A study in the eldritch (Lunaraia;Pervy;MortalitasBorealis)

[Pervy]

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"Uuuh Pizza time." The Phoenix Enthused "You have re-earned my respect, demonic one."
She said, munching her overhot pizza. Her graces as fickle as the flame. "I mean if you can conjure me somethin' fizzy.. not too sugary though, we dun want the Korrister getting too high."
The Phoenix grinned with enthusiasm, starting to relax with the out-time, exhaling thoughtfully. "Oi, wait a moment."
She invited, lifting her mug to toast Aya. "Sorry if I be hard on you or your super-witch grandma. 's just.. I'm angry as fuck, always smouldering under the surface. I try not to blame the eldritch grafitti twins, cause I know they were used, in my head I know it, but.. shit.. it's hard for me, ok."
She rubbed a hand through her eyes, shaking off a moment of almost tears. "Me passions and worries burn hot. You better have plans for holding me back once mission heal Christine's done and it gets to burning whoever was behind that bullshit. Thanks for the sips. Now go do boring stuff again so I dun have to."

She waved over, refocusing on Korrie, response nonwithstanding of course.
"Ya know, a part of me is worried about testing out scribblegirls limits. I mean, shieet, imagine she writes omniscient on your forehead? .. Better not to bring that up next to her, eh?"
The Phoenix-pet showed off her erratic, but sharp mind. "The cold sucks for me. It is my primary counter, worse than water, water I can boil. It might be a psychological blockabloo thing but.. fuck us, we're in the middle of dreamland, no real way out of psychologics, eh?"

"Oh it could totally be lewder.. but with Mistress.. but yeah, honestly, we can horny it up a little.. once we kick library butt." The loving phoenix insisted.
"OI! Earth to Korrie. dream earth I guess. ya were staring off into the distance all inner-monologuey."

She shook, her head briefly, before nodding. "Alright, Korrie, lets do it like that, we munch, we train some combos, we wait for the witch-brigade to return, and ready ourselfs for the trips into the ice-zones. I .. kinda wanna test me ice-flame too, I do wonder if that stuff works better when its super cold but.. perhaps not with stuff on the line, and our energy needing saving up for the library.. heeh.. not like I couldn't out-battery the whole lot of ya, even the old hag."
She grinned, and flexed with fiery energy, before inviting Korrie to do some more flamboyant than martially effective moves with her..

 

[Lunaraia]

Aya paused for a moment at Fey’s request, Fizzy but non-fattening eh? alright. She closed her eyes for a moment and then a moment later, handed Fey a pint glass full of carbonated mineral water. “That should do it for your request, I would give you some soft drinks, but the best I could do in that regard would be carbonated juice like I made for myself.” She then nodded as Korrie asked for lemonade and soon she was given a glass of that as well.

“A bit of simple homework for you. If you want refills, use your dreamer powers to do so. It’s not that hard. I’ll be back in about an hour with dessert. Enjoy yourselves now.” with that Aya sauntered out of the room, and wouldn’t be back for the next hour. When she did, she would return with 2 banana splits and a tray of condiments that the girls could choose from themselves.



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As the twins were burying themselves in the menus, Aila looked up from her own. “If I were to venture a guess, the menu only shows things you would find tasty. However, just because it’s tasty does not mean it’s safe to eat.” She then went silent for a few moments. “That aside… Mind if I order for all three of us, I promise it’ll be nice!” Aila looked at the twins with a hopeful expression.

If the twins let her do that, they would be in for a treat. As Aila called a server order and pointed at a few things on the menu. The server nodded and gave a warm smile. “Of course, little miss, just a moment” About half a minute later, the server would return with a rather large bottle and pour drinks for all three.

A few minutes after that, the twins and Aila would be given a small bowl of berries whose colors changed like the rainbow. “Appetisers, as per the request of the little lady. Do enjoy yourselves.” Eating the berries would cause their eye color to shift through all seven colors of the rainbow in a slow, lazy manner. Nothing hypnotic, unless you were ultra susceptible, but still eye-catching.

As they were enjoying the berries, the main dish would arrive. A large steak with a strawberry like scent. It would have a succulent and well-rounded flavor and only ever so slightly chewy texture. The sauce it was served in was some kind of pepper sauce with potatoes, carrots and a bit of lettuce on the side. If any of the twins checked the menu, they would notice that this steak seemed to invoke sensations of relaxation and happiness when eaten.

If the twins decided they would order separately, Aila would still order these things for herself, and while clearly slightly disappointed, wouldn’t seem too distraught over it at all.

 

[MortalitasBorealis]

“It’s okay, Korrie doesn’t get sugar highs. Though, Korrie doesn’t like things that are too sweet anyway.” The wyvern girl remarked. She didn’t recall ever getting a significant energy rush from eating sugary substances, at least. She shrugged as Fey remarked about ‘scribblegirl’ as well. “Korrie doubts that script power is that omnipotent, but… would it hurt to try? Hmm. Really big wishes like that tend to have monkey’s paw effects. Maybe it’s best not to go too far.”

“Mm, but do we have to train now? We already do that with Baba Yaga. Korrie feels more like eating pizza than training. Maybe Korrie could watch you practice and help come up with ideas though.” The pet wyvern said, content to just laze around, eat her snacks and watch her sister pet show off. Maybe she was just feeling a bit melancholic and low energy. Though she’s always been a bit of a slacker anyway.

She did try to refill her drink after taking a few sips, using her dreamer powers as Aya told her to. She tried to imagine the taste and look of the drink, and imagined the remaining lemonade expanding and refilling the cup. She didn’t try all that hard though.

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The twins looked at Aila with mild surprise. “Oh? Well sure, why not?” Shiroi agreed with a grin, and Kuroi smiled and nodded as well. They weren’t expecting the golem to have recommendations, but they sure were interested in what those recommendations are.

Allowing Aila to order for them, the first dish proved to be a bowl of some kind of berries, which tasted sweet, though it wasn’t until Shiroi pointed it out that the two noticed it did more than taste good. It was easy to entertain themselves watching each other’s eyes change color and commenting on what colors looked best on each other, before the main dish arrived.

“Meat that smells sweet? Now that’s new.” Shiroi mused after sniffing the steak, before digging in.

“It doesn’t taste sweet though, thankfully. Not sure what to compare it too, but the flavor and texture are all well rounded. It’s nice.” Kuroi commented as well after savoring the first bite. Steak dinners were quite the luxury for the two of them, so it was especially an interesting experience. “I wonder if it does anything magical as well?”

“I haven’t noticed anything yet. Let me check the menu. …Maybe it’s this one? If it is then it’s just supposed to evoke relaxation. Which I guess it did. Hm, just curious, have you had this before, Aila?” Shiroi looked to their golem girlfriend.

 

[Pervy]

The Phoenix-girl gave the sparkling water a thoughtful sip, half tilting her head, before staring at the glass, as if attemptint to intimidate it into refilling itself posthaste. "Uh, bonus question, what if she writes 'monkey' on you, will you turn into a monkey?"
Fey theorized with amusement. "Hmnnn ok you dream up some Pizza I will..."
She crossed her arms thoughtfully. "Not really sure how I'd train though. Guess I could throw one fireball at another.. nah that's too desctrutive. Perhaps I'll try some fire-shaping. Like more than just animals.."
She nodded, creating a phoenix-shaped fire easily enough, before pondering on. "Also, hey, Korrie, are you lazing about again! We're literally asleep, I think, can't laze on more!"
Fey decided to motivate the Wyvern with the tried and true method of poking her lazy scaley side.

"World isn't all lewds and pizza'ing about, gotta work now for more lazing about later!"
She insisted, accompanied by another prodding.

 

[Lunaraia]

Korrie would succeed in her attempt to refill her drink as she imagined, though the drink had this strange… ephemeral feel to it, as if it wasn’t completely there. It slaked her thirst and taste as she wanted it to, though.

Just as Fey began her poking, however, they could hear something from outside the room. Several doors opened in rapid succession, along with multiple muffled voices. A few moments later, the door opened and a bunch of people looked into the room with a flabbergasted expression. And if the laden bags were anything to go by, they were not there for a cordial visit.

Their surprise at the sight of the two of them changed from surprise to delight in short order, however, given the naked state of both Korrie and Fey. “Hey, now, looks like we hit the jackpot.” The leader of the group stepped out from the rest of them with a lecherous grin as he scratched his bushy, unkempt beard. “Now, why don’t the two of you be good girls and come along quietly, and there won’t be any trouble.”

As he was speaking, another of the people dropped his bag, showing that it was packed full of hastily stashed food from the ship’s larder, leaving no doubt that they were not supposed to be on board. Of particular interest to Fey would be the jar of peppers.

As if to hammer the message home, Aya’s voice could be heard via magic. “It would seem we have some uninvited guests on board. If you see them, deal with them as you wish, as the group I ran into just tried to stab me when I refused to ‘service’ them. ” She sounded disgusted, more than anything, as she said the last part. The message was obvious, though. The two pets were free to handle it as they felt like it, to the detriment of the intruders, if need be.

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Ayla seemed delighted at the twins’ reactions to her choices. When asked about the food, she shook her head. “I haven’t eaten this myself, but… It’s the traditional food for new couples to eat…” Her voice trailed off as she took a deep sip from her glass, causing her hair to suddenly take on the look of a starry night sky. “The reason it’s a traditional meal is that, well…” Her voice trailed off again as she ate her steak, as if purposefully postponing the answer, be it from embarrassment or nervousness.

A few moments later, she took a deep breath. “The entire meal, while not only tasty and having some flashy… visuals… also has a few effects when all of it is eaten together.” She said, suddenly seeming more calm and confident. She also gave an unusual, mischievous smile.

“If you have some of the drink, meat and berries in a brief span of time, it helps to ease nervousness, boosts confidence and has an ever so slight aphrodisiac effect. Nothing debilitating, but enough to get new couples over the first speed bump, if you get what I mean.” Whatever nervousness and timidness Aila displayed before seemed swept away, even as she looked at the two of them with clear, unabashed interest.

 

[MortalitasBorealis]

“Korrie would rather not test that…” The wyvern girl sweatdropped. Though she did wonder if ‘Scribblegirl’ could write more than instructions and descriptors to manifest. Could she really transform things? There were a lot of useful applications for something like that.

With a little focus, Korrie was happy to see that mentally refilling her drink had worked out. There was a slight strangeness to it as she tasted it, an illusory feeling, like the drink wasn’t truly there. Yet it looked and tasted real enough. She contemplated that feeling while watching Fey casually use her powers to create a fire phoenix.

…She felt a tinge of jealousy. Her sister pet was leagues stronger than her, and much as she had reservations about those two interlopers that crashed into their lives and made it so much more complicated, the strength and flexibility of their powers were also indisputable. Compared to them, she was almost helpless. Regular fire breath and a little enhanced strength… A flicker of memory flitted by of how she barely contributed against those… moonkin or whatever they were called, those squid things that attacked their ship before. While that feeling of disparity would motivate some to get stronger, and perhaps in the right mental state it would for Korrie, in her current lethargy it merely made her less motivated to do anything, groaning quietly while Fey poked at her.

“Nngg, it doesn’t count if we’re still conscious… It’s not like we don’t work at all… Korrie just doesn’t feel like-” She began to complain, practically sinking into her seat, when weird noises coming from outside snapped her from her listless stupor. “You hear that?” She asked, sitting back up straight. Those noises were off. It sounded like frantic rummaging, and there were weird masculine voices. Right before she decided to get up to go investigate, the source of the disturbance opened the door themselves.

For a moment, Korrie stared back with just as much confusion, though the thought that she was naked in front of a bunch of men didn’t register at all. Nor the thought that they were burglars, for that matter. For that brief moment, her first assumption was that some dreamers out in the waking world had somehow stumbled here in their dreams in a freak coincidence. The idea they were being attacked by strangers out of nowhere just didn’t occur to her, not when they’ve been alone out on the open ocean for so long, not when there’s been no warning at all.

At least, until their leader started talking like a bandit. Then it finally clicked in her head, and that complete bewilderment quickly turned into panic. “P-Pirates?! When did they-” She stammered, scrambling to her feet. She wasn’t used to being in danger, though Aya’s voice in her mind helped soothe her a lot, an authority confirming the situation for her. Even still, she was left in a fight-or-flight state, her lack of self-confidence biting her in a crisis. Flight was not an option though, so there was only one thing left to do.

“G-GO AWAY!” She yelled, before taking a quick breath and spewing a stream of red hot flame at the robbers. Angry and fearful, her flames functioned like normal fire, searing and burning, though not hot enough to do more than repel with some light burns. Greater desperation would see those flames grow more intense rapidly, but with Fey around, those heightened emotions might not be necessary to get a real fire going…

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Elsewhere, blissfully ignorant of what is happening back on the ship, the twins continue enjoying their candlelit steak dinner with their new girlfriend. The two shared a look of mild surprise and amusement at the reason for Aila’s choice, coupled with wonderment seeing how the golem’s hair transformed with a beautiful starry effect, and waited while she explained why this particular combo of dishes was considered a romantic tradition. Curiously, there was a subtle but notable change in the girl’s tone, the reason for which was soon revealed.

“Oho, clever~ A combination of subtle mood nudges to set up the best first date.” Shiroi smirked, amused and impressed. “Good thing we ended up here then. Wouldn’t be able to afford coming to a place like this if we did sneak out on our own.”

“Indeed. You could almost call it fateful~” Kuroi giggled softly, “Though I’m sure we would’ve found our own fun regardless.” She said as she sipped her own drink, her sibling doing the same, wondering if the starry hair effect is consistent or if it’ll do something different for everyone. The neko thought for a few seconds, her fluffy ears twitching. “…By the way, your usual self is cute, but I also like this confident side of you.” Kuroi ended up saying, smiling back with a light blush and a flirty glint in her eyes. She liked the way Aila was looking at them, and so did Shiroi, who nodded and grinned.

“Yep, there’s a certain charm to confidence. You’re always huggable, but right now I’m starting to feel like doing more than that~” The albino teased, feeling flirtier than usual as well. The effect of the food may not be as pronounced on the sisters who don’t need as much of a confidence booster, but it certainly had its intended effect. “But no need to rush. Let’s take our time and enjoy ourselves, and once we get back to the ship, maybe we can… enjoy ourselves some more, hm?” She continued, emphasizing two certain words and chuckling at her own joke while she continued savoring the food and drink.

She never thought about matters of romance before. It wasn’t all that long ago that she was slowly withering away on a hospital bed, having long since come to terms with a fate cut short. Even with that aside, she never considered herself the romantic sort. But this feeling in her heart is pretty enjoyable, actually…

 

[Pervy]

"Lazy Kor-Kor, Lazy. This way III get to service mistress first when she's all good again!" She combined enthusiasm and encouragement with a new nickname for Korrie in a swift go


"Huh?"
Fey simply made, observing the rattling of visitors, with a mixture of suprise, confusion, and finally, happy realization as her fiery brain quickly connected the dots. She wasn't stupid, she was just flighty! Also, this was very much like her prior occupation as heroine... Of course there was an inward protest at the pepper-thievery, HOWEVER! That came second to justice.. And Justice came second to a chance of going all out happy power burny mood, without any weird toads or horny succuwitches telling her 'bue bue bue no Feyfey, you can't do that because they're Virgo's and you're fishes and the eldritch something or another isn't working out!'


-Hold on though, wouldn't it be hillarious to pretend to service them first- Fey thought. Really hard. She couldn't actually communicate telephatically, she just figured this was how it worked. Ok perhaps she was a little stupid.

"Alright, I was about to say something like surrender and you wont get burned..."
Fey mused, looking over to Korrie, as usual, having a vastly different emotional response to her, as she grinned over. "Perhaps you can be rehabilitated or somesuch? Hrmnnn... Uh, uh, I know, I'll find a way to use you as fodder when Grumpy Grandma is bothering me again, just.. kinda rope ya up and release you? Nah, prolly not gonna work.."
Fey mused, all too casually controlling Korrie's flames with a handwave, turning Korrie's flames into a burning ring of fire. Her hand went up, and then down, down down, and the flames went higher, trapping the erstwhile robbers, unless they managed to escape, Fey seeming confident she could encircle and capture the men rather than burn them to a crisp.

"Uh uh! Less burning for anyone that got any good pancake Intel?"
She added, her heart at the right place.

 

[Lunaraia]

The intruders laughed at Korrie’s outburst, amused by her distress, though their smiles faded somewhat as they turned their attention to Fey’s circle of fire. “This is a fiery boat, so it figures there would be a fire mage.” Their leader pulled out a powder and threw it at the fire, which diminished it, but didn’t put it out entirely, which seemed to surprise him. Then, after giving Fey an incredulous, somewhat stunned by her unusual attitude. He shook himself out of the stupor it put him in. “Bah, just charge through, there’s only two of em!”

At the leader’s order, the rest of them charged through the fire, bracing for the burns they were doomed to receive as they pulled out chains, gags and some strange-looking collars filled with runes that glowed an eerie purple. “Just stand still, poppets, and you will be feeling nice and docile real soon.” As the goon he said so, he opened up the collar and moved in towards Fey, with the clear intent of putting it on her. Korrie would likewise be approached by a big burly guy who wasted no time flinging a steel net at her once she was within range.



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Aila would lean closer to Shiroi, easily far within her personal space, so close her nose would almost touch hers. “A brilliant idea, my cute little oxeye daisy” She would then give Shiroi a quick peck on the cheek before retreating to her own seat.

Kuroi would not be wanting for attention either, as Aila would reach over and pull her chair close. “You know, little kitten, while I am feeling confident, I have some ideas about what I could do to the two of you. Ideas that will make both of you… Putty. In. My. Hands” As she spoke, Kuroi could feel Aila’s hand teasing the base of her tail, sending many strange and unusual sensations up to her brain.

 

[MortalitasBorealis]

Korrie certainly didn’t cut an imposing figure, scared as she was. At least during the fight with the moonkin they had everyone present and she could fly into the air, now she was cramped inside the sauna room with no way out. A part of her still believed that things were under control, between Aya and Fey there was no way a bunch of bandits would be able to do anything, but still. There once was a time when she tried to be a hero back in the city, but truth be told, it was half for publicity and half a delusion of grandeur. She had no training, nor ever really got around to fighting any villains. Even now after having made it through a few battles, she was far from experienced.

So when the bandits were bold enough to just break through the lasso of flame, her panic swiftly escalated. “FEY! TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY!!” She yelled pleadingly, her wide eyes locked onto the burly man charging for her. It may have been to her benefit that her first instinct was to flee, as she immediately dived to the side into a roll right as he attempted to throw the net rather than try to engage him. The realization that she didn’t know where to go next, both due to a guarded exit and a refusal to just ditch Fey, switched her flailing instincts back from flight to fight.

With a frantic scream, Korrie charged back towards the big man, breathing a continuous stream of wrathful fire to cover her approach, before throwing a punch at him center mass. Unlike Fey who was still interested in toying with her opponents, the wyvern girl was in full survival mode, and did not hold back one bit. She had no idea what to expect when she threw that punch, having taken into account very little, but whatever happens, it would surely shape her expectations of herself going forward…

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Shiroi was taken by surprise by Aila’s sudden bold move, reflexively leaning back with widened eyes as the normally shy golem girl leaned close, staring into each other’s eyes, feeling each other’s breath, before receiving a peck on the cheek. “Oxeye daisy? That’s a new one. Not even sure what one looks like, but I’m sure it’s pretty~” She mused, a happy blush on her face.

Kuroi giggled while watching the show of affection, before it was her turn to receive the emboldened golem’s attention. She didn’t shy away, letting Aila draw close, and a shiver of pleasure travelled up her spine when the golem girl began expertly playing with her tail. “O-Oh~? I didn’t know my tail could feel like that…” She murmured, ears twitching and tail curling about while Aila’s fingers teased the base. The neko sounded like she was purring after a bit, closing her eyes and enjoying the feeling.

“Heh, you really should keep the cat bits after all this~” Shiroi chuckled while fawning over her adorable sister, reaching out and giving the back of those fluffy triangles a gentle scratching. “I’m curious how you intend to do the same to me, Aila~ I guess there’s the usual spots, but maybe you’ll surprise me?” She gave Aila a teasing smirk, challenging her to make good on her words of making her putty without sensitive animal bits to exploit or ‘ordinary’ weakspots. She was getting eager to go back and get started now…

 

[Pervy]

"Oi. Lookit that! They got some fire extinguishing powder. Wonder if its made of dream sodium bicarbonate.." She mused, pointing at the powder with curious amazement. "Mostly impressed with how prepared those fellows are.. oh right, taking things serious.."
The Wyverngirls-remark had her shaken up, not the.. fleeing type, never had been, she slammed her left hand upon her lower arm, and two fingers outstreched towards the first poor man daring to step towards her, shrugging, almost apologetically towards the first man before her, before intensifying her flames.. whoever dared step up right before her would not do so unscorched, nor without hearing her catch-phrase, her fighting spirit burning higher with her sister-pets plight.

"Haaah.. Phoenix-Flame-Incernation!" She'd declare, engulfing the first to come close to her in a vortex of focused flame. "Sorry, but can't have ya steel the ship or distress her!"
She'd remark, fingers flaring with heat in her far more directed, agressive counter-assault.

 

[Lunaraia]

Korrie’s sudden dodge, followed by flame-covered charge took her attacker off guard, allowing her to land a solid punch right in his stomach. If this was back on earth, the punch would have left a huge, fist shaped hole in his body because of her enhanced strength.

However, because of the Dreamlands’ pseudo-real nature, he was instead sent flying backwards with such force he slammed into the wall. He was stuck for a second from the sheer force of the impact, before falling to the ground face-first. It was impossible to tell if he was dead or not from this distance.

Because of the more flashy attacks of Fey, however, most of the men turned their sights upon her, leaving Korrie with an opening to aid her slave-sister, provided she could muster up the courage to do so, even more so now that she saw just how strong she was.

Fey’s attacker was engulfed in Feys’ flames, causing him to stagger backwards with a pained yell as he dropped to the floor to extinguish himself. This caused her to become the center of attention though, as while Korrie’s absurd strength took them off guard, it was easier to subdue someone who was just strong, than someone who could incinerate you.

“Get the damn efreet. It might sting, but she’ll be worth a fortune when we sell her!” The leader’s goons spread out, as much as they could to hamper Fey’s movements as they closed in. The boss scattered more of the powder that doused her flames to interfere with her powers. “We’ll have you yet, brat.” He licked his lips, not even attempting to hide his lecherous leer at her assets.

One man tossed a similar metal net to that which was chucked at Korrie towards fey. While simultaneously, another moved in with a strange contraption that looked like a collar attached to a stick. It was clear he intended to snap it around Fey’s neck, and since this collar carried the same runes as the others, would likely to be bad if he succeeded.



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Aila turned her attention back to Shiroi. “Why keep it a surprise when you’ll look adorable as a pliant putty in my hands?” Aila reached over and gently cupped Shiroi’s ear. As she did so, there was a strange sound? Coming from her hands. It was a sound, yet not a sound. And a few moments later, it was as if a slight haze descended over everything. A nice pleasant haze that made everything better.

”I’m sure you’re a bit confused about what’s going on, so let me explain. Right now my hand is releasing a special set of ultrasound-waves that stimulates the pleasure and reward centers of your brain directly. They are on the cusp of what a person can hear, so you might pick it up like a slight tone that fluctuates in and out of your hearing range. However, as you might have noticed, it’s quite efficient to make someone putty if you apply it just right.”

As she said so, the intensity of the sound escalated for a moment, causing Shiroi to feel like her entire body was made of jelly for a moment as the sensation of pure “niceness” intensified. There was nothing sexual about it. It just made her feel good and lazy. It was so hard to care about anything when that sound made everything feel so… perfect, so right!

Aila turned back towards Kuroi. “Sorry to say, pretty kitty, but the downside of your absolutely adorable cat-like addition is that your inner ear is right now so different these sound waves wouldn’t do anything but give you a headache.” Aila would continue her ministrations for another minute before releasing both girls and returning to her meal. “So, putty enough for you, little daisy?” she would ask nonchalantly, as she took another bite of her food.

 

[MortalitasBorealis]

The result of Korrie’s desperate attack was straight out of a shonen anime. The wyvern girl stared wide-eyed as the large thug was sent flying as if she’d punched a pillow, taken out in a single blow. Her own strength shocked her; with how sturdy the moonkin squid things had been, she hadn’t really internalized how much physically stronger she had become until she finally faced an ordinary foe. The feeling of the commemorative ring on her tail from her flight training felt clearer for a moment.

Sure, she still had a long way to go to compare with her magically adept companions. But punching out a few burglars with some minor magic gizmos? Yeah, maybe she could handle that afterall.

Her critical success gave Korrie a sorely needed confidence boost, and quelled the mind-numbing panic, giving her a moment to actually assess the situation. Although the wyvern girl’s feat had clearly not gone unnoticed, Fey was doing a great job at being the center of attention. This meant Korrie had a few seconds to think and reposition herself, and though she couldn’t come up with any grand strategy quickly, she did remember a trick she once saw in anime that she became very fond of. It was worth a shot.

While most of the burglars kept trying to target Fey, Korrie moved to the flank, making no effort to stay hidden from wary eyes. Instead, after finding a good angle, she breathed in and spat a fireball… which sailed well above the group and hit the ceiling. It was such a wide miss that it could only be intentional, and that was the bet. All she needed was for the burglars to be distracted by that fireball, to watch it either by reflex or fear that it was some kind of ploy.

In that instant, Korrie lunged forward, using her strength to kick-boost herself towards the group of criminals and throw a punch at one of them, having lined it up to send him flying into as many of his peers as possible, like playing bowling. She would then try to use her momentum to keep barreling forward through the crowd, to escape being surrounded and throw them into as much chaos as possible. Hopefully, Fey will pick up on the opportunity and hit them with something big while they’re down.

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Curious and frisky, Shiroi sat still while Aila cupped her ears. She was expecting some kind of massage, and it kind of was, but it’s more like there was an inaudible sound coming from the golem’s hands. She felt the vibrations, thrumming faintly, pleasantly, and quickly the albino’s focus started to disperse. It was hard to even pay attention to what Aila was saying, ears cupped and vibrating like this, but she managed to, until the ultrasound intensified, and soon only the pleasant vibrating filled her head. Aila would be treated to watching the willful girl’s expression soften into a relaxed daze while she slouched back in her seat, hazy eyes staring straight ahead, a lazy groan leaving her parted lips. Pliant, like putty.

Kuroi watched on with curiosity and a bit of amusement, seeing her sister fall into a sleepy trance so easily. Shame she can’t experience it herself, apparently, but, “That’s alright, I have my own unique experiences already.” She said, her ears twitching cutely and her tail swaying happily.

It took a moment for Shiroi to recover after Aila stopped. She felt so relaxed, zoning out just now, that she felt some longing for the feeling to continue, like that moment of waking up and her body still yearned for 5 more minutes. “Wasn’t expecting that, but that was nice, I liked it~ Would be perfect for falling asleep to.” She remarked with equal nonchalance, getting back to finishing her meal. She felt like that trance could be used for more than just a sleeping aid, but she didn’t worry about it. In fact, she held anticipation for what ideas the golem girl might have once they’re in private…

 

[Pervy]

"You vile intruders are no challenge for our Burning Passion!" She determined, taking the time to strike an impromptu sailor-moon-esque pose. "Yeah get the Efreet, bet He'll be more of a challenge, ... oh I'm the Efreet. oooooh" She realized, before sideglancing to Korrie. "Hey, Sis, ya missed, Get the big shouty one, the rest will run away!"

She misunderstood, finding herself the centre of attention.. something she actually quite enjoyed, Feyline briefly considered redirecting the fireball.. but this all was getting a big chaotic, including the dragon-barreling Korrie. These close quarter quarrels weren't actually her strong suit, not if she wanted to avoid burning Korrie and or herself along with the unlucky bandits. Then again...
"Uh, I know, let's do this."
She determined, lifting a single finger and letting fire coalesce around it, a brief memory of tendrils slithering in long corridors, and her flame diminished, at the same time turning green. This extinguishing powder was some good impromptu preparation, but she doubted the bandit had something for eldritch flames, perhaps she'd try blasting the leader herself, she determined, whilest Korrie went into a suprisingly enthusiastic melee brawl she aimed, best as she could in the swift chaos of combat and declared: "Let's see if you can extinguish this... Eldritch Flame Bullet!"

 

[Lunaraia]

As the fireball exploded from above, the men squinted up at it, distracted, just like corrie planned. This would give Fey the opening she needed to fire her own eldritch flame attack at them, which she succeeded controlling, despite the accompanying headache using the flames caused.

The shot hit the leader in the chest, where it fizzled out. A moment later, however, the man grabbed his head and screamed incoherently as he swung wildly, attacking everyone within reach, incapable of distinguishing friend from foe in his rabid frenzy.

This caused further distractions for the other intruders, making them oblivious to the charging Korrie, who charged through most of them as if they weren’t even there, maybe surprising even her with how easy it was for her to just barrel through them.

When corrie reached the leader, however, she was stopped cold, as a punch hit her in her shoulder with such force she was sent careening off to the side, barely missing Fey as she sailed past. Whatever fire Fey used not only caused the leader to go berserk, but also seemed to be a physical stimulant on him. A far cry from the effect she witnessed earlier on the plane of fire.

Fey could consider that later, however, as the leader now set his sights on her and charged her with a maddened scream, eyes ablaze with green light and froth streaming from his mouth.



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Aila leaned back in her seat and gave her a coy smile. “Oh, I could certainly give you some more later, within reason, of course. As with everything that your brain derives pleasure from, it can be addictive if used too much. You wouldn’t want to be completely reliant on my approval to get your pleasure fix… or would you?” She reached out her hand again but stopped short, an open invitation for Shiroi to indulge.

Before Shiroi could accept or deny the offered hand, she would lower it, however, as she turned her attention towards Kuroi. “As for you little kitten, I am sure I can find some way to let you experience something similar, though I would need to do some research… and find out how to make me as daring as this permanently. There is no way my usual timid self could do either.” She ate some more food and drink, lost in thought for the moment.

 

[MortalitasBorealis]

The attack went as planned, up to a point. Korrie’s distraction worked, allowing Fey to shoot some kind of green flame at the leader and cause him to enter a psychotic frenzy. The wyvern girl charged forward at the same time, barreling into the crowd. At this point she was already confident she could do it, but even still it surprised her just how effortlessly she was smashing people aside, it’s like they weighed nothing at all… Until a stray punch hit her shoulder, causing her to yelp and throwing her off track, falling over and tumbling to the ground, the momentum sending her rolling all the way to a wall.

“Gah! Ow…” Korrie lay on the floor, disoriented. Her shoulder hurt, but it wasn’t too bad. She frantically tried to scramble to her feet as soon as she caught her bearings; she would’ve been very vulnerable just now if the bandits hadn’t been thrown into complete disarray already. At this point, the only real threat seemed to be the possessed leader, and unfortunately, there wasn’t much Korrie could do before he lunged at Fey. She had no idea what to expect from the man now, and will observe how her sister pet fares before choosing whether to help take him out or pick off any stragglers still standing.

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Shiroi was a little taken aback, but relaxed and chuckled quickly. “Well when you put it like that it gets me a little worried, but I trust both of us not to go too far~” She said, not leaning into the hands right now. Plenty of time for that later.

“Hm… If there’s magic involved in the dish, maybe it can be replicated?” Kuroi suggested, “A confidence boost shouldn’t be very complex magic. We could ask Baba about it later.”

“We should figure out a way to give it an on-off switch. The meek you is cute too y’know.” Shiroi added, petting Aila’s head. There wasn’t much left before dinner was done, especially when both sisters were eager to get to the next part of this unforgettable night.

 

[Pervy]

Fey grinned confidently, although her grin faded a biiit with the flames effect on both her, and the one she'd attacked. Thinking about it, she'd never seen this kind of flame touch what basically amounted to a normal person, dreamlands or not.
"Uuuh.. that's not normally supposed to happen." She informed anyone that cared to listen, lifting he arms in a suprised block and cloaking herself in fire.. there was a weakpoint to fire, of course, it didn't kill fast, not if one was willing to ignore the burning it caused.

"Well uh.. he should exhaust himself pretty quickly?" She mused, deciding to not use these green flames as much again, and also, actually withdraw a bit, indubitably the man would exhaust and hurt himself with the unnatural levels of strength he now seemed to display.. Plus, at least the more sane threat was dispersed. "Fey-fey run away maneuver!"
She declared, backing off in the ships small space as best she could.

 

[Lunaraia]

As the berserk leader’s fist crashed into Fey’s burning guard, sending her sprawling backwards from the force of the blow. The leader kept flailing heedless of his now burning fist, and he just kept screaming incoherently.

That he seemed distracted by hallucinations would allow Korrie and Fey to regroup and work together to come up with a way to deal with the situation. Or so it originally seemed as the people Korrie barreled through earlier were recovering, though they too seemed averse to getting close to their rampaging leader. Though, they were also regrouping as well, and still eyeing the two with greed in their eyes.



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As the meal with the twins wound down, Yaga walked over. “Finished then? If so, let’s go. I have already settled the bill.” As she turned away, the twins would be pulled from their seats by Aila, whose skin was taking on an ever so slightly rosy sheen. “Common, let’s go. I have such things to show both of you.” She would wrap her arms around both of their waists, with an ever so slightly suggestive rub on their thighs.

 

[MortalitasBorealis]

The frenzied bandit was proving to be difficult to handle, though not as active a threat as he could be. Given time he would surely exhaust himself if left alone, but unfortunately, the situation was not so simple with the rest of the bandits already recovering from being knocked over. Korrie would have to be a lot more precise with her attacks to actually knock them out, but with strength in numbers on their side she wasn’t confident she could do that. She could trust in her strength, less so finesse.

Though, a dangerous idea suddenly came to mind.

“Fey! If you use the green flame on all of them, they’ll take themselves out!” Korrie whispered to the phoenix after scurrying over to her. She knew this was a risky maneuver, but just on instinct it seemed like an effective idea of making the problem solve itself, especially when the bandits will be closest to each other and thus strike each other first. They’ll be able to ditch any remnants to tire themselves out too. It was worth a shot.

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With their meals finished, the twins eagerly followed Aila, sandwiching her on either side while they left the restaurant. The image of some hunky playboy being surrounded by his adoring harem briefly entered the two’s minds, except with the normally meek golem girl instead; Shiroi couldn’t help but giggle a little from the silliness of it, while Kuroi briefly averted her eyes with a blush as her imagination slotted herself in as one of the adoring harem girls. Nonetheless, the two shared a look and played their part, huddling close to Aila, an affectionate caress on her waist or shoulder, ready to head back while showing off their intimacy.

 

[Pervy]

Feyline grubmled some, with the burning banditry bearing down upon her, "Pretty persistent, ain't they?"
She'd ask, attempting to keep the angry leader discouraged from advancing upon her effectively.. naturally, with more flames if he got to close to her or Korrie.
"Didn't know this ship was worth this much, or.. whatever else has 'em lot all storming on our ship.."

"Hrmnn.. yeah no." She shook her head to Korrie. "Listen' I'm all for blasting things with unplanned fires, but did ya know that humans use only like a third of their strength?.. my point being is I'd rather not deal with berserk and on fire, and frankly, for this lot, Ghost and iceflame feels a bit too good to try, but, y'know, We could talk."
She cleared her throat.

"If ya wanna keep going, sure thing, but even if ya win, prooopably going to run into the others and get turned into toads or somesuch. And that's a big if, chances are, half of you get burned-wingslap-of-justice'd before you succeed, wanna throw that dice?"
She asked, orange flitteirng of flames in her hands, shooting a little flame gust towards anyone not backing away properly..

 

[Lunaraia]

The group of intruders hesitated for but a moment before they spread out as much as possible, giving their rampaging boss a wide berth. “Ain’t no way we’re backing down, doll. Selling you two off would set us up for life.” He licked his lips. “Sure tough luck boss went mad, but hey one less share to divide into, eh, lads?” The others laughed in response, clearly on board with the idea.

Just as the laughter began, however, their berserk boss charged the closest good, who stepped a bit too close and started punching him over and over, causing confusion as the others were trying to figure out if he was still going berserk, or just punishing them for trying to exclude him. “Oy! Get your shit together. We still have some brats to capture.” The new leader was yelling at them, trying to get discipline back in the ranks to refocus them onto Korrie and Fey. However, this confusion would give Korrie and Fey an opening they could exploit, since it was obvious, they wouldn’t be backing down.



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Baba Yaga grumbled something under her breath as she led the three lovebirds through the streets once more, making a beeline for the docks. Alia, for her part, followed along while keeping her embrace on the two. As they walked, the two could feel her metal frame slowly getting hotter, even as Aila got even friskier with her hands.

As soon as the quartet reached the docks, Baba began casting and soon the four were in the air once more, making their way towards the ship. Now in the air, Aila threw all pretense aside and openly began to grope the twins, emboldened by the food and her own arousal. “We need to get back to the ship, and get you out of those stupid ass clothes.” Her voice was thick with arousal as she tightened her embrace around the two.