>>867806
Agreed with all of this.

Don't settle, you can do better.

>>867795
It would be nice to watch them reclaim their city. To grow alongside them. You've already established yourself on good ground with them. It would be a cushy position. That being said, always be ready to move on. One day, they're going to expand to a degree that space and resources will be issue with you. You should leave before that happens.

Melora Serpens 2018/02/15(Thu)19:54 No. 867901 ID: c88e6d
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>Space will be an issue

Judging from the fact that this city is at least a dozen-dozen miles on a side, and is now seemingly depopulated, I get the feeling that it will be a significant period of time before land clearance becomes difficult.

>Food and such

This is a much more pressing issue, and I immediately raise it with the Queensguard while walking through the rubble-strewn courtyard before the monument. "So what have you been eating all this time? How have you been drinking?"

The guard shrugs. "Well, we ate before we entered the chamber and the Queen had her consort of course, but for the last several years we've been fasting, aside from whatever the Queen's been drinking through her roots. As to what we can eat now... Well, the miasma of our fallen and the Fulgurine machines has probably rotted away most of the food stores by now, but the water should be drinkable without any unpleasant long term effects, since the fountains draw on springs. As for food, I'm sure the Queen can grow some once she leaves her Chamber, though that will take a few days." It seems I am going to need to start hunting for a while.

>Be ready to move on

Ohhhhh definitely. Regardless of how... lovely it is to spend time with Gregaria, I have always been ready to flee should my allies betray me. Even Lagraz and I have always been ready should the other turn on us, though we did pledge to warn one another before we fought.

>Ask about the light

"By the way, what is that light over there?" I ask, gesturing at the tower. The Queensguard turns from the monument, tilting its odd head as it follows my finger. "Light? What li- Huh. That's odd." He scratches his head. "That's the Tower of Artifice. It was built as a demonstration of architectural prowess and used as a museum. I vaguely recall some of the Scholars being rather excited about an unusual meteorite they'd found, but I cannot say what it was exactly." He (or she, or it, I cannot really tell) raises a hand to his brow and leans closer. "The tower should not really be stable at this point, parts of it were quite alive and I am almost certain it was hit by enemy weapons during the destruction of the city... I would not recommend trying to climb the two hundred odd flights of stairs and ladders to the top, let alone taking the elevator at this point, regardless of how many bodies you're willing to throw away... We might have a method to get up there, though you will need to wait a few weeks for more to happen. Please do avoid putting yourself at risk, I should hate to lose a new member of the Royal Court so soon after our Queen-Mother's re-emergence into the world."

Should I ignore him and climb it anyway?

Shall I just see about setting up shelter and clearing rubble for a few weeks?

Should I personally go to the village or just send one of these bug-men back instead to avoid the hassle of a caravan?

Should I ask about anything else?

We should ask it how mirage works for their species is it a mating for life thing like some species have or a more formal way.

Go back to the village to tell them what's going on, but just have like, four of your bodies escorted by a bug man. Enough so that you can think clearly through them, but not so many as you need to carry a bunch of supplies with you.

Your other bodies should clean up the place and get things ready. At this point it might be best to gather up weapons that your bodies could use. Maybe the Fulgurine troops left some behind?

>>867914
>gather up weapons that your bodies could use.
Yes.

Although, we should be careful about picking up any bug guy weapons. If our bodies get weapons attached to them and these are more of those weapons that we can’t put down, then we’ll end up with a few bodies that won’t be able to carry anything because the weapons are stuck in their hands!

Melora 1/2 Serpens 2018/02/16(Fri)15:27 No. 868029 ID: c88e6d
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>Send off messengers

It'll be a stretch without a chain of bodies extending my range, but I will be able to keep a group as part of myself if I send 6 or so back with one of the knights. Good idea too, he mentions not having left the city in more than a century. I begin to suspect these Queensguard may be somewhat inexperienced...

Melora 2/2 Serpens 2018/02/16(Fri)15:38 No. 868032 ID: c88e6d
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>How does Marriage work

I ask the talkative Queensguard about this, and he attempts to go into a lengthy explanation, but the gist of it is that it's very rare for a consort to exist for longer than the mating, the Great Kings like the one lying dead in the city being exceptional cases who were preserved rather than being dissected. As I am capable of mating with the Queen-Mother more than once, it appears I am a de-facto Great King, though apparently I would need to undergo a medical procedure known as 'coronation'.

>Weapons and Preparations!
I find two more of those shocky spears, as well as some knives from dead Fulgurines and so many strange-looking weapons whose purpose I cannot derive that I stop collecting them after a while. As Fulgurine technology is apparently dependent on small boxes full of lightning, and none of the ones I've found have worked thus far, it's safe to say they're inert for now.

The talkative Queensguard is quite helpful when I tell him I want weapons, and so he guides many of myself to what he calls a 'civil armory'. It was struck by weapons early on in the battle, but he helpfully shifts the rubble. While I am cautious around the bug-weapons, the knight politely informs me that only knightly weapons can act as the Sword did, with these being far simpler and less robust objects designed for use as a last resort. They're still strong-looking weapons that resemble the ones I'm used to, though.

Finally, while clearing the rubble about the city, I do find a large number of strange metal eggs with rings attached to them. The knight begins walking backwards as I try to bring one to him for analysis and begins climbing a wall to get away once he runs out of space, calling down from the top of a building that I should under no circumstances pull the little ring out, as the egg 'hatches' into a rapidly expanding cloud of fire. I distribute them to my scouts anyway, as that could be useful...

Regardless, it seems now all that's ahead of me is work and regular matings, unless we have anything else to do in the meantime while the Queen-Mother starts to make food and my messenger group returns.

A timeskip is available should it be desired, otherwise make a suggestion on what Melora should do right now. Suggestions for what to do over the weeks of timeskip will also be accepted.

>>868032
Training, hunting, homemaking and learning. In the weeks to follow, you should make a home for yourself as best you can. Learn technique for the weapons you've been handed. Train how to wield them well. Hunt with them and grow with your new home.

>>868032
Timeskip would make sense. We mostly ought to explore the city a bit more to scrounge up useful tools. Maybe work on setting up habitation.

>>868035
This.

Melora (1/2) Serpens 2018/02/18(Sun)18:32 No. 868481 ID: c88e6d
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As my head clears from the.... experience with Gregaria over the next few days, I am better able to focus on the tasks ahead of me, and so I am able to more efficiently prepare the ruins for habitation by myself, Melora, in addition to the survivors of the Pale Kingdom's royal family. There are several hurdles to overcome, such as the lack of wood and my relative inexperience with stone, as well as the structural instability of the materials after explosive bombardment, but in the end I am able to assemble several lean-tos of increasing quality, especially once we discover a silk-weaver's workshop and start using the light fabric for roofing material.

Taking the advice of the talkative Queensguard (whose name turned out to be Sir Evira), I avoid endangering my bodies in the Light Tower, but I and several members of the Guard continue to watch it for any changes as time goes on. This also proves a good time to learn single combat, helping me learn how better to enable my bodies to protect themselves without the benefit of numbers. Despite the minimal situations I can conceive of in which this could happen, the fact that I can imagine any is reason enough to learn.

It is around two weeks after sacrificing my body to Gregaria that she proudly displays one of the eggs she's been laying, showing a jagged rent in its shell and a very normal number of eyes peering out. Despite our lack of connection, I do feel some kinship to the creature, and the fact that it remains silently hiding in its shell is... cute. Still, Gregaria insists that she'll be able to do MUCH more if she implants something directly into one of my female bodies.

...Just to be on the safe side, I've started keeping them away from her chamber in the palace ruins.

Emphasize the hive mind when weaving new babies. You need to work closely with the queen to build new bodies that are still thralled to your self. Disregard all other augmentations for now, keep the remaining genetics simple so future generations can add even more species. Your next step should be to experiment on integrating Elz bloodlines so you get the intelligence boost.

Melora (2/2) Serpens 2018/02/18(Sun)18:33 No. 868483 ID: c88e6d
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Finally, after nearly a month, Sir Evira strides over to my closest body and spins around, revealing the hollow gaps in their shell, and a set of almost luminous white wings. "Finally! After so long underground, it feels good to grow these in once more!" They flutter, thrumming noisily. "Now we don't need to climb the tower, I can just carry you right to the top!"

I admit, I have a few questions.

Should I even bother asking how?

I don't feel like going to the tower?

Maybe I'd rather focus on the Messengers and the Queensguard they're leading?

What does Gregaria think about the tower?

On second thought, let's give Gregaria a female and see what happens...

"After much contemplation, I think we should stay away from the meteor. What if it's like one of those 'fire eggs', but bigger?"

Give bug queen a female. You can make more, right?

>>868483
You know if you ask any questions, this man is going to give you a figurative wall of words. Let's just take our ride to the top and have a network so the body doesn't become too detached from the rest of the hive.

>>868498
I think we are more worried about the hivemind being hijacked and possibly completely consumed.

Though I guess if Gregaria swears it won't interfere with Melora's mind it could be okay...

>>868498
This.

>>868500
>Let's just take our ride to the top and have a network so the body doesn't become too detached from the rest of the hive.
And this.

Send a body to the top of the tower. No risk no reward!

Don't let Gregaria try anything fancy until you can see the final results of your first mating...

Melora Serpens 2018/02/19(Mon)20:51 No. 868796 ID: c88e6d
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>Give the bug a female
>Not until you see the final results

Actually, I've seen the final results. They're kind of adorable Bug-Skuts. They're like myself in that they're linked, but Gregaria isn't linked to them, so they seem to have no memory of the world but a lot of curiosity. They're also kind of cute, and make this weird hissing, peeping noise.

Anyway, I guess I SHOULD give her a female, as she's been nothing but helpful and friendly this entire time and I have plenty to spare. One Breeder shouldn't hurt. "Queen-Mother Gregari-" I say, poking a female's head into her chambers, before I'm promptly interrupted by a [color=3FFFFF]"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS~!"[/color].

O-ooooh no.... I'm so distracted now... Hahhhhh, at least it doesn't feel like she's going to eat this one.

Sh-should I do anything else today? I'm a little shaky but I can handle it.

>>868796
Surprised you had a non-pregnant Breeder to spare. Did she just give birth?

Try to focus on the messenger group a bit so that they don't fuck up while you're distracted. All other bodies should take it easy. Don't go to the tower today, do it tomorrow when the pleasure subsides so you don't fall off and lose a body or something.

>>868804
This.

Take it easy until you're mentally competent again.

Ketza bugs! Speep!

>>868796
All non-critical operations should be put into lite duty if not outright stopped. Put particular focus into missions that cannot be easily stopped, such as The Messengers.

>>868861
I'll be updating tomorrow! Sorry for the brief hiatus!

>>869430
ok. Hope it wasn't anything serious causing the brief Hiatus.

Question: Are they like your other bodies?
Question (1): Do they register as one of your bodies?
Question (2): Do they have some sort of individuality?

Melora (1/2) Serpens 2018/02/22(Thu)13:07 No. 869505 ID: c88e6d
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>Non-pregnant breeder
Yes, it gave birth the other day.

>What are the offspring like?
They're linked to one another. More than that I cannot say.

>Focus on the messengers
Right, I shouldn't go staggering around on top of a high place with a Guard trying to fly on brand new wings... I think they're still wet. Alright, time to focus on my messenger group, they should be nearly home...

I halt a few more demanding tasks and processes and settle my breeders down to nap for a while so I can concentrate more easily.

Melora (2/2) Serpens 2018/02/22(Thu)13:07 No. 869506 ID: c88e6d
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Alright, my bodies are just reaching the village, and- oh, there's Dorz! I do not recall her living so close to the woods, but I suppose it's been quite a few months. She's wearing some strange thing on her head. I wave!

"Oh hello MeloraAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Why is sh- Oh, right. "Hello!" Says the towering Queensguard.

...I somewhat regret paying attention to this particularly incident right now. How should I fix this?

>>869506
“He’s a friend! Stop screaming!”

>>869506
Ask the guard to give a non-threatening bow!

It's fine they're only deadly if you try to have sex with them and you're a male!

"I made more friends!"

Melora (1/1) Serpens 2018/02/23(Fri)00:24 No. 869635 ID: c88e6d
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>Say hello

>Bow

>"I made friends!"

These are all good ideas, and so I immediately try to defuse the situation and stop Dorz' high-pitched wailing before the rest of the Elz enter a death-frenzy. "Dorz! Relax, it is me, Melora! This is my friend, a guard! Bow, Guard!"

Mildly offended, the Guard does still bow with a quietly muffled, "Sorry...", lowering his halberd as he does so. Dorz awkwardly gives a bow back, her keening petering out as she wrings her hands. "Ah.... H-hello Melora. Sorry about.... that... Who IS this, and how has your expedition gone?"

This might take a while. Do I give her the long version or the short version?

>>869635
short and sweet, unless she asks you to explain in detail.

>>869635
The essentials! Details can be provided to the higher ups and those who ask.

>>869637
>>869642
These.

Melora 1/1 Serpens 2018/02/23(Fri)19:45 No. 869767 ID: c88e6d
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>Short Version

I start to tell Dorz about my adventure. "I went east and found a magic sword that ate one of my bodies, then I went into a big city full of giant dead bugs and Fulgurines, I met a pretty bug fed it another body, and then they made me their king."

Dorz stares blandly at me. "....Why don't you and your new friend come and drink some tea while you explain in more detail."

And so Dorz, myself and the Queensguard head into her home. Her offspring seems absent, although I suspect I will know his approach by the touching of my tail. I tell a slightly more coherent version of the events leading up to becoming a King, Dorz sighing with relief as the world starts making a little more sense. "How is your son, by the way?" I ask , Dorz, wagging my tail comfortably as I sip a fifth mug of tea.. She sighs. "He and Lagraz got married last week."

...What.

>>869767
By Lagraz does she mean the other group of Skuts? Speaking of which we gotta tell him about the Pale Kingdom, ask where his nearest body might be.

>>869767
Well, you’ve been gone for a while, so yeah, a lot has happened since you left.

Also, tell her that now it’s her turn to explain in more detail.

>Lagraz got married
Doesn't even faze me. 1) Technically, Skuts are hermaphrodites by definition of their experience with both male and female genders, 2) Lagraz was bound to develop a relationship after years of close contact with Elz, and 3) You married a @#$%ing mantis girl who literally vored you.

Congratulations.(?)

>>869767
I believe congratulations are in order?

Whatever floats their collective boat ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Make sure you get them a bouquet or something.

Melora 1/1 Serpens 2018/02/24(Sat)21:10 No. 869940 ID: c88e6d
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"I... had no idea..." I begin, thinking back.

Well, he did always have a thing for touching my tail... I had no idea he would grow up to take tail-touching so literally.

>You literally fed yourself to a Mantis-Girl

>Congratulations

Alright, perhaps my own proclivities are a little odd, but it still feels odd.... Well.

"Uhm... congratulations?" Dorz buries her head in her hands, blushing intensely. "Just... just don't mention it. It was awkward enough when he wasn't sitting around the village square in a heap of Lagraz." She shakes her head and goes to get the tea.

"I feel a little awkward..." Says the Queensguard, shifting inside the house. "Shall I leave?" Dorz voice comes from the kitchen.

"Don't worry, after Melora and Lagraz showed up, we got a bit used to kind strangers with... interesting appearances." The Elz woman returns, bearing a teapot and we start to reminisce about pleasant times. It's.... soothing.

I'm quite happy with this situation. It feels nice to have a home to come back to.

Too bad you can't just move the city here huh? Speaking of which ask her how she feels about moving to the city once it's more habitable. Or even just near it. It would be much safer!

>>869940
Tell the Queensguard to pull up a chair and have a seat. He doesn’t need to be standing all the time.

Maybe you could look into getting Lagraz and the Elz to move to the city? They could help you rebuild, and you could make a grand multi species city state.

>>869940
I don't see why we can't make both places our home. It will take time, but this place could be our source of laborers and food to keep the city's restoration going smoothly.

Well that's adorable.

>>869985

It'll be a bit of a [logistics] bitch to maintain, but it should be possible to automate the more mundane parts; ultimately the best course of action is to turn the village into a food factory. Just start growing stupidly large quantities of food of making as many preserves as possible.
Continue growing in numbers of bodies, which would make such a set up easier to maintain and in turn allow for the growth of yet more bodies etc ad nausiem. Exponential growth ho!

This could probably be accomplished with the creation of a designated population. One kept sitting more or less "on idle" to be used as dumb labor. It might also be prudent to keep this population nomadic, oscillating back and forth between city and village. Pouring in during the growing season for aforementioned massive harvests, and then carting off a good portion during the off season when they return to resupply the city. The benefit of this would be taking the pressure off of the village so they don't have to support that many extra mouths to feed. Thus, the village will grown and develop further, in turn increasing its capacity to grow and store yet more food.

Boy I can't wait to get into doing SCIENCE! and industry,...

Dunno what the hell to do with Lagraz though. Can't just sit around in the forest forever, they need to get a hobby!

Melora 1/2 Serpens 2018/02/26(Mon)14:27 No. 870332 ID: c88e6d
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>Move them to the city

While that might be a great idea for later, I feel it is unlikely to succeed. "Hey, want to move your entire people across hundreds of miles of trackless jungle without extra supplies in the middle of the harvest to go live in the creepy broken city full of dead people?" I try. Dorz gives me a long stare. I grin back and we both start laughing.

>Adorable

"I wasn't even aware you were performing marriages." I say, smiling at the thought. "It was nice to see Khoth making friends." Says Dorz, giving a wry chuckle. "He always was a very OUTGOING child, so it makes sense that those two spending so much time playing around in the Jungle would make them close. Didn't think it would be THAT close, though."

>Make both places our home

This feels right to me, honestly.

Melora 2/2 Serpens 2018/02/26(Mon)14:28 No. 870333 ID: c88e6d
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>Logistical ideas

This might be a good plan, but to manage such a complex plan of moving populations, I would need to lay infrastructure. Sometimes I wonder where I get my grasp of governance and ideas, and where my race came from since according to the Elz they have never recorded anything like us before coming to this region.... more for later.

For now, to set up a mobile population, I would need to construct a series of way-stations for Melora populations, allowing me to more easily focus on events at both ends of the trail and react more quickly without fear of losing my bodies. Once that was done or at the same time, I would need to build a road, allowing transportation of goods and resources.

Such a plan is ambitious but entirely doable, especially with the blades and axes collected in the Pale Kingdom. I shall talk more with Gregaria about this later, but I don't think cutting a path through the jungle should be too hard with the backing of the Elz as well and Lagraz helping as a pathfinder to avoid cliffs, ravines and dense copses.

Fortunately, it seems that the Elz village has also been attracting refugees from their own nation, as well as strangers with strange eyes from the West who refuse to speak much but are very much willing to work hard as laborers, so population won't be a problem here for now.

>Lagraz needs a hobby

They're doing Khoth, doesn't that count~?

Anyway, [b]what shall I do today?[b]

>>870333
Why, we get everyone on board with our plan, of course.

Why don’t we ask the Queensguard what it thinks of our plan and see if it could suggest ways to make our plan better and/or speed up the implementation of our plan?

Also, we’ve definitely gotta go talk to Lagraz and Khoth and tell them congratulations!

Petition to create new colonies between the town and the city, so you can slowly advance over generations.

>>870333
>"doing the Khoth"
A little part of me just died inside but I cannot argue with this sound logic. MOVING BOLDLY ON.


> gonna need to build ways stations 'n junk
Well I was think'n more of-
>then build road for maximum efficiency
...
That feel when you surprise yourself with how smart you can actually be. It's weird, mange. Perfectly brilliant! Each waystations would act as a resource stockpile, a stepping stone to build the next station and then lay the road between. This'll turn out to be a full blown highway before long and next thing ya know you've got the beginings of an economy and trade network. Good times.
And it feels good to play the long game. The city isn't much, and won't be for a very long time but its definitely going to be an investment that pays in spades. We definitely want to consult our new BFFs as much as possible on this matter, and it might be good to spend some time doing our damnedest to get all of our friends to be even better friends with each other. MIght not be able to share the same mind with everyone, but the synergy you'd get if everyone was almost as familiar with each other as Melora is with Melora would probably come pretty close.
Further, we also need to get to know our new western friends! Sure they might not want to talk now, but they never will if they never warm up! Unless there's like a legit reason that they can't talk in the first place in which case who cares let's go make friends anyway!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

>strangely strange strangers from the west, willing to work hard,....
Hum! Sounds like the people we were told about from the plains but, well,.... refugees is definitely the right word to describe them. They don't have to talk but it's sounding like something big 'n bad either has or has started to go down town out there on the frontier and it increasingly does not bode well. ANOTHER sort of ideological split? Good heavens the Elz can't catch a break, no wonder they were keen to have someone strong ruling over them. Quite the colorful history! Back to the present and moving on then. Yet another thing to pencil in on the to-do list, defusing whatever that mess might be, but I'm loathe to get invested in any protracted engagements. The village might want to set aside a few of its infrastructure projects to shore up its defenses even more than it already has. Those chumps seem like they're not itching for direct confrontations even if push comes to shove, so there's no point in us doing much else that isn't already on the agenda.

Melora (Fourth Wall Aside) Serpens 2018/02/27(Tue)23:05 No. 870648 ID: c88e6d
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>A bunch of long term planning and groundwork for long term planning.

C'mon, it's my day off, guys! I'm not going to work on zoning permits and carpentry when you told me to take it easy while I'm loopy. I'll be happy to do all that other stuff, but can you give me some ideas for less taxing pleasantness? I don't think drinking tea for the next day and a half will win me many favors with Dorz.

Go chat with Lagraz, congratulate him on his new husband. Then brag about how you've been crowned king of the bug people.

>>870648
Ya wanna find a swimming hole and practice your swan dives?

>>870648
What? I told you to go talk to Lagraz and Khoth and tell them congratulations! So go do that!

Melora (1/2) Serpens 2018/02/28(Wed)17:16 No. 870789 ID: c88e6d
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>I suggested doing that!

Never said I was yelling at you.

>Go for a swim

This is a fun idea! I used to go wading all the time after Lagraz and Dorz taught me how to avoid panicking.

Melora 2/2 Serpens 2018/02/28(Wed)17:17 No. 870790 ID: c88e6d
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>Talk to Lagraz and Khoth

Agreed, Lagraz is my oldest friend, and Khoth really liked rubbing my tail, so it's the least I can do for them both. After I get the Queensguard and Dorz talking (getting them onto the common subject of the barbarity of invaders and the subject of sciences-as-arts), I politely make my excuses and head for the river with the rest of my local bodies. It's relatively hot today, so it's a pleasant relief to relax in the cool water. As I wade, I decide to head for one of Lagraz's watch-posts, moving at a relaxed pace.

Since I arrived from the northern edge of the jungle rather than traveling through Lagraz's territory, he probably doesn't know I'm here, though I can hear several of his bodies speaking, along with the sound of an Elz voice.

Should I surprise them? Announce myself? Do something else?

>>870790
You should announce yourself so that Lagraz doesn’t get startled and attack you, thinking you’re here to try and hurt Khoth.

March in with gifts and dancers!

>>870790
No need to be sneaky. Announce yourself.

A grand entrance would be perfect! ...or as grand as you can with your few local bodies.

I was under the impression we were gonna go yuck it up and try and make their honey moon great.
Unfortunately we can't really surprise them, we don't really have any gifts or anything to surprise them with. Haven't even had time to bake a cake yet or anything. Oh well! Let's go in and make ourselves known, chipper as can be! We can party later just go and say hi, you haven't seen your friendos in a while. Is that Khoth?
Iunno, hope it's not a private moment, if it is though it's better not to be obnoxious and just be up front. Nobody like eavesdroppers! Except people who like gossip I guess. Meh.

What was I saying? Oh! Why not invite them to go swimming with you! It'll be great! You can have a splash fight! Or something! YEAH!

Make yourself known! Ol' Melora is back in town!

Melora (1/2) Serpens 2018/03/01(Thu)23:58 No. 871123 ID: c88e6d
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Alright! It's time to reveal myself! <"Lagraz!"> I cry in our personal battle-language. <"It is I, Melora! I have returned to see you!">

There's a halt in the speech from the clearing ahead, and a sudden sound of pounding feet and shifting greenery. Heheheheh~ As I hope out of the bush I see....

Melora (2/2) NSFW Serpens 2018/03/02(Fri)00:03 No. 871124 ID: c88e6d
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....Precisely what I thought I would. "H-hi Melora." Says Khoth, blushing intensely as he waves. Lagraz waves as well, the majority of his bodies having vacated the area. So modest~

"So I heard you two got married! Congratulations~! I'm sure you know the Sk't honeymoon traditions very intimately by now." Khoth blushes a little harder, while Lagraz does their best to conceal both of their 'dignities'.

I grin back at them as the rest of my local group enters the clearing, sopping wet. "Would you two like to go for a swim~?" I ask sweetly. Lagraz squirms slightly. "We are a little tied.... up at the moment."

Ehehehehehehe~ Maybe I should sit here and make small talk while they're stuck.

Should I join them or let them 'recover' in peace?

Or just go for a swim. I like swimming...

Talk about your bug babies.

See? Perfectly innocent. Not what you expected at all. I'm not sure what anyone else was thinking! They're just enjoying a perfectly "hot" sunny afternoon together.

>>871128
RUUUUUUDE. The only correct choice is to be a polite gentle sk't!*

Now tease them, tease them mercilessly. Congratulate them on their "intimate" relationship. Ask how they're enjoying being "locked" in marital "bliss." They sure "got lucky" to find one another! I'm certain the newfound responsibilities are "monolithic" but I'm sure they can "worm through" any "tight spots." It must "feel" daunting. Everything will work out though and they'll be "closer" than ever! You're so proud of how much they've "grown." Certainly they're got to "give it" their all and "take it" like champs whenever life dishes it out. It's so "fullfillng." "Fitting" that these cute little "buggers" would be "attracted" to each other. Also,... you want little neices and nephews -doesn't matter how- so you can spoil 'em rotten damnit! >:V
All the while be as cheery yet oblivious as possible the whole time. Then and only then can you take pity on them and leave those two lovebirds at it. I'm sure they'd like some "alone time" to "get familiar" with one another.



*s@$%!

Sk't have nothing to be ashamed about! Go ahead and ask them when they found out their feelings. Seeing them like this might get you a little hot and bothered though, might need to address that soon! Maybe with some company?

Melora 1/1 Serpens 2018/03/02(Fri)23:40 No. 871341 ID: c88e6d
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>Talk about your bug children

>Ignore their blatant sex act

>Make puns

>Join in

Might as well do everything at once!

I smile at Lagraz, nodding at the couple as I stand before them while the rest of my local bodies start enjoying one another behind me. "So when did you notice your feelings?" I ask innocently. Khoth speaks up at this, unable to avert his eyes and most likely lengthening his current 'predicament'. "W-well... A little after you rescued me, I grabbed a skut-tail I thought was yours, and it turned out to be Lagraz. So we started talking and I started learning how to shoot and hunt in the deep jungle, aaaaand gradually we started growing closer...." He coughs. "Andthenigotoneofherpregnant." He mutters too quickly for me to hear. "Aaaaanyway." Says Lagraz "How was your trip?"

I nod and start to tell the story of the trip to the city, adding in gestures and occasionally extracting one of my bodies from the small orgy behind me to help demonstrate notable events. "And so then when the giant bug ate me, the other bugs declared me their king, and we had babies together." I say, finishing up.

"....You're really bad at explaining things, Melora." Says Lagraz, giving a grin while Khoth wiggles underneath her while still locked in awe at my tales of wonder. "So the bugs are coming here? As long as they don't cut down too much jungle they're perfectly welcome to pass through when they want... And I wouldn't mind having one of these 'knights' around to play with."

With that, we get down to small talk and passive friendliness, though I could probably go away for a while and let them get untied. I could also invite them for a swim shortly, or see about spending some time with the Queensguard. Finally, I can get Gregaria to stop doing that thing with her tendrils for FIVE MINUTES AND EXPLAIN WHAT SHE'S DOING A-AH~!

It's not too late for him to grab your tail~ Do invite them for swimming! You'd hate play with by yourself by the water's edge.

Lets give them some time to extricate themselves and ask them to come join us swimming when they're ready. Might as well invite the queensguard too.

>>871341
If we don’t have anything else to do around here, I kinda want to see what Gregaria is doing.

>>871351
>water bug

I am sincerely tempted to see just how buoyant those guys really are now,... but nay, I'm sure they're having a grand old time with Dorz right now. For now might just want to give the two lovebirds some time to extricate themselves and go swimming.
Note to self: building a place to swim in the village? Great idea. Then you can have splash fights all the time any time and everyone is invited.


Failing that, if you're going to ask Gregaria what she's doing, might as well give her some more encouragement while you're at it. Girl's good at sticking her tendrils places ain't she? She's had 15 years was it of practice and being pent up. Cut 'er some slack! You need to build up your ability to handle these things and more, like a true aristocrat!

But no really tho good heavens the poor thing could you even imagine just having to stand there, getting no relief or any other kind of stimulation or "stimulation" for years on end?
WELL NOW YA DO 'CUZ YOU'RE FEELING THE WHIPLASH SON HOO BOY.
Note to self: Don't give Gregaria anything remotely resembling whips, gags, leather straps, rope, restraints, instruments of interrogation, pointy objects, phallic objects, oblong objects, objects longer than they are wide, objects wider than they are long, do not drive or operate heavy machinery, and talk to your doctor if you experience erections lasting longer than four days.

Melora 1/2 Serpens 2018/03/05(Mon)00:06 No. 871721 ID: c88e6d
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>Invite them to go swimming

>Get the Queensguard too


>Let's find out what Gregaria's doing

Alright, I'll do them all at once, I think Gregaria's just about fini-

LIGHT WARM THOUGHT FEELING

Melora 2/2 Serpens 2018/03/05(Mon)00:07 No. 871722 ID: c88e6d
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"Melora! Melora, please wake up!"

I think I blacked out for a few seconds there....What just.... happened?

>>871722
Probably some interference resulting from the new pregnancy.
VERY unusual for a Skut to pass out. You can access your other bodies again right?

Ask Gregaria how long you were out.

>>871722
You got pregnant, that’s what happened.

>>871722
Sitrep. Everyone good?

Tell Gregaria you think you're okay and hug her tendrils. Ask how long you were out for and what she was doing right before and when you blacked out, then tell her what you can remember and how you felt and feel now. ...Did she just cause you to orgasm so hard you passed out? Or maybe she orgasmed hard and it psychically overwhelmed you?

Look over your breeder you left with Gregaria. Yep, looking at its middle she definitely got you pregnant. ...But your breeder's only been with her for how long? A day or two? Yet its pregnancy looks rather far along, doesn't it? Well, if it was a Sk't one, that is. Ask Gregaria if this pregnancy is supposed to be this big at this point and how long it's gonna last. ...And if there's more than one young in this breeder.

Do a quick check of your other bodies, get yourselves upright and sorted and address any injuries that may have occurred when you blacked out. If Lagraz, Khoth or anyone else besides Gregaria is showing alarm or concern at you passing out, tell 'em you think you're fine but you need a bit to figure out what happened. Thankfully you were taking it easy today and not involved in anything where losing consciousness would have had more than minor repercussions.

You still got all of your bodies, Melora? Better check to make sure.

Call'n it. Orgasm straight outta consciousness. You know what they say about people who've been repressed too long,...~

COUGH.

Yes well. Probably was a bit more than a couple'o seconds there judging by her level of urgency. I'll be you five hundred thousand neurons ya just tried to multi-task too hard 'n blew a brain fuse 'r some equivalent.

...

I refuse to entertain the notion the new pregnancy has anything to do with it and will pretend suggestions to the contrary are non-existent until my mind is ready for the inordinate amounts of stress that will inevitably follow.

No, no.

None of that now. >:I

Melora 1/1 Serpens 2018/03/07(Wed)01:07 No. 872166 ID: c88e6d
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>Bodies okay?
All of them staggered, some collapsed, but it looks and feels like only a few seconds have passed... I think. Khoth and Lagraz are a little confused, but I'm walking it off.

I will speak of this to my oldest friend later.

>Orgasmic overload
Look, Gregaria's good but she's not THAT good. I wasn't even feeling particularly pleasured at the moment I suffered that... strangeness. Either way, my breeder-body is rather bloated and extremely exhausted, so I shrug it out of the Queen-Mother's tendrils and collapse onto a cushion that's most likely older than my consciousness. Oh, right, she's been getting upset all this time. I should do something about that.

"Melora, please, are you alright?" I wave a tail at her and tell her I'm fine: "Fmdlmgllph." ....Hmmm, that doesn't sound right.

Gregaria seems somewhat upset, so I try again. "Zfvvvll." It appears I may be experiencing consciousness-wide exhaustion for the first time. Fascinating. "Whaaa?" Is about all I can manage in the interrogative, however.

"Oh godblood I'm so sorry! I was just... I was having so much fun reweaving bloodlines with your lineage, and playing with you, and I tried to.... I tried weaving your geneline into mine and everything went WRONG. I don't know how else to put it, but I think I hurt you... Please, forgive me! Let me try to help, I didn't know anything like that could happen!" She's awfully stressed out...

Should I do something about it?[/b} This pillow/floor/grass/bush/tree/heap/sk't is awfully comfortable and I'm feeling strange almost universally....

Use sign language or draw on things and explain to her that its just consciousness-wide exhaustion from continuous stimulation and that you should be fine given some body/mind wide rest. Your more fragile than she is used too so explain that as long as you get some rest and maybe reunite your bodies she should be ok to continue.

>>872166
"soon" get some rest and let her patch you up later

>>872166
She didn't mean to, but she damn near assimilated your consciousness. It'd be really great if she wouldn't do that or anything like it ever again.

Get some rest for now. We need to make sure Gregaria understands the full implications of us having one mind with multiple bodies...

Muster up as much will as you can to have your breeder-body tell Gregaria "Yes, help. All bodies tired. Sleep now." Then let it pass out. If that body is too exhausted to do that, bring in another nearby body to tell Gregaria before falling asleep.

Wait, you're feeling strange through almost all your bodies? Which ones aren't feeling strange? My guess is it's at least the one that Sir Atravus inhabited via his sword. ...Which once the rest of your consciousness falls asleep he'll be able to take direct control of. Well, at least he'll get a enjoy some autonomy while you slumber. Better focus on that body for a moment and tell him he'll be in the driver's seat for a bit so if he wants to do stuff before he's fully restored, do it now.

Everything's fine. Just some crossed wires it looks like. I bet they got jostled loose from all that bang'n see. Don't be modest!

And I should probably not be a huge dick,...
Yeah well fuck you too, me!

For now just give her a thumbs up mush mouth, to let her know you're alright already!
I'm a bit concerned however by that brief slip into the "old style" of thinking about things but there's not much we can really do I guess. I'd recommend not resting quite yet, and keeping your wits about you. We don't know a thing about sk't mental health and it'd be a pain if this turned out to be the equivalent of some kind of psychological concussion.

>>872362
>...some kind of psychological concussion.
I feel I should point out that it's actually bad to keep a concussed person awake when they're trying to fall asleep. Sleep is rest for the brain, after all, and resting after injury is generally good.

Melora 1/1 Serpens 2018/03/09(Fri)11:51 No. 872555 ID: c88e6d
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>Sword body isn't tired
Yes, that's right, strange isn't it?

>Signal that you are tired.
"Sllllep now." I manage, starting to pass out as Gregaria dithers in her concern. It's kind of cute

>Psychological concussion, consciousness nearly absorbed
I think that's what happened.... I need to explain to her how much more careful she needs to be when I wake up...

Time to rest...

??? (Thread Finale) Serpens 2018/03/09(Fri)11:52 No. 872557 ID: c88e6d
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Jung nz V?

>>872557
Something ill boads on the horizon..

God damn Metroids!