Donut 2025/03/02(Sun)15:49 No. 1104402 ID: 28d19c
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OH NO

All this character’s iconic clothes are dirty. Really, really dirty. Absolutely disgusting. No spares, either. Guess they should’ve kept on top of things, but it’s too late for that.

Fortunately, there’s a laundromat in CRUST CITY that people (and foxes) can visit without being judged on what outfit they’re wearing.

Which of Donut’s OCs will be the POV character?

Petra

she's gotta do laundry for all her kids

Tanaris
Rae.
Or maybe Jek.

Bring back Serah! Or maybe Landi.

Serah obviously

How abouuut... Dotti!

Dotti.

Deploy [FOX]

I'm gonna have to go with Serah

I like the idea of a Dotti quest!

Nacha obviously
the mask needs to be washed sooner or later
are there enough convenient objects around to obscure her face?

>>1104407
Ginerva would be fun

Or Serah

Petronel

Coco (Nacha's Sister) for the POV

Lets go frumpy rae!

Nacha from Lucha quest

it's the secret rare spicy unreleased Lucha Quest issue (plus, I miss Lucha Quest.)

imagine the clothing she can wear that could match (or mismatch) with her mask

and we can give her different masks too, maybe even ridiculous masks like ones you'd wear for halloween

Voting will close in 26 hours!

Gonna swap my vote onto Nacha to hopefully prevent her tying with Serah. The potential shenanigans of her having to wash her mask and forcing Donut to find creative ways to censor her uncovered face is just too much fun to pass up.

Plus, she's a minor celebrity, which very much might add to the stakes.

I want to clarify that I'm voting for Coco (Nacha's sister) specifically. If she isn't the winning POV then put my vote to Serah.

>>1104402
Cat lady who needs 4 sets of bras for her series of tits on her body of vsried sizes

Voting is now closed. Serah will be the POV character, with goodies for the runners-up! Keep an eye out for them…

Serah 2025/03/23(Sun)11:28 No. 1105270 ID: 802951
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Being an adventurer-noble means learning to appreciate the days when you have a hot shower to wake up to. It’s relaxing, cleansing, and I miss it so very dearly when I’m in the field. Thank you, indoor plumbing. Thank you for everything you do.

I head back to my room, all set for a day of self-care. It’s the weekend- and market day, too- so only the merchants will be doing business. Maybe I can find some new artwork for my room, or meet some new people who’ve come into town on the arriving caravan? Market day is such a-

Wait. What’s that smell? It smells like something died in my closet! Ugh! Did a rat get in and keel over? No, not even a rat would smell that bad…

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Under a pile of dirty laundry is bacon. And pork. And beef. All stinking. All gone bad.

“DOTTI!” I shriek. “DOTTI, GET IN HERE THIS INSTANT!”

Dotti comes skittering around the corner. Her eyes go wide.

“It’s okay, Serah!” she says. “I’m just caching it there! I promise I’ll move Meat Mountain when I find a new place to-“

“MEAT MOUNTAIN?! Why are you storing rotting meat in my closet?!”

“Because I can’t store it in mine, Taranis’s friends know how to pick the lock!” Dotti says matter-of-factly. “Birds always ruin Meat Mountain…”

“You’ve ruined my wardrobe!” I wail. “It’s all stinking of rotting meat! Even the clean clothes! Where’s Landi? Landi! I need a cleansing Godmother spell, right now!”

“Ah!” Dotti lets out a gekker. “Not Landi!”

“Why not?”

“She’ll start calling me a stinky trash fox again! She hasn’t done that for months! She’s nice to me now!”

Dotti IS a stinky trash fox! How could she do this?! Landi was right about her! This is… this is outrageous! She needs to learn that rotting meat is NOT something I’ll tolerate ruining my wardrobe!

Lady Kensington 2025/03/23(Sun)11:30 No. 1105271 ID: 802951
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“Serah?” Dotti senses the danger and puts on her best innocent face. “Uh, I… can see you’re upset. I’m sorry, and… uh… do you want to calm down by petting my fluffy winter coat? It’s not as fluffy as it gets, but it’s still really soft!”

“No, I don’t want to pet your meat-stained coat! And you will address me as Lady Kensington, you... you... fox!” I say, gritting my teeth. “You’re going to help clean up this mess- and that meat is rancid! I don’t care if foxes can eat rotten meat, it’s not for storing here!”

“But Ser- um, Lady Kensington, when you cover it up and put it in a cool place it lasts a lot longer! It’s secret fox wisdom and-"

“I don’t CARE about fox wisdom for rotting meat!” I hiss. “Dotti, I have NOTHING to wear thanks to you!”

“Really? It’s just a little smell. It’s perfectly safe. You won’t die, like I do if I eat chocolate. Don’t be so dramatic like Landi.”

“DRAMATIC?! You stored ROTTING MEAT in my CLOSET!”

Dotti’s ears go flat. “Fine! If you really don’t wanna wear your clothes, Lady Kensington, I can cast an illusion over you and we can go wash your stuff! Easy! And we don’t need to tell Landi. Momo told me about a dimensional-central city, uh, place I can get to real easy! I came back from death, remember? I can go to CRUST CITY with you easy! No fairy portals needed!”

Dotti is going to desperate lengths to avoid giving Landi ammunition to call her a Trash Fox. I could bring Landi in… but the last time I had Landi help with clothing-related stuff, it went… poorly. Maybe I can teach Dotti a lesson and avoid a mishap at the same time.


1. How does Serah punish Dotti?
2. Serah’s entire wardrobe is UNWEARABLE. What does she do?

1. Let's make this a teaching moment for Dotti. Dotti is going to accompany you to the laundromat to learn all the things about hygiene that she clearly missed whrn learning how to fit into society. Maybe she can bring some of her clothes to wash too, seeing as she likely hasn't taken care to wash them properly herself. Afterwards, Dotti will clean the mess in your room so that the scent doesn't linger.

2. Illusory clothing is not good enough by itself. It's a decent back-up plan, but you should have something decent below them. Maybe you can borrow from some of the other adventurers here? Rae (and most of the women here, presumably) won't have anything in your size, but you maybe you could bribe a male adventurer to loan you a shirt and pants, no questions asked?

Wonder why Crust City sounds so familiar, and why you have a small sense of dread hearing that name, like you've been there before and something bad happened. But realize you have no choice.

2. have Dotti cast whatever illusion spell on you. Much better than going out wearing a towel or blanket.

1. as punishment for ruining your clothes, she can't wear clothes either, which means she'll also have to cast that illusion spell on herself as well as you. This should make her understand how you feel, and this will guarantee she won't lose focus on the illusion spell on both you and her. Oh, and she can't go feral either. That would be cheating out of her punishment.

either that, or she has to take a bath if doing an illusion spell on both you and her is impossible, or if she refuses the first punishment. It's been so long since she's been avoiding taking baths anyway.

You also gotta explain to Dotti that humans can't handle rancid smells like animals do.

I like the idea of Dotti has to wear illusion clothes too. Both your illusory outfits should be fine and lead to zero shenanigans once you reach the city.

>How does she punish Dotti
Put a leash on her, no running off in the city!
>What does she do?
Wear none of it, go all in on the illusion.

clearly we need a freaky friday episode where serah and Dotti switch bodies, this way they can learn to see life from eachothers perspectives! This way Serah will find out that fox instincts are hard to resist and Dotti will learn that commiting crimes as a human is actually punishable

You need to teach her about sodium chloride.

1) Put the fox between your boobs and keep her there until she learns basic meat preservation and that clothes are not part of the pantry.
2) Dotti is now her loincloth for the rest of the afternoon.

1. Smack Dotti with a rolled-up newspaper.

2. Wear a barrel held up by suspenders until you can get clean clothes.

>>1105271
1. Anything can be a learning experience if you think about it.
Dotti has two things she can learn from this.
How humans clean and care for their clothing.
By laundry, of course.
Her beautiful bow must be kept well or without care it may become tatty and faded.
And
Empathy.
How dirtying anothers belongings is a unfair thing to do.
How it would feel if her clothing was used as a chocolate storage spot etc.
Bait the lesson with a possibility of making an alchemically cooled box of rags (airtight) for meat mountain the sequel.

2. Illusions and that towel.
Abd a whole lot of luck.

3.
There is another possible task.
Shes been stashing rotten meat.
Shes gotta be ripe smelling now. Even if she illusions it, places shell been will soon reek.
So, all that water around during laundry...
This could be your chance to initiate ambush bath plan "operation stinkyfox".

1) As much as Dotti can eat slowly rotting meat, she needs to understand that being a proper civilized person means preservation of food in a non-fox way, and DEFINITELY not doing it in someone else's clothing.

Obviously her main punishment is that she's going to be forced to dispose of all of this.

2) After that, she gets to help Serah handle wash all of this including the absolute mess that is Dotti's current outfit. If she wants to propose using illusions then she can subject herself to it as well, and NO shapeshifting to fox form.

If she's got an argument about this, not only will Serah tell Landi and bring her in to fix this, she'll explicitly give Landi permission to hand out the punishment instead.

1. Dotti does not need to be punished for making a clever fox decision and also she is very cute and sweet and if you think about it, this is really Serah's fault for not making a closet for Dotti to cache her Meat Mountain in without birds ruining it, like they do all things. Just give her a pet on the head and tell her what a smart and good and non-Trash girl she is!

2. Fox illusions are clearly superior to dumb fairy whatever garbage so trust in Dotti!!!! When has she ever done you wrong? Never, that's when. If you remember her doing you wrong, you're probably just misremembering something.

Lady Kensington 2025/03/24(Mon)21:14 No. 1105344 ID: 802951
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“Really? You want to use your magic to transport me to a laundromat, while I’m being clothed by your magic?! Do you really have enough mana to do both at once?!”

“Um…”

“Think, Dotti!” I say. “I need a backup plan!”

“A towel is a backup plan…”

“No, it isn’t! I am a Lady of Kensington, and I will not rely on this in public!”

“I can ask Pierre for some spare clothes! Or he and I can go get some shirts from a big warrior that fit you!”

“No!” I bark. “No Pierre! The second he learns I’m running around under-dressed, what do you think will happen? He’s going to get all flustered and lose control of his powers, and you’ll lose all your mana! Dotti, where is your brain today?!”

Dotti whines. I feel a bit bad, but then I have to breathe again and the scent of rotting bacon reminds me why I’m so upset.

“First priority!” I bark. “Meat Mountain is being demolished! Leveled! Razed to the ground! You’re going to take that rotting pile and-”

“No! Don’t make me throw it away!”

“I won’t,” I say. “You’re going to feed it to… the dogs!”

“NOT THE DOGS!” Dotti wails.

“That will teach you to pile up rotting food in other people’s closets,” I growl. “Dogs drag in rotting food! You’re better than a dog, right? Humans can’t handle rotting food, and you clearly missed this lesson when learning how to fit into society! If that’s the case, I’ll put you on a leash like a dog, too!”

“Not the leash!” Dotti begs. “Ser- Lady Kensington, I’m too cute to be on a leash! I’m so sweet and head-pattable, and I’m good and smart and I don’t deserve that!”

“Then prove it!” I hiss. “Once you feed this pile of meat to the dogs, you’re going to go get some clothes for me, and then you’re going to throw that dirty nightie into my pile of clothes and stand there and put an illusion over yourself, just like me. So when you focus, you’re going to focus on keeping YOUR clothes on, too! And NO TRANSFORMING! Now get to it!”

Dotti whimpers and gathers up that rancid pile, then scampers away.

UGH.

Landi was right. I shouldn’t have trusted Dotti to be civilized. I should have…

No…

She’s shown a lot of progress. Maybe she can still learn from this? But only if she has consequences. This is the right thing to do. I’m entirely justified in being angry. I’m a Lady, and I need to impress upon Dotti that fact. My reputation is what puts food on the table. My reputation, and my name.

Now to stew on this and wait for her to come back with something to wear under her illusion.

What does Dotti bring back for Serah, and what does she bring back for herself to wear under their illusions?

Hmmm.
Dotti looked like she was panicked and likely went on a mad dash through the local adventuring guild, the lost and found bin and the contraband locker.
She would clearly be upset, worried shes just getting everything wrong today... but she is no doubt trying hard.
Despite arriving with some of the following items...
A barbarian chainmail loincloth (one careless owner)
One Fur lined boot
One partly chewed moccasin (still moist)
A leather curiass (hobbit sized)
Booty shorts (ogre sized)
A ten foot long multicolored scarf
A wide brimmed floppy hat.
A hessian sack with potato written on it (mispelled)
A pair of neon crocs summoned by a drunk demonologist.
A censor nuns wimple.
Scale mail bikini (chafing hazard)
A gimp mask
A short poncho
Perfectly fitting stockings and suspenders.
A tiny toga that smells faintly of alchemical residue, a stange fox and bad decisions.

Dotti, eat as much of the rotten meat as you can and then give the rest to the dogs. That's technically still doing what you were told because the parts you eat aren't Meat Mountain anymore so you're still giving Meat Mountain to the dogs.

Get Serah jammies to wear under her illusion. Jammies are comfy and they're normal clothes to do laundry in to be honest.

For yourself, does it really matter?! You're a powerful fox and your illusion definitely won't mess up. Pick something super embarrassing to show how serious you are, like a stupid hot dog costume or something like that.

So Serah needs insurance? I like the idea of Dotti scrambling through the lost and found, but I think Sera’s options should be more limited. The best Dotti can find is a small bikini which barely fits Serah. It’s technically a swimsuit, but it could certainly *look* like underwear, depending on how it’s designed. As for Dotti’s insurance, Serah’s made herself quite clear. Dotti is to take off her nightie, then cast her illusion spell as she is. I wonder if Dotti has cute undies on, or if she’ll be going naked under her illusion?~

She brings back one large get-along shirt from a half-ogre's dresser for the both of you.

Dotti is unlikely to ask anyone she doesn't trust for help, and she's not admitting her failings to Landi, so at best she may recruit Kayk, Rae, and Taranis into helping her.

Rae doesn't want to offer any of her clothes to Serah, knowing that none of them would fit her well and that she'd stretch them out such that Rae could never wear them again. There IS one garment she'd happily sacrifice though...

The cake dress.

Since Serah wouldn't fit in it, I think Dotti's the one getting the honors of wearing it.

As for Serah's fit, I think Dotti tries to borrow a sweater from Kayk, assuming it's perfect since Serah won't stretch it out. After all, Kayk is thicker than Serah. It's not a terrible plan, but it does leave Serah lacking in lower-wear.

Dotti finds paint. She can paint clothing on Serah! then she can make the illusion clothing look like what she painted on Serah

Dotti brings back a huge blue silk bra decorated with a purple gem. The bra is ridiculously huge.

In case we can't do bodypaint, for undergarments to wear under the illusion, what about leaves? wear them as pasties. or just fashion them into a leaf bikini and loincloth.

Maybe Serah is the one who needs to learn a lesson about wasting food and Dotti did nothing wrong.

Suggestion 2025/03/25(Tue)11:41 No. 1105363 ID: 270ab2
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Dotti should wear something completely scabdalous. Leave nothing to the imagination. That should get a rise out of her.

Borrowing clothes from the neighbors. A little girl's dress for Dotti and a mom's dress with apron for Serah. an adorable matching set

Bikinis. Rows and rows of bikinis tied into a single skirt.

>>1105363

I'm on board with this for Dotti. She fluffs herself up massively to hide anything and tries to be smug about that.

As for Serah, Dotti brings her a nightshirt she borrows from the lost and found. It belonged to some adventurer probably on the scale of an ogre and would function well enough as a dress on Serah... If not for the large neck opening and laces down part of the front that may be a risk for flashing a bit more than just cleavage. Unfortunately long enough to cover her butt, but not much further than that.

Panties and bra are nowhere to be found.

Lady Kensington 2025/03/27(Thu)20:51 No. 1105502 ID: 802951
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Dotti comes back with a pile of borrowed clothes from adventurers. There’s a giant blue silk brassiere with a gem, a bikini, some boots, some sort of chain mail, and other things I can’t quite make out from the pile.

I reach to sort through it, and as I do so, Dotti lifts her dirty nightie up, releasing her winter coat in a floomph of floof.

“I already picked what I’ll wear under the illusion!” Dotti says smugly. “Super spicy date night underwear!”

“B-beg pardon?”

“It’s super scamdalous underwear,” Dotti says smugly. “I’m a super powerful fox spirit so the illusions covering will be perfect. But even if something happens, they’ll all be staring at my underwear, not your dumb outfit. I’m so smart!”

Sweet savior, she’s serious. I can barely make out indentations in her fur where the straps are buried against her skin. She’s even downsized from four tails to one to make the set fit better.

She could be playing me. Turning my punishment around on me. Or it could be a bluff, acting confident to let her wear a full outfit on underneath.

I have a horrible realization. Either way, she wins.

Dotti’s grin is so smug and I hate it.

Is this what being Landi feels like?

1. Is Dotti bluffing, or is she really that smug about her solution?

2. What is Dotti’s clothes illusion? More complicated means more effort.

3. What is Serah’s clothes illusion? More complicated means more effort.

It's not being smug, its Fox Wisdom. Of course she is serious

-Bluffing and fluffing.
-Dotti is wearing the fanciest set of fashionable adventurer athletic wear: a puffy sleeved blouse, a corset and strapped with twin swords, knee high boots paired with tight shorts both laced to the dickens.
-Serah is wearing dungarees and a plain brown tee shirt that says IGNORE ME.

>>1105502
Daw.
Shes so dang floofy...

If sera has a chance the smart thing to wear would be
Tight clothing.
Tunic, cloth, and doe skin hose.
Less flowy stuff and moving pieces, more simple.

But dotti is very confident and eager to back that up...
Sera may not get a chance to stop her doing something...
Truly scamdalous.
Or glamdarous.
Or both.

Dotti is definitely serious. I think Serah might need to give her access to a mirror? Dotti might need to rearrange her floof if her plan of *spicy undies distraction* is meant to work. I think Dotti is really confident in her power! She would definitely illusion something cute, frilly and intricate for herself at least. I dunno if she would force her style on Serah, but it’d be funny if she did.

Dotti is illusioning a polka-dotted kimono with bells on her ears, to prove a point.

Serah gets a dancers outfit, Dotti saw some traveling dancing performers the other day, and was impressed enough to have Serah wear one! It’s a little scandalous tho, but people might just see Serah as a performer

Dotti is serious

1. Dotti is definitely not bluffing

2. Nothing too complicated, but definitely cuter than whatever she makes for Serah. Maybe a few frills.

3. Something totally plain and boring for Serah. Drab and uncool.

Dotti is fully confident
Which is why she'll give Serah the shiniest, flowiest dress.
And a nice cloak for herself, with little fox-head cloak pins

1: Dotti feels reasonably confident in her plan. She has unwavering faith in her natural fox floofiness!

2: >>1105510 Polt's suggestion is perfect, no notes.

3: Dotti's illusion for Serah is basically just a scaled-up version of Landi's simple napkin dress. It's plain and unassuming, which will hopefully help Serah blend into the background.

>>1105510
I like this answer for 2, my suggestion for 2 is now this answer.

Some Tall Dancing Girl 2025/03/29(Sat)11:47 No. 1105554 ID: 802951
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I’ve never seen Dotti this confident in a bluff, if it is a bluff. She looks serious.

Oh, she’s serious.

“Just show me the illusion,” I sigh, and Dotti gets right to work. She summons up a kimono and a pair of bells to go with it, but I nix those right away. I don’t want her focusing on making sure those bells jingle, and she obligingly vanishes them away.

When she conjures my clothes, I get… something barely better than the bikini and cobbled-together sarong I’m wearing now.

“I gave you a pretty veil!” Dotti declares. “Now no one will recognize you.”

“No one will recognize the six-foot-seven blonde girl?” I say skeptically.

“You’re a performer now, not a noble! No one would look twice!”

I’m tired of arguing. I just grab a big pile of fetid laundry, stuff it into a few sacks, and hand one to Dotti. I really wish we had Landi’s inventory magic right now, but it’s not so bad considering it’ll make Dotti appreciate Landi more, too. She’ll need to carry laundry too, even if her strength is far below mine. She needs to pitch in for what she’s done.

“Where can we get to this magical laundromat?”

“There’s a good place a street or two for me to sneak us into CRUST CITY! Momo taught me, don’t worry, it’s easy! I think. I just gotta remember exactly where it is…”

I really don’t want to go out like this during market day, but it it’s only a street or two… we’ll make it quick.

Does Serah run into anyone (or anybird) she recognizes in Minga, or does she successfully make it to Dotti’s portal-summoning location without incident?

Why look, it's Anita! I hope her underwear isn't in your laundry pile.

>>1105555
This! so hard!

Also, Dotti, are you gonna let Serah doubt your skills like that? every now and then when Serah isn't looking, get those bells back on. Be sure to unillusion them whenever serah is looking like the sneaky fox you are

>>1105554

Yeah let's run into Anita. That should be fun. :)

>>1105558
I concur!

Just to be a contrarian, I say that these two don't run into ANYONE they're familiar with, and just have a nice stealthy walk over.

I say they are met by the ever effervescent apricot who was flying by and saw the absolutely stunningly dressed dotti.
Its a strange get up theyre wearing, they must be going somewhere interesting and shes a curious bird gal who wouldnt want this mystery to go unanswered.

Some Oddly Familiar Dancing Girl 2025/04/05(Sat)21:54 No. 1105916 ID: 802951
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“Are we there yet?” I ask, hauling my laundry bag over my shoulder, hunching as low as I can. Why didn’t I ask Dotti to change my hair color? Or make me look shorter? Ugh! I don’t want to distract her, not now.

“Almost,” Dotti says. “It’s just down that alleyway, there’s lots of trash bins her that are full of stuff people should NEVER be throwing away! Like the one behind this one shop that sometimes-“

“Dotti, please stay focused.”

“I’m fine! I swear I’ll never get distracted or- Oh! It’s Anita. Hi, Anita!”

Ahh! Why is Dotti talking to people?! Why?!

“Dotti? Oh! It is you,” a redheaded girl says. “Um, hello. That’s a very nice outfit you have on. Are you… performing?”

Anita tugs on her blouse. It’s terribly undersized, and her skirt is too short for her height, plus it doesn’t coordinate with her hat. Is she having a bad laundry day, too? Is she coming to this laundromat with us? I really hope not- I can’t be recognized, not by an adventurer. I don’t see her carrying any sacks...

“I sure am!” Dotti says. “This is my dancing partner.”

“Dancing partner?” Anita cocks her head to one side. “She seems awfully familiar, like this other tall blonde girl I know…”

I need to derail her train of thought, FAST!

What do I do?

Well you know wizards, she probably keeps it all in a bag where it shrinks down to fit or something.
"Oh well, I'm probably taller! I don't know anyone as tall as me, and that's before I put on heels, haha!"
Nudge Dotti to make you taller.

>>1105916
Oh shit.
Panic.
What wouldnt you do if you were disguised as a dancing girl?
Thats it!
Dance!
Do the dance of the seven veils with various small items of laundry.
Thats the one where you waft them about between you and the audience obscuring your features.

Hang on...
You -could- do something sneaky instead.
Do avpassible impression of someone you can do and say.
"Hey, its really me", and pass yourself off as whover it is youre impersonating.
Tell them your doing laundry and dotti is helping by illusioning you a disguise.
Truth and lie mixed together.
Victimless crime until your impressionee finds out.

Serah: "... you're not hiding more than one meat mountain in other people's closets... are you?

Divert her attention by pointing out that you can see her bra through her shirt.

Quick ask why she's not wearing a bra

>>1105921
I support both ideas here, impersonating someone and dancing. Serah would never dance provocatively, not dancing would make her more suspicious. Dotti can dance too to help sell the performance.

>>1105926
Good idea, but maybe we can do that as a last resort if she figures out Serah's identity. Like, we won't tell she's wearing something risky if she doesn't spread rumors about us. save our ammo

Quickly compliment her hat.

Nikki the Barmaid 2025/04/12(Sat)15:48 No. 1106163 ID: 802951
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I gotta come up with a cover identity, fast! Who's a tall blonde girl I know? Gah, I don't know any... but Landi does!

"It's me, Nikki!" I lie through my teeth. "Don't you remember? The serving girl from that... bar... that a blue fairy likes! I'm working on my dancing. See?"

I start dancing. I don't know if it's good. But I really, really hope that Dotti's illusion can keep up. And...

Dotti is dancing too. Her illusion isn't disappearing. She's... actually having fun? Is she enjoying seeing me debase myself like this?!

UGH.

"Oh! Nikki! I'm sorry I didn't recognize you when I'm standing up, and you're not, um, in your barmaid outfit." Anita clears her throat and glances at my laundry bad. "Well. It looks like we're both on our way to do some errands. Would you like some company on the walk? There's some shady characters hanging around the alleys these days..."

OH NO. If Anita follows us to the spot where Dotti takes us to CRUST CITY, then I really have to worry about her mana running out and Anita seeing the embarrassing ensemble I put together under the illusion. But if there really are shady characters in the alleys, that could be dangerous too.

Should I accept Anita's escort to the spot in the ALLEY where Dotti can take me and her to CRUST CITY? Anita will (probably) not be coming with us to cross the dimensions.

Decline the offer! You'll be sure to dance the pants off any shady characters.

I think Anita already knows who you are, just take her help.

What are the odds she'd be going to the same city you are? Plus with you dressed the way you are, it'd certainly attract shady people in the alley. It'd probably be worse if shady people found out you were Serah than Anita does.

Not that you're not strong enough to defeat any bad people who approaches you, but being in a fight would distract Dotti's illusion

Safety in numbers. And surely the laundry she's headed for won't be on the exact same route that Dotti is taking you, thus making you unable to politely part ways and instead bringing her along.

>>1106163
Would nikki accept this offer?
Thats the real question...
A barmaid must be able to handle shady customers but would also be savvy enough to spot a bad idea and avoid it.

Id say if nikki is that confident barmaid type say no.
If she isnt, nervously and gratefully accept.
With luck dotti can handle the extra magical burden

Accept the offer. She may have good reasons to be concerned, and you aren't exactly prepared to deal with creeps along the way. You aren't exactly packing your weaponry, and Dotti's magic is currently being channeled to keep your illusory clothes on. It's worth bringing her.

Nikki the Barmaid 2025/04/14(Mon)22:30 No. 1106283 ID: 802951
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Think, Serah, think! What would a beautiful barmaid do when she's wandering through an alley?

"O-of course I'll accept an escort from a powerful witch like you!"

Was that flirty? It sounded flirty. Gah! Wait, I'm a barmaid, isn't that in character? Yeah.

Wait, is that a...

"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!" I scream!

"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Anita screams!

"DINNER!" Dotti screams!

"Hand over your valuables to the noble Robin Hoodie," the bird rasps, "And nobody has to get scratched. Take from the rich, give to the poor, is what the noble adventurer does! Yesss..."

Oh no, no, no! Dotti's gonna lose focus on the illusion, and these birds are hardened criminals! Anita is preparing a wind spell, but her skirt is far too short, and her blouse far too tight, for her to really cut loose with her wind magic in the narrow alleyway. We're doomed!

What would Nikki do?

Nikki would grab Dotti and hold her back from pouncing at the birbs, since she'd obviously be worried about letting her get hurt while with her. Have you SEEN Dotti's companions? What's worse, getting burned by a dragon, having your life systematically ruined by a ticked-off Kensington, or gaining the ire of an elf?

Let Anita wind blast them. Sure, it'll be less effective here, and the contained wind maaaaay blow Anita's own clothes off, but she's a seasoned adventurer who should be able to factor such things in when making decisions. Consider it a learning opportunity for her if it doesn't work. It's not like this TOTAL STRANGER seems like that big of a threat, you can totally step in if you gotta.

Plus, y'know... Illusory clothes aren't gonna get blown away if Anita fucks up, so it's not like YOU have anything to worry about.

Shut up! It's been a bad day, and you deserve to be a little selfish!

Your outfit isn’t real and thus cannot be scratched. Launch yourself fearlessly at the hooded cultist!

>>1106283
"Save us, Anita!"
Try to keep Dotti out of it, because I kinda doubt she can use fire magic and also maintain both of your illusions.

Ask: “Apricot, Autumn, what are you doing?”

>>1106283
Shed say "buddy, i work in a bar. I have no damn valuables. Even if i did, wheredya think im carrying them?"
With a hand on her hip and an accusatory finger pointed.
Dress down the hoodie. Serve up a tankard of defiance Extra sass, hold the restraint.