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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1200 on: March 24, 2018, 01:36:27 PM »
I growl in annoyance as I confirm that, as expected, the masculine room is stuck. "Why even have this room?" I ask aloud "It's just a door painted on a wall isn't it? Illusion of choice made manifest to underscore the fundamental compulsory... ugh."

Upon unfolding the clothing and finding the name tag I look up to the ceiling and announce "You're a hack, you know that?" dropping the nametags- both of them- to the floor. I put the thing on. It's... far from ideal, but it fits at least, and keeps the distracting jiggling at bay. I forgo the accessories like gloves and stockings, I mean they don't... unless.

I know some outfits are necessary to certain forms of ritual magic- aiding in the imploring higher powers and channeling magics for some purpose... but then of course that's the problem! Minor epiphany as I figure out just why I'm so petulant. I'm a /Wizard/. I bend the forces of nature to my will through superior understanding. If I'd wanted power by begging it from some higher power, I'd have been a cleric, or perhaps a warlock. That's what this is- what the Lady wants me to do. She offers me power, but not power of my own, and not understanding. She wants me to... I don't know, but she wants me as her agent, one way or another, or I think I'd have been offered some other outfit to wear. The knowledge makes my insides burn. I stalk back to the front to talk to Latisha "So what exactly is it she wants from me, and what do I get for giving it? I don't foresee her tormenting me less simply because I've decided to stop complaining about it, so what?"
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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1201 on: March 24, 2018, 10:57:34 PM »
"Naethra, I'm so proud of you! You look great. I... I know you didn't like being a Tiefling, but there's nothing wrong with it, and nothing wrong with you. There never was. It's a big part of who you are, and if you lose it, well... I'm just glad you're back. If you ever want to talk about stuff, you know, tiefling to tiefling, you can come to me any time. Okay?"

"Umph!" Naethra umphed as the muscular gladiatrix hugged her.  She... was not expecting that.  Red seemed bigger now, although she wasn't sure why.

"Th, thank you," she managed.  She favored her with a smile.  It was everything she could do to not openly weep at that moment.  But... she wasn't certain it was all misery.  She hadn't felt this emotional in a long, long time. 

"Thank you.  I... I think I may take you up on that," she managed, more firmly, after a deep breath.  She tried to ignore the tears and compose herself, standing by one of the tables.

"Oh... you... you've been watching us, right?" she managed to say to Latisha, carefully managing her breathing, "What... whatever happened to Aerin?  We... thought she might have been in the gnoll camp.  There was a detention cell, I thought.  The plan was to check once the queen was gone but, well..." she gestured towards the direction they came from, indicating that that plan wouldn't end up happening. 

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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1202 on: March 24, 2018, 11:11:13 PM »
Retiaria gave Naethra a reassuring smile and one last squeeze on the shoulder before letting her go. "It'd be my pleasure. Like I said, any time. Hey Lattisha, can I get some more of that stuff?"

She offered the barista another five silver.

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"What... whatever happened to Aerin?  We... thought she might have been in the gnoll camp.  There was a detention cell, I thought.  The plan was to check once the queen was gone but, well..."

Her face fell. "...Shit."
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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1203 on: March 25, 2018, 12:37:10 AM »
Lattisha sets another cup down, "I can see we've made a convert here."

She looks at Lou, "I'm not a source of infinite information from the Lady. I don't know what she expects of you."

She looks at Red and Naethra, "If she was alone in the woods.. there is a good chance she was taken by the lady. I've only been keeping an eye on you when you came into the fort."
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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1204 on: March 25, 2018, 11:01:49 AM »
I sigh again. "...fine. Well, that's a mystery I can try to crack at least. Pretty sure I know /what/ she wants, just can't be sure as to why, and regardless I'm fairly sure I'm unwilling to pay" I shake my head "That's... neither here nor there. I... apologize for my manners, I've simply... I'm far more used to sitting in a comfy chair with a text, and... I find myself mentally taxed of late, to say the least." the whole time I speak I fidget with the top of this uniform, as well as the skirt, gently tugging on each to try and coax out more coverage- weaving in my magic to have the cloth expand. It's still... very feminine, but I'm trying to pick my battles.

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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1205 on: March 25, 2018, 07:54:39 PM »
Gwyn drank her whiskey. Mostly gulped down in one gulp. It burned a little but was mostly smooth. She then nursed her self made beer. Yup, hazelnut. She continued to drink and request a new whiskey pushing some coin across the counter while the rest discussed and bickered. She felt like she drifted into the background. Like she was an object or stuck as some bar maid again. 

Gwyn decided to ask again, "don't suppose there is something could help me slim down a bit-"

Gwyn stopped seeing the transformed Naethra. "Naethra! You look great! How do you feel?"

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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1206 on: April 01, 2018, 09:36:41 AM »
Duran looked up to see Naethra's change. Watching her as she manages to revert herself from green dryad to red tiefling again. She was back to looking demonish but regardless she gave a smile. "Yeah ya looking pretty good." She stated, though she blinks, hearing the question about Aerin. Her heart sank a bit as she remembered they still did not find her and even the server doubts she's still around without being snatched up. "I..come on, we can find her. I'm sure Aerin's still fine, probably just sneaking about..." She fidgets a bit, realizing that were that to be true, she likely is still in that forest some where.  "I'm sure she found a way to safety..."
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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1207 on: April 01, 2018, 11:29:40 AM »
The girl shrugs, "I'm sorry.. We haven't had a princess through her recently. I'll keep my eyes out and if I see her I'll try to send a message ahead."

The relaxing atmosphere, warm shop, and absurdly comfortable seating leads the group.. to one my one.. drift off to sleep...
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Gwyn: 17
Oric: 16
Gnoll Queen 3: 11
Naethra: 11
Duran:5
Lou: 3

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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1208 on: April 01, 2018, 05:28:39 PM »
Oric:
I'm the first to wake up. the odd words from the night before still hanging in my mind. But everyone's still here so it seems it was likely just fatigue talking.
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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1209 on: April 01, 2018, 07:07:50 PM »
Having drank copious amounts of the delicious beverage, Retiaria found her limbs were annoyingly twitchy- and even after everyone else was fast asleep, she was wide awake. maybe there was a downside to that drink...

Still, eventually even she too succumbed to the call of exhaustion.


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Gasping, Retiaria sat upright, reaching for her trident. Then her heart sank as she realised where she was. "Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
She had to fight back tears as the cold reality set in- she'd failed. She'd had a chance to get out of here and she blew it.

Wait. Was she ever really out? She'd just woken up, had... had all that been a dream?
No. The scar on her leg was clear proof of the reality of last night's misadventure. It was disgusting. She couldn't stop herself- even trying to sniffle them back, Retiaria was unable to stop the tears rolling down her face.
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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1210 on: April 01, 2018, 10:29:53 PM »
Awakening you all feel the scars of long healed wounds... that each in turn slowly fade away..

All but Gwyn who's clothing appears empty but for a tiny lump in one of her socks.
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Retria: 18
Gwyn: 17
Oric: 16
Gnoll Queen 3: 11
Naethra: 11
Duran:5
Lou: 3

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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1211 on: April 01, 2018, 10:42:11 PM »
I wake from the sudden sleep. Everything around me looks dark. These large drapes over me. I struggle to get them off me, but my hands don't seem to work the same way. It's a struggle.

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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1212 on: April 01, 2018, 11:00:41 PM »
Oric:

Realizing Gwyns' absence I go to inspect where she'd fallen asleep. An immediate bolt of worry shooting through me. I hear Red sniffling but Gwyn seems the more immediate concern.
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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1213 on: April 02, 2018, 08:57:36 AM »
Naethra awoke with a gasping start.  She nearly chocked as she frantically took in her surroundings.  The others were here.  They appeared to be in the cafe, where she'd fallen asleep...

With trembling, frantic steps she darted towards a corner, curling up with her back against it.  She ran her hand over her right arm, almost afraid to trust the sensation.  But it was still there.  She ripped back the sleeve and saw a jagged, old-looking scar along where the limb had been severed.

It was real.  She'd been so close.  But she never had a chance...

She started crying.  Memory of her time under the human's cruel attentions running through her mind.  The pain, the hatred, everything she had endured and been healed so that she could endure it again.

She's died by mistake.  If they'd been more competent, of they had taken her to a dungeon within the city, if they had just kept her alive for a few more hours... then the magic wouldn't have recalled her here. 

Back in the tower.  The plaything of a cruel and perverse daemon-goddess.

She wrapped her tail around her legs and sobbed quietly, even as her scar vanished.  What else would this place take from her?

She was trembling.  Her breathing was sharp and erratic.  She never had a chance.
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Re: Always Ascending
« Reply #1214 on: April 02, 2018, 11:48:47 AM »
Glancing over at her friends (Interesting. When had she started thinking of them as that?), Retiaria saw the vacant pile of clothes where Gwen had been. At least one of them had made it out, then. That comforting thought put a small smile on her face for a moment, though it wasn't enough to stop the tears.
Naethra seemed to be suffering just as she was. Misery loves company, and right now she just wanted to be with her, to offer her support. And so she did, going over to the other tiefling and hugging her, crying into her hair.
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