybe the unnatural wind causing her hair to flutter, but the spider-girl had retreated to the far corner during her tirade. 'Right, my bad. Won't happen again.' The girl literally tripped over herself to type. 'I guess a different world could have magic, it wouldn't be any weirder than my sister's girlfriend. Can you stop now? I really don't want to see if I can still tank a lightning bolt.'
Slightly embarrassed at losing control, Louise feels her cheeks gain a pinkish hue before the entire message sinks in and her flush doubles in intensity. "G-g-g-girlfriend? Your sister has a... Thats... that's absolutely repugnant! How could two... just... what?"
'Hey, don't you dare insult them. How would you like it if I talked bad about your sister?' The eight-legged girl asks, though needing to take time to type everything certainly does make the display of fangs less threatening. Not by much, they're still ginormous and dripping with venom.
Hiding her instinctual and completely reasonable fear, Louise declares fiercely, "The last person to insult Cattleya, I introduced to them to my blade."
'Then you should know how I feel.' The spider says rather reasonably, causing Louise to nod reluctantly despite her opinion on the matter. 'Besides, Taylor's the sweetest, most genuine person you'd ever meet. You can't not like her once you get to know her, I don't care how backwards a household you grew up in.'
Ignoring the feeling that the other girl had insulted her somehow, Louise points out, "But what's the point in their... relationship? If they can't have children, why bother?"
'Companionship? Love? Kinky fun times?' The immediate response reads, a look of pity on the naive creature's face... though what twisted hair had to do with it, the Vallière girl couldn't fathom.
"Love is a desirable end goal of any courtship, yes, but how are two girls going to continue their bloodline?" Louise asks with a yawn as she beckons the other girl to follow her into the corridor. "I suppose it wouldn't matter for commoners though, considering their worthless blood would only matter if they somehow manage to woo a noble."
Hearing a clicking clatter, Louise turns around to see her follower in a jumbled heap on the floor. When the girl untangles her limbs, she types, 'There are so many things wrong with that statement. Just how messed up is your world?'
That's a good question. Louise hums in thought, her mind instantly leaping to her years of toiling under the guidance of incompetent fools who blamed her for their failure at teaching. With a shrug, she says, "I don't know, but they can burn for all I care. The only ones I care about have left that place already." Reaching Cattleya's door, she extends her arm to knock before whispering, "My sister can be a bit... excitable when it comes to animals, so don't be alarmed if she does something strange because of your appearance."
Hearing a thump and whispering from within as she raps her knuckles on the door, Louise narrows her eyes in suspicion. The door opens a crack, the elder Vallière poking her head through the narrow space and looking down at Louise with wide eyes. "L-Louise! What... What are you doing here, shouldn't you be resting after that science stuff?"
"I thought I should inform you that my treatment is done." The younger girl says neutrally, giving her sister a stern look. "Is now a bad time?"
Wincing, Cattleya looks around for a distraction and her eyes land on the giant spider that's standing off to the side. "Oh look, a giant spider!" She shouts in alarm, pointing a bare arm at said creature.
Without even a flicker of recognition given to the words, Louise grabs her sister's exposed arm and glares at the expanse of milky skin. Emotionlessly, she asks, "Did I catch you changing attire?"
"Y-yes, exactly!" Cattleya nods enthusiastically. "No need to wait for me though, Just give me a moment and I'll stop by your room."
Smiling, much to her sister's relief, Louise cheerfully says, "Okay!" Casting Reinforce Strength, the tiny pinkette forces her way into the room, effortlessly brushing aside her sister's attempt at resistance. Rather than the scene of debauchery she'd expected to find, there is a pile of bloody meat on her sky-clad sister's floor. Staring dumbfounded at the the offending mound of flesh and offal, Louise can only say one thing. "What."
Cattleya's full body blush earns a most disturbing wet, yet hoarse chuckle from the spider-girl that is now peaking in from the doorway. The elder Vallière swiftly wraps herself in a bed sheet and avoids eye-contact as she stammers, "It's not... I wasn't.... I j-just... Cynric told me to!"
"What." Louise repeats, a blank look on her face.
"W-well... Ok, fine!" She says with a petulant huff. "He started teaching me while you were sleeping in that orange goo and now I'm supposed to be preparing for some test. I haven't eaten in three days and I don't remember how long I was supposed to fast and I'm starving!"
Wrinkling her nose, the younger girl asks hesitantly, "You're... not going to eat that... are you?"
As though seriously considering it, Cattleya stares at the pile for a long time before shaking her head. "N-no, of course not! Don't be silly... I... I just thought the smell might help me sleep without hunger pains."
"Uh-huh." Louise says as she slowly backs out of the room, no longer remembering why she even came by in the first place. "Um... good-night then."
Taking her datapad from the spider as she turns and walks to her room, she reads the message on the screen. 'She reminds me of Taylor. That girl was always naked and eating small animals too.' Deciding to just ignore the growing insanity around her for now, she opens her door and falls face first onto her bed without even bothering to change out of her charred hospice dress. Not a minute later, Louise is snoring lightly with a damp spot of drool forming on her pillow.
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In an extravagant penthouse, a hologram of the Earth flickers to life as a dozen nebulous figures discuss plans most nefarious. In the lower floors of what was once a rather large hotel, stolen data is put to use assembling machinery and weapons. Further down, if one knew to check, they would find a vast complex full of amber fluid and submersion tanks.
In a room in an underground facility, a large man crawls out from beneath a bed and sighs in relief as an illusion fades away.
High in the atmosphere above the planet, a massive ship settles into a low orbit, unseen by the panicking inhabitants as it finishes it's approach from the largest gas giant in the system. Following less than a day behind it is the fleet assembled by exploiting the mineral wealth of the star system's asteroid belt, enough ships to black out the sun across an entire hemisphere of the planet.
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Waking with a choked scream brought on by dreams of being devoured by insects, Louise rubs at the dried saliva that was desperately trying to hold her coral-tinted locks to her cheek. Looking at the digit-all clock on her bedside table to see that it's only a few minutes past midnight, she-
Choose 1:
[] Rolls over and goes back to sleep, nightmares be damned! In the morning she-
[] Should get to know the spider-girl... probably starting with her name.
[] Find Espinoza and work on that explosion spell.
[] Write in.
[] Find Espinoza and work on that explosion spell.
[] Write in.
[] Decides to get up and-
[] Force Cattleya to comfort her.
[] Try to get Cynric out of the djinn therapy place.
[] Write in.
[] Try to get Cynric out of the djinn therapy place.
[] Write in.
[] Write in.
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A/N: Got my tenses mixed up at some point and needed to go back and fix it, I may not have gotten them all.
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- Location
- Down Under
OHMAIGAWD its Spider!Vicky from Putting Down Roots 
(I can't believe I only just notice it).
[X] Rolls over and goes back to sleep, nightmares be damned! In the morning she-
- [X] Should get to know the spider-girl... probably starting with her name.
(I can't believe I only just notice it).[X] Rolls over and goes back to sleep, nightmares be damned! In the morning she-
- [X] Should get to know the spider-girl... probably starting with her name.
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PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Nobody else made a spin-off for her, so I made her into a summoning option. It's gonna be weird for her if you go to Worm, because it'll be canon Worm(or as close as I can get) rather than Putting Down Roots Worm. Bonus points for making Panacea touch spider!Vicky.OHMAIGAWD its Spider!Vicky from Putting Down Roots
- Location
- St. Petersburg
Just accept the madness. Life is more interesting this way.
[x] Rolls over and goes back to sleep, nightmares be damned! In the morning she-
-[x] Should get to know the spider-girl... probably starting with her name.
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
It's midnight.
Barnes
Laughing on the outside, laughing on the inside
- Location
- Definetly not my parent's basement
...so it will be more stealing than getting fitted. That leaves the morning free!
dragonhollow
Lurker and all time hider
- Location
- singapore
So quick question where's quelagg soul??
ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
[X] Rolls over and goes back to sleep, nightmares be damned! In the morning she-
- [X] Should get to know the spider-girl... probably starting with her name.
- [X] Should get to know the spider-girl... probably starting with her name.
- Location
- New Mexico
Well, there we are: we got to turn someone into a monster now.
FTFY.
[x] Rolls over and goes back to sleep, nightmares be damned! In the morning she
-[x] Should get to know the spider-girl... probably starting with her name.
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Louise has it. The reason Cynric couldn't find it when you guys insisted he try is because Souls(the DS kind) are immaterial and only present when the one that posesses them wishes them so. They are mostly detected through the distinct scent they give off to those that feed on them. You can't steal someone's collection of souls without killing the person to let them free. A powerful enough 'Soul' is formed, whether naturally or through assimilating other 'Souls', their identity will remain after death unless they too are assimilated. Fun fact that you may find useful at a later date, the soul/self and body are connected to the point that if you were to somehow transfer your soul to another body after using 'Souls' to reinforce yourself, the new body would gradually change to be identical to your former body.
Nightmares Most Dreadful
PieceThruWar
Not an eldritch abomination
- Location
- The Server Farm
Rolling over to a dry portion of the pillow, Louise drifts back to a fitful sleep. In her dreams she runs down an endless hallway of gray metal while shadowy creatures with beady black eyes and needles for legs chase after her. The clicking of pointed feet grows louder as the monsters draw closer to the fleeing girl, hot breath touching her neck as she dives around a corner that hadn't been there before and the beasts plow into the wall at full speed, their carapaces shattering and drenching the area in gore that seems to eat away at the walls.
Looking at the splattered bodies and trying to catch her breath, Louise inspects herself to make sure none of the corrosive ichor got on her and gasps in alarm. Her body is shrinking! A squelching sound draws her attention back to the monsters as the corpses twitch and melt together. Not bothering to wait for it to finish forming, she turns to flee, tripping on her suddenly too large pants and bouncing her head off the floor.
Kicking frantically to get rid of the hazardous clothing, she scrambles to escape when the spider conglomerate shrieks and gives chase. The halls twist, split, and grow flesh as she runs for her life, a flickering purple light being the only illumination in this horrid place. Turning down an increasingly narrow path, she peeks over her shoulder to see the monster get stuck when the passage becomes too small for it's massive body.
Taking the opportunity, Louise continues until she happens upon a door. Double checking that the beast isn't following, she opens the door to find another of the monster's waiting in the room beyond. Hundreds of bony fingers make up it's limbs and a crown of teeth and eyes sits atop it's head. Each hate filled eye locks onto her and the creature stares back with her mother's face as it roars in triumph. Louise leaps backward just in time to avoid being skewered by it's fangs as the creature thrusts it's head through the opening.
With nowhere to run, Louise can only scream in terror as the twin faces of her mother vomit out a tide of regular sized spiders into the shrinking corridor. Her already small body, reduced further to that of her younger years, proves useless in fighting off the horde of arachnids as they gnaw at her exposed skin and climb ever higher on her body. The tiny faces of her sisters, her schoolmates, her teachers, the people of Londinium, and even her betrothed slowly devour her alive as she covers her face to keep them out her mouth and eyes.
Opening her eyes, she looks past the flames burning her skin to see a worried face looking down at her. Blinking in confusion as her mind tries to understand the sudden influx of information, she notices that she's being held up and shaken by long spidery legs. Screaming, Louise rolls off the burning mattress and rolls across the floor, only to look up and see the monster isn't chasing her... it's cradling the forelimbs that it used to shake her.
Memories of the previous night suddenly catch up with her as her mind pieces together what's happening. She was having another nightmare and had lit herself on fire in her sleep, causing her to burn the poor girl who must have been quite shocked. Blushing and breathless, the youngest Vallière uses Telekinesis to move the spider-girl away from the burning bed and puts out the fire with a bit of Frost magic. Seeing the expression on the other girl's face as she looks unsure of what to do for her injuries causes Louise to feel a stab of guilt at once again hurting someone due to a magical mistake.
"I-I'm sorry." She says, holding out a hand toward the creepy girl, who looks to the datapad with an unsure expression before scuttling over to the offered hand. Shivering at the contact, Louise gingerly brushes her hand across the shiny black chitin of the girl's legs, feeling where the heat caused the material to crack as pressure built up inside. Another spike of guilt stabbed at her guts as her touch made the girl wince, though the look is quickly replaced by confusion. "I think I can fix this."
With an effort of will, Louise bathes the two of them in the golden light of Restoration and both of their burns fade away over the course of a minute. Running her fingers across the repaired limb, Louise smirks at another successful spell. The other girl moves to grab the datapad, but for some reason her healed legs do a weird little dance with the fuzzy leg-like parts next to her fangs. The mortified look on the other girl's face causes Louise to giggle, though she tries and fails to hide it. 'OMG! I couldn't help it, it just happens sometimes. Please don't tell anyone I did that!'
Giggles devolve into full-blown laughter at the ridiculousness of it all. Her day starts by getting set on fire and then healed with magic that she didn't even know existed until yesterday and she's more worried about being caught dancing.The spider-girl seems relieved when Louise shakes her head in exasperation, obviously mistaking it as agreeing not to tell. "What even was that?" She asks as she tries to reign in her laughter.
Hiding her face under her body, the girl hold up the screen and tries to make herself as small as possible while the legs go back to dancing. 'It's a cleaning thing bugs do. Like cats, but grosser. I had to look up a bunch of stuff on spiders after my change and Vista got a veterinarian to take X-rays and stuff, 'cause I kept having weird things happen while I was sleeping.' Tapping the front portion of her body behind her head, she grimaces. 'There's a huge brain in here that's connected to my human brain so that I can control my body. Apparently spiders don't really sleep like people and so my little co-pilot does spider things when my human brain needs to rest. I've also got some really freaky lungs!"
No longer laughing, Louise gives her a wary look. "You're not going to bite me in your sleep are you?"
'Nah, apparently I just make nests and stuff... Though the vet said I showed signs of having layed eggs recently, so that's horrifying.' Her reply reads. 'Anyways, I probably should have introduced myself last night. My name's Victoria Dallon, my friends call me Vicky.'
"Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière." She says, turning to grab another set of clothing as she notices the fact that her clothing is mostly cinders now. "I suppose you already knew that, though."
Quickly getting dressed, Louise smiles at the comforting feeling of her enchanted body armor, having grown accustomed to wearing the bulky vest over the course of their stay with X-com. Turning to the awaiting girl, she motions toward the door and says, "Come on Victoria, let's go-
Status: Healthy
Magicka: (13298/14000)
Choose 1:
[] to breakfast." Cafeteria with Strike One and assorted base personnel.
[] wake Cattleya." Residential block with Cattleya and assorted base personnel.
[] get Master Cynric out of the djinn therapy place." Gene lab with Vahlen and her team.
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A/N: First strike incoming. No write in allowed for this vote.
Looking at the splattered bodies and trying to catch her breath, Louise inspects herself to make sure none of the corrosive ichor got on her and gasps in alarm. Her body is shrinking! A squelching sound draws her attention back to the monsters as the corpses twitch and melt together. Not bothering to wait for it to finish forming, she turns to flee, tripping on her suddenly too large pants and bouncing her head off the floor.
Kicking frantically to get rid of the hazardous clothing, she scrambles to escape when the spider conglomerate shrieks and gives chase. The halls twist, split, and grow flesh as she runs for her life, a flickering purple light being the only illumination in this horrid place. Turning down an increasingly narrow path, she peeks over her shoulder to see the monster get stuck when the passage becomes too small for it's massive body.
Taking the opportunity, Louise continues until she happens upon a door. Double checking that the beast isn't following, she opens the door to find another of the monster's waiting in the room beyond. Hundreds of bony fingers make up it's limbs and a crown of teeth and eyes sits atop it's head. Each hate filled eye locks onto her and the creature stares back with her mother's face as it roars in triumph. Louise leaps backward just in time to avoid being skewered by it's fangs as the creature thrusts it's head through the opening.
With nowhere to run, Louise can only scream in terror as the twin faces of her mother vomit out a tide of regular sized spiders into the shrinking corridor. Her already small body, reduced further to that of her younger years, proves useless in fighting off the horde of arachnids as they gnaw at her exposed skin and climb ever higher on her body. The tiny faces of her sisters, her schoolmates, her teachers, the people of Londinium, and even her betrothed slowly devour her alive as she covers her face to keep them out her mouth and eyes.
Opening her eyes, she looks past the flames burning her skin to see a worried face looking down at her. Blinking in confusion as her mind tries to understand the sudden influx of information, she notices that she's being held up and shaken by long spidery legs. Screaming, Louise rolls off the burning mattress and rolls across the floor, only to look up and see the monster isn't chasing her... it's cradling the forelimbs that it used to shake her.
Memories of the previous night suddenly catch up with her as her mind pieces together what's happening. She was having another nightmare and had lit herself on fire in her sleep, causing her to burn the poor girl who must have been quite shocked. Blushing and breathless, the youngest Vallière uses Telekinesis to move the spider-girl away from the burning bed and puts out the fire with a bit of Frost magic. Seeing the expression on the other girl's face as she looks unsure of what to do for her injuries causes Louise to feel a stab of guilt at once again hurting someone due to a magical mistake.
"I-I'm sorry." She says, holding out a hand toward the creepy girl, who looks to the datapad with an unsure expression before scuttling over to the offered hand. Shivering at the contact, Louise gingerly brushes her hand across the shiny black chitin of the girl's legs, feeling where the heat caused the material to crack as pressure built up inside. Another spike of guilt stabbed at her guts as her touch made the girl wince, though the look is quickly replaced by confusion. "I think I can fix this."
With an effort of will, Louise bathes the two of them in the golden light of Restoration and both of their burns fade away over the course of a minute. Running her fingers across the repaired limb, Louise smirks at another successful spell. The other girl moves to grab the datapad, but for some reason her healed legs do a weird little dance with the fuzzy leg-like parts next to her fangs. The mortified look on the other girl's face causes Louise to giggle, though she tries and fails to hide it. 'OMG! I couldn't help it, it just happens sometimes. Please don't tell anyone I did that!'
Giggles devolve into full-blown laughter at the ridiculousness of it all. Her day starts by getting set on fire and then healed with magic that she didn't even know existed until yesterday and she's more worried about being caught dancing.The spider-girl seems relieved when Louise shakes her head in exasperation, obviously mistaking it as agreeing not to tell. "What even was that?" She asks as she tries to reign in her laughter.
Hiding her face under her body, the girl hold up the screen and tries to make herself as small as possible while the legs go back to dancing. 'It's a cleaning thing bugs do. Like cats, but grosser. I had to look up a bunch of stuff on spiders after my change and Vista got a veterinarian to take X-rays and stuff, 'cause I kept having weird things happen while I was sleeping.' Tapping the front portion of her body behind her head, she grimaces. 'There's a huge brain in here that's connected to my human brain so that I can control my body. Apparently spiders don't really sleep like people and so my little co-pilot does spider things when my human brain needs to rest. I've also got some really freaky lungs!"
No longer laughing, Louise gives her a wary look. "You're not going to bite me in your sleep are you?"
'Nah, apparently I just make nests and stuff... Though the vet said I showed signs of having layed eggs recently, so that's horrifying.' Her reply reads. 'Anyways, I probably should have introduced myself last night. My name's Victoria Dallon, my friends call me Vicky.'
"Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière." She says, turning to grab another set of clothing as she notices the fact that her clothing is mostly cinders now. "I suppose you already knew that, though."
Quickly getting dressed, Louise smiles at the comforting feeling of her enchanted body armor, having grown accustomed to wearing the bulky vest over the course of their stay with X-com. Turning to the awaiting girl, she motions toward the door and says, "Come on Victoria, let's go-
Status: Healthy
Magicka: (13298/14000)
Choose 1:
[] to breakfast." Cafeteria with Strike One and assorted base personnel.
[] wake Cattleya." Residential block with Cattleya and assorted base personnel.
[] get Master Cynric out of the djinn therapy place." Gene lab with Vahlen and her team.
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A/N: First strike incoming. No write in allowed for this vote.
- Location
- Down Under
[X] wake Cattleya." Residential block with Cattleya and assorted base personnel.
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I think it will be nice for Vicky to have someone who could possibly really like how she looks.
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I think it will be nice for Vicky to have someone who could possibly really like how she looks.
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ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
[X] to breakfast." Cafeteria with Strike One and assorted base personnel.
-[x] Sit next to Espinoza he must of missed your presence, have him introduce others to our New guest.
-[x] Sit next to Espinoza he must of missed your presence, have him introduce others to our New guest.
Unseelie
(Verified True Fae)
- Location
- Tír fo Thuinn
Getting him out early or is he expected to get out today?
What's that?
TwistedJester
Tired Lurker King
- Location
- Hell
[X] wake Cattleya." Residential block with Cattleya and assorted base personnel.
Cynric's busy being modded and I don't think Vicky would like to go to a public area.
Cynric's busy being modded and I don't think Vicky would like to go to a public area.
Unseelie
(Verified True Fae)
- Location
- Tír fo Thuinn
[X] wake Cattleya." Residential block with Cattleya and assorted base personnel.