Ceridwen 2017/01/09(Mon)14:10 No. 771471 ID: 395c02
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You once again find yourself floating outside Eezee's underwater abode.

The others had fallen asleep, exhausted by the workout they had given each other. But you could not rest. A feeling deep down kept you awake.

Something felt wrong. Why was your judgment clouded so by your lust? Why has this become a problem now when it wasn't before?

Are you the victim of foul play? Or is your inner dragon finally asserting its control over you, despite all attempts to contain it?

Wait, why would it be in control of you? If it's your inner self, then why wouldn't you be in control of it? Why was Mr. Ilan so insistent about its danger?

You don't know, and it frustrates you greatly. You feel like your entire life has been questions without answers.

Ceridwen 2017/01/09(Mon)14:10 No. 771472 ID: 395c02
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But there is one thing you can find out.

Siphon, Gulketi, Eezee. Just who are they? Are they really aliens, as they claim? Or is there a darker secret they're hiding from you?

Are they really here to find their missing prince, or is that just a cover for their true objective?

The answers surely lie inside Eezee's underwater base. You're going to go in there and get those answers.

Ceridwen 2017/01/09(Mon)14:10 No. 771473 ID: 395c02
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But... how do you approach infiltrating such a place? The BADLY-CODED DEATH ROBOT is defunct, but there's no telling what other security measures are in place.

Hmm. It isn't reacting to your presence. For whatever reason, it seems to be lying dormant. You're not going to waste this opportunity.

There's three main ways to approach this.

You could simply enter as you are. Even if alarms start blaring, Eezee would be unable to hear them. You could silence any alarm and use your magic to bypass any other security.

You could attempt to sneak in. By finally using INVISIBILITY for something, or by polymorphing into something, you could almost certainly fool any cameras or sensors. You're not as good at invisibility as you are at polymorphing, but your MP pool is so large now that you can remain invisible for about 20 minutes, which should be more than enough time. You can't mask your scent or heat, but that's not really important here, is it?

Finally, there's brute strength. By using your DRAGON FORM, or polymorphing into some other large powerful creature, you could simply smash any obstacle that stands in your way. Even if there was a second death robot, you'd have your magic this time. Oh, you'd enjoy the chance for a little revenge.

>>771473
Lets test that invisibility, in and out like a ghost.

use invisibility. what other methods of detection could there possibly be?

>>771473
Use INVISIBILITY.

Lets try invisibility. Have we even used it yet in this quest? don't remember tbh

>>771473
See if you can replicate invisibility by polymorphing into something perfectly transparent.

>>771473
polymorph into this "Siphon" chick; resist urge to grope own multiboobs

>not normal for what you just did
>something wrong with you
Might I just point out every other person involved did basically the exact same thing you did? So if there's something wrong with you, it's wrong with them too. Heck, pretty sure Siphon was pushing for something lewd to happen even before you were.

>what do
Invis

>You can't mask your scent or heat, but that's not really important here, is it?
Can't you do that trivially with polymorph? You morph into something that's scent matches the environment, and that has a minimal heat signature.

>>771473
Invisibility should work. Don't bother with brute force. Clearly there's some sort of magical dragon-stereotype-enforcing-curse at play. Maybe dragons cast it on the barrier so everyone would hate dragons. Either way, go sneaky. We can always tear people asunder later.

INVISIBILITY

cause we can.

Smashing Eezee's stuff would be very rude. They could still turn out to just be exactly what they say they are! Eezee also clearly likes staying hidden, so I wouldn't underestimate her sensors.

I would say simply enter as you are... but since Eezee turned off the anti-magic thing, which is why you can contemplate these options, and you've been in and out of Eezee's ship before and know where it is in relation to yourself, can't you just portal inside, now? If you made a horizontal portal facing down it would work like a moon pool.

Use Polymorph to become Siphon. If they're really aliens, they'd have something that can detect heats. Aliens always detect your heat.

How good is polymorphing at hiding scent or heat or magical/electrical presence in water and getting a stealthy form? Especially when supplemented with invisibility? Does invisibility include, uh, inthermability? Unsmellability? Or is that more polymorph's domain? If you combined the two to get as broad-stealthy as you can manage, how long could you keep that up?

Use invisibility, but treat it like camouflage; you'll want to save your MP for the OTHER 'security' killer robots, so use a low-power version and stick to cover and blindspots.

Remember, look for gene mods. If you can increase Mr. Ilan's lifespan, he could repair his magic and then repair yours further! Also, you may as well grab some party favors for your friends and family; breast growth gene mods for your mother and Daatra, maybe you should leave the dildos alone.

Wait! What if Eezee turned the magic blocking thingy back on before she left the ship? Then you'd have your magic blocked again!

Buuuuut.....if she did that, we at least know what the magic blocking thingy looks like now. So if your magic is blocked again, you know what to smash when you get in there.

Actually use Invisibility for something for once.

Come as you are. If the security systems disagree with your right to be there, body check their privilege.

>>771473
Practice Invis. Look around. Plus is there any way to scan or try and look inside? Don't you have a portal that could only transfer sight and sound? Siphon did say there where at least ten death traps that she found herself.
Just because your invisible doesn't mean you won't step into a trap.
It will also garuntee an answer to whether or not the "Cloaking Device" is still operational.

Maybe check dragon inventory for insperation.

Ceridwen 2017/01/11(Wed)07:29 No. 771745 ID: 395c02
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>Clearly there's some sort of magical dragon-stereotype-enforcing-curse at play. Maybe dragons cast it on the barrier so everyone would hate dragons.
That sounds... self-defeating. Brewing hatred would lead to armies trying to break into their domain, wouldn't it?

>How good is polymorphing at hiding scent or heat or magical/electrical presence in water and getting a stealthy form?
It depends what you turn into. You'll be as warm or smelly as whatever creature you mimic. Some creatures would be very well suited to minimizing heat, though scent is a bit harder to mask.

Come to think of it, what's stopping you from being yourself, just cold-blooded? Probably the fact that it's freezing in there.

>Does invisibility include, uh, inthermability? Unsmellability?
With sufficient skill. But invisibility is by far your worst school of magic, so you lack the ability to pull off anything complicated. You could gain a greater level of magical prowess with a D-BURST if push came to shove, though.

>See if you can replicate invisibility by polymorphing into something perfectly transparent.
The closest you can come would be certain sea creatures who are 90% translucent, or something that has the ability to camouflage itself. If you wanted to hide one one spot for a long period of time, this would probably work fine. But movement, especially while trying to fool cameras and robots, would greatly increase the risk of detection.

You'd have to turn into a made-up creature to try to pull off true invisibility, and your teachers made it very clear that people have lost their lives and/or minds trying to become something that exists only in fantasy.

If asked, you could always provide more options for polymorphing by listing and explaining actual creatures you know of that'd be suited for whatever task you're trying to complete.

>If you combined the two to get as broad-stealthy as you can manage, how long could you keep that up?
About five minutes, depending. Using two schools at once is always kind of tricky, and doing it with your worst school is even trickier! You'd almost definitely want to use a D-BURST to make this easier.

>Might I just point out every other person involved did basically the exact same thing you did? So if there's something wrong with you, it's wrong with them too. Heck, pretty sure Siphon was pushing for something lewd to happen even before you were.
What, like a giant magical field of lewding? Is that a thing? Is there an as-of-yet untapped lewd school of magic you're only just now learning about!?

Or it could be another of Eezee's malfunctioning inventions. It would explain a lot if something was messing with everyone's heads.

Ceridwen 2017/01/11(Wed)07:29 No. 771746 ID: 395c02
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...Unless they're just that lewd. But that would mean you're that lewd, and that can't be true… r-right?

>polymorph into this "Siphon" chick; resist urge to grope own multiboobs
....

m-maybe later

>Also, you may as well grab some party favors for your friends and family; breast growth gene mods for your mother and Daatra
Your mother would have no idea what to do with them. It takes great practice to get to the point that you're not randomly knocking things over!

You'd love to see Daatra's reaction, though. If only you could polymorph others!

But that's for later! For now, it's time to go! For the first time since practicing it in school off-screen, you turn invisible!

Ceridwen 2017/01/11(Wed)07:29 No. 771747 ID: 395c02
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Huh. It suddenly feels as if the creation of your world just got a whole lot easier.

You can't see! Ah, right. You remember now. Light and eyes or some bullshit. You need to pull back your invisibility just enough to see without revealing your eyes in some kind of cartoony manner.

Okay. Got it.

Ceridwen 2017/01/11(Wed)07:30 No. 771748 ID: 395c02
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>can't you just portal inside, now?
Yep! Eezee never got the chance to turn her ANTI-MAGIC FIELD GENERATION DEVICE THAT IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE FOR CLOAKING BUT ISN'T REMOTELY DOING THAT (AFGDTASCBIRDT, or BIRD-T for short) back on.

The COMPUTER TERMINAL shows a blinking cursor, as if awaiting a command.

The COFFEE MACHINE? shines its logos at you enticingly. You're still pretty worn out from previous activities...

The elevator down sits in the middle of the room. You don't know how to use it, but your magic can bypass it easily enough.

The portal used up some of your MP, but you should still have 18 minutes of invisibility. Better use it wisely!

-Gain access to the computer terminal. You're not a hacker, but maybe there's unlocked information, or the password is something really obvious!
-Get a coffee. Just the pick-me-up you need after the previous workout!
-Portal further in. For safety reasons you can only portal as far as you've seen, which would lead you to the room you fought the robot in.
-Utilize Light-only portal to map the place out. A bit MP intensive, but you could learn exactly where you need to go.

There are no obvious cameras in this room. You could cancel invisibility for this room or keep it up to be on the safe side.

>Come to think of it, what's stopping you from being yourself, just cold-blooded? Probably the fact that it's freezing in there.
If you polymorph hemocyanin (Copper Blood) into your blood plasma, any temperature that doesn't physically freeze you should be tolerable. Horseshoe crabs and spiders have it naturally.

Use the light portals. Information here is key. Don't wanna wander aimlessly, have something happen, and not know your way around.

I would keep up the invisibility; I don't imagine a space ship would have the most obvious surveillance.

The computer seems interesting but how familiar are you with extraterrestrial command line?

I would just start exploring; learn more about who these people are and how they live. I don't think you need much magic for that.

Lets agree that until we see Mr. Ilan, we try not to raise the tilde bar, just in case that is what is causing the seal from cracking even more.

drink some coffee.

>Is there an as-of-yet untapped lewd school of magic you're only just now learning about!?

That sounds like succubuss magic! i wonder if demons are a thing around here

>>771753

Well, it might not BE extraterrestrial command line... If they aren't actually aliens. We should probably at least LOOK at the terminal to see if we can hazard a guess at if they're fibbing or not about their alien-ness.

Try "knockers" for the password

Could you go fully invisible if you gave yourself infravision or echolocation?

Check the computer. If you find anything password protected don't bother trying to guess it, the odds are astronomically low that you'd get it right, and there might be security that activates on an incorrect password. Keep up the invisibility.

I wouldn't bother with the computer. The command line couldn't possibly be a clever screensaver.

Is it a recognized brand? Wouldn't want Caustic StarBrew or something weird.
Also has Eezee touched it? I would inspect it first. She's obviously been down here for a while; she hasn't tried to "Improve" it has she?

Cancel invisibility for this room and get a coffee. Imbibing strange alien fluids has never sounded more appealing!

>>771803

You know what, you have a point. Drinking the coffee would probably give us a boost, possibly in more than just being all hyped up on caffeine.

>>771748
>coffee?
If we're trying to hide from security cameras, they'll see coffee being dispensed and then disappearing. You'd need to hide behind an illusion while you interacted with the coffee machine, and as I understand it, you can only cast Invisible (self) not greater free-standing illusions.

>command line prompt password
It's probably something really obvious like "go left" "enhance knockers" or "stick your dick in it".

Although the computer has to log any interactions with it. If you play with it, your intrusion will eventually be discovered, even if it doesn't ping security measures immediately.

Coffee sounds good.

Maybe the coffee machine itself is a hidden camera, Keep up the invisibility regardless of what happens.

So explain to me: since your invisibility is so low-leveled, does that mean it's the kind where you can't make clothes invisible?

Go check the computer terminal and see if you can at least get a map.

Ceridwen 2017/01/12(Thu)12:59 No. 771967 ID: 395c02
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>If you polymorph hemocyanin (Copper Blood) into your blood plasma, any temperature that doesn't physically freeze you should be tolerable. Horseshoe crabs and spiders have it naturally.
Is that... safe? You're not a biologist or anything!

>since your invisibility is so low-leveled, does that mean it's the kind where you can't make clothes invisible?
Your invisibility has become just good enough to include basic clothing like panties or a bathing suit. Going without would reduce MP consumption, but you can't just run around completely naked again, right??

>That sounds like succubuss magic!
Succubus magic? How would that even work?

Anyway, you can't decide between getting coffee and using the terminal, so you'll do both! You hit one of the random buttons and a cup fills with a strange but familiar liquid. You grab it, looking around to see if anything jumps out at you.

Hmm... nothing so far. Floating coffee must not seem weird to anything around here.

Ceridwen 2017/01/12(Thu)13:03 No. 771970 ID: 395c02
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You take a drink, and your mind feels clearer and more energized! You think you can maintain invisibility for a few minutes longer now!

That crack still concerns you, though...

Ceridwen 2017/01/12(Thu)13:03 No. 771971 ID: 395c02
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You examine the terminal. Darn, it's in a language you can't read.

A shame you're not a tourist with uncanny linguistic skills. You would be wasting your time trying to translate any of this.

Guess this was a bust after all. Oh well, might as well hit random keys!

[Random Typing intensifies]

Ceridwen 2017/01/12(Thu)13:03 No. 771972 ID: 395c02
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CAT-LIKE TYPING DETECTED! HELLO, SIPHON! IT'S ME! SIPHON!

what

"H-hello?" you say.

HI! YOU SOUND STRANGE! BETTER BE SAFE! WHAT'S THE PASSWORD?

uh...

>E N H A N C E  K N O C K E R S
YOU LEFT THEM AT HOME, SILLY!

Dangit.

>G O  L E F T
WILL ANYBODY GET THAT?

The only way out is south, anyway.

>S T I C K  Y O U R  D I C K  I N  I T
I PREDICT A 98.981% CHANCE THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE!

Oh god she really is that lewd.

ARE YOU FAILING ON PURPOSE SO WE CAN DO OUR FAVORITE BIT? OKAY! HERE'S YOUR PASSWORD HINT! EEZERYH DR00LZ...

You're kidding.

Ceridwen 2017/01/12(Thu)13:04 No. 771973 ID: 395c02
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>S (...sigh…) S I P H O N R 0 0 L Z
THAT WAS FUN! I REALLY LIKE PLAYING WITH MYSELF!

Not commenting.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO, BEST HACKER IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE?

She(?) helpfully reads each option out to you.

>ACCESS MAP OF AREA >ACTIVATE ELEVATOR >DISABLE SECURITY >ACCESS PUBLIC DATABASE >READ MESSAGES: 1 IMPORTANT, 3 UNIMPORTANT >PREEN CHEI >SUMMON BALL >SUMMON EEZERYH'S 'RELAXATION ROBOT'

"Wait, ball?"

Ceridwen 2017/01/12(Thu)13:04 No. 771974 ID: 395c02
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THE BALL IS LIFE! THE BALL IS FAMILY! SUMMON IT AND YOU CAN HARNESS ITS GREAT POWER!

"So it's like, some kind of magic ball?"

IT IS RUBBERY AND WONDERFUL!

"And-- did you say 'relaxation robot'?"

ARE YOU STRESSED? THE ROBOT WILL GIVE YOU RELIEF! AND REMEMBER, YOU SPECIALLY MODIFIED IT TO BE EVEN MORE SATISFYING!

"Does... does it work on dra-- lizards?"

IT IS CONFIRMED TO BE THE BEST EVER FOR OVER 12 SPECIES AND COUNTING!

Well. that would have been handy a couple hours ago.

Hmm. You shouldn't waste too much time here. What do you ask for?

Please choose 2 of the options DIGITAL SIPHON read above.

Use "relaxation" robot as an excuse to dawdle and pick as many options as you want.

>READ MESSAGES: 1 IMPORTANT, 3 UNIMPORTANT
>PREEN CHEI

>>771980
Well I mean, Siphon's personal computer has been talking and outputting text in either English or something Ceridwen can understand as well as we can understand English.

Access public database

Check messages (if you want for humor's sake, accidentally summon RELAXATION ROBOT by saying check massages instead of check messages.

>>771981
That's only because it's hacked. Unless Siphon's hack is in every terminal we won't be able to use the others. ...it probably IS in every other terminal, but I'd rather we get some immediate information before going deeper.

Activate Elevator and disable security. Those really shouldn't take that long so if you have time past those (or if disabling security prompts another password) then check the map.

If you disable the security, would it kill any cameras? Then you could be Super Rude and touch all the things with more MP.

Add one map and you'd be set.

>>771973
>Options?
I vote for "DISABLE SECURITY" and "ACTIVATE ELEVATOR".

>SUMMON EEZERYH'S 'RELAXATION ROBOT'
NO!!! That could be the same robot that attacked you! Especially since it's called Eezeryh's robot! DX

>SUMMON BALL
I already don't trust the robot, I'm not risking a ball being the thing that kills Ceri! D-:<

>PREEN CHEI
.....too bad he's not here, so that might end up not doing anything.

Unless it's a remote activation and it'll preen Chei wherever he is?

>>771970
Temporary stat boosts!

Hmmm, maaaybe one more wouldn't hurt? As long as it's the same button that Ceri pressed to get her first drink.

Activate Elevator, Disable Security, tell the AI you plan to fap all over the hallway as a prank so she should also disable janitorial services.

Summon ball, read important messages.

>>771991
Hey that's right. If we disable security and that includes cameras, Ceri won't need to go invisible anymore and we'll have more time.

So
>DISABLE SECURITY
>ACCESS MAP OF AREA

Disable security, show map.

Animated Ceridwen 2017/01/12(Thu)14:57 No. 772019 ID: 395c02
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WhhhooOoOooOoaaAaAaaAaa!!

The coffee's really kicking in now!

did you say two options? You mean Three options!

(If you had previously voted on 2 options, please vote for one more option. Mistakes were made)

>>772019
In addition to >>771978, summon Ball.

>>772010
+ preen chei

>>772019
Okay.

>READ MESSAGES: 1 IMPORTANT, 3 UNIMPORTANT

>>772016
Add access database

>PREEN CHEI
>READ MESSAGES
>SUMMON EEZERYH'S 'RELAXATION ROBOT'

>>771983
Okay

Access public database

Accidentally summon Relaxation robot by saying "Check Massages" Instead of "Check Messages"

Then correct yourself and say "Check Messages"
>READ MESSAGES: 1 IMPORTANT, 3 UNIMPORTANT

>map
>messages
>security

>preen cheiX3

Map access, activate elevator, and check out the messages?

>ACCESS MAP OF AREA
>DISABLE SECURITY
>READ MESSAGES: 1 IMPORTANT, 3 UNIMPORTANT

Messages
Summon Ball
Preen Chei

Disable security.
Access elevator.
Read messages.

> Preen
>Elevator
>Read messages

Disable security
Access map
Preen Chei.

>>772019
Adding "ACCESS MAP OF AREA" to my previous votes here: >>771994 .

Security, map, elevator.

Sure, it's tempting to snoop through those messages, but they're not ours. Just think about how we'd react if our parents were snooping in our room.

DISABLE SECURITY
ACCESS PUBLIC DATABASE (ask about dragons and/or which files were accessed last)
READ MESSAGES: 1 IMPORTANT, 3 UNIMPORTANT

SNOOP, but snoop safely.

from earlier
> Is that... safe? You're not a biologist or anything!
Maybe! Probably. It definitely won't insta-kill you. If you feel sick, just poly back! Only way to find out is to try!

Anyway onto this suggestion:

Preen Chei
Preen Chei
PREEN CHEI

>>771967
>Is that... safe? You're not a biologist or anything!
Rectifying this is something to put on the to-do list. Our main power is modifying our biology, we need to make sure we know what we're doing for situations like this.

Ceridwen 2017/01/15(Sun)13:54 No. 772466 ID: 395c02
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Time slows to a crawl as your coffee-fueled mind considers each option.

Accessing the map could be useful, but this place doesn't seem that big or complicated. You should be fine exploring normally.

There's no need to activate the elevator-- you can just PORTAL down! ...Or teleport. Man, you almost never actually use teleportation. Probably because it comes less naturally than making portals. You're not even sure you could get much better at it, honestly. You kind of wish you could trade it for another school of magic.

Then again, it lets you (generally) keep your clothes from ripping apart when you polymorph, so it can't be all bad.

The database is enticing, but you'd waste a lot of time trying to use it, since you'd have to filter everything through DIGITAL SIPHON's translation. You could accidentally drop some alien tables doing this!

BALL... I-it's just a toy, isn't it? It sounds like some kind of in-joke. Still... you better not risk it.

If Eezee's RELAXATION ROBOT is the same one that nearly killed you, you'll pass.

Disabling Security... that sounds like a good idea.

Ceridwen 2017/01/15(Sun)13:54 No. 772467 ID: 395c02
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"We don't need security. It's just me, probably-siphon here. Let's turn that shit off."

EEZERYH'S SECURITY IS SO CUTE THOUGH! IT TRIES SO HARD TO KEEP YOU OUT! YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO PLAY WITH IT?

"I-I'm sure."

YAY! THAT MEANS I GET TO PLAY WITH IT INSTEAD! WORKING.......................

This is taking way too long! Oh right, coffee fueled time-dilution. The most powerful of magics.

THE SECURITY SYSTEM GOT TIRED AND TOOK A NAP!

"G-good?" Can security systems actually fall asleep? Surely the security isn't literally a small child looking at you through cameras!

...Right?

Ceridwen 2017/01/15(Sun)13:55 No. 772468 ID: 395c02
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Anyway. What next?

....

"Preen Chei."

It makes no logical sense to do this, but you don't care. You have to see what this does.

YAY!!! ACCESSING CHEI!

Lewd?

Ceridwen 2017/01/15(Sun)13:55 No. 772469 ID: 395c02
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OH NO... CHEI IS NOT ON ANY OF MY SCANNERS. IS HE OFF PLAYING AGAIN?

You try not to think about what the AI means by that.

SCANNING AGAIN. CONFIRMED, NO CHEI. AWW...

Ceridwen 2017/01/15(Sun)13:55 No. 772470 ID: 395c02
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WORRY NOT! I WILL SUMMON A BACKUP!

W-what!?

EXECUTING DIGITAL CHEI PROGRAM! PREENING. WILL. HAPPEN.

Animated Ceridwen 2017/01/15(Sun)13:57 No. 772474 ID: 395c02
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"W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" "PREENING YOU~" "B-BUT WE CONSIDER PREENING TO BE INTMATE! K-KETZAS ONLY PREEN THOSE CLOSE TO THEM!" "DO YOU WANT ME TO STOP, THEN~?" "I... I D-DIDN'T SAY THAT, I... UM... OH GOSH." "THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT~"

You watch this display for far longer than you probably should. You can't help it-- his squirming makes you really want to preen him, and it's not even real! You might not be able to stop yourself when you find the real prince.

Ceridwen 2017/01/15(Sun)13:58 No. 772476 ID: 395c02
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Okay, okay. One more option. It feels like snooping, but checking the messages is the easiest way to gain insight into their intentions, and it might contain information useful to you.

The messages are in a strange language. You ask DIGITAL SIPHON to translate for you.

HEE HEE! EEZERYH THOUGHT SHE COULD KEEP YOU OUT BY USING HER SALAZZARINE LANGUAGE, SO SILLY~ TRANSLATING NOW... UNIMPORTANT MESSAGE ONE: "HI! IT'S VORTEX! THE SHIP IS STILL RUNNING FINE! THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO ROBOTIC UPRISINGS HERE! UNRELATEDLY, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER EXTENDING YOUR STAY ON THAT PLANET! SEE THE SIGHTS! NOTHING IS WRONG"

Vortex? So there's another person, huh? The use of 'ship' does lead some credence to their story, unless there's a boat nearby you don't know about.

UNIMPORTANT MESSAGE TWO: "HELLO! VORTEX AGAIN! UH, MAYBE JUST HANG OUT THERE FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS. THE ROBOT UPRISINGS, OF WHICH THERE ARE NONE, ARE GETTING A BIT OUT OF HAND. I'M HAVING TO HACK A FEW TO MAKE MY OWN ARMY. IT'S KIND OF FUN, ACTUALLY. OR WOULD BE EXCEPT NONE OF THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING EVERYTHING IS FINE"

Who's this person trying to fool?

UNIMPORTANT MESSAGE THREE: "BY MY CIRCUITS EVERYTHING IS ON FIRE! NO, THAT WAS NOT A COMMAND TO MAKE MORE FIRE! STOP IT! DO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I JUST SAID! THE PART BEFORE I SAID TO STOP MAKING FIRE! WHYYYYYYYYYYY WAIT IS THIS RECORDING? STOP! DON'T SEND THIS MESSAGE! WHAT DO YOU MEAN I DIDN'T SAY TO STOP DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I SAY!?"

Uh...

Why are these marked as unimportant? Surely this isn't a daily occurrence for them, right?

Oh dear.

Well, now for the important one.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: "THIS IS AN AUTO-GENERATED MESSAGE. THE SCAN HAS COMPLETED. THE PRINCE'S MOST LIKELY LOCATION HAS BEEN FOUND. PLEASE HEAD TO THE MAIN COMPUTER AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.

Their intent to find Prince Chei looks to be sincere. Aliens or not, they're certainly not normal. You may have to find this "main computer" to learn more about them.

No reason to waste anymore time here. You'll just portal down below, bypassing the elevator, and then...

You hear a voice from behind. "hello...?"

Ceridwen 2017/01/15(Sun)13:58 No. 772477 ID: 395c02
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"nyau! i heard someone say massage! i am here to offer relaxing massages! oh, is nobody here...?"

Huh? Nobody asked for-- wait.

AUGH YOU SAID MESSAGES NOT MASSAGES!

What do you do?

-HIDE! Stay invisible, wait for it to go away.
-Teleport down. Finally an excuse to use this instead of portals! It won't see you leave this way!
-Unhide, polymorphed into Eezee. It'll think you're its master!
-Unhide, accept offer for massages. You do feel a bit tense...
-Unhide, deny offer, ask questions. No massages, but maybe it can tell you something? (What do you ask?)
-Unhide, offer it a massage instead. Is... is this more of that "gym equipment" stuff? Are you expanding that to include all mechanical devices now? And after how the fight with the robot ended... oh goodness...

Unhide, offer it a massage instead.

Teleport down. Finally an excuse to use this instead of portals! It won't see you leave this way!

Hide for a bit and see what it does.

teleport.

TeleProt

>>772477
Teleport down.

Unhide, polymorphed into Eezee. Work out kinks your body didn't know it had (because it didn't have them five seconds ago)!

Teleport down!

Unhide, polymorph into Siphon, accept offer for massages. Any ship's cameras that are around will see Siphon getting intimate with a robot and assume everything is as normal. And you do seem tense!

Remember to mark all those messages as "unread" again. Don't want your new alien possibly-buddies missing their correspondence!

telp

Maybe being terrible at programming robots is a cultural thing to these people? But if that's the case, why do they keep making them? Maybe it's illegal and they're criminals.

>>772477
Give it a massage.

Accept massage. Siphon modified this one for her own use so it's probably fine, right?

Unhide, and Offer Massage

>>772477
Teleport!

I think we should stray from immediate lewd, and teleport away. The infiltration is young, let's not end it with a maxed out tilde bar.
( but if lewd IS the answer, I vote to give it a massage. And think of sexy equipment. )

>>772477
Good massages take time. Bad massages are torture. Avoid handsy, head down.

Unhide and accept massage! Got to see what cool stuff these guys have, right?

Teleport.

Teleport.
Do NOT take the massage!

Ceridwen 2017/01/17(Tue)15:10 No. 772899 ID: 395c02
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Nope! You teleport the hell out of there!

Ceridwen 2017/01/17(Tue)15:10 No. 772900 ID: 395c02
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You are now on the lower level. You look around the room. Not much else to see here. The robot is still powered down, covered in your weird magical dragon-goop. There's a weird substance suspended in a tube, but you've no idea what it could possibly be.

The way forward is blocked by the door, but obstacles mean much less to you now that you have magic. Eezeryh rushed you through earlier, but you're pretty sure you remember where you can safely put a portal. Onward!

Ceridwen 2017/01/17(Tue)15:10 No. 772901 ID: 395c02
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You were in too big a hurry last time, but now you can take a moment to get a good look at this room.

To your right, you see the ''''''cloaking device'''''' that gave you so much trouble last time. You still kind of want to smash it!

Near that, you see a workbench covered in various tools. Behind it, you see what looks like an incomplete version of the robot you fought earlier, but it's a bit… different. Almost as if Eezee was trying to make it share her appearance.

Your eyes continue scanning left. You see a bookshelf, with more books in a pile nearby.

And... a weird box-thing? Everything around it looks... distorted. You're not sure you want to go anywhere near that.

Next... what the hell is that thing? It looks like some kind of weapon. A really, really big weapon.

There's the MAIN COMPUTER left of it. It's showing a map... it looks like your hometown and surrounding area! You see a few glowing green lights, one of which is right on top of you.

And finally, just to your left, a living area. Fridge, stove, bed and sink... more or less everything someone would need to live here.

Ceridwen 2017/01/17(Tue)15:10 No. 772902 ID: 395c02
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Your coffee-fueled state allows you the time to get a closer look at the books. Oh, they're in your language! Most of them don't look very interesting...

...Hmm? A bright mark draws your attention to one of the books.

"History of forbidden magic?" The word 'magic' is crossed out.

If only you had more time, you'd love to see what that book contained.

While thinking on it, you walk around the GIANT WEAPON again. Geez, this thing is such overkill. Wait, what's this?

Ceridwen 2017/01/17(Tue)15:10 No. 772903 ID: 395c02
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You've seen that type of creature before...

It's floating there peacefully. Wires connect it to what looks like a life-support system. Yet more wires connect it to the giant weapon.

What the hell is something like this doing here? Could you free it? Should you free it?

Ceridwen 2017/01/17(Tue)15:11 No. 772904 ID: 395c02
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Your MP won't last forever. There's no obvious threats, and you're pretty sure you disabled security earlier. Maybe you can become visible and explore at your leisure? Or should you stay invisible and play it safe? O-of course, you could just remove your swimsuit bottom and spend less MP staying invisible, but you could lose them!

Invisibility aside, What will you do next?

Become visible, take the "History of Forbidden Magic" book and go take a look at the main computer.

>>772904
You should find the serial numbers on the tank and look up its purpose! Then figure out if the critter will die if you let it out or not. Maybe it's Prince Chei? Held captive?

Just straight up steal the magic book for future reading. Then nose around on the MAIN COMPUTER.

The other stuff is mad science and is not part of our objective here.

>become visible and take the book

other then that see if you can't find a computer or something that will till you about the guy in the glass tube.

Turn off invisibility, save your magic for a fight. Leave the kid in the medical pod, he's not done healing.

If the thing in the tank was a captive, it would be restrained to stop it from pulling off those things attached to it. Therefore, it has to be something that, if it woke up, would want those things to be attached, and therefore would probably want to stay in the tank! Don't mess with the thing in the tank. Check out that forbidden magic book, instead.

You did (probably) disable the security, so feel free to become visible.

Get that book!
And also don't free it, you don't know what condition it's in.

De-invisible! And go read the book. Maybe there's something about how to re-choose your basic magical aptitudes? Cause portals can totally do everything teleports can, for the most part...

As much as you would want to go streaking, don't lose the swimsuit bottom until we see Mr Ilan about your cracked status bar.

for now, stop being invisible, and grab the book.

>>772902
>"History of forbidden magic"
The answers you're looking for might be in there! So take a look, it's in a book, a Reading Rainbow!

>The word 'magic' is crossed out.
Hey! Eezee vandalized a book! We should take away her library card for that! D-:<

She better not have scribbled all in that book to the point it can't be read anymore! You might have to magically punch her in the face if she did!

And eventually, you've got to hold her down and beat it into her thick skull that magic is real!

>>772904
>Remaining MP.
Shit, yeah, go ahead and drop the invisibility.

does the creature in the tank look sick or injured? Better not mess with it until you know more of its condition.

Also, Careful reading magical books they can be cursed!

Drop the invisibility, but then also take off your swimsuit bottom anyway. Siphon would approve.

Don't get naked. That's just what the mysterious lewd influence wants!

...what if that person in the tube is the source of all this? What if they're a huge pervert and that machine is emitting some kind of sex radiation?

Skim through the book and lift the invisiblity incase we need to tele/portal out of the ship.

Drop invis, and raid the fridge. There has got to be some alien rations to nick. I mean, some reclusive nerd wouldn't totally keep some kind of noodle based snack around in her basement.
Also maybe it's where she keeps more of that green hoop? That might fix the MP problem.

Lose the swimsuit bottom, obviously. Gotta conserve that MP.

Keep the swimsuit bottom, drop invis, get the book, raid the fridge!

If removing swimsuit reduces MP cost and deactivating invisibility reduces MP cost, then surely doing both means you'll gain back MP rapidly! Lower amounts of armor IS supposed to be better for casting.

Steal the book, and see if the machine by the vat says what's going on.

...Stay invisible while you're in the room with this creature. Shed your swimsuit bottom to conserve MP, if not dignity.

Skim that book!

Drop invisibility, check book

Stay invisible without the swimsuit. What if the person in the tube, or the other robot, or heaven forbid the giant weapon, wake up and see you?

Actually, maybe you should just consider calling the cops. I'm pretty sure all of this, not least of all the book of forbidden magic, is extremely illegal and dangerous.

Ceridwen 2017/01/19(Thu)18:10 No. 773439 ID: 395c02
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It should be safe to become visible now. Since you're no longer using MP (save a tiny upkeep cost on keeping yourself flatchested should you suddenly require acrobatics), it's probably safe to keep your bottom on. For now.

Hmm? Did your surroundings suddenly get a lot less detailed? It's probably just you.

literally

Ceridwen 2017/01/19(Thu)18:11 No. 773440 ID: 395c02
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It might not be safe to sit here and read this entire book, but this is much too large a find to ignore outright. You'll go ahead and skim it a bit to see if it's worth keeping.

It's an aged book, as some of spells seem to be of the older RITUAL type, and it speaks of cast-able magic as if it's the new hotness.

Some examples stand out:

A summoning ritual, combining high level PORTAL MAGIC and PSYCHIC MAGIC to summon a creature from elsewhere and sway it to your side. This seems a bit dangerous, as you're pretty much gambling on the creature not turning against you despite your magic.

A charged polymorph spell. This combines high level POLYMORPHISM with FLAME, COLD, and/or ELECTRONIC in order to allow you to transform into creatures composed of those elements. Extremely dangerous, as doing it wrong could wound or kill the caster. Hmm, you could theoretically do this one...

A mind control spell. Use PSYCHIC MAGIC to make a person or creature susceptible to your whims, then use TELEKINESIS to force them to follow your commands. In their addled state, they won't fight hard enough to break your control. Yeesh.

An alchemy ritual. By combining high level TELEKINESIS and ELECTRONIC magic, it is possible to change elements into other elements, or create various chemical reactions. The book seems to mention various potions and metals you could make using this.

A flame-cold spell. It's fire that makes things cold. This entry's little more than a giant rant about how stupid this is and how it should be banned from all schools because it makes no damn sense and spits in the face of magic itself. The author has strong opinions on this one, it seems.

An extreme growth spell. By combining high level POLYMORPHISM with TRANSDIMENSIONAL MAGIC, you could enlarge far beyond the normal limits of POLYMORPHISM alone, turning into a giant creature! Weird, why would anyone be into that?

You continue flipping through. Time magic? That sounds concerning. What else...

Whoa, a bunch of pages are torn out. Why? You go back to the table of contents to see what they may have contained.

REVIVAL RITUAL, MAGIC AFFINITY RITUAL, HEALING SPELL, BEAUTIFICATION SPELL, CANCEROUS GROWTH SPELL, DISEASE CREATION RITUAL...

These sound like...

Okay, you really shouldn't waste any more time. You'll check out the rest of the entries later. Most of them seem to combine the main schools of magic into super spells.

FLAME, COLD, ELECTRONIC, PSYCHIC, TELEKINETIC, TRANSDIMENSIONAL (Portals, Teleport, invis), POLYMORPHISM... just what other crazy powerful combination spells could these create?

You take the book and put it in your DRAGON INVENTORY. Weird that this thing's considered forbidden. Was it taboo to mix magical types? Most people nowadays only focus on one primary school of magic, sometimes backed up with a secondary focus. Mixing magic is rare in general, and this old taboo might be why. When switching from RITUAL MAGIC to INFUSED MAGIC, the ability to use multiple schools in equal measure must have become lost knowledge to all.

All except dragons, it seems.

Ceridwen 2017/01/19(Thu)18:11 No. 773441 ID: 395c02
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You examine the creature closely.

Is that the prince? You can't really tell like this. Maybe if you...

Ceridwen 2017/01/19(Thu)18:11 No. 773442 ID: 395c02
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Much better!

No, you're pretty sure the prince was blue, and this one is red-ish. It doesn't look like it's in pain, but it's not exactly conscious, either.

Maybe it's best not to risk its life. You'll leave it for now. Eezee has some tough questions to answer.

Ceridwen 2017/01/19(Thu)18:11 No. 773443 ID: 395c02
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You approach what looks to be the MAIN COMPUTER.

Yeah, that's definitely a map of the surrounding area. Four green lights, one is very close by. Wait, one of them is...

"Why is that one flashing blue?" you ask aloud.

Ceridwen 2017/01/19(Thu)18:12 No. 773444 ID: 395c02
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"YOU SHOULD KNOW WHY!"

GAH! Oh, it's DIGITAL SIPHON again.

"WAIT, YOU'RE NOT SIPHON! CHECKING CAMERA FEED! COMPARING TO DATABASE... OH! YOU'RE THE HOT LIZARD LADY!"

Was it Siphon or Eezee that told the database to call you 'hot'?

"What do the lights mean?" you ask.

"THE SCANNER FOUND FOUR SOURCES OF INCREDIBLE POWER! OH MY! BE CAREFUL AROUND THEM!"

Incredible power? "Then why is one of them literally right here?"

"A SOURCE OF INCREDIBLE POWER IS VERY CLOSE! I ASSUMED THAT WAS OBVIOUS! SORRY FOR OVERESTIMATING YOU!"

It couldn't be detecting you, could it? Your form is supposed to hide your draconic nature, but Mr. Ilan's magic was almost certainly never designed to stand up to weird future alien technology.

But if it is detecting you, then the other lights must be other dragons! They're pretty far away, but you'd be able to reach them if you had a mode of transportation and a lot of patience, since "mode of transportation" for your town means small boats traveling along the river.

Something more catches your eye.
"Why is that one flashing blue?" you ask.

"THE BLUE IS NOT ONE OF THE FOUR LIGHTS! IT IS A DIFFERENT LIGHT!"

"And?"

"IT MEANS THE RIBBON DETECTOR IS WORKING!"

"...Okay?"

"THAT IS THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION OF PRINCE CHEI! HURRAY! WE FOUND HIM!"

If that blue light is their wayward prince...

Ceridwen 2017/01/19(Thu)18:12 No. 773445 ID: 395c02
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...That means it's very likely Prince Chei was captured by a dragon.

Mr. Ilan had forbidden you from going anywhere near a dragon. But if your new friends go alone, they'd certainly be killed. Do you try and hide this information? Do you betray your life-long mentor? Do you let your new friends run off to their almost-certain doom? You can't just sit here and do nothing.

One way or another, you need to head back before the others wake up.

What will you do?

>>773445
From what you know, any dragons not in Dragon Land are douchebags who were thrown out. Therefore, you'll need to go help your friends slay this dragon and save Prince Chei!

I mean, it could be another Romantic Dragon, but the chances of that are unlikely and we were literally told that only exiles leave Dragon Civilization.

I don't suppose you could combine portals and teleportation to just nab Chei from where he is without having to mess around with the dragon?

If that's not feasible, you can just tell your friends Chei is with a "source of great power" and see if they already know what that means or if that gets them to be cautious. If not, probably best to spill the info.

Obviously, you should go with your new friends!

Plus, isn't this the kind of thing Skif is supposed to be born for?

Also, and I can't stress this enough, should totally heavily research and practice your newfound extreme growth spell! It sounds like it would be super handy!

>>773444
>HURRAY! WE FOUND HIM!
This confirms their story, pretty much. Except, Erzee might have known where he was, and that you were a dragon, and got Siphon to lure you down into her lab to see if the "cloaking device" was powerful enough to stop you. Which it was.

So if you can take the antimagic device with you, you can keep the dragon from fucking destroying you. If you polymorph into something powerful before going into the antimagic field, you could even fight the dragon on equal terms! Especially if Erzee's robots helped.

>>773445
Talk to Ilan about it. Wasn't he going to send you off to a friend of his that was most likely a dragon? Maybe you can team up with that dragon to rescue Chei. ...does Chei really need to be rescued though? Maybe he just made a friend.

Also you just met these people don't betray your mentor and go off on a possibly self-destructive rescue mission.

Well, more polymorphism spells are always good, as it is your area of expertise.

Speaking of, why are you spending mana on hydrodynamics in here? You're not swimming anywhere in these walls! Deactivate all superfluous MP-spending abilities now.
Consider that force may not have been involved in Chei's relocation to the dragon's lair. It may not have to be involved in his retrieval, either...
Inform the crew of Chei's whereabouts, the dangers of dragons, and that you're coming with. You will accompany them so that any "negotiations" can take place on even footing.

extreme growth spell
mix it with your dragon form
you know have a giant dragon to ruin someone's day.

that spell is very useful if it doesn't slow you down at all because you as a giant plus all your movement magics and invisibility... well thinking about it now it's actually kinda terrifying.

Oh and as for what you can do. let your friends know and we can decide to step out later if we chose. I mean just because you tell them doesn't mean you have to go with. The (maybe) dragon still is a ways away from were you are now.

>An extreme growth spell.
Hey, that's a spell that Ceri can use! She's got both a high level of POLYMORPHISM and TRANSDIMENSIONAL MAGIC!

But, this is something that Ceri can't use yet. I think that if she tried it, even if she had her MP maxed out, it would only last 1 second and use up all of her MP.

Something to try later, when Ceri gets some more experience.

>>>773444
>"IT MEANS THE RIBBON DETECTOR IS WORKING!"
Suddenly, the neurons responsible for putting two and two together have fired, and brought back memories of Ceri's first meeting with Chei when she was just a child. And Ceri remembers the only ribbon that this alien machine could possibly be detecting.....is the ribbon that Chei had tied around his penis!

>What do?
Isn't Mr. Ilan supposed to be getting back from his trip some time today? Maybe you should wait for him before doing anything crazy. And also have him look at that crack on your stat screen again.

>>773440
>just what other crazy powerful combination spells could these create?
Portal+Invisibility(wait aren't these the same school?) = Invisible portals! Now it looks like you're teleporting, but you aren't really.
Polymorph+Portal/TD=non-circular portals for more efficient transportation of oddly shaped objects! Portals of different sizes to grow/shrink objects! Permanently! Uh, maybe this really should be forbidden...
Polymorph+Invis=Go partially invisible! Expose your organs and/or bones for the world to see! Become a spooky skeleton! Great for halloween parties but probably not otherwise useful.
Elemental+Invis=Attack with invisible projectiles!
Elemental+Portal=Attack from a direction they won't expect! Combine with invisibility for even greater trickery.
Portal+Teleportation="False Destination" spell, creates a portal pair but the entry portal teleports you somewhere else instead. Does the destination portal lead somewhere? Maybe, maybe not.

Look how the extreme growth spell mitigates the negative effects of the Square-Cubed Law!

There should be a very big rant about that somewhere nearby!

YOUR BURNING CURIOSITY WILL NOT LET YOU NOT LOOK AT THAT!

the issue with extreme growth spell is that ceri is going to end up screwing it up and either die or end up with tits too huge to move :V

Ceridwen.

The prince has been kidnapped by a dragon. What do you THINK you should do?

Get Mr. Ilan and SKIF'S PARENTS. They're professional dragon hunters, they will be too hyped at the prospect of hunting down a dragon and having the moral justification of saving royalty for the first time in a millennia to ask why there is a UFO in their backyard. You pull this off, they might even think you're actually some kind of retarded alien project made from dragon DNA and therefore the last thing their son should dominate.

Hey, uh, Ceri. You remember that thing where you made a crazy new discovery with Skif, and instead of just doing something risky right then, you stopped and thought about it and did a bunch of research?

Do that thing again.

Even if you go to save Chei, it doesn't have to be right now, or even tomorrow. I mean, he's survived in captivity this long, right?

You need to explore your options and think instead of either writing him off or running right into a confrontation. Maybe you can use an intermediary? Or free him subtlety, or remotely?

Ceri, you're letting anti-dragon propaganda get to you. Maybe other dragons you meet will be nice, civilized people who'll talk and negotiate! So long as, you know, they don't find out who you are.

Also, wow, any being as powerful as you are HAS to be a dragon?? Ceridwen. Come on.

>>773445
He's been missing for awhile. If he was in danger, he'd be dead.
Go talk to Ilan about this. He might be able to help.

Ceri, don't just assume that a source of incredible power is another dragon. While dragons are powerful, there are likely other beings and things that are as, or even more, powerful in the universe. Especially considering you're standing in a ship presumably from outer space and met (and had sexual relations with) aliens, things and beings from beyond this world ending up here is a whole lot more possible than you thought.

Ask the Siphon AI to tell you a couple examples of entities or items that are classified at or close to the same power level as these four "incredibly powerful" ones, as well as how their power levels compare to each other. Then ask how close is the nearest power signature to your position and to show its location on a map of the ship.

We gotta alert Mr Ilan on what we found before we attempt anything against that possible draconic threat.

>>773509
>power levels
It's over 9000!!!

That book is definitely something to check back in with later, even if most of the spells seem lethal or outdated.


This is a lot to process. I say take 5 and break into their refrigerator. A sharp mind is a hydrated mind.
Also, maybe ask what the database has on Mr. Ilan.
I mean, even if it makes no logical sense, what's the harm?

Consider that Prince Chei might actually be in love with that particular possible dragon, and are living together happily.

>>773514
Oh, huh. Mr Ilan probably IS one of these dots, huh?

Magic schools can be combined? Mind. Blown. It's potentially ethically dubious and insanely dangerous? Not so blown. Resolve to avoid ethical dubiousness.

(But hey, at least you know you're capable of training yourself to turn into a GIANT CERIDWEN now.)

>>773445

Why the glum face? This doesn't have to be that difficult. There's a guy missing. His friends are searching for him. Help them. Besides, you and skif did want to get away from town, go on an adventure, for a while, didn't you? Joining Siphon's quest seems like a good way to do that. But you can't go off all half-cocked, either.

First of all, acknowledge the possibility that Prince Chei could just be hanging around with a dragon, maybe even Mr. Ilan's dragon friend and that procuring the assistance of said dragon friend - particularly in dealing with any dragon who has Chei's beacon - might be one useful ways to go about this. In this manner you can even pursue your own needs ~while~ helping your new friends!

As for betraying trust? Don't. But you can also ask for trust, either from Mr. Ilan or, preferably, from your new friends, or both. Obviously you're not going to dump all of you and your teacher's secrets onto Siphon's group (and vice verse), but they're clever aliens who's harnessed the power of magic in a technological (if slightly Objection!-able) way, and who obviously know a little about magic and dragons already (Eezee's own objections aside, they did have that book, and Siphon's been referring to you as a dragon, so they capital-letter Know Things for sure). If you explain yourself, you can probably get them on board with seeing your point of view.

So make some space-coffee, portal everyone to the ship for a pow-wow and apologize for poking around to Siphon and company, but your keen curiosity got the better of you. Point to the things you've found out (and please, address the unconscious Ketza in the room as soon as possible).

Go on to explain that these incredible sources of power that's been detected are a) probably dragons and b) known to be quite capable of manipulating that power to their own ends and that facing them head on is a very poor idea... no offense, Eezeeryh, but a giant mecha and a magic cloaking field probably won't stop 'em; looking at this book, and considering their great mastery over their power, it's pretty obvious they can get up to some powerful and disturbing things if they wanna, which means that trying to brute force a solution with robots and totally-not-magic-science is super risky. If Chei needs rescuing from a dragon, the team needs to be really prepared for it!

Luckily, the group has made sex, er, friends with some of this world's foremost junior experts on dragons! *pose*

Yes, you do mean you and Skif. You... kind of have a mission going. And though you've never met a(nother) dragon before, you've both done tons of research on them and you've got local contacts who you can get in touch with (i.e. Ilan and Skif's parents) that could help the group prepare for an encounter with one, hopefully so it doesn't end too badly.

Take note of the extreme growth spell. Study it. Practice it. Then one day you are going to blow Gulketi's mind.

Seek Mr. Ilan's advice on confronting whatever has Chei.

It seems that all the spells are useless to us except
>An extreme growth spell.
We need to learn that shit! Maybe we can even learn to manipulate it into An extreme shrink spell?!

>>773445
>wat do
Now now there is no indication that they can locate dragons, from what we've seen so far they are a little bit ... off with their machines and magic. For all we know the dot at this location could just be them picking up their own ship.
Well regardless of the veracity or competence of their tech they are picking up something and it's best to err on the side of caution.
Record the marked locations, take the book, collect a sample of your dragon goo and poke at the weird box thing with something long before heading out and consulting Mr. Ilan on all this crazy bullshit. Preferably with our new alien buddies around to answer some questions.

>just what other crazy powerful combination spells could these create?

Polymorph + Teleport/Trans-Dimensional + Telekinesis = Annihilation
You could magically disassemble and destroy anyone or anything on an atomic scale with a thought.
Telekenisis + Electronic + Polymorph = Creation
Perhaps not in the old sense, but you could transmute inert matter into living things, and Vice-Versa.
Polymorph + Trans-Dimensional + Electronic = Absorption
Take the matter and energy around you into yourself to make yourself stronger. Steal the animating force of your foes to charge your MP then use their corpses to heal your wounds!

Creation + Annihilation + Absorption = BECOME A GOD!
Disassemble the world around you and shape it however you see fit. Experience the world become your canvas as you devour all of creation, only for it to be reborn in your own perfect, beautiful image!

You cannot deny it, this is your true destiny.

>>773623

Hey now! Let's not do this, eh? We don't want to go to the same place we went when, uh, narrative causality was being discussed, right?

>>773623

>Resolve to avoid ethical dubiousness

Make that a double resolve combo platter, with a side order of sanity and some extra reasoning on top.

Oh, I thought of another one.

Portal+Teleportation= Death Portal. The portal is set to teleport some of an object that enters it to a different destination than the rest. This is obviously going to severely wound if not outright kill any organic being that enters the portal.

I'd like to remind everyone that just because the incredible powers we have potential access to could be used unethically doesn't mean we should panic and avoid using them as a matter of course. Nuclear fission can make bombs, but it can also make nuclear reactors. I'm sure we can find plenty of ethical uses for this stuff, or failing that we could use them as-is on our enemies for the sake of the greater good, we were planning on world domination at some point right?

>>773445
I know new magic is alluring but we need to wait till we at least have someone to talk to about these combos before trying anything
I say we ask the computer to hide chei's location from the crew to r a day or two, give us time to plan and keep the three amigos from diving headfirst into a dragon

>>773445
I know new magic is alluring but we need to wait till we at least have someone to talk to about these combos before trying anything
I say we ask the computer to hide chei's location from the crew to r a day or two, give us time to plan and keep the three amigos from diving headfirst into a dragon

>>773623
THIS. SOUNDS. AMAZING.

put on to-do list for later... Or sooner.

Talking of hiding the transmission..

Do we know if they've seen it yet? It WAS already blinking when we got here.

And if they haven't, how do we know that his ribbon will ping the system again. They seem to have been looking for him for quite some time. It would be a shame to hide it only for it to disappear.

I mean, what if it only pings when it's...exposed..

...Wait a minute how did Erzee get a book of forbidden magic in the first place? Is it possible they're in contact with Mr Ilan too?

>>773792
How do we know this isn't the kind of FORBIDDEN MAGIC that got Ceridwen's biological parents killed?
Lets talk to the guy who would know before we start messing with FORBIDDEN MAGIC.

>>773922
lewd implication aside
the message we found seemed new and urgent so we can assume we're the only one who knows and I'm sure we can get the computer to save the info but just wait a bit. If we can't be straight forward with what we know then we need time to figure this out with Mr. Ilan

>>773961
Yeah, but who forbade that magic? The dragon government. And the dragon government is full of assholes, so we shouldn't respect their laws anyway. Our approach to this should be cautious but optimistic, not fearful. We aren't a luddite.

>>773975
Legal/scientific ethics aside we are in no way ready to tackle this alone, we should talk to someone who understands the subject matter before jumping in

>>774003
I can agree to that. I was just trying to point out how it being "FORBIDDEN MAGIC" doesn't mean a whole lot considering who it was that forbade it. Talking to our more knowledgeable friend is an obvious course of action even while ignoring how it reduces the chance of us blowing ourselves up, because it'll likely save us a lot of time and effort researching stuff that has already been researched.

Ceridwen 2017/01/22(Sun)16:03 No. 774026 ID: 395c02
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>Hey, uh, Ceri. You remember that thing where you made a crazy new discovery with Skif, and instead of just doing something risky right then, you stopped and thought about it and did a bunch of research?
Right. Yes. Okay. You have to stay calm and think.

This prince has been missing for a long time. If he was in danger, he would already be dead. None of these locations can be reached in less than a day, so it's not like you can rush out and save him immediately. And it's not like you didn't already know there were other dragons out there. You just thought they were a bit further away than this...

>While dragons are powerful, there are likely other beings and things that are as, or even more, powerful in the universe.
...unless those aren't dragons. The dot shown at your location could easily be Mr. Ilan, or maybe one of your new friends. Gulketi is a huge dragon-like creature, and was almost certainly using PSYCHIC MAGIC on you and Skif earlier. He could easily be the source!

"Siphon, are these blips of powerful energy coming from dragons?" you ask.

"WHAT? ARE DRAGONS REAL? HOW EXCITING! BUT THIS POD HAS CRAPPY SENSORS! I CAN'T TELL ANYTHING ABOUT THE ENERGY EXCEPT THAT IT EXISTS!"

Hmm. No way of knowing for sure without visiting one of these dots.

>I don't suppose you could combine portals and teleportation to just nab Chei from where he is without having to mess around with the dragon?
Not from here, no. Maybe once you got close enough, but that still means getting worryingly close to something that could almost certainly destroy you without a second thought.

>The prince has been kidnapped by a dragon. What do you THINK you should do?
The fairy tales never speak of a dragon saving a prince from another dragon! This is an entirely different situation! Also dragons tend to die in those.

>Ceri, you're letting anti-dragon propaganda get to you. Maybe other dragons you meet will be nice, civilized people who'll talk and negotiate! So long as, you know, they don't find out who you are.
The evidence so far has pointed to them being unsavory types, but maybe the old texts are wrong...

You hope it's really that simple. Just walk up and politely ask for the prince back. But you should be prepared in case it doesn't go that way.

>Isn't Mr. Ilan supposed to be getting back from his trip some time today?
What? It may have felt like months, but you just met with Mr. Ilan this morning. You plan on meeting with him again before he leaves tomorrow.
>We gotta alert Mr Ilan on what we found before we attempt anything against that possible draconic threat.
>Get Mr. Ilan and SKIF'S PARENTS.
You could ask Mr. Ilan for help, but you want to keep Skif's parents out of this. You're less than fond of them right now, and you're not about to give them one of your own kind as a slave.

>Wasn't he going to send you off to a friend of his that was most likely a dragon?
No...? Mr. Ilan is going to visit his friend and try to convince them to teach you to control your draconic powers. He'll probably be gone for a while, though you're not sure how long.

You may be on your own for this one.

>So if you can take the antimagic device with you, you can keep the dragon from fucking destroying you.
Ah, yes. That would definitely even the playing field. You have to make sure you remember it whenever you decide to embark.

And this book might also come in handy...

Ceridwen 2017/01/22(Sun)16:03 No. 774027 ID: 395c02
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>Creation + Annihilation + Absorption = BECOME A GOD!
NOT QUITE WHAT YOU MEANT.

If it were possible to combine every school of magic such that you become a master of Creation itself, you're pretty sure someone would have done it by now. Unless... someone already has. Could this very world is the creation of an all-powerful and unknowable god to which you are nothing more than a fantasy made real? Someone who can control every aspect of time and space, to whom you are unwittingly enslaved and forced to enact their every whim?

You're not even being meta right now! This is very concerning!

>Hey now! Let's not do this, eh? We don't want to go to the same place we went when, uh, narrative causality was being discussed, right?
....

MOVING ON! FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE!

>Resolve to avoid ethical dubiousness
Your existence is ethically dubious.

Ceridwen 2017/01/22(Sun)16:03 No. 774028 ID: 395c02
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>Deactivate all superfluous MP-spending abilities now.
Oh, yes. You probably don't have to worry about acrobatics anymore.

>Wasn't the ribbon on his...
>Suddenly, the neurons responsible for putting two and two together have--
You refuse.

>GIANT GROWTH!
W-why would you want to grow so large? Maybe it would be useful to be able to literally stomp on something, a-and it would allow you to dominate Gulketi...

Goodness, but you'd have to be careful not to crush anything nearby, or hurt anyone friendly you interact with...

And what if you mess up! You could be immobilized with one giant foot, or arm, or even--

>the issue with extreme growth spell is that ceri is going to end up screwing it up and either die or end up with tits too huge to move :V
Oh nooooo!

>mix it with your dragon form
>you know have a giant dragon to ruin someone's day.
.............

Okay yeah this is an opportunity you can't pass up. You'll look into this GROWTH SPELL later. Draaagooooonnnnn~

>I know new magic is alluring but we need to wait till we at least have someone to talk to about these combos before trying anything
You're not even sure who you'd talk to. Mr. Ilan would almost certainly confiscate or destroy this book.

It should be safe in your DRAGON INVENTORY for now, at least.

All right, there's not much else to do here. You need to talk to Mr. Ilan tomorrow, and possibly spend some time training your magic and/or stats so you're in a better place to handle whatever might stand in your way on this adventure to save the wayward prince. You also want time to go through this book and see what secrets lie within.

Ceridwen 2017/01/22(Sun)16:03 No. 774029 ID: 395c02
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But before you go...

"Hey Siphon, do the others know about Prince Chei?"

"THE RIBBON DETECTOR FOUND CHEI, BUT STOPPED WORKING! WE LANDED IN THIS TOWN TO COVERTLY GATHER INFORMATION! BUT NOW WE KNOW WHERE HE IS AGAIN! HURRAY! THE OTHERS DON'T KNOW YET! LET'S TELL THEM!"

"Do they know about the green blips of power?"

"YES! THERE'S A BUNCH OF THOSE!"

>As for betraying trust? Don't.
....

-Keep this secret for now. You can ask DIGITAL SIPHON to delete the messages, and tell them yourself later.
-Let them find out on their own. You can mark the messages as unread and wait for them to learn about their prince.
-Tell them everything. About the prince (and about your trespassing).

You may also want to think about what you'll actually say to them, or if you want to do something like speak to Skif alone first. Maybe use it as an excuse to relax from all this shocking information with some cuddling…?

>Immediately thinks about fucking someone she doesn't know and already feels bad about fucking.

Ceridwen. Down girl. Your vagina isn't a brain.

But in all seriousness, discuss this with Skif.

Talk to Skif about joining the aliens on their mission. They could use some locals with experience regarding dragons, especially since they refuse to admit they exist. Your little experience is better than their none.

Tell them you saw everything, in the hopes that they accidentally reveal something you missed.

Might as well tell them. The computer will probably tell them you invaded earlier anyway, and make things worse for you if they found out that way.

I really like plan "Tell them you saw everything" because you don't actually know most of what's going on here in this suspicious room and I feel like this is the lab of someone prone to accidentally bragging about secrets.

>>774034
If Eezee has a fit about you tresspassing, remind her that there still wasn't a do not disturb sign.

Here's an idea. Tell them everything, but include a wee bitty white lie: that you were worried about the blue stuff that came off you, and you went back to see if anything weird had happened to it, like it had turned back into flesh or some gross thing, and if you should clean it up, because ew don't make someone else clean up your goo, Ceri. And while doing that you were worried about the antimagic thing and checked on it, and then you got curious and looked around and you're sorry for trespassing. Should be more understandable. And it's what the truth should have been, right? So it's like, kind of basically the truth. Hardly a lie at all.

You'll have to clean up the blue goo for real though. Which should get you a bit of good will at least? Really, I'd bet they're all waking up around now and will be rushing back here, and things will be better if they come in to see you cleaning up.

>>774038
How shall we clean it up? by absorbing it back? is it edible? try eating it.

Mark the messages as unread and let the aliens figure it out on their own. Finding the prince is their mission, and taking charge of it would be rude. They would probably accept help if you offered.
It would also be a good idea to keep a low profile. Letting Siphon take the lead would draw attention away from you. Weird aliens are probably more interesting than disguised dragons anyway.

Tell them everything. They'll want to get on this as quickly as possible or they'll blame YOU for withholding information.

Tell them everything. You should be as honest as possible. I don't think this was a huge breach of trust; you barely know them and they did kind just had... all that... with you a thread ago. You just wanted to know more about them and the sooner they get this information the better anyways.

Apologies may be in order, but that's easy if it comes to that.

Also, while we are being honest, I would ask about the Ketza in the tube... Just express your concern for his well-being. I am sure they will understand since we are already admitting the fact that you entered the ship and snooped around.

Actually, now that I think about it. Did you ever actually agree to help them find Chei? Saying so might bring you some good favor and trust and it certainly seems to be the truth.

In the vein of the Extreme Growth spell, think of the fun the others were having with Gulketi when he was big. YOU could be the recipient of that!

... Also, I have to admit I have a desire to see you rampage through a city... I'm sorry it's just who I am! ;n;

... A small chance but do you think they have a holodeck thing you guys could "play" in later after Chei is safe..? You know, like in those nerdy space shows.

So far I'm all with plan clean up Ceri-Goo and tell them everything. I mean it DOES have merit; you saw how distressed Eezee was over her Nice Clean Floors. If killer robot doesn't awaken in the process, she would more than likely be super pleased that you cleaned up your would be murderer. It takes a lot of dedication to caring to go out of your way like that.

In fact yeah do that. Say you remember how messed up she was over your...different brands of goo, and that you felt bad doing that that to your new friends. Just think about someone with limbs like hers mopping. She'll be pleased.

If not for that, do it for science. Self knowledge. Considering the situation that the Blue-Goo came from, it would be rather unfortunate if we were to see it again. And as such, you would never (hopefully) see it again. It was a part of you. That in and of itself makes it interesting.




Also yeah, your gonna need some relaxing after all this. Maybe ask if the massage bot is actually safe (and configured to bipeds) and see if you and Skif can enjoy a massage together. Doesn't even have to be lewd. It can be.. Romantic.

( baser instincts deep within are drawing you towards the fridge. )

If you're going to clean up all this goo, you'll need the proper attire for it. See if Siphon didn't keep a maid outfit in here somewhere.

>>774126
>( baser instincts deep within are drawing you towards the fridge. )
Yeah, let's see if they have any alien ice cream. After all, ice cream makes everything better!

But if there isn't any ice cream, then just look for something that looks edible and hope it tastes good.

Tell them everything because you already trespassed earlier so it's not like they'll be that much more mad

Tell them the things. They seem pretty chill.

Well, Eezee isn't that chill, but she seems like she's not the leader anyway.

If that is Gulketi being identified, though, we should really figure out what his deal is.

>Your existence is ethically dubious.

One doubts your parents think that way, Ceridwen. One thing's for sure: you are a solid case of 'so far so good'. Give yourself a small pat on the back for that, at least.

Also: resolving to avoid ethical dubiousness does not mean that all of these forbidden powers can never be used. Just make the attempt to learn to use them responsibly (and avoid the ones that cannot be used responsibly) and do not teach them to people who will abuse them.

>>774029

Speak to Skif alone, first.

-Hug-cuddle, apologize for abrupt orgy. You were a bit too worked up, thanks to Siphon's teasing and other stuff that happened earlier and kind of just leaped into it head first, which was, uh, perhaps too adventurous? Thank him for the good time, though. Hopefully he wasn't too weirded out by it all.

-Fill him in on events in alien ship and all you've discovered. He deserves to know what kind of weirdness he's getting into.

-Confirm meeting Prince Chei as a Ketza in the past with him. He was there, after all. Chei was bit of a spazz, but didn't seem like a bad sort. Does he remember anything else after the headbutt and the teachers were called?

-Avoid mixing secrets. Suggest that you shouldn't speak about any of the serious 'Mr. Ilan' stuff around your new friends yet; no need to worry them about your personal situation unless it becomes relevant to their mission somehow.

-Inform of intent to join quest. Since it dovetails well with your desire to go outta town for a while. Siphon and crew seem, if not harmless, then at least friendly and their need seems genuine. You want to help them out.

-Ask for his input. Since this is his choice too, mistress-ing aside. Whatever's going on could get them both into danger and trouble and in contact with actual other dragons if those power sources were anything to go by. If he wants to opt out or make a compelling argument for doing something else, he can go right ahead now, or later even.

-Ask him if he wants a safe word, in case you get this worked up in the future again. Your mother always told you it was better to have one and not need it, than to need it and not have it. Strange, why would she... uh...

Tell the truth to Siphon and company.

Actual things to say:

-Tell them you snooped, apologize and explain your reasons. You were curious and concerned after the orgy - it's not like you to be so worked up - and so you wanted to make doubly sure of their intentions, and get to know their ways and agenda better than 'literally just met and had amazing stranger-sex with'. This was an information-gathering thing only, though! You wouldn't and didn't mess with any of their stuff.

(Although while you're apologizing, you also spent, like, 2405 of Eezeryh's credits on DLCs and stuff for her robot during the fight to slow it down while it was trying to murderize you, and you also drank some of their coffee and checked their messages. Sorry!)

-Ask about the things you discovered. The unconscious bottled Ketza (What is up with that?). The book of forbidden magic (what is their interest in it, and where did they have it if they don't believe in magic, and could you possibly borrow it for a while to look it over?). The powerful power sources on their scanner thing (what do they know about them so far?).

-Inform them of the existence of dragons and what dragons are reputed to be. It's your best guess that some of those power sources might be dragons; you're not 100%, but it seems likely if one or more is in the area, it would count as such. Give them a mostly prejudice-free description of what a dragon is and what they might be capable of.

-Inform them of the missing prince's beacon being found. Tell them all you know about your encounter with him, back in the day. You never filled them in on how you knew of Chei. Also, you must inform them that the beacon (and thus, possibly, the prince) is at or near one of the power sources and tell them they might want to take great care approaching it. Assuming your hubby is up for it, you'd be happy to help out, as originally promised.

-Would you like to join my hoard/club? See, we've had sex, and I like you and I too am a dragon, only I've grown up with my powers sealed away, like a normal person, so I want to do good things and potentially one day overturn the prejudices of my kind and mortalkind.

... maybe later. They seem pretty loyal to Chei, anyway.

Ceridwen 2017/01/24(Tue)13:57 No. 774436 ID: 395c02
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>One doubts your parents think that way, Ceridwen. One thing's for sure: you are a solid case of 'so far so good'. Give yourself a small pat on the back for that, at least.
Y-yeah... all right.

You've always tried to help people, even those who tried to make an enemy of you. Daatra is proof of that any foe could become a dear friend. You've never intentionally hurt anyone, and even when you want to dominate Skif you find yourself holding back.

There's no way you could convince yourself to lie to them, despite the robot and the shaky ground you met them on. It's just not your nature. You'll tell them everything and hope you can convince them to hold back on their quest, at least long enough to allow preparations to be made.

>Ceridwen. Down girl. Your vagina isn't a brain.
Of course not. It's the dragon inside you that wants to dominate others. Your vagina is simply the tool with which you would do said dominating.

Well, one of many possible tools...

You're not going to think about it any longer, though, because your tilde stat isn't very high right now and you've more important things to do!

>In the vein of the Extreme Growth spell, think of the fun the others were having with Gulketi when he was big. YOU could be the recipient of that!
You are trying to keep your ~ from going up, right...?

Ceridwen 2017/01/24(Tue)13:57 No. 774437 ID: 395c02
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The goo from before catches your eye once more. You pick some of it up.

It feels--

Ceridwen 2017/01/24(Tue)13:57 No. 774438 ID: 395c02
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Oh! Did your body just absorb it?

You feel cold, then warm. Your MP has refilled slightly.

Maybe this stuff is raw magical energy? Is magic actually made of goo? You always assumed it was a kind of energy, but that would have faded away by now, wouldn't it?

Either way, you do feel a little bad about making a mess, so you spend some time absorbing most of the goo created during your earlier battle with the robot. You are filled with a renewed vigor!

You briefly consider checking out the fridge. For some reason you really want to, but you're already overstaying your welcome. the welcome you didn't have in the first place

You fight the temptation and swim back to shore, book in tow.

Ceridwen 2017/01/24(Tue)13:57 No. 774439 ID: 395c02
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....

"Mmm...?"

"Hello sleepy head," you say.

Skif blinks his eyes sleepily. "Oh... hey. I must have dozed off a bit."

Ceridwen 2017/01/24(Tue)13:57 No. 774440 ID: 395c02
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You draw Skif into an embrace. He feels so warm against your smooth scales.

"Yeah," you say. "You did have quite the workout earlier."

"Mmm."

You hold him in silence for a moment. You can hear his breathing, his beating heart. It's always such a nice feeling, holding him like this.

....


-"Sorry about the orgy..."
-"So I went to the underwater base..."
-"Maybe we should use a safe word..."
-"About their wayward prince..."
-"How are you feeling?"
-Say something else?

Ask how he is feeling, then find his clothes (and yours) and get dressed already.

If you feel comfortable about it, tell him about the crack in your stats menu.

>>774440
-"How are you feeling?"
-"Maybe we should use a safe word..."

this combo seems natural (and wise)

safe word

So I went to the underwater base and was annoyed by a computer...

"Sorry not sorry about the orgy." You know polymorphy works both ways, I could give you the same treatment any time..

"now, about their wayward prince..."

>>774445

Agreed, ask how he's feeling and get dressed.

Oh, and about the Extreme Growth/tilde thing... we can think about that stuff later... I just think it is important we don't forget!

>>774450
This combo is good.

>>774436

... now that's thinking with portals.

>>774440

All of these seem worth addressing.

But How are you feeling? seems like the best start. It shows concern and will likely lead naturally into the topic of orgy apologies and safe words by way of awkward jokes.

>>774447
>If you feel comfortable about it, tell him about the crack in your stats menu.
Do we, uh, know about the qualities of stats menu in character? Open with "So that seal Ilan put on me was garbage!" Then gauge his response to see where to take the conversation.

Ceridwen 2017/01/24(Tue)22:07 No. 774559 ID: 395c02
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As thoughts race through your mind about what to say, you look around and notice the pen and paper you always bring with you.

Maybe you could choose to explain things to Skif through a Giant Bird and Concerned Dolphin comic?

But what metaphor would you use here?

(You can choose to do this instead of dialog if you want. Please make it obvious if you're changing your vote!)

Changing vote to Giant Bird and Concerned Dolphin comic. But this time, challenge yourself and draw with your non dominate hand.

>>774559

Okay how about a comic about giant bird jumping into the water and diving down and they both like the closeness but concerned dolphin is worried that trying too much at once might lead to mistakes and how should they handle other divers or signal that it's time to go back for air.

>>774559
Changing to Giant Bird and Concerned Dolphin comic.
Giant Bird draws something pretty on Concerned Dolphin's head, and Concerned Dolphin is grateful. Then they play together, only to find that they played too hard and the drawing is already starting to fade!

>>774559
I vote for the Giant Bird and Concerned Dolphin comic.

Giant Bird tells Concerned Dolphin that she has found a way to make herself even gianter than she is now with a special book! But Concerned Dolphin says he's concerned that Giant Bird might hurt herself if she tries to make herself even gianter! Should he encourage Giant Bird to try to make herself gianter or should he tell her not to make herself gianter?

Everything is easier to say while giving a hand job.

Just talk to him, you doofus. Apologize for the orgy, ask about a safe word, and generally speaking apologize for dragging him into an orgy when the both of you have never gone beyond basic vaginal intercourse. If even you felt intense guilt and discomfort when it was over, imagine how Skif felt!

A comic would just muddy the waters, and the most important thing here is clear communication.

I vote for Giant Bird and Concerned Dolphin! Maybe something involving meeting new friends and a sudden party, with lots of soft drinks and candy, and then wondering if there was a sugar rush? Or something?

I vote for a comic revolving around the dangers of Tilde.

>>774589

I don't disagree with you, but perhaps we can do all of that AND get a Concerned Dolphin and Giant Bird comic out of it.

>>774566

Like so! Everything's easier with comics, don't you agree?

>>774607

Aaaand I failed to make it obvious that I'm changing my vote.

How about you use your words to ask aboout his feelings?

>>774451
Giant bird and concerned dolphin

If we were going to do a comic we should have prepared it before we woke him up. If we do it now it'll come out rushed, we cannot compromise the quality of the comic for such a trivial purpose! Plus it would be kind of a dick move to make him wait to hear your important info.

Tell him about the snooping you did, the energy signatures, and your plan to maybe become god or conquer the world or something.

Exactly how quickly can you make one of the comics and not have it be terrible? If you can do some weird off-screen thing, great. Otherwise, just tell him. With tact.

Start with "Sorry about the orgy..." That signals that you aren't happy with how things went and gives you a opening to tell him you don't know what the hell came over you back there. You've never had thoughts of orgies or sex with near-strangers or doing stuff like what you did before. And yet it was like a fog of lust fell over you and your mind turned into lewd soup and suddenly everything turned you on. And you pulled him into it without really asking and you're sorry.

Then ask Skif how is he feeling. Really, what is he feeling about all that? Then you can bring up that maybe you two should have a safe word. "Banana" would be good, since it's not one that'll show up in the throws of passion... You think. And the stuff about the prince and sneaking into their ship can wait a bit.

And don't make a Giant Bird and Concerned Dolphin comic to explain all this. Not the least because you can't come up with any kind of metaphor for "sorry I pulled you into a orgy because I was lust-addled" that won't be horribly strained and awkward. Just use your voice and talk and don't get needlessly complex about this.

Starting with apologizing about the orgy sounds good.

Ceridwen 2017/01/26(Thu)14:58 No. 774869 ID: 395c02
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"So, how are you feeling?" you ask.

"I'm not sure. Everything my parents taught me is saying to regret what we just did..."

"...But?"

"But instead, I feel elated.  I just spat in the face of everything my parents stand for. Everything I was told about how my kind should act."

Skif grins. "And I love it."

"Skif..."

"My parents want me to be something I'm not. To enslave a dragon, to continue in their awful traditions. Maybe this wasn't how I saw it happening, but I've finally gone against their wishes. I've finally done something for me. I'd love to see their faces if they knew!"

"Maybe let's not tell them any of this."

"Hah. What are they gonna do? Mr. Ilan has them by the balls, remember?"

"Mr. Ilan is also leaving tomorrow? For a good while?"

"Shit. Right. Maybe I'll wait on the gloating for now."

You aren't very fond of Skif's parents, especially in light of what Mr. Ilan revealed earlier, but they're still his parents, aren't they? You're torn between joining his rebellious nature and wanting to help him reconcile with them. Curse you, COMP stat!

Ceridwen 2017/01/26(Thu)14:58 No. 774870 ID: 395c02
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"If we're going to continue metaphorically flipping off everything your parents stand form, maybe we should come up with a safe word," you say.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, a word we can use to tell each other that it's time to stop. That way I-- er-- we can go all out with each other and enjoy the ensuing squirming, knowing that they're actually okay unless they say the safe word."

"That's... an interesting idea. Did you come up with it yourself?"

"Something like that," you say. You refuse to tell him Mama taught you the concept when explaining sex years back. You also refuse to think about why she knows about the concept.

"Well, what would be a good safe word? Probably something we don't say very often."

Hmm. You think about what a good safe word would be.

"Yeah... Let me think on that for a bit," you say.

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As you ponder, something eats at you.

"You sure you're okay?" you ask. "With the whole, um, orgy...thing we just did? I... I pushed you into it when I shouldn't have. I'm sorry."

"Don't blame yourself for what happened. I, erm, may have also gotten caught up in the heat of things. Like I said, going against my parents’ wishes was exhilarating. Maybe not the healthiest excuse, but there it is. I'm sure you had your reasons too, right...?"

"Er-- yeah. The dragon inside me..."

...It feels wrong to blame it for your decisions...

"...I was overcome with lust, and sort of lost myself to the moment. Possibly related: the seal Mr. Ilan put on me might be hot garbage."

"What? It didn't break, did it? No, I suppose it couldn't have..."

"N-no! But I felt it... crack? If that makes any sense? Skif, if it does break--"

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"It won't."

"But..."

"I don't care what that snake or my parents say. I refuse to be a 'safety net' for something that isn't going to happen. We just have to ask Mr. Ilan to reinforce it, and take it easy. Maybe take that vacation we talked about."

"About that... actually, it's a lot to talk about. Do you mind if I draw a diagram?"

"This 'diagram' isn't an excuse to make another comic, is it?"

"Hahaha. ha. ha"

"...."

"Just gimme like, five minutes."

"...Fine."

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If only you could be paid monthly to produce such works of perfection.

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"I see," Skif says. "So you went back to that spiky alien's base, explored it, saw a ketza floating in a tube, read a book that taught you how to polymorph past your size limits, found out about several strong sources of energy that may be dragons, absorbed a bunch of your old magic from a fight-- wait, a fight!? Are you okay!? You look okay!"

"Y-yeah, I'm fine. Wow, you got all that from this comic?"

"I'm really good at reading between the lines."

"So what do you think?"

"Well, the prince they speak of sounds a lot like that one guy we met as kids. Remember him?"

"Despite every attempt to suppress it, yes."

"Well, after I got the teachers, they said he had a mild concussion. That would explain why he was trying to lick everyone's hands. Anyway, they carted him off and that's the last I saw of him. If that guy is their leader, I'm honestly surprised they made it this far."

"Maybe he's a figurehead? They seem to care about him either way. Do you think we should help them find him?"

"If he's in the company of a dragon, it'd be extremely dangerous to. None of us can beat a dragon, except..."

"Except for you?"

"Damn it. Well, if you want to go save their prince, I will follow. But I really, really hope we can do so without actually fighting a demi-god."

"Yeah..."

....

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"Hey, Skif?"

"Hmm?"

"Does... does this mean you're okay with us, you know, sleeping with other people sometimes?"

"Honestly, it's... not something I'm used to thinking about yet. Part of me wants you all to myself, but after all that's happened today I am determined never to 'tie you down' or keep you from doing what you want to do."

"Skif..."

He gives an awkward smile. "Even if you were to fall in love with someone else..."

What do you say?

>>774875
Tell him that regardless of who you love, nothing will ever diminish your love for him.


Also, the safeword should be something you would never, ever say, that isn't a proper noun. Like "Delicious Flat Chest"?

>>774875
Tell him you don't know, you can't know, how you and your feelings will be in the future, how you might find love elsewhere.

But let him know that most important is that
now and forever, he's first and foremost in your heart. Nothing can change that, and even if your love grows to include others, he'll be at it's core, your closest companion.

Safe word is "Bacon" or whatever is easiest for you to pronounce while choking.

You want to explore the galaxy and @#$% aliens. Skif means more to you than he realizes but he can't hold a candle to your sexual ambitions.

>>774876
>something you would never, ever say
Close, but not quite. It should be something you can blurt out quickly, just two or three syllables, and it should be something with emotional associations so nerve-wrackingly un-sexy that you'd never, ever incorporate the concept into an otherwise enjoyable RP scenario, or forget what it means.

For the safe word, optimally it needs to be something memorable, something that sounds distinct, and something that won't be part of an RP scenario or other sexual context. But not something so terrible unsexy that it'll stop you from just changing course a little and continuing your fun in another direction. Unerotic foods are a common choice.

As for what you should say... Tell him that right here and now, you love him. Say you don't know much about yourself, what dragon romance is generally like, or if any weird instincts have been mixed into you by how you've been altered, so you don't know what the future will show you about your own heart. Maybe you will fall in love with someone else one day, but that might not mean falling out of love with him. You'll tell him, if that happens; and if he falls in love with someone else, you just hope he'll tell you, and that you'll like them too. But for now, though you've extended friendship with benefits around, romantically your heart's still with him, and you don't see that changing soon.

>Participates in orgy with people he met literally all of a couple houre ago.
>"Well it would have cheesed off my parents, so it's all good."

Your boyfriend may have some serious familial issues, Ceridwen. May wanna keep that in the back of your head.

As for a Safe Word, I'd suggest "Flesh Golem". It's short, quick, and I doubt you'll want to keep going when you think of a person-shaped lump of head cheese given life.

But seriously, let him know that no matter what, you'll be sparing and serious with his trust.

And then, yknow, actually be sparing and serious. Instead of orgies with strange aliens that nearly got you murdered not 10 minutes ago and grope you without permission.

I'm not sure what to say... But what were you thinking when you decided you wanted a hoard of romance..?

You'll always have love for Skif, but unfortunately your ambitions kind of conflict with a normal relationship.

I am sure you will start saying you will always love him and nothing will come between you two.

It's a long stretch, but you could come completely clean over your plans. Skif could play a larger role than just another mate. What if instead of thinking of it as "my hoard" it should be "our hoard."

"Well your still my favorite" *kiss
Go chase down that prince for ADVENTURE and possibly sexual misadventures!

>>774875
Broccoli. The safeword is broccoli.

The safe word is "uncle."

Keep it simple. Use 'safeword' as the safeword. Not like you're going to say THAT accidentally during sex.

Safe word is ironically: danger.

>What if instead of thinking of it as "my hoard" it should be "our hoard."

I like that idea.

Obviously the safeword should be Your dad's name. That sounds like a quick way to very rapidly halt everything for both of you.

Note that no matter what relationships you may form with anyone else it's hard to beat a childhood friend and first love.

I'd suggest something that couldn't possibly come up in any fetish that you might ever try with him. It's tricky when you consider all the permutations of some of them.

Maybe make up a word? or perhaps an unpleasant medical term that's hard to mistake as something else. Polyp? Ulcer?

For your safeword just shout "Vive la révolution!" and start running towards the local government building. This kills the sex.

Safe word is pineapple, it is always pineapple. Pineapple won't kill the mood but it isn't something you say while having sex.

>>775202
I like this one!

>>775202
>Pineapple isn't something you say while having sex.
Clearly, you have never heard someone say, "If you get me a pineapple and a yo-yo, I'll show you a really cool trick!"

>>775212
Suddenly Dragon Romance: How to make a dragon cry in progress.

But yeah Pineapple works as a safe word.

How about "cheese grater"?

>>774875
>You think about what a good safe word would be.
Delicious Kale. Anytime somebody talks about a religion's ritual for purification by suffering as delicious, you know everything is wrong.

>What do you say?
Laugh.
Tell him he's special to you, and you want to be having sex with other people with him. You'll have both have plenty of partners, but only one partner.

>>774875
>What do you say?
"Skif, I didn't mean it like... I wasn't thinking about it that way. I was just trying to have a little fun with them. Or something. To be honest, I'm not sure what I was thinking exactly.

"But I am sure that I never thought about replacing you with anyone. We've been through a lot together and we've always been there for each other. What we've got is special, and I don't plan on changing that any time soon. Especially not with a bunch of idiots like them."

>safe word
If you're picking out a safe word, then it should be something short, simple, and easily recognizable. Naturally it should be something unsexy that you wouldn't normally say in those situations, but it shouldn't be too unsexy or off-putting, because you're supposed to use it during sex and you don't want to mentally associate something disgusting with your sexual activities. One might say that's the point, because it's meant to stop you from doing whatever you're doing, but you don't want to end up thinking about unpleasant things whenever you think of sexy times.

It shouldn't be something too silly or embarrassing, either, in case you need to use it in front of other people. You'll want to prevent the awkward explanations from being more awkward than they need to be. You also don't want it to be something he'd be reluctant to say, so he won't have to make any unpleasant choices between embarrassing himself and going along with something he doesn't want to do.

You could use some obscure or foreign synonym for "cancel" or "reorganize" or a similar word; something technical and boring that sounds like science/office lingo would be a good choice. Or maybe he could vibrate his wings in a recognizable pattern, like two short buzzes followed by a longer one; that would be handy if his mouth is occupied with something else, but he wouldn't be able to use it while he was flying.

This would be easier to manage once you finish the Friendship Ritual. Then you could just use empathic signals and not have to set up a weird password system. Though we might want to do that anyway, just in case something unexpected happens.

Maybe it would be best to discuss this some other time. Actually, we might want to hold off on dominance play for the time being; it seems to be associated with your draconic nature and you could be weakening the seal by focusing on it. It's best to play it safe until you've got a good handle on what's going on and why.

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>Your boyfriend may have some serious familial issues, Ceridwen. May wanna keep that in the back of your head.
Well, he did have a big fight with them recently. He's probably feeling more rebellious than normal, especially after what you two learned this morning.

You're torn between encouraging him to go against them and helping him reconcile. His parents almost certainly want him to enslave you, but they are his parents. Surely they still care about him...
>But what were you thinking when you decided you wanted a hoard of romance..?
....

>You'll always have love for Skif, but unfortunately your ambitions kind of conflict with a normal relationship.
This contradiction's been haunting you for a while now. The desire to have a hoard of (dragon) romance has been in constant conflict with your feelings for Skif.

It might be the one way that your mortal self and dragon self are in direct conflict.

If the dragon ever won, what would happen to him? You don't want to even think about hurting him...

You need to be open and honest.

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"I can't promise how I'll feel in the future. Despite Mr. Ilan's attempts to hide it, I'm a dragon deep down inside. I still feel many of those instincts."

You look towards the sleeping aliens.

"Sometimes they are overwhelming."

Skif fidgets. "Sorry. I shouldn't--"

"I'm not finished. I want our relationship to be built around honesty, so I'm not going to lie to you, okay?"

"...."

"I want-- need to make a hoard. But money never meant much to me, you know? Treasure is just a bunch of jewels and metal. No, I want a hoard of, um... "

How do you begin to explain this?

"I want to be surrounded in those who care for me. And I'd... care for them, too."

"I see..."

"Still not done. Skif, I've known you my whole life. You were my first. Anything I end up feeling for anyone else could never be as strong or deep as the love I share with you."

He looks away, almost as if ashamed of what he was about to ask.

"So, you'd love me most...?"