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Succubusekai: The Demoness Just Wanted To Stay With Her Friends! [Original-Ish] [Quest]
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Winged One
Not the Simurgh
- Location
- definitely the ground
- Pronouns
- They/Them/It
My sister in the arcane arts, you are a demon.
grommile
nasty-minded old cynic
- Location
- NERV-Mercia
- Pronouns
- Traditional/Animate
A pretty demon, who likes nice things and not being eaten.
- Location
- The great frozen north
Lurker just passing through but dang, that was a visceral depiction of the panic that being swallowed whole would cause. Nice.
neutronium95
Mad Rocketeer
- Location
- The test site
- Pronouns
- She/Her
The frog scene got me thinking, what's the closest you can get to making a character like Megumin in 5e?
I know there's a Youtube guy who devised a 5e build for Darkness, maybe he also did Megumin?
Most likely you'd give her a source of out-of-level spellcasting, though
Dantalion
Insight: 368
- Location
- A Guest Room at the Brass Embassy, dying of Frenzy
- Pronouns
- Any
Divine Soul Sorc 3 / Evocation Wizard 17 apparently, using Meteor Swarm as 'Explosion'.
Chapter 1.2.18: You have Learned: Fluffy Tail
[X] (Okay Now What) Get up and get stuff clean before the floor gets damaged. You have the spell to do that easily enough.
[X] (Second Thing) Grab Eira and go shower with her. You may have to use suggestion to motivate her a bit.
Okay. Okay. You're back in control of the situation. A little.
There's FUCKING TOAD BILE all over you and thus the floor. Removing that with prestidigitation is step one. Fortunately, this is one you are capable of muttering your way through, face down, on the ground.
Brushing yourself and the floor around where you landed off, covering about ten cubic feet of space every minute. So it takes five minutes for your magic to cover everywhere in a couple feet around you and your body, removing the toad material.
Already you feel so much better from this step. But you're still experiencing a level of achy and pained you rarely recall feeling from either life. (... It's probably a good thing the most obvious moment when you'd be in more pain you've kinda whited out from your memory, i.e. the actual moment of getting hit by that Mack truck.)
You glance at Eira, who is also on the ground. By this point, you can hear Helen finishing pulling her armor off. THEN she collapses. (You thought you were joking about the prayers to Solaria thing.)
… You move the prestidigitation around Eira's legs and the ground by them. She didn't get anywhere near as terribly dirty as you, but it's still enough that cleaning the floor is a good idea.
"Eira. Wanna shower?"
"Mmmm. Make me."
… You are absolutely enabling totally unhealthy bratty behavior any way you respond to that, aren't you? Eira Nicholls' submissive tendencies are kind of impressive at times, especially for an independence-minded floofthief like her.
Obviously, the brat behavior should not be rewarded. However, not rewarding this would have the unfortunate side effect of also not indulging your evil dominant side a little bit to reward yourself for putting up with a combination of chores and, you know, surviving being eaten by a toad.
You force yourself to get slightly up, and half-crawl until you're right next to Eira, placing one hand on her arm and carefully leaning close to her ear.
"Are you sure about that~?", you purr… Then pause. "No, seriously, if you say you are I'm going to take the chance to toy with you some, and if you're genuinely too tired for that, please say so now."
Eira blinks. "... Can you give me, like, one cure spell and one of those painkillers maybe? Then yeah."
"Healing word," you respond, using a quick cast to remove the remnants of the injury she took. Then… "Stare into my eyes."
(Spoilered content summary: Senaz uses a combination of her magics to put Eira into a trance, then drags her into the shower for funtimes. She pulls out a toy from those she acquired back in the purchases, but winds up forgetting about it. Twice.)
…Mmm. Eira's definition of 'no thoughts head empty' is surprisingly complicated. Is that a psionics thing?
Just as important, Eira is about to sleep. A quick ear against Helen's door tells you she, too, is asleep.
You glance at your cellphone, next to the oh damn it you forgot to use the toy.
… Anyways. Three days (Earth-time) until the next set of raids. Time to further reward your indulgent side, free of responsibilities for the next eight hours before it's time to destroy more frogs.
[ ] (While They Sleep) Immediately catch up on work-related emails, cursing your thrice-damned sense of responsibility.
[ ] (While They Sleep) Grind an alt class in AWO until you're bored.
[ ] (While They Sleep) Put a duration-limited suggestion on yourself to erase the boredom so you can grind harder! This is a safe and sane idea!
[ ] (While They Sleep) Toy with a different game (gimme write-in gags maybe)
[ ] (While They Sleep) Catch up on some web fiction and comics, really make the QM suffer trying to devise a bunch of names.
[ ] (While They Sleep) Do some practice computer programming of some sort.
[ ] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
[ ] (... But Responsibility 1) Switch back to the full Succubutt outfit for computer time.
[ ] (... But Responsibility 1) Just plop onto your chair undressed.
[ ] (... But Responsibility 2) Remember to grab the toy and put it back in the hiding box under your bed.
[ ] (... But Responsibility 2) Eira spots it first. (Awkward.)
[ ] (... But Responsibility 2) Helen spots it first. (Extra Awkward.)
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I feel so self-conscious doing NSFW segments I swear.
Also, I have acquired art for an upcoming post.
Shorter voting timer in hopes that come Wednesday I'll be in better writing position. This one's going to be a lower-consequence vote anyways.
[X] (Second Thing) Grab Eira and go shower with her. You may have to use suggestion to motivate her a bit.
Okay. Okay. You're back in control of the situation. A little.
There's FUCKING TOAD BILE all over you and thus the floor. Removing that with prestidigitation is step one. Fortunately, this is one you are capable of muttering your way through, face down, on the ground.
Brushing yourself and the floor around where you landed off, covering about ten cubic feet of space every minute. So it takes five minutes for your magic to cover everywhere in a couple feet around you and your body, removing the toad material.
Already you feel so much better from this step. But you're still experiencing a level of achy and pained you rarely recall feeling from either life. (... It's probably a good thing the most obvious moment when you'd be in more pain you've kinda whited out from your memory, i.e. the actual moment of getting hit by that Mack truck.)
You glance at Eira, who is also on the ground. By this point, you can hear Helen finishing pulling her armor off. THEN she collapses. (You thought you were joking about the prayers to Solaria thing.)
… You move the prestidigitation around Eira's legs and the ground by them. She didn't get anywhere near as terribly dirty as you, but it's still enough that cleaning the floor is a good idea.
"Eira. Wanna shower?"
"Mmmm. Make me."
… You are absolutely enabling totally unhealthy bratty behavior any way you respond to that, aren't you? Eira Nicholls' submissive tendencies are kind of impressive at times, especially for an independence-minded floofthief like her.
Obviously, the brat behavior should not be rewarded. However, not rewarding this would have the unfortunate side effect of also not indulging your evil dominant side a little bit to reward yourself for putting up with a combination of chores and, you know, surviving being eaten by a toad.
You force yourself to get slightly up, and half-crawl until you're right next to Eira, placing one hand on her arm and carefully leaning close to her ear.
"Are you sure about that~?", you purr… Then pause. "No, seriously, if you say you are I'm going to take the chance to toy with you some, and if you're genuinely too tired for that, please say so now."
Eira blinks. "... Can you give me, like, one cure spell and one of those painkillers maybe? Then yeah."
"Healing word," you respond, using a quick cast to remove the remnants of the injury she took. Then… "Stare into my eyes."
(Spoilered content summary: Senaz uses a combination of her magics to put Eira into a trance, then drags her into the shower for funtimes. She pulls out a toy from those she acquired back in the purchases, but winds up forgetting about it. Twice.)
You can almost see Eira's ears stiffen at the command, as she kind of rotates until she's on her back, now looking up at you.
"That's right," you purr. "No looking away."
Her tail is still, and she's looking up expectantly.
"Um, does being on your back hurt your spine?"
"Nah, the way our tails curve at the back it's fine." Eira's eyes are locked onto you even as she handles the slightly awkward question.
"... Good, good to know~", you purr. Okay, just put on the dommy confident mood. It's easy enough even when you're this tired… At least, for someone like Eira.
"Stare and sink. Stare and sink." More of your suggestion spell, telling Eira to sink into that submissive daze she so loves. You quickly position yourself so you're straddling her, looking directly into her gaze as she rather quickly drops into a trance.
"Good girl~", you purr. "Now, this time, you get to stay nice and quiet until I allow you to wake up, all right~?"
She nods a bit, slowly and somewhat dully. Detect thoughts tells you she's not thinking much at all right now - pretty much completely entranced. She really does drop super easily, at least for you.
Slowly, you move an arm behind her, and carefully shift to pull her up so she's half-sitting. Then further, until she's standing, slumped and dazed.
"Shoes and leggings off," you command. Her movements to obey are kinda slow, but not unsteady, like she's savoring the obedience. Which, to be fair, is probably exactly the case.
Then, you move next, unclipping her belts, and pulling her shorts and panties down in one smooth motion, until they drop next to her ankles. The gloves, vest, and finally shirt are next. She purrs almost automatically at her exposure and at you doing it, even as you slip her bandana loose.
"Pick everything up," you say, watching her obey. Then you slowly push her into walking to her room. "Drop everything." This one takes less time than some of your other commands.
You're enjoying this quite a bit. Enough that you've shapeshifted your own clothes away. That just leaves one important task…
"Start the shower for me~", you purr into her ear. Her tail slumps even more, but her ears perk up in positive reaction as she walks into the bathroom.
This frees you to quickly dash to your room, and pull out one of your little 'surprises' you ordered the other day. A basic vibrator, capable of attaching easily to most parts of the body. You've heard tell of some psionic devices capable of doing something similar… But you rather suspect they've been well beyond Eira's means. Until now.
By the time you've stepped into the shower room, she's there, still in her submissive daze, even as there's a slight 'mmmm' from the hot water on her.
You set the toy down, and carefully step behind her. "Good girl~", you purr, feeling her sink a bit more in pleasure at the command… While staying as quiet as you told her, even as you can feel her loving the feel of your breasts against her back… Then your hands against her breasts.
Damn does this feel good, even as tired as you are (and presumably Eira is, too, not that she's as worried about that right now).
Her tail is against you. An easy move of the leg, and it's between your legs, soaked down by the water flowing down you until it is… Mmm. You grind along it a bit. It's so fluffy that it, well you're honestly not sure what you think.
Not that Eira's minding the sensation. She's vibrating a bit, but stays entirely quiet even as her face is turning flush as some part of her understands what you're doing.
"Touch me," you signal. Eira promptly turns around, chest to chest, and starts to grope along your butt in particular. You eagerly match her move… and then slide in, your leg grinding against her core.
You were planning to slowly wash her and be washed then break out the toy, but with her quietly squeaking as she squirms… Well, you've lost track entirely, to be quite honest.
And as she speeds up and cums, followed soon by you doing the same, barely avoiding sliding onto the floor… The suggestion to stay quiet continues to be as good as any gag, her gasping but not shouting at all.
… Damn that's a thing. Damn it's nice-feeling.
"... Are you still under my spell, dear~?", you half-mumble in a bit of post-orgasmic haze.
Oh, good, she's nodding.
"... Wash us both." You again fail to think of the toy, against the pleasure of just… Letting the evil dommy side do its thing for a bit. Mildly. (Really mildly, honestly.)
… Oh, she's getting creative with it, running soap over herself to rub onto you. And… Yeah, you checked, she's still not thinking about it. This is closer to a reflex. (Though one she doesn't try to do everything with, reaching for cloth to wash your face to avoid the probably still very unpleasant sensation of soap on your eyes. Or hers, for that matter.)
"... Would you like to wake up, Eira?", you eventually think to ask.
She shakes her head automatically, just aware enough to not want to be more aware right now.
You almost reflexively ruffle her hair around her ears a bit, drawing another quiet 'mmmm' of pleasure from her.
"... Are you feeling better?"
A nod.
"... Should you sleep?"
A hesitant nod.
"When I snap my fingers, you're going to step out of the shower, dry yourself off, and drop into bed and fall deeply asleep. You will only exit trance when your body tells you it's okay to wake you up or you're poked by me or Helen."
You're remembering safeties this time! That's good!
She nods.
You snap your fingers, and she's moving.
This leaves you with water on you for a moment or three. Feels good.
"That's right," you purr. "No looking away."
Her tail is still, and she's looking up expectantly.
"Um, does being on your back hurt your spine?"
"Nah, the way our tails curve at the back it's fine." Eira's eyes are locked onto you even as she handles the slightly awkward question.
"... Good, good to know~", you purr. Okay, just put on the dommy confident mood. It's easy enough even when you're this tired… At least, for someone like Eira.
"Stare and sink. Stare and sink." More of your suggestion spell, telling Eira to sink into that submissive daze she so loves. You quickly position yourself so you're straddling her, looking directly into her gaze as she rather quickly drops into a trance.
"Good girl~", you purr. "Now, this time, you get to stay nice and quiet until I allow you to wake up, all right~?"
She nods a bit, slowly and somewhat dully. Detect thoughts tells you she's not thinking much at all right now - pretty much completely entranced. She really does drop super easily, at least for you.
Slowly, you move an arm behind her, and carefully shift to pull her up so she's half-sitting. Then further, until she's standing, slumped and dazed.
"Shoes and leggings off," you command. Her movements to obey are kinda slow, but not unsteady, like she's savoring the obedience. Which, to be fair, is probably exactly the case.
Then, you move next, unclipping her belts, and pulling her shorts and panties down in one smooth motion, until they drop next to her ankles. The gloves, vest, and finally shirt are next. She purrs almost automatically at her exposure and at you doing it, even as you slip her bandana loose.
"Pick everything up," you say, watching her obey. Then you slowly push her into walking to her room. "Drop everything." This one takes less time than some of your other commands.
You're enjoying this quite a bit. Enough that you've shapeshifted your own clothes away. That just leaves one important task…
"Start the shower for me~", you purr into her ear. Her tail slumps even more, but her ears perk up in positive reaction as she walks into the bathroom.
This frees you to quickly dash to your room, and pull out one of your little 'surprises' you ordered the other day. A basic vibrator, capable of attaching easily to most parts of the body. You've heard tell of some psionic devices capable of doing something similar… But you rather suspect they've been well beyond Eira's means. Until now.
By the time you've stepped into the shower room, she's there, still in her submissive daze, even as there's a slight 'mmmm' from the hot water on her.
You set the toy down, and carefully step behind her. "Good girl~", you purr, feeling her sink a bit more in pleasure at the command… While staying as quiet as you told her, even as you can feel her loving the feel of your breasts against her back… Then your hands against her breasts.
Damn does this feel good, even as tired as you are (and presumably Eira is, too, not that she's as worried about that right now).
Her tail is against you. An easy move of the leg, and it's between your legs, soaked down by the water flowing down you until it is… Mmm. You grind along it a bit. It's so fluffy that it, well you're honestly not sure what you think.
Not that Eira's minding the sensation. She's vibrating a bit, but stays entirely quiet even as her face is turning flush as some part of her understands what you're doing.
"Touch me," you signal. Eira promptly turns around, chest to chest, and starts to grope along your butt in particular. You eagerly match her move… and then slide in, your leg grinding against her core.
You were planning to slowly wash her and be washed then break out the toy, but with her quietly squeaking as she squirms… Well, you've lost track entirely, to be quite honest.
And as she speeds up and cums, followed soon by you doing the same, barely avoiding sliding onto the floor… The suggestion to stay quiet continues to be as good as any gag, her gasping but not shouting at all.
… Damn that's a thing. Damn it's nice-feeling.
"... Are you still under my spell, dear~?", you half-mumble in a bit of post-orgasmic haze.
Oh, good, she's nodding.
"... Wash us both." You again fail to think of the toy, against the pleasure of just… Letting the evil dommy side do its thing for a bit. Mildly. (Really mildly, honestly.)
… Oh, she's getting creative with it, running soap over herself to rub onto you. And… Yeah, you checked, she's still not thinking about it. This is closer to a reflex. (Though one she doesn't try to do everything with, reaching for cloth to wash your face to avoid the probably still very unpleasant sensation of soap on your eyes. Or hers, for that matter.)
"... Would you like to wake up, Eira?", you eventually think to ask.
She shakes her head automatically, just aware enough to not want to be more aware right now.
You almost reflexively ruffle her hair around her ears a bit, drawing another quiet 'mmmm' of pleasure from her.
"... Are you feeling better?"
A nod.
"... Should you sleep?"
A hesitant nod.
"When I snap my fingers, you're going to step out of the shower, dry yourself off, and drop into bed and fall deeply asleep. You will only exit trance when your body tells you it's okay to wake you up or you're poked by me or Helen."
You're remembering safeties this time! That's good!
She nods.
You snap your fingers, and she's moving.
This leaves you with water on you for a moment or three. Feels good.
Just as important, Eira is about to sleep. A quick ear against Helen's door tells you she, too, is asleep.
You glance at your cellphone, next to the oh damn it you forgot to use the toy.
… Anyways. Three days (Earth-time) until the next set of raids. Time to further reward your indulgent side, free of responsibilities for the next eight hours before it's time to destroy more frogs.
[ ] (While They Sleep) Immediately catch up on work-related emails, cursing your thrice-damned sense of responsibility.
[ ] (While They Sleep) Grind an alt class in AWO until you're bored.
[ ] (While They Sleep) Put a duration-limited suggestion on yourself to erase the boredom so you can grind harder! This is a safe and sane idea!
[ ] (While They Sleep) Toy with a different game (gimme write-in gags maybe)
[ ] (While They Sleep) Catch up on some web fiction and comics, really make the QM suffer trying to devise a bunch of names.
[ ] (While They Sleep) Do some practice computer programming of some sort.
[ ] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
[ ] (... But Responsibility 1) Switch back to the full Succubutt outfit for computer time.
[ ] (... But Responsibility 1) Just plop onto your chair undressed.
[ ] (... But Responsibility 2) Remember to grab the toy and put it back in the hiding box under your bed.
[ ] (... But Responsibility 2) Eira spots it first. (Awkward.)
[ ] (... But Responsibility 2) Helen spots it first. (Extra Awkward.)
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I feel so self-conscious doing NSFW segments I swear.
Also, I have acquired art for an upcoming post.
Shorter voting timer in hopes that come Wednesday I'll be in better writing position. This one's going to be a lower-consequence vote anyways.
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- Location
- Attached to a wall
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] (While They Sleep) Do some practice computer programming of some sort.
[X] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
[X] (... But Responsibility 2) Helen spots it first. (Extra Awkward.)
Helen sees toy and confronts us about it while seeing us doing programming.
EDIT: Forgot to complete it say that that seems like a fun sequence of events.
[X] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
[X] (... But Responsibility 2) Helen spots it first. (Extra Awkward.)
Helen sees toy and confronts us about it while seeing us doing programming.
EDIT: Forgot to complete it say that that seems like a fun sequence of events.
grommile
nasty-minded old cynic
- Location
- NERV-Mercia
- Pronouns
- Traditional/Animate
I chalk this up to the ordeal of being known.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
How on earth is the tail still fluffy while in the shower?
Eira using her body as a sponge was fun.
[X] (While They Sleep) Do some practice computer programming of some sort.
[X] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
No strong feelings about the vibrabtor. Those Succubut PJs better have cute little boots!
Eira using her body as a sponge was fun.
[X] (While They Sleep) Do some practice computer programming of some sort.
[X] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
No strong feelings about the vibrabtor. Those Succubut PJs better have cute little boots!
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ltmauve
"Excuse me?"
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] (While They Sleep) Do some practice computer programming of some sort.
[X] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
[X] (... But Responsibility 2) Helen spots it first. (Extra Awkward.)
I'm in favor of Wallflower's plan.
[X] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
[X] (... But Responsibility 2) Helen spots it first. (Extra Awkward.)
I'm in favor of Wallflower's plan.
Winged One
Not the Simurgh
- Location
- definitely the ground
- Pronouns
- They/Them/It
The basic standard of succubus casting proficiency.
I was going to rate it funny, but now I worry that you'd think I'm laughing at you instead of with you...
[X] (While They Sleep) Grind an alt class in AWO until you're bored.
[X] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
[X] (... But Responsibility 2) Eira spots it first. (Awkward.)
Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
They do be hot tho.
Would it be possible to try to experiment with sending stuff to earth during this downtime?
- Location
- Chicago
- Pronouns
- She/They
[x] (While They Sleep) Immediately catch up on work-related emails, cursing your thrice-damned sense of responsibility.
I do want to not lose track of the sort of evil megacorp we are sort of aligned with.
[X] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time
Comfort fluff.
[X] (... But Responsibility 2) Eira spots it first. (Awkward.)
We didn't use it, we deserve to be called on it. And maybe this gives her a nudge to play switch for a scene.
I do want to not lose track of the sort of evil megacorp we are sort of aligned with.
[X] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time
Comfort fluff.
[X] (... But Responsibility 2) Eira spots it first. (Awkward.)
We didn't use it, we deserve to be called on it. And maybe this gives her a nudge to play switch for a scene.
- Pronouns
- He/Him/Ey/Em
It's tempting to suggest Senaz get distracted by HoloCure: Save the Fans.
[x] (While They Sleep) Immediately catch up on work-related emails, cursing your thrice-damned sense of responsibility.
[x] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
[x] (While They Sleep) Immediately catch up on work-related emails, cursing your thrice-damned sense of responsibility.
[x] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
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[X] (... But Responsibility 2) Remember to grab the toy and put it back in the hiding box under your bed.
Anyway, I was expecting getting some option better prepare the otherworldly entrance (apartment side): if "arriving covered in toad bile" (or something similar enough) is going to be a somewhat recurrent situation, Senaz may want to have the entrance prepared to be easier to clean: sure, it wasn't particularly difficult with Prestidigitation, but it was still urgency to clean with magic in a more or less dedicated procedure while Senaz was (mostly emotionally) exhausted.
I got confused for that option. What work? Last I remembered Senaz doesn't have work since she has some weeks off.
Anyway, I was expecting getting some option better prepare the otherworldly entrance (apartment side): if "arriving covered in toad bile" (or something similar enough) is going to be a somewhat recurrent situation, Senaz may want to have the entrance prepared to be easier to clean: sure, it wasn't particularly difficult with Prestidigitation, but it was still urgency to clean with magic in a more or less dedicated procedure while Senaz was (mostly emotionally) exhausted.
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This could be a write in selection and would be reasonable I think!
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Solarstream
It's all in the cards
- Location
- Zombie World
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Helen and Eira both spot it then? 🤔
ltmauve
"Excuse me?"
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Eira spots it and asks Helen what it is?
Chapter 1.2.19: :>
[X] (While They Sleep) Do some practice computer programming of some sort.
[X] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
[X] (... But Responsibility 2) A tie interpreted the most awkward way possible! Helen and Eira both discover the toy.
… Your shapeshifting powers allow for creativity when you decide to go all comfortwear. Like, fluffy pajamas with soft plush boots and that oddly comforting feeling of old boxers underneath. The perfect comfywear for gaming when you don't have to talk to anyone!
Aaaaaaand then instead you're reviewing C# typing and other code work and toying with a small application related to secretarial task sorting and assignment which could if implemented at your company free the front desk from talking to people a whopping fifteen percent of the time which isn't much but after so many long conversations it probably would make them so much saner honestly and-
That's an alarm.
Eight hours have passed. Eira and Helen are likely going to wake up soon.
… Okay, just finish this one and-
"SENAZ CALVERS."
- Feel your blood freeze at the sound of Helen Garland's voice.
Slowly, your neck creeeeaks toward the door, as she and Eira, both fully dressed, step into the room.
Helen is holding a small basic vibrator wand. The one you picked up during the spoiler-tagged sequence earlier.
And left on the bathroom vanity, unused.
And completely forgot about after that.
"E-erm, despite the likely legal implications, I don't really have a last name anymore in this life-"
"NOT THE POINT."
You squeak.
"I do not mind your using the shower like that. I do, however, mind your not cleaning up after yourself to this much of a degree."
How is she more terrifying right now than when she had you at swordpoint when you first met?!
"Do you realize how long I had to spend washing out the shower right now?! I don't have Prestidigitation, I had to use the chemicals!"
Oh.
"And then there's the vibrator on the damn vanity!!!", she shouts indignantly.
This finally gets Eira to speak up. "Oh is that all that is? I mean, kinda expensive to keep out but-"
You desperately attempt to distract Helen with a quick, "Electric ones can actually be a lot cheaper, though you gotta get ones from reputable brands for safety and-"
(Helen Garland's Intimidate Check: … Oh god she rolled a nat 1.)
Helen responds, "Look if you're going to try and deflect like THAT you may as well just use charm on me as a defensive mechanism, which I thank you for not making that your reflex any time we get to a socially scary situation but-"
You blink. This gets Helen to pause.
"... Wait, are you asking for that?!", you half stammer.
… Eira's grin is awfully catlike for a foxgirl as Helen processes what she just said.
"... Please don't, even if it would technically work." She's blushing a bit and looks very annoyed at herself for flubbing her anger so much.
Okay, you've got a choice to make no you don't.
[X] (Handling Helen) Promise to be more careful about this going forward.
"Given what I went through several hours ago," you observe, "I was being a bit careless, and I am sorry for that. I'll focus on being more considerate when it comes to the bathroom in the future."
Helen pauses. Nods a bit. "... I mean, fair enough." She's shuddering recalling the giant toad. "Let's. Hope that the toad thing doesn't happen again. They wouldn't keep giant toads in the throne room, right?"
"Of course not," Eira says, tail stiffening.
You nod. "Right. Resting to be fresh at the throne room… Very good idea. The bullywugs were… Not that big a problem compared to some of what we've faced, but I'm sure they've got more where that comes from."
Part of you knows that this conversation with Helen is not exactly over, just averted for now. Hopefully kicking the butts of some maliciously-behaving red frogpeople will ensure that the next time this comes up she'll be of a cooler mindset.
… Hopefully you'll keep to that promise.
---
Fifteen minutes later, you're around the table, apple-cinnamon oatmeal (cinnamon being something Eira's heard of but never experienced before. Good thing she's experiencing it with sugar, you think) in bowls that you go through.
"So, the moment we step back out," you say. "We're going to be back in the swamp. We turn left, and there's the throne room - and presumably, the Nixie we're here to save."
Helen nods. "Which plan do we go for?"
Eira pauses. "The way I see it, I'm thinking there's basically four options for how we start this…"
You can feel the vote going up as Eira discusses each in turn.
[ ] (The Throne Room) "The nixie will probably be in sight the moment we go in. We go in, I immediately go to wherever she is and get her loose - it's unlikely they'll have traps beyond guards next to her - and we escape through the maze. DEFINITELY hot combat, but it also is like, gloriously disrespectful to the Bullywugs."
[ ] (The Throne Room) "The exact opposite route is to let Senaz go full diplomode, polite and bowing and treating them like they have more of her respect than they honestly deserve. Try to talk them down."
[ ] (The Throne Room) "Third path is… They want us fighting, they've openly said that. So we go in swords drawn and play to their fantasy. Kick their butts enough and they'll likely surrender."
[ ] (The Throne Room) "Or we can go full cheaty in a way that may require explaining things to the nixies later - Senaz summons the door behind the nixie, tosses her through, moves it so me and Helen can get in, and goes the hell poof. If we're fast enough, we'll just utterly fluxxom them and it'll be hilarious."
… You internally add an option to the vote:
[ ] (The Throne Room) Write-in: You've got another proposal, or a specific combined plan to go with.
You also have to consider:
[ ] (Try to Scout?) Use your same tricks as before to scout the room before going in. This would give the Bullywugs time to possibly reinforce the throne room or the exit route through the maze or otherwise better prepare for your presence.
[ ] (Try to Scout?) Don't take an informational advantage that way - that way, they only have a couple more seconds to prepare than they'd have had if you hadn't gone in at all. This does have the risk that you're going in blind.
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QM Note: Plan Votes may be a good idea.
[X] (... But Responsibility 1) Remember to put pajamas on for computer time.
[X] (... But Responsibility 2) A tie interpreted the most awkward way possible! Helen and Eira both discover the toy.
… Your shapeshifting powers allow for creativity when you decide to go all comfortwear. Like, fluffy pajamas with soft plush boots and that oddly comforting feeling of old boxers underneath. The perfect comfywear for gaming when you don't have to talk to anyone!
Aaaaaaand then instead you're reviewing C# typing and other code work and toying with a small application related to secretarial task sorting and assignment which could if implemented at your company free the front desk from talking to people a whopping fifteen percent of the time which isn't much but after so many long conversations it probably would make them so much saner honestly and-
That's an alarm.
Eight hours have passed. Eira and Helen are likely going to wake up soon.
… Okay, just finish this one and-
"SENAZ CALVERS."
- Feel your blood freeze at the sound of Helen Garland's voice.
Slowly, your neck creeeeaks toward the door, as she and Eira, both fully dressed, step into the room.
Helen is holding a small basic vibrator wand. The one you picked up during the spoiler-tagged sequence earlier.
And left on the bathroom vanity, unused.
And completely forgot about after that.
"E-erm, despite the likely legal implications, I don't really have a last name anymore in this life-"
"NOT THE POINT."
You squeak.
"I do not mind your using the shower like that. I do, however, mind your not cleaning up after yourself to this much of a degree."
How is she more terrifying right now than when she had you at swordpoint when you first met?!
"Do you realize how long I had to spend washing out the shower right now?! I don't have Prestidigitation, I had to use the chemicals!"
Oh.
"And then there's the vibrator on the damn vanity!!!", she shouts indignantly.
This finally gets Eira to speak up. "Oh is that all that is? I mean, kinda expensive to keep out but-"
You desperately attempt to distract Helen with a quick, "Electric ones can actually be a lot cheaper, though you gotta get ones from reputable brands for safety and-"
(Helen Garland's Intimidate Check: … Oh god she rolled a nat 1.)
Helen responds, "Look if you're going to try and deflect like THAT you may as well just use charm on me as a defensive mechanism, which I thank you for not making that your reflex any time we get to a socially scary situation but-"
You blink. This gets Helen to pause.
"... Wait, are you asking for that?!", you half stammer.
… Eira's grin is awfully catlike for a foxgirl as Helen processes what she just said.
"... Please don't, even if it would technically work." She's blushing a bit and looks very annoyed at herself for flubbing her anger so much.
Okay, you've got a choice to make no you don't.
[X] (Handling Helen) Promise to be more careful about this going forward.
"Given what I went through several hours ago," you observe, "I was being a bit careless, and I am sorry for that. I'll focus on being more considerate when it comes to the bathroom in the future."
Helen pauses. Nods a bit. "... I mean, fair enough." She's shuddering recalling the giant toad. "Let's. Hope that the toad thing doesn't happen again. They wouldn't keep giant toads in the throne room, right?"
"Of course not," Eira says, tail stiffening.
You nod. "Right. Resting to be fresh at the throne room… Very good idea. The bullywugs were… Not that big a problem compared to some of what we've faced, but I'm sure they've got more where that comes from."
Part of you knows that this conversation with Helen is not exactly over, just averted for now. Hopefully kicking the butts of some maliciously-behaving red frogpeople will ensure that the next time this comes up she'll be of a cooler mindset.
… Hopefully you'll keep to that promise.
---
Fifteen minutes later, you're around the table, apple-cinnamon oatmeal (cinnamon being something Eira's heard of but never experienced before. Good thing she's experiencing it with sugar, you think) in bowls that you go through.
"So, the moment we step back out," you say. "We're going to be back in the swamp. We turn left, and there's the throne room - and presumably, the Nixie we're here to save."
Helen nods. "Which plan do we go for?"
Eira pauses. "The way I see it, I'm thinking there's basically four options for how we start this…"
You can feel the vote going up as Eira discusses each in turn.
[ ] (The Throne Room) "The nixie will probably be in sight the moment we go in. We go in, I immediately go to wherever she is and get her loose - it's unlikely they'll have traps beyond guards next to her - and we escape through the maze. DEFINITELY hot combat, but it also is like, gloriously disrespectful to the Bullywugs."
[ ] (The Throne Room) "The exact opposite route is to let Senaz go full diplomode, polite and bowing and treating them like they have more of her respect than they honestly deserve. Try to talk them down."
[ ] (The Throne Room) "Third path is… They want us fighting, they've openly said that. So we go in swords drawn and play to their fantasy. Kick their butts enough and they'll likely surrender."
[ ] (The Throne Room) "Or we can go full cheaty in a way that may require explaining things to the nixies later - Senaz summons the door behind the nixie, tosses her through, moves it so me and Helen can get in, and goes the hell poof. If we're fast enough, we'll just utterly fluxxom them and it'll be hilarious."
… You internally add an option to the vote:
[ ] (The Throne Room) Write-in: You've got another proposal, or a specific combined plan to go with.
You also have to consider:
[ ] (Try to Scout?) Use your same tricks as before to scout the room before going in. This would give the Bullywugs time to possibly reinforce the throne room or the exit route through the maze or otherwise better prepare for your presence.
[ ] (Try to Scout?) Don't take an informational advantage that way - that way, they only have a couple more seconds to prepare than they'd have had if you hadn't gone in at all. This does have the risk that you're going in blind.
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QM Note: Plan Votes may be a good idea.
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[X] Plan Deceitful Playing Along
- [X] (The Throne Room) Write-in: "The third path sounds good, but we should make it look like we're still wounded first. They expected to wear us down, so let's lean into the nasty surprise."
- [X] (Try to Scout?) Don't take an informational advantage that way - that way, they only have a couple more seconds to prepare than they'd have had if you hadn't gone in at all. This does have the risk that you're going in blind.
We can be reasonably sure that they expected us to be worn down by the time we reached the end of the maze, and won't be prepared for us being completely fresh. We've leveraged our advantages enough to already benefit heavily enough to spoil whatever plans they may have... but also to potentially arouse suspicion if we don't make any effort to hide it. Let's be sure not to give them any time to realize something could be wrong, either... not to mention, they'll probably better appreciate this form of "diplomacy" than groveling.
- [X] (The Throne Room) Write-in: "The third path sounds good, but we should make it look like we're still wounded first. They expected to wear us down, so let's lean into the nasty surprise."
- [X] (Try to Scout?) Don't take an informational advantage that way - that way, they only have a couple more seconds to prepare than they'd have had if you hadn't gone in at all. This does have the risk that you're going in blind.
We can be reasonably sure that they expected us to be worn down by the time we reached the end of the maze, and won't be prepared for us being completely fresh. We've leveraged our advantages enough to already benefit heavily enough to spoil whatever plans they may have... but also to potentially arouse suspicion if we don't make any effort to hide it. Let's be sure not to give them any time to realize something could be wrong, either... not to mention, they'll probably better appreciate this form of "diplomacy" than groveling.