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Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
Number of posts : 3123 Points : 3 Rep! : 257 Registration date : 2009-01-03
| Subject: Domesticity at its Best Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:55 am | |
| Four nights had passed with no word from Psyre... or Krodha... or whatever name he would be going by upon his return, whenever that will be. The female who had taken him had mentioned that he would be away, of course she was doling out my orders when she offered that tiny tid bit of information, but she failed to give any sort of clue as to how long his absence would last. I recounted everything to the healer woman after she had time to rest back in the outpost then she and I came to an informal agreement that she would handle the villagers' needs, infirmary, and other non martial aspects of the outpost while I would focus on the majority of the workers and the former soldiers who were now acting as our main line of defense.
My first act in this capacity had been to inspect the schedules the lieutenants had spoken of in their last report to the master of the outpost. For the most part they seemed to be well thought out. I only found a few instances where minor adjustments needed to be made, like having only three men specially trained in ranged weapons standing guard on the overnight shift. Just because you can't see as far at night does not mean there is less need for ranged defense. Of course they brought up the point of possibly needing more ranged fighters in the case of a daytime attack to which I responded that if such an attack came upon us the men trained in that area could be roused and posted to support the ones already on duty. After this adjustment and the other small ones I made were taken care of our defenses were equally distributed across all three daily guard shifts, with the understanding that should we ever have need for more defenses or manpower the others will be called in. Since my strengths are more prevalent during the hours of darkness, another agreement the healer woman and I came to was that she would rest at night while I would seek my rest during the day and should anything come up when one of was resting the other would try to take care of it before allowing the resting one to be disturbed. So far this system seems to be working for both of us as well as the outpost in general. Things seem to be progressing quite nicely and smoothly. Progress is made on the structures every day, with the infirmary and buildings for shelter being taken care of first due to the chance of seasonal storms popping up. When dawn comes and the outpost begins to wake for the day I head to the makeshift barracks the night shift guards and I picked out toward the edge of the outpost. The carpenters and other workers hadn't gotten around to fixing it up yet but it still served the purpose of allowing us to get a few hours uninterrupted rest away from the noises of life going on within the settlement proper. We usually fall into our respective beds an hour or two after sunrise and sleep peacefully until at least midday. Some of us, including me most days, will rise in time to catch the tail end of lunch being served to the other guards and workers. Afternoons are spent seeing to any issues that have come up since I went off duty to rest or giving the workers a helping hand wherever I can. If there is nothing else for me to do, I sometimes will join a scout party and go out to explore the surrounding lands of the island. After dinner is served and the outpost grows quiet in the deepening night, Kiera will go to find her rest and I will assume full control of the outpost for the rest of the darkened time. This being the fifth day since arriving at the outpost, I am running out of busy work. Many of the working men have already run me off of their work sites for being distracting to their crew. It isn't like I can really help it, I try not to dress provocatively when trying to help the workers but I haven't figured out a way to turn off the natural, or maybe not so natural, charm I seem to exude. The lieutenants have even asked me not to work too closely with the men on guard duty so that they will not be tempted into distraction. All of this has managed to remind me why I never stay in one place and try to earn an honest living anymore, but I am determined to stick with this as long as I am needed because I made a promise to a friend and I refuse to go back on that word. So today I am left with nothing else to do and the sun is still frustratingly high in the sky. This is when I get the bright idea to go and offer an extra pair of hands to the women in the kitchens preparing the afternoon or evening meals. Now I have never claimed to be a good cook, even I could not tell a lie that absurd, but I know the basics and can follow orders with the best of them. The women put up with me for an hour or so before shooing me away when there is no busy work left for them charge me with. While in the kitchens I happen to notice the inventory of various island fruits the women have been gathering. This makes me remember that incredible fruit the sprite fed to me the morning we came here. None of those fruits look like what I remember the sprite putting in my mouth, it would be way too easy for me to just stumble upon that magical fruit here in the kitchens, where the fun be in that? As I leave the food preparation area, trying not to look too discouraged at being dismissed from yet another job I have tried to help with, I can't keep my mind off of that wonder fruit and how the sprite has come into possession of it. Heading away from the kitchens, looking like I totally meant to leave before the meals are ready, I head for the building holding the prisoners where the sprite has set himself up with a room of his own. The guards who work the night prison shift come back to our barracks talking about this room as some sort of laboratory, like the sprite is an alchemist or something, which seemed interesting but now seems a bit frightening. Though the healing powers of that fruit are well worth the risk of encountering an alchemy dabbling sprite, right? Hesitant or not, that is where my steps take me on this beautifully boring afternoon in the hopes that he will take pity on the lone succubus/vaspire outcast in the outpost and share his knowledge of that magically healing morsel. I do not bother to announce myself or my intentions to the guards on prison detail this afternoon, what would be the point? At this moment they all answer to me anyway and therefore should not question me. I pass by them with only the request that they point me in the direction of the sprite's room. They do this and I nod to them as I continue on my way. Coming to a stop at the closed door, I raise a hand to knock before entering. I do not want to risk him being in the middle of some unstable experiment and blow us both up because I interrupted his work. 1288 | |
| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
Number of posts : 2610 Location : Los Angeles, California Rank : Divine Prince Points : 96 Rep! : 96 Registration date : 2009-03-02
| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:08 am | |
| In my absence, Dainos had been busy at work trying to solidify and record the process to produce the foods and drinks that I favor in my diet. He had also learned that the fish here provided for many new options. They did not have much yet, but the Hunters were quickly improving in their "sea farming" as Dainos had been teaching them how to fish. Seeing as how food is not in abundance right now, the dark sprite had to postpone his research in calibrating mystical beast blood with my particular variants of wine to make a suitable bloodwyne for me. Instead, he had learned how to utilize small amounts of ambrosia to mix into a sweet nectar or even add to a herbal tea nectar sort of hybrid that he had made for Kiera to help with the wounded and to get them back on their feet quicker. He is pleased that the island's natural fruits and berries are excellent substitutes for Onitoshian ingredients needed to reproduce ambrosia. Given the needs of the outpost, he had also postponed his production and research into creating multiple variants of ambrosia like we had in Onitoshi. At some point, I'm going to want that, especially Gold and or Purple Ambrosia as they were my favorites to eat and party with. Having sampled the herbal nectar himself, he makes a few bottles of that using different fruit and medicinal combinations to create different effects as well as different tastes.
Dainos' laboratory is set up like one part academic chemistry lab, one part kitchen, and in the back corner, evidence of what looks like an interrogation apparatus is visible as well with several vials and covered pouches there. There are no visible windows, but there are slits in the ceiling and if one looks close enough, they will notice that there is a hidden device in each of the workstations. Even if someone happened to notice the devices, they would have no idea what they do. My guess since I have yet to see them is that they somehow activate to neutralize a mishap or wayward experiment.
Most of the kitchen workstations are active right now as the dark sprite is cooking up new batches of ambrosia and nectar. On the chemist workstations are pots and vials that are smoking and bubbling, while he is wiggling his fingers and copious notes are being jotted down. It would seem that the little fey is constantly chanting and humming to himself. "Hmm... now this is peculiar. With the ingredients and the spell that I used, this should have made emerald ambrosia, but instead it has a sapphire blue appearance to it. Now that is interesting. I had better get this right by the time the Master returns. Where in the depths of Onitoshi have all of my testers gone."
When the knock comes at the door, Dainos sighs, "Finally. They return. It's still open. Come on, the next batches are almost ready." Dainos would still be immersed in his work when Kali enters. He seems truly vexed at how emerald ambrosia emerged instead as sapphire ambrosia. More than that, he is most curious as to what exactly sapphire ambrosia does since it is not emerald. His hypothesis is that it might just be an unexpected color change, but then again, that's why he has human lab rats... I mean, helpers.
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
Number of posts : 3123 Points : 3 Rep! : 257 Registration date : 2009-01-03
| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:31 am | |
| They return? It's still open? I hesitate for a second before opening the door. From the sound of the response it seems as if the sprite is expecting company to return for reasons unknown. I don't feel quite right about taking up his time if he was in the middle of something, but I had come this far already, might as well continue now. Opening the door, stepping into the room only far enough to close it back behind me, I shyly peek around the equipment until the studious sprite came into view. "I'm terribly sorry to bother you, Master Dainos. I have a few questions for you, concerning that fruit thing you fed me a few days ago, but if this is a bad time I will be happy to come back later." I really did feel bad for just barging in on him, he appeared to be quite busy, too busy to waste his time on my mundane inquiries. I stayed where I was by the door fully expecting him to shoo me away like all of the others.
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| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
Number of posts : 2610 Location : Los Angeles, California Rank : Divine Prince Points : 96 Rep! : 96 Registration date : 2009-03-02
| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:55 am | |
| Dainos is humming a lively tune to himself when he hears a voice that is not that of his helpers. He looks up from the kitchen pots after adding in a powder to cool several of the pots. "Mistress Vaishya, what a pleasure to have you stop by. If I had've known that you would be visiting, I would have made myself more presentable. Come on over, child, you are no bother at all. Actually I welcome the company. One moment though." Dainos heads over to the chemist stations and furrows his brow as one of the vials does not seem to be taking the right effect. He holds his hands over the vial and his little body glows brighter than normal as he seems to be focusing on this vial and he opens his eyes and chuckles. "What joyous and unexpected things happen in science!" He utters a chant and wiggles his fingers at one of his numerous scrolls hanging on the walls again. The language is made up of symbols that would be quite foreign to Kali, but one's that she has probably seen me use before or on one of my items or scrolls or even seen during her growing bond with Kiera. The language is the Onitoshian Spirit Tongue.
He sets all of his experiments to simmer or cool, so that he can speak with her. "So Mistress, you want to know about about a fruit thing I gave you... hmm..." He looks around his lab before chuckling as he looks at the different batches of ambrosia and replies, "Oooh! The Orange Ambrosia! Luckily your body is still human... for the most part. It is one of the Master's favorite snacks and once I get this recipe right, it will be one of his favorite entree toppings or compliments. Sorry, I digress. What did you want to know about ambrosia?"
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
Number of posts : 3123 Points : 3 Rep! : 257 Registration date : 2009-01-03
| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:12 am | |
| When the sprite begins to speak I am almost moved to tears that he does not tell me to leave. I hadn't fully realized how tender my emotions were to being dismissed so easily by the other inhabitants of the outpost until I found one wonderful soul who at least acted happy to have me present. While he takes his moment to see to his many experiments I move from the door and head over closer to where he is working but I make sure to not bump or lean against anything. If he was happy to have me visit now that would surely change should I mess up his work.
When his attention is turned back to me, I hang on his words like a much interested student. I wanted to know about the ambrosia but the more he speaks, the more questions his words bring up. First things first. "I want to know what it is and where it comes from. I have never come across it in nature so I am assuming that it does not exist in nature, at least not around here anyway. How does such a small bite pack such a powerful healing agent? You only fed me a small piece and yet my body was like new afterward, granted much of the more serious healing had been completed before the sun rose, but still I was feeling way too many aches, burns, stabs, and stings for one bite to make it all go away like it did." Of course now I wondered what he meant by the comment that it was lucky my body is still human for the most part. I knew I was a certified freak of nature but I never considered the possibility that it would make me not human anymore. I mean yeah I referred to the normal people as 'mere mortals' or 'weak humans' but that doesn't mean that I don't think of myself as fully human biologically. Maybe this sprite knows something I do not. 338/1807 | |
| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
Number of posts : 2610 Location : Los Angeles, California Rank : Divine Prince Points : 96 Rep! : 96 Registration date : 2009-03-02
| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:42 am | |
| Dainos smiles as he now understands the pride of a teacher when they see the hunger and promise in the eyes of a pupil. Now she just wanted information, but it still registered the same feeling for the dark sprite. Listening to her, he smiles as he motions for her to come closer to one of the kitchen workstations that has the regular, run of the mill orange ambrosia in the pot. He points out an incantation rune at the bottom of the pot and explains, "Because of certain vital missing atmospheric ingredients and requirements that are present in Onitoshi's environment, that are not present in this realm, I have to simulate those conditions using dark fey magic." He monitors the process for a moment before telekinetically putting the lids on all of the pots. "Ambrosia in your terms is a magical fruit that is cultivated basically in the blood of spirits. That is why humans can be completely healed by it whereas, the Master would be able to heal light wounds with it. Thru the use of alchemical experiments with my recipes, I have been able to create various types of ambrosia. Just now I discovered a new variant that I'm waiting on my helpers to return so they can test it out for me. I was trying to tweak Emerald Ambrosia and instead I got Blue Ambrosia." The dark sprite pauses for a moment again before smiling at her, "The Master was not sure if you would gain a human reaction or a spirit reaction to the ambrosia, but he did not want you in pain, which is why I only gave you a piece. Well that and because at the time, the supply was quite limited. I have been testing out the potency of the ambrosia here because the lack of spirit blood requires me to use incantations. Once we are set are and I am able to get some of these mystical beasts that I hear about for these lands, then I can try to substitute in their blood as the catalyst." Dainos floats over and looks at the blue ambrosia with curiosity. He wanted to know what effects this one would have. He notes that the sapphire color has faded and it is a very beautiful median between sky blue and sapphire, though more of sky side of the spectrum. Turning back to his guest, "Does that answer your question? Is there anything else, you wish to know? I also dabble in weaponry, but my talents have been needed for more... domestic projects." Dainos didn't care to focus solely on domestic things as he knows that my forte is strategy, battle, and war enterprise, so I would profit most from battle improvements aside from of course, my party side though my temperament as of late leaves thoughts of partying in a great limbo right now.
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
Number of posts : 3123 Points : 3 Rep! : 257 Registration date : 2009-01-03
| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:32 pm | |
| Listening to the sprite go in to some of the information about ambrosia and the process to make it, I found myself more interested than I thought I would be. I had never been a big fan of lessons, I figured I would just suffer through the boring stuff until I got the answers I wanted. The sprite and his subject surprised me, I found none of it to be boring, in fact I was hanging on his every word and found myself saddened when his teachings reached their end. Nodding to him with a slightly sheepish smile after he was finished talking, I glanced once more over the entire setup. "Yes, thank you, my main questions were answered with that. Though I have to admit that more have come up. Your work interests me greatly and I am thankful you have shared a bit of it with me." Moving a bit closer to take a peek at the blue ambrosia he had mentioned, I look back to him with a raised eyebrow. "So do the different colors do different things? Like this one for example. You said it was supposed to be Emerald but has come out blue so you want to test its effects. What is the Emerald supposed to do?"
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| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
Number of posts : 2610 Location : Los Angeles, California Rank : Divine Prince Points : 96 Rep! : 96 Registration date : 2009-03-02
| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Wed Jun 16, 2010 2:33 am | |
| Dainos smiles and nods as she seems to genuinely be taking an interest in the topic and the conversation. It felt good to be able to talk to someone about his work. He missed having Diocchus, his Master & Mentor and the Dark Sprite companion of my father, Quinto. After her question is posed to the fey, he answers her last question first and decides to explain backwards in a way. "Emerald ambrosia boosts vitality, but it also makes one more optimistic with the world and if you are outside, you become... bah! You become far more enthralled with nature. That would definitely explain why my human helpers aren't back yet. There is nothing but nature around, so I wouldn't be surprised if they are gardening and talking to nature. Green ambrosia boosts morale, which is why I have been testing the dosages with my helpers for the last couple of days since I have the recipe for orange ambrosia, the one you took, stabilized. Each variant of ambrosia has different effects. The Master's two favorites are Purple Ambrosia and especially Gold Ambrosia... or at least they used to be when he frequented the Sovereign's Delight, his restaurant and house of debauchery. The parties that he used to throw there were incredible, growing larger and larger, and also, they were quite profitable. Good times in Arden. He was so full of life then. Anywho, it would seem that my dabbling has produced this blue ambrosia..."
There is a scratching sound at the door and Dainos shakes his head with a smirk before he opens the door to let 4 teenage and young adult humans into his laboratory. Their pupils are all green and they look at Kali then look around the room in what appears to be a psychedelic state of mind. Dainos wiggles his fingers at a board near a large tub and it reads in common tongue, "Did you write down all of your experiences and reactions?" They nod to the scroll on the board. Dainos glows and they turn around and approach him. One of the females speaks, "There you are, Master Dainos." A male helper chimes in, "You're so bright and colorful!" The second female adds in, "So pretty. Master Dainos, outside is beautiful." Dainos smiles though they cannot see it and tells them that he needs them to get into the tub, because he has a new recipe for them to test out. They nod and head over to the tub. They submerge under the "water" in the tub for a while and slowly rise finding themselves sober of the effects. They grumble at being back to normal. They approach and Dainos directs them over to the front of the kitchen area where real food and herbal nectar is waiting. "You must eat and drink to stay in prime condition for helping not only me, but our Lord and Master and the village as a whole." They nod as they all start eating without objection. His glowing fades away and he looks over at Kali, "There are several variants of ambrosia. You would be interesting to see under the effects of Purple Ambrosia. I would definitely not want to see you and the Master together after consuming a full amount of Red Ambrosia though. That would be like watching a psychopath's wet dream... especially the way he is now as Krodha. What else would you like to know? I'm enjoying this. Not many take an interest in anything but feeling the effects."
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
Number of posts : 3123 Points : 3 Rep! : 257 Registration date : 2009-01-03
| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:52 am | |
| "So Emerald turns humans into tree hugging hippies. I guess that doesn't sound so bad for some." I comment idly as the sprite moves to the door to let his four testers back into the lab room. It did not take a scientist or alchemist to see that the young adults were feeling very into nature at the moment. The sight of them makes me really glad I had not eaten a piece of the emerald ambrosia. I could not imagine myself being that in tune with the surrounding nature, and I would never want anyone to see me like that either. While he deals with his subjects, I think over what the sprite said before they arrived. There were different colors of ambrosia and they have different effects or uses. This information continues to make the substances more interesting to me, though finding out how interesting I am makes me feel kind of like a geek. Of course there is no way in hell I would ever admit that out loud.
When the human testers come in and make their way to the tub, I am immediately curious about the solution, that appears to be water, and how it reverses the effects so easily. I also wonder if it would reverse the healing effects of the orange ambrosia after the body has already been healed. When the sprite tells the helpers to go and eat to keep up their strength he then turns his attention back to me. Narrowing my eyes just a bit after he finishes speaking, I waste no time in asking another question. "What are the effects of the purple and red kinds? How would Krodha and I both on red together be like a psychopath's wet dream?" I was assuming that the red would stimulate the blood lust my friend and I share but I can't imagine it being stimulated enough to warrant that particular description. 321/2341 | |
| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
Number of posts : 2610 Location : Los Angeles, California Rank : Divine Prince Points : 96 Rep! : 96 Registration date : 2009-03-02
| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:42 am | |
| Dainos raises a quizzical eyebrow at her analogy unsure of what she is talking about so he just gives a vague "Perhaps so." When her next questions are risen, Dainos pauses as he internally debates whether or not, he should actually tell her what the effects are... especially in front of the human test subjects. He finds himself concerned that the humans will attempt to take an unauthorized dose of Red Ambrosia to experience the effects of the description. "The effects of ambrosia can vary from person to person, so your best understanding would be from you feeling the effects for yourself. Purple, I will not give you without the Master's Permission due to your... "unique" biology. Red Ambrosia releases you from all binds and you embrace your passions and desires, whatever they may be. For the Master, it would give him an insatiable appetite for women and a bloody hunt deep in Solvay Forest or he would travel into hot battle zones just so that he could get a challenging workout. He enjoys blood surrounding him when he ingests red ambrosia, so combining that with his appetite for lust and your similarities to him in that respect... yes, Mistress Vaishya, that would be a terrifying, yet incredible sight to behold indeed. Everything you feel is intensified. Everything you want, you will be inclined to go after it. Any and everything you want to do, you will do. It is true freedom, but it enhances all passion emotions including anger and rage. We call ambrosia the Divine Fruit because you are able to feel as those from both the Northern and Southern Heavens feel. Everything that normal humans feel only magnified beyond normal belief and imagination for a human. The effects you saw them experience are a representation of human reaction. You are both human and spirit, yet are neither as well, so for you, you may be able to handle the effects a bit better."
Looking over at the test group, he asks them if they would like to test the new Blue Ambrosia. They smile at him and nod with excitement and anticipation. They were like kids waiting for midnight to come on X-Mas. Dainos turns to Kali, "Like I said, you will understand best when you try an ambrosia other than orange as that is the regular base variant. It will be quite an experience for you. I'll also be monitoring all of you to make sure that everything is fine. What do you say?"
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
Number of posts : 3123 Points : 3 Rep! : 257 Registration date : 2009-01-03
| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:46 am | |
| As the sprite mentions that he would not even let me try the purple variety of ambrosia without first getting permission from Krodha I am not sure if I should be more offended or afraid. I mean if he would tell me what the effects are supposed to be and I don't feel it would be safe to risk with my 'unique biology' as he so delicately put it, I can make the decision not to try it, but to be told that he would not even so much as consider it without the permission of his master kinds rubs me the wrong way. The unique biology comment also doesn't sit well with me, exactly what part of my biology is so unique that it could make me react dangerously to a synthetic fruit? Is it the night time bloodlust part, the daytime walking wet dream part, or the being a female part? I try not to let it bother me too much, especially after he explains the effects of the red kind. That one would seem like the more dangerous type to let me try, especially if his master were around. To take something that would increase my lust for blood and/or sex after dark could easily put the lives of every person in this outpost in danger so I am inclined to agree with his previous image of the master and I being on it as a psychopath's wet dream. Though I do have to admit that it might be a fun way to spend a night.
Judging from what I have heard so far, including his assessment that my being part human and spirit and yet neither possibly allowing me to handle the effects better than the other test subjects, I am curious to join them in trying the odd blue colored ambrosia. However I do want to make sure that certain safety precautions will be taken. "If I agree to try it can you grant me one guarantee. That if I even seem like I could become a danger to you, these young people, or anyone else in this outpost, you will immediately teleport me into that tub over there and neutralize the threat? I cannot agree to take something without knowing that I will not be permitted to harm anyone else while under the effects." As long as he could promise me that one rather small concession, I would be willing to try his new blue creation. 412/2753 | |
| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
Number of posts : 2610 Location : Los Angeles, California Rank : Divine Prince Points : 96 Rep! : 96 Registration date : 2009-03-02
| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Sat Jun 19, 2010 3:43 am | |
| Dainos looks at her and just smiles. "Mistress Vaishya, if you hurt anyone, then the Master will hurt you and once he discovers that I gave you an unknown ambrosia, he will torture me for days and considering his command over life and death, I would prefer to avoid such outcomes. You will be fine and I will not let anything happen to you or them. That's definitely your human side. So dramatic." The dark sprite chuckles as he cuts about eighty percent of the blue ambrosia into five pieces and passes them out. He takes the remaining piece and puts it in a storage trunk that seems to be quite cold when he opens it. Kali would notice that all of the four humans do not even move towards their pieces while Dainos is away. They all have their eyes closed and smiles on their faces.
Dainos smiles at them and he begins to glow brightly, "There you guys go, free yourselves of your burdens. Let go of your problems and your worries. Just be free." Dainos' voice seems to have a very soothing effect to it. All four of the youths would be clearly relaxed and calm. "Now, accept the Master's fruit and release yourself." The four youths smile and bow to Dainos respectfully, before they pick up their fruit and speak or chant in unison, "Thank you for this blessing, Krodha ki Yaksa, and for allowing us to feel what you feel as a divine spirit." Dainos nods to them as they each consume their piece and the first bite sends a cool shiver down their spines and all of them start looking around the room very slowly. When Dainos looks at their eyes, they are actually moving really quickly as if they are trying to take everything in. They start to slow down after a couple of minutes as the effects stabilize.
Kali would feel slightly different. The world seems light and you begin to lift off of the ground somewhat involuntarily. The shiver is caused by you feeling a refreshing breeze that stimulates and tickles your skin. The breeze seems to actually flow thru you though. You feel compelled to smile as you find that you are just simply at peace. A feeling of carefree wanderlust would come over you next. You feel like a cloud just wanting to move and dance. The things you were worrying about are no longer that serious. You feel so chill right now.
All while this is taking place, Dainos is taking notes and observing them to see how this variant works and what the observable effects are. One of the youths takes out their "parchment book" and starts writing down notes. They are amazed by this one as they are just beginning to feel Kali's effects.
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:42 pm | |
| With a simple nod and a softly spoken, "makes sense", I accept the sprite's logic and take it as an assurance that he would not allow me to harm anyone while under the effects of his untested ambrosia. That may have settled my main concerns, I was still fairly hesitant about trying the new blue variety of the divine fruit. I shook off the comment about my human side being dramatic, when I consumed the warm flowing blood of other people to heal myself during hours of darkness I happen to think that I am allowed a certain amount of drama in my life. If I don't vent the drama somehow I will more than likely go insane from the buildup. Though at the moment I was seriously wondering if I had already hit that point. I mean, who really thinks willingly sampling a bite of a newly created piece of fruit known to cause extraordinary effects of some sort is a good idea? Not anyone with all synapses firing correctly, that's for sure.
I watch the quasi ritual go down between the sprite and the human participants, I might be willing to try out this odd blue ambrosia but I'm not going so far as to chant some rehearsed thanks to a man (yes I said man because I still believe in my heart of hearts that he is just a really talented man, I'm not buying the demigod act so much after that little magical power mishap a few days ago) who isn't even present. It isn't like he is close enough to hear the chant of thanks or even that he would appreciate it if he were in the room with us. It seemed like an unnecessary waste of time in my opinion, but I wouldn't dare say that out loud. When the humans take their first bites I lift my own piece to my mouth and do the same. I don't know what I was expecting to experience, or even if I was expecting anything in particular, but I do know that what I began to feel had not occurred to me as a possibility. Light, airy, and breezy are the words that come to mind first, like an aimless leaf content to float endlessly upon the wind. Willing to travel anywhere and everywhere, eager to see the world from the view of the clouds. Even the shiver that runs down my spine is a pleasant sensation, causing goose bumps to spread over the length of my flesh as if I had been kissed by the lingering chill in the first breeze of spring. I do not notice my body lifting from the floor for some amount of time. Time becomes irrelevant so I am not entirely sure how long it took for me to notice, only that some time had indeed passed before I did. By the time I did realize what was happening, my feet were well off the ground. Even though I was feeling quite footloose and fancy free, I did have enough presence of mind to at least check and make sure the strange wings I could sometimes produce hadn't sprouted from my back in the heat of the moment. The last thing I wanted to do was freak out the human testers in the lab, even if I was under the influence of this strange, even trippy ambrosia. 567/3320 | |
| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:10 pm | |
| The youths begin to move about the room freely before they all remember Kali and smile at her as they dancing around to a musical tune that everyone currently under the influence of the blue ambrosia seem to hear, yourself included. They dance and prance until the girls reach out for your hands to pull you into a dance. They giggle quite often as the music plays in their minds.
The two males walk up to the girls and lightly slide their hands up the arms of the females. Bringing the hands to their shoulders, the guys begin to massage the shoulders of the girls for a moment before they look at Kali. The girls smile and nod in tune with the music. The boys seem to float over to her with one standing in front of her and the other standing behind her. The one in front "lands" his hands over the back of her hands and slowing on her wrists and the back of her forearms. His palms elevate as his fingers begin to massage or tickle her arms as they move up her arm like the tentacles of a jelly fish or octopus.
The second male floats behind her and crouches down. He places his hands on the small of her back fingers facing upward and if uninterrupted, slides them up her back and over her shoulders. His thumbs press into a trigger release point in the back of her shoulder blades to release tension and stress. If it works, it would heighten her awareness as the human testers have found that stress and tension and outer thoughts hinder the effects, so focusing the mind on the body's sensations and enjoying your surrounding environment works very well to test the full effects of the ambrosia. Male 2's hands would slide back over the shoulders moving inside towards the back of the neck by the spine. He whispers in her ear, "Let yourself roam free. Let the wind guide you and envelop you. Release yourself to the ambrosia." His words are soft and his lips come very close to her earlobes. He massages her shoulders as Male 1's hands make their ascent to reach a trigger point at the base of the skull behind the ears near the connection of the spine and the skull. There is an indentation there with a nerve cluster that has an amazing effect on perception when it is triggered and released.
The males take a step back as the girls do the same to them, so Kali would now be in the center of a massage orgy. Dainos notices that each of them seem to be able to focus on the specific trigger points far better than normal. Normally, they would have to feel around for them, but this time, they seem so focused on the tasks. They maintain their carefree attitude and are even still dancing to music that Dainos cannot hear though it seems to have changed slightly.
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:55 am | |
| Luckily the hovering seemed to be one of the ambrosia's effects because the wings were still safely hidden from view and unable to freak the testers out. Of course as they began to dance to some beat heard only in their... make that our... heads it almost appeared impossible to freak them out at all. The girls begin to dance (and giggle while doing it) for a moment before coming closer to me and extending their hands to invite me to do the same. I want to shake my head to politely decline but something, I'm not sure if it is the catchy or hypnotic string of notes playing through my mind or the influence of the substance coursing through my veins, no matter what the cause there is something that makes my body want to react to the strange music... of course it almost seems as if my body would rather be moving between luxurious sheets than dancing in some makeshift lab housed in a makeshift prison, but I suppose you make do with what you have.
After allowing the girls to pull me in to their impromptu dance, and shockingly enough finding myself beginning to enjoy it, the males approach the three of us. Initially the males only touch the two young women dancing with me and do not seem to notice me, which is just fine with me considering my past record when it comes to being touched by random males. Operating beneath their radar only lasts for so long before they notice me and are even encouraged to abandon their current partners to move in front of and behind me. Even beneath the freeing effects of the ambrosia I can feel my heart rate begin to rise as I watch the hands of the man in front of me come to land on mine. His hands move to my wrists before continuing up my forearms. The sensation of touch and massage from his fingers sends a shiver down my spine just as the man behind me places his hands on the small of my back. This is usually about the time I freak and run away, unless of course I am trying to lure the men in for the purpose of borrowing some of their energy for my own benefit. When it comes to engaging in these activities for pleasure bad things generally happen so I have avoided the temptation until now. I do not move away from the men as they continue to run their hands over my body, instead I stand where I am and try not to focus on their touch but on the positive sensations being created. When the man behind me presses around my shoulder blades he finds a very interesting spot, one that makes a lot of the tension collected there ease away. Some of the irrational fear of enjoying their touch also leaves, just enough to relax me somewhat and save my heart from a full blown anxiety attack. Fearing the men's actions less than before allows me to relax and keep moving my body with the music while they both continue to manipulate those interesting pressure spots beneath my skin. When they have relaxed me as much as I assume possible under the circumstances, the girls approach and the four of them reach out to help each other with their similar spots. While my body moves with the beat and my eyes watch the four youths dancing and touching around me, my mind plays the words spoken by the man who touched me from behind, the words he spoke urging me to let go, to free myself. Letting go hasn't really been an option since my unique qualities began, the risk was always too great, even during those times when I wanted to enjoy myself the partner I chose to enjoy myself with ended up suffering negative effects. I didn't want to risk that with these four innocent youths but there was a strong draw to let the vice grip on my powers loose just a bit. Since most of my powers harm the targets they are used on I find myself having to actively try and shake some of the ambrosia's effects to avoid giving in to the temptation of letting go. Were I blessed with the freedom of being a normal human I would be able to let go without risking the lives of those around me, but as some wise old man said once upon a time... With great power comes great responsibility... and so the succubus vaspire will never again know the freedom of giving in completely to temptation, not even with the help of the sprite's amazing fruits. 785/4105 | |
| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:24 pm | |
| All four of the youths look at each other then at Kali before reaching out to grab her hands and pull her as they run towards the door. "Let's go have fun!" They smile and giggle before the door opens and Dainos tells one of the girls to remember her duty and she smiles at him before stopping and walking to pick up her scroll book before realizing that it is still strapped to her wrist. Dainos finally realizes one important fact that has been conclusive due to his observations. This blue ambrosia makes the person carefree, but to the point that they are quite scatter brained. He issues a standing order to them, "You are to remain inside the compound. You can travel wherever in here, but do not leave." They nod and start to walk off. Dainos looks at the guard who chaperons them and tells him to keep them out of trouble. Dainos holds Kali back for a moment, "I do not need my Master's gift for reading minds to know that you are worried. Trust me when I tell you that you cannot kill them and even if you did, they'd wake up. I sort of created an elixir of a potent ambrosia for the Master that can revive a normal human. And there's also Kiera and her powers, so enjoy yourself for once. You look like you truly need to relax and unwind. These young mortals will sustain your humanity... if you close it off out of fear, you will become what you desire not to become. Go and when you get back, we'll talk more." Now Dainos is no psychiatrist or psychologist, but being a scientist, he is very astute and perceptive. He had hoped that she would go forth and trust in his words. One part is genuinely for her to enjoy herself while she can, but the other reason was for the accuracy of the data that she could provide. Both a kind yokai and a scientist at all times it seems.
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:15 pm | |
| By this point it is official... I do not like mind altering substances. Not only do I not like them, I might actually fear them, or rather fear the effects they create and impulses they breed. I would feel much safer about this little experiment were the demigod himself nearby to prevent me from doing harm, but since he's off on his personal vision quest or kibbutz thing I have to make do with what I have here... a mad scientist sprite. Doesn't exactly arouse confidence, but is better than nothing. When the four humans, who are obviously giving in fully and enjoying the effects that I am finding so troublesome, reach out for me again and attempt to drag me out of the lab room I feel my heart rate spike yet again. I can't go out there into a settlement full of innocent people, especially when half of them already seem to have issues with my abilities.
When the sprite pulls me back I have a brief shining thought that he means to save me from myself by keeping me here... then he rains on my parade and blows my mind all with a single line of words. He can sense that I am worried, or read it in my thoughts despite claiming he doesn't need the ability to know. Well no shit I'm worried, everything I have become is meant to kill, to drain people of either their blood at night or the very essence of their vitality during the day. My sweat, tears, saliva... any other fluid from my body... all can act as poison to those that come into contact with them. I can shoot parts of my body as projectiles, create weapons from shadows that gather on my flesh, or blast people with pure energy. To say that I am a mechanism of destruction would not be a lie. For this well meaning sprite to try and assure me first that I can't kill these humans (which I know to be a complete falsehood) or then to tell me that even if I do kill them he or Kiera will revive them and restore their life does not help much initially. Just because they can be revived after death it does not make it alright for me to extinguish that spark of life in the first place, when I kill it is for a reason and it is meant to be a permanent condition. It isn't until he reaches the end of his words that I am truly reached by their meaning. He is right, though it pains me to admit it, I will lose what is left of my humanity if I continue to barricade myself away from human contact. By separating myself from them, even though I think it in their best interest, it is turning me into the monster I have always feared I would become. By avoiding them I become less human with every passing day. With the weight of his words crashing down over me... making my heart heavy despite the sensation of floating my body is still feeling... I nod slowly and begin to move once again for the door. I would take his advice today, but if any human even comes close to losing their life in the process I will turn from humanity altogether and embrace the monster I have become. 565/4670 | |
| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:07 pm | |
| Dainos looks at her pleased at his ability to console her and try to ease her fears. When she leaves out, he makes a note in his observation that Kali experiences anxiety and controlling fear regarding what she is and her powers. He rummages thru his notes and finds a section regarding similar notes about me and my powers as he took down notes when I met with Diocchus back in Onitoshi. It is rather sad to know that I had never recognized the little guy and even acknowledged him when Diocchus was around to aid me. I wonder how many people there are that I did that to...
The compound is kept on lockdown mode even tho there aren't many prisoners and the youths' giggling would allow Kali to find and catch up to them quickly. When she finds them, they would be in the courtyard dancing around still and trying acrobatic movements. They seem to be having so much fun in all of this. One of them missteps and falls backwards. His body curls up and he pushes up from the fall breaking back roll into the air and lands on his feet with a smile. One of the girls asked him how he was able to do that. He smiles and says, "Well at the angle and slow speed that my body was falling at, I knew that if I curled my body into a backwards moving ball, I would absorb the impact and on the tail end of the roll, I could spring up. It worked." He chuckles and when someone says something else, he seems to completely forget what he was talking about before that. The other girl is sitting down in the courtyard drawing a detailed set of sketches of the courtyard. The second male is still dancing to the music in their heads until he notices that his movements are similar to the flow of the wind. He begins to explain it to Girl 1, who is the scribe of the group, and Guy 1, who is the acrobat and tumbler. If Kali had arrived yet, Girl 2 would have already started adding her into her rather detailed sketches.
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:27 pm | |
| It was easy enough to locate the other testers once I left the building but I did not move quickly toward them. Instead I walked slowly, enjoying the feel of the wind on my skin and toying with my hair. Again I thought of the sprite's words and wondered if I could interact with the humans without allowing the interaction to trigger my more dangerous powers. Being out in the beautiful afternoon I am tempted to take to the air and stretch the odd wings I have been gifted with. I wondered if the other testers would like to experience it as well. Drawing closer to the four of them, I can hear one of the males trying to explain that his dance moves are similar to the wind. Maybe he would like to feel the wind from a bit higher than just the ground. The other girl, who isn't being taught how dancing and the wind are similar seems to be busy drawing a picture of sorts. Did she have the art bug before the ambrosia or was it awakened by the magic fruit?
Approaching the three humans gathered together, I release my wings and jump into the air right before joining them. (Mainly so that my feet would barely clear their heads as I rise into the sky. So sue me for showboating a little. I can't draw, I can't really dance all that well, but I can fly so I'll play to my strengths.) As soon as I feel the wind whipping my hair and tugging at my clothes I let out a long, loud laugh. Now this is what I call freedom. Had I been able to do this in the lab I may have never let my worries and fear get the best of me. Flying high into the afternoon sky, I draw my knees toward my chest and point my head to the ground. From the humans' point of view I would probably appear to be plummeting to the earth in a dangerous spiral but when I near the treetops I would pull out of the spiral and soar over their heads again. If any of the three paid attention to any of this, I would buzz them a third time and call out an invitation for one to join me. Not to sound sexist or anything but I wouldn't mind giving either of the human males a ride. 405/5075 | |
| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:43 pm | |
| As she releases her wings, the three of them look at her with such awe and wonder in their eyes and the quiet artist, moves on to her next sketch which is a very detailed drawing of Kali with her wings released in the air. It is actually pretty interesting just how well Girl 2 seems to be able to focus on her drawing and how free and happy the picture seems to look. Each picture that she has drawn certainly evokes many emotions in the lookers. When the winged woman takes to the skies and flies around, the acrobat looks at her and smirks, I prefer having something solid under my feet. The scribe tells him that she is not a fan of heights... except for climbing trees. They chuckle at each other and the wind dancer looks around trying to figure out how to get into the air. He pretty much tunes out everything else as he focuses on accomplishing his task and he grins mischievously at the acrobat, who laments playfully before nodding. The wind dancer sways back and forth for a moment before dashing at quite an impressive speed, for a human, at the acrobat. He lifts off of his feet, into the clinched hands of the acrobat, before being launched into the air towards Kali. The amazing feeling of the breeze overcomes him and he actually forgets that he is in the air. The acrobat and scribe turn their attention to new distractions also forgetting that the wind dancer was ascending into the air with no guarantee of safe return. The wind dancer smiles at Kali as he gazes upon her. The chaperon take a deep gasp as the wind dancer begins to fall towards the ground. The only thought in his mind, "That sprite is going to turn me into some sort of creature or use me in an experiment if one of these kids gets hurt b/c I wasn't watching them."
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Wed Jun 30, 2010 12:06 am | |
| When I come around again, prepared to lift any brave soul willing to fly with me, I am a bit shocked to witness the dancer allow himself to be propelled into the air by the tumbler. My shock quickly becomes another laugh (wow, two in one day, that must be some kind of record for me), and I immediately alter my course to join the male in the air. I only let him barely start to drop back toward the ground before I reach out and draw his body close to mine. Once he is securely in my arms I speak against his ear and tell him to wrap his hands around my waist so that we both can enjoy the ride. After he follows my instructions and I shift my hands to the same spot on him, I roll our positions in the air so he can experience flying on top for a few moments before I send us into another ground approaching spiral to get his adrenaline pumping.
After pulling out of the spiral and buzzing the heads of our group members one more time, I take us high into the air and launch into a series of lazy courtyard spanning soaring laps to give us both time to enjoy the freedom of being part of the wind. When we had circled the yard a few times, I would find the man's face and ask him what he would like to do next. It seemed like the right thing to do to give my passenger a chance to pick our next activity. 264/5339 | |
| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Wed Jun 30, 2010 12:59 am | |
| The scribe jots down some notes about fearlessness experienced by the wind dancer before she turns to her own activities. Everyone seems to play to their strengths and interests while under the influence of this blue ambrosia. The scribe makes a detailed observation of everything going on and people's reactions and feelings. She sits quietly next to the artist and they both just work in silence. The acrobat performs different acrobatic tricks before jumping back and forth between two adjacent walls up to the top before a deep back flip off of the wall across the courtyard and lands with solid footing. The artist looks around her seated position and finds several pictures scattered around her as she is all smiles. The scribe quickly understands that she hasn't moved b/c she is right in the path of the frequently passing breeze and the feeling of it against the flesh is simply incredible. For each of the three youths still inside the courtyard, they don't even feel trapped b/c their minds are traveling to so many different places and focusing on single tasks that they feel quite free. By this point, all of them would be hearing slightly different music in their heads. Each song would be of the same melodic yet euphoric trance nature, but everyone would be on different wavelengths. The acrobat for example hears faster paced music b/c he is moving and tumbling a lot. The scribe and artist would be on same tunes as they are just relaxing and enjoying the breeze and their work.
As for the wind dancer and the hybrid, they are experiencing a different level of sensation especially the wind dancer b/c the initial spiral does indeed spike his adrenaline and the adrenaline spike makes him even more open to the effects. Being this close to her and wrapping his arms around her waist and resting his hands on the small of her back, he actually begins massaging her back to the rhythm of the music playing in his head now. His music would be more epic or build up trance as the flight takes him thru different sensations. When asked about the next activity, he notices that they aren't far from the ground so he unwraps his legs and flips backwards off of her. As soon as he lands, he would start dancing and look up to her before curling and extending his right index finger to signal her to come join him.
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:54 am | |
| The music still playing in my mind makes a nice background to the flight but it is the close proximity of the male and the feel of his hands and fingers holding on to my body that I find myself genuinely enjoying. Unlike last time I enjoyed the touch of this man and his friend, this time I do not let the fear rise or take over, instead I immerse my attention in only the good feelings of being near him and being touched by him. When I ask what he would like to do I am surprised that his answer includes launching himself from my arms and back to the ground. I first think that he had not been enjoying the flight nearly as much as I had been but when I look back at him I see that he is dancing again and beckoning for me to come and join him.
I do not disappoint, especially not after allowing myself to like his touch so much. I land near him, dismiss the wings, and walk forward to join in with his dance... despite my previous mention of not being a great dancer. Mostly I just sway my hips to the beat within my mind, I don't make a fool of myself by trying to come up with any cool or sexy movements. I follow the old rule of KISS... keep it simple stupid. 235/5574 | |
| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:33 am | |
| The wind dancer keeps the dancing going for a while and when she comes to join him, he moves closer to her so that they could dance in close proximity and enjoy the sensation of one another's touch. The other three begin to come down from the high of the ambrosia's effects. They find themselves able to multi-task and focus a little bit better on multiple things. The extreme energy boost that the acrobat felt starts to wear down as well. He keeps dancing since the music hasn't completely faded yet, but even the girls start to get less and less of a sensation from the cool breeze passing thru the courtyard. The adrenaline rushes had heightened the experience for the wind dancer, so he was still feeling the effects tho even for him they were slowing down as well. He naturally loves to dance and the beautiful and seductive form of this woman entices him even more. He moves to dance behind her and if they continue to dance so close, the wind dancer's lips would come down to kiss her on her shoulders and neck.
While normally, the others would be all for him having his fun, the fact that she is a winged hybrid causes some concern in the tumbler. The girls watch with interest as the interaction starts to heat up. The tumbler speaks up and calls out to the wind dancer, "Hey, let's go. We need to check in." The wind dancer tells him that he'll catch up and the artist speaks up this time, "Mistress Kali, we need to report in to Master Dainos. He is rather strict about the time limits that he sets and we were already late once today." The wind dancer sighs and looks at Kali.
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:58 am | |
| Being close to the man on the ground is almost better than being with him in the air had been, at least with out feet planted firmly we have the ability to touch more freely than when holding on was more important. As the man moves from facing me to dancing with me at my back I come to the realization that in this moment I could actually allow myself to go farther with him. It was as if I knew instinctively that I possess the control to protect him from my powers should our interaction ever reach that level. That realization is almost more freeing than any of the effects of the ambrosia had been... those effects that I soon realize are weakening.
At about the same time my realizations hit, I feel the man's lips make their first contact with the bare flesh of my shoulder and neck... both spots which earn him those low moans a woman can make that sound like they are coming all the way up from her toes. Even with the ambrosia wearing off I was being aroused by the touch and kiss of this human male... and wanting very badly to turn in his arms and give him a few kisses of my own. But of course fate has other plans for this succubus vaspire, the acrobatic male interrupts the moment with a suggestion that we head back to the lab. My heart swells... along with another more visceral reaction that I am too polite to detail in mixed company... when the dancing man tells his friend that he will catch up. Just hearing that some part of him (other than the part pressing against my rear end) would be willing or even eager to stay with me for a few more moments pleases me almost as much as his kisses have... almost. But then one of the females speaks up addressing me this time to explain that they should not be late again today. With a very regretful sigh to match the dancer's, I turn in his embrace and place a soft, lingering kiss on his cheek. "Thank you for the dance, it was wonderful." I whisper to him as I pull myself from his arms and begin to move to follow the others back to the sprite's lab. 388/5962 | |
| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:34 pm | |
| The artist looks at the wind dancer and nods to him removing his glaring scowl from the tumbler and putting him at ease. He walks ahead and as he walks by the Tumbler, the Artist hears the word "Cunt." as he passes by the tumbler. The scribe tells him to find his peace and he sighs and just keeps walking. The tumbler doesn't let it bother him. The artist tells him to go along while she waits for Kali. Once Kali catches up, she walks quietly besides the hybrid woman. Before the two women reach the lab again, the artist tells her, "Those wings are really cool by the way. They are different from the yaksa's wings tho. His are feathery almost like a bird's wings." She smiles before opening the door to the lab where Dainos is back at work cooking up new batches of ambrosia, but focusing more on the herbal nectars, teas, and elixirs at the moment. The wind dancer seems to be a lot calmer now. He and the Tumbler are talking and eating some light snack type food. Dainos smiles at Kali whenever she enters. His smile starts to fade as his small body vibrates.
My steps bring me closer to the laboratory, but not quite there. Instead, I make my way into the courtyard as I approach the bars, I dash towards them before diving and fading from sight only to reappear on the other side. I smile as the new power works. I was able to make myself basically disappear into thin air and pass thru other matter. Interesting indeed. I continue my path towards the cells and the true purpose of my visit here.
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:26 pm | |
| I don't really understand why but I feel bad when I see the male dancer act hostile toward his friend. The last thing I want is to cause any tension between friends. This is one of the main reasons why I hang back to bring up the rear of the group, I've caused enough trouble for one afternoon. When the artist hangs back to walk with me I greet her with a smile as we fall into step together. Her compliment raises a bit of color in my cheeks, no one had ever spoken so kindly about my wings before, it was definitely new to me. Just as we reach the door to the lab, I nod my head and lower my voice to respond to her comments. "Thank you. His wings are much prettier and more graceful but I like to think that mine are better suited for intricate maneuvers. I've never seen him pull off a near perfect barrel roll." When I finished speaking and shifted my eyes to the sprite there is still a large smile on my face, until the smile on Dainos' face begins to fade. "Are you alright? Is something wrong?" I hadn't really needed to ask the questions, had I only waited another second or two before opening my mouth I would have felt the aura of the man I had just been speaking about. Evidently our gracious host had finally returned.
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| | | Psi Prince Mystic Moogle
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:15 am | |
| My movement ceases. The guards look at me and step out of the way quickly to allow me access to the cells. I walk thru the cell bars and stand inside with a group of the female acolyte prisoners. They all cower at my presence and that simply brings a wider grin to my face. "You will all be broken. So cowering will do you no good in here. Who is next?" None of the young women move and I look at each of them before my tail appears and wraps around the neck of one of the maiden's as she goes to push one of the others forward and I smile. "You! Thank you for volunteering. The fact that you were about to try to sacrifice that one there makes you an excellent candidate to be one of my earliest converts." Both of our bodies shimmer out of sight as the others are left behind and they rush to the front of the cell as they can hear their sister begging for her life and her freedom. Boy is she greedy?! They would get to see her placed in a room a few doors down from their cells. As if they are not afraid enough, they would hear her screams begin before the door even closes.
After about 10 minutes, the screams stop for a while as I phase shift to exit the room and walk straight for Dainos' laboratory without having to teleport. This is rather fun tho. Especially when I walk clear thru the walls and hidden rooms that are between Dainos' laboratory and the prison cells. I wonder if he knows about these. I emerge on the other side and look around the lab before exiting the phase shift. Now that was certainly a lot of fun! I look over at Dainos and speak, "It is time to begin the Breaking of the Acolytes." Dainos asks me if he can abstain from it and I look at him. "You haven't the stomach for it?" He tells me that he is not his Master, Diocchus. Bah! "Then produce me viable goods to trade with Tara Mura. Negotiations are underway with them for a trade agreement, but we need something quality to trade."
The humans lower their heads and remain silent and I look at Kali and grin, "I am sure, you will enjoy watching and probably even helping me break the Acolytes of the Grey Whisper. What do you say, Kali? You wanna play?"
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| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
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| Subject: Re: Domesticity at its Best Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:52 pm | |
| Of course the man always has to make an entrance, if he ever simply walked demurely into a room without calling every scrap of attention to himself in the process I think I would fall over from sheer disbelief. This entrance, through the solid wall, was admittedly one of his more impressive arrivals, and earned him a slightly crooked smile from my lips. That same smile quickly vanished once I heard what his first order of business would be. Had he returned this morning and offered me the same opportunity I would have jumped right in to play without a second thought, but now that I had spoken to the sprite, and been informed that I was not the only person seeing myself become more like a monster each day, I had my doubts. Were I to accept this invitation and take part in the breaking of the acolytes I would never find a place to fit in among the humans of this encampment... possibly not even among any humans anywhere in this world. I would officially be aligning myself with the monsters and setting myself apart from the humans.
Since the brief moments of freedom and carefree feelings were obviously over now, I glance toward the man I shared the flight and dance with. With his head lowered and no longer interested in me or my presence, I turn to the only other 'monster' in the room. "I will accompany you but only watch for now." Though I tried to give the man a smile I feared he would know it was halfhearted at best. 266/6467 | |
| | | Surreal SaDiablo Ascended Tonberry
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