Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax, Rath, Paramort) GM'd by MAF

[Vyrian]

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Erin woke up with a horrible pain in her back, which she quickly blamed the rocks she'd slept on for. She hadn't rested well, but she'd expended all her rage yesterday, and there was only a brief feeling of hollowness, and perhaps even despair, where before it was all masked by her rage. She sighed, laying on her side as she was, trying to think what she was going to do, calmly now that she had the chance.

She knew her temper got the worst of her, and not just yesterday. Surprising how, after a while of blowing up stuff and then not sleeping, it all didn't seem to matter all that much. None of it, really mattered. She giggled to herself for a moment, then the pain in her back made her stop abruptly. Any kind of movement today would be uncomfortable, but she could just lay there for a while longer, and while she had illusions that someone would actually care enough to go find her, she could see clearly that she was isolating herself from everyone who could have done so.

A spark of pride lit up. She didn't need them, anyways. She moved for the first time in a long time, slowly passing from her awkward resting position to a sitting one - and something rubbed on the stone behind her, something she could feel. She gasped, panicking as a hand reached behind her, trying to grasp at whatever.

It was thick, bumpy. Surprisingly soft. And she could feel her fingers probing over its shape, point at which curiosity took over fear. She'd bend backwards to watch it, but the first attempt to do so had quickly sent her gasping in pain - her body, if that was still her body, was not cooperating. She tried to stand up - it was heavy, she could feel it in her legs, but it could lift its own weight with ease. She moved around muscles she didn't have yesterday and it moved too, shifting her center of gravity with each motion. It wasn't entirely rigid, either, able to bend on its own lightly left and right, more at the base than anywhere else. She tried to pull it over to the front to see it, but it wasn't really possible when she couldn't even try to bend her neck.

She sighed. Well there was someone she could count on to help her with this. Maybe. If she hadn't pushed her away last outburst. She shook her head, amused at her own moodswings. Seemed that whenever she wasn't furious at someone else, she was disappointed with herself.

She took a few steps forward - painful, awkward, but not impossible. She rested a hand on the recently sealed entrance, pushing for her powers to unseal it - just enough to get through, though her new appendage bumped on it on the way. It was longer than she'd expected, apparently. She made her way, slowly walking, towards the house she'd left Denna in. Things looked really different when you weren't two dozen insects buzzing all over, but she wanted to at least be able to move around decently with her new thing when she got there. She still had her pride, after all, even if she was going just to ask for help. Maybe she would knock on the door instead of bursting in.

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

Before Erin could make it to Krill's house, just after she opened the seal to the cave she was hiding in, she'd find David sitting there, fully dressed in his village clothes. He wasn't awake, sleeping against the wall as if he were waiting for something. He had a silver plate of food by his side, decorated with meat picked out as if seemingly for solely Erin alone. Seemed that such was to be her dinner that David waited all night to give to her. She could ignore all this if she liked, and head to Krill's house, where she'd find Denna in a unique situation of being surrounded by kitsune worshipers, who seemed to take up worshiping Denna.

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The villagers would all keep bowing to her, even saying prayers to her as they did as she wished, walking out of the house and leaving her alone with Sam and Krill. "Your clothes are drying outside. I washed them." Krill declared, while Sam gestured to the food in silence, encouraging her to eat. "They should be dry enough in an hour or so."

 

[Zilrax]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

"Thanks Krill, Sam. Oh brother, this is going to be something. You two aren't going to go all, erm, Weird on me are you?," she asks them, as she stands up and goes to the food to eat, grimacing back at her tail as it swishes a bit. "New limbs out of nowhere."

She takes a seat on a chair and winces a bit as her tail is put in an uncomfortable position, then turns the chair sideways so she can be comfortable. "Truly I shall never know chairs the same way again. Seriously though. I'd appreciate it if you two didn't start with all the bowing and praying too. Kinda makes me uncomfortable. Things are different but not so much I want to be lavished over. Not my style. I'd rather support others instead. On which note, next time I'm cooking for you two. I'm no fancy chef but I know how not to burn everything."

She eats hungrily, guess growing tails took a lot of nutrition. Talk about surreal. As she ate she couldn't help but reach back and run her hands over the soft fur. "...Huh. I'm soft. Nothing on me's ever been soft before." She let go, giving her tail a few practice swishes, trying to get used to the new addition to her body. She had to live with it after all.

"Occurs to me I'll need to ask David to modify my pants. I mean, other folks here have tails, so you all must have practice for til modifications to clothes right? Ooof, good thing I don't wear platemail.," muses Denna before looking up at the pair, before raising an eyebrow.

"No, really, just talk to me like normal. I don't bite."

 

[Vyrian]

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Erin blinked in a brief moment of confusion when she saw David until she saw the plate of meat on his hand. A twinge of guilt ran through her, making her bite her lip softly in concern as she thought what to do.

In the end, she pushed her concerns aside and knelt next to the man, her new, heavy, and unknown addition pushing her off balance until she put it on the floor as a third support, shaking the man's shoulder lightly.

"Wake up." She said softly, temper quenched by guilt. "I'm sorry, I... forgot all about the meal." She apologized quietly, to the hopefully still sleeping body. She shook her head. Couldn't afford to humanize them, couldn't afford to see them as people more than enemies.

"C'mon, David." She said, her tone slightly harder. "I got something on my butt and I need you to tell me what it is.

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

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Sam and Krill nodded at Denna's request to be treated like normal. "But still, to have grown a tail so much like Kyubi's cannot be coincidence." Krill insisted, leaning in with a smile. "You're linked. It's Kyubi's essence made manifest in you. A sign that you are not some evil as others would claim you are."

Sam seemed to be of a disposition not to say much, but still seemed to align with her husband's way of thinking. "Enjoy your meal, I'll see about helping your clothes along to dry."

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David was easily roused, helped along by the uncomfortable sleeping position he was in. "Ah... No, it's fine..." he said with a yawn, reassuring Erin. "On your butt? It looks like a lovely tail." he said, grinning at her.

 

[Zilrax]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

"Nice to know there's people claiming me to be evil. Something I'll need to work on clearly.," chuckles Den, "I'll take your word for it anyways. Still, next time if I get Kyubi's ears or something, can you inform me before you gather the masses around my sleeping self? No offence but I've started to develop a panic reflex when I wake up in a room full of people I'm not expecting. I really need to become a lighter sleeper."

She nodded at Sam with a smile. "Sure, don't need my permission or anything. Thanks, Sam." Something was bugging her, but evidently she wasn't in a sharing mood. Hopefully it'd pass or come out rather than bite her on her new fuzzy butt.

Meantime, she ate her food, continuing to test her tails flexibility as she swished it all about. "Have to admit. Never thought I'd end up with a tail or any other extra appendages. It's kinda weird feeling my spine wave around like that. Still, it doesn't really bother me any I guess. And around here seems like having a tail is relatively normal."

Once she finished eating she stood up and stretched. "Mmmf. Actually I feel pretty good all things considered. Good meal and uninterrupted rest after past few days went a good long way. Hm. What to do now though. Well, clothes I guess. I'm going to give Sam a hand I guess. Not going to have her do work on my things I wouldn't do myself. Where are they hanging, out back?"

 

[Vyrian]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

"I, ah. A what!?" Even though she'd been fearing for a while that it could be thet, Erin still didn't manage to contain her rising panic. She knew that growing a tail was usually a sign of magical corruption, nothing to worry about - if anything, better than many other physical or even mental changes that could come about - but she still didn't like the idea all that much. She took a deep breath, then two.

On the bright side, it could be much, much worse. On the not so bright side. She had a tail. And a fat one apparently. She wiggled her butt to swing it, rather awkwardly.

"Okaaaay..." She sighed. "Well, I'm afraid you'll have to make a hole in my robes for it or something if we can't make it go away." She ponders chopping it off very, very briefly. That must hurt really bad. "This is going to take some getting used to... mind helping me get to Denna?" She extends a hand at the man on the floor, to help him get up. "She'll have a plan, she always does. Oh, and do pass the food... I'm still starving. I know, who would've guessed, right?."

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

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On the topic of the whole town gathering around someone sleeping, Krill seemed to hum a bit. "We 'do' do that a lot." he said thoughtfully.

Though, when Denna wanted to go help Sam, Krill had to take a moment to inform her. "It's out front... If you don't mind being seen naked by everyone anymore." he said cautiously. "Though no one is really going to bother you for it." he explained.

Should Denna check outside (not necessarily going outside, just looking), she'd see Sam out front, wearing a light gown that left little to the imagination. A good few number of men looked her way, but hardly any other woman was better dressed, so she didn't get an extreme amount of attention. "The one thing that will attract attention though is your new tail, and clothes won't help that too much." Krill added.

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David chuckled and gladly passed the food to Erin. "Don't worry so much." he said with a friendly smile. "I can easily prepare your clothing to fit your new changes. I do it all the time." he stated. "Thanks," he said in return for her helping hand to help him get up. He groaned a little as he held his back. "Ugh... That was not a good sleeping posture..." he complained, before looking to her with a maintained smile. "Denna's likely still at Krill's house." David said, still holding Erin's hand. "I'll take you there." he announced, leading the way, while holding onto her hand as if it were normal.

 

[Zilrax]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

"Y' do! And I'll be honest, it's real scary for folks. You probably should try to cut back on that sort of thing. I gather you all get excited and that's fine and all, but a bit of consideration for how it must seem for them goes a long way, yeah?," smile Denna, before glancing down at her nudity.

"Actually I'll be honest. Being seen naked by everyone isn't the problem so much and never was. When you do mercenary stuff as a group, you can't always get separate tents and often you gotta share streams and such. You get over it pretty quick. It's when people get grabby I get grumpy. Besides I spent all of yesterday naked and everyones seen me.," shrugs Denna.

She hummed a tune to herself as she peeked outside at Sam working. "Hm. Fashion round her doesn't leave much to imagine huh? Not that I know shit about fashion really. Not that I've a problem with someone wearing what they like, but doesn't clothes like that get kinda drafty? Wait, you wouldn't know, you don't wear stuff like that. Or... Do you?"

She looks at Krill, smiling teasingly before chuckling, "Honestly I wouldn't care if y' did. S' just clothes. Hm. Think I'll let Sam handle it, she seems t' be lost in thought and it looks chilly out there. I can go hunt for the girl after I can walk out without freezing m' nips off."

"So, we're here an such. May as well ask. Why'd y' latch onto me and figure wife an' not Erin? You knew us both equally at the time, so what made me your first choice an such? It sure ain't looks, the girls got me beat hands down. Most folks around here do it seems. Though maybe I can out manly you, haha. So what was it?"

 

[Vyrian]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

Erin nodded when she heard David say he could adapt her clothes. "Good to know." She replied, pulling the man to his feet with a grunt of exertion. Definitely not her line of work.

He didn't seem to be too happy once he was up, complaining about his back. Erin shrugged, not failing to notice that despite that he was still holding onto her hand.

"Sam did say she gave some good massages, you might want to ask her about that." Replied Erin, casually, almost deadpan, before turning to smile at David, mischievous. "Careful with your hand there, lover-boy. I'll tell you the same thing I told Krill, I'm going to make you work for it if you want to share my bed."

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

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"Hopefully remaking your clothes to fit proper is working?" David replied back with a smile. "And making you food... And waiting all night until you come out of your cave... And giving you both medicine when you were brought in so you didn't get sick..." David began to pile on a list of things he already did for Erin, and for Denna as well. "If I'm not even half way by this point, may I give up?" David chuckled. "I'd certainly love the experience, but I'm not a man that doesn't know when he's being fooled." he said calmly, with an ever present smile, before he began to lead the way to Krill's house.

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Krill blinked at Denna's question, before shrugging. "Well, many of the girls like a man's butt," Krill said, before turning to show off how well his pants presented Krill's ass. Though, upon inquiring as to why Krill chose her for marriage, he chuckled. "Well, I wouldn't say that you're beat in the looks department. As you might be able to tell by my wife, I do enjoy a cute looking girl. Erin has a lot of stuff in good places, but she's quite headstrong. I like a soft, gentle woman I can snuggle with under the covers. I always get the feeling of being tortured under the covers when picturing myself with Erin. But at that moment, when we met... Well, it was love at first sight, it felt like. When I saw you, and was the first to make love to you, I felt like I could honestly call you my wife." he said with a grin. "Plus, the child you carry is most likely mine. So, I desire to take care of it... And... Maybe make a few more too~" he cooed, hugging Denna affectionately.

 

[Zilrax]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

"Yeah, well, hold off on more at least, I barely know what a mother does, so I'd like to get that down pact before I need to run around caring for another one.," smirks Denna, "But soft and gentle isn't really me Krill. If you haven't noticed my body is mostly hard and I can throw a lot of force. I just try not to be a brute about it."

She looked a bit uncomfortable at the hug, though she eyed Krill. "Before you say it, it's not you. I haven't really been hugged much for over a decadish. Well besides folks trying to wrestle or crush me anyways."

She squirms out after a minute, "I know what you mean about Erin though. The girl has her nice spots but she seems to have a vicious streak a mile wide. And she has the power to make that streak be downright terrifying when she's mad. I'll be honest, magic folk make me nervous and one of her temperament doubly so. Still, I ain't gonna give up on her or anything. I think there's a nice girl there. I think she's stressed and lashing out. Wouldn't be the first person I've seen act like that."

She sighs and looks at her growing stomach a bit. "Mmf, this things gonna keep gettin' heavier too."

She blinks a moment and looks back to Krill, tilting her head and raising an eyebrow. "Wait a tick. Okay you an her have been married for awhile, yet you two don't have a kid together? Given how prolific the folks around here are, this place should be swarming with kids, dozens an dozens of em. I mean, I get why you wouldn't want that, it'd be a ton of stress and take a lot of time and resources t' care for em all. But I've not seen a one. So... What's with that? Am I just unobservant, they kept indoors or somethin, or what?"

She waits for an answer, tail swishing back and forth a bit as she thinks and reorients her balance.

 

[Vyrian]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

Erin's face changed from her smile to an annoyed, then angry stare as the man started naming things he had done for her, stopping dead in her tracks. Was he trying to make her feel bad after what this village had done to her? She felt another surge of fury rise as she remembered the events yesterday, but held it down before it got the better of her judgement, taking a deep breath before speaking.

"Funny you should mention that. Here I was thinking you actually felt bad for your people tying me up and treating me like shit. Naive of me." She replied coldly, pulling her hand off the man's grasp before she decided to roast him on an impulse, taking a deep breath to calm herself, her features relaxing as she slowly let the air out.

"Look, David. You're not as bad, or not in the same sense. Or at least to me. And if you'd asked me before the whole mess when I arrived, I'd probably have accepted, specially with you being... well, like you are. But it happened, and now I find it pretty hard to trust anyone here." She shrugs. "Take that as you will."

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

"I don't know how you feel, Erin..." David said with a sad sigh. "You say you were treated horribly. How was I supposed to see? I wasn't there. I did what I could to make your experience better after the fact..." He shrugged. "If you pull away from me, then I'll never know how you're feeling." he said, before walking out of the cave and spotting Krill's house up ahead.

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Krill didn't seem too put off by Denna's words. "Truly, such are merely appearances." he argued. "I've felt you. I've talked with you. Your outside may be tough and sturdy, but what I see on the inside is a little softie~" he cooed, giving Denna a kiss on her cheek before she broke their embrace.

Then in regards to the question about Sam, Krill replied without too much hesitation. "Well, Sam has had many children. Most were animals though. She didn't seem too keen on having children of our own until she said she was ready. After Kyubi left us, she seems a little more into the idea now. I guess while serving Kyubi and birthing pups, she was too busy to properly raise a child." he said.

 

[Zilrax]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

Poor Sam. Denna truly felt bad for the poor woman. To not have the power to fight back and to have only one choice to keep her mind and her love. And to have to bare every species but her own to avoid letting Kyubi prey on her children too. It was the sort of situation she always fought to prevent for others. All she could do for her now though is try to prevent this from repeating and break them of their one bad habit. For now though...

She smirked a bit at Krill. "Softy huh? Guess we'll see. I can be rough when I need to be, like I said. Think the softest thing about me is the new addition myself." She swishes her tail about as she looks back at it. "You've no idea how weird it feels to have your spine extend out of your body. Wonder how the priests are gonna take seeing this. I've been observing them and they're the jealous type. I'm going to have to have a long talk with them about what it means to be a leader. They're too important to get bogged down in petty things like that. That or well, I'll have to do it."

Truthfully that was always the goals. The priests would be rough but they felt threatened. If mollified properly that they still were important to everything, she suspected she could use them to her advantage and perhaps gently nudge their perceptions. She needed information on the cult overall though, the actual beliefs beyond Kyubi is god and sex is good no matter what. This was going to be a long term project clearly.

She took a seat again, or best she could with her tail. "Well, for now we wait I guess. Can't find Erin without clothes. Well I can but I rather not get all chilly. Tail can't cover much. Honestly never expected anything like this to happen to me. Though I guess it's just gonna progress long as I'm around, hm. You mentioned yesterday that folks come by and trade sometimes. Like who? From where?"

 

[Vyrian]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

"How I feel?" Erin walks alongside David, answering firmly but not aggressively. "I feel like shit, like I've been used as a ragcloth, like I was less than one of the bloody animals here. I've been drugged and tied, I've had my mind tampered with and I'm neither happy nor forgiving about it." She looks at David and sighs, giving him a weak smile.

"But still... I appreciate the, your, effort. Really." She takes a deep breath, then another, forcing herself to relax and pushing the memories away from her mind, before extending a hand to David now that she thought she wouldn't burn him. If holding hands was enough to make him happy, it was a small enough sacrifice.

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

Indeed, it did seem enough to please David a little. He smiled back at her and looked content to walk just like that. Even though he still looked under the impression that Erin's experience wasn't as bad as she made it, but wasn't under the influence of disputing it, only seeking to comfort her instead by holding her hand.

That's when they approached Krill's house. Sam was outside wearing a revealing dress. David waved to her in welcoming, and she waved back, only glancing at Erin for a moment unless she also gave a greeting. David knocked on the door, and after a moment, Krill opened it. "Howdy Krill! Look who I got!" David announced.

"Howdy you two!" Krill greeted the both of them.

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"Random faces drift through town, often enough they don't come back, as they travel all about seeking good trade prices, selling low and buying high. We don't have too many common traders we see around these parts, mostly cuz we aren't listed on most maps." said Krill.

But then there came a knock on the door. He went to open it, and on the other side was Erin and David holding hands. "Howdy Krill! Look who I got!" David announced.

"Howdy you two!" Krill greeted the both of them.

 

[Vyrian]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

Erin's only greeting for Sam was a straightforward, clear glare, which lasted until David knocked on the door and they were on their way in.

"Hey Krill, hey..." Erin's not-very-enthusiastic greeting was interrupted when she set eyes on Denna's naked body - which looked much, much better than the last time she'd seen it, probably owing to being clean and well rested. The scars on the tall woman's body drew a picture of how hard her life had been, and knowing that behind each one there was a story made it hard not to ask, specially the large ones on her hips, too old to have been caused by the local animals.

But more than that, the warrior's butt had another unexpected addition like Erin's own - and Erin realized that there were more alarming things to run into than a chubby tail like, say, one that looked like it had been taken straight from Kyubi. Her eyes narrowed when she saw that, raising her head a moment later to look at Denna.

Relax. Take a deep breath. It might just be a coincidence, might be a side effect of magical corruption. Kyubi's probably spilled everywhere here, wouldn't be surprised if things took to looking more like her here.

Still, she didn't find it too simple to relax, so she released her hand from David's and walked up to Denna biting her lip in worry. "Alright, Den, what'd you cook for a meal when we first met?" She asked directly, with a surprisingly caring and worried tone.

 

[Zilrax]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

"That makes sense. I was a caravan guard a fair bit when I first started out.," hums Denna. Her thoughts were interrupted as there was a knock at the door. Krill went to answer it, revealing David and Erin. Surprising, even more so that they were holding hands and David didn't have any scorch marks on his.

Erin's eyes immediately seemed to beeline onto her tail, and her eyes narrowed. She almost felt a chill, not due to the glare but because she didn't know what sort of thoughts ran through the girls head and she didn't want her spine barbecued. Truthfully Erin scared Denna a little. However she seemed to be a little concerned as she walked up to Denna.

Denna's eyes however promptly fell onto Erin's own appendage trailing her. It was big and kinda tubby, reptilian and yellow with black spots. It looked squishy. Erin had a tubby tail. The thought nearly made Denna burst out into a giggle fit at the thought, but she held her tongue, and facial appearance stoicly. She rather not have the girl angry right now, and she likely was as scared about it as Denna was about her own at first.

The girl's question and tone surprised Denna. She had expected a tongue lashing or a fire lashing or worse. "I made a stew for us. Nothing special, since I don't exactly carry spices or can afford em. Wait, did you think I was an impostor?," blinks Denna, tilting her head as her tail swishes, "I don't think I'd make a really good choice for that sorta thing, I seem to get into weird situations lately. So uh... See you got a spine extension too."

She looked at the girl's tail a bit curiously, before snapping her fingers then looking to David. "Hey David. You mind helping me with getting pants that can fit m' tail proper? You've got a way fancier hand at tailorin' and smithing. I hate to impose but well, if I did it myself I'd butcher the whole thing. I figure Erin might need the same done, though that's her call."

She sighs and stretches a bit then looks to Krill and David. "Mind if I talk to Erin in the back for a bit, while I'm asking things? Think we got stuff to discuss. Assuming y' care to come with, Erin." She looked at the girl questioningly.

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

Re: Bloodthirsty Idealism (Zilrax&Vyrian) GM'd by MAF

David would nod with a smile at Denna. "Of course! Mind, I know how outsiders are foreign to the whole nudity thing, but I hope you can bear with it or find some measure of comfort in bedsheets until I can finish my work. Then, you can be swinging those tails with pride!" David said with excitement.

Krill would give a nod of understanding. "Sure, go have a private moment with your friend as you see fit. But I do have to wonder where your other friend went... I get the feeling she's the one who stole a lot of our things..." Krill hummed at the thought of the sukuta who left with their valuables.