Always Ascending

[Alice]

Eve looks at Naethra. "First I warned you. " she pouts a bit.. "Second.  She has a curse of some kind trying to turn her into a  rodent. I'm not strong enough to totally. Beat that.. and she took me by surprise. The dwarf is totally fine and I can cancel her change anytime."

[darlingng01]

Oric:

I'm quite proud at the praise I'm recieving, but huff at Eves comment "My name is Oric, not 'The dwarf'."

[Nihtgenga]

"I'll try... You know.. if you had warned me about the curse that was trying to turn her into a rodent I might have been better prepared for that backlash.."

Retiaria shrugged. "Yeah, well none of us are exactly locals. How were we supposed to know she was cursed?"

She breathed a sigh of relief as Gwen was turned back- though not fully, it was certainly enough that she wasn't just a forest critter any more. "Gwen, you feeling okay?" Retiaria grinned. "I gotta say, you turned out cute as hell."

"crap...this is worse! This is way worse! Ok, better then being a tiny rodent, but....No no, I'll take being able to speak. I'm speaking common, right??"

"Yeah, we can understand you, hun. You're all good."

Glancing over as Oric got turned into a pair of panties, Retiaria sighed. "We're really going with this plan? I do not want to become a thing. Not again, not after last time..."

[Alice]

Eve puffed up a bit, "I think you'll find my magics far better than those concentrated object pills I handed out before. It's hard to make magic stick like that ya know.."

With a wave of her hand Oric suddenly returns to her dwarfy state No harm done, although thanks to her actions she was gently cuddling up against a certain squirrel's rear.

"You can tell them if it turned your brain inside out."

[darlingng01]

Oric:

I flop to the ground, cuddling her ass briefly before realizing I should probably stop "Huh? Oh, um... yeah, it was a lot more mild than using the pill. I was kind of feeling and acting like panties, but that was mostly because I had nothing better to do. As long as we don't take to long and we're prepared to be turned back we should be in fighting shape as soon as we're animate again."

[Nihtgenga]

"Yeah, but... losing who you are like that, even if it's just for a few minutes... I'm really not comfortable with it." Retiaria admitted. "It, um... it scares me."

[darlingng01]

Oric:

I let out a low sigh and walk up to Red "Really? You said you were a gladiator right? Were you never afraid of a sword through the gut, or having your skull bashed in? But since we met you've always been eager for battle. Just because it's not a physical fight you're suddenly running away? It was your first time enduring a mental combat, and you lost. So what? You survived. If you don't take this opportunity it's goign to happen again eventually, and you'll be just as unprepared then as you were last time. This is your chance to practice, to strengthen your mind. You are Retiaria, regardless of what you look like." I finish my speech and look her in the eyes, hoping at least some part of that has convinced her. I've never been that good at motivating people...

[Nihtgenga]

"Really? You said you were a gladiator right? Were you never afraid of a sword through the gut, or having your skull bashed in? But since we met you've always been eager for battle. Just because it's not a physical fight you're suddenly running away?"

"Hey, that's different. I-"

"It was your first time enduring a mental combat, and you lost. So what? You survived. If you don't take this opportunity it's goign to happen again eventually, and you'll be just as unprepared then as you were last time. This is your chance to practice, to strengthen your mind. You are Retiaria, regardless of what you look like."

"It's not just about what I look like though. You're right. Last time, I did lose." Retiaria admitted, blushing and unable to meet Oric's gaze. "And for a while, I... I wasn't me. I... I forgot who I was, what I was, I was just a pair of panties. And it... it felt good. Being used. When I was freed I swore I'd never let myself be someone's property ever again. Getting turned into a thing, it... you can't get more 'property' than that. I can't let myself feel like that again..."

[darlingng01]

Oric:

I move to meet her gaze, not letting her escape my eyes "You aren't alone here. you aren't going to be some abandoned object somewhere. I'm not asking you to give yourself to Gwyn, I'm asking you to support her, to work together with her. She's going to do what only she can do by sneaking in as a goblin, so we need to do what we can to not get in her way. I know I might not be the best person to talk about this considering what happened, but I think you're wrong. Even while you were lost in being an object you were Retiaria. You had new sensations and you enjoyed them, there's nothing wrong with that. if you taste a new food and suddenly want to eat it all the time you're still you. if you fall in love and suddenly want to spend all your time with someone you're still you. You are strong enough to enjoy this without losing yourself to it."

[Nihtgenga]

"Hah, falling in love's what got me out here in the first place." Retiaria gave a low chuckle. "What gave me the drive to try and earn my freedom. It changed me for sure, but... I guess you're right. I... I've just gotta be strong. Stay in control. For the team."

Her hand slipped inside her satchel, found the sequinned cloth inside. Touching it reassured her, calmed the roiling pit of nerves inside her. Squeezing the glove tight, Retiaria turned to Eve. "Okay, just do it. Now, before I lose my damn nerve."

[Alice]

Eve nods, "I know it can be scary.. what do you want to be and I'll do it for ya." SHe smiles, "in fact.. everybody... Gather round so I can do this all together."

[Nihtgenga]

"I dunno, just... whatever you think'll work best. Just hurry it up, will you?"

[darlingng01]

Oric:

I take reds hand and get close to Eve, preparing myself for the change, offering my hand other hand to one of the other two in need of changing.

[Ryuforce]

It all seems to happen so fast, before she can explain that the webbing was unnecessary nor that the items inside is what she cared more about, the cage was made. Before she can question how to carefully get Gwyn out of the cage, she was turned back into a person though way squirrelier then before... lot cuter. Now this thing with changing into an object yet again in the hopes to sneak into the enemies base just sounds beyond foolish to her. Wouldn't it be just simpler to run in? They barely escaped last time being objects. Hell it was the first drinking experience the dragonborn ever had... which was actually quite fun.

But with a sigh and seeing Red relent, she figured there was just no point in arguing it. "This is the last time I'm willing to turn into an object again." She simply grumbles before taking Oric's hand. She had a very bad feeling about this but thought what to be. "Shoes. Raggedy, old, and certainly not in the size of your gnoll leader. That'll ensure she won't wear me..." The dragonborn suggested, hoping she's right.

[Alice]

Eve takes a deep breath, "Don't worry miss Dragon.. I'll make sure you come out right."

She holds herself a moment and looks at the remaining people, Gwen, Naethra, and Lou..