Re: Dark Ritual: Tentacle Familiar
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'I think it would be fun to have a slave of my own'
'Right, and you could do whatever you wanted with her whenever you felt like it.'
'Where will we keep her?' you ask, as you think about the size of the Cottage.
'For now, we could keep a slave inside of the cage, but as soon as you are able to conduct the ritual, you should be able to open a rift into your own pocket of space'.
'I'm not sure i understand' you say as Odella walks towards the back porch door.
'I'll explain later....it will all make sense soon'
Odella opens the door and sticks her head outside.
"The young woman who's blood we used during the ritual, would you bring her outside with you, megan?"
Megan turned her head towards Odella and looked at her with her dead eyes. "Yes, master" Megan said as she started to move.
The other two zombies just starred off into the distance, their minds blank and ready to obey
Lettie's neck had been mended with a sewing kit, the stitches held her wound together, it was an impressive job, but dead flesh still showed signs of damage.
"Lettie, gather some stick and twigs around the yard and create a pyre"
"Yes......master" Lettie said as she started to move from her idle position.
The zombies smelled like decay, it was something which would certainly take getting used to as a necromancer.
Odella came back inside and came back into her dressing room, sitting down and adjusting her stockings and boots a bit.
'Why are you going to waste a perfectly good corpse?' you ask as you stare down from her chest at her black leather boots as she adjusts them.
'I gave her my word that i wouldn't make her a zombie and i'd burn her remains.'
'so what?' you ask.
'People may call me anything they wish, a witch, a murderer, a pagan, a necromancer....but don't matter because it is all true.
Odella got up again and started towards the door.
'But whatever i am, i'd like to maintain my integrity.'
'I don't see the point'
'Someday, i will rule over this entire land and the people in it, my methods my be harsh, but they are means to an end.......i may be seen as a monster, but i wont turn into one...'
'I am a monster....i see no reason to show these creatures any mercy'
'Perhaps you will feel differently in time, right now, you probably see us as weaklings for you to use and exploit'
'And enslave'
Odella leaves through the front door of the cottage and closes it up, locking it behind her before walking out in front of the house.
'Jeez, its colder out here than i thought' Odella says as she crosses her arms over her chest before she continues down the path towards town.
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along the way, small patches of frost can be seen on either side of her path, something she had not noticed earlier in the day.
'When winter comes, we'll spend most of our time traversing the rifts.' Odella said.
'what are the rifts like?'
'You've been inside of one, so you should have a pretty good idea, the ones we are interested are warm and moist, they contain a wide variety of creatures who will not be happy with our visit'
'Arent you afraid of what the rifts may contain?'
'Not really, im sure we'll be able to handle them.'
'Maybe you should be afraid'
'Theres no time to think about that, we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
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It was still relatively early in the morning, Odella got up during this time so that she could move around without being noticed, or being followed back to her hidden cottage.
For years Odella had lived there, and the local populace had forgotten about her and the little cottage which was shrouded by trees and no real path to speak of, it was decently far away, and was rarely bothered by anyone.
Coming into view of the town now, Odella noticed someone who was out early as well, a hooded figure who was taking a morning stroll along the path out of town.
Odella made no attempt to slow down, because it was have been strange to so suddenly jump behind a rock or something while in her view.
'Who is that?' you asked, coiling around Odella's neck slowly and hiding behind it a bit in order to not give yourself away'
'I Don't know' Odella said as she kept walking.
As Odella came closer, she noticed that this person had a feminine face tucked inside of her brown cloak which covered most of her face.
'Good Morning' Odella said as she passed by her.
'It is' the woman said as she kept walking.
Odella kept her eyes on the road as she spoke and continued to walk at her slow pace.
'What do you think?'
'She'll do, i cant wait to see what's underneath the robe'
Odella stopped and pulled her sacrificial blade from her pouch and started quickly back towards the woman.
The woman continued to walk as Odella stalked her, slowing down herself slightly as she heard the soft footstep behind her.
With Odella only 10 feet behind her now, ready to pounce, the woman threw off her robe and revealed her full suit of studded leather, holding a short sword in each hand.
Odella immediately panicked and tried to stop her forward momentum, slipping on a small patch of frost and falling backwards.
The woman had long brown hair with was tied with a neat knot in the back, she had brown eyes and a serious but feminine face, most of her body was covered with the studded leather armor, but the largeness of her chest could be seen by the pronouncement in the front of the breastpiece, her blades were silver, each with a leather-spun hilt and an emblem on the bottom..'the bounty hunter's guild'.
'Allen, Roger, you can come out now' the bounty hunter said as she walked slowly towards Odella and pointed the tip of her sword at Odella's neck.
From behind a nearby tree came a big and burly man who had a chainmail chest-piece on with ragged leather pantaloons, he was carrying a crude large maul with a large wooden hilt and a bronze orb held in place with leather straps, he looked as rough as the maul he was carrying, with a full brown beard and a large scar going down his left cheek.
From behind Odella came another man, who was small in stature, he carried an iron dagger which he flipped around skillfully in his hand as he walked and was wearing a plain tunic, he had an ugly face like a bandit, but was clean shaven, his black hair was combed back and held in place by oil.
'We finally caught up to you, criminal'
'I dont know what you are talking about, i'm just a villager' Odella said as she quickly slid the knife she was carrying underneath her.
'Nonsense, you've been kidnapping girls from the village and a person matching your description has been seen digging up corpses from the local cemetery, what is a person like you doing with young girls and corpses, i wonder?' The Bounty hunter said as she bought the blade inches closer to Odella's throat.
'That sounds ridiculous' Odella said while backing up slightly to get away from the point of the woman's knife.
The bounty hunter reached into her pocket and took out a picture and tossed in gently in front of Odella.
'Recognize her?' The woman said as she placed one of her blades into it's sheath.
Odella picked up the picture and looked at it, recognizing the girl immediately, it was Lettie.
'I've never seen this woman before in my life' Odella said as she looked back up at the woman who stared down at her.
' shes may be telling the truth thar Celia' the rough heavy set bounty hunter said as he flanked her.
'Shut the fuck up roger, why would she have charged me like that?' Celia said as she continued to look into Odella's eyes.
'Aye, does seem a bit strange' roger responded, nodding his head.
'But Come now, do you really think this little girl has been digging up corpses and kidnapping women?' the slippery dagger-wielding man said, he sounded quite articulate, despite his roguish appearance.
'We'll find out, we'll be able to interrogate her back in town.'
Celia sheathed her other blade and grabbed Odella by the arm and lifted her up, you immediately drop down into her tunic and coil around one of her arms, holding on tightly out of sight.
Odella is brought to her feet and push forward.
'Go' Celia said while maintaining the serious look on her face.
Odella went forward for a few step.
'ay missy' Roger said from behind while crouching down.
'you don wanna be fergettin ur knife now to ya?' roger said as he picked up the sacrifical blade by the hilt and grinned, showing his yellowed teeth, some of which were missing before he started laughing.
Allen started laughing himself, but Celia simply looked back at Odella and starred into her eyes again, Odella immediately felt a chill run down her spine.
There isn't much time now, you need to decide whether to hide while the Bounty Hunters escort Odella into town.
What do you do?
A. Hide in Odella's Vagina.
B. Hide in Odella's Ass.
C. Hide underneath Odella's clothing.
D. Quickly slither away from Odella, so that you are not also forced into captivity.
