,,,,''Welcome to The Rogue's Gambit''
//Demo Build #2//
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[So, you're a Rogue right?]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Yup.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[So you go sneaking around, silently stealing things and getting into all sorts of situations.]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Yup.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[A man of a few words are you?]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Yup.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, i'm told that something's gonna happen today, so you should get ready for it.]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Wait, (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[what?->wakeup]]]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Or you could cheat.]
[["Skip To Day" Menu]](text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Hey you.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Thief.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Wake the ''hell'' up, Thief!//]
[[You->description (pre)]] jump out of the cot set up in the holding cell and fall onto the ground. You get up and dust yourself off before looking at the man who just snapped you out of that dream you were having.
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//What the fuck is it//], You ask grogrilly at the city guard infront of you, still half asleep and rubbing your temple after knocking yourself off the bed.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're time's up.//] He replies.
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//Really? I though you were gonna let me "rot in here this time".//] You say in a mocking tone.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Fucking jackass.//] He whispers under his breath. (text-colour:#272e58)[//Unlike you, we follow rules in here. You were sentenced to a night in jail, you got a night in jail.//]
He grabs they key from his pocket and opens up your cell with a creak. (text-colour:#272e58)[//Remember to grab your things at the entr-//]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//Yeah, yeah, you've told me more times than i can count.//] You interupt as you start to walk away from him.
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//See ya later.//] You joke before leaving towards the entrance of the guard post. You pass through the door and talk to the nice lady at the counter.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh it's you again, pleasure to see you. I'm assuming this is the cloak i talked to you about?//]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//Yeah, i bought it as soon as you recommended it.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//I told you, Midnight blue is the new black.//]
At least she can forgive and forget, unlike a certain guard.
[[Grab your things->thingsgrab]]She hands you your things.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//There's a room over there where you can switch out of those clothes back into your cloak//] She says, pointing towards it.
You walk towards the room and close the door before throwing your things on the table. Before getting ready to leave, you decide to search through your things and figure out what's missing.
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Ah fuck, they took my all my Fun potions]
No more fun, trippy nights for a while i guess. Meh, you were probably gonna sell them at a markup anyways.
Your dagger is still there, even the emperor knows not to appropriate angry prisioners' weapons.
Your shortbow is still there, but you're short a few arrows, (text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Fucking handsy guards.]
Satisfied with your inspection and worried that the guards might get suspicious of you staying in here too long, you put on your midnight blue cloak, raising the hood before adjusting your pants, putting on your boots and finally sliding on your utility belt at that same spot you always wear it on your hips, before heading for the exit.
[[Leave the building.->town1]]You step through the door and see the midday sun, you also see a crowd of people awaiting on the opposite side of the road as a squad of adventurers.
Not just any adventurers, //those// guys.
The first time you met them, they busted you for trying to steal from a noble's mansion. Then, after they got in trouble they came to you to bust out one of their friends from prision. Usually, you would just tell them to "fuck off" and/or scam them. But something told you that you should give them a fair price of 500 gold, which they somehow also convinced you to lower to a fairer price of 250 gold. What charismatic assholes.
Their "Leader" is a Human Fighter, he's a very nice strategist and carries a lot of the party's gold but is wise enough to not let me anywhere near his coffers.
There's the Mage, he's a wise old human and he could probably turn you into a frog and punt you into a river if you ever fucked with him.
There's their Rogue, Saraa, she's quite a fine piece of elven ass. Even if she is more than 100 years your elder. You though she'd fall for you after you broke her out of that cell, but alas, she's a hard target.
And finally, there's their paladin. He's a small yet bulky dwarf. You could beat him up in a fight if you catch him by suprise, but good luck without that. But enough pondering about these assholes, they can go take a trip down the styx for all you care.
And it certainly looks like they did, half of their clothes are singed off and they got more scars than a masochistic ancient dragon. You thought they'd finally get themselves killed trying to get that ancient lich they wanted to end, but seeming as they're carring it's head, they probably where succesful.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ladies and gentlemen, the Lich.//] The leader says, holding up the decapitated head of the lich. The crowd errupts into chears before the Emperor himself breaks through the crowd. He shakes the adventurers' hands.
(text-colour:#b02e02)[//Yes!, i wouldn't expect any less from our finest heroes. Please stop by the city square this evening for a ceremony dedicated to all of you.//] The emperor chimes in after breaking through the crowd to welcome them back.
The crowd begins to cheer again as the emperor walks back to wherever he was before congratulating the heroes, and slowly, the crowd disperces and the adventurers go somewhere else for now.
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//Stuck up assholes, all of them//] You say to yourself. At least you won't have to worry about skeleton attacks and/or world ending plots anymore.
You decide to look for somewhere to go kill time until you can pickpocket some nobles at that masturbatory ceremony later.
[[Hit the Pub]]
[[Go Home]] (text-colour:red)[Not Available In This Demo]You decide to go over to the Pub, maybe you can drink your sorrows away.
Going through the door, you sit down in a corner before a waitress walks to you.
(text-colour:#ede794)[//Welcome to the Marvelous Mistake, what can i get ya'//] She asks.
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//I'll have a mead please, with the juniper berries you guys like to put in there.//] You reply, quickly looking out the window after ordering and pondering about your life for a bit.
Even if the city's all nice and fancy now, the streets of Imperial City where rough when you were growing up. But they made you who you are, you don't need a lousy, dead-end job as a baker or a mason. You're the city's greatest thief. And you mean i-
(text-colour:#cb89f8)[//Hey, mind if i sit here//] A Feminine voice interrupts.
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//Yeah sure, go ahead.//] You reply, facing her as you start to talk. It's the adventurers' Rogue. You try to hide your crush on her as you speak.
(text-colour:#cb89f8)[//Y'know, i still owe you a favor after you broke me out of that cell.//] She says, resting her chin on her hand.
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//Well?//] You reply.
(text-colour:#cb89f8)[//I could at least pay for your drink right now.//]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//Sure, but i was hoping for something else.//]
(text-colour:#cb89f8)[//Like what?//]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//Like you know, maybe you could do me a favor by letting me take ''You'' somewhere//] You flirt.
(text-colour:#cb89f8)[//Hm, charming//] She replies.
(text-colour:#cb89f8)[//I think i'll stick with the drink for now.//]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Ah well, worth a shot] You think to yourself as the waiter brings you your Mead.
(text-colour:#cb89f8)[//Put it on my tab, i'll stop by and pay it later.//] She says before getting up.
You lift the mug to your lips as she bumps her hip on your shoulder.
(text-colour:#cb89f8)[//I hope i see you at that ceremony.//] She says with a wink.
She's nice at least. Probably the only one of those stuck up assholes to ever treat you as something other than bottom dwelling scum. You hope you get that body some day, but for now, you'll settle for wallowing in self-pity.
[[Drink]]I told you this was a dead end, there's gonna be more varied content here in the future. As the current path has only 1 transformation which you choose to make faster or slower.
Some nice character moments in there though.You lift the mug again, chugging the rest of it in one go. You where always a bit of a lightweight, but you've been building up that tolerance.
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//One more please.//] You tell the waiter, and she brings you another drink, which you pound immediately.
(text-style:"fidget")[You ask for another drink as you start to get thinkative again, maybe you'll quit the trade one of these days, settle down as a locksmith or something. But the next drink's here, so it's time to forget again]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[Fuck, gods know your chaotic neutral ass is never going to be with such a robin-hood type figure as her. You're more likely to slay a dragon with a wooden plank than get with her. let's just drink some more.]
(text-style:"blurrier","sway")[Mmm, may be ther es somethin youe shooudl be doingb right nowe, hmmm? its gettin prety laite righut now and yoyu movr to thege palza at teh cneter of the ciyt]
(text-style:"blurrier","sway")[the palza si pakced wth peple foram alll oevr the emprier, uoy stumple ouyr hway to the fukin corwd and strat to dring agian. mmm dats soem goooooof shti. yoeu lok upe ate teh emperer ons thea staeg ans he stayrtst to talks or soemthin]
[[lisin too hmi]](text-style:"blurrier","sway")+(text-colour:#b02e02)[//googd pepele oft he emporeir, tdoasay i rpesent tor youws YORU HEORSO!!//] (text-style:"blurrier","sway")[tje emprerr ses ase te crwd cheeers.]
(text-style:"blurrier","sway")+(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//yea horrauh for yoeu ya fucink ashoel!//] (text-style:"blurrier","sway")[y iell ate teh top of yo lugnss.]
(text-style:"blurrier","sway")[ya satrt lafin n shet relly loudy ans teh pepel arouns yu strat to sater. somethin hapens aferrr tat, yo cants rember anifinh relly. al yu rebmer isi htat oen elph bich lokin at chu funy ase hse ges a stopid ase meadl or msomtin]
(text-style:"blurrier","sway")[yo kind of snap bak to realty as teh hed of teh lihcs hde dos soem grren shet. ertvybdy ruond yu strats to ron awai ase bols of grin shet srtaret to fli eerywere. sracred, you sumble inso a swere lid ans fal doen te hol]
(text-style:"blurrier","sway")[dhrs a wired prson inda swere dat loos al fulffy n shet wif her on ihs eriwere. it graps yu ans tarts tu tke yur clos of.] (text-style:"blurrier","sway")+(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//hei, tage me to dner frsit bdi!//] (text-style:"blurrier","sway")[yu sae drugenli ase he taiks out hsi ppns n pus in in yur ahsol]
(text-style:"blurrier","sway")[yur rili fucin drung bte u fel sotmethins of, yu relise dat is kynda geay tu gt fukd inn yre as.]
(text-style:"blurrier","sway")[yu tage urte yire dagr an sab him inde chess he sarts tu sipil ressuff alober yu ans in pein he releses yu n yu rune eewei form dat geias mofoker. enin up rely diip inde swere.]
(text-style:"blurrier","sway")[u fins a nais croner n go tu slip one de swer flor]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[sliep!->sliep!]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh hey, you're back]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Ah, gods my fucking head]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[That's not the only thing you should be worring about, you hungover idiot.]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Can you explain this time instead of telling me vague (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[nonsens-->Vague nonsense]]](text-style:"fidget")[You wake up with a wicked headache, what the fuck did [[you->description (day1)]] do last night?]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//fuck//] (textstyle:"fidget")[You grunt]
(text-style:"fidget")[You get up off the floor, you can't see anything pitch darkness. You feel your way around until you think you touch a torch. Reaching for your things, you grab a match and light it.]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Much better. ](text-style:"fidget")[You say to yourself]
(text-style:"fidget")[You check yourself in case someone took advantage of your druken stupor, but you find your coin purse and belongings intact. Releived that you haven't lost anything, you grab the torch off the wall and start moving fowards to try and find an exit.]
[[Keep Moving->Keep Moving]](text-style:"fidget")[You continue to move through the sewer. Suprisingly, it doesn't smell too bad. But maybe that's because you've hidden here an ungodly amount of times and you've gone a little bit nose-blind to the stench of raw sewage.
]
(text-style:"fidget")[As you walk through the pitch black darkness, you start to feel a bit strange, the feeling is the need to piss, you really gotta take a piss. Luckly, a sewer is just a big, city-wide toilet and you can just take a piss anywhere.
]
(text-style:"fidget")[You knock down a unlit torch off its sconce and put in your lit torch before pulling down your pants to start dealing with nature. You grab your dick to aim properly and make a strange realization, you just shaved a few days ago and you can feel some hair down there.]
(text-style:"fidget")[You find it strange enough that when you're done taking a piss, you decide to inspect the area. Strangely, not only are you at full bush right now, but it's also gotten a light-gray colour, you're not THAT old to have gray hair, specially gray pubes. Weird.]
(text-style:"fidget")[Shoving your worries of bodily old age aside, you start to gain new worries of mental old age. You're about 30-something or so and the most you've ever gotten is some loose pussy here and there, but none that have made you want to stay. Exept that gods-damned elf. With a body like that, you could kill a man by sight alone. You wish you could just break through her hard to get act and take her somewhere nice, maybe that one restaurant near the Imperial Congress. They cook some really nice duck in there, and you're sure she'd at least enjoy the great wine and ambiance.]
(text-style:"fidget")[And then maybe do something afterwards, maybe walk back to your house. Maybe turn off the lanterns and light a few candles. Maybe even, y'know. And maybe, even-
]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Oh no you don't, you horny bastard ](text-style:"fidget")[You say to yourself, as you notice your empty hand start to drift downwards.]
(text-style:"fidget")[Or maybe you could keep going?]
[[Fuck it, why not->Fuck it, why not]]
[[No, Nope.->No, Nope.]](text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Eh, fuck it]
(text-style:"fidget")[You start pulling your pants down and grabbing your dick,] tugging it up and down to the though of that elf giving you her loving. This feels pretty nice, in fact, nice enough to stop feeling that hangover that's been killing you all morning. In fact, a bit too nice.
Do you just have a thing for jerking off in sewers? is that why it feels so good? But suddenly it starts to feel even better, even the best blowjob hasn't felt this good. A bit worried, you stop fapping, but keep your hands on your dick. Nothing happens.
Thinking you might be overeacting a bit, you keep on going. But then it feels even better than before. You look down and inspect your dick, you see nothing out of the ordinary (other than the gray pubes but nevermind those). You start to fap without losing eye contact with your dick and just as it starts to gain in pleasure, you note your dick becoming slightly smaller.
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[//''What the fu-?!''//] You yell out before being interrupted by the biggest climax you've ever had. A gods-damned torrent of cum spews out of your dick as it continues to get smaller and smaller until it vanishes into smooth skin.
You look down in awe and horror at your lack of any genetalia. Before you start to feel a strange warmth inside you.
(text-colour:#b4caf3)[No, don't you fucking tell me.]
The warmth expands upwards and downwards at the same time as you feel a kick right were your dick was, followed by a fleshy pink slit that expands until it covers the whole area where your dick was.
(text-colour:#91b1e8)[Fuck.]
Yup, you've got a pussy. Welp, not the first time you've seen this happen to someone, even if it is the first time it's happened to you. Might be a case of food poisoning, or maybe you drank the wrong potion while drunk?, probably the latter.
You pull up your pants and grab the torch before continuing onwards until you finally find someplace other than endless tunnels, it's a [[maintenence room->MR]].(text-style:"fidget")[Aw, come on, why not?]
[[A no is a no->no is no]]
[[Meh, fuck it.->Fuck it, why not]](text-style:"fidget")[Are you sure you're sure?]
[[I said, no]]
[[Eh, forget it->Fuck it, why not]] You walk up to the maintenence room and knock on the door just in case, no answer. So, you try to open the door but it's locked. There's also a stairway leading to a hatch, but it's also locked. Weird.
You try to find another way in and locate a hole in the wall, it seems that instead of actually fixing the hole, someone just put a cabinet over the hole. It also kind of reminds you of that one time you heard about a bandit girl that was so horny, she shoved herself inside a tree hole until she was naked and stuck. which actually sounds kind of hot, now that you think about it. And now that you think about it, you want to get stuck in there and fucked by anyone who stumbl-
(text-colour:#91b1e8)[WHAT, NO.]
Oh yeah, you've got a pussy right now. You can't go around thinking horny thoughts without it invetibly turning into that.
(text-colour:#8e9aea)[Eh, i guess so.]
Anyways, the hole looks about big enough to fit you. All you need to do is push the cabinet over and get in there. So, you push the cabinet over and start shoving yourself through the hole, you leave all your stuff on the other side to grab once you're in.
Half-way through the hole, you start to get midly stuck, but with a few grunts and some pushing, you start moving again. But that gets your mind wandering again and you end up thinking about the bandit again, how nice it would feel to not know who's fucking your pus-
(text-colour:#978deb)[Uh, I'm stuck.]
Wait what. No, you didn't actually want this, you were just thinking horny thoughts. Wait, your ass wasn't that big. And since when were you a few inches shorter?
(text-colour:#978deb)[Oh fuck, i'm starting to see a correlation here.] You think to yourself as you realize that all the weird transformational magic shit has been happening to you after doing something that made you horny. Also not a potion, you just probably pissed off a wizard while drunk. Either way, you should stop thinking horny shit before you completely turn into a woman.
(text-colour:#978deb)[Well fuck.] You think to yourself as you realize that you'll probably starve to death before you get fu-
(text-colour:#978deb)[No, [[nope.->MR2]]]In a desperate attempt to try and get unstuck or at least, to not be unfuc-
(text-colour:#978deb)[Stop.]
Ok, ok, you decide to yell out for help
(text-colour:#978deb)[''//Hey! Anybody in here?! Could use a little help!//'']
(text-colour:#978deb)[Man, even my voice is getting a bit gir-]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Stay away from me you foul beast!//] You hear someone muffled yell.
(text-colour:#978deb)[''//Say again?!//'']
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[''//I SAID STAY AWAY YOU FOUL BE!-//'']
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''SHUT THE HELL UP!, DWARF!''//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Aw fuck it's those jackasses.] Eitherway, still someone who might be willing to help.
(text-colour:#978deb)[''//Hey i know you guys! You're that one human and the dwarf who killed the lich?!//'']
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//I told you one of them was gonna come for u-//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Wait Halkmir, i know that voice.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//That's the thief that broke out Saraa!//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//But what if he turned into one of them?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//If he'd turned into one of them he'd have no higher reasoning than "find closest fuck", just open the gods-damned door.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, fine, but if we get//](text-colour:#347450)[//the humanity fucked out of us, it's your fault.//] The dwarf says as he opens the door.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you please light a torch or something? I'm tired of not being able to see a damned thing in here.//]
You hear the dwarf fiddle with a matchbox before his face is lit by a match. He then lites the torch, illuminating the entire room.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Look, can you help me out here?//] You ask.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I could, if you would be so kind as to tell my what you're doing waist deep in a hole?//] The human replies with another question.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Fuck, fine. Look, i've had a rough morning, ok?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//How rough?//] The dwarf speaks up.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Wake up with a wicked hangover and with a curse rough.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//See! I told you!//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Still, this is the most reasoning. I've seen one of them have. He even still looks human.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//What the fuck are you talking about?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You! You're gonna fuck us until we turn into one of you!//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, Halkmir, this is a golden opportunity to figure out what the hell is going on right now. We're gonna have to free it.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Can you stop talking about me like i'm some sort of wild anima-//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, but i say we tie it up afterwards.//] The dwarf interrupts as he starts pulling your right arm
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I don't see why not.//] The human replies as he pulls your left arm.
They both struggle until you pop loose and fall flat on your face infront of them.
[[Continue->MR3]]As you try to get up, they both pin you and bind your arms and legs with rope. They then take you and put you on a wooden chair, ready to interrogate you.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//What the hell is going on?, why did you tie m-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Shh, I'll ask the questions here.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We both saw you at the ceremony yesterday, where did you go afterwards?//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Hell if i know, i was drunk as a skunk.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Interesting, maybe alcohol warded his brain from being taken over, or maybe alcohol slows it down?//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Wait, i think i remember something.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go ahead.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//I remember some green things and people running, so i ran too, and i ended up slipping into the sewer.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//So he does remember a bit of what happened last night.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Maybe i could beat the memories out of him?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No, no. I have an idea. What if we fill in the blanks in his memory, that seemed to work.//] He says to the Dwarf before facing you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//So, to answer your question, we may have played into the lich's plan.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Explains a lot, but keep going.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//So after the ceremony was over, we tried to cremate the lich's head, but it suddenly sprung back to life and attacked everyone with his magic.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//After i saw you stumble into the sewer, we ducked for cover inside a flower shop. And we saw how those that the lich affected would turn into animalistic humanoids that would look for people to spread the lich's magic.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Wait, i remember something.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//knew it //](text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go on.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Again, it's pretty foggy but i remember getting attacked by some guy that definetly didn't look human. He tried to, well, //](text-colour:#978deb)+(text-style:"subscript")[//fuck me// ](text-colour:#978deb)[//but i think i stabbed him before he could finish the deed.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//That must be it! You haven't lost your mind because he didn't actually infect you!//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//I mean, are you sure?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yes, otherwise you would be turning into something else, you look pretty normal to me.//]
[[Tell him->MR (Tell)]]
[[Keep quiet->MR (Don't)]](text-colour:#978deb)[//Well, i was going to take a leak this morning and... well...//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//... And what.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I knew it! It's hiding things from us!//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Settle down Halkmir, i'm sure it's not that bad.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Well... I... Might... I... //](text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#978deb)[//i might have a pussy.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//You what.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//I told you i didn't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ok Halkmir, tighten the ropes.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Wait what?!//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, we gotta know what the hell is going on about as much as you do.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//No, No ''NO N-''//] You scream, but are interupted by a makeshift gag made from rope and a piece of cloth.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Done, anything else?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Take off his cloak//] The human says as the dwarf starts to take your cloak off. you try to shimmy your way off the chair, but the Dwarf holds you in place.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Done.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, we're sorry, but i gotta know.//] He says with a sigh. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//Take off his pants.//]
Just as he finishes telling the dwarf to finish stripping you, he does so. slowly revealing your pussy to the both of them.
(text-colour:#978deb)[Oh gods, please don't let me get horny from this.] You pray to yourself as intrusive thoughts start to flood in, making you visibly blush. (text-colour:#aa95e8)[Fuck...]
(text-colour:#347450)[//See!, it's starting to turn into one of them! Look at it's fur spread!//] The dwarf yells as you look down to see almost all of your lower body covered in gray fur. This is followed by your hips crunching inwards as they turn into a hourglass shape and bones in your spine multiplying into a long, fluffy tail. afterwards the fur just continues creeping upwards until it arrives at your neck. You then notice your nipples start to fatten up.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Fuck, not those.] You think to yourself as the space under your now bigger nipples start to portrude outwards, balloning in size as you start to become fully female.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Shit...] You exclaim mentally as the fur finally starts marching upwards towards your head, morphing it and melding it as the gag put on you snaps in two.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[''//LET ME GO YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!//''] You scream as the gag snaps, but they just continue watching without saying a word. You then see their heads move upwards slowly as your frame becomes smaller and daintier
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mfff~...//] You moan as your thighs and ass expand some more, bursting the ropes holding your legs.
The two men watching you turn, duck back into their panic room as they see release yourself from bondage. You use your new claws to rip and tear your remaining binds appart.
[[Knock on the door]](text-colour:#978deb)[//Nah, you're probably right.//] You say, lying through your teeth.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well Halkmir, looks like we have nothing to worry about.//] The words he says burn into your brain. You yourself don't even know if you'll lose your mind in the process of what's happening to you. Either way, it's at least a slower death than getting pummeled to death by the Dwarf's Warhammer.
(text-colour:#347450)[//There you go.//] The dwarf says, untying you and letting you move.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ok, now i've got this map i found in there, i think there might be an exit to Lake Onherst if we he head through that way.//] the human says, pointing to the right of the door. The dwarf takes it as a sign and begins to open the door to the sewer network.
You three file out of the maintenence room, you carry the torch so you three can see.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Ok give me a second Thief, can you give me the torch.//] The dwarf says to you.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Why?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That torch is about to go out. Just let me use my dwarven darkvision to light another one quickly//] He says before you pass him the torch. He then snuffs it out and you're left in darkness as he light another torch.
You hear a pitter patter of a dropped matchbox. (text-colour:#347450)[//Ah hell, where'd it go now?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Uh, uh.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Uh, There! I steped on it after it fell.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//So much for your Darkvision.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh yeah, insult me why you're still blind.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you two just stop bickering and light the damn torch already.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, fine. There.//]
You three walk for a couple of hours through the sewer until seeing a great light at the end of the sewerway. Walking towards it, [[you end up on the lake.->lake (partial)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''HEY!, COME BACK HERE YOU SHITHEADS!''//] You scream as you pound on the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[''//I TOLD YOU!, IT WAS JUST WAITING FOR THE RIGHT MOMENT!//'']
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hell, you might be right this time.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''OF COURSE NOT YOU DOLTS!, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU FUCKERS JUST STOOD THERE AND WATCHED!''//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, we had to know. I just had a seed of doubt in my mind and it sort of blossomed. Now just get back in the chair and we can sort this all out.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll take your word for it.//] You say feeling strangely obedient.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, did it really get back in the chair?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Let me check, //](text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah, she did.//] He says as he opens and closes the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Now you're "planting seeds of doubt" in MY mind.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, we're coming out. But if you try anything shady, he will put you at the business end of his warhammer.//] He says as you nod. They walk out awkwardly and meet your gaze, you note that their eyes start to drift down sometimes.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Uh, you're kind of naked. Can you please put your clothes back on.//] The human says as you look down. You hide your boobs with one arm and put on your clothes with the other, blushing heavily the entire time.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i'm gonna put it bluntly. I'm feeling very weird. But i think i'm still kicking in here.//] You say, pointing a finger at your dome.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, i don't know anymore, just follow us and we'll get out of the city.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Are we really gonna have it, i mean, her coming with us for no-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Please don't say that word, please.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What word?, It?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, //](text-colour:#eb92c5)+(text-style:"subscript")[//the other one.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, ok, sure.//]
You then all leave the room, you stumble a bit but you eventually get the hang of walking on your the tips of your toes. You also try to avoid all eye contact, don't wanna make it more awkward than it already is.
[[Continue through the sewer.]](text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ok, looking at this map i found in there, i think there might be an exit to Lake Onherst if we he head through this way.//] the human says.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Ok give me a second, Ca- I mean Thief, give me the torch.//] The dwarf says to you.
You pass him the torch without saying a word or even looking at him.
(text-colour:#347450)[//This thing is about to go out, luckly for both of you, my dwarven darkvision will let me light another one with no problem//] He says as he snuffs the torch, grabbing the matchbox before accidentaly dropping it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Ah hell, where'd it go now?//] He says looking around the floor for his matchbox.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's under your right boot.//] You reply.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Ah well, thank y- Wait, how did you see the matchbox.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well i just saw it, wait, ''i can see.''//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//But you're a, well, ''were'' a huma-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Stop,'' please, i'm well aware that i ''don't'' look or behave like myself in any ''way, shape or form.''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you two just stop bickering and light the damn torch already.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, fine. There.//]
You three walk for a couple of hours through the sewer until seeing a great light at the end of the sewerway. Walking towards it, [[you end up on the lake.->lake (full)]]You three look around to try and find to the other side of the lake, it surrounds the city, so the only way to get out is crossing it.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//First, we could make our way to the bridge. It's the most obvious way, and is probably the most dangerous. Even if we make it through without having to fight through some of those things, surely the remaining guards must've quarantined the city by now. We'll have some explaining to do if we want to get you through there.//] He says pointing at you, you blush in response.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Secondly, there's a port nearby. If we could get there, we could use one of the boats there to cross the lake. It's still the second most dangerous option though.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Lastly, we could just desperatly try to cross the river by just swiming and praying to the gods we don't drown. This is the worst plan, a death-wish at best.//]
[[Plan 1->the direct aproach (full)]]
[[Plan 2->the smart aproach (full)]]
[[Plan 3 (Bad Idea)->the dumb aproach (full)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I think the bridge is our only real option here.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Welp, you might be right. Any objections Halkmir? No?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I hope you're as good at strategising as you are at explaining, Boss.//] The dwarf says, looking at the human.
You all start sprinting towards the bridge, jumping over a stone wall to drop down on the fancy stone pathway that leads to the bridge. As you drop down, you see a couple of infected people.
You take out your dagger in self-defence and scream (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''C'MERE AND GET SOME YOU BASTARDS!''//] As you lunge at one of them, weirdly enough, they don't seem to be running towards you. They seem to take The Dwarf and The Human as more important targets, despite the fact that you're also still huma-. Well, still a bit human.
One of the Infected runs past you in a mad dash to get to the group of two up ahead of you. Worried about them, you chase it down and stab it in the neck and it drops dead with a yelp. The dwarf comes in and hits 3 more with his Warhammer, knocking one of them off the the bridge itself.
You three start to sprint towards the other side of the bridge, where a very tall wall has been erected. Running is a bit hard with your baggy clothes, //and not to mention your rack swinging around too//, but you manage to still keep going. As you make it half way, you glance over your shoulder and see more infected coming. As you almost make it to the wall, you start to see the corpses of infected litter the bridge. You have to vault over some of them sometimes.
You make it to the Wall as some guards pop up from the top of it, firing a volley of arrows that kill or scare away the rest of your persuers. You all stop to catch your breat-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''No!''//]
You feel a sharp pain in your chest, the last time you felt something like this was when (text-style:"blur")[you were shot by an arrow. so you're pretty...]
(text-style:"blurrier")[sure...]
(text-style:"blurrier")[That's... a lot of... blood...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You have been impaled by an arrow.->fakeout (arrow)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I think the bridge is too obvious of an idea, and swiming that is a deathwish Plan B sounds good.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Welp, you might be right. Any objections Halkmir? No?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I hope you're as good at planning as you are a captain.//] The dwarf says, looking at the human.
The three of you walk around the Island that the city rests on, reaching the port on the east side. You find a small hill to hide on while you plan out your next moves.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ok, i've got two plans. One's only bad if my hypothesis doesn't work out, the other's bad only if we don't get lucky.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Could you elaborate.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, we could sneak our way through that warehouse, pop out the side doors and detach all bridges on that boat and sail away before any of them get on board.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//And the one with the hypothesis?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ok, since you look like one of them. Why don't you just waltz in there and grab the boat for us. I know, sounds dumb, but it just might work.//]
[[Sneaking in sounds good.->Silent & Sneaky]]
[[I'll go in there, then->Big Con]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't see us coming out alive on any of these, let's go with the one with the least man-made danger to it. I pick the third option.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Welp, you might be right. Any objections Halkmir? No?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I hope you can swim as good as you did before, Cat.//] The dwarf says to you, making you feel weird butterflies in your stomach again.
The human steps in first, swiming in perfect athletic form as he bravely sets fowards. The Dwarf follows with a more brutish aproach, but it gets the job done.
But now it's your turn
[[Doggypaddle?]]
[[Uh, swim?]]
[[Something?]]You dive in head first, looking for a comfortable way to swim with your new body. You find that paddling down with both arms at the same time, then swinging them around your hips while thrusting your legs like a frog gets you pretty far.
You make it to a rock and fill your "about to drown" lungs up with as much air as they can hold and you throw yourself back into the cool waters once more.
You can almost feel the other side of the shore when you start to pass out from exhaustion
C'mon.
(text-style:"blur")[You're gonna... make it...]
(text-style:"blurrier")[Oh... No...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You have drowned.->fakeout]]You dive in to the water and start to slowly doggypaddle your way through, you think you've made it halfway before you start to feel, very, very tired.
You try desperetly to keep your head above water, but fail. (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You have drowned->GO: Doggypaddle]]You dive head first into the water, trying to inmitate what the others are doing. Unluckly, your "hand-paw-things" that you haven't named yet don't have quite the same weight, texture, hydro or aerodynamics.
You end up doggypaddling and waisting your most of your stamina trying to get to even a percent of what the others swum in mere seconds.
Running out of breath, you try desperetly to keep your head above water, but fail. (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You have drowned->GO: water (full)]](text-colour:#430707)[''Bad End.'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Did you get the joke?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Did you though?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is me drowning in the middle of a lake amusing to you?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I don't think you got the joke.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh, ha, ha, i fucking died because i'm a cat and i tried to ''doggy''paddle.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i know, //hiiiilarious// right?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fucking ethereal asshole.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, yeah, fuck you too. Now, do you wanna stay dead or not?]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[No->Vague nonsense]]
[[Yes->no to life]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wait really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[But i don't want to end your torment just yet!]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I'm just gonna do this.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Die?->wakeup]](text-colour:#430707)[''Bad End.'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Don't you just hate stereotypes?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Tell me about it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Too bad it was correct this time.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Y'know, there plenty of cats that don't hate water. In fact, if you live near water and let your cat in it, it'll grow to love it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, yeah, whatever makes you feel better Tommy Vercettiette.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Screw you too, bud.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Anyways, is this really how it should end?]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[No->Vague nonsense]]
[[Yes->no to life]](text-colour:#430707)[''Bad End.'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Don't you just hate stereotypes?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Tell me about it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Too bad it was correct this time.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Y'know, there plenty of cats that don't hate water. In fact, if you live near water and let your cat in it, it'll grow to love it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, yeah, whatever makes you feel better Tommy Vercettiette.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Screw you too, bud.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Anyways, is this really how it should en-]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wait, something's pulling you away.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that good or bad.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Depends on how suicidal you are.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You vague (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[motherfu-->resus]]](text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''BREATHE DAMMIT!''//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You really think you can save her?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I think i feel a heartbeat!//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You sure?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Probably?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//It's been a solid 3 minutes, i think she's dead//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Why are you so gods-damned pesimistic?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Why are you so attached to her ?//]
You cough out some water as you draw breath once more.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'll be damned.//]
(text-style:"subscript","smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//you're... uh... poking my boob...//]
(text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh thank the gods. //](text-colour:#01ad79)[//I mean, Get up, we have to [[move.->Camp (Dumb)]]//](text-style:"fidget")[Come on, you must be feeling pretty horny]
[[Nope.]]
[[Well, a little->Fuck it, why not]] (text-style:"fidget")[Pretty please with a unpopped cherry on top?]
[[No, no, no->No, Nope.]]
[[Eh, fine->Fuck it, why not]] You start walking up the small hill that separates the lake from a the patch of woodland known as Imperial Forest.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, they've got the city quarantined. The Imperial Guard doesn't want anything bad getting out of the city. If that means letting the people in there rot, they will.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, uh, i know it might be a bad time, but what about me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We'll talk later, ok.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really, what's gotten into you?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Nothing's gotten into me, got it?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, lets just set up camp on this overlook here. We'll figure out what to do next there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, you're the boss.//] The Dwarf says, walking towards the overlook. Sometimes staring back at you as he walks up the incline.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//And you, Adventurers don't usually carry around enough things for two full-sized tents, you're gonna have to sleep with one of us.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Uh, sure.//] You say timidly as you walk up the incline to the overlook.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Cat.//] The Dwarf says as you arrive at the top of the overlook.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, can you call me something else? That name still gives me the hebiee-jeebies.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, seeing as you've never actually told us your name, and the Boss has some sort of "thing" for you. I though it be nice to get you a nickname.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll take it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Anyways, can you help me push these stakes in?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure.//]
You two chat for a bit as you both hammer in the stakes for the tents, as you finish, the sun starts to set over Imperial City. The overlook is at a perfect position to see it too.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well isn't this romantic//] You joke.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yup, sometimes the world has it's few concesions, silver linings if you will.//] Halkmir replies.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Anyways, before, well. What's his name?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, his name is Mason. You already know i'm not a big fan of names over nicknames.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, before Mason comes back, you wanna just talk for a bit?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't see why not.//]
You two talk for another while as the sun comes down over the City. As the moon starts to shine, Mason comes back to the camp.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'm back, I hope i didn't miss much.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well you did miss me warming up to our here Cat.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Speaking of, Can you please come over here with me?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure.//] You say as you walk over to a secluded bit at the back of the camp with Mason.
Mason looks to the right and clears his throat. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//About you.//] He begins
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What about me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I know you're in a lot of pain. Not physical, because that's the type i'd expect a person like you to be very expressive about.//] Your face goes from question to a droopy sadness.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Your world just got turned upside-down and twisted around for good measure. Yet you don't know how to call for help.//] He says as you start to tear up slightly.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I can help you.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Our other party members, Saraa and Marl. They can help you, hell, even old Halkmir over there can help you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks Mason..//] Are the only words you can muster.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Now, other than that. I got you an extra bedroll from a nearby town. Just throw it in whichever tent you want and i'm sure neither me or Halkmir will mind some company.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Also, before you go... Sorry about what happened at the maintenence room. I acted like a gods-damned fool and i let fear and paranoia take me over.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok.. Thanks..//] You answer, still a bit teary-eyed. You grab the bedroll and decide where you're gonna sleep tonight.
[[Sleep in Mason's Tent->MasonSleep (Dumb)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->HalkSleep (Dumb)]]You decide to sleep in Mason's tent, he's still outside so you just place your bedroll down and wait for him to come.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Cat.//] He says as he comes in after a few minutes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You're gonna start calling me that too?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, you never really gave us your name. Speaking of which, how did you know mine?, i never told you it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir told it to me while we were talking earlier.//] You say as Mason walks over to another spot in the tent, dropping his bedroll down and sitting in it.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then you've warmed up to us pretty nicely//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Looks more like you warmed up to me.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yup.//]
The tent is filled with an awkward silence before Mason breaks it again.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look... I'm just gonna be blunt with you. I like you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Like, like me, like me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Very much so.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Before all this, i always though you were some lonesome cutpurse that just drowned his pains away with liquor. But you've changed a lot today.//] He says as you blush.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mhmm?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yup.//]
The tent is again filled with an awkward silence.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, i always saw you as just some glory seeking rich idiot. But seeing as you just saved my life back at the river, my opinion is very much changed for good.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Mhmm?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yup.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it's getting pretty late. I Think i'll go to bed now, Goodnight Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight, Mason.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->masonleep (dumbdream)]]You decide to sleep in Halkmir's tent
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Hey Halkmir.//] You say as you come into his tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well if it isn't the lovely Ms. Cat. Come to give me company?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Man getting called that still feels weird.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah sure, i hope you don't mind me sleeping here.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nah, lay that mat down like you own the place.//] Halkmir says as he pats the floor.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You seem pretty nice after we got out of the city.//] You say as you plop down your bedroll in a nice comfortable spot.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I tend to get pretty dumb and unnecesarily hostile when something threathens the people i like to be around. But, i'm glad you broke through the ice of my stubborn ways.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It seems like Mason did most of the Ice-breaking really.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, i can tell you flicked something in him. He hasn't been the same since he saw you. He may have percieved you as a threat first, but he sure opened up once he saw the light.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//In fact, i very well might even say he fancies you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh,//] You say, blushing a bit.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Of course, you don't see a man get that emotional over a mouth to mouth resucitation every day.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Course, i'd also have to admit. I might fancy you a little bit myself.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Welp, i think it's getting pretty late. I'm gonna hit the hay. Goodnight miss Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight Halkmir.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->halksleep (dumbdream)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Man, you're really falling deep into this aren't you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You said "Oh" with a blush]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No i wasn't]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes you were, in fact, you're doing it right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, you've got me, Happy?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, because your "still a man" brain is still in control here, You're just letting it slip off from time to time.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm sorry, but did i come to this dream sequence for a psych-eval?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, you came here for me to tell you that ''HE.'' ''WAS.'' ''FLIRTING.'' ''WITH.'' ''YOU.'']
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No he wasn't, i mean, he was, a little bit.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[See? you're so confused you don't even know which planet you're standing on.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ok, you might be right.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I am right.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Who am i?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[am i?->day 2 wakeup (dumb)]]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Man, you're really falling deep into this aren't you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You were blushing through half of that conversation.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No i wasn't]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes you were, in fact, you're still doing it right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, you've got me, Happy?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, because you still firmly think that you want to go back to your old life. You just lapse into reason every now and then.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm sorry, but did i come to this dream sequence for a psych-eval?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, you came here for me to tell you that ''HE.'' ''WAS.'' ''FLIRTING.'' ''WITH.'' ''YOU.'']
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No he wasn't, i mean, he was, a little bit.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[See? you're so confused you don't even know which planet you're standing on.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ok, you might be right.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I am right.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Who am i?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[am i?->day 2 wakeup (dumb)]]](text-colour:#430707)[''Bad End.'']
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Aw fuck, not this place.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Did you come to gloat?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup, because yo-]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Please don't, i'm bleeding to death on the road right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[But you've been hit by, you been stru-]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[''Don't'', finish that sentence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Fine, but do you wanna end it like this or no-]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh, you're getting pulled away from you]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Thank the gods.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, yeah i get you don't ](text-style:"blurrier","fidget")[like me very much.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Die?->resus(direct)]](text-style:"blurrier","fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh gods!, please don't let her die here!//]
(text-style:"blurrier","fidget")+(text-colour:#347450)[//I'm no doctor, but i don't think you can live through losing that much blood.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you just hand me some more bandages? Maybe another potion'll do the trick.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","fidget")+(text-colour:#347450)[//I'm not counting on it.//]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh! I think she's waking up!//]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You sure?//]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Why are you so pesimistic right now?//]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Why are you acting like this?//]
(text-style:"fidget")[You cough up some blood before trying to breathe again.]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'll be damned.//]
(text-style:"subscript","smear","fidget")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//i.. uh... thats... a lot of blood...//]
(text-style:"subscript","fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh thank the gods. //](text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I mean, are you alright? can you [[move?->preCamp (direct)]]//](text-style:"blur","fidget")+(text-colour:#e68759)[Why are you still nursing that thing! ](text-style:"fidget")[You hear in the distance.]
(text-style:"smear","fidget")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah!.. Fuck you, too!.. Mr. fucking, marksman!..//]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, nevermind them, are you alright?//]
(text-style:"smear","fidget")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I bit, dizzy... But... I'll be, fine...//] (text-style:"fidget")[You say in a stunted and jarred voice.]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Halkmir,//] (text-style:"fidget")[He says turning to face him.] (text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you help me carry her.//]
(text-style:"smear","fidget")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can, you... Please stop, saying that, word...//] (text-style:"fidget")[You grunt as they both carry you to the gate in the wall.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")+(text-colour:#e68759)[Hey! You're not bringing that thing in here!] (text-style:"fidget")[Another guard says.]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Like hell we are!//] (text-style:"fidget")[The human answers.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")+(text-colour:#e68759)[No you're fucking not!]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Look! Open this gods-damned gate before i ''kick it'' open!//] (text-style:"fidget")[The Dwarf angrily says.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")+(text-colour:#e68759)[Fine! but only because i know you two down there!]
(text-style:"fidget")[The gate makes a hard, clunking sound before creaking open. The two adventurers carry you through the gate. Beyond the gate is a big camp, where the guards who survived the Lich's attack are stationed, plus some guards from other, nearby towns.]
(text-style:"fidget")[A guard storms his way towards the three of you, wearing the most red, pissed off look you've seen in a while.]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//You two!, I certainly hope you fucking know how deep you are in ''shit!''//]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ah fuck, not this guy.]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//And you, ''wait'', you're that gods-damned thief!//] (text-style:"fidget")[He yells while pointing at you and looking you up and down.]
(text-style:"smear","fidget")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Do you, want... A fucking, autograph?..//]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//What did you do now? Did you try to steal the Lich's power, fail, and then steal these two's hearts?//]
(text-style:"smear","fidget")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm gonna, fucking... stab you...//]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Yeah! Threathen violence after you ''BREAK A FUCKING QUARANTINE.''//]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, we found her, Uh, Him in the sewers. We've been with him for a pretty long time by now. So if he wanted to spread whatever he's contracted, we wouldn't be here discussing it with you now would we?//]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Ah fucking hell, look, what if she or he or whatever the fuck is trying to trick you two schmucks into bringing it here to infect the rest of us.//]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Then she'd be doing that right about now.//] The dwarf chimes in.
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Yes, but it isn't doing that because it's a few drops of blood away from ''meeting the gods!''//]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Still, you've seen those things. The don't exactly have a capacity for any higher reasoning. That's why i'd argue he's not actually one of them.//]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Look, give it to us for a few minutes while we figure out what the fuck is wrong with it.//]
(text-style:"fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine, we'll wait out here//] (text-style:"fidget")[The human says] (text-style:"blur","fidget")[as you start to fade] (text-style:"blurrier","fidget")[out of conscienceness.]
(text-style:"blurrier","fidget")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//And stop talking to him like he's a wild animal!//]
[[Wake Up->wall interog]](text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Hey you.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Thief.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Wake the ''hell'' up, Thief!//]
You jump up slightly, You half expect everything to be back to the way they were this last morning for a little bit, but you look down and still see your new "equipment". You're also tied up to a chair again, neat.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You're giving me some pretty big dejavu right now.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well good to know losing your cojones hasn't lost you your humor.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Same shit, different time.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Anyways, i'd like to ask you a few questions to decide either to throw you back into the city to rot or make you a ''even bigger'' danger to the rest of society.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah, make it quick.//] You sigh.
Another guards walks by and hands him a piece of parchment before leaving.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//First, were where you after you left the station.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, i went to go grab a drink//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Typical, Go on.//] He says as he starts to write down something on the parchment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Met those guys' girl friend at the pub, got comfortably numb and went over to the ceremony.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now this part's a bit hazy in my mind, but the shit with the lich happened, i drunkenly stumbled into a sewer and got "attacked" by some sort of "animal man".I stabbed him before he could do anything severe.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//So let me get this straight, You were infected, and those two dolts got so horny off seing your new curves. That they just carried you both figuritively and literally, out of the quarantine zone.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Don't know if i can agree with that statement.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You don't know? Look, don't kid yourself. You're just waiting for me to let you out so you can go fuck ''MY'' men and turn them into more of your fuckbuddies.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, if i really wanted to do that. I would be doing it.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're in a cell.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//There's a glass window behind me//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're tied up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I have literal claws on my "hand-paw", what ever the fucks.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//... Fuck...... Then why don't you free yourself righ-//] He says as he's interupted by the sound of ropes snaping from the cutting power of your new claws.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You were saying.//] You scoff while getting up from the chair and resting your back against the cell wall.
The guard sighs. (text-colour:#272e58)[//Look, Fuck it. You've planted doubt in my head.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm glad a skull as thick as yours is still open to reason.//]
Another guard passes by and gives him another, rolled piece of parchment. He unfurrows it and clears his throat.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you please sign this statement that you won't go around spreading whatever it is you got inside that body.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure. Let me see it.//] You say as he opens the cell gate before extending his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement. You grab it and make a writing gesture while looking at him, he looks around before grabbing his quil from the desk set up outside the cell, Dipping it a little in the ink well before handing it to you.
//By royal decree of the mighty Agean Empire, I Shan't harm a single soul of any imperial citizen with my newly recieved affliction. May i fail this agreement, i shall be punished by hanging of the neck.// The statement reads, you quickly sign it and hand it over to the Guard, who slowly reaches out and grabs it quickly before looking at it.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well, i guess i can't leave you inside here anymore. Go on ahead and grab your things at the entrance.//] He says, trying to put as much distance between you and him as you walk out.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, can i have that paper back?//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Why should i oblidge you this.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//So people don't cut my head off.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Sure then, here.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Getting real sick and tired of being put in binds today.] You tell yourself before he extends his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement back.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, wait a second] Your mind screams as you realize that you signed with your real name. You blush a bit before quickly correcting the mistake by brushing the ink off with a bit of your cloak.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Knew you'd do that.//] The guard chuckles. as you grab the quil and write "Thief" on the statement.
[[Grab your things->thingsgrab (bridge)]]You pass through the door and see the lady at the counter again.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Glad she of all people didn't get infected.]
She spots you and gives you a weirded out face. Before looking in the direction of the guard.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey Pyle, Did you uh, let that one thief that turned himself into a catgirl out?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Your name's Pyle?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Yes and yes. Now please give him his belt back before he starts to quip about it//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Heh, Pyle of shit//] You say under your breath.
She looks back to you and grabs your belt from under the desk before sliding it onto the desktop.
You slide it back on your hips at the spot you always put it at, but it slides back down to your ass due to your new hips.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Might want to get that refited.//] She comments. (text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and get a big bra too, and a good one at that, you look to be about a H or so and you ''definetly'' don't want those puppies to sag later.//]
You blush coyly as you turn away from the judging gaze of the receptionist.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//What?, i do this to other women all the time. I studied fashion for gods' sake//] She says as you pan your head around for a second.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i'm still getting used to it, ok. I don't even know if i'll be like this for long now.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Fine, you do you. But you would look nice in a white dress. Oh and really consider the bra, those things ''will'' kill your back.//]
You shudder at the though and get out of the makeshift station before she can put any more mental images of you in women's clothing.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//I knew that's why you were acting weird.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'm telling you she's just//](text-colour:#01ad79)[//my type no-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ahem.//] You interupt into the two adventurer's conversation. The human looks startled for a second before calming down and looking at you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Guards say i'm good to leave, can we get out of here before the receptionist gives me any more spring fasion tips.//] You complain as you strech your arms out in the air.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//I heard that!//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Sure. There's an overlook nearby, we can set up a camp over there to plan our next moves.//]
[[Walk to the Overlook->Camp (Direct)]]You three start to walk away from the quarantine camp on the outer banks of the bridge, making your way towards the overlook.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, uh, i would've asked earlier, but what about me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We'll talk later, ok.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//As for you, Halkmir. You go start setting up the camp.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mhmm.//] The Dwarf says, as he splits off from you two. he walks up towards the overlook. Sometimes staring back at you as he walks up the incline.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//So, about me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Later, i have to go get some things right now. Go help Halkmir with the tents.//] He says as you turn to walk up the incline.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Cat.//] The Dwarf says as you arrive at the top of the overlook.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, can you call me something else? That name still gives me the hebiee-jeebies.//] You ask, arching your spine backwards to relieve some of the back pain you've got.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, seeing as you've never actually told us your name, and the Boss has some sort of "thing" for you. I though it be nice to get you a nickname.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll take it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Anyways, can you help me push these stakes in?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure.//]
You two chat for a bit as you both hammer in the stakes for the tents, as you finish, the sun starts to set over Imperial City. The overlook is at a perfect position to see it too.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well isn't this romantic//] You joke.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yup, sometimes the world has it's few concesions, silver linings if you will.//] Halkmir replies.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Anyways, before, well. What's his name?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, his name is Mason. You already know i'm not a big fan of names over nicknames.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, before Mason comes back, you wanna just talk for a bit?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't see why not.//]
You two talk for another while as the sun comes down over the City. As the moon starts to shine, Mason comes back to the camp.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'm back, I hope i didn't miss much.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well you did miss me chatting a bit with our here Cat.//] The dwarf says, with a open palm pointing towards you in a presenting manner.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Speaking of, Can you please come over here with me?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure.//] You say as you walk over to a secluded bit at the back of the camp with Mason.
Mason looks to the right and clears his throat. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//About you.//] He begins
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What about me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I know you're in a lot of pain. Not physical, because that's the type i'd expect a person like you to be very expressive about.//] Your face goes from question to a droopy sadness.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Your world just got turned upside-down and twisted around for good measure. Yet you don't know how to call for help.//] He says as you start to tear up slightly.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I can help you.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Our other party members, Saraa and Marl. They can help you, hell, even old Halkmir over there can help you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks Mason..//] Are the only words you can muster.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Now, other than that. I got you an extra bedroll from a nearby town. Just throw it in whichever tent you want and i'm sure neither me or Halkmir will mind some company.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Also, before you go... Sorry about what happened at the maintenence room. I acted like a gods-damned fool and i let fear and paranoia take me over.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok.. Thanks..//] You answer, still a bit teary-eyed. You grab the bedroll and decide where you're gonna sleep tonight.
[[Sleep in Mason's Tent->MasonSleep (Direct)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->HalkSleep (Direct)]]You decide to sleep in Mason's tent, he's still outside so you just place your bedroll down and wait for him to come.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Cat.//] He says as he comes in after a few minutes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You're gonna start calling me that too?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, you never really gave us your name. Speaking of which, how did you know mine?, i never told you it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir told it to me while we were talking earlier.//] You say as Mason walks over to another spot in the tent, dropping his bedroll down and sitting in it.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then you've warmed up to us pretty nicely//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I could kind of tell by your support.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yup.//]
The tent is filled with an awkward silence before Mason breaks it again.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look... I'm just gonna be blunt with you. I like you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Like, like me, like me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Very much so.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Before all this, i always though you were some lonesome cutpurse that just drowned his pains away with liquor. But you've changed a lot today.//] He says as you blush.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mhmm?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yup.//]
The tent is again filled with an awkward silence.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, i always saw you as just some glory seeking rich idiot. But seeing as you just saved my life back at the bridge, probably even more than once, my opinion is very much changed for good.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Mhmm?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yup.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it's getting pretty late. I Think i'll go to bed now, Goodnight Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight, Mason.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->masonleep (directdream)]]You decide to sleep in Halkmir's tent
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Hey Halkmir.//] You say as you come into his tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well if it isn't the lovely Ms. Cat. Come to give me company?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Man getting called that still feels weird.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah sure, i hope you don't mind me sleeping here.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nah, lay that mat down like you own the place.//] Halkmir says as he pats the floor.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You seem pretty nice to me after we got to that outpost.//] You say as you plop down your bedroll in a nice comfortable spot.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I tend to get pretty dumb and unnecesarily hostile when something threathens the people i like to be around. But, i'm glad you broke through the ice of my stubborn ways.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It seems like Mason did most of the Ice-breaking really.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, i can tell you flicked something in him. He hasn't been the same since he saw you. He may have percieved you as a threat first, but he sure opened up once he saw the light.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//In fact, i very well might confirm that he fancies you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh,//] You say, blushing a bit.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Of course, you've known him for a collective total of a few days and he risked his entire fame and life just to let you through that gate.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He even told me himself//] He says with a chuckle, (text-colour:#347450)[//"If they don't let her go from there, i'm gonna kill that guard." he told me as you were in there getting questioned. I told him he was already showing some signs and he said "She's changed a lot in the past few hours, she's almost a completely different person." "I'm telling you, she's just my type".//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I kind of overheard that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And lucky me you did, i think he would've keeled over like a sack of potatoes talking about you if you didn't come any quicker.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Course, i'd also have to admit. I may have some feelings in play too.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Welp, i think it's getting pretty late. I'm gonna hit the hay... Goodnight Miss Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight Halkmir.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->halksleep (directdream)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Man, you're really falling deep into this aren't you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You said "Oh" with a blush]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No i wasn't]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes you were, in fact, you're doing it right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, you've got me, Happy?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, because you still don't know you want this.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm sorry, but did i come to this dream sequence for therapy?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, you came here for me to tell you that ''HE.'' ''WAS.'' ''FLIRTING.'' ''WITH.'' ''YOU.'']
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No he wasn't, i mean, he was, a little bit.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[See? you're so confused you don't even know which planet you're standing on.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ok, you might be right.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I am right.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Who am i?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[am i?->day 2 wakeup (direct)]]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Man, you're really falling deep into this aren't you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You were blushing through half of that conversation.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No i wasn't]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes you were, in fact, you're still doing it right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, you've got me, Happy?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, because you let that man play you short of kissing him on the mouth, you want this but you don't know it yet.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm sorry, but did i come to this dream sequence for therapy?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, you came here for me to tell you that ''HE.'' ''WAS.'' ''FLIRTING.'' ''WITH.'' ''YOU.'']
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No he wasn't, i mean, he was, a little bit.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[See? you're so confused you don't even know which planet you're standing on.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ok, you might be right.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I am right.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Who am i?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[am i?->day 2 wakeup (direct)]]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll go in there, then. It sounds extremely dumb, but it just might work.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, good luck acting. And remember to break a leg out there.//]
You drop down from the hill and start making your way to the port, once there, you hear some zombie-esque moans and grunts, so you start shambling around like a cartoonish depiction of a zombie. You then pass by the source of the sounds and discover it to be another catgirl getting absolutely railed by a wolfman. Blushing a bit as you turn your head in shame, you quit the act and just speedwalk to the boat before the wolf decides to find you for some sloppy seconds.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I wouldn't mind tha-]
You get to the boat and check if there's any infected inside. You find nothing in the upper deck, not even in the captain's quarters. So you go down the stairs and, oh my gods.
There's a colorful birdman jerking off in the corner, you duck behind some barrels before he can note your femenine presence and try to find a wa-
(text-colour:#7c4545)[//Hey kitty, do you want some ''fuck?''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Dammit//]
He's standing right next to you with his impresively sized erection hanging above your head by meer centimeters. Confronting your new sexuality, You say: (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, how about you get the ''fuck'' out of here.//] while drawing your dagger to his member.
(text-colour:#7c4545)[//''HEY, hey,'' hey, woah. No need to be so kinky with it.//] He says, with a smile.
You shank the air next to his dick and bury the dagger in the wood of the boat directly under the boat, before pulling it back out and pointing it at his dick again. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''I'm not fucking joking asshole!''//] You say as your cheeks turn to a slight red.
(text-colour:#7c4545)[//Look kitten, i'm a sailor. I've sailed the 5 seas for years and i'm not afraid of a little peril if you know what i mean?//]
You finally reach a boiling point and quickly reach the dagger around his back and jab it directly into his right asscheek. He yelps in pain while he begins to run up the stairs with your dagger firmly lodged into his ass. You chuckle a bit as you hear the dagger drop somewhere upstairs.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Still, kind of hot tho-]
Making your way back up and quickly folding the bridges off the side of the boat, you lower the sail slightly and adjust it so the wind hits it just right. You move towards the anchor and begin to pull it up as the ship starts to move. Once moving, you run towards the wheel and steer the boat towards the two adventurers waiting for you.
As you arrive near the hill, you raise the sails and lower the anchor before dropping a bridge to the coastline.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I didn't know they trained rogues to be ship captains.//] The Dwarf says as you come down the bridge.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Eh, it's the type of knowledge you get when you live a life like mine.//] You joke.
Both of them get on the ship quickly before you start grabbing any unwanted attention from both sides of the lake.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//So, i'm guessing my plan worked right?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//A bit, they certainly though i was one of them. Maybe even a little bit too much like them.//] You say as you shudder from remembering that one catgirl getting railed and how much you would give to be railed like th-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Great then, that could be plenty helpful if when we come back for the others.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Others? Oh yeah, the elf and the wizard.//].
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//You know, Marl knows a few alterations spells. He could maybe try and find some way to turn you back to your old self. If you really want to.//] He says as the Dwarf starts to stare at the two of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Or you could, y'know, stay like this and maybe become a rogue duo with saraa or something.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, never. Unless i can have my gender back.//] You say as the Dwarf turns away to look at something in the distance.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//You seem to be liking it so far.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i just had to stab someone down there because they wanted me to blow them.//] You say, pointing at the stairs leading to the lower deck.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Certainly explains the blood.//] He says as the Dwarf looks towards the both of you with a shocked expression.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey boss, you might want to see this.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//See what?//] He says as he walks over to the Dwarf. You look at the direction they're looking at and spot a convoy of carriges running by the other side of the lake. They have Imperial Guard simbols on them and have can-
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:red)[''BANG''], A cannonball fires out into the sky as a warning shot.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#e68759)[''Citizens!, you are violating a city-wide Quarantine!, turn back or prepare to be fired upon!'']
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''LOOK, IT'S ME, YOU KNOW ME!''//] The human attemps to scream at the guards, but all they see and hear is people coming their way and someone infected captaining it.
Suddenly, a volley of cannonballs starts firing towards the ship, rocking it from side to side as water begins to leak into the lower deck.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''SHIT'', HALKMIR TAKE A BUCKET AND START PAILING OUT THE WATER! Thief, CLIMB UP THE SAIL AND RAISE A WHITE FLAG BEFORE THEY FINISH RELOADING!//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//GOT IT!//] You yell as you vault over the railing and start climbing up the ladder to the crow's nest. You make it to the top and grab a white flag before raising it.
Just as you finish raising the flag, another volley rocks the ship. You feel the crow's nest shake as you look down and see it start to tilt, you decide that your only option is jumping into the water and praying to the gods you don't drown.
You jump off the side as the crow's nest collapses sending you plummeting until you hit (text-style:"blurrier")[the, surface of... the, water...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You have drowned.->fakeout (bc)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sneaking in sounds good.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//C'mon then, you're the sneaky one here.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Alright, try to keep up then.//] You tell the two adventurers as you start sculking towards the port.
Finally, something that'll put your mind off things. Your bread and butter, sneaking around in the shadows. You arrive near the warehouse as you start to hear some sounds inside it.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Why are your ears perking up like tha-//] The Dwarf whispers to you, but you interupt him.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Hear that?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hear what?//]
You listen in and start to hear the distinct sound of meat slapping against meat. There's definetly two of those things fucking in there.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm guessing something we might not want to intrude on. Let's just put our backs against the wall here.//] You say as the three of you shimmy along the wall of the warehouse.
There's a gap up ahead between two warehouses, so you decide to slow down and stop making any sound.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, he's doing it again//] The dwarf whispers to the human as you suddenly hear a step in the area between the two warehouses. You leap inmmeadiately and dive directly into a bush, without making a sound.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Guess that means we should hide.//] The Human whispers back to the Dwarf as they both circle around and lay down in the same bush as you.
Between the two warehouses comes out a skinny dogman that looks around, but sees nothing. He then turns and leaves the way he came.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//We can move now.//] You say as you three stand up from the bush and keep moving towards the ship. Finally at the corner of the second warehouse, you can see the ship within a few meters from you.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//There's no way we're sneaking on there in the middle of the day//] You whisper to them.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, couldn't we just rush it?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//That's, actually not that bad of an idea.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, whatever you say. My expertise ends here.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//On my mark, we run as fast as we can and jump on board. Once we're on, you two draw the bridges back while i raise the anchor. then, when we start to sail away, we fight off any of them that might be on the ship.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Any objections? No? Then, on the count of 3. We bail.//] He says as he looks at the ship before starting to count down.
1, 2, ''3''. You sprint off first, followed by the Human, followed by the Dwarf. You ignore the bridges and simply leap towards the boat, pulling yourself up quickly before running to the close a bridge. The human jumps onto the other, still open bridge and sprints towards the windlass that lifts the anchor's chain. The dwarf stumbles and rolls onto the ship, quickly getting back up and slamming on the bridge to lift up. As he does, you start to see some infected start to run towards the ship.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''THE ANCHOR IS RAISED!, WHY ARE WE NOT MOVING?!''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''THE SAIL! YOU HAVEN'T LOWERED IT!''//] You scream at the human as he realizes his mistake and runs towards the ropes to lower it. As the ship starts to move away from the port, the infected reach the edge of the docks and begin leaping towards the ship. Luckly, the ship is just far away enough to make them plunge into the water as you sail away to safety.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, that was enough exercise and exitement for one day.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah, but we still got things to do. Go with Halkmir and check the lower deck for any stowaways.//]. He tells you as you go towards the Dwarf to go with him.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Did he tell you to check the lower decks with me?//] The dwarf says as you come near him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, why?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Already taken care of. Did it while you two were bickering about the sail.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Let's just say that the bones of a bird are no match for a real Dwarven Warhammer.//] Impressed, you congratulate the dwarf before walking back to the helm of the ship, where the Human is steering the ship.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//What happened, why are you back so quickly?//] He asks, a bit worried.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir said he already took care of it.//] You reply
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Great, now can we talk for a bit. Just you and me?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't see why not.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//You know if you really don't like being like you are right now. My mage friend, Marl, he knows a few alterations spells. He could maybe try and find some way to turn you back to your old self. If you really want to.//] He says as the Dwarf starts to stare at the two of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Or you could, y'know, stay like this and maybe become a rogue duo with saraa or something.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't... know, i haven't been thinking about the future really.//] You say as the Dwarf turns away to look at something in the distance.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//You seem to be liking it so far.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, really, it's been a rough day. I just want to think about something else for now.//] You say, pointing at the stairs leading to the lower deck.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'll keep quiet for a while then.//] He says as the Dwarf looks towards the both of you with a shocked expression.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey boss, you might want to see this.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//See what?//] He says as he walks over to the Dwarf. You look at the direction they're looking at and spot a convoy of carriges running by the other side of the lake. They have Imperial Guard simbols on them and have can-
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:red)[''BANG''], A cannonball fires out into the sky as a warning shot.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#e68759)[''Citizens!, you are violating a city-wide Quarantine!, turn back or prepare to be fired upon!'']
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''LOOK, IT'S ME, YOU KNOW ME!''//] The human attemps to scream at the guards, but all they see and hear is people coming their way and someone infected on it.
Suddenly, a volley of cannonballs starts firing towards the ship, rocking it from side to side as water begins to leak into the lower deck.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''SHIT'', HALKMIR TAKE A BUCKET AND START PAILING OUT THE WATER! Thief, CLIMB UP THE SAIL AND RAISE A WHITE FLAG BEFORE THEY FINISH RELOADING!//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//GOT IT!//] You yell as you vault over the railing and start climbing up the ladder to the crow's nest. You make it to the top and grab a white flag before raising it.
Just as you finish raising the flag, another volley rocks the ship. You feel the crow's nest shake as you look down and see it start to tilt, you decide that your only option is jumping into the water and praying to the gods you don't drown.
You jump off the side as the crow's nest collapses sending you plummeting until you hit (text-style:"blurrier")[the, surface of... the, water...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You have drowned.->fakeout (S&S)]](text-colour:#430707)[''Bad End.'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Don't you just hate stereotypes?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Tell me about it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Too bad it was correct this time.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Y'know, there plenty of cats that don't hate water. In fact, if you live near water and let your cat in it, it'll grow to love it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, yeah, whatever makes you feel better Tommy Vercettiette.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Screw you too, bud.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Anyways, is this really how it should en-]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wait, something's pulling you away from you.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that good or bad.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Depends on how suicidal you are.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You vague (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[motherfu-->resus(bc)]]](text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You really think you can save her?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I think i feel a heartbeat!//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You sure?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Probably?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//It's been a solid 3 minutes, i think she's dead//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Why are you so gods-damned pesimistic?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Why are you so attached to her ?//]
You cough out some water as you draw breath once more.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'll be damned.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Now that you're done making out with that thing, can you explain to me ''WHY IN THE ACTUAL FUCK WOULD YOU DO THIS''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, as Halkmir said, It's a long story that we don't exactly have a lot of time to explain.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''YES YOU DO YOU GODS-DAMNED IMBECILES, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT STORY JUSTIFIES BREAKING QUARANTINE TO KISS A CAT ON THE SUPPOSED SAFE SIDE OF THOSE WALLS.''//]
(text-style:"subscript","smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//can, you...//] You cough through your words (text-style:"subscript","smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//shut the, fuck up...//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''What did it say, WHAT DID IT SAY. YOU BETTER THROW THAT THING BACK INTO THE WATER OR I'LL HAVE IT'S HEAD ON A PI-''//] He interrupts himself. (text-colour:#272e58)[//Wait a second, i know that cloak. You're that ''GODS-DAMNED Thief TOO.''//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Oh gods, what did i do to deserve this ''FUCKING'' torture fest of fucking dumbasses.//] The guard whines as a few more guards walk towards you with their swords drawn.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you maggots have these ''UTTER FUCKING INCOMPETENT JOKERS'' put somewhere nice and safe. ''WHILE I HAVE A FUCKING WORD WITH THIS ABOMINABLE CUTPURSE''//] He barks at his guards as the arrest the adventurers before circling around you.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Now that we got those two jackasses in the back of a wagon, please do something about that ''Thing''. I'm gonna go take a breather before one of my ''FUCKING'' veins pop.//] He says as he turns away, You draw your dagger while looking around. But the Guards start closing in.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//STAY AWAY, or i'll... I'LL.... I'LL GIVE YOU WHATEVER IT IS I HAVE!//] You yell as you swing you dagger wildly, unluckly there's a guard behind you that just got brave enough to (text-style:"blurrier")[punch you in the back of the he-]
[[You're knocked out->interrog(bc)]](text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Hey you.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Thief.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Wake the ''hell'' up, Thief!//]
You jump up slightly, You half expect everything to be back to the way they were this last morning for a little bit, but you look down and still see your new "equipment". You're also tied up to a chair again, neat.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ah fuck, not you again.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//I could say the same for you, especially after you became a threat to not just the empire. but to the ''CONTINUED EXISTANCE OF HUMANITY, YOU FUCKING DOLT''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Really? I didn't think i was that good of a thief.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Oh don't you joke, both you and i know what i mean by that.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What then, these things?//] You say while jiggling your torso up and down, making your boobs wobble in your cloak.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you take this fucking seriously for a single gods-damned minute. Or will i have to throw you back into the city to enjoy that fuckfest going on in there.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, you know i fucking hate you. And i know you fucking despise me.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//And you've gone and thrown your humanity away to spite me?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, you want me to explain or not.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Go ahead, take your time.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//After i left the station, i went to go grab a drink//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Go on.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Met those guys' girl friend at the pub, got comfortably numb and went over to the ceremony.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now this part's a bit hazy in my mind, but the shit with the lich happened, i drunkenly stumbled into a sewer and got "attacked" by some sort of "animal man". I stabbed him before he could do anything severe.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//So let me get this straight, You were infected, and those two dolts got so horny off seing your new curves. That they just sailed out of the quarantine zone for you?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Don't know if i can agree with that statement.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You don't know? Look, don't kid yourself. You're just waiting for me to let you out so you can go fuck ''MY'' men and turn them into more of your fuckbuddies.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, if i really wanted to do that. I would be doing it.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're in a cell.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//There's a glass window behind me//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're tied up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I have literal claws on my "hand-paw", what ever the fucks.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//... Fuck...... Then why don't you free yourself righ-//] He says as he's interupted by the sound of ropes snaping from the cutting power of your new claws.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You were saying.//] You scoff while getting up from the chair and resting your back against the cell wall.
The guard sighs. (text-colour:#272e58)[//Look, Fuck it. You've planted doubt in my head.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm glad a skull as thick as yours is still open to reason.//]
A guard passes by and gives him a rolled piece of parchment. He unfurrows it and clears his throat.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you please sign this statement that you won't go around spreading whatever it is you got inside that body.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure. Let me see it.//] You say as he opens the cell gate before extending his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement. You grab it and make a writing gesture while looking at him, he looks around before grabbing his quil from the desk set up outside the cell, Dipping it a little in the ink well before handing it to you.
//By royal decree of the mighty Agean Empire, I Shan't harm a single soul of any imperial citizen with my newly recieved affliction. May i fail this agreement, i shall be punished by hanging of the neck.// The statement reads, you quickly sign it and hand it over to the Guard, who slowly reaches out and grabs it quickly before looking at it.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well, i guess i can't leave you inside here anymore. Go on ahead and grab your things at the entrance.//] He says, trying to put as much distance between you and him as you walk out.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, can i have that paper back?//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Why should i oblidge you this.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//So people don't cut my head off.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Sure then, here.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Getting real sick and tired of being put in binds today.] You tell yourself before he extends his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement back.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, wait a second] Your mind screams as you realize that you signed with your real name. You blush a bit before quickly correcting the mistake by brushing the ink off with a bit of your cloak.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Knew you'd do that.//] The guard chuckles. as you grab the quil and write "Thief" on the statement.
[[Grab your things->thingsgrab(bc)]]You pass through the door and see the lady at the counter again.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Glad she of all people didn't get infected.]
She spots you and gives you a weirded out face. Before looking in the direction of the guard.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey Pyle, Did you uh, let that one thief that turned himself into a catgirl out?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Your name's Pyle?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Yes and yes. Now please give him his belt back before he starts to quip about it//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Heh, Pyle of shit//] You say under your breath.
She looks back to you and grabs your belt from under the desk before sliding it onto the desktop.
You slide it back on your hips at the spot you always put it at, but it slides back down to your ass due to your new hips.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Might want to get that refited.//] She comments. (text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and get a big bra too, and a good one at that, you look to be about a H or so and you ''definetly'' don't want those puppies to sag later.//]
You blush coyly as you turn away from the judging gaze of the receptionist.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//What?, i do this to other women all the time. I studied fashion for gods' sake//] She says as you pan your head around for a second.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i'm still getting used to it, ok. I don't even know if i'll be like this for long now.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Fine, you do you. But you would look nice in a white dress. Oh and really consider the bra, those things ''will'' kill your back.//]
You shudder at the though and get out of the makeshift station before she can put any more mental images of you in women's clothing.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh gods, what if they decide to hang her//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You really did fall in love with her.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Of course i have, she's //](text-colour:#01ad79)[//perfect for m-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ahem.//] You interupt into the two adventurer's conversation. The human looks startled for a second before calming down and looking at you. The guards seem to have brough the three of you to a big camp built on the outer banks of the bridge you saw earlier. It seems like every guard that got out of the city is stationed here, even guards from other, nearby towns.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Did they let you go?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Of course, i just had to prove i wasn't a wild animal. Wasn't too hard.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Great. There's an overlook nearby, we can set up a camp over there to plan our next moves.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok, but can we go a little bit faster? Or at least faster than the receptionist can give me more spring fasion tips.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//I heard that!//]
[[Walk to the Overlook->Camp (BC)]]You three start to walk away from the quarantine camp on the outer banks of the bridge, making your way towards the overlook.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, uh, about what we talked about on the boat.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We'll talk later, ok.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//As for you, Halkmir. You go start setting up the camp.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mhmm.//] The Dwarf says, as he splits off from you two. he walks up towards the overlook. Sometimes staring back at you as he walks up the incline.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//So, about me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Later, i have to go get some things right now. Go help Halkmir with the tents.//] He says as you turn to walk up the incline.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Cat.//] The Dwarf says as you arrive at the top of the overlook.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, can you call me something else? That name still gives me the hebiee-jeebies.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, seeing as you've never actually told us your name, and the Boss has some sort of "thing" for you. I though it be nice to get you a nickname.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll take it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Anyways, can you help me push these stakes in?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure.//]
You two chat for a bit as you both hammer in the stakes for the tents, as you finish, the sun starts to set over Imperial City. The overlook is at a perfect position to see it too.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well isn't this romantic//] You joke.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yup, sometimes the world has it's few concesions, silver linings if you will.//] Halkmir replies.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Anyways, before, well. What's his name?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, his name is Mason. You already know i'm not a big fan of names over nicknames.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, before Mason comes back, you wanna just talk for a bit?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't see why not.//]
You two talk for another while as the sun comes down over the City. As the moon starts to shine, Mason comes back to the camp.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'm back, I hope i didn't miss much.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well you did miss me chatting a bit with our here Cat.//] The dwarf says, with a open palm pointing towards you in a presenting manner.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Speaking of, Can you please come over here with me?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure.//] You say as you walk over to a secluded bit at the back of the camp with Mason.
Mason looks to the right and clears his throat. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//About you.//] He begins
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What about me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I know you're in a lot of pain. Not physical, because that's the type i'd expect a person like you to be very expressive about.//] Your face goes from question to a droopy sadness.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Your world just got turned upside-down and twisted around for good measure. Yet you don't know how to call for help.//] He says as you start to tear up slightly.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I, we can help you.//] He says before a short pause.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I can't force you to do anything, but whatever you choose to do, we can help you at every step of the way.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks Mason..//] Are the only words you can muster.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Now, other than that. I got you an extra bedroll from a nearby town. Just throw it in whichever tent you want and i'm sure neither me or Halkmir will mind some company.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Also, before you go... Sorry about what happened at the maintenence room. I acted like a gods-damned fool and i let fear and paranoia take me over.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok.. Thanks..//] You answer, still a bit teary-eyed. You grab the bedroll and decide where you're gonna sleep tonight.
[[Sleep in Mason's Tent->MasonSleep (BC)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->HalkSleep (BC)]]You decide to sleep in Mason's tent, he's still outside so you just place your bedroll down and wait for him to come.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Cat.//] He says as he comes in after a few minutes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You're gonna start calling me that too?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, you never really gave us your name. Speaking of which, how did you know mine?, i never told you it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir told it to me while we were talking earlier.//] You say as Mason walks over to another spot in the tent, dropping his bedroll down and sitting in it.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then you've warmed up to us pretty nicely//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I could kind of tell by your support.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yup.//]
The tent is filled with an awkward silence before Mason breaks it again.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look... I'm just gonna be blunt with you. I like you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Like, like me, like me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Very much so.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Before all this, i always though you were some lonesome cutpurse that just drowned his pains away with liquor. But you've changed a lot today.//] He says as you blush.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mhmm?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yup.//]
The tent is again filled with an awkward silence.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, i always saw you as just some glory seeking rich idiot. But seeing as you saved my life after the boat sank, my view of you is permenantly changed.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Mhmm?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yup.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it's getting pretty late. I Think i'll go to bed now, Goodnight Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight, Mason.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->masonleep (bcdream)]]You decide to sleep in Halkmir's tent
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Hey Halkmir.//] You say as you come into his tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well if it isn't the lovely Ms. Cat. Come to give me company?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Man getting called that still feels weird.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah sure, i hope you don't mind me sleeping here.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nah, lay that mat down like you own the place.//] Halkmir says as he pats the floor.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You seem pretty nice to me after i got that boat.//] You say as you plop down your bedroll in a nice comfortable spot.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I tend to get pretty dumb and unnecesarily hostile when something threathens the people i like to be around. But, i'm glad you broke through the ice of my stubborn ways.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It seems like Mason did most of the Ice-breaking really.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, i can tell you flicked something in him. He hasn't been the same since he saw you. He may have percieved you as a threat first, but he sure opened up once he saw the light.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//In fact, he was almost balling his eyes out outside that station. The man loves ya.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh,//] You say, blushing a bit.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Of course, you've known him for a collective total of a few days and he risked his entire fame and life just to get the guards to not finish you off at the shore.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I mean, you heard the man when we were on the boat, he clearly doesn't want you to go back to being that sorry sack of sadness you were.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Plus, you heard him get all sappy before you came out of the station. The man's clearly ready to die for ya.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mmhmm.//] You say, still blushing.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Course, i'd also have to admit. Your new body is quite the sight for sore eyes.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Welp, i think it's getting pretty late. I'm gonna hit the hay... Goodnight Miss Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight Halkmir.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->halksleep (bcdream)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Man, you're really falling deep into this aren't you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You said "Oh" with a blush]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No i wasn't]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes you were, in fact, you're doing it right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, you've got me, Happy?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, because you still think you wanna go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm sorry, but did i come to this dream sequence for you to tell me how i feel?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, you came here for me to tell you that ''HE.'' ''WAS.'' ''FLIRTING.'' ''WITH.'' ''YOU.'']
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No he wasn't, i mean, he was, a little bit.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[See? you're so confused you don't even know which planet you're standing on.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ok, you might be right.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You are right.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Who am i?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[am i?->day 2 wakeup (bc)]]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Man, you're really falling deep into this aren't you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You were blushing through half of that conversation.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No i wasn't]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes you were, in fact, you're still doing it right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, you've got me, Happy?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, because you want him as much as he wants you.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm sorry, but did i come to this dream sequence for you to tell me how i feel?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, you came here for me to tell you that ''HE.'' ''WAS.'' ''FLIRTING.'' ''WITH.'' ''YOU.'']
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No he wasn't, i mean, he was, a little bit.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[See? you're so confused you don't even know which planet you're standing on.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ok, you might be right.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You are right.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Who am i?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[am i?->day 2 wakeup (bc)]]]stop opening my files in twine and scrutinizing them
i cant help it im a dumbass
also i put this passage here because it makes the line look like a dick (or at least until i write the going home path) (//''this note used to be by the start of the campaign but it since got moved to grab people's attention more.''//)
So, it's me. The dev, i made this because i was ''A.'' Horny, ''B.'' wanted to explore some good writing themes. You're welcome to look around if you need some inspiration, a bit of twine knowledge or you just simply hate that one route and want to replace it with something nicer. Have fun.
Also, if i never finish this thing, you're welcome to make your own damn game, with blackjack, and hookers.
Plus, there's a few more of these to explain design decisions. Think of it as a dev commentary.
''OH YEAH ALSO DON'T READ ANYTHING HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SPOILERS FOR ANYTHING THAT IS AND WILL BE IN THE STORY. AGAIN, THE NOTES HAVE SPOILERS FOR THINGS THAT ARE COMING SOON. SO DON'T READ THEM UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET SPOILED.''I wanted to portray the drunkenness of the player character through something more realistic than the, "oh no i drank 6 beers, time to pass out instantly and teleport somewhere else" aproach most drinking scenes tend to have. So i butchered my already bad spelling and made it blurry, so it would read like you know something's happening, but you gotta focus heavily to understand it.
Kind of how it feels like to be drunk.
Also, this part is a reminder to myself to make a version with no macros for people who complain about them.The dream sequences are supposed to be a conversation between the player and him or herself. It's meant to be two different sides of the player's head having a chat with eachother. Sometimes, the parts of the player's mind swap places, change perspectives, etc. The one in white and blurry is supposed to be another part of the player's brain while the one that shares the player's color is the main part of the brain, So how the player's character would actually react at the moment.
Mainly, when the player has nothing wrong with them (like in the first few scenes.) It's just gut-feelings that the player's character has. When the player starts transforming however, the mental voice starts to reflect the player's femenine side. If the player then falls too deep into their femenine side, the mental voice swings around to be their masculine side.
And if the scene is not cannon, the mental voice is the part of the player that knows this isn't real and i didn't write that, the story has just become sentient and it's going to be real in 21 minutes, just you wait motherfucker.Yes, Mason does in fact still try to give you CPR if you drowned by doggypaddling, or by trying to copy how he swum. exept you dont cough out the water and you die and you broke his heart and he's crying now and he'll ''never'' recover because he really wanted to hold your hand and kiss you and hold your titties because they look heavy, you know to be considerate of you and your heavy looking titties.
please feel shame now. this is an order.Yes, i know picking the different plans basically just changes some flavour text. It does change some things later in the story due to you discovering different things at different points.He's supposed to be the "Polar opposites to lovers" type love interest for the now feminized player. Kind and caring, he'll do anything to protect the people he cares about. Even if those methods are considered unobjectively evil.
PS: Read his voice in a Calm and collected, but gruff voice. (Ex. Boone from Fallout: New Vegas)A fun-sized, angry, dwarven brute on the outside. A soft man on the inside. Has even worse temper problems than Mason.
PS: Read his voice in a deep, cowboy accent. (Ex. Arthur Morgan from RDR2)He hates you. Why? Because you openly mock the way he does thing by your very existance.
PS: Read in a Angry, commanding voice (Ex. The Soldier from TF2 or someone like that.)Yes, her name is Lucy. I felt the need to mention that because i don't think it's mention anywhere.
//I think// i was gonna write it when i re-wrote Bridge Interrogation scene. (update, you learn her name later, during the tailor scene)
PS: Read in a stereotypical secretary voice, like that one lady from Twin Peaks.After scrapping a story about running away from a modern city as a furry virus takes over, where you could choose one of two perspectives, a rich man and a homeless man. The homeless man's route was gonna have more sneaking and shit, while the rich man's route was gonna be about bombastic action. Think of it like the difference between Halo 3's story VS Halo ODST's story. of course, with some very nice game over scenes sprinkled in there.
In the end i scrapped it due to a lack of ideas and general boredom, plus the transformation scenes where all followed by game overs.
I started this story with a few key ideas in mind, You play as a rogue, There's very few choices, but the ones that are given to you might alter scenes in the future, or just completely avoid different sections of the game, and finally, i wanted some fucking consequences for any your actions. If you turn into a funny catgirl, you don't just get a instant game over and a paragraph about how you fell in love with the jackass that stole your dick and now you have 6 children with him and you lived happily ever after
No, i wanted to give you something to think about and do after a scene happens. Plus, i love to write off about the things can or can't do after getting a new body. It's fun.
Also, The first scene is recycled from the other story i mentioned. The idea was that game over sequences were gonna be like interviews for the player character to tell you what he or she does or is doing. I just sort evolved it into an open to interpretation "who am i talking to" type thing.
Oh yeah, and i wrote all of the scenes before you get turned into a catgirl today.Today i decided to reintroduce both the Dwarf and the Human fighter as allies in the story, plus i wrapped up the first transformation scene (It's the catgirl one of course.) I also wrote the first camp scene for the catgirl route. It's the one in the Full Dumb aproach's path
Still have to write the route where you choose not to tell them about your pussy pussy (no that is not a typo, it's a pun). I got some ideas, like slowly turning into what you look like through the Full route, and maybe even a betreyal scene where the dwarf and the human lose all trust in you after they discover you were lying to them. but i want to finish the Full transformation path first.These nicknames are a lame excuse because didn't want to learn how to program in a name prompt for the player.(text-colour:#430707)[''Bad End.'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Don't you just hate stereotypes?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Tell me about it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Too bad it was correct this time.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Y'know, there plenty of cats that don't hate water. In fact, if you live near water and let your cat in it, it'll grow to love it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, yeah, whatever makes you feel better Tommy Vercettiette.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Screw you too, bud.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Anyways, is this really how it should en-]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wait, something's pulling you away.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that good or bad.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Depends on how suicidal you are.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You vague (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[motherfu-->resus(s&s)]]](text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''BREATHE DAMMIT!''//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, she's gone alright. It's been 3 minutes already.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I think i feel a heartbeat!//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You sure?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Probably?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//I'm not raising my hopes too much.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Why are you so gods-damned pesimistic?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//I'm not acting pesimistic, just realistic.//]
You cough out some water as you draw breath once more.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'll be damned.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Now that you're done making out with that thing, can you explain to me ''WHY IN THE ACTUAL FUCK WOULD YOU DO THIS''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, as Halkmir said, It's a long story that we don't exactly have a lot of time to explain.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''YES YOU DO YOU GODS-DAMNED IMBECILES, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT STORY JUSTIFIES BREAKING QUARANTINE TO KISS A CAT ON THE SUPPOSED SAFE SIDE OF THOSE WALLS.''//]
(text-style:"subscript","smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//can, you...//] You cough through your words (text-style:"subscript","smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//shut the, fuck up...//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''What did it say, WHAT DID IT SAY. YOU BETTER THROW THAT THING BACK INTO THE WATER OR I'LL HAVE IT'S HEAD ON A PI-''//] He interrupts himself. (text-colour:#272e58)[//Wait a second, i know that cloak. You're that ''GODS-DAMNED Thief TOO.''//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Oh gods, what did i do to deserve this ''FUCKING'' torture fest of fucking dumbasses.//] The guard whines as a few more guards walk towards you with their swords drawn.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you maggots have these ''UTTER FUCKING INCOMPETENT JOKERS'' put somewhere nice and safe. ''WHILE I HAVE A FUCKING WORD WITH THIS ABOMINABLE CUTPURSE''//] He barks at his guards as the arrest the adventurers before circling around you.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Now that we got those two jackasses in the back of a wagon, please do something about that ''Thing''. I'm gonna go take a breather before one of my ''FUCKING'' veins pop.//] He says as he turns away, You draw your dagger while looking around. But the Guards start closing in.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//STAY AWAY, or i'll... I'LL.... I'LL GIVE YOU WHATEVER IT IS I HAVE!//] You yell as you swing you dagger wildly, unluckly there's a guard behind you that just got brave enough to (text-style:"blurrier")[punch you in the back of the he-]
[[You're knocked out->interrog(S&S)]](text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Hey you.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Thief.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Wake the ''hell'' up, Thief!//]
You jump up slightly, You half expect everything to be back to the way they were this last morning for a little bit, but you look down and still see your new "equipment". You're also tied up to a chair again, neat.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ah fuck, not you again.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//I could say the same for you, especially after you became a threat to not just the empire. but to the ''CONTINUED EXISTANCE OF HUMANITY, YOU FUCKING DOLT''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Really? I didn't think i was that good of a thief.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Oh don't you joke, both you and i know what i mean by that.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What then, these things?//] You say while jiggling your torso up and down, making your boobs wobble in your cloak.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you take this fucking seriously for a single gods-damned minute. Or will i have to throw you back into the city to enjoy that fuckfest going on in there.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, you know i fucking hate you. And i know you fucking despise me.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//And you've gone and thrown your humanity away to spite me?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, you want me to explain or not.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Go ahead, take your time.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//After i left the station, i went to go grab a drink//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Go on.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Met those guys' girl friend at the pub, got comfortably numb and went over to the ceremony.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now this part's a bit hazy in my mind, but the shit with the lich happened, i drunkenly stumbled into a sewer and got "attacked" by some sort of "animal man". I stabbed him before he could do anything severe.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//So let me get this straight, You were infected, and those two dolts got so horny off seing your new curves. That they just sailed out of the quarantine zone for you?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Don't know if i can agree with that statement.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You don't know? Look, don't kid yourself. You're just waiting for me to let you out so you can go fuck ''MY'' men and turn them into more of your fuckbuddies.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, if i really wanted to do that. I would be doing it.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're in a cell.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//There's a glass window behind me//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're tied up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I have literal claws on my "hand-paw", what ever the fucks.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//... Fuck...... Then why don't you free yourself righ-//] He says as he's interupted by the sound of ropes snaping from the cutting power of your new claws.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You were saying.//] You scoff while getting up from the chair and resting your back against the cell wall.
The guard sighs. (text-colour:#272e58)[//Look, Fuck it. You've planted doubt in my head.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm glad a skull as thick as yours is still open to reason.//]
A guard passes by and gives him a rolled piece of parchment. He unfurrows it and clears his throat.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you please sign this statement that you won't go around spreading whatever it is you got inside that body.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure. Let me see it.//] You say as he opens the cell gate before extending his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement. You grab it and make a writing gesture while looking at him, he looks around before grabbing his quil from the desk set up outside the cell, Dipping it a little in the ink well before handing it to you.
//By royal decree of the mighty Agean Empire, I Shan't harm a single soul of any imperial citizen with my newly recieved affliction. May i fail this agreement, i shall be punished by hanging of the neck.// The statement reads, you quickly sign it and hand it over to the Guard, who slowly reaches out and grabs it quickly before looking at it.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well, i guess i can't leave you inside here anymore. Go on ahead and grab your things at the entrance.//] He says, trying to put as much distance between you and him as you walk out.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, can i have that paper back?//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Why should i oblidge you this.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//So people don't cut my head off.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Sure then, here.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Getting real sick and tired of being put in binds today.] You tell yourself before he extends his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement back.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, wait a second] Your mind screams as you realize that you signed with your real name. You blush a bit before quickly correcting the mistake by brushing the ink off with a bit of your cloak.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Knew you'd do that.//] The guard chuckles. as you grab the quil and write "Thief" on the statement.
[[Grab your things->thingsgrab(S&S)]]You pass through the door and see the lady at the counter again.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Glad she of all people didn't get infected.]
She spots you and gives you a weirded out face. Before looking in the direction of the guard.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey Pyle, Did you uh, let that one thief that turned himself into a catgirl out?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Your name's Pyle?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Yes and yes. Now please give him his belt back before he starts to quip about it//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Heh, Pyle of shit//] You say under your breath.
She looks back to you and grabs your belt from under the desk before sliding it onto the desktop.
You slide it back on your hips at the spot you always put it at, but it slides back down to your ass due to your new hips.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Might want to get that refited.//] She comments. (text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and get a big bra too, and a good one at that, you look to be about a H or so and you ''definetly'' don't want those puppies to sag later.//]
You blush coyly as you turn away from the judging gaze of the receptionist.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//What?, i do this to other women all the time. I studied fashion for gods' sake//] She says as you pan your head around for a second.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i'm still getting used to it, ok. I don't even know if i'll be like this for long now.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Fine, you do you. But you would look nice in a white dress. Oh and really consider the bra, those things ''will'' kill your back.//]
You shudder at the though and get out of the makeshift station before she can put any more mental images of you in women's clothing.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh gods, what if they decide to hang her//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You really did fall in love with her.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Of course i have, she's //](text-colour:#01ad79)[//perfect for m-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ahem.//] You interupt into the two adventurer's conversation. The human looks startled for a second before calming down and looking at you. The guards seem to have brough the three of you to a big camp built on the outer banks of the bridge you saw earlier. It seems like every guard that got out of the city is stationed here, even guards from other, nearby towns.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Did they let you go?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Of course, i just had to prove i wasn't a wild animal. Wasn't too hard.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Great. There's an overlook nearby, we can set up a camp over there to plan our next moves.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok, but can we go a little bit faster? Or at least faster than the receptionist can give me more spring fasion tips.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//I heard that!//]
[[Walk to the Overlook->Camp (S&S)]]You three start to walk away from the quarantine camp on the outer banks of the bridge, making your way towards the overlook.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, uh, about what we talked about on the boat.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We'll talk later, ok.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//As for you, Halkmir. You go start setting up the camp.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mhmm.//] The Dwarf says, as he splits off from you two. he walks up towards the overlook. Sometimes staring back at you as he walks up the incline.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//So, about me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Later, i have to go get some things right now. Go help Halkmir with the tents.//] He says as you turn to walk up the incline.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Cat.//] The Dwarf says as you arrive at the top of the overlook.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, can you call me something else? That name still gives me the hebiee-jeebies.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, seeing as you've never actually told us your name, and the Boss has some sort of "thing" for you. I though it be nice to get you a nickname.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll take it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Anyways, can you help me push these stakes in?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure.//]
You two chat for a bit as you both hammer in the stakes for the tents, as you finish, the sun starts to set over Imperial City. The overlook is at a perfect position to see it too.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well isn't this romantic//] You joke.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yup, sometimes the world has it's few concesions, silver linings if you will.//] Halkmir replies.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Anyways, before, well. What's his name?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, his name is Mason. You already know i'm not a big fan of names over nicknames.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, before Mason comes back, you wanna just talk for a bit?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't see why not.//]
You two talk for another while as the sun comes down over the City. As the moon starts to shine, Mason comes back to the camp.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'm back, I hope i didn't miss much.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well you did miss me chatting a bit with our here Cat.//] The dwarf says, with a open palm pointing towards you in a presenting manner.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Speaking of, Can you please come over here with me?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure.//] You say as you walk over to a secluded bit at the back of the camp with Mason.
Mason looks to the right and clears his throat. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//About you.//] He begins
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What about me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I know you're in a lot of pain. Not physical, because that's the type i'd expect a person like you to be very expressive about.//] Your face goes from question to a droopy sadness.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Your world just got turned upside-down and twisted around for good measure. Yet you don't know how to call for help.//] He says as you start to tear up slightly.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I, we can help you.//] He says before a short pause.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I can't force you to do anything, but whatever you choose to do, we can help you at every step of the way.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks Mason..//] Are the only words you can muster.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Now, other than that. I got you an extra bedroll from a nearby town. Just throw it in whichever tent you want and i'm sure neither me or Halkmir will mind some company.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Also, before you go... Sorry about what happened at the maintenence room. I acted like a gods-damned fool and i let fear and paranoia take me over.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok.. Thanks..//] You answer, still a bit teary-eyed. You grab the bedroll and decide where you're gonna sleep tonight.
[[Sleep in Mason's Tent->MasonSleep (S&S)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->HalkSleep (S&S)]]You decide to sleep in Mason's tent, he's still outside so you just place your bedroll down and wait for him to come.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Cat.//] He says as he comes in after a few minutes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You're gonna start calling me that too?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, you never really gave us your name. Speaking of which, how did you know mine?, i never told you it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir told it to me while we were talking earlier.//] You say as Mason walks over to another spot in the tent, dropping his bedroll down and sitting in it.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then you've warmed up to us pretty nicely//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I could kind of tell by your support.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yup.//]
The tent is filled with an awkward silence before Mason breaks it again.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look... I'm just gonna be blunt with you. I like you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Like, like me, like me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Very much so.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Before all this, i always though you were some lonesome cutpurse that just drowned his pains away with liquor. But you've changed a lot today.//] He says as you blush.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mhmm?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yup.//]
The tent is again filled with an awkward silence.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, i always saw you as just some glory seeking rich idiot. But seeing as you saved my life after the boat sank, my view of you is permenantly changed.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Mhmm?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yup.//]
The tent is once again filled with an awkward silence.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look Cat, you should really weigh your options here. I can't force you to do anything, but you really seem happier like this.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, i already told you. I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it's getting pretty late. I Think i'll go to bed now, Goodnight Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight, Mason.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->masonleep (s&sdream)]]You decide to sleep in Halkmir's tent
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Hey Halkmir.//] You say as you come into his tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well if it isn't the lovely Ms. Cat. Come to give me company?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Man getting called that still feels weird.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah sure, i hope you don't mind me sleeping here.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nah, lay that mat down like you own the place.//] Halkmir says as he pats the floor.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You seem pretty nice to me after we got that boat.//] You say as you plop down your bedroll in a nice comfortable spot.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I tend to get pretty dumb and unnecesarily hostile when something threathens the people i like to be around. But, i'm glad you broke through the ice of my stubborn ways.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It seems like Mason did most of the Ice-breaking really.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, i can tell you flicked something in him. He hasn't been the same since he saw you. He may have percieved you as a threat first, but he sure opened up once he saw the light.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//In fact, he was almost balling his eyes out outside that station. The man loves ya.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh,//] You say, blushing a bit.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Of course, you've known him for a collective total of a few days and he risked his entire fame and life just to get the guards to not finish you off at the shore.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I mean, you heard the man when we were on the boat, he clearly doesn't want you to go back to being that sorry sack of sadness you were.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Plus, you heard him get all sappy before you came out of the station. The man's clearly ready to die for ya.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mmhmm.//] You say, still blushing.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Course, i'd also have to admit. Your new body is quite the sight for sore eyes.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Welp, i think it's getting pretty late. I'm gonna hit the hay... Goodnight Miss Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight Halkmir.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->halksleep (s&sdream)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Man, you're really falling deep into this aren't you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You said "Oh" with a blush]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No i wasn't]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes you were, in fact, you're doing it right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, you've got me, Happy?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, because you still think you wanna go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm sorry, but did i come to this dream sequence for you to tell me how i feel?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, you came here for me to tell you that ''HE.'' ''WAS.'' ''FLIRTING.'' ''WITH.'' ''YOU.'']
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No he wasn't, i mean, he was, a little bit.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[See? you're so confused you don't even know which planet you're standing on.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ok, you might be right.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You are right.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Who am i?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[am i?->day 2 wakeup (s&s)]]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Man, you're really falling deep into this aren't you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You were blushing through half of that conversation.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No i wasn't]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes you were, in fact, you're still doing it right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, you've got me, Happy?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, because you want him as much as he wants you.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm sorry, but did i come to this dream sequence for you to tell me how i feel?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, you came here for me to tell you that ''HE.'' ''WAS.'' ''FLIRTING.'' ''WITH.'' ''YOU.'']
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No he wasn't, i mean, he was, a little bit.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[See? you're so confused you don't even know which planet you're standing on.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ok, you might be right.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You are right.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Who am i?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[am i?->day 2 wakeup (s&s)]]]Finished the first demo build today, i would've posted it if the internet hadn't gone out just as i finished as much as i could from all the full catgirl route's branches. Right now, they all end on a cliffhanger for the character's mental state. Planning to do a cooldown day for the player in a small town in the woods afterwards.
Gotta start working on the partial catgirl's route though.
Oh yeah, i also went back to change some things in the first few passages. Mostly some spelling mistakes and suchYou three look around to try and find to the other side of the lake, it surrounds the city, so the only way to get out is crossing it.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//First, we could make our way to the bridge. It's the most obvious way, and is probably the most dangerous. Even if we make it through without having to fight through some of those things, surely the remaining guards must've quarantined the city by now. We'll probably have some explaining to do if we want to get through there though.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Secondly, there's a port nearby. If we could get there, we could use one of the boats there to cross the lake. It's still the second most dangerous option though.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Lastly, we could just desperatly try to cross the river by just swiming and praying to the gods we don't drown. This is the worst plan, a death-wish at best.//]
[[Plan 1->the direct aproach (partial)]]
[[Plan 2->the smart aproach (partial)]]
[[Plan 3 (Bad Idea)->the dumb aproach (partial)]](text-colour:#978deb)[//I think the bridge is our only real option here.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Welp, you might be right. Any objections Halkmir? No?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I hope you're as good at strategising as you are at running, Boss.//] The dwarf says, looking at the human.
You all start sprinting towards the bridge, jumping over a stone wall to drop down on the fancy stone pathway that leads to the bridge. As you drop down, you see a couple of infected people.
You take out your dagger in self-defence and scream (text-colour:#978deb)[//''C'MERE AND GET SOME YOU BASTARDS!''//] As you lunge at one of them, weirdly enough, they don't seem to be running towards you. They seem to take The Dwarf and The Human as more important targets, despite the fact that you're also still human.
One of the Infected runs past you in a mad dash to get to the group of two up ahead of you. Worried about them, you chase it down and stab it in the neck and it drops dead with a yelp. The dwarf comes in and hits 3 more with his Warhammer, knocking one of them off the the bridge itself.
You three start to sprint towards the other side of the bridge, where a very tall wall has been erected. Running's a bit hard, as it seems that your clothes seem a bit big for you now, but you manage to keep up. As you make it half way, you glance over your shoulder and see more infected coming. As you almost make it to the wall, you start to see the corpses of infected litter the bridge. You have to vault over some of them sometimes.
You make it to the Wall as some guards pop up from the top of it, firing a volley of arrows that kill or scare away the rest of your persuers. You all stop to catch your breath.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//You three!, Identify yourselves.//] You hear someone scream in the distance. You look up and aw fuck not this guy.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''HEY! YEAH! CAN YOU OPEN THE GATE?''//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Not until you identify yourselves, and stop screaming.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine, sure.//] The Human says as the gate cracks open, you three step in before being surounded by guards. From inbetween the guards, that asshole steps through.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Ok, i know you. I know you too. And, oh i definetly know you...//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Yeah, yeah. Can you close the gate so we don't have to be ready to fight, please.//] You say as the guards disperse and the gate closes behind you.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Now, before you step ahead. I'd like to make sure that with absolute 100% certainty, that you're ok to go ahead.//] He says as you start to get nervous.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Sure, just make it quick.//]
Ok, something bad's gonna happen here. With how many times you've been in and out of jail, the guards have to have absolutely every single tidbit of information about you. So even if you try to sleaze your way through a physical evaluation. They'll eventually catch your lie.
You could try to reason with the guard. But firstly, he hates you. Second, he's thick-headed and will not listen to any reason. And lastly, he ''REALLY'' hates you.
[[Take the examination]]
[[Try to reason with the guard]](text-colour:#978deb)[//I think the bridge is too obvious of an idea, and swiming that is a deathwish Plan B sounds good.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Welp, you might be right. Any objections Halkmir? No?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I hope you're as good at planning as you are a captain.//] The dwarf says, looking at the human.
The three of you walk around the Island that the city rests on, reaching the port on the east side. You find a small hill to hide on while you plan out your next moves.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Since Saraa's not here, you're leading us through this.//] The human says while pointing at you.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Sure. Just try to keep up.//] You tell the two adventurers as you start sculking towards the port.
Finally, something that'll put your mind off things. Your bread and butter, sneaking around in the shadows. You arrive near the warehouse as you put your backs against the wall of it. You then shimmy along the wall.
Reaching the end of the wall, you realize that there's a gap up ahead between two warehouses, so you decide to slow down and stop making any sound.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Why are we stopping?//] The dwarf whispers to you.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#978deb)[//Do you not see the gap? This is a primo spot to get seen.//] You whisper back as you turn back around to face ''OH FUCK THAT'S A DOG INFRONT OF YOU HE HASNT SEEN YOU YOU NEED TO ACT FAST SHIT SHIT''.
You take out your dagger and stab it in the side of the neck, you then grab it by the shoulder before taking out your dagger and stabbing it back in just in case. Making sure that it's definetly dead, you drag it over to a bush and hide it.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Gods, that's... A bit excesive.//] The human whispers as you walk back from the bush.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#978deb)[//It's what i do.//] You say, brushing off the blood on your cloak.
After that small scuffle, the three of you move fowards until you reach the end of the second warehouse.
you can see the ship within a few meters from you.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#978deb)[//There's no way we're sneaking on there in the middle of the day//] You whisper to them.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, couldn't we just rush it?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//That's, actually not that bad of an idea.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#978deb)[//Well, whatever you say. My expertise ends here.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//On my mark, we run as fast as we can and jump on board. Once we're on, you two draw the bridges back while i raise the anchor. then, when we start to sail away, we fight off any of them that might be on the ship.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Any objections? No? Then, on the count of 3. We bail.//] He says as he looks at the ship before starting to count down.
1, 2, ''3''. You sprint off first, followed by the Human, followed by the Dwarf. You ignore the bridges and simply leap towards the boat, pulling yourself up quickly before running to the close a bridge. The human jumps onto the other, still open bridge and sprints towards the windlass that lifts the anchor's chain. The dwarf stumbles and rolls onto the ship, quickly getting back up and slamming on the bridge to lift up. As he does, you start to see some infected start to run towards the ship.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''THE ANCHOR IS RAISED!, WHY ARE WE NOT MOVING?!''//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//''THE SAIL! YOU HAVEN'T LOWERED IT!''//] You scream at the human as he realizes his mistake and runs towards the ropes to lower it. As the ship starts to move away from the port, the infected reach the edge of the docks and begin leaping towards the ship. Luckly, the ship is just far away enough to make them plunge into the water as you sail away to safety.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Well, that was enough exercise and exitement for one day.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah, but we still got things to do. Go with Halkmir and check the lower deck for any stowaways.//]. He tells you as you go towards the Dwarf to go with him.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Did he tell you to check the lower decks with me?//] The dwarf says as you come near him.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Yeah, why?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Already taken care of. Did it while you two were bickering about the sail.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Let's just say that the bones of a bird are no match for a real Dwarven Warhammer.//] Impressed, you congratulate the dwarf before walking back to the helm of the ship, where the Human is steering the ship.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//What happened, why are you back so quickly?//] He asks, a bit worried.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Halkmir said he already took care of it.//] You reply
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Great, now can we talk for a bit. Just you and me?//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Sure...//] You say in a weird questioning tone.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Why are you acting, so weird.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//What do you mean.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//You know, like you're not being yourself.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//You've known me for a half a day, if you count today.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I know, it's just that you were acting pretty hostile during the whole Saraa situation. Now your acting like this, hell i could chalk you up as a friend at this point.//] He says as you sigh.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Well, we are in a precarious situation. I wouldn't exactly call this a normal day.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I guess so.//] He says as the Dwarf turns around with a shocked expresion on his face.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey boss, you might want to see this.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//See what?//] He says as he walks over to the Dwarf. You look at the direction they're looking at and spot a convoy of carriges running by the other side of the lake. They have Imperial Guard simbols on them and have can-
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:red)[''BANG''], A cannonball fires out into the sky as a warning shot.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#e68759)[''Citizens!, you are violating a city-wide Quarantine!, turn back or prepare to be fired upon!'']
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''LOOK, IT'S ME, YOU KNOW ME!''//] The human attemps to scream at the guards, but all they see and hear is people coming their way.
Suddenly, a volley of cannonballs starts firing towards the ship, rocking it from side to side as water begins to leak into the lower deck.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''SHIT'', HALKMIR TAKE A BUCKET AND START PAILING OUT THE WATER! Thief, CLIMB UP THE SAIL AND RAISE A WHITE FLAG BEFORE THEY FINISH RELOADING!//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//GOT IT!//] You yell as you vault over the railing and start climbing up the ladder to the crow's nest. You make it to the top and grab a white flag before raising it.
Just as you finish raising the flag, another volley rocks the ship. You feel the crow's nest shake as you look down and see it start to tilt, you decide that your only option is jumping into the water and praying to the gods you don't drown.
You jump off the side as the crow's nest collapses sending you plummeting until you hit (text-style:"blurrier")[the, surface of... the, water...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You have drowned.->fakeout (smartP)]](text-colour:#978deb)[//I don't see us coming out alive on any of these, let's go with the one with the least man-made danger to it. I pick the third option.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Welp, you might be right. Any objections Halkmir? No?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I hope you can swim as much as you talk, Thief.//]
The human steps in first, swiming in perfect athletic form as he bravely sets fowards. The Dwarf follows with a more brutish aproach, but it gets the job done.
But now it's your turn. You dive in head first, trying to remember how Ma' taught you to swim "Like a champ!". You Throw your right arm fowards in a arch before holding your breath and switching the side your face faces. Repeat on the other side and done. You're lagging a bit behind but you've got a good rythim going. Your mind starts to wander as the largeness of the lake starts to dawn on you. Y'know, this kind of reminds you of that one time you were trying to steal from a ship in the middle of the ocean.
You were waltzing around the place to find the some of the sweet, sweet, elven gold they were carrying in there, problem was, you couldn't read elvish! Or speak it for that matter really. You tried to look for a place where'd a bunch of elfs would hide their gold, only to find the captain laying pipe to a misstress he had! //Many// laughs were had by you when you left the boat with all it's valuables!
But now you're kind of wondering, how does it feel to fuck on a boat? It's probably really shaky, and humid. And the seas are not exactly known for being particularly cold, so you'd be sweating like pigs as you got drilled by that big fat co-
(text-colour:#978deb)[gods fucking dammit, should've known.] You tell yourself as you start to feel a tingle at your thighs
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Fuck... C'mon. How far away is the shore?] Your inner monologue says as you feel your back crack as you swim.
Not too far apparently as the transformation snaps you back into reality and you realize that you're a few meters away from the shoreline.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//What the hell are you doing waiting around?//] The humans asks as he sees you standing there, doing nothing at the shoreline.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Oh, sorry. I just kind of zone out sometimes.//] You say as you get out of the water and join the other two up ahead.
[[Continue->Camp (PDumb)]] You start walking up the small hill that separates the lake from a the patch of woodland known as Imperial Forest to join the other two up ahead.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I think they got the city Quarantined right now, i can see a lot of normal looking guards over at the bridge.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Heh.//] The Dwarf laughs as he is still catching his breath.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Guess they're not that good at keeping things in then.//] You joke, fully knowing that your statement might be foreshadowing to what'll happen to you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well then, if you're all done making fun of our guards. We can start moving.//]
You three walk up to a path and continue down it, looking for a place to set up a camp.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, there's an overlook here. That'd be a good place to set up a camp.//] The Human says, pointing upwards at the incline that leads up to the overlook. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//Halkmir, you go ahead and set up the camp.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Got it.//] He replies as he starts to make his way up to the overlook.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//And you, Adventurers don't usually carry around enough things for two full-sized tents, you're gonna have to sleep with one of us.//] He says as he turns to face you.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Eh, i'm used to sleeping cramped up.//] You reply, half-joking, half-telling the truth.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Also, tell Halkmir that i'll be gone for a few hours while i go do some things.//] He tells you as you start to walk up the incline.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Thief.//] The Dwarf says as you arrive at the top of the overlook.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Can't you call me something else that doesn't seem like you're about to arrest me?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, seeing as you've never actually told us your name. I though it be nice to get you a nickname.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Eh, used to it anyways.//] You joke.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Anyways, can you help me push these stakes in?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//You know i'm not good for hard labor.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What are you good for then//] He says as he stops hammering and tilts his head to look at you.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//You know what i'm good at.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Touche, can you at least keep me company here?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I don't see why not.//]
You two chat for a bit as he hammers in the stakes for the tents, as he finishes, the sun starts to set over Imperial City. The overlook is at a perfect position to see it too.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well isn't this romantic?//] You joke.
(text-colour:#347450)[//You gonna keep up the girly act?//] Halkmir replies.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//What do you mean.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, i do remember what you acted like when we spoke over the details of what Saraa had gotten herself into.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//You probably just don't know me too much then.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, now that i think of it. You do sound a bit different too.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Oh god, he might be connecting the dots.]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And did you always have a bit of a pout in your pant-?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Gimme a second, i think i gotta go use the bathroom.//] You try to say in a attempt to get away from him before he busts your lie wide open, and probably your pussy t-
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Ah fuck, not again.] Your mind says to you as the skin in your torso starts to feel weird under your cloak. You quickly make your way to a bit of bush where you can pretend to be using the bathroom while your mind clears up from the hornyness he just inserted into you. Mmm, insertio-
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Fuck, Fuck.]
You sit down in the grass and take of your pants to inspect the damage and plan how you're gonna keep up the lie. You see that your entire legs are covered in soft, gray fur. Even more worried you lift up your cloak and see that it's still spreading upwards, almost reaching your nipples. You look at your hips and see that they've been crushed inwards, while your ass and thighs seem to have taken whatever mass was in your hips for themselves. You take off your boots and see that your feet have shrunk into small, catlike paws. You look back up and see your pussy. And your pussy, oh gods your pussy.
You look at your pussy and see that it's all wet. At first, you think it's just sweat, or maybe you're still wet from the swim? Nah, that's definetly some pre. You start to feel even hornier as you put your hands all over it.
[[Try to control yourself]]
[[Give In.]](text-colour:#c794e9)[''NO.''] Your internal monologue screams as you pull your hand away from your crotch at lightning speed. Closing your eyes as you pull your pants up. Once you're done you put your boots back on and slide your belt back in it's spot, before it falls down to your ass because of your new hips. At least your cloak still covers up the changes, mostly.
As long as you don't change clothes, get hung upside down, roll up your sleeves or get felt up. You'll be fine. Mmmm, getting felt up as they hover over y-
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Why am i like this?] You tell yourself, meaning it in more ways than one as you start to feel something bump up against your cloak. You succesfully ignore it and it seems to stop dead in its tracks.
You get up off the ground and feel that something's off, like more off than you're used to by now. You touch your chest and feel it squish a litt-
(text-colour:#c794e9)[No, no. I know what those are and i'm not going to question them anymore.] At least they seem pretty easy to hide for now.
You move back to the camp before Halkmir can get any more suspicious of you. You make your way to the tent where he was an-
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh hey, you're back. I was starting to get worried.//] Halkmir says suddenly, startling you.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Yeah yeah, i just had to do my business.//] You reply, trying to look, sound and seem like your old self.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, Boss is back, he says he has something for ya'.//] He says, pointing at a fireplace by the entrance of the camp.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Sure, i'll be right over.//] You say as you try and put as much distance between you and Halkmir to no avail, as he's also going where you're going.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Thief.//] The man starts. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//I know, you know that we don't tipically carry around two bedrolls at once, so i got you one.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Well, thanks, i guess.//]
You three chat for a bit until you start to notice how dark it's getting, not like tonight's dim moon is helping anyways.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//It's getting pretty late, fun chatting with you two, but i'm gonna go to bed.//] You say as they look at you before they continue chatting with themselves. You walk towards the center of the camp and decide where you're gonna sleep in.
[[Sleep in the Human's Tent->MasonSleep (PDumb)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->HalkSleep (PDumb)]](text-colour:#c794e9)[Fuck... Fuck it.] You tell yourself as you shove a finger inside your wet pussy. inmmeadiately you see the fur on your hips reach your neck with extreme speed. You might regret all of this when you're done, but //it feels so gods damned good~//
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Mmff~.//] You moan softly as you keep drilling your new equipment with your finger, sticking in another one. Suddenly, your view of your pussy starts to get obstructed. Oh god, you've got boobs too.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Oh~.//] You moan as your other hand hovers up to your new bossom. You feel them grow in the palm as they reach a final, impressively huge size.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mmmmfff~...//] You moan as your head starts to hurt, probably meaning that you're fully cat now. You also feel somthing start to brush up against the blades of grass around your ass, meaning that you also have a tail now. Finally, you feel your thighs and ass become even bigger followed by a-
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''OOOOUGHhhh!~''//] You moan loudly as you climax all over the soft grass covered ground, your legs twitching as you shudder down from ecstasy. You move your hand away from your part and start to catch your breath-
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//See, i knew something was off about it.//] The dwarf whispers to someone.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah great, but are you ok?//] The Human answers.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, all it did was talk to me while it still looked human. I say we kill it before it spreads whatever it's got.//] Your new ears perk up halfway through his sentence.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ok, what the fuck is it doing now?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Shit, i think it hears us.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//You sure? It doesn't look like it's doing anything.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, we need to put it out of it's misery before we have to be put down too.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//... Look, Halkmir, Let's just knock it out and take it to the guards.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Why? so it can lie it's way out of that too?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I don't know, i've never seen one of those things transform slowly, and reason with us, and even have the same personality as he used to have.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, but if this is the downfall of humanity, It's your gods-damn fault.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Guys?//] You say as you hear them start to sculk around you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//''SHIT!, BOSS!, IT DID HEAR US!''//] The dwarf says as they both start sprinting at full speed towards you
You take out your dagger and start looking towards the direction of their steps
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''LOOK!, I CAN EXPL-!''//] You yell in a attemp to reason with them but the human sneaks up and (text-style:"blurrier")[knocks you in the head with a-]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You are unconscious]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're a terrible liar.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Why? It seemed to work on them for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[It did, but you let your horniness get in the way of that. You're no better than those things back in the city.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Look. I had to do what i did to survive, and seeing as i could still do what i wanted my body to do after my "catgirlening", i'm assuming i'm still me.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I mean, depends on your definition of "me".]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you not be so (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[vaug-->interog (PFdumb)]]]Your character's constitution is very low and he's fudged all the saving throws, that's why you get dunked on real easy.(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Hey you.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Thief.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Wake the ''hell'' up, Thief!//]
You shake around startled after being out cold, you half expect everything to be some weird nightmare that you've just woken up from, but your bound self's titties rudely remind you that this is real. Looking around quickly you see that you're at the bridge, being carried by the human on his shoulder. It's just night out now, but it doesn't seem too late.
And you can see strangely well for such a dim moon out tonight. Weird, but definetly not the thing that should matter to you the most.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Now what in the ''fuck'' have you gone and done to yourself now?//]
(text-style:"subscript","smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//can, you... shut the, fuck up...//] You spatter out, still woozy from the beating you just took.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Are you sure it's even, ''safe'' to carry that thing like that?//] the dwarf says.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Probably.//] He says, shoving you up again as he feels you start to slip off.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you two sorry sacks of ''SHIT'', please give me that thing before it wakes up completely?//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''OUGHhh!''//] You grunt as the human tosses you onto the ground, before the guard picks you up and begins to move inside the building behind him.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//And ''SCRAM!'', before i throw you to shitwads over the wall too.//]
(text-style:"subscript","smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//what, are you... gonna, do to... me//] You say, still pretty fucked up from how much you're being thrown around.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//I'm gonna have a little chat with you before i either ''hang you'' for treason, or throw you back into that ''shithole'' over there.//] He says as he opens the door to the building.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey Pyle, Do you- ''uh''//] The receptionist says to the guard before spotting you on his shoulders.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you not say my name out loud, this thing still has some quips left in it. And yes, i would like the keys to the cell.//]
(text-style:"subscript","smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//heh... pyle, of shi-//] You say before he slaps you across the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//But what about him, ''what the hell happened?''//]
(text-style:"subscript","smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//the, story's... pretty long... ok?...//] You murmur at her as she grabs the keys from under the desk and hands them over to Pyle. He then walks through the door before opening the cell and throwing you inside
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''OUGHhh! ''//](text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//fuck...//] You grunt as you lay on the ground, wrigling around to face the guard. At least that woozyness you had is all but gone now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You're giving me some, pretty big dejavu right now.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well good to know losing your cojones hasn't lost you your humor.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Same shit, different time.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Anyways, i'd like to ask you a few questions to decide either to throw you back into the city to rot or make you suffer a quick drop and a sudden stop.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah, make it quick.//] You sigh.
Another guards walks by and hands him a piece of parchment before leaving.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//First, were where you after you left the station.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, i went to go grab a drink//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Typical, Go on.//] He says as he starts to write down something on the parchment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Met those guys' girl friend at the pub, got comfortably numb and went over to the ceremony.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now this part's a bit hazy in my mind, but the shit with the lich happened, i drunkenly stumbled into a sewer and got "attacked" by some sort of "animal man". I stabbed him before he could do anything severe.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//So let me get this straight, You were infected, and those two dolts believed your lying, theiving words. And they just carried you out of the quarantine zone.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Don't know if i can agree with that statement.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You don't know? Look, don't kid yourself. You're just waiting for me to let you out so you can go fuck ''MY'' men and turn them into more of your fuckbuddies.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, if i really wanted to do that. I would be doing it.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're in a cell.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//There's a glass window behind me//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're tied up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I have literal claws on my "hand-paw", what ever the fucks.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//... Fuck...... Then why don't you free yourself righ-//] He says as he's interupted by the sound of ropes snaping from the cutting power of your new claws.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You were saying.//] You scoff while getting up off the floor and resting your back against the cell wall.
The guard sighs. (text-colour:#272e58)[//Look, Fuck it. You've planted doubt in my head.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm glad a skull as thick as yours is still open to reason.//]
Another guard passes by and gives him another, rolled piece of parchment. He unfurrows it and clears his throat.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you please sign this statement that you won't go around spreading whatever it is you got inside that body.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure. Let me see it.//] You say as he opens the cell gate before extending his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement. You grab it and make a writing gesture while looking at him, he looks around before grabbing his quil from the desk set up outside the cell, Dipping it a little in the ink well before handing it to you.
//By royal decree of the mighty Agean Empire, I Shan't harm a single soul of any imperial citizen with my newly recieved affliction. May i fail this agreement, i shall be punished by hanging of the neck.// The statement reads, you quickly sign it and hand it over to the Guard, who slowly reaches out and grabs it quickly before looking at it.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well, i guess i can't leave you inside here anymore. Go on ahead and grab your things at the entrance.//] He says, trying to put as much distance between you and him as you walk out.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, can i have that paper back?//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Why should i oblidge you this.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//So those two, or anyone else for that matter don't cut my head off.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Sure then, here.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Getting real sick and tired of being put in binds today.] You tell yourself before he extends his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement back.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, wait a second] Your mind screams as you realize that you signed with your real name. You blush a bit before quickly correcting the mistake by brushing the ink off with a bit of your cloak.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Knew you'd do that.//] The guard chuckles. as you grab the quil and write "Thief" on the statement.
[[Grab your things->thingsgrab (PFDumb)]]You pass through the door and see the lady at the counter again. She spots you and gives you a weirded out face. Before looking in the direction of the guard.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey Pyle, Did you uh, let that one thief that turned himself into a catgirl out?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Yes and yes. Now please give him his belt back before he starts to quip about it again?//]
She looks back to you and grabs your belt from under the desk before sliding it onto the desktop.
You slide it back on your hips at the spot you always put it at, but it slides back down to your ass due to your new hips.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Might want to get that refited.//] She comments. (text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and get a big bra too, and a good one at that, you look to be about a H or so and you ''definetly'' don't want those puppies to sag later.//]
You blush coyly as you turn away from the judging gaze of the receptionist.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//What?, i do this to other women all the time. I studied fashion for gods' sake//] She says as you pan your head around for a second.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i'm still getting used to it, ok. I don't even know if i'll be like this for long now.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Fine, you do you. But you would look nice in a white dress. Oh and really consider the bra, those things ''will'' kill your back.//]
You shudder at the though and get out of the makeshift station before she can put any more mental images of you in women's clothing. You walk out the door and feel the cool breeze hit your fluffy hands, They seem to have brough you to a big camp built on the outer banks of the bridge you saw earlier. It seems like every guard that got out of the city is stationed here, even guards from other, nearby towns.
As you start to leave most of the guards start to turn to look at you. You sigh as you lift up the statement above your head so they can see it. One of them begins to walk towards you, without getting too close of course before squinting at the paper and walking away.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Great, Gonna love my life for the next few days.] You say to yourself as you walk away from the bridge.
Now, they only people that know you out here are those two. You could reconsile with them and see if they let your furred ass back in the camp. Or you could follow the road to a nearby town.
[[Go back to camp.->Camp (PFDumb)]]
[[Follow the road.->Wander (PFDumb)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[As much as i hate to admit it, i did like being around those guys for a bit.] You tell yourself as a bit of your brain recoils in cringe at the statement you just said.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Plus, i think they're my closest bet to finding a way back to my old self.] You tell yourself as you start coming close to the Overlook.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Gonna miss the bastard a bit.//] You hear the dwarf say in the distance as your ears perk up.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Meh, i've got no opinion really.//] The human answers.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Even though he'd probably hadn't done an honest day's work in his entire life, i could tell the man was a hurt soul.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Still, he did commit a lot of crimes.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Could you not speak ill of the dead?, and didn't you want to not kill it?.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, i don't know, maybe i was feeling merciful, maybe it was something else.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You liked that thing didn't you.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No... Well... Maybe, a little bit. And only if it could still feel human emotions other than horniness.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh, couldn't blame ya. She did put on a nice show for us.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ugh, fuckin perverts.] You think to yourself as you realize that you probably would agree if you still had your dick.
You decide how to reintroduce yourself to the two, they'd probably try to kill you inmmeadiately if you waltzed in there. Even if you had the note in your hands. That'd be fucking awkward right? "Hey bossman, i beat the lady to death and it turns out she was let go", "whoopsies!". Anyways, you decide to take out your bow and tie the note to an arrow. You knock the arrow back and release the string, sending it flying through the air, lodging itself firmly in the log that the dwarf is sitting on.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//''What the fuck was that.''//] The dwarf says, looking around as he hears the ''Thwunk'' of the arrow landing
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//What was what.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//''This!''//] The dwarf says as he unlodges the arrow, before showing it to the Human.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fuck, we gotta- ''Wait'', it's got something tied to it.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Let me see, By royal decree of the mighty Agean Empire,//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Are they gonna hang us too now?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know, let me finish reading. Looks official though.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//I Shant harm a single soul of any imperial citizen with my newly recieved affliction?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//What affliction? I don't remember being infected. Unless it told them that it infected us.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Can you let me finish?, May i fail this agreement, i shall be punished by hanging of the neck. Signed... ''Thief?''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''CAN I COME BACK IN NOW WITHOUT YOU TWO KICKING MY TEETH IN?''//] You yell at them.
(text-style:"subscript","blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//That's a relief. //](text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''SURE! COME OVER!''//] The human yells back at you before you continue walking towards the camp.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ahem//] You say in your best attempt at sounding like your old self, but only end up still sounding like your new self. You then sit down next to the human. He pans his eyes over to the forest, trying bashfully to avoid eye contact with you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Quick question, for how long were you listening to us over there.//] The dwarf asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know, depends on how much you would've wanted me to hear.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then nothing.//] He answers inmmeadiately.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Then i heard nothing.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Good.//]
An awkward silence overtakes the camp as the firepit lights it up.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look,//] The human opens up (text-colour:#01ad79)[//I had bought you a bedroll to sleep in before, you know, everything happened. You can have it.//] He says as he passes you the bedroll, still trying to avoid eye contact. You grab it and put it on the log, right next to you.
The awkward silence comes roaring back, but less of a roar, more of a quiet, well, silence.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll take the hint and go pick a place to sleep in then.//] You say to avoid the awkardness of the situation. You stand up and walk to the center of the camp, wondering where you're gonna sleep in.
[[Sleep in the Human's Tent->MasonSleep (PFDumb)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->HalkSleep (PFDumb)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[To hell with those guys. First they tie me up, then they knock me out, tie me up again and toss me around like a ragdoll.] You say to yourself. You're your own man, even if you are lacking in certain man bits at the moment.
You then keep walking down the road, after a few minutes of walking you reach a crossroads. You stop for a second to rest a bit, there's a weird pain in your back and, oh gods the receptionist might've been right. These things sure are heavy on the back. But whatever, you can keep going.
Eventually, you make it to the outskirts of town. It's pretty late in the night, so most if not everyone is packed into their houses or about to close their businesses. You've still got quite a bit of gold in your pockets so you decide to walk over to the pub/inn that the town has. Making your way there, you make sure to pull the sides of your hood as far infront of you as you can. Luckly, you encounter almost no one outside and your body is a lot more petite and hideable in your baggy clothes.
You make it to the Pub and walk in, still hiding yourself in your clothes. The bartender is sweeping the wooden floor of the bar section of his establishment as he hears you walk in.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Bar's closed, unless you're looking for a room right no- WHAT ''THE HELL''!//] He says as he turns his attention to you, noticing what you've been trying to hide under that cloak. He stands there paralized in shock as you sigh.
(text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh my fucking gods. //](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story. I'll explain if you just shut up and give me somewhere to sleep.//] You say as you shove the statement in his chest.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, uh. I guess stranger things have happened in here.//] He says after reading it and passing it back to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//So, about the room.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Sure, but first i'd like to know how and why you're here.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, can we not, i'm very tired.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, i'm afraid i want to get to know the strange looking "cat-lady" that walked into my bar at closing time.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine. But it's a long story.//] You say as you sit on top of the bar.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//And i've got half a bar to clean, so take your time.//]
After half an hour of explanations later, the bartender finishes cleaning.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So let me get this straight, you fought your way out of the Imperial Palace, got caught by suprise, beat the guy who infected you to death, jumped out a window, landed in the water and then swam your way to safety, turned into one of them, kept your mind, got pardoned by the guards and then you came here.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean, i might've glossed over some details but most of it's true.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Sure... Now, if you're done telling your story. You can grab any key you want, pay me tommorow//] He says before you stand back up and grab a room key. You then take a step towards the stairs.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Try not to leave too much fur on the bed.//] He adds as you make your way up the stairs. You then make your way through the third door, unlocking it before heading inside.
You throw your cloak aside, roll off your pants, slide off your boots and hit the bed like a brick, it's been a very long day to say the least and ''OW FUCK.''
Oh yeah, tail. Gotta think about that whenever you want to lay down. You could sleep on your chest, but you've got those two now, and they're rather big to be squeezed like that for 7-8 hours.
Finally finding a comfortable spot on the bed, you shut your eyes and go to (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[sleep->wander sleep]]I don't know what took me so long to start writing this part, it was very, ''very'' fun writing how the story would be different if you still hadn't changed yet.
//Update: I know exactly why it took me so long, because i knew i had to write original dialogue and scenes.//You decide to sleep in the Human's tent, he's still outside so you just place your bedroll down and wait for him to come.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Thief.//] He says as he comes in after a few minutes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You. Say, what's your name?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//My name's Mason, yours?.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Just keep calling me Thief, please.//] You say as Mason walks over to another spot in the tent, dropping his bedroll down and sitting in it.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can we talk about what you were saying before i came by?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I though you "didn't hear it"//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, yes. But, did you really mean it?//] You say, trying to hide your red cheeks from him.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look... I don't know what to say to you, you've got us all very confused.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, it's just that... Well, i don't know what to do anymore.//] You say, your eyes tearing up a bit.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Listen, thief. You're not alone, ok?.. We've got your back.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You beat tied me up, ''twice'', how can you even ''say'' that?//] You say as a tear begins to roll down your cheek.
Mason sighs. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'm sorry. Really, ''really'' sorry.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Like i said, you got us all confused.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok...//] You say, trying not to get more emotional than you already are. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//If you really mean it. I'll take all the help i can get.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it's getting pretty late. I Think i'll go to bed now, Goodnight Thief.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight, Mason.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->masonleep (PFDumb Dream)]]You decide to sleep in Halkmir's tent. he's still outside so you just place your bedroll down and wait for him to come.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Hey, Halkmir.//] You say as he comes into the tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well if it isn't Ms. Thief. Come to give me company?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you, like... Not call me that?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, you haven't told us your name, ever. So i'd though i'd call you that.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, it just sounds like you're about to arrest me.//] You say as he plops down his bedroll in a nice comfortable spot.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i come up with nicknames for everyone i know, so how about Cat? Is it beffiting?.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Not much better, but go ahead.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well then Ms. Cat, you've seen to have flicked something in Mason's mind.//] Halkmir jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Is that his name?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, and you've got his heart in your hands.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh,//] You say, blushing.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Of course, you heard him back there. He clearly wants you, even if he, and well I, acted purely out of fear back at the, "scene".//] He says, with a tinge of regret
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, glad the both of you regret how you acted back there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, well, sorry. For everything really... I get very unecesarily, ''"confrontative"'' when i feel something threathens me and the people i like to be around.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well thanks Halkmir.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Welp, i think it's getting pretty late. I'm gonna hit the hay... Goodnight Miss Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight Halkmir.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->halksleep (PFDumb dream)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Man, you're really falling deep into this aren't you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You were blushing through half of that conversation.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No i wasn't]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes you were, in fact, you're still doing it right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, you've got me, Happy?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, because you aren't being true to yourself. In fact, you cried. You got emotional. From the words a ''Man'' told you.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ok... Look... I don't, ''Fuck''...]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[See? you're so confused you've gaslight yourself into thinking you acted manly back there.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ok, you might be right.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I am right.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Who am i?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[am i?->day 2 wakeup (PFDumb)]]]It's a typo.
But the good kind of typo.
The one that makes you say "''FUCK THAT'S GOOD''" And you keep it in.
The one above this is the original typo, i was playtesting and i saw it, so i threw the typo into more sequences.DS means dream sequence, it's marked so i know where to copy and paste the Macro from.
DE means Dead End and if you don't see it, it's because you've got the finished version of this story. Again, marked so that i know where to start writing after i finish something else.Today, well, yesterday at like, 12PM i made a account to post the demo on. Didn't post it because i'd decided to make a second version of the demo and post that one when i finish some more of the story.
Also today, but really, yesterday at 12PM. I started to work on the Partial route. It's been pretty fun so far, went back to the Full route and copy pasted the dialog, adjusted it so it made sense, then scrapped it and wrote something new because i didn't like the result. Right now, i've only written the Dumb approach for the Partial catgirl route, and only the part where you diddle yourself into going full catgirl. Would've written the route where you abstain from diddling yourself, but the former sounded more fun.(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Man, you're really falling deep into this aren't you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You said "Oh" with a blush]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No i wasn't]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes you were, in fact, you're doing it right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, you've got me, Happy?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, because you still don't know you want this. You forgave the men that tied you up twice and beat you because they make you feel about as tingly inside as you make them feel.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ok... Look... I don't, ''Fuck''...]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Look, i'm gonna tell you once and only once because you seem oblivious to the fact that ''THEY.'' ''WANTED.'' ''TO.'' ''FUCK.'' ''YOU.'']
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No they weren't, i mean, he was, a little bit. ](text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[not that i didn't want to do it either, a little bit.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[What did you just say?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Nothing, nothing.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're sexually confused to hell and back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Well, no, maybe... Ok, you might be right.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I am right.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Who am i?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[am i?->day 2 wakeup (PFDumb)]]]No hiding it, this is a fucking mess. Originally i was gonna make it so each one of these branches would have their own plotlines, but since that would take so, much, gods-damned, work. So i just decided to unite them again after the dream sequence.Making a story like this is like making a sandwich. Let's say that the bread of the sandwich is porn right?, everyone likes bread, if you can find me 3 people who don't like bread i can find you 3 liars. But who the hell eats just bread? Well, to at least add some flavour, you stick in some cheese. In this case, cheese being a simple storyline. And maybe, a bit of deli meat. In this case, the meat being characters. Then you've got yourself a ham and cheese sandwich. It's simple, flavourful and absolutely no one can fuck it up.
But do you eat ham and cheese sandwiches every day?, with every meal? No, you don't. Because although a ham and cheese sandwich will hit the spot, you see it as a bit of a "I wanna eat something quick!" food. Here's where personal preference kicks in. As you start to add more ingredients to the sandwich, of course some people will say that they don't want that sandwich and if they still end up eating it, they'll throw away some of the ingredients they don't like. But those who like to get specific will gladly tear into it and enjoy all of the contrasting flavours in it.
Now, when i started to write this story, i didn't want to make a ham and cheese sandwich. Because a ham and cheese sandwich is still mostly about the bread. No, i wanted to make myself a club sandwich. A mighty sandwich that stands big and proud of it's ingredients that come from all of the world's continents. It's not just about the bread anymore, it's about the turkey, the tomato, the bacon, the ham, the mayo and the cheese. But still, no one's gonna eat a pile of turkey, bacon, ham and cheese with a tomato and some mayo. You still need the bread to entice someone into actually eating it, plus it holds the story together.
What i'm saying is, even if you attract people with the porn in your story, you can still have the dignity to write something nice and fun for the reader so that you don't lose the interest of those that would actually enjoy going through the plot and not just try to make a beeline to the porn. And if you manage to grab them and take them on a entertaining story, the porn in there will be a hell of a lot more satisfiying.
tl;dr: if you read enough. you can have a little porn, as a treat.
//ps: i'm hungry now, i'm gonna go make a actual club sandwich.//Since you play entirely inside your characters head, thinking what he thinks, saying what he says, and although not seeing, reading what he's seeing (And maybe picturing it if you've got some imagination). I though i'd be good to just go off on tangents sometimes.
Y'know, like when you're really bored and you start thinking about that one time you did something slighty to not at all related to what you're doing right now. I think it sells the fact that you're in your character's head (and it gives me a good excuse to make your character horny somehow.)
''PS: i wrote this before i wanted the transformation to be controlled by emotions, not just the horny.''You decide to sleep in the Human's tent, he's still outside so you just place your bedroll down and wait for him to come.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Thief.//] He says as he comes in after a few minutes.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//You. Say, what's your name?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//My name's Mason, yours?.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Just keep calling me Thief, please.//] You say as Mason walks over to another spot in the tent, dropping his bedroll down and sitting in it.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Well, uh. Rough day right Mason?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//You could say that. Although, it has been nice getting to know that you're not a complete theiving, lying, cutpurse. And that you're actually pretty pleasant to talk to.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Eh, could say the same for you. I used to think you were just a glory hungry egomaniac. No offense right?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//None taken.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it's getting pretty late. I Think i'll go to bed now, Goodnight Thief.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Goodnight, Mason.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->masonleep (PDumb Dream)]]You decide to sleep in Halkmir's Tent. He's not inside yet, so he comes in after you.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Hey, Halkmir.//] You say as he comes into the tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well if it isn't Mr. Thief. Come to give me company?//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Again, can you call me something else?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, again, you haven't told us your name, ever. So i'd though i'd call you that.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Yeah, it just sounds like you're about to arrest me.//] You say as he plops down his bedroll in a nice comfortable spot.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i come up with nicknames for everyone i know. So you're just gonna have to stick with it.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Eh.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, i'm gonna be honest with you. You're giving me a weird feeling in my gut.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//I... Don't know how to answer.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//It's just that you acted real stubborn last time we met, and it's weirding me out that you've seemingly lost that stuborness.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Well, like i said at the camp. Maybe you just misjudged my character.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Probably.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Welp, i think it's getting pretty late. I'm gonna hit the hay... Goodnight Thief.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Goodnight Halkmir.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, and try to get a diet. I think you're starting to get a case of moobs.//] He says as you cover yourself quickly before his judging eyes can disern that there's not much M left in those boobs.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->halksleep (PDumb dream)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")["You're not a complete theiving, ''lying'', cutpurse."]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Look, are you gonna shame me for doing what i did to survive?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes, because you don't even know if you'll "//Survive//"]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Are you gonna play at my insecurities all night?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Again yes, because you better hope that they don't start to notice the big bump in your bedroll.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[At least you're not being vague about it this time.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d2 wakeup (PDumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")["You're giving me a ''weird'' feeling in my gut."]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Look, are you gonna shame me for doing what i did to survive?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes, because you don't even know if you'll "//Survive//"]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Are you gonna play at my insecurities all night?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Again yes, because you better hope that they don't start to notice that your "Moobs" have gotten bigger.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[At least you're not being vague about it this time.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d2 wakeup (PDumb)]][[You->Description (d2direct)]] open your eyes, a faint hope that you wake up in that jail cell in the city still glimmers withing you before being rudely broken by the huge lumps in your bedroll. You yawn and strech your arms before getting out of the bedroll and walking towards the flap of the tent and opening it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, i think we should stop waisting time and get back inside the city to rescue those two.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look Halkmir, we haven't eaten in a whole day, we barely had enough supplies to set up a camp and you want to go back in? I don't even have my ''sword'' on me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then where the hell did you leave it?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Over there.//] He says, pointing towards the city in the distance. They then both realize that you're standing there.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, Cat's woken up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, good morning. I guess.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We were just discusing how dumb it would be to just waltz back in there without any supplies or a weapon.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Speak for yourself, by the time we get ready Saraa and Merl will be long gone.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, Halkmir, you know them. They'll be alright. Saraa is probably somewhere safe and Marl is probably disecting one of those things as we speak.//]
The Dwarf sighs (text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, you got me there. I'll concede that it does sound like a bad plan.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Great, now can you two tell me what we're gonna do today?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, there is that town that's nearby. It's a pretty big town at that. I think it's called Gatemeir? We could go there and stock up on things before we jump the wall again.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, let's get moving.//] You say, knowing full well that you're going to have a lot of explaining to do today.
You three walk back down the incline towards the path, reaching it and following it through the Imperial Forest until you start to see road signs for the town of Gatemeir.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's to the right now, we're pretty close.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look.//] You say arching your spine backwards (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can we take a quick break? My back's killing me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i can probably give you ''two'' reasons for that.//] Halkmir jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you not say it like that, please.//] You reply as he chuckles a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck, i'm starting to think the receptionist was right about these things] You say as you start to move again.
Finally after walking for what felt like a couple of hours you make it to Gatemeir before Midday. The people around you all look at you funny, but you pull out the statement and they go back to their business.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Im gonna go get a new sword at the blacksmith, you two find something to do while he makes it.//]
There's a few things to do in town, There's a fancy restaurant in the town, you're pretty fucking famished after not eating for 2 days. There's also a tailor in the town, maybe you could treat yourself to not having back pain anymore.
[[Go eat->d2 Rest1 (Direct)]]
[[Go to the Tailor->d2 Tailor1 (Direct)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Clothes are a secondary worry and i feel like i'm starving right now, i'm gonna go get some food.] You tell yourself as you walk to the restaurant. people still giving you death stares as you go through the double doors.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the Whi- ''Uh''.//] the waiter says as he spots you walking in.
(text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh my fucking gods. //](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story. Can you just give me a table for one.//] You say as you slide the statement on the waiter's stand. The waiter looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Ok ''um''... Miss? We've got plenty of empty tables. You can just choose one at your leisure.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks.//] You say in the meanest tone your girly voice can muster. You sit down on the table least visible to other people dining, you don't want to cause more alarm than your mear presence is causing. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like, every now and then glancing over the menu to see people giving you stares.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello... Madam.//] Another waiter coyly says as he aproaches you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You know you could just talk to me like i'm a normal person.//] You scof at the waiter.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Yes, i am terribly. ''Uh'', sorry for my manners. What will you be having.//] He says, still in a bit of disbelief.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Uh, right away.//] He says before turning around and speedwalking away. You sigh and bury your face in the table, before hearing a few steps and the clinking of plate armor.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//You there, you're coming with us.//] You hear a voice say, you turn your head to the right and seeing a few guards.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, go away.//] You say, handing the guard closest to you the statement. He backs up for a second until he realizes that you're holding up a piece of parchment and he extends his arm to grab it. He reads it before handing it back to you, still keeping his distance.
They then give eachother embarassed looks and storm off before they make a bigger ass of themselves (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//And tell everyone to stop staring!//] You yell at them as they file out of the restaurant. Fuck, half of this day has been explaining your situation to angry mobs of confused people. The other half being walking and back pain. You just want all of this to blow over so you can go back to stealing your way to the top of Imperial City, why does life just have to throw you shit-covered curve balls whenever you've got a good thing going?
Not that it was really ''that'' good. Most of the money you have on you still is from unreported crimes, otherwise you'd probably have a million gold to your name, not just a measly 778. And most of your nights were spent in jail cells, in fact, you've pretty much learnt to tolerate prison gruel. Eh, but enough reminising about yourself. The waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are Madam.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be in desbelief of you. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but you keep under or overestimating where your mouth is and end up munching on air or fork before correcting your mistake, you end up looking like a bit of a doof but that's probably the thing that'll get the least looks about you.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Waiter! //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup inbetween sentences. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Could i get some water instead? //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say as he starts coming closer to you.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away madam. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says before heading back to the kitchen, getting a pitcher full of water and a glass before coming back to you wit it. He then pours the some of it into the glass before putting it down on your table.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say trying not to sound like an asshole.]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest1end (Direct)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck it, if i'm gonna be like this for a long while. I might as well look like i didn't steal my clothes from someone 2 sizes larger.] You tell yourself as you tug on your saggy cloak.
You walk over to the tailor, people still giving you death stares as you open the door.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Welcome to- What the ''hell?''//] The tailor says as you walk in.
(text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh my fucking gods. //](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story. I'll explain if you just shut up and listen.//] You say as you slide the statement on the counter. The tailor looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, uh... Welcome to my shop, uh miss...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cat. Just call me Cat.//] You say, sighing.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what brings you here?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Do you want the long list or the shortened list.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Don't spare me the details, i'll work tirelessly to make sure everything fits just rig-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//My cloak doesn't fit, my shirt doesn't either, My pants droop down to my thighs, my belt keeps sliding down, my boots want to flip around and to top it all off, i don't have something for these.//] You interrupt him with your large order.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, i can refit most of the things you've mentioned. You're gonna have to talk to a cobbler about your boots though. Oh, and i'll have to call my wife over for, ''those'', things//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll wait.//] You say as you find a chair to sit in and wait. He walks over to the back and gets some equipment, he then gets a piece of parchment and writes something on it. He puts all his tools and equipment on the counter and walks outside for a moment, with the note he wrote in his hand. He stops a person on a horse, wearing a blue shirt with the words "Imperial Express" on it and hands him the note. The messenger then rides off in the direction you came. The tailor comes back in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Do you have any spare clothes on you?//] He asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//] You reply.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Then wait in that room over there and slide your clothes through the slot on the door.//] He says as you walk over to the room before entering it.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hang on you like a really big blanket if it weren't for your boobs, which tent out heavily over your chest. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
Not wanting to keep the tailor waiting, you take off your clothes and shove them through the slot in the door. You hear them drop on the other side, before the tailor walks over and takes them over to the back. You turn back to the mirror and catch a glimpse of your naked body. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs (And even then, you're walking on your toes instead of your whole foot now), You still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
As you turn away from the mirror in embarassment, your ears perk up as you hear the tailor say something on the other side of the shop.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Lucy, honey. She's in there, Can you get me some measurements with this so i can get to work.//] He says before you hear a knock on the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Can i come in?.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, it's her.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Uh, sure.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey, I recognise that voice.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//You do? Then you also know why i called it "A special case" right?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yes, i know. I spoke to her //](text-colour:#bf8093)[//at the bridge.//] She says as she opens the door. You cover up your nasty bits with your arms in a attempt to avoid further embarassment.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Seriously...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?..//] You say, still hinding your shame.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Look. This'll be quick, now can you stop doing that and tent your arms up like this.//] She says before standing in a A-pose.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She then moves the band around different, important parts of your body. Taking measurements of not only your waist, but also your hips, your arms and well, your bust.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailor1end (Direct)]].After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots. Oh and there was a really big hole at the upper chest area of your shirt, we had to fix that too.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H, like i told you earlier.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, i've got to get back to work.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, just that everything fits like it should now, they even cut a small hole in the back of your pants so you can stick your tail through. It makes your curves, really, ''really'' obvious though. It kind of reminds you how Saraa dressed when she met you at the pub.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip for not calling the guards inmmeadiately).
You walk out of the Tailor and go back to the center of town, now very agile due to not having to fight with your clothes as you move. it's pretty damn close to sunset so you can probably do one more thing before everything closes down for the day.
The restaurant is still an option, it closes pretty late and this might be your last chance for a nice, gourmet meal in a long while. Or you could maybe hit the local pub. No drinking this time though, You could say you've got some trauma with the bottle.
[[Go eat.-> d2 Rest2 (Direct)]]
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub2 (Direct)]]Today i didn't do much,
I did finish what i started with the Dumb route of the liar's path though. I also started to work on Day 2 for the Direct aproach. Added in a nice little scene where your charater gets his clothes refit.
Other than that, not much.Took a break from working on this today, had to do some things in real life and i could only work on this at about 8PM or so.
Still working on the Partial Path, have to make the two other plans. Maybe if i have time after that i'll finish Day 2 for the Full path. //Update:// didnt work on the partial path at all, i just wrote the rest of day 2 por the full direct route.
Also, i gotta move the whole campaign down again. the space up at the partial path is getting real crowded again.(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Now that all my clothes fit, i feel like i'm starving right now. I'm gonna go get some food.] You tell yourself as you walk to the restaurant. people still giving you death stares as you keep walking.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Cat. You're looking, curvaceous...//] Halkmir says as you get close to the restaurant. You blush a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, i was kind of getting tired of having to fight my clothes everytime i did something.//] You say as he starts following you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nice, where are you headed?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//To go get something to eat, haven't eaten since 2 days ago.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, well i was actually headed over there right now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Great, that'll make some of the awkward explaining less so.//] You joke as you both arrive at the restaurant.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the Whi- Oh, it's you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah. Do you want an autograph from the Catlady or will you get me a table for two.//]
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Ok Miss. We've got a few empty tables. You can just choose one at your leisure.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Thank you.//] Halkmir says as you two go into the dining room while you give the waiter a annoyed look.
You both sit down on a random empty table. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like, every now and then glancing over the menu to see people giving you stares.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't mind them, they'll get used to you quick.//] Halkmir says politely.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean, it just makes me feel like i'm being judged.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't worry about it, Cat. You know full well you're no threat to anyone.//]
You stay quiet. Still weirded out by Halkmir's niceness to you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look cat, i know why you're giving me the silent treatment. I'm just trying to make up for what i did to you yesterday, don't make me feel like more of an ass. Please?//]
You sigh. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir, i forgive you, you don't need to treat me like a goddess because you've got a guilty conscience.//]
He keeps quiet for a bit before speaking up again. (text-colour:#347450)[//Well, thanks Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you pick something before the waiter starts to get pissed at us.//] You say as the waiter stands behind Halkmir.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello Mister... and Madam.//] Another waiter coyly says as he aproaches you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You know you could just talk to me like i'm a normal person.//] You scof at the waiter.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Yes, i am terribly. sorry for my manners. What will you be having.//] He says, still in a small bit of disbelief.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I'll have a steak with some boiled potatoes with a bit of water to wash it down, not feeling too fancy today.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away.//] He says before turning around and walking away.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Did you always like duck or are you trying it out?//] Halkmir says in a attempt to kill the silence with some small talk.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's my favorite, used to only have it when i had enough gold to go to that one restaurant in the city, but i had heard this one's a close second in terms of quality.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That place? I used to really like the deserts they made there. You know, you'd try to not eat too much you'd still have some room in ya' for some pumpkin pie.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Room for food's the least of my worries right now, i haven't eaten in two whole days.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? You must be beyond starving. Didn't you eat something the day before everything happened?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Nah, the time you four saw me coming out of the guard station was when i woke up, the most i had in me was a few pints of mead. Didn't at all help my hangover the next day.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well hopefully you'll amend your relationship with the bottle someday.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure hope.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You know, you're acting a heck of a lot girly. Of course, not completely ladylike. But somewhere inbetween maybe.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Eh, i'm just getting used to my predicament i guess. If i start exuding something, it's purely unintentional.//] You say as the waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be in desbelief of you. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He also plops Halkmir's meal on the table too. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but you keep under or overestimating where your mouth is and end up munching on air or fork before correcting your mistake, you end up looking like a bit of a doof but that's probably the thing that'll get the least looks about you. Halkmir doesn't care about table manners, he just agresively starts to cut pieces of his steak off and eat it like someone's gonna take it away from him at a determined time limit.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You good? You don't look too bright right now.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup halfway through the sentence. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, could we... Swap drinks?//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says as he swaps your glass around for his glass of water.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks. //]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest2end (Direct)]]When writing this bit, i missed the D key and may have written something else until i noticed it 2 days later.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll have some fuck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(This is the original line in question.)(text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you try to remember your family's old cat. Weren't cats not able to drink alcohol without getting poisoned? Fuck, that might be it. At least that'll make forgeting your pains a hell of a lot easier.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bill as you walk out. You're feeling a lot better now, mainly due to having a full stomach, but also not being a bit drunk anymore. You walk back to the center of town, No one you know is there and there's still a few hours before everything closes so you decide to do one more thing.
You could go to the Tailor, he's still open and it would be nice to have fitting clothes. Or you could go to the pub, no drinking of course. You know full well what happened to you after half a glass of wine, you don't want to know what'll happen to you after a pint of hard liquior.
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub1 (Direct)]]
[[Go to the Tailor.->d2 Tailor2 (Direct)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. Not feeling too fancy today.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm. There's a few people that still give you strange looks, but most of them point and say something to the tune of "Look, it's that catlady." Word does seem to spread quick, specially about strange ocurrences such as yourself.
You enter the Pub and see Mason, face down on the bar with his arms crossed. Knowing him, you sit down next to him and tap him on the shoulders. You're sure he won't mind the company.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Whah, oh. Hey, Cat.//] He says, a bit groggy. He doesn't seem too drunk, but he has probably been drinking for a while.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What are you doing here all by yourself?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, the sword got done a while ago. I just wanted to drown down a few before heading back to camp.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but alone?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, i thought you'd still have a bit of trauma from 2 days ago and Halkmir quit the drinking a few months ago.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, do you mind if i sit here anyways?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go ahead.//] He says as he slumps back into his original pose, sometimes bobbing his head out to take another swig. Does he usually drink or have you just been pushing all the wrong buttons in him? He seemed like a bit of a clean-cut guy, even if he seemed like a bit of an asshole.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh hey catlady, come to join your friend in his wallowing about you?//] The bartender says as he pokes Mason in arm.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you not say it like that?//] Mason says, still face down on the bar.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm just saying it like it is.//] He says to Mason before looking at you (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got him for a loop and he hasn't stopped mumbling about you for the last 30 minutes.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No offence, but i personally don't know why he'd be into your fluffy gray self. But i won't judge, i've had people in here that wanted to fuck dragons for gods' sake.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, do you have anything to eat? or at least something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You want steamed fish and milk?//] He jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ha, ha, Very funny.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'll take your quip as a order for some bread and a glass of water.//] He says as he grabs some bread from a cupboard and pours some water into a wooden mug before handing it to you. It's not much, but it'll last you while you eat something nicer tommorow.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//And if you want to order anything alcoholic later. The water's for people like you, not to water down my drinks.//] He says as you start to eat the bread he's given you. You then put down two shiny gold coins on his counter when you finish.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Could i get another dring? I think i want another one.//] Mason says as the bartender grabs the two gold coins before pouring him another drink.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure you don't want to drown your pains too? You don't look too hot yourself.//] He asks you. You're still a bit traumatized from the events of two days ago, but maybe a few drinks is what you need to not feel so weird all the time.
[[Fuck it->d2 pub2drunk (direct)]]
[[No, thanks->d2 pub2end (direct)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. I don't really want to pay to refit my clothes, and then again when i turn back to normal.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm. There's a few people that still give you strange looks, but most of them point and say something to the tune of "Look, it's that catlady." Word does seem to spread quick, specially about strange ocurrences such as yourself.
You enter the Pub and see Mason, face down on the bar with his arms crossed. Knowing him, you sit down next to him and tap him on the shoulders. You're sure he won't mind the company.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Whah, oh. Hey, Cat.//] He says, a bit groggy. He doesn't seem too drunk, but he has probably been drinking for a while.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What are you doing here all by yourself?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, the sword got done a while ago. I just wanted to drown down a few before heading back to camp.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but alone?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, i thought you'd still have a bit of trauma from 2 days ago and Halkmir quit the drinking a few months ago.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, do you mind if i sit here anyways?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go ahead.//] He says as he slumps back into his original pose, sometimes bobbing his head out to take another swig. Does he usually drink or have you just been pushing all the wrong buttons in him? He seemed like a bit of a clean-cut guy, even if he seemed like a bit of an asshole.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh hey saggy catlady, come to join your friend in his wallowing about you?//] The bartender says as he pokes Mason in arm.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you not say it like that?//] Mason says, still face down on the bar.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm just saying it like it is.//] He says to Mason before looking at you (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got him for a loop and he hasn't stopped mumbling about you for the last 30 minutes.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No offence, but i personally don't know why he'd be into your fluffy gray self, specially when you're dressed like a kid in adult's clothes. But i won't judge, i've had people in here that wanted to fuck dragons for gods' sake.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, do you have anything to eat? or at least something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You want steamed fish and milk?//] He jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ha, ha, Very funny.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'll take your quip as a order for some bread and a glass of water.//] He says as he grabs some bread from a cupboard and pours some water into a wooden mug before handing it to you. It's not much, but it'll last you while you eat something nicer tommorow.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//And if you want to order anything alcoholic later. The water's for people like you, not to water down my drinks.//] He says as you start to eat the bread he's given you. You then put down two shiny gold coins on his counter when you finish.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Could i get another dring? I think i want another one.//] Mason says as the bartender grabs the two gold coins before pouring him another drink.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure you don't want to drown your pains too? You don't look too hot yourself.//] He asks you.
[[No, thanks->d2 pub1end (direct)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck it, if i'm gonna be like this for a long while. I might as well look like i didn't steal my clothes from someone 2 sizes larger.] You tell yourself as you tug on your saggy cloak.
You walk over to the tailor, people still giving you death stares as you open the door.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Welcome to- Oh, it's you.//] The tailor says as you walk in.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah. Do you want an autograph from the Catlady or will you just take my order.//] You say as you slide the statement on the counter. The tailor looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, uh... Welcome to my shop, uh miss...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cat. Just call me Cat.//] You say, sighing.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what brings you here?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Do you want the long list or the shortened list.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Don't spare me the details, i'll work tirelessly to make sure everything fits just rig-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//My cloak doesn't fit, my shirt doesn't either, My pants droop down to my thighs, my belt keeps sliding down, my boots want to flip around and to top it all off, i don't have something for these.//] You interrupt him with your large order.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, i can refit most of the things you've mentioned. You're gonna have to talk to a cobbler about your boots though. Oh, and i'll have to call my wife over for, ''those'', things. She's getting off work at 8PM, but she can tell her boss to let her go a bit early.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll wait.//] You say as you find a chair to sit in and wait. He walks over to the back and gets some equipment, he then gets a piece of parchment and writes something on it. He puts all his tools and equipment on the counter and walks outside for a moment, with the note he wrote in his hand. He stops a person on a horse, wearing a blue shirt with the words "Imperial Express" on it and hands him the note. The messenger then rides off in the direction you came. The tailor comes back in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Do you have any spare clothes on you?//] He asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//] You reply.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Then wait in that room over there and slide your clothes through the slot on the door.//] He says as you walk over to the room before entering it.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hang on you like a really big blanket if it weren't for your boobs, which tent out heavily over your chest. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
Not wanting to keep the tailor waiting, you take off your clothes and shove them through the slot in the door. You hear them drop on the other side, before the tailor walks over and takes them over to the back. You turn back to the mirror and catch a glimpse of your naked body. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs, you still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
As you turn away from the mirror in embarassment, your ears perk up as you hear the tailor say something on the other side of the shop.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Lucy, honey. She's in there, Can you get me some measurements with this so i can get to work.//] He says before you hear a knock on the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Can i come in?.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, it's her.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Uh, sure.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey, I recognise that voice.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//You do? Then you also know why i called it "A special case" right?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yes, i know. I spoke to her //](text-colour:#bf8093)[//at the bridge.//] She says as she opens the door. You cover up your nasty bits with your arms in a attempt to avoid further embarassment.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Seriously...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?..//] You say, still hinding your shame.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Look. This'll be quick, now can you stop doing that and tent your arms up like this.//] She says before standing in a A-pose.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She then moves the band around different, important parts of your body. Taking measurements of not only your waist, but also your hips, your arms and well, your bust.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailor2end (Direct)]].After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots. Oh and there was a really big hole at the upper chest area of your shirt, we had to fix that too.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H, like i told you earlier.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, It's getting pretty late.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, just that everything fits like it should now, they even cut a small hole in the back of your pants so you can stick your tail through. It makes your curves, really, ''really'' obvious though. It kind of reminds you how Saraa dressed when she met you at the pub.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip).
You walk back towards the center of town, now a lot more agile due to not being in a constant fight against your own cloak. Mason is there, but not Halkmir.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//whah, oh. hey, cat.//] Mason says, stumbling a bit as he turns over to look at you. He's pretty drunk, not as drunk as you were a few days ago.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is this wreck of confused emotions yours Ms. "Cat"?.//] A man behind Mason says
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean i know him, but who are you?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm the bartender at the local pub, and i had to drag this guy out because he wouldn't want to leave and/or stop talking about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, no...//] He hickups (text-colour:#01ad79)[//dont tell her that.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Kind of too late there, pal.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ah well... i tried. now can i have another drink to forget this already.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No, just head home with your crazy cat wife.//] He says as he shoves Mason fowards. The bartender walks away afterwards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ignore what he said, he's full of ''shit''... i didn't say nothing.//] Mason slurs as he stumbles into your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//now can you take me back to... camp? i cant find halkmir, anywhere and i think... im too drunk to walk in the woods alone.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//.... Fine.//] You spatter out, still on a rollercoaster of emotions as mason indirectly confeses his love for you. You grab his hand and drag him all the way to the outskirts of town before he taps you on the shoulder to tell you something.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//you, uh... thinking what i'm thinking?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//maybe we could you know, go over there and see... what happens.//] He says as he makes you blush. He just openly admited to wanting to do //that// to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//why, not?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I can't, i'll infect you. And besides, i'm still a guy.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well if youre a guy, then why do you look so much curvier now?//] You blush deeply as he drunkenly notes your refit clothes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, they were getting in the way. And my boobs were hurting my back.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i didnt mention anything about boobs? wait does that mean you have a-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', now can you ''shut the hell up'' and stop ''hitting on me''.//] You say as your face looks more red than grey at this point.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fine, fine.//] He drunkenly mumbles. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy right? You just refit all your clothes so that your temporarly female and cat-like body doesn't get in the way of the things you do normally. The bra was just so that your back wouldn't hurt as much and so your nipples didn't chaffe against the cloth of your cloak, right? ''right?''
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I was getting my clothes refit and this guy just showed up drunk at the center of town.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... The bartender had brought him to the center of town, he had stayed at the bar even after closing time. He was "mubling about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it". He even tried to deny it after the bartender told me so.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, he just flat out sayed he wanted to "take me over there and see what happened."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And you said no. right?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Of course i told him no.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Great, then i'm sure everything's fine.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, he made me feel something that i can't really explain easily.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Just try.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, if 2 days ago a man told me that they wanted to fuck me in the middle of the forest, the answer would always be no.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//So?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I considered saying yes.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//But you don't know what'll happen if you do! You might just end up losing your own mind and his in the process!//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know. But there was something within me that just wanted to say yes. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 Tailor2dream (Direct)]].(text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you try to remember your family's old cat. Weren't cats not able to drink alcohol without getting poisoned? Fuck, that might be it. At least that'll make forgeting your pains a hell of a lot easier.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bi-
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, Cat. Let me pay for our meals.//] He says as he produces a small leather wallet.
(text-colour:#347450)[//The boss carries most of our party's gold, but we do keep a bit for ourselves just in case.//] he says as he hands it over to the waiter.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well then you might not want to pool mine in there. It's mostly stolen gold.//] You say as you both get out of the restaurant and walk away.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, does that mean you'll be joining us?//] Halkmir asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't see why not.//] You reply. You might've scoffed at the idea a couple of days ago, but they've grown on you. You might as well.
Plus, they're probably the only adventurer group that'll take your fluffy gray titties in with them. You two make your way to the center of town, but Mason isn't there
(text-colour:#347450)[//The boss really should be here by know, smithing a sword really shouldn't take more than half a day.//]
You two look around parts of town in order to find him, but end up empty handed. You two regroup at the center of town again and then you start to see Mason waddling towards you two, with a large, muscular old man behind him.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//hey, cat. hey, halkmir.//] Mason says, stumbling a bit as he walks over to you two. He's pretty drunk, not as drunk as you were a few days ago. Shoul've checked the pub, huh?
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is this wreck of confused emotions yours Ms. "Cat"?.//] A man behind Mason says
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean we know him, but who are you?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm the bartender at the local pub, and i had to drag this guy out because he wouldn't want to leave and/or stop talking about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, no...//] He hickups (text-colour:#01ad79)[//dont tell them that.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, guess that spoils your little suprise.//] The bartender says as you just stand there quietly, not knowing how to react to the indirect confesion of Mason's love for you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ah well... i tried. now can i have another drink to forget this already.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No, just head home with your crazy cat wife.//] He says as he shoves Mason fowards. The bartender walks away afterwards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ignore what he said, he's full of ''shit''... i didn't say nothing.//] Mason slurs as he stumbles into your shoulder.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What the hell is gotten into you Mason? You've never acted like this.//] Halkmir says, as he drags Mason away from your shoulder, holding him by the arms.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well...//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, i don't wanna talk right now. can we just head back to camp?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine.//] He angrily says to Mason before releasing his grip on his arms. (text-colour:#347450)[//Are you just gonna stand there, or are you coming too, Cat?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, just... I'll be right there.//] You say as you begin to walk with them. You three make it to the outskirts of town, when Mason taps Halkmir on the shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//halk, can we... stop for a moment.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//For what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, i just want to have a word with cat.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You've got a minute, no more.//] Halkmir says as Mason starts walking over to you, drunkenly. He then locks eyes with you, you start to blush a bit as you try to avoid eye contact. It feels like he's been staring at you for half a minute already.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Are you just going to stand there, making her uncomfortable or are you gonna say som-.//] Halkmir says, but is interrupted as Mason quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//''MASON WHAT THE HELL?!'' ''WHAT THE IN THE GODS' NAME WERE YOU THINKING?!''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i said, shut the hell up. and take me to camp.//] Mason says as Halkmir quickly grabs him by the arm and drags him away from your still unresponsive self.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look Cat, let's move before this drunk jackass gets any more funny ideas.//] He says, still holding Mason away from you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't let him do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You three walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir?//] You say, trying to break the eerie quiet walk home. He tries to remain quiet, but he speaks up.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't want to talk right now, Cat.//] He says.
You three walk for a few more minutes before seeing the overlook in the distance. Then, you three make the walk up to the camp, Halkmir takes Mason to his tent and lays him down to sleep. Halkmir then walks over to you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//]
You say nothing in return, just staring at the fire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] He repeats.
You at least look at him this time, you still don't say anything though, you just give him a sad look.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... I don't even know what to say.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well... I'm worried... What if i infected Mason by him kissing me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//It wasn't your fault Cat, he did it to you. And even if he is Infected, who's to say he won't turn out like you?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I... liked it.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 rest2dream (Direct)]].I just can't help myself.(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fuck it, give me a drink.//] You say to the bartender
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//That's the spirit.//] He says as he grabs the empty mug of water, wipes it with a piece of cloth and begins to pour in some liquor before ploping it down infront of you.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Enjoy.//] He says as you (text-style:"blur")[start to] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[oh fucj]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[The following story segment has 2 versions, please choose one.]
[[The realistic version]]
[[The "Artistic enterpretation"]] (text-colour:red)[(Not recommended for first time readers, or people who are sane.)](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, thanks.//] You tell the bartener.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//]
The bartender says nothing as Mason takes a large swig from his mug.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, something's real off about you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What, the fact that i'm half cat, half human.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I mean at a cursory glance, sure but that's not it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got a thousand yard stare, like you've seen some shit that i'd rather not hear about.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean... Kind of.//] You say as you hear Mason pound the drink down on the bar, hard. He then looks at you and sighs
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//cat... i'm going back to camp.//] He says, he's pretty drunk now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Why?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//just shut up. i'm going back to camp.//] He says drunkenly, before getting up and leaving through the door. He leaves some gold on the bar for the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, i guess you better g-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll tip you an extra gold coin if you ''stop quipping'', please.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Fine, fine.//] He says as you get up and leave a single coin infront of where you were seated. You run as fast as you can to try and catch up or find Mason.
After a few minutes of searching, you find him at the entrance of town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason what the hell? Don't run away like that.//] You say as you catch up to him and grab him by the collar of his shirt, you can't lift him up due to you lack of strenght, or height, or etc. But you do stop him in his tracks.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck... look cat, i don't... know how to tell you this, exactly.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Tell me wh-//] You say, but are interupted by Mason
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//can you stop, grabbing my shirt, please.//] He complains as you release his shirt from your grip.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you tell me whatever it is you want to tell me?//]
He just keeps staring at you, sometimes looking to the left or righ-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck it.//] he says as he quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//] He says as he gets up from the grass and extends his arm to yours.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You two walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town, when you feel a tap on your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're done talking.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no we're not, because i feel... you feel the same wa-.//] He says as you start to blush again, interrupting him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're ''completely'' done. No more words, just silence.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Didn't your clothes sag on you? and why are your boobs so sti-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Stop'', shut the ''FUCK'' up for 2 minutes, please.//] You yell at him from the top of your rollercoaster of emotions. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy right? You just refit all your clothes so that your temporarly female and cat-like body doesn't get in the way of the things you do normally. The bra was just so that your back wouldn't hurt as much and so your nipples didn't chaffe against the cloth of your cloak, right? ''right?''
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I went to the pub after getting my clothes refit and he was there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... I walked into the Pub, he was there, face down with his arms crossed. The bartender tell me that he's been there for some time, just drinking. I ate something at the bar and turned down a drink. I talked to the bartender for a bit and Mason just storms out.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I left the pub after him and found him at the entrance of town. I asked him what he was doing and well."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... he ''kissed'' me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? That's it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But what if i infected him by him kissing me?.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, he looked fine. To me at least.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I... liked it.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 pub2dream (Direct)]].(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ugh... //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mon ase yuo fil taht de dring difnt go dowen two gud.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yuo okey misi? U dontn loke two gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//uim... fins. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu sey will puting donw teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I tihnk u mite b a byt fof alitewait.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//ime not... a fucfgine, ligewaige...//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Nto two ldilik ether, nted.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''IME NNOTE A LDEE!''//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Wlle wat ar yu, a mand? Yo dnt loko lile two mchu of a gy.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//isa loneg sortory. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mombol befr falin doen to de flor, it hurtes a litel.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[manson sis yu on de flor an he shugs de ress of is dringe doen.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//yu knoe waht cta?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Grate noe de 2 lobevirds ar drung togter.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wa sisit mansone?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i fuken... lveo yu.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//rily?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y... ye. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[manson ses as yu sloly gte up.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//ten gime a... ksie! //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you ses ass manson come to yu adn kise u onede liss.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u wana.. walge bag to campe twogeter? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he ses ass eh stars to bag awey form yur lisp.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wy note?? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu ses ass yuo bofe walhg oute ofe de ppubs. evribodi logs ate yu too ase yu sumble true towne. yu too don tdrip becausae u too habe aech oders armes arund der sholder.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu too maige it aledeway two de ousrits ofe tonew wen manson trun to faic yu.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ffugit... yu wana go ofer too dat bsuhe ober dere anse wahapsns?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//bute wone yu sope bengin humn?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//idone gifa shid. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he ses ase he puses yu ino de buss befor jompin on tope oyu. you sart blusin as he sartss lfin yure clock up revilin yure bar tu de man.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//you bote a bar?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//jup, idin wan dise tins to sag wene i gete odl. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you ses ase he unbukels de back ofe yur bar, lifin it to revael yur beig basongas. he sarts to garb dem and szuese dem wif his hans it mais you fiel relli goode. he den kises yuo one moar tim ase he pus a han donw an stiCKS IN ''IN!'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''O FUK HES GOTE, WATH THE FCUK WAS DAT YOU FIL LIGE YUR GETIN THE BES SES YUR EVRE HAD AN HES JUSS GOTE A FGER IN YUR PSI! HE DEN SARST TO PULE DON YOUR PANS WIFE DE ODER HAN AN HE OH, FUG OH. WHART GFIHkjj...'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[wuh... wuh happened, h''e OH GOOooooH HES GOING IN AND OUT OF OFGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. FUUUUUUCK...'']
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up.->d2 drunk dream]](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ugh... xwx //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[You m''w''oan as you fee''w'' that the d''w''ink didn't go down too g''w''ood.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You okay miss? U dont ''w''ook t''w''o gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//im''w''... fine. pwp //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say whi''w''e putting do''w''n teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I think u m''w''ight be a bit of a ''w''ight''w''eight//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//im''w'' not... a fucking, ''w''ight''w''eight... >:C//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Not t''w''o ''w''ady''w''ike eithe''w'', noted.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''IMw NOT A WADY!'' >:C//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//''W''e''ww''e wat are u, a m''w''an? U dont ''w''ook ''w''ike t''w''o m''w''uch of a gy.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//its a ''w''ong sto''w''y. pWp //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u m''w''um''w''ble before fa''ww''ing down to de f''w''oo''w'', it hurts a ''w''itt''w''e.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[m''w''anson sees u on de f''w''oo''w'' and he chugs the ''w''est of is d''w''ink do''w''n.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u kno''w'' ''w''hat cat?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//G''w''eat no''w'' the t''w''o ''w''ovebi''w''ds a''w''e d''w''unk togethe''w''.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''hat is it m''w''ason?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i fucking... ''w''ove u.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''ea''ww''y?, OwO//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y... yes. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[m''w''anson says as you s''w''o''ww''y get up.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//then gimme a... kiss! OwO //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you says as m''w''ason comes to you and kisses u on the ''w''ips.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u ''w''anna.. ''w''alk back t''w''o camp t''w''ogethe''w''? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he says as he sta''w''ts to back away f''w''om ur ''w''ips.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''hy not? x3//](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as u both ''w''alk out of the p''w''ub. ev''w''ybody ''w''ooks at you t''w''o as you stumb''w''e th''w''ough to''w''n. you t''w''o dont t''w''ip because u t''w''o have each othe''w''s a''w''ms around th''w''ie''w'' shou''w''de''w''.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u t''w''o m''w''ake it all the ''w''ay t''w''o the outski''w''ts of to''w''n ''w''hen m''w''ason turns to face u.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//f-fuck it... u ''w''anna go ove''w'' t''w''o that b''w''ush ove''w'' the''w''e and see ''w''hat happens?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//but ''w''ont u stop being h''w''uman? OwO//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i... dont give a shit. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he says as he p''w''ushes u into the b''w''ush befo''w''e jumping on top of u. you sta''w''t b''w''ushing as he sta''w''ts ''w''ifting ur c''w''oak up ''w''evea''w''ing ur b''w''a t''w''o the m''w''an.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u bought a b''w''a?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//yup, i didnt want these things to sag wene i get o''w''d. OwO //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as he unbuck''w''es the back of ur b''w''a, ''w''ifting it to ''w''evea''w'' ur b''w''easts. he sta''w''ts to g''w''ab them and sq''w''eeze them ''w''ith his hands it makes you fee''w'' ''w''ea''ww''y. he then kisses u one moar time as he puts a hand do''w''n and stiCKS IN ''IN!'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''OH FUCK HES GOT, WHAT THE FCUK WAS DAT YOU FIL LIGE YUR GETIN THE BES SES YUR EVRE HAD AN HES JUSS GOTE A FGER IN YUR PSI! HE DEN SARST TO PULE DON YOUR PANS WIFE DE ODER HAN AN HE OH, FUG OH. WHART GFIHkjj...'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[wuh... wuh happened, h''e OH GOOooooH HES GOING IN AND OUT OF OFGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. FUUUUUUCK...'']
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[''W''ake Up.->d2 drunk dream]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[What the hell happened?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You know fully well what happened.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No really, i was too drunk to know what color the sky was.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You ''know'' what happened]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you stop being- And ''don't'' cut me off here. So fucking vague?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Fine, you fucked Mason.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[wha-->d3 wakeupdrunk (direct)]]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What, What the ''hell''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[There's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I just got ''fucked'' for the first time and you're just gonna leave me here in this black void?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You're an anti-climactic asshole.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you already got to experience climax so i don't have to give you another one.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck off.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]Since your character is drunk, i wanted to do the same thing i did with the drunk scene at the city. But then my neurons fired and i had a brain blast, rewrite the scene in OwO speech for no reason.
ps: //my condolences to your lost braincells.//I always listen to music while writting, and the song that played while i was writing the final scene at d2 tailor2end was //"A warm place" by Nine Inch Nails//. Listen to it while reading the scene, it's fucking gut wrenching. I felt like even i was getting emotional for my dumb fucking porn characters.
PS: this is canon for all other sad scenes(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 tailor2wakeup (direct)]]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 pub2wakeup (direct)]]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (direct)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]In the original concept of the story, you were meant to play as a background NPC in a D&D campaign gone terribly wrong. The adventurers themselves were meant to have very little to do with your story after setting up the events they were supposed to.
However, when it came time to write the first Pub scene. I needed something other than quiet contemplation to happen, so i decided to throw in the player's crush on Saraa as a thing for the scene. This really got me in the groove of re-incoporating simple lines of dialouge as important bits of foreshadowing, or just reincoporate things to reward those who payed attention to the story with a few more crumbs of character development for other characters, or even for the player character themselves.
Another good example is Lucy, Pyle's secretary and the Tailor's wife. She was originally just a 1 note character with zero lines of dialogue (the first demo version shows her saying nothing, just pointing at the door where you look through your stuff.) I wanted something to happen at the bridge scene after you make it to the wall, so i added (at the time unnamed) Pyle to the scene to scream at the player and his friends for breaking quaratine. Since the following scene was another scene were the player is in a jail cell i decided to add Lucy back to have a word with the player after the interrogation is over, as seen in demo version 1. where this is the only time that she speaks in the story. Her text color is actually the player's fully female text color, just grayed out a little to make diferantiation between the two easy.
After i gave her the two lines i had given her, changed them over time, adding more things she says or just adding another line. Eventually, i wanted to establish that her and the player know eachother and are on good terms, so i went back and added a few more lines to the wakeup scene. Where she comments about the player's cloak and how se recommended it to him.
Again, when i started to write the Tailor scene. I needed a way to get the player measured without making the Tailor look like a huge creep, so i made it so he had a wife that measured the player insted of him. She was going to be a original character for just that scene, but then i again reincoporated Lucy into the scene as the Tailor's wifeMaking a world feel alive is an extremely important part of making a story like this, idealy, each player should get to see everything that you wrote for them so that they enjoy every last part of it. But really can't do that without boring the player, or making him replay the story to death.
So to make the world feel alive, remember which events are going on at the same time when you start to make branches. If the player needs to be present for it to happen, ignore it or tell a alternate version where something else happens instead. Characters that are off-screen (or not being written about in this case.) Shouldn't exit the game straight after they're not needed anymore. It's good to reincoportate things back into the story to make it feel more cohesive and alive.
For example: When you're set loose on the town of Gatemeir during the events of the Full Catgirl route, Halkmir will go to the general store to get suplies, while Mason gets a new sword. So, if the player goes to eat at the restaurant. They won't meet Halkmir on the way there to eat, because he's at the general store plus, word of your presence hasn't spread, so characters that don't know you will be more suspicious of you than they are if you went later on. And if the player then goes to the Tailor after eating, the Tailor won't ask for the player's statement and will just gladly take their order. But, since the player didn't go to the pub. They didn't meet Mason there and they'll have to meet him drunk in the center of town. Of course the player may miss out on a few good scenes, but making them still happen in the background is important to keeping the player's head in the world.
Another thing you should take into account when making your world feel alive is how much the player knows. If the player learns that infected people don't see him as human during the full route, alter scenes in the future to reflect that. And if in a alternate route, the player doesn't know. Keep it a secret, drop hints and slowly unravel it to the player. Hell, maybe even never end up telling the player that it was an option. His character didn't know, how could he have done it.
Oh and let's not forget attention to detail, it's extremely important. A player might not care if a small detail is missing, but if it's there, they'll notice.And with this log marks the 1 week aniversary of me staring this.
Today got real fucking depressing. I'm trying to make a second demo build with all the catgirl routes leading to at least the night of Day 2.
But the night of day 2 is supposed to have an emotional moment for almost all paths, so i've been flexing my creative muscles and came up with a few dramatic scenes. Once i finish with the Full Direct Route, i'll port over the work to all the other Full routes. The Dumb route is //REALLY// gonna take some time as you're full catgirl in it and the guards don't know, so there's gonna be a few really big writing difficulties there.
After finishing those, gotta do the rest of the plans in the partial route. Only one of them makes it to the end of Day 1. Problem is, you can keep up the lie during Day 1 so that'll also take a lot of time to write around.
Also i wrote two different versions of a drunk sex scene today, one written like the other scene where you're drunk. The other in thematically appropriate spelling that i won't get deeper into. From now on, all drunk scenes after being fully transformed will be written like that, two of them and one makes you want to die.(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 rest2wakeup (direct)]]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, thanks.//] You tell the bartener.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//] You yell at the bartener, you saw what happened to you after just a swig of wine, imagine after a whole pint of hard liquor.
The bartender says nothing as Mason takes a large swig from his mug.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, something's real off about you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What, the fact that i'm half cat, half human.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I mean at a cursory glance, sure but that's not it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got a thousand yard stare, like you've seen some shit that i'd rather not hear about.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean... No.//] You say as you hear Mason pound the drink down on the bar, hard. He then looks at you and sighs
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//cat... i'm going back to camp.//] He says, he's pretty drunk now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Why?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//just shut up. i'm going back to camp.//] He says drunkenly, before getting up and leaving through the door. He leaves some gold on the bar for the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, i guess you better g-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll tip you an extra gold coin if you ''stop quipping'', please.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Fine, fine.//] He says as you get up and leave a single coin infront of where you were seated. You run as fast as you can to try and catch up or find Mason.
After a few minutes of searching, you find him at the entrance of town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason what the hell? Don't run away like that.//] You say as you catch up to him and grab him by the collar of his shirt, you can't lift him up due to you lack of strenght, or height, or etc. But you do stop him in his tracks.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck... look cat, i don't... know how to tell you this, exactly.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Tell me wh-//] You say, but are interupted by Mason
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//can you stop, grabbing my shirt, please.//] He complains as you release his shirt from your grip.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you tell me whatever it is you want to tell me?//]
He just keeps staring at you, sometimes looking to the left or righ-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck it.//] he says as he quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//] He says as he gets up from the grass and extends his arm to yours.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You two walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town, when you feel a tap on your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're done talking.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no we're not, because i feel... you feel the same wa-.//] He says as you start to blush again, interrupting him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're ''completely'' done. No more words, just silence.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i know youre fighting hard against it, but you really dont wan-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Stop'', shut the ''FUCK'' up for 2 minutes, please.//] You yell at him from the top of your rollercoaster of emotions. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy. In fact, you didn't refit your clothes so that you didn't have to refit them again. Your nipples are really chaffing against your cloak though, and your other part too. And the back pain is unbearable sometim-
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I went to the pub after grabbing somthing to eat and he was there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... I walked into the Pub, he was there, face down with his arms crossed. The bartender tell me that he's been there for some time, just drinking. I ate something at the bar and turned down a drink. I talked to the bartender for a bit and Mason just storms out.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I left the pub after him and found him at the entrance of town. I asked him what he was doing and well."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... he ''kissed'' me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? That's it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But what if i infected him by him kissing me?.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, he looked fine. To me at least.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... Just... Came at me so suddenly//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I really... Well...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 pub1dream (Direct)]].(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 pub1wakeup (direct)]]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]][[You->Description (d2dumb)]] open your eyes, a faint hope that you wake up in that jail cell in the city still glimmers withing you before being rudely broken by the huge lumps in your bedroll. You yawn and strech your arms before getting out of the bedroll and walking towards the flap of the tent and opening it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, i think we should stop waisting time and get back inside the city to rescue those two.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look Halkmir, we haven't eaten in a whole day, we barely had enough supplies to set up a camp and you want to go back in? I don't even have my ''sword'' on me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then where the hell did you leave it?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Over there.//] He says, pointing towards the city in the distance. They then both realize that you're standing there.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, Cat's woken up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, good morning. I guess.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We were just discusing how dumb it would be to just waltz back in there without any supplies or a weapon.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Speak for yourself, by the time we get ready Saraa and Merl will be long gone.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, Halkmir, you know them. They'll be alright. Saraa is probably somewhere safe and Marl is probably disecting one of those things as we speak.//]
The Dwarf sighs (text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, you got me there. I'll concede that it does sound like a bad plan.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Great, now can you two tell me what we're gonna do today?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, there is that town that's nearby. It's a pretty big town at that. I think it's called Gatemeir? We could go there and stock up on things before we jump the wall again.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What about me? I can't just walk into the middle of town like this?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, you could just stay here. We'll bring you something to eat after we come back. Or we could try our luck in convincing the guards that you're no bigger danger to them than us.//]
[[Stay at the Camp]]
[[Try your luck with the guards]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, guards hate me. Even if i can convince them of me not being a threat, they'll probably hang me anyways out of spite.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh, good point.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well then, if you're really gonna stay here. We'll at least bring you something to eat when we come back.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure, i'll wait.//] You say before the two adventurers leave the camp.
This is boring. There's nothing to do here, not even a single person to talk to or something. There's not even something to remind you of something else to start thinking about. You just pace around the camp doing nothing, sometimes playing peoplewatcher with the guards over at the bridge.
Speaking of, maybe you could kill some time and get your mind off of your new body by getting into some of your classic theiving antics with those guards down there. Hell, maybe you've got cat-like reflexes now and you don't know about it because you've been busy worrying about the boob and genital part of the transformation. It be a bit of a strech, but it would be nice if it were true.
Or you could just, you know, do nothing for a few more hours?
[[Get theiving]]
[[Nah, too risky]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well it would be nice to not get persecuted everywhere i go.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//So you're going with operation "waltzing into town and getting used as target practice by the guards".//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Why are you being so pesimistic Halkmir? If we can at least hide her until we get to the guard station in Gatemeir, we'll have no problems with them.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, but our new friend's blood is on your hands if they hang her in the center of town.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, if i got through to you. I can get through to a few guards. Now, can we go?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Let's go then.//]
You three walk back down the incline towards the path, reaching it and following it through the Imperial Forest until you start to see road signs for the town of Gatemeir.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's to the right now, we're pretty close.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look.//] You say arching your spine backwards (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can we take a quick break? My back's killing me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i can probably give you ''two'' reasons for that.//] Halkmir jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you not say it like that, please.//] You reply as he chuckles a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck, these things hurt to heave around.] You say as you start to move again.
Finally after walking for what felt like a couple of hours you make it to Gatemeir before Midday. You make sure that your sleeves cover up your dainty, furry hands and that they are always pulling at the hood of your cloak. Your cloak is sagging heavily, so the job isn't too hard.
People look at you funny, but they pay you no attention. Some people come up and shake their hands, saying that they "//though they died//" and "//why is saraa pulling on her cloak like that//" but they are quickly waved off by the two.
You three make it to the Gatemeir Guard station and they wave in the two heroes.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Well i'm glad you three aren't dead in there. We need all the help we can get if we're gonna rectify whatever the hell is going on here.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, about that.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//What about it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Saraa and Marl are still in the city.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Well if that's not Saraa, then who is she?.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, he's got a big problem and we're just helping him out. Can you please promise not to sign a death warrant imnediatly.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Sure, but why are you saying he-.//] The guard says as you interupt him by dropping your cloak down and revealing yourself.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//w... wh''AT THE FUCK?''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look i know it seems bad, but we can explain.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''WHAT DO YOU MEAN EXPL-''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you please stop screaming and listen to him?//]
He looks at you shocked and scared. Before he nods slowly, backing up to the desk behind him.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Sh- He's been with us for about a day and a half. If he was any danger to any of us, you would be having to quell a crisis in the middle of town.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//L... Look, let me get my commanding officer here. He'll get that thing something to sign if it really is as human-like as you say it is.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Sure, but can we just leave he- ''Him'' here? I got a few things i need to do in town.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Can you guarantee me that i won't have to fight for my life in this lobby?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//As long as you don't make me fight for mine.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//I'll take that as a yes... Now can you please sit as far away from me as you can.//] The guards says as the two adventurers leave. You find a that's comfortably distant from the guard and he glances over at you a few times while he writes something down on a piece of parchment. He then gets up and walks to the door and peaks his head in to yell at another guard.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#e68759)[//Hey... Bellus? Can you get on the horse and take this to the Commander?//] He says as you hear footsteps on the other side of the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#e68759)[//This? Sure.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#e68759)[//Oh and can you please not //](text-colour:#e68759)[//freak out when y-//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Long story, can you just deliver the letter so i can not be beheaded for doing nothing.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Look, what it said. I'll tell you about it over a pint or something when you come back. Alright?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Su... Sure.//] The other guard says as he speedwalks through the door, locking eye contact with you the entire time.
You sit there with your arms crossed over your boobs, in a awkward silence as the guard just tries to do something else while you're still there.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//So... Who exactly are you?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Have you heard about that one thief from Imperial City?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//A bit, he has been in and out of jail quite a few times over there.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well thanks, because i'm him.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//But uh... What about the, those.//] He says, pointing to your chest.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Same as the Cat face, it sort of happened while i was drunk.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Huh.//]
You cross your arms again, letting the awkward silence roar back as the guards' Commander arrives a few minutes later.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//What the ''hell'' is it you want me to ''DEAR GODS WHAT THE HOLY FUCK IS THAT THING DOING HERE?!''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Aw fuck, not you.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN "NOT YOU", YOU WALKING, TALKING BREACH OF QUARANTINE?!''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's me, that thief. This sort of happened to me , but i'm still me.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''WHAT?!'' Look, can ''you'' explain to me ''WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN THIS MOTHERFUCKING STATION?!''//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Sir, that Human and Dwarf that killed the lich dropped her off here. They said that she's been with them for a pretty long time, so my gut's telling me we should really consider a warning for her or something.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Give me a second...//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Fuck... Look, Thief. I'm gonna let you off with a signed statement saying that you won't spread whatever it is you've got in those pants. But if i hear of just one gods damned report of a ''SINGLE'' infection caused by you, ''I WILL HAVE YOUR FUCKING CORPSE TURNED INTO A RUG!''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine i'll sign whatever it is you want me to sign.//] You say as you uncross your arms. The Commander walks over to the guard at the desk, while the guard that went to fetch him slinks back to his post before he starts screaming again. He makes the guard write something down before grabbing it and extending his arm out as far is it can go to give it to you.
You grab it and make a writing gesture while looking at him, he looks around before grabbing a quil from the desk, Dipping it a little in a ink well before handing it to you.
//By royal decree of the mighty Agean Empire, I Shan't harm a single soul of any imperial citizen with my newly recieved affliction. May i fail this agreement, i shall be punished by hanging of the neck.// The statement reads, you quickly sign it and hand it over to the Guard, who slowly reaches out and grabs it quickly before looking at it.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well, i guess i can't leave you inside here anymore. Go on ahead and leave before fear and paranoia starts hitting me//] He says, trying to put as much distance between you and him as you walk out.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, can i have that paper back?//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Why should i oblidge you this.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//So people don't cut my head off.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Sure then, here.//] He says before extending his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement back.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, wait a second] Your mind screams as you realize that you signed with your real name. You blush a bit before quickly correcting the mistake by brushing the ink off with a bit of your cloak.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Knew you'd do that.//] The commander chuckles. as you grab the quil and write "Thief" on the statement.
[[Grab your things->freedumb]]The bartender's name's Louis, it's not revealed in the story right now. But if you get the ending where you married him, his name gets revealed. He's supposed to be this jokey type of guy, hiding real statements or worries into jokes to make them seem more paletable to other people.
ps: he's supposed to sound like Moe from the simpsons, but a bit less gruff, and irish, not that irish, more like mobster irishYou leave the Guard Station as you hear the clopping of a horse stop near you. A lady drops down next to you as the horse stops, before the horse and it's owner continue onwards.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh it is you, how have you be- ''Oh my gods what the hell happened to you.''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story, but i'm fine. What about you, you're not supposed to be here.//] You say as you show her the statement bundled up in your hands.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well i overheard Pyle reading the letter and i inmmeadiately knew it was you. "Some hooded thing you should see" usually means you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but ''why'' are you here?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh i just wanted to see if you were ok, and you're clearly not. I mean look at yourself! You're a fashion ''disaster''!//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Please, i've got bigger fish to fry.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//No, no, we're heading to my husband's shop right now. The walk here must've absolutely ''Killed'' your back//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i'm still trying to get used to ''them'' being there. Can you not be so pushy?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//''No'', we are going, ''now''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine...//] You say as she starts to drag you all the way to the town's tailor. On the way there, people look at you funny. But you point the statement at them, and they look away. As you two arrive at the Tailor, she hides you behind the door as she walks in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Oh Lucy, honey. You're home early.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yeah, and i got you a customer in dire need of some work done.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Sure, then let them in.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//I will, if you ''promise'' not to freak out.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ok? I don't see why i would- OH MY GODS WHAT IS THAT TH-//] He yells as she pulls you into the store.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//''SHHH'', i told you to not freak out. This is that thief i always talked to you about, he or she or whatever has had a situation and now they're stuck like this right now.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what is it?.. That you need, of course.//] He says nervously to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i really didn't want to come here. But since i'm here i might as well.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Yes, but what is it you need.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//She probably needs her cloak to be refit, the shirt and the belt too, those pants need some adjusting too and the boots are definatly not helping either. Plus, you gotta get some support for those two. Is that ok with you?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//S.. Sure.//] You answer coyishly.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Then get in that fitting room, i'll be right there to measure you.//] She says as she shoves you into the fitting room and closes the door behind you.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hang on you like a really big blanket if it weren't for your boobs, which tent out heavily over your chest. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
You hear a knock on the door that interupts your self-inspection. (text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//''I got the things! Can i come in?''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//S.. Sure! Go ahead!//] You reply as she bursts through the door.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Really?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//You're still in those saggy things.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh, fine.//] You say as you start to take your clothes off. You cover yourself up with your hands as you turn back to her.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//And stop doing that, i need you to be in a perfect A pose for this.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She moves the measuring band all over different parts of your body, as she does you look at yourself in the mirror again, naked this time. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs (And even then, you're walking on your toes instead of your whole foot now), You still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailorend (Dumb)]].After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, i've got to get back to work.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, just that everything fits like it should now, they even cut a small hole in the back of your pants so you can stick your tail through. It makes your curves, really, ''really'' obvious though. It kind of reminds you how Saraa dressed when she met you at the pub.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip). All and all, you didn't want to come here, but your clothes are very comfortable now and you can at least appreciate that. Even if having them hug your curves so tightly makes you feel strange.
You walk out of the Tailor and go back to the center of town, now very agile due to not having to fight with your clothes as you move. it's pretty damn close to sunset, and since you're a free woma- //Man//. You can probably do one more thing before everything closes down for the day.
There's a restaurant, it closes pretty late and this might be your last chance for a nice, gourmet meal in a long while. Or you could maybe hit the local pub. No drinking this time though, You could say you've got some trauma with the bottle.
[[Go eat.-> d2 Rest (DumbR)]]
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub (DumbR)]]Fuck it, you're a rogue. Life threathing danger comes with the title. Sure, the stakes might be the highest they've ever been for such a small payout, but what if your hypothesis is correct? Surely that's more valuable than anything monetary that you could steal.
You sculk down the incline hiding in bushes until you make it near the bridge, the bridge is ''loaded'' with guards. Although they're mostly positioned against the wall they're protecting with only some guards doing auxiliary things in the back of the camp. There's a big wooden building in the middle, it's built with the same quality as the wall so you asume it's important. You could go in there and see what's going on in there, maybe take a few important things from in there.
There's also the tents themselves, they're really not being guarded. So it's easy pickings.
[[Rob the Building]]
[[Rob the Tents]]Well, it is pretty reckless.
I mean, the best case scenario is getting thrown over the wall and finally losing the rest of yourself in there. Now that would be pretty bad for probably the only one of those things that still has some human sentience left in you. Well, you are still human right? Are you even a man still?
Hell, all of this has got you real confused. And thinkative, and emotional. But isn't that normal for anyone who was put in some sort of polymorph spell to turn into a woman? You've seen poor suckers in this situation before, but never been there yourself. Also, polymorph spell don't affect the psyche at all. No person who gets turned into an actual dog or a frog or something starts barking or eating flies, they're still human in there.
But those things in there, you never saw one, but from the other's descriptions and their fears of you, they don't seem to human anymore. Hell, you don't seem too human yourself. You were never a great swimmer, but you drowned and needed to get saved by Mason. You've swum for at least half a mile more than that before starting to get tired. I could be the fur though, not very good for swimming, that's why fishes don't have much of that right?
But it's not just that, you've been acting differently. Hell, your basically like your younger self again. Shy, Comptemplative, It's like your younger self had a twin sister that was also a cat.
You don't know anymore, really.
Why are you still beating yourself up about this?
This situation's probably gonna resolve itself when you stroll back into the city with those two and get your old body back from that wizard, Marl. After that, you'll escape again, with no fur this time. And probably steal yourself some more gold to get a house in a nearby town or something. That'd be nice, a return to what you did beforehand. You'll probably never forget whatever the hell is happening to you right now, but at least everything will be sligthly back to normal.
In the meantime, wait, the sun's coming down. How long have you been just sitting here, thinking about thin-
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] Halkmir says, startling you as you feel the fur on the back of your body spike up.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//H- Hey.//] You try to say in a cool and collected voice, but only make your confusion more aparent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is The Boss around?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I haven't seen him. Why?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Because i looked for him for a bit after eating, figured he must've gone here.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok good, now did you bring me something? I'm starving.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, yeah, of course. But i'm just worried about The Boss.//] He says as he hands you a straw sack with some bread in it.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Eh, he'll show up eventually.//] You say as you dig your arm into the bag, before grabbing a loaf of bread and starting to eat it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mhmm.//] He says as he takes a seat by another log.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then, what about you. What've you been up to?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Noffing.//] You say, pausing to take bites at the pieces of bread.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Ok...//] He says as he starts looking in the direction of the city, seeing the sun set over it.
You keep eating as he takes out a small piece of cloth and begins polishing his warhammer. After a while of that, he paces off towards the edge of the overlook. You keep eating bread from the bag until you start to feel full. You then get up and store the bag in Halkmir's Tent, just as night fully falls.
You kill some time looking for some firewood in the woods, coming back with it and lighting up the fireplace. You sit down as [[you see Mason arriving at the Camp.->Camp2 (DHC)]]Eh, let's rob that building over there. There's a path behind some barracks that's pretty unguarded, plus it leads directly to a window into the building. All you have to do is make your way there, open the window and get in there.
So you, make your way there, do that and bam, you're in. And you don't hear any screams so you're gonna asume that it went without a hitch. Hell, you were the most alert you've ever been in your life while behind there. There was a guard to the left of you and he was talking to another guard about how bad the food was, there was also another guard in the background of them eating the aformentioned food before realizing that it truly was that bad. You remember all that and you were barely paying any attention to them. Maybe that hypothesis was right after all.
Right now, you can hear some objects move around to your right. There's a door there so you asume there's a person there too. There's another door infront of you too so you go through there.
You end up in front of a few jail cells, there's nothing of value here but there are some stairs to the second level, which you go up. It's a empty room up here, but there are two more doors to right and to the fr-
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//''LUCY''! Can i get something to drink? I'm parched up here.//]
Ah hell, of all people to come out of that city alive, why this asshole. He's probably calling someone else so you duck the door to the right, which ends up being a supply closet. You hear a few steps up the stairs followed by the creaking of a door, so you asume whoever Lucy is, has arrived. You stick a ear to a wall and listen in on their conversation.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here it is Mr. Pyle, some water.//]
Oh hey, at least that lady made it out too. And you know her name's Lucy too. Oh and that guard's name is Pyle. Heh, Pyle of shit. You stiffle a laugh before you alert them.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Do we really have nothing more flavourful than water?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Look, we're feeding the guards old rations that are about to go bad, do you think we've got the luxury of choice here?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Fine then, give me the water.//] Pyle says as you hear him grab the water before Lucy leaves.
You walk out of the closet as you hear her go down the stairs, you then decide to take a small peak into Pyle's office. You creak open the door gently and see him sipping on the water he was just giv-
You hear a crash somewhere. You have to act now.
[[Move, Quick]]
[[Do nothing]]Been losing a bit of steam recently, but i at least worked on this today. Might take a break for the next few days, have to do something important this weekend, so it'd be nice.
Completely finished the Full Direct Path for the demo build i want to release soon, and since the rest of the paths are just simple port work with some text changes here and there, i'm working on the Full Dumb Path. Since that one has the second most amount of writing i'll have to do. It's got some port work too, but since the guards don't know you're infected (or escaped for that matter), i've got to write some original lines in there or the story makes no sense. Specially if the player chooses to remain hidden from the guards, though it was too boring to hide in the camp though, so i added in a diversion in there too.
Also, death scenes. I don't like to write em', but they gotta be there.You move away from the door and duck back into the closet, leaving the door open.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Ah, hell. ''Lucy!'' Was that you?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yeah, i just dropped a box of documents down here.//]
Phew.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Down there? Then who left the door open?//]
Fuck.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Wha?//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Give me a second.//] He says as you hear a sword unsheath. He's really not gonna think about it if you don't move quick enough for him to not notice, or you could just sit in the closet and pretend to be a fur coat. Eh, he's already coming this way so the only option you see here is to sit still and pray to the gods-
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''HEY! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!''//] He screams as he opens the closet door, fuck. He's got the sword pointed directly at your chest, he can barely see you because he hasn't slaughtered you yet.
You keep quiet in a attempt to make your best fur coat impresion.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''I'M TALKING TO YOU. SPEAK UP OR THIS'LL BE QUICK.''//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//What the hell is going on up here?//] Lucy says as she comes up the stairs. She then shudders away as she sees Pyle pointing the sword at the closet.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Uh... Please, don't kill me.//] You whimper seeing the only way out as mercy.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''THEN COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP.''//]
[[Put your hands up]]
[[Don't do that]]You ignore the crashing noise, it probably has nothing to do with you.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Ah, hell. ''Lucy!'' Was that you?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yeah, i just dropped a box of documents down here.//]
Phew.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Alright then.//] He says as he goes back to drinking his water. He's not gonna move unless you cause a distraction, so you gently close the door and move over to a window in the second floor, slamming it shut before diving into the darkness of the closet and quietly closing the door.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Ah,''Lucy!'' Was that you too?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//What was what?//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Give me a second.//] He says as you hear a sword unsheath. You hear steps walk up to the window, that's your ticket. You gently open the door and quietly sprint towards the underside of Pyle's desk. From there you start feeling up things of value on his desk. there's quite a bit of gold, probably about 100 there and a fancy waterskin. You quickly take the gold for it's monetary value and the waterskin out of spite.
You then hear the door open and close, followed by some steps towards the desk. Oh fuck. You fold yourself the smallest you can so that he doesn't kick you as he sits back down, or sees you for that matter. He sits down on his chair, his boots landing meer centimeters away from your face. You then hear him start to do some paperwork on the top of his desk, moving around pieces of parchment and scribbling on it with his quill before repeating for another document. You lay there praying to the gods that something makes him mov-
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Pyle, we've got some confused merchants outside. They want to go in.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you not tell them they can't yourselves?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well, we did, but they wanted to speak to someone higher up in the chain of command.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//I'll be right out.//] He says as he stands up before following her out of the room. You thank the gods as you stand up from under the desk and make your way out of the first floor window, where you sprint quietly all the way back to the bush you were in earlier.
Gods, those were too many close calls. But you're glad your heart is still beating, even if it is beating really fast right now.
[[Go back to Camp ->Camp1 (DHB)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok, ok. I'll come out with my hands up.//] You say as you slowly get up with your hands up, dreading the moment he gets a detailed look at you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//There.//] You say, he isn't screaming so you guess that he hasn't seen you very clearly yet.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Take off the hood.//]
Fuck.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, please...//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Take ''off'' the ''hood''.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine...//] You say as you start to move your hands towards your hood, grabbing it before lowering it down. Revealing yourself to Pyle.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Holy, ''SHIT''.//] He says as he slashes (text-style:"blur")[his sword into, your...]
(text-style:"blurrier")[No, not like... This]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You were killed->GO: Stabbed (Full)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//No? ''WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO. PUT YOUR GODS-DAMNED HANDS UP RIGHT THE FUCK NOW OR I WILL GUT YOU''.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, please...//] You say as you start tearing up.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''YOU HAVE 3 SECONDS BEFORE I ACT, NOW MAKE IT QUICK!''//] He screams as you say nothing.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''THREE!''//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''TWO!''//]
[[Put your hands up]]
[[Don't do it]](text-colour:#430707)[''Bad End.'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh gods.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[It's your guts, they're, like ev-]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Please, you don't need to describe the state of my corpse.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I mean there's still a chance you could live.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Y... Oh. Nope, your brain just died because of a lack of oxigenated blood.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Well, fuck.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[So, is this really how it should end?]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[No->day 2 wakeup (dumb)]]
[[Yes->no to life]]I hate game overs, it's funner to write a way out of a situation than mercilessly slaughtering the player character and leaving the story unfinished.
But i'm also not going full monkey island, where the only way to die in the game is to wait underwater for 10 minutes.
If you're in a closet and you're getting a sword pointed at by a paranoid guard with orders to kill any and all infected with no mercy, do not expect there to be a way out.(text-colour:#272e58)[//''ONE!''//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''I SAID PUT YOUR HANDS UP YOU MOTHER-''//](text-colour:#272e58)+(text-style:"blur")[//''CAN YOU NOT FOLLOW SIMPLE-''//](text-colour:#272e58)+(text-style:"blurrier")[//''-NED INSTRUCTIONS YOU PIECE OF S...''//]
(text-style:"blurrier")[What's...
No...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You were killed->GO: Stabbed (Full)]]The building sound too dangerous, you'd rather just take the easy route and rob some dumb guards. There's a bit to the left side of the bridge, you could wriggle your way through there without alerting anyone and still be smack dab in the middle of the camp. From there, you can practically steal everything that isn't tied or bolted down.
So you, make your way there, do that and bam, you're ready to steal things. And you don't hear any screams so you're gonna asume that it went without a hitch. Hell, you were the most alert you've ever been in your life while behind here. There was a guard to the right of you and he was talking to another guard about how bad the food was, there was also another guard in the background of them eating the aformentioned food before realizing that it truly was that bad. You remember all that and you were barely paying any attention to them. Maybe that hypothesis was right after all.
Anyways, you lay down on the floor, trying to make the best impression of a rug of some kind until you hear the rolling of a wagon followed by the guards starting to leave, there's a commonotion going down with the aformentioned wagon down by the wall. Probably a bunch of merchants who are about to get turned away for obvious reasons. But seeing as they've got the guards distracted, this might be your shot.
You sprint quietly into a tent, just a random tent. You close the entrance of the tent before looking around it to see if there's anything valuable. To your left is a few swords, they look very cheaply made so that's of no value. There is a small wooden cofer by the small nightstand right next to the cot, and there is a- oh gods.
There's a guard sleeping in here, he hasn't heard you yet, or woken up really. He's just sort of laying there. He's not naked at least. Not that you'd want to see that either. It's just, awkward really.
Anyways, you quietly scoot over to the nightstand before scooping up all the gold in the coffer, it's about 15 gold. Not much, but something's someth-
The guard, he's got pockets. You could press your luck for a bigger take, but it's very, very, VERY risky.
What do you say?
[[Yeah]]
[[Nah]]Took a pretty long, 5 day break from working on this to focus on some other things, but i'm back and i've got plenty of inspiration to keep going now.
Worked on getting The Full Dumb Path done. pretty close to completion, then all i have to do is fill out the other paths and release my work as a demo.(text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, where the hell have you been?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//nowhere, just... doin', some things.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That doesn't answer my question.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, can i just... put my things down?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yes but can you pl- Wait, you're drunk. Why are you drunk.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i'm, not. just let me put, my things down.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yes you are! What the ''hell'' man! You got me off the drink and then you do ''this'' to me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, just go in your tent. ill go to bed, soon. ok?//] Mason says drunkenly as he starts stumbling towards you. Halkmir pretends to do what he says before moving to a spot nearby the both of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//what about you, cat... anything, interesting happen today?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//The usual, aside from you coming to camp drunk.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//im not, drunk... look, cat. i just... y'know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What? I know what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well... i kind of, like you... a bit.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, g- Wait what.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y-, ye-//] He tries to slur out as Halkmir starts dragging him away from you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//whe, where, am i going...//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//To bed.//] He says as he tosses him into his tent. He then walks over to your static body as you sit there in panic realization as to what Mason just said.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What about you, Cat. Are you gonna hit the hay soon?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He, he said he liked me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, while uncharacteristicly drunk. Try not to think about it Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure...//] You say as you get up and rush towards Halkmir's tent.
[[Lay your Bedroll down->HalkSleep (DHB)]]Woops, guess i lied. Took a smaller break to do nothing really. I just sort of wasn't in the mood to work on this. Anyways, i was real bored with nothing to do and i ended up reading through all of TwoKinds in about day and a half, really good story btw. It sort of lured me in with some of the transformation aspects of the story, but then i just kept reading and reading. Couldn't help myself getting attached to the story after that.
Anyways, about my story now. I got the dumb path ready for demo release. Only need to port over and comb through the others, changing a few things to make more sense. Also gotta wrap up day 2 of the Partial Route, only the Partial Dumb Route's done. And day 2 is just non-existant for the partial route.
Also, i've got quite a few ideas for day 3 in mind. Really good stuff, can't wait for the demo to be done so i can start working on that. So that means another delay for the other big route, hell i should probably just cut all plans to make that route a thing and have just the catgirl bit as the entire story. But that would be a little drastic.
i am pretty nervous about the quality of the story so far though. I like it because it has that style that i really like, yet i can't really explain. But will everyone else like it though, what's the point of a story if only you like it.
Also read TwoKinds shit's old as fuck but it's good and it's still going on apparently.Hell, why not.
You slowly inch your "HandPaw" thingy over to the guard's pants lifting your pointer finger to make enough space for your hand. Luckly, you were already a pretty good pickpocket. Hell, maybe you're even better now, judgding by your tiny cat hands.
Hell, you've already got everything out of his pockets in record time. And he hasn't even moved an inch. You must really have some cat powers in you or something. ''Neat''.
Anyways, the guard had about 50 gold, a key and some pictures in his pocket, probably his house key and some family mementos so you should probably leave that as is. But who are you to deny yourself some gold, right.
Welp, there's really nothing more of interest here so you make your way to the entrance and sneak back to the clearing and just in time, the wagon is making it's way back to the way you came from. After they leave, you just dash back to the bush and bam, you're gone.
You sprint quietly back to camp, still thanking the gods for not letting anyone decapitate or hang you back there. But now you're back at the camp, and a 65 gold richer too.
You sit down on a log by the unlit campfire.
Now, uh...
What are you gonna do now?
Maybe... Nah.
Or you coul-...
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] Halkmir says, startling you as you feel the fur on the back of your body spike up.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//H- Hey.//] You try to say in a cool and collected voice, but only make your confusion more aparent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is The Boss around?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I haven't seen him. Why?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Because i looked for him for a bit after eating, figured he must've gone here.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok good, now did you bring me something? I'm starving.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, yeah, of course. But i'm just worried about The Boss.//] He says as he hands you a straw sack with some bread in it.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Eh, he'll show up eventually.//] You say as you dig your arm into the bag, before grabbing a loaf of bread and starting to eat it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mhmm.//] He says as he takes a seat by another log.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then, what about you. What've you been up to?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//The... Usual//] You say, pausing to take bites at the pieces of bread.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Good... Good.//] He says as he starts looking in the direction of the city, seeing the sun set over it.
You keep eating as he takes out a small piece of cloth and begins polishing his warhammer. After a while of that, he paces off towards the edge of the overlook. You keep eating bread from the bag until you start to feel full. You then get up and store the bag in Halkmir's Tent, just as night fully falls.
You kill some time looking for some firewood in the woods, coming back with it and lighting up the fireplace. You sit down as [[you see Mason arriving at the Camp.->Camp (DH65)]]Nah.
Too risky, even for you. You'd rather get out of here quick before you get yourself hanged. You make your way out of the tent before ducking back into your little cubby behind the other tents, you look back to the wagon and see a relatively tall guard arguing with the merchants.
Ah hell, is he really alive and fine.
Welp, better them getting screamed at than you right now. He already hates you, imagine now that he has a reason to take you to the gallows instantly.
Anyways, you get out of there before you figure out the answer to that query.
You sprint quietly back to camp, still thanking the gods for not letting anyone decapitate or hang you back there. But now you're back at the camp, and a 65 gold richer too.
You sit down on a log by the unlit campfire.
Now, uh...
What are you gonna do now?
Maybe... Nah.
Or you coul-...
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] Halkmir says, startling you as you feel the fur on the back of your body spike up.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//H- Hey.//] You try to say in a cool and collected voice, but only make your confusion more aparent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is The Boss around?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I haven't seen him. Why?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Because i looked for him for a bit after eating, figured he must've gone here.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok good, now did you bring me something? I'm starving.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, yeah, of course. But i'm just worried about The Boss.//] He says as he hands you a straw sack with some bread in it.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Eh, he'll show up eventually.//] You say as you dig your arm into the bag, before grabbing a loaf of bread and starting to eat it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mhmm.//] He says as he takes a seat by another log.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then, what about you. What've you been up to?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//The... Usual//] You say, pausing to take bites at the pieces of bread.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Good... Good.//] He says as he starts looking in the direction of the city, seeing the sun set over it.
You keep eating as he takes out a small piece of cloth and begins polishing his warhammer. After a while of that, he paces off towards the edge of the overlook. You keep eating bread from the bag until you start to feel full. You then get up and store the bag in Halkmir's Tent, just as night fully falls.
You kill some time looking for some firewood in the woods, coming back with it and lighting up the fireplace. You sit down as [[you see Mason arriving at the Camp.->Camp (DH15)]]You sprint quietly back to camp, still thanking the gods for not letting anyone decapitate or hang you back there. But now you're back at the camp, and a 100 gold richer too. Plus the waterskin is a nice, if petty, steal.
You sit down on a log by the unlit campfire and take a swig from your newly found fancy waterskin.
Tastes like... Nothing...
Huh...
Now, uh...
What are you gonna do now?
Maybe... Nah.
Or you coul-...
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] Halkmir says, startling you as you feel the fur on the back of your body spike up.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//H- Hey.//] You try to say in a cool and collected voice, but only make your confusion more aparent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is The Boss around?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I haven't seen him. Why?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Because i looked for him for a bit after eating, figured he must've gone here.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok good, now did you bring me something? I'm starving.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, yeah, of course. But i'm just worried about The Boss.//] He says as he hands you a straw sack with some bread in it.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Eh, he'll show up eventually.//] You say as you dig your arm into the bag, before grabbing a loaf of bread and starting to eat it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mhmm.//] He says as he takes a seat by another log.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then, what about you. What've you been up to?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//The... Usual//] You say, pausing to take bites at the pieces of bread.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Good... Good.//] He says as he starts looking in the direction of the city, seeing the sun set over it.
You keep eating as he takes out a small piece of cloth and begins polishing his warhammer. After a while of that, he paces off towards the edge of the overlook. You keep eating bread from the bag until you start to feel full. You then get up and store the bag in Halkmir's Tent, just as night fully falls.
You kill some time looking for some firewood in the woods, coming back with it and lighting up the fireplace. You sit down as [[you see Mason arriving at the Camp.->Camp2 (DHB)]](text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, where the hell have you been?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//nowhere, just... doin', some things.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That doesn't answer my question.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, can i just... put my things down?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yes but can you pl- Wait, you're drunk. Why are you drunk.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i'm, not. just let me put, my things down.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yes you are! What the ''hell'' man! You got me off the drink and then you do ''this'' to me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, just go in your tent. ill go to bed, soon. ok?//] Mason says drunkenly as he starts stumbling towards you. Halkmir pretends to do what he says before moving to a spot nearby the both of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//what about you, cat... anything, interesting happen today?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//The usual, aside from you coming to camp drunk.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//im not, drunk... look, cat. i just... y'know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What? I know what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well... i kind of, like you... a bit.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, g- Wait what.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y-, ye-//] He tries to slur out as Halkmir starts dragging him away from you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//whe, where, am i going...//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//To bed.//] He says as he tosses him into his tent. He then walks over to your static body as you sit there in panic realization as to what Mason just said.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What about you, Cat. Are you gonna hit the hay soon?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He, he said he liked me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, while uncharacteristicly drunk. Try not to think about it Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure...//] You say as you get up and rush towards Halkmir's tent.
[[Lay your Bedroll down->HalkSleep (DH65)]](text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, where the hell have you been?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//nowhere, just... doin', some things.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That doesn't answer my question.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, can i just... put my things down?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yes but can you pl- Wait, you're drunk. Why are you drunk.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i'm, not. just let me put, my things down.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yes you are! What the ''hell'' man! You got me off the drink and then you do ''this'' to me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, just go in your tent. ill go to bed, soon. ok?//] Mason says drunkenly as he starts stumbling towards you. Halkmir pretends to do what he says before moving to a spot nearby the both of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//what about you, cat... anything, interesting happen today?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Nothing, aside from you coming to camp drunk.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//im not, drunk... look, cat. i just... y'know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What? I know what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well... i kind of, like you... a bit.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, g- Wait ''What''.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y-, ye-//] He tries to slur out as Halkmir starts dragging him away from you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//whe, where, am i going...//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//To bed.//] He says as he tosses him into his tent. He then walks over to your static body as you sit there in panic realization as to what Mason just said.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What about you, Cat. Are you gonna hit the hay soon?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He, he said he ''Liked'' me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, while uncharacteristicly drunk. Try not to think about it Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure.//] You say as you get up and rush towards Halkmir's tent.
[[Lay your Bedroll down->HalkSleep (DHC)]](text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, where the hell have you been?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//nowhere, just... doin', some things.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That doesn't answer my question.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, can i just... put my things down?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yes but can you pl- Wait, you're drunk. Why are you drunk.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i'm, not. just let me put, my things down.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yes you are! What the ''hell'' man! You got me off the drink and then you do ''this'' to me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, just go in your tent. ill go to bed, soon. ok?//] Mason says drunkenly as he starts stumbling towards you. Halkmir pretends to do what he says before moving to a spot nearby the both of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//what about you, cat... anything, interesting happen today?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//The usual, aside from you coming to camp drunk.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//im not, drunk... look, cat. i just... y'know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What? I know what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well... i kind of, like you... a bit.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, g- Wait what.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y-, ye-//] He tries to slur out as Halkmir starts dragging him away from you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//whe, where, am i going...//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//To bed.//] He says as he tosses him into his tent. He then walks over to your static body as you sit there in panic realization as to what Mason just said.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What about you, Cat. Are you gonna hit the hay soon?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He, he said he liked me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, while uncharacteristicly drunk. Try not to think about it Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure...//] You say as you get up and rush towards Halkmir's tent.
[[Lay your Bedroll down->HalkSleep (DH15)]]You don't even think about it. You just plop your bedroll down and lay in it. Closing your eyes instantly.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] You hear as Halkmir walks into the tent, you don't even open your eyes for a second. Nor do you even look at him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk Halkmir.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I ''don't'', Want to talk.//] You yell slightly as he comes in and lays his bedroll down.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I know you're-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''GODS!''//] You yell as you sit up angrily in your bedroll. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''I SAID, THAT I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME.''//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look cat, there's just-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''NO! DO YOU KNOW WHAT A NO IS OR DO YOU NEED ME TO DESCRIBE IT TO YOU!''//] You yell at Halkmir as you throw yourself back on the bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//No, really. I know you're very confused right now. But i won't keep insisting then.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, Halkmir. I just want things to go back to normal.//] You say as you start tearing up in your bedroll. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to be Cat... i want to be the Thief again. I want to be me for God's sake. I don't want to be whoever this is.//]
Halkmir sighs as he looks at you. He then turns around and gives you the shoulder as he goes to sleep.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Who even am i anymore.]
[[Sleep->HalkDream (DHC)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck off. I'm still angry.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[''What''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->Demo Dumb Hide route end]]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (dumb)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]You don't even think about it. You just plop your bedroll down and lay in it. Closing your eyes instantly.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] You hear as Halkmir walks into the tent, you don't even open your eyes for a second. Nor do you even look at him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk.//] You yell slightly as he comes in and lays his bedroll down.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I know you're-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Really, Halkmir.//] You yell as you sit up angrily in your bedroll. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm not being me right now.//] You say as you start tearing up in your bedroll.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to be Cat... I don't even know if i want to be the Thief anymore. I don't know who i am.//]
Halkmir sighs as he looks at you. He then turns around and gives you the shoulder as he goes to sleep.
[[Sleep->HalkDream (DH15)]]You don't even think about it. You just plop your bedroll down and lay in it. Closing your eyes instantly.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] You hear as Halkmir walks into the tent, you don't even open your eyes for a second. Nor do you even look at him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk.//] You yell slightly as he comes in and lays his bedroll down.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I know you're-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Really, Halkmir.//] You yell as you sit up angrily in your bedroll. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm not being me right now.//] You say as you start tearing up in your bedroll.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to be Cat... I don't even know if i want to be the Thief anymore. I don't know who i am.//]
Halkmir sighs as he looks at you. He then turns around and gives you the shoulder as he goes to sleep.
[[Sleep->HalkDream (DH65)]]You don't even think about it. You just plop your bedroll down and lay in it. Closing your eyes instantly.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] You hear as Halkmir walks into the tent, you don't even open your eyes for a second. Nor do you even look at him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk.//] You yell slightly as he comes in and lays his bedroll down.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I know you're-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Really, Halkmir.//] You yell as you sit up angrily in your bedroll. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm not being me right now.//] You say as you start tearing up in your bedroll.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to be Cat... I don't even know if i want to be the Thief anymore. I don't know who i am.//]
Halkmir sighs as he looks at you. He then turns around and gives you the shoulder as he goes to sleep.
[[Sleep->HalkDream (DHB)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->Demo Dumb Hide route end]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->Demo Dumb Hide route end]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->Demo Dumb Hide route end]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Well, Now that i got that over with. I feel like i'm starving right now. I'm gonna go get some food.] You tell yourself as you walk to the restaurant. people still giving you death stares as you keep walking.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Cat. You're looking, curvaceous...//] Halkmir says as you get close to the restaurant. You blush a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, I didn't really want to refit it all. But it is real comfy now so i'm not complaining much.//] You say as he starts following you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nice, where are you headed?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//To go get something to eat, haven't eaten since 2 days ago.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, well i was actually headed over there right now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Great, that'll make some of the awkward explaining less so.//] You joke as you both arrive at the restaurant.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the Whi- Oh, it's you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah. Do you want an autograph from the catlady or will you get me a table for two.//]
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Ok Miss. We've got a few empty tables. You can just choose one at your leisure.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Thank you.//] Halkmir says as you two go into the dining room while you give the waiter a annoyed look.
You both sit down on a random empty table. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like, every now and then glancing over the menu to see people giving you stares.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't mind them, they'll get used to you quick.//] Halkmir says politely.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean, it just makes me feel like i'm being judged.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't worry about it, Cat. You know full well you're no threat to anyone.//]
You stay quiet. Still weirded out by Halkmir's niceness to you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look cat, i know why you're giving me the silent treatment. I'm just trying to make up for what i did to you yesterday, don't make me feel like more of an ass. Please?//]
You sigh. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir, i forgive you, you don't need to treat me like a goddess because you've got a guilty conscience.//]
He keeps quiet for a bit before speaking up again. (text-colour:#347450)[//Well, thanks Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you pick something before the waiter starts to get pissed at us.//] You say as the waiter stands behind Halkmir.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello Mister... and Madam.//] Another waiter coyly says as he aproaches you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You know you could just talk to me like i'm a normal person.//] You scof at the waiter.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Yes, i am terribly. sorry for my manners. What will you be having.//] He says, still in a small bit of disbelief.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I'll have a steak with some boiled potatoes with a bit of water to wash it down, not feeling too fancy today.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away.//] He says before turning around and walking away.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Did you always like duck or are you trying it out?//] Halkmir says in a attempt to kill the silence with some small talk.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's my favorite, used to only have it when i had enough gold to go to that one restaurant in the city, but i had heard this one's a close second in terms of quality.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That place? I used to really like the deserts they made there. You know, you'd try to not eat too much you'd still have some room in ya' for some pumpkin pie.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Room for food's the least of my worries right now, i haven't eaten in two whole days.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? You must be beyond starving. Didn't you eat something the day before everything happened?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Nah, the time you four saw me coming out of the guard station was when i woke up, the most i had in me was a few pints of mead. Didn't at all help my hangover the next day.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well hopefully you'll amend your relationship with the bottle someday.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure hope.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You know, you're acting a heck of a lot girly. Of course, not completely ladylike. But somewhere inbetween maybe.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Eh, i'm just getting used to my predicament i guess. If i start exuding something, it's purely unintentional.//] You say as the waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be in desbelief of you. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He also plops Halkmir's meal on the table too. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but you keep under or overestimating where your mouth is and end up munching on air or fork before correcting your mistake, you end up looking like a bit of a doof but that's probably the thing that'll get the least looks about you. Halkmir doesn't care about table manners, he just agresively starts to cut pieces of his steak off and eat it like someone's gonna take it away from him at a determined time limit.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You good? You don't look too bright right now.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup halfway through the sentence. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, could we... Swap drinks?//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says as he swaps your glass around for his glass of water.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks. //]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest2end (DumbR)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. Not feeling too fancy today.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm. There's a few people that still give you strange looks, but most of them point and say something to the tune of "Look, it's that catlady." Word does seem to spread quick, specially about strange ocurrences such as yourself.
You enter the Pub and see Mason, face down on the bar with his arms crossed. Knowing him, you sit down next to him and tap him on the shoulders. You're sure he won't mind the company.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Whah, oh. Hey, Cat.//] He says, a bit groggy. He doesn't seem too drunk, but he has probably been drinking for a while.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What are you doing here all by yourself?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, the sword got done a while ago. I just wanted to drown down a few before heading back to camp.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but alone?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, i thought you'd still be at the station. and you probably have a bit of trauma from 2 days ago, Halkmir quit the drinking a few months ago.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, do you mind if i sit here anyways?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go ahead.//] He says as he slumps back into his original pose, sometimes bobbing his head out to take another swig. Does he usually drink or have you just been pushing all the wrong buttons in him? He seemed like a bit of a clean-cut guy, even if he seemed like a bit of an asshole.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh hey catlady, come to join your friend in his wallowing about you?//] The bartender says as he pokes Mason in arm.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you not say it like that?//] Mason says, still face down on the bar.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm just saying it like it is.//] He says to Mason before looking at you (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got him for a loop and he hasn't stopped mumbling about you for the last 30 minutes. Hell, he said that he'd personally test drive his new sword on that guard if they so much as put you anywhere near the gallows.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No offence, but i personally don't know why he'd be into your fluffy gray self. But i won't judge, i've had people in here that wanted to fuck dragons for gods' sake.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, do you have anything to eat? or at least something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You want steamed fish and milk?//] He jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ha, ha, Very funny.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'll take your quip as a order for some bread and a glass of water.//] He says as he grabs some bread from a cupboard and pours some water into a wooden mug before handing it to you. It's not much, but it'll last you while you eat something nicer tommorow.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//And if you want to order anything alcoholic later. The water's for people like you, not to water down my drinks.//] He says as you start to eat the bread he's given you. You then put down two shiny gold coins on his counter when you finish.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Could i get another dring? I think i want another one.//] Mason says as the bartender grabs the two gold coins before pouring him another drink.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure you don't want to drown your pains too? You don't look too hot yourself.//] He asks you. You're still a bit traumatized from the events of two days ago, but maybe a few drinks is what you need to not feel so weird all the time.
[[Fuck it->d2 pub2drunk (dumbR)]]
[[No, thanks->d2 pubend (dumbR)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fuck it, give me a drink.//] You say to the bartender
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//That's the spirit.//] He says as he grabs the empty mug of water, wipes it with a piece of cloth and begins to pour in some liquor before ploping it down infront of you.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Enjoy.//] He says as you (text-style:"blur")[start to] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[oh fucj]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[The following story segment has 2 versions, please choose one.]
[[The realistic version->dumbR drunk1]]
[[The "Artistic enterpretation"->dumbR drunk2]] (text-colour:red)[(Not recommended for first time readers, or people who are sane.)](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, thanks.//] You tell the bartener.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//]
The bartender says nothing as Mason takes a large swig from his mug.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, something's real off about you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What, the fact that i'm half cat, half human.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I mean at a cursory glance, sure but that's not it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got a thousand yard stare, like you've seen some shit that i'd rather not hear about.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean... Kind of.//] You say as you hear Mason pound the drink down on the bar, hard. He then looks at you and sighs
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//cat... i'm going back to camp.//] He says, he's pretty drunk now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Why?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//just shut up. i'm going back to camp.//] He says drunkenly, before getting up and leaving through the door. He leaves some gold on the bar for the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, i guess you better g-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll tip you an extra gold coin if you ''stop quipping'', please.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Fine, fine.//] He says as you get up and leave a single coin infront of where you were seated. You run as fast as you can to try and catch up or find Mason.
After a few minutes of searching, you find him at the entrance of town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason what the hell? Don't run away like that.//] You say as you catch up to him and grab him by the collar of his shirt, you can't lift him up due to you lack of strenght, or height, or etc. But you do stop him in his tracks.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck... look cat, i don't... know how to tell you this, exactly.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Tell me wh-//] You say, but are interupted by Mason
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//can you stop, grabbing my shirt, please.//] He complains as you release his shirt from your grip.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you tell me whatever it is you want to tell me?//]
He just keeps staring at you, sometimes looking to the left or righ-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck it.//] he says as he quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//] He says as he gets up from the grass and extends his arm to yours.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You two walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town, when you feel a tap on your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're done talking.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no we're not, because i feel... you feel the same wa-.//] He says as you start to blush again, interrupting him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're ''completely'' done. No more words, just silence.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Didn't your clothes sag on you? and why are your boobs so sti-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Stop'', shut the ''FUCK'' up for 2 minutes, please.//] You yell at him from the top of your rollercoaster of emotions. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy right? You just refit all your clothes so that your temporarly female and cat-like body doesn't get in the way of the things you do normally. Plus, you didn't even want to go there. It was Lucy that dragged you all the way through town to go there, even if you payed, and it fits you all nicely, and it makes you look go-
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I went to the pub after getting my clothes refit and he was there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... I walked into the Pub, he was there, face down with his arms crossed. The bartender tell me that he's been there for some time, just drinking. I ate something at the bar and turned down a drink. I talked to the bartender for a bit and Mason just storms out.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I left the pub after him and found him at the entrance of town. I asked him what he was doing and well."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... he ''kissed'' me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? That's it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But what if i infected him by him kissing me?.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, he did resucitate you yesterday. Remember?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I... liked it.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 pubdream (DumbR)]].(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->Demo Dumb Hide route end]](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ugh... //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mon ase yuo fil taht de dring difnt go dowen two gud.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yuo okey misi? U dontn loke two gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//uim... fins. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu sey will puting donw teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I tihnk u mite b a byt fof alitewait.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//ime not... a fucfgine, ligewaige...//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Nto two ldilik ether, nted.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''IME NNOTE A LDEE!''//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Wlle wat ar yu, a mand? Yo dnt loko lile two mchu of a gy.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//isa loneg sortory. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mombol befr falin doen to de flor, it hurtes a litel.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[manson sis yu on de flor an he shugs de ress of is dringe doen.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//yu knoe waht cta?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Grate noe de 2 lobevirds ar drung togter.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wa sisit mansone?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i fuken... lveo yu.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//rily?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y... ye. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[manson ses as yu sloly gte up.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//ten gime a... ksie! //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you ses ass manson come to yu adn kise u onede liss.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u wana.. walge bag to campe twogeter? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he ses ass eh stars to bag awey form yur lisp.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wy note?? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu ses ass yuo bofe walhg oute ofe de ppubs. evribodi logs ate yu too ase yu sumble true towne. yu too don tdrip becausae u too habe aech oders armes arund der sholder.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu too maige it aledeway two de ousrits ofe tonew wen manson trun to faic yu.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ffugit... yu wana go ofer too dat bsuhe ober dere anse wahapsns?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//bute wone yu sope bengin humn?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//idone gifa shid. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he ses ase he puses yu ino de buss befor jompin on tope oyu. you sart blusin as he sartss lfin yure clock up revilin yure bar tu de man.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//you bote a bar?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//jup, idin wan dise tins to sag wene i gete odl. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you ses ase he unbukels de back ofe yur bar, lifin it to revael yur beig basongas. he sarts to garb dem and szuese dem wif his hans it mais you fiel relli goode. he den kises yuo one moar tim ase he pus a han donw an stiCKS IN ''IN!'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''O FUK HES GOTE, WATH THE FCUK WAS DAT YOU FIL LIGE YUR GETIN THE BES SES YUR EVRE HAD AN HES JUSS GOTE A FGER IN YUR PSI! HE DEN SARST TO PULE DON YOUR PANS WIFE DE ODER HAN AN HE OH, FUG OH. WHART GFIHkjj...'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[wuh... wuh happened, h''e OH GOOooooH HES GOING IN AND OUT OF OFGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. FUUUUUUCK...'']
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up.->d2 drunkR dream]](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ugh... xwx //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[You m''w''oan as you fee''w'' that the d''w''ink didn't go down too g''w''ood.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You okay miss? U dont ''w''ook t''w''o gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//im''w''... fine. pwp //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say whi''w''e putting do''w''n teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I think u m''w''ight be a bit of a ''w''ight''w''eight//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//im''w'' not... a fucking, ''w''ight''w''eight... >:C//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Not t''w''o ''w''ady''w''ike eithe''w'', noted.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''IMw NOT A WADY!'' >:C//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//''W''e''ww''e wat are u, a m''w''an? U dont ''w''ook ''w''ike t''w''o m''w''uch of a gy.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//its a ''w''ong sto''w''y. pWp //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u m''w''um''w''ble before fa''ww''ing down to de f''w''oo''w'', it hurts a ''w''itt''w''e.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[m''w''anson sees u on de f''w''oo''w'' and he chugs the ''w''est of is d''w''ink do''w''n.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u kno''w'' ''w''hat cat?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//G''w''eat no''w'' the t''w''o ''w''ovebi''w''ds a''w''e d''w''unk togethe''w''.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''hat is it m''w''ason?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i fucking... ''w''ove u.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''ea''ww''y?, OwO//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y... yes. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[m''w''anson says as you s''w''o''ww''y get up.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//then gimme a... kiss! OwO //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you says as m''w''ason comes to you and kisses u on the ''w''ips.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u ''w''anna.. ''w''alk back t''w''o camp t''w''ogethe''w''? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he says as he sta''w''ts to back away f''w''om ur ''w''ips.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''hy not? x3//](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as u both ''w''alk out of the p''w''ub. ev''w''ybody ''w''ooks at you t''w''o as you stumb''w''e th''w''ough to''w''n. you t''w''o dont t''w''ip because u t''w''o have each othe''w''s a''w''ms around th''w''ie''w'' shou''w''de''w''.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u t''w''o m''w''ake it all the ''w''ay t''w''o the outski''w''ts of to''w''n ''w''hen m''w''ason turns to face u.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//f-fuck it... u ''w''anna go ove''w'' t''w''o that b''w''ush ove''w'' the''w''e and see ''w''hat happens?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//but ''w''ont u stop being h''w''uman? OwO//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i... dont give a shit. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he says as he p''w''ushes u into the b''w''ush befo''w''e jumping on top of u. you sta''w''t b''w''ushing as he sta''w''ts ''w''ifting ur c''w''oak up ''w''evea''w''ing ur b''w''a t''w''o the m''w''an.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u bought a b''w''a?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//yup, i didnt want these things to sag wene i get o''w''d. OwO //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as he unbuck''w''es the back of ur b''w''a, ''w''ifting it to ''w''evea''w'' ur b''w''easts. he sta''w''ts to g''w''ab them and sq''w''eeze them ''w''ith his hands it makes you fee''w'' ''w''ea''ww''y. he then kisses u one moar time as he puts a hand do''w''n and stiCKS IN ''IN!'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''OH FUCK HES GOT, WHAT THE FCUK WAS DAT YOU FIL LIGE YUR GETIN THE BES SES YUR EVRE HAD AN HES JUSS GOTE A FGER IN YUR PSI! HE DEN SARST TO PULE DON YOUR PANS WIFE DE ODER HAN AN HE OH, FUG OH. WHART GFIHkjj...'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[wuh... wuh happened, h''e OH GOOooooH HES GOING IN AND OUT OF OFGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. FUUUUUUCK...'']
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[''W''ake Up.->d2 drunkR dream]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[What the hell happened?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You know fully well what happened.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No really, i was too drunk to know what color the sky was.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You ''know'' what happened]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you stop being- And ''don't'' cut me off here. So fucking vague?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Fine, you fucked Mason.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[wha-->d3 wakeupdrunk (dumbR)]]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What, What the ''hell''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[There's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I just got ''fucked'' for the first time and you're just gonna leave me here in this black void?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You're an anti-climactic asshole.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you already got to experience climax so i don't have to give you another one.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck off.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (dumb)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]][[You->Description (d2s&s)]] open your eyes, a faint hope that you wake up in that jail cell in the city still glimmers withing you before being rudely broken by the huge lumps in your bedroll. You yawn and strech your arms before getting out of the bedroll and walking towards the flap of the tent and opening it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, i think we should stop waisting time and get back inside the city to rescue those two. Hell, Cat can probably just waltz in there and get them out, no trouble.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look Halkmir, even if we sent here in there, she'd probably finish losing her mind or something and we haven't eaten in a whole day, we barely had enough supplies to set up a camp and you want to go back in? I don't even have my ''sword'' on me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then where the hell did you leave it?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Over there.//] He says, pointing towards the city in the distance. They then both realize that you're standing there.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, Cat's woken up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, good morning. I guess.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We were just discusing how dumb it would be to just waltz back in there without any supplies or a weapon. Or how even more stupid it is to dump you in there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Speak for yourself, by the time we get ready Saraa and Merl will be long gone.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, Halkmir, you know them. They'll be alright. Saraa is probably somewhere safe and Marl is probably disecting one of those things as we speak.//]
The Dwarf sighs (text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, you got me there. I'll concede that it does sound like a bad plan.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Great, now can you two tell me what we're gonna do today?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, there is that town that's nearby. It's a pretty big town at that. I think it's called Gatemeir? We could go there and stock up on things before we jump the wall again.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, let's get moving.//] You say, knowing full well that you're going to have a lot of explaining to do today.
You three walk back down the incline towards the path, reaching it and following it through the Imperial Forest until you start to see road signs for the town of Gatemeir.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's to the right now, we're pretty close.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look.//] You say arching your spine backwards (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can we take a quick break? My back's killing me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i can probably give you ''two'' reasons for that.//] Halkmir jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you not say it like that, please.//] You reply as he chuckles a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck, i'm starting to think the receptionist was right about these things] You say as you start to move again.
Finally after walking for what felt like a couple of hours you make it to Gatemeir before Midday. The people around you all look at you funny, but you pull out the statement and they go back to their business.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Im gonna go get a new sword at the blacksmith, you two find something to do while he makes it.//]
There's a few things to do in town, There's a fancy restaurant in the town, you're pretty fucking famished after not eating for 2 days. There's also a tailor in the town, maybe you could treat yourself to not having back pain anymore.
[[Go eat->d2 Rest1 (s&s)]]
[[Go to the Tailor->d2 Tailor1 (s&s)]][[You->Description (d2bc)]] open your eyes, a faint hope that you wake up in that jail cell in the city still glimmers withing you before being rudely broken by the huge lumps in your bedroll. You yawn and strech your arms before getting out of the bedroll and walking towards the flap of the tent and opening it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, i think we should stop waisting time and get back inside the city to rescue those two. Hell, Cat can probably just waltz in there and get them out, no trouble.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look Halkmir, even if we sent here in there, she'd probably finish losing her mind or something and we haven't eaten in a whole day, we barely had enough supplies to set up a camp and you want to go back in? I don't even have my ''sword'' on me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then where the hell did you leave it?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Over there.//] He says, pointing towards the city in the distance. They then both realize that you're standing there.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, Cat's woken up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, good morning. I guess.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We were just discusing how dumb it would be to just waltz back in there without any supplies or a weapon. Or how even more stupid it is to dump you in there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Speak for yourself, by the time we get ready Saraa and Merl will be long gone.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, Halkmir, you know them. They'll be alright. Saraa is probably somewhere safe and Marl is probably disecting one of those things as we speak.//]
The Dwarf sighs (text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, you got me there. I'll concede that it does sound like a bad plan.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Great, now can you two tell me what we're gonna do today?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, there is that town that's nearby. It's a pretty big town at that. I think it's called Gatemeir? We could go there and stock up on things before we jump the wall again.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, let's get moving.//] You say, knowing full well that you're going to have a lot of explaining to do today.
You three walk back down the incline towards the path, reaching it and following it through the Imperial Forest until you start to see road signs for the town of Gatemeir.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's to the right now, we're pretty close.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look.//] You say arching your spine backwards (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can we take a quick break? My back's killing me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i can probably give you ''two'' reasons for that.//] Halkmir jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you not say it like that, please.//] You reply as he chuckles a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck, i'm starting to think the receptionist was right about these things] You say as you start to move again.
Finally after walking for what felt like a couple of hours you make it to Gatemeir before Midday. The people around you all look at you funny, but you pull out the statement and they go back to their business.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Im gonna go get a new sword at the blacksmith, you two find something to do while he makes it.//]
There's a few things to do in town, There's a fancy restaurant in the town, you're pretty fucking famished after not eating for 2 days. There's also a tailor in the town, maybe you could treat yourself to not having back pain anymore.
[[Go eat->d2 Rest1 (BC)]]
[[Go to the Tailor->d2 Tailor1 (BC)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Clothes are a secondary worry and i feel like i'm starving right now, i'm gonna go get some food.] You tell yourself as you walk to the restaurant. people still giving you death stares as you go through the double doors.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the Whi- ''Uh''.//] the waiter says as he spots you walking in.
(text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh my fucking gods. //](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story. Can you just give me a table for one.//] You say as you slide the statement on the waiter's stand. The waiter looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Ok ''um''... Miss? We've got plenty of empty tables. You can just choose one at your leisure.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks.//] You say in the meanest tone your girly voice can muster. You sit down on the table least visible to other people dining, you don't want to cause more alarm than your mear presence is causing. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like, every now and then glancing over the menu to see people giving you stares.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello... Madam.//] Another waiter coyly says as he aproaches you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You know you could just talk to me like i'm a normal person.//] You scof at the waiter.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Yes, i am terribly. ''Uh'', sorry for my manners. What will you be having.//] He says, still in a bit of disbelief.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Uh, right away.//] He says before turning around and speedwalking away. You sigh and bury your face in the table, before hearing a few steps and the clinking of plate armor.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//You there, you're coming with us.//] You hear a voice say, you turn your head to the right and seeing a few guards.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, go away.//] You say, handing the guard closest to you the statement. He backs up for a second until he realizes that you're holding up a piece of parchment and he extends his arm to grab it. He reads it before handing it back to you, still keeping his distance.
They then give eachother embarassed looks and storm off before they make a bigger ass of themselves (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//And tell everyone to stop staring!//] You yell at them as they file out of the restaurant. Fuck, half of this day has been explaining your situation to angry mobs of confused people. The other half being walking and back pain. You just want all of this to blow over so you can go back to stealing your way to the top of Imperial City, why does life just have to throw you shit-covered curve balls whenever you've got a good thing going?
Not that it was really ''that'' good. Most of the money you have on you still is from unreported crimes, otherwise you'd probably have a million gold to your name, not just a measly 778. And most of your nights were spent in jail cells, in fact, you've pretty much learnt to tolerate prison gruel. Eh, but enough reminising about yourself. The waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are Madam.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be in desbelief of you. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but you keep under or overestimating where your mouth is and end up munching on air or fork before correcting your mistake, you end up looking like a bit of a doof but that's probably the thing that'll get the least looks about you.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Waiter! //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup inbetween sentences. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Could i get some water instead? //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say as he starts coming closer to you.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away madam. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says before heading back to the kitchen, getting a pitcher full of water and a glass before coming back to you wit it. He then pours the some of it into the glass before putting it down on your table.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say trying not to sound like an asshole.]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest1end (BC)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck it, if i'm gonna be like this for a long while. I might as well look like i didn't steal my clothes from someone 2 sizes larger.] You tell yourself as you tug on your saggy cloak.
You walk over to the tailor, people still giving you death stares as you open the door.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Welcome to- What the ''hell?''//] The tailor says as you walk in.
(text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh my fucking gods. //](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story. I'll explain if you just shut up and listen.//] You say as you slide the statement on the counter. The tailor looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, uh... Welcome to my shop, uh miss...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cat. Just call me Cat.//] You say, sighing.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what brings you here?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Do you want the long list or the shortened list.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Don't spare me the details, i'll work tirelessly to make sure everything fits just rig-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//My cloak doesn't fit, my shirt doesn't either, My pants droop down to my thighs, my belt keeps sliding down, my boots want to flip around and to top it all off, i don't have something for these.//] You interrupt him with your large order.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, i can refit most of the things you've mentioned. You're gonna have to talk to a cobbler about your boots though. Oh, and i'll have to call my wife over for, ''those'', things//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll wait.//] You say as you find a chair to sit in and wait. He walks over to the back and gets some equipment, he then gets a piece of parchment and writes something on it. He puts all his tools and equipment on the counter and walks outside for a moment, with the note he wrote in his hand. He stops a person on a horse, wearing a blue shirt with the words "Imperial Express" on it and hands him the note. The messenger then rides off in the direction you came. The tailor comes back in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Do you have any spare clothes on you?//] He asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//] You reply.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Then wait in that room over there and slide your clothes through the slot on the door.//] He says as you walk over to the room before entering it.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hang on you like a really big blanket if it weren't for your boobs, which tent out heavily over your chest. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
Not wanting to keep the tailor waiting, you take off your clothes and shove them through the slot in the door. You hear them drop on the other side, before the tailor walks over and takes them over to the back. You turn back to the mirror and catch a glimpse of your naked body. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs (And even then, you're walking on your toes instead of your whole foot now), You still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
As you turn away from the mirror in embarassment, your ears perk up as you hear the tailor say something on the other side of the shop.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Lucy, honey. She's in there, Can you get me some measurements with this so i can get to work.//] He says before you hear a knock on the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Can i come in?.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, it's her.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Uh, sure.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey, I recognise that voice.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//You do? Then you also know why i called it "A special case" right?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yes, i know. I spoke to her //](text-colour:#bf8093)[//at the bridge.//] She says as she opens the door. You cover up your nasty bits with your arms in a attempt to avoid further embarassment.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Seriously...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?..//] You say, still hinding your shame.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Look. This'll be quick, now can you stop doing that and tent your arms up like this.//] She says before standing in a A-pose.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She then moves the band around different, important parts of your body. Taking measurements of not only your waist, but also your hips, your arms and well, your bust.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailor1end (BC)]].After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H, like i told you earlier.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, i've got to get back to work.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, just that everything fits like it should now, they even cut a small hole in the back of your pants so you can stick your tail through. It makes your curves, really, ''really'' obvious though. It kind of reminds you how Saraa dressed when she met you at the pub.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip for not calling the guards inmmeadiately).
You walk out of the Tailor and go back to the center of town, now very agile due to not having to fight with your clothes as you move. it's pretty damn close to sunset so you can probably do one more thing before everything closes down for the day.
The restaurant is still an option, it closes pretty late and this might be your last chance for a nice, gourmet meal in a long while. Or you could maybe hit the local pub. No drinking this time though, You could say you've got some trauma with the bottle.
[[Go eat.-> d2 Rest2 (BC)]]
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub2 (BC)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Well, Now that i got that over with. I feel like i'm starving right now. I'm gonna go get some food.] You tell yourself as you walk to the restaurant. people still giving you death stares as you keep walking.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Cat. You're looking, curvaceous...//] Halkmir says as you get close to the restaurant. You blush a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, i was kind of getting tired of having to fight my clothes everytime i did something.//] You say as he starts following you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nice, where are you headed?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//To go get something to eat, haven't eaten since 2 days ago.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, well i was actually headed over there right now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Great, that'll make some of the awkward explaining less so.//] You joke as you both arrive at the restaurant.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the Whi- Oh, it's you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah. Do you want an autograph from the catlady or will you get me a table for two.//]
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Ok Miss. We've got a few empty tables. You can just choose one at your leisure.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Thank you.//] Halkmir says as you two go into the dining room while you give the waiter a annoyed look.
You both sit down on a random empty table. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like, every now and then glancing over the menu to see people giving you stares.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't mind them, they'll get used to you quick.//] Halkmir says politely.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean, it just makes me feel like i'm being judged.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't worry about it, Cat. You know full well you're no threat to anyone.//]
You stay quiet. Still weirded out by Halkmir's niceness to you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look cat, i know why you're giving me the silent treatment. I'm just trying to make up for what i did to you yesterday, don't make me feel like more of an ass. Please?//]
You sigh. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir, i forgive you, you don't need to treat me like a goddess because you've got a guilty conscience.//]
He keeps quiet for a bit before speaking up again. (text-colour:#347450)[//Well, thanks Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you pick something before the waiter starts to get pissed at us.//] You say as the waiter stands behind Halkmir.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello Mister... and Madam.//] Another waiter coyly says as he aproaches you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You know you could just talk to me like i'm a normal person.//] You scof at the waiter.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Yes, i am terribly. sorry for my manners. What will you be having.//] He says, still in a small bit of disbelief.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I'll have a steak with some boiled potatoes with a bit of water to wash it down, not feeling too fancy today.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away.//] He says before turning around and walking away.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Did you always like duck or are you trying it out?//] Halkmir says in a attempt to kill the silence with some small talk.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's my favorite, used to only have it when i had enough gold to go to that one restaurant in the city, but i had heard this one's a close second in terms of quality.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That place? I used to really like the deserts they made there. You know, you'd try to not eat too much you'd still have some room in ya' for some pumpkin pie.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Room for food's the least of my worries right now, i haven't eaten in two whole days.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? You must be beyond starving. Didn't you eat something the day before everything happened?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Nah, the time you four saw me coming out of the guard station was when i woke up, the most i had in me was a few pints of mead. Didn't at all help my hangover the next day.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well hopefully you'll amend your relationship with the bottle someday.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure hope.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You know, you're acting a heck of a lot girly. Of course, not completely ladylike. But somewhere inbetween maybe.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Eh, i'm just getting used to my predicament i guess. If i start exuding something, it's purely unintentional.//] You say as the waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be in desbelief of you. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He also plops Halkmir's meal on the table too. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but you keep under or overestimating where your mouth is and end up munching on air or fork before correcting your mistake, you end up looking like a bit of a doof but that's probably the thing that'll get the least looks about you. Halkmir doesn't care about table manners, he just agresively starts to cut pieces of his steak off and eat it like someone's gonna take it away from him at a determined time limit.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You good? You don't look too bright right now.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup halfway through the sentence. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, could we... Swap drinks?//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says as he swaps your glass around for his glass of water.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks. //]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest2end (BC)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. Not feeling too fancy today.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm. There's a few people that still give you strange looks, but most of them point and say something to the tune of "Look, it's that catlady." Word does seem to spread quick, specially about strange ocurrences such as yourself.
You enter the Pub and see Mason, face down on the bar with his arms crossed. Knowing him, you sit down next to him and tap him on the shoulders. You're sure he won't mind the company.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Whah, oh. Hey, Cat.//] He says, a bit groggy. He doesn't seem too drunk, but he has probably been drinking for a while.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What are you doing here all by yourself?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, the sword got done a while ago. I just wanted to drown down a few before heading back to camp.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but alone?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, i thought you'd still have a bit of trauma from 2 days ago and Halkmir quit the drinking a few months ago.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, do you mind if i sit here anyways?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go ahead.//] He says as he slumps back into his original pose, sometimes bobbing his head out to take another swig. Does he usually drink or have you just been pushing all the wrong buttons in him? He seemed like a bit of a clean-cut guy, even if he seemed like a bit of an asshole.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh hey catlady, come to join your friend in his wallowing about you?//] The bartender says as he pokes Mason in arm.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you not say it like that?//] Mason says, still face down on the bar.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm just saying it like it is.//] He says to Mason before looking at you (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got him for a loop and he hasn't stopped mumbling about you for the last 30 minutes.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No offence, but i personally don't know why he'd be into your fluffy gray self. But i won't judge, i've had people in here that wanted to fuck dragons for gods' sake.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, do you have anything to eat? or at least something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You want steamed fish and milk?//] He jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ha, ha, Very funny.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'll take your quip as a order for some bread and a glass of water.//] He says as he grabs some bread from a cupboard and pours some water into a wooden mug before handing it to you. It's not much, but it'll last you while you eat something nicer tommorow.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//And if you want to order anything alcoholic later. The water's for people like you, not to water down my drinks.//] He says as you start to eat the bread he's given you. You then put down two shiny gold coins on his counter when you finish.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Could i get another dring? I think i want another one.//] Mason says as the bartender grabs the two gold coins before pouring him another drink.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure you don't want to drown your pains too? You don't look too hot yourself.//] He asks you. You're still a bit traumatized from the events of two days ago, but maybe a few drinks is what you need to not feel so weird all the time.
[[Fuck it->d2 pub2drunk (BC)]]
[[No, thanks->d2 pub2end (BC)]](text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you try to remember your family's old cat. Weren't cats not able to drink alcohol without getting poisoned? Fuck, that might be it. At least that'll make forgeting your pains a hell of a lot easier.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bi-
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, Cat. Let me pay for our meals.//] He says as he produces a small leather wallet.
(text-colour:#347450)[//The boss carries most of our party's gold, but we do keep a bit for ourselves just in case.//] he says as he hands it over to the waiter.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well then you might not want to pool mine in there. It's mostly stolen gold.//] You say as you both get out of the restaurant and walk away.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, does that mean you'll be joining us?//] Halkmir asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't see why not.//] You reply. You might've scoffed at the idea a couple of days ago, but they've grown on you. You might as well.
Plus, they're probably the only adventurer group that'll take your fluffy gray titties in with them. You two make your way to the center of town, but Mason isn't there
(text-colour:#347450)[//The boss really should be here by know, smithing a sword really shouldn't take more than half a day.//]
You two look around parts of town in order to find him, but end up empty handed. You two regroup at the center of town again and then you start to see Mason waddling towards you two, with a large, muscular old man behind him.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//hey, cat. hey, halkmir.//] Mason says, stumbling a bit as he walks over to you two. He's pretty drunk, not as drunk as you were a few days ago. Shoul've checked the pub, huh?
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is this wreck of confused emotions yours Ms. "Cat"?.//] A man behind Mason says
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean we know him, but who are you?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm the bartender at the local pub, and i had to drag this guy out because he wouldn't want to leave and/or stop talking about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, no...//] He hickups (text-colour:#01ad79)[//dont tell them that.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, guess that spoils your little suprise.//] The bartender says as you just stand there quietly, not knowing how to react to the indirect confesion of Mason's love for you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ah well... i tried. now can i have another drink to forget this already.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No, just head home with your crazy cat wife.//] He says as he shoves Mason fowards. The bartender walks away afterwards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ignore what he said, he's full of ''shit''... i didn't say nothing.//] Mason slurs as he stumbles into your shoulder.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What the hell is gotten into you Mason? You've never acted like this.//] Halkmir says, as he drags Mason away from your shoulder, holding him by the arms.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well...//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, i don't wanna talk right now. can we just head back to camp?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine.//] He angrily says to Mason before releasing his grip on his arms. (text-colour:#347450)[//Are you just gonna stand there, or are you coming too, Cat?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, just... I'll be right there.//] You say as you begin to walk with them. You three make it to the outskirts of town, when Mason taps Halkmir on the shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//halk, can we... stop for a moment.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//For what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, i just want to have a word with cat.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You've got a minute, no more.//] Halkmir says as Mason starts walking over to you, drunkenly. He then locks eyes with you, you start to blush a bit as you try to avoid eye contact. It feels like he's been staring at you for half a minute already.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Are you just going to stand there, making her uncomfortable or are you gonna say som-.//] Halkmir says, but is interrupted as Mason quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//''MASON WHAT THE HELL?!'' ''WHAT THE IN THE GODS' NAME WERE YOU THINKING?!''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i said, shut the hell up. and take me to camp.//] Mason says as Halkmir quickly grabs him by the arm and drags him away from your still unresponsive self.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look Cat, let's move before this drunk jackass gets any more funny ideas.//] He says, still holding Mason away from you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't let him do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You three walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir?//] You say, trying to break the eerie quiet walk home. He tries to remain quiet, but he speaks up.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't want to talk right now, Cat.//] He says.
You three walk for a few more minutes before seeing the overlook in the distance. Then, you three make the walk up to the camp, Halkmir takes Mason to his tent and lays him down to sleep. Halkmir then walks over to you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//]
You say nothing in return, just staring at the fire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] He repeats.
You at least look at him this time, you still don't say anything though, you just give him a sad look.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... I don't even know what to say.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well... I'm worried... What if i infected Mason by him kissing me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//It's fine, he did resucitate you yesterday. Remember?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I... liked it.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 rest2dream (BC)]].(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 rest2wakeup (BC)]](text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you try to remember your family's old cat. Weren't cats not able to drink alcohol without getting poisoned? Fuck, that might be it. At least that'll make forgeting your pains a hell of a lot easier.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bill as you walk out. You're feeling a lot better now, mainly due to having a full stomach, but also not being a bit drunk anymore. You walk back to the center of town, No one you know is there and there's still a few hours before everything closes so you decide to do one more thing.
You could go to the Tailor, he's still open and it would be nice to have fitting clothes. Or you could go to the pub, no drinking of course. You know full well what happened to you after half a glass of wine, you don't want to know what'll happen to you after a pint of hard liquior.
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub1 (BC)]]
[[Go to the Tailor.->d2 Tailor2 (BC)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. I don't really want to pay to refit my clothes, and then again when i turn back to normal.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm. There's a few people that still give you strange looks, but most of them point and say something to the tune of "Look, it's that catlady." Word does seem to spread quick, specially about strange ocurrences such as yourself.
You enter the Pub and see Mason, face down on the bar with his arms crossed. Knowing him, you sit down next to him and tap him on the shoulders. You're sure he won't mind the company.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Whah, oh. Hey, Cat.//] He says, a bit groggy. He doesn't seem too drunk, but he has probably been drinking for a while.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What are you doing here all by yourself?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, the sword got done a while ago. I just wanted to drown down a few before heading back to camp.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but alone?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, i thought you'd still have a bit of trauma from 2 days ago and Halkmir quit the drinking a few months ago.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, do you mind if i sit here anyways?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go ahead.//] He says as he slumps back into his original pose, sometimes bobbing his head out to take another swig. Does he usually drink or have you just been pushing all the wrong buttons in him? He seemed like a bit of a clean-cut guy, even if he seemed like a bit of an asshole.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh hey saggy catlady, come to join your friend in his wallowing about you?//] The bartender says as he pokes Mason in arm.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you not say it like that?//] Mason says, still face down on the bar.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm just saying it like it is.//] He says to Mason before looking at you (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got him for a loop and he hasn't stopped mumbling about you for the last 30 minutes.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No offence, but i personally don't know why he'd be into your fluffy gray self, specially when you're dressed like a kid in adult's clothes. But i won't judge, i've had people in here that wanted to fuck dragons for gods' sake.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, do you have anything to eat? or at least something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You want steamed fish and milk?//] He jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ha, ha, Very funny.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'll take your quip as a order for some bread and a glass of water.//] He says as he grabs some bread from a cupboard and pours some water into a wooden mug before handing it to you. It's not much, but it'll last you while you eat something nicer tommorow.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//And if you want to order anything alcoholic later. The water's for people like you, not to water down my drinks.//] He says as you start to eat the bread he's given you. You then put down two shiny gold coins on his counter when you finish.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Could i get another dring? I think i want another one.//] Mason says as the bartender grabs the two gold coins before pouring him another drink.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure you don't want to drown your pains too? You don't look too hot yourself.//] He asks you.
[[No, thanks->d2 pub1end (BC)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck it, if i'm gonna be like this for a long while. I might as well look like i didn't steal my clothes from someone 2 sizes larger.] You tell yourself as you tug on your saggy cloak.
You walk over to the tailor, people still giving you death stares as you open the door.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Welcome to- Oh, it's you.//] The tailor says as you walk in.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah. Do you want an autograph from the Catlady or will you just take my order.//] You say as you slide the statement on the counter. The tailor looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, uh... Welcome to my shop, uh miss...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cat. Just call me Cat.//] You say, sighing.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what brings you here?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Do you want the long list or the shortened list.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Don't spare me the details, i'll work tirelessly to make sure everything fits just rig-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//My cloak doesn't fit, my shirt doesn't either, My pants droop down to my thighs, my belt keeps sliding down, my boots want to flip around and to top it all off, i don't have something for these.//] You interrupt him with your large order.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, i can refit most of the things you've mentioned. You're gonna have to talk to a cobbler about your boots though. Oh, and i'll have to call my wife over for, ''those'', things. She's getting off work at 8PM, but she can tell her boss to let her go a bit early.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll wait.//] You say as you find a chair to sit in and wait. He walks over to the back and gets some equipment, he then gets a piece of parchment and writes something on it. He puts all his tools and equipment on the counter and walks outside for a moment, with the note he wrote in his hand. He stops a person on a horse, wearing a blue shirt with the words "Imperial Express" on it and hands him the note. The messenger then rides off in the direction you came. The tailor comes back in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Do you have any spare clothes on you?//] He asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//] You reply.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Then wait in that room over there and slide your clothes through the slot on the door.//] He says as you walk over to the room before entering it.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hang on you like a really big blanket if it weren't for your boobs, which tent out heavily over your chest. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
Not wanting to keep the tailor waiting, you take off your clothes and shove them through the slot in the door. You hear them drop on the other side, before the tailor walks over and takes them over to the back. You turn back to the mirror and catch a glimpse of your naked body. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs, you still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
As you turn away from the mirror in embarassment, your ears perk up as you hear the tailor say something on the other side of the shop.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Lucy, honey. She's in there, Can you get me some measurements with this so i can get to work.//] He says before you hear a knock on the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Can i come in?.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, it's her.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Uh, sure.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey, I recognise that voice.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//You do? Then you also know why i called it "A special case" right?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yes, i know. I spoke to her //](text-colour:#bf8093)[//at the bridge.//] She says as she opens the door. You cover up your nasty bits with your arms in a attempt to avoid further embarassment.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Seriously...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?..//] You say, still hinding your shame.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Look. This'll be quick, now can you stop doing that and tent your arms up like this.//] She says before standing in a A-pose.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She then moves the band around different, important parts of your body. Taking measurements of not only your waist, but also your hips, your arms and well, your bust.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailor2end (BC)]].After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H, like i told you earlier.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, It's getting pretty late.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, just that everything fits like it should now, they even cut a small hole in the back of your pants so you can stick your tail through. It makes your curves, really, ''really'' obvious though. It kind of reminds you how Saraa dressed when she met you at the pub.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip).
You walk back towards the center of town, now a lot more agile due to not being in a constant fight against your own cloak. Mason is there, but not Halkmir.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//whah, oh. hey, cat.//] Mason says, stumbling a bit as he turns over to look at you. He's pretty drunk, not as drunk as you were a few days ago.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is this wreck of confused emotions yours Ms. "Cat"?.//] A man behind Mason says
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean i know him, but who are you?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm the bartender at the local pub, and i had to drag this guy out because he wouldn't want to leave and/or stop talking about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, no...//] He hickups (text-colour:#01ad79)[//dont tell her that.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Kind of too late there, pal.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ah well... i tried. now can i have another drink to forget this already.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No, just head home with your crazy cat wife.//] He says as he shoves Mason fowards. The bartender walks away afterwards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ignore what he said, he's full of ''shit''... i didn't say nothing.//] Mason slurs as he stumbles into your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//now can you take me back to... camp? i cant find halkmir, anywhere and i think... im too drunk to walk in the woods alone.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//.... Fine.//] You spatter out, still on a rollercoaster of emotions as mason indirectly confeses his love for you. You grab his hand and drag him all the way to the outskirts of town before he taps you on the shoulder to tell you something.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//you, uh... thinking what i'm thinking?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//maybe we could you know, go over there and see... what happens.//] He says as he makes you blush. He just openly admited to wanting to do //that// to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//why, not?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I can't, i'll infect you. And besides, i'm still a guy.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well if youre a guy, then why do you look so much curvier now?//] You blush deeply as he drunkenly notes your refit clothes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, they were getting in the way. And my boobs were hurting my back.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i didnt mention anything about boobs? wait does that mean you have a-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', now can you ''shut the hell up'' and stop ''hitting on me''.//] You say as your face looks more red than grey at this point.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fine, fine.//] He drunkenly mumbles. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy right? You just refit all your clothes so that your temporarly female and cat-like body doesn't get in the way of the things you do normally. The bra was just so that your back wouldn't hurt as much and so your nipples didn't chaffe against the cloth of your cloak, right? ''right?''
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I was getting my clothes refit and this guy just showed up drunk at the center of town.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... The bartender had brought him to the center of town, he had stayed at the bar even after closing time. He was "mubling about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it". He even tried to deny it after the bartender told me so.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, he just flat out sayed he wanted to "take me over there and see what happened."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And you said no. right?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Of course i told him no.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Great, then i'm sure everything's fine.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, he made me feel something that i can't really explain easily.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Just try.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, if 2 days ago a man told me that they wanted to fuck me in the middle of the forest, the answer would always be no.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//So?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I considered saying yes.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//But you don't know what'll happen if you do! You might just end up losing your own mind and his in the process!//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know. But there was something within me that just wanted to say yes. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 Tailor2dream (BC)]].(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Aw, what. I wanted to know your story from the start.]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Well, i think i've already told you it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Fine.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Did you get a drink or not?]
[[Yes->PM lieortruth]]
[[No->woops]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Ah, you really have a problem you know.]
(text-colour:#91b1e8)[I'll stop drinking when it affects my body.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Heh.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Oh, Ha. Ha. Fucking joker.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Anyways, Did you tell them the truth.]
[[Yes->PM fullplan]]
[[No->PM partial plan]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[I'm there->Vague nonsense]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes you did! You can't even get there in the story yet.]
(text-colour:#91b1e8)[Then why ask.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Because it will be there in the future and i can't just not acknowledge it.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Fine, fine. Can you go ahead and ask the next question.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Did you tell them the truth.]
[[Yes->PM fullplan]]
[[No->PM partial plan]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[I'm there->Vague nonsense]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[At least you're an honest Thief.]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[If only i'd known where honesty got me.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, i'm not complaining. Those two do look nice on you.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yeah? i'd like to see you try to swing these fuckers around.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, yeah. Anyways. The human asked you for your opinion on his plans. What did you say?]
[[The bridge, obviously.->PM fullbridge]]
[[The port sounded good.->PM port]]
[[I just swam for it.->PM Dumb]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Liar, liar, pants on fire.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[We both know that i would've been beat to death if i told the truth.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Probably.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[See?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Anyways, The human asked you for your opinion on his plans. What did you say?]
[[The bridge, obviously.->PM partbridge]]
[[The port sounded good.->PM partport]]
[[I just swam for it.->PM partDumb]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[I can see that you're a pretty straight foward girl.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yes, and no. Don't call me that again thank you very much.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Whatever makes you sleep at night miss.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fucking etherial asshole.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Anyways, can't ask you more questions.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Why not?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[This is literally the end of the list of questions i'm allowed to ask me.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Well then, can you dump me out of whichever void you seem to live in?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure, and stop insulting my home while you're in it.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up->day 2 wakeup (direct)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Even with a fat ol' pair of catgirl titties, you really can't let your old self die can you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck off, they're not ''that'' big.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh please, you know those are Hs or bigge-.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you ask the next question please.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure, did you do take advantage of your new body for escape or not.]
[[Yeah, and it worked.->PM BCon]]
[[I didn't really want to push my luck.->PM S&S]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh and did you know?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I though i saw you drowning and having to be kissed back to life by your friend.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I don't think you know what resusitation is.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I don't think you know what it looks like.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck you.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, Oh. The list's over.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[This is literally the end of the list of questions i'm allowed to ask.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Well then, can you dump me out of whichever void you seem to live in?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure, and stop insulting my home while you're in it.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up->day 2 wakeup (dumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Lucky you then, although you did see somethings that made you question that stuborness in you.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No i didn't.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes you di-.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ask the next fucking question.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[There's no questions left.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[This is literally the end of the list of questions i'm allowed to ask.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Well then, can you dump me out of whichever void you seem to live in?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure, and stop insulting my home while you're in it.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up->day 2 wakeup (bc)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Pussy.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I mean, have you seen me?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh so you're accepting it?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[''NO'' I-, Fuck off.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[So, Oh. We're out of questions.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[This is literally the end of the list of questions i'm allowed to ask me.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Well then, can you dump me out of whichever void you seem to live in?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure, and stop insulting my home while you're in it.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up->day 2 wakeup (s&s)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 tailor2wakeup (BC)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, thanks.//] You tell the bartener.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//] You yell at the bartener, you saw what happened to you after just a swig of wine, imagine after a whole pint of hard liquor.
The bartender says nothing as Mason takes a large swig from his mug.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, something's real off about you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What, the fact that i'm half cat, half human.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I mean at a cursory glance, sure but that's not it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got a thousand yard stare, like you've seen some shit that i'd rather not hear about.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean... No.//] You say as you hear Mason pound the drink down on the bar, hard. He then looks at you and sighs
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//cat... i'm going back to camp.//] He says, he's pretty drunk now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Why?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//just shut up. i'm going back to camp.//] He says drunkenly, before getting up and leaving through the door. He leaves some gold on the bar for the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, i guess you better g-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll tip you an extra gold coin if you ''stop quipping'', please.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Fine, fine.//] He says as you get up and leave a single coin infront of where you were seated. You run as fast as you can to try and catch up or find Mason.
After a few minutes of searching, you find him at the entrance of town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason what the hell? Don't run away like that.//] You say as you catch up to him and grab him by the collar of his shirt, you can't lift him up due to you lack of strenght, or height, or etc. But you do stop him in his tracks.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck... look cat, i don't... know how to tell you this, exactly.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Tell me wh-//] You say, but are interupted by Mason
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//can you stop, grabbing my shirt, please.//] He complains as you release his shirt from your grip.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you tell me whatever it is you want to tell me?//]
He just keeps staring at you, sometimes looking to the left or righ-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck it.//] he says as he quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//] He says as he gets up from the grass and extends his arm to yours.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You two walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town, when you feel a tap on your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're done talking.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no we're not, because i feel... you feel the same wa-.//] He says as you start to blush again, interrupting him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're ''completely'' done. No more words, just silence.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i know youre fighting hard against it, but you really dont wan-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Stop'', shut the ''FUCK'' up for 2 minutes, please.//] You yell at him from the top of your rollercoaster of emotions. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy. In fact, you didn't refit your clothes so that you didn't have to refit them again. Your nipples are really chaffing against your cloak though, and your other part too. And the back pain is unbearable sometim-
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I went to the pub after grabbing somthing to eat and he was there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... I walked into the Pub, he was there, face down with his arms crossed. The bartender tell me that he's been there for some time, just drinking. I ate something at the bar and turned down a drink. I talked to the bartender for a bit and Mason just storms out.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I left the pub after him and found him at the entrance of town. I asked him what he was doing and well."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... he ''kissed'' me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? That's it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But what if i infected him by him kissing me?.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//It's fine, he did resucitate you yesterday. Remember?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... Just... Came at me so suddenly//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I really... Well...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 pub1dream (BC)]].(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 pub1wakeup (BC)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fuck it, give me a drink.//] You say to the bartender
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//That's the spirit.//] He says as he grabs the empty mug of water, wipes it with a piece of cloth and begins to pour in some liquor before ploping it down infront of you.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Enjoy.//] He says as you (text-style:"blur")[start to] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[oh fucj]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[The following story segment has 2 versions, please choose one.]
[[The realistic version->shit (bc)]]
[[The "Artistic enterpretation"->drunk (bc)]] (text-colour:red)[(Not recommended for first time readers, or people who are sane.)](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, thanks.//] You tell the bartener.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//]
The bartender says nothing as Mason takes a large swig from his mug.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, something's real off about you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What, the fact that i'm half cat, half human.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I mean at a cursory glance, sure but that's not it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got a thousand yard stare, like you've seen some shit that i'd rather not hear about.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean... Kind of.//] You say as you hear Mason pound the drink down on the bar, hard. He then looks at you and sighs
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//cat... i'm going back to camp.//] He says, he's pretty drunk now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Why?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//just shut up. i'm going back to camp.//] He says drunkenly, before getting up and leaving through the door. He leaves some gold on the bar for the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, i guess you better g-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll tip you an extra gold coin if you ''stop quipping'', please.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Fine, fine.//] He says as you get up and leave a single coin infront of where you were seated. You run as fast as you can to try and catch up or find Mason.
After a few minutes of searching, you find him at the entrance of town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason what the hell? Don't run away like that.//] You say as you catch up to him and grab him by the collar of his shirt, you can't lift him up due to you lack of strenght, or height, or etc. But you do stop him in his tracks.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck... look cat, i don't... know how to tell you this, exactly.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Tell me wh-//] You say, but are interupted by Mason
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//can you stop, grabbing my shirt, please.//] He complains as you release his shirt from your grip.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you tell me whatever it is you want to tell me?//]
He just keeps staring at you, sometimes looking to the left or righ-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck it.//] he says as he quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//] He says as he gets up from the grass and extends his arm to yours.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You two walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town, when you feel a tap on your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're done talking.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no we're not, because i feel... you feel the same wa-.//] He says as you start to blush again, interrupting him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're ''completely'' done. No more words, just silence.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Didn't your clothes sag on you? and why are your boobs so sti-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Stop'', shut the ''FUCK'' up for 2 minutes, please.//] You yell at him from the top of your rollercoaster of emotions. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy right? You just refit all your clothes so that your temporarly female and cat-like body doesn't get in the way of the things you do normally. The bra was just so that your back wouldn't hurt as much and so your nipples didn't chaffe against the cloth of your cloak, right? ''right?''
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I went to the pub after getting my clothes refit and he was there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... I walked into the Pub, he was there, face down with his arms crossed. The bartender tell me that he's been there for some time, just drinking. I ate something at the bar and turned down a drink. I talked to the bartender for a bit and Mason just storms out.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I left the pub after him and found him at the entrance of town. I asked him what he was doing and well."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... he ''kissed'' me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? That's it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But what if i infected him by him kissing me?.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//It's fine, he did resucitate you yesterday. Remember?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I... liked it.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 pub2dream (BC)]].(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ugh... xwx //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[You m''w''oan as you fee''w'' that the d''w''ink didn't go down too g''w''ood.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You okay miss? U dont ''w''ook t''w''o gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//im''w''... fine. pwp //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say whi''w''e putting do''w''n teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I think u m''w''ight be a bit of a ''w''ight''w''eight//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//im''w'' not... a fucking, ''w''ight''w''eight... >:C//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Not t''w''o ''w''ady''w''ike eithe''w'', noted.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''IMw NOT A WADY!'' >:C//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//''W''e''ww''e wat are u, a m''w''an? U dont ''w''ook ''w''ike t''w''o m''w''uch of a gy.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//its a ''w''ong sto''w''y. pWp //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u m''w''um''w''ble before fa''ww''ing down to de f''w''oo''w'', it hurts a ''w''itt''w''e.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[m''w''anson sees u on de f''w''oo''w'' and he chugs the ''w''est of is d''w''ink do''w''n.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u kno''w'' ''w''hat cat?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//G''w''eat no''w'' the t''w''o ''w''ovebi''w''ds a''w''e d''w''unk togethe''w''.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''hat is it m''w''ason?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i fucking... ''w''ove u.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''ea''ww''y?, OwO//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y... yes. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[m''w''anson says as you s''w''o''ww''y get up.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//then gimme a... kiss! OwO //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you says as m''w''ason comes to you and kisses u on the ''w''ips.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u ''w''anna.. ''w''alk back t''w''o camp t''w''ogethe''w''? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he says as he sta''w''ts to back away f''w''om ur ''w''ips.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''hy not? x3//](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as u both ''w''alk out of the p''w''ub. ev''w''ybody ''w''ooks at you t''w''o as you stumb''w''e th''w''ough to''w''n. you t''w''o dont t''w''ip because u t''w''o have each othe''w''s a''w''ms around th''w''ie''w'' shou''w''de''w''.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u t''w''o m''w''ake it all the ''w''ay t''w''o the outski''w''ts of to''w''n ''w''hen m''w''ason turns to face u.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//f-fuck it... u ''w''anna go ove''w'' t''w''o that b''w''ush ove''w'' the''w''e and see ''w''hat happens?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//but ''w''ont u stop being h''w''uman? OwO//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i... dont give a shit. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he says as he p''w''ushes u into the b''w''ush befo''w''e jumping on top of u. you sta''w''t b''w''ushing as he sta''w''ts ''w''ifting ur c''w''oak up ''w''evea''w''ing ur b''w''a t''w''o the m''w''an.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u bought a b''w''a?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//yup, i didnt want these things to sag wene i get o''w''d. OwO //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as he unbuck''w''es the back of ur b''w''a, ''w''ifting it to ''w''evea''w'' ur b''w''easts. he sta''w''ts to g''w''ab them and sq''w''eeze them ''w''ith his hands it makes you fee''w'' ''w''ea''ww''y. he then kisses u one moar time as he puts a hand do''w''n and stiCKS IN ''IN!'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''OH FUCK HES GOT, WHAT THE FCUK WAS DAT YOU FIL LIGE YUR GETIN THE BES SES YUR EVRE HAD AN HES JUSS GOTE A FGER IN YUR PSI! HE DEN SARST TO PULE DON YOUR PANS WIFE DE ODER HAN AN HE OH, FUG OH. WHART GFIHkjj...'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[wuh... wuh happened, h''e OH GOOooooH HES GOING IN AND OUT OF OFGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. FUUUUUUCK...'']
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[''W''ake Up.->d2 drunk dream (bc)]](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ugh... //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mon ase yuo fil taht de dring difnt go dowen two gud.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yuo okey misi? U dontn loke two gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//uim... fins. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu sey will puting donw teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I tihnk u mite b a byt fof alitewait.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//ime not... a fucfgine, ligewaige...//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Nto two ldilik ether, nted.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''IME NNOTE A LDEE!''//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Wlle wat ar yu, a mand? Yo dnt loko lile two mchu of a gy.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//isa loneg sortory. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mombol befr falin doen to de flor, it hurtes a litel.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[manson sis yu on de flor an he shugs de ress of is dringe doen.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//yu knoe waht cta?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Grate noe de 2 lobevirds ar drung togter.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wa sisit mansone?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i fuken... lveo yu.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//rily?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y... ye. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[manson ses as yu sloly gte up.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//ten gime a... ksie! //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you ses ass manson come to yu adn kise u onede liss.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u wana.. walge bag to campe twogeter? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he ses ass eh stars to bag awey form yur lisp.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wy note?? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu ses ass yuo bofe walhg oute ofe de ppubs. evribodi logs ate yu too ase yu sumble true towne. yu too don tdrip becausae u too habe aech oders armes arund der sholder.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu too maige it aledeway two de ousrits ofe tonew wen manson trun to faic yu.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ffugit... yu wana go ofer too dat bsuhe ober dere anse wahapsns?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//bute wone yu sope bengin humn?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//idone gifa shid. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he ses ase he puses yu ino de buss befor jompin on tope oyu. you sart blusin as he sartss lfin yure clock up revilin yure bar tu de man.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//you bote a bar?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//jup, idin wan dise tins to sag wene i gete odl. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you ses ase he unbukels de back ofe yur bar, lifin it to revael yur beig basongas. he sarts to garb dem and szuese dem wif his hans it mais you fiel relli goode. he den kises yuo one moar tim ase he pus a han donw an stiCKS IN ''IN!'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''O FUK HES GOTE, WATH THE FCUK WAS DAT YOU FIL LIGE YUR GETIN THE BES SES YUR EVRE HAD AN HES JUSS GOTE A FGER IN YUR PSI! HE DEN SARST TO PULE DON YOUR PANS WIFE DE ODER HAN AN HE OH, FUG OH. WHART GFIHkjj...'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[wuh... wuh happened, h''e OH GOOooooH HES GOING IN AND OUT OF OFGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. FUUUUUUCK...'']
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up.->d2 drunk dream (bc)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[What the hell happened?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You know fully well what happened.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No really, i was too drunk to know what color the sky was.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You ''know'' what happened]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you stop being- And ''don't'' cut me off here. So fucking vague?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Fine, you fucked Mason.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[wha-->d3 wakeupdrunk (BC)]]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 pub2wakeup (BC)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What, What the ''hell''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[There's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I just got ''fucked'' for the first time and you're just gonna leave me here in this black void?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You're an anti-climactic asshole.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you already got to experience climax so i don't have to give you another one.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck off.]
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(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
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(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (bc)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]i'm so sorry, i really can't help myself with all these fucking paths.(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Clothes are a secondary worry and i feel like i'm starving right now, i'm gonna go get some food.] You tell yourself as you walk to the restaurant. people still giving you death stares as you go through the double doors.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the Whi- ''Uh''.//] the waiter says as he spots you walking in.
(text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh my fucking gods. //](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story. Can you just give me a table for one.//] You say as you slide the statement on the waiter's stand. The waiter looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Ok ''um''... Miss? We've got plenty of empty tables. You can just choose one at your leisure.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks.//] You say in the meanest tone your girly voice can muster. You sit down on the table least visible to other people dining, you don't want to cause more alarm than your mear presence is causing. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like, every now and then glancing over the menu to see people giving you stares.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello... Madam.//] Another waiter coyly says as he aproaches you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You know you could just talk to me like i'm a normal person.//] You scof at the waiter.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Yes, i am terribly. ''Uh'', sorry for my manners. What will you be having.//] He says, still in a bit of disbelief.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Uh, right away.//] He says before turning around and speedwalking away. You sigh and bury your face in the table, before hearing a few steps and the clinking of plate armor.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//You there, you're coming with us.//] You hear a voice say, you turn your head to the right and seeing a few guards.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, go away.//] You say, handing the guard closest to you the statement. He backs up for a second until he realizes that you're holding up a piece of parchment and he extends his arm to grab it. He reads it before handing it back to you, still keeping his distance.
They then give eachother embarassed looks and storm off before they make a bigger ass of themselves (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//And tell everyone to stop staring!//] You yell at them as they file out of the restaurant. Fuck, half of this day has been explaining your situation to angry mobs of confused people. The other half being walking and back pain. You just want all of this to blow over so you can go back to stealing your way to the top of Imperial City, why does life just have to throw you shit-covered curve balls whenever you've got a good thing going?
Not that it was really ''that'' good. Most of the money you have on you still is from unreported crimes, otherwise you'd probably have a million gold to your name, not just a measly 778. And most of your nights were spent in jail cells, in fact, you've pretty much learnt to tolerate prison gruel. Eh, but enough reminising about yourself. The waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are Madam.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be in desbelief of you. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but you keep under or overestimating where your mouth is and end up munching on air or fork before correcting your mistake, you end up looking like a bit of a doof but that's probably the thing that'll get the least looks about you.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Waiter! //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup inbetween sentences. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Could i get some water instead? //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say as he starts coming closer to you.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away madam. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says before heading back to the kitchen, getting a pitcher full of water and a glass before coming back to you wit it. He then pours the some of it into the glass before putting it down on your table.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say trying not to sound like an asshole.]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest1end (s&s)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck it, if i'm gonna be like this for a long while. I might as well look like i didn't steal my clothes from someone 2 sizes larger.] You tell yourself as you tug on your saggy cloak.
You walk over to the tailor, people still giving you death stares as you open the door.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Welcome to- What the ''hell?''//] The tailor says as you walk in.
(text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh my fucking gods. //](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story. I'll explain if you just shut up and listen.//] You say as you slide the statement on the counter. The tailor looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, uh... Welcome to my shop, uh miss...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cat. Just call me Cat.//] You say, sighing.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what brings you here?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Do you want the long list or the shortened list.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Don't spare me the details, i'll work tirelessly to make sure everything fits just rig-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//My cloak doesn't fit, my shirt doesn't either, My pants droop down to my thighs, my belt keeps sliding down, my boots want to flip around and to top it all off, i don't have something for these.//] You interrupt him with your large order.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, i can refit most of the things you've mentioned. You're gonna have to talk to a cobbler about your boots though. Oh, and i'll have to call my wife over for, ''those'', things//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll wait.//] You say as you find a chair to sit in and wait. He walks over to the back and gets some equipment, he then gets a piece of parchment and writes something on it. He puts all his tools and equipment on the counter and walks outside for a moment, with the note he wrote in his hand. He stops a person on a horse, wearing a blue shirt with the words "Imperial Express" on it and hands him the note. The messenger then rides off in the direction you came. The tailor comes back in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Do you have any spare clothes on you?//] He asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//] You reply.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Then wait in that room over there and slide your clothes through the slot on the door.//] He says as you walk over to the room before entering it.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hang on you like a really big blanket if it weren't for your boobs, which tent out heavily over your chest. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
Not wanting to keep the tailor waiting, you take off your clothes and shove them through the slot in the door. You hear them drop on the other side, before the tailor walks over and takes them over to the back. You turn back to the mirror and catch a glimpse of your naked body. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs (And even then, you're walking on your toes instead of your whole foot now), You still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
As you turn away from the mirror in embarassment, your ears perk up as you hear the tailor say something on the other side of the shop.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Lucy, honey. She's in there, Can you get me some measurements with this so i can get to work.//] He says before you hear a knock on the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Can i come in?.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, it's her.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Uh, sure.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey, I recognise that voice.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//You do? Then you also know why i called it "A special case" right?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yes, i know. I spoke to her //](text-colour:#bf8093)[//at the bridge.//] She says as she opens the door. You cover up your nasty bits with your arms in a attempt to avoid further embarassment.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Seriously...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?..//] You say, still hinding your shame.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Look. This'll be quick, now can you stop doing that and tent your arms up like this.//] She says before standing in a A-pose.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She then moves the band around different, important parts of your body. Taking measurements of not only your waist, but also your hips, your arms and well, your bust.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailor1end (s&s)]].(text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you try to remember your family's old cat. Weren't cats not able to drink alcohol without getting poisoned? Fuck, that might be it. At least that'll make forgeting your pains a hell of a lot easier.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bill as you walk out. You're feeling a lot better now, mainly due to having a full stomach, but also not being a bit drunk anymore. You walk back to the center of town, No one you know is there and there's still a few hours before everything closes so you decide to do one more thing.
You could go to the Tailor, he's still open and it would be nice to have fitting clothes. Or you could go to the pub, no drinking of course. You know full well what happened to you after half a glass of wine, you don't want to know what'll happen to you after a pint of hard liquior.
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub1 (s&s)]]
[[Go to the Tailor.->d2 Tailor2 (s&s)]]After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H, like i told you earlier.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, i've got to get back to work.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, just that everything fits like it should now, they even cut a small hole in the back of your pants so you can stick your tail through. It makes your curves, really, ''really'' obvious though. It kind of reminds you how Saraa dressed when she met you at the pub.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip for not calling the guards inmmeadiately).
You walk out of the Tailor and go back to the center of town, now very agile due to not having to fight with your clothes as you move. it's pretty damn close to sunset so you can probably do one more thing before everything closes down for the day.
The restaurant is still an option, it closes pretty late and this might be your last chance for a nice, gourmet meal in a long while. Or you could maybe hit the local pub. No drinking this time though, You could say you've got some trauma with the bottle.
[[Go eat.-> d2 Rest2 (s&s)]]
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub2 (s&s)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. I don't really want to pay to refit my clothes, and then again when i turn back to normal.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm. There's a few people that still give you strange looks, but most of them point and say something to the tune of "Look, it's that catlady." Word does seem to spread quick, specially about strange ocurrences such as yourself.
You enter the Pub and see Mason, face down on the bar with his arms crossed. Knowing him, you sit down next to him and tap him on the shoulders. You're sure he won't mind the company.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Whah, oh. Hey, Cat.//] He says, a bit groggy. He doesn't seem too drunk, but he has probably been drinking for a while.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What are you doing here all by yourself?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, the sword got done a while ago. I just wanted to drown down a few before heading back to camp.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but alone?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, i thought you'd still have a bit of trauma from 2 days ago and Halkmir quit the drinking a few months ago.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, do you mind if i sit here anyways?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go ahead.//] He says as he slumps back into his original pose, sometimes bobbing his head out to take another swig. Does he usually drink or have you just been pushing all the wrong buttons in him? He seemed like a bit of a clean-cut guy, even if he seemed like a bit of an asshole.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh hey saggy catlady, come to join your friend in his wallowing about you?//] The bartender says as he pokes Mason in arm.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you not say it like that?//] Mason says, still face down on the bar.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm just saying it like it is.//] He says to Mason before looking at you (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got him for a loop and he hasn't stopped mumbling about you for the last 30 minutes.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No offence, but i personally don't know why he'd be into your fluffy gray self, specially when you're dressed like a kid in adult's clothes. But i won't judge, i've had people in here that wanted to fuck dragons for gods' sake.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, do you have anything to eat? or at least something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You want steamed fish and milk?//] He jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ha, ha, Very funny.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'll take your quip as a order for some bread and a glass of water.//] He says as he grabs some bread from a cupboard and pours some water into a wooden mug before handing it to you. It's not much, but it'll last you while you eat something nicer tommorow.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//And if you want to order anything alcoholic later. The water's for people like you, not to water down my drinks.//] He says as you start to eat the bread he's given you. You then put down two shiny gold coins on his counter when you finish.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Could i get another dring? I think i want another one.//] Mason says as the bartender grabs the two gold coins before pouring him another drink.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure you don't want to drown your pains too? You don't look too hot yourself.//] He asks you.
[[No, thanks->d2 pub1end (s&s)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck it, if i'm gonna be like this for a long while. I might as well look like i didn't steal my clothes from someone 2 sizes larger.] You tell yourself as you tug on your saggy cloak.
You walk over to the tailor, people still giving you death stares as you open the door.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Welcome to- Oh, it's you.//] The tailor says as you walk in.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah. Do you want an autograph from the Catlady or will you just take my order.//] You say as you slide the statement on the counter. The tailor looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, uh... Welcome to my shop, uh miss...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cat. Just call me Cat.//] You say, sighing.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what brings you here?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Do you want the long list or the shortened list.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Don't spare me the details, i'll work tirelessly to make sure everything fits just rig-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//My cloak doesn't fit, my shirt doesn't either, My pants droop down to my thighs, my belt keeps sliding down, my boots want to flip around and to top it all off, i don't have something for these.//] You interrupt him with your large order.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, i can refit most of the things you've mentioned. You're gonna have to talk to a cobbler about your boots though. Oh, and i'll have to call my wife over for, ''those'', things. She's getting off work at 8PM, but she can tell her boss to let her go a bit early.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll wait.//] You say as you find a chair to sit in and wait. He walks over to the back and gets some equipment, he then gets a piece of parchment and writes something on it. He puts all his tools and equipment on the counter and walks outside for a moment, with the note he wrote in his hand. He stops a person on a horse, wearing a blue shirt with the words "Imperial Express" on it and hands him the note. The messenger then rides off in the direction you came. The tailor comes back in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Do you have any spare clothes on you?//] He asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//] You reply.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Then wait in that room over there and slide your clothes through the slot on the door.//] He says as you walk over to the room before entering it.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hang on you like a really big blanket if it weren't for your boobs, which tent out heavily over your chest. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
Not wanting to keep the tailor waiting, you take off your clothes and shove them through the slot in the door. You hear them drop on the other side, before the tailor walks over and takes them over to the back. You turn back to the mirror and catch a glimpse of your naked body. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs, you still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
As you turn away from the mirror in embarassment, your ears perk up as you hear the tailor say something on the other side of the shop.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Lucy, honey. She's in there, Can you get me some measurements with this so i can get to work.//] He says before you hear a knock on the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Can i come in?.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, it's her.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Uh, sure.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey, I recognise that voice.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//You do? Then you also know why i called it "A special case" right?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yes, i know. I spoke to her //](text-colour:#bf8093)[//at the bridge.//] She says as she opens the door. You cover up your nasty bits with your arms in a attempt to avoid further embarassment.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Seriously...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?..//] You say, still hinding your shame.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Look. This'll be quick, now can you stop doing that and tent your arms up like this.//] She says before standing in a A-pose.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She then moves the band around different, important parts of your body. Taking measurements of not only your waist, but also your hips, your arms and well, your bust.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailor2end (s&s)]].(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Now that all my clothes fit, i feel like i'm starving right now. I'm gonna go get some food.] You tell yourself as you walk to the restaurant. people still giving you death stares as you keep walking.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Cat. You're looking, curvaceous...//] Halkmir says as you get close to the restaurant. You blush a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, i was kind of getting tired of having to fight my clothes everytime i did something.//] You say as he starts following you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nice, where are you headed?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//To go get something to eat, haven't eaten since 2 days ago.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, well i was actually headed over there right now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Great, that'll make some of the awkward explaining less so.//] You joke as you both arrive at the restaurant.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the Whi- Oh, it's you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah. Do you want an autograph from the Catlady or will you get me a table for two.//]
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Ok Miss. We've got a few empty tables. You can just choose one at your leisure.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Thank you.//] Halkmir says as you two go into the dining room while you give the waiter a annoyed look.
You both sit down on a random empty table. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like, every now and then glancing over the menu to see people giving you stares.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't mind them, they'll get used to you quick.//] Halkmir says politely.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean, it just makes me feel like i'm being judged.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't worry about it, Cat. You know full well you're no threat to anyone.//]
You stay quiet. Still weirded out by Halkmir's niceness to you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look cat, i know why you're giving me the silent treatment. I'm just trying to make up for what i did to you yesterday, don't make me feel like more of an ass. Please?//]
You sigh. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir, i forgive you, you don't need to treat me like a goddess because you've got a guilty conscience.//]
He keeps quiet for a bit before speaking up again. (text-colour:#347450)[//Well, thanks Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you pick something before the waiter starts to get pissed at us.//] You say as the waiter stands behind Halkmir.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello Mister... and Madam.//] Another waiter coyly says as he aproaches you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You know you could just talk to me like i'm a normal person.//] You scof at the waiter.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Yes, i am terribly. sorry for my manners. What will you be having.//] He says, still in a small bit of disbelief.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I'll have a steak with some boiled potatoes with a bit of water to wash it down, not feeling too fancy today.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away.//] He says before turning around and walking away.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Did you always like duck or are you trying it out?//] Halkmir says in a attempt to kill the silence with some small talk.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's my favorite, used to only have it when i had enough gold to go to that one restaurant in the city, but i had heard this one's a close second in terms of quality.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That place? I used to really like the deserts they made there. You know, you'd try to not eat too much you'd still have some room in ya' for some pumpkin pie.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Room for food's the least of my worries right now, i haven't eaten in two whole days.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? You must be beyond starving. Didn't you eat something the day before everything happened?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Nah, the time you four saw me coming out of the guard station was when i woke up, the most i had in me was a few pints of mead. Didn't at all help my hangover the next day.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well hopefully you'll amend your relationship with the bottle someday.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure hope.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You know, you're acting a heck of a lot girly. Of course, not completely ladylike. But somewhere inbetween maybe.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Eh, i'm just getting used to my predicament i guess. If i start exuding something, it's purely unintentional.//] You say as the waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be in desbelief of you. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He also plops Halkmir's meal on the table too. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but you keep under or overestimating where your mouth is and end up munching on air or fork before correcting your mistake, you end up looking like a bit of a doof but that's probably the thing that'll get the least looks about you. Halkmir doesn't care about table manners, he just agresively starts to cut pieces of his steak off and eat it like someone's gonna take it away from him at a determined time limit.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You good? You don't look too bright right now.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup halfway through the sentence. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, could we... Swap drinks?//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says as he swaps your glass around for his glass of water.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks. //]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest2end (s&s)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. Not feeling too fancy today.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm. There's a few people that still give you strange looks, but most of them point and say something to the tune of "Look, it's that catlady." Word does seem to spread quick, specially about strange ocurrences such as yourself.
You enter the Pub and see Mason, face down on the bar with his arms crossed. Knowing him, you sit down next to him and tap him on the shoulders. You're sure he won't mind the company.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Whah, oh. Hey, Cat.//] He says, a bit groggy. He doesn't seem too drunk, but he has probably been drinking for a while.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What are you doing here all by yourself?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, the sword got done a while ago. I just wanted to drown down a few before heading back to camp.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but alone?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, i thought you'd still have a bit of trauma from 2 days ago and Halkmir quit the drinking a few months ago.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, do you mind if i sit here anyways?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go ahead.//] He says as he slumps back into his original pose, sometimes bobbing his head out to take another swig. Does he usually drink or have you just been pushing all the wrong buttons in him? He seemed like a bit of a clean-cut guy, even if he seemed like a bit of an asshole.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh hey catlady, come to join your friend in his wallowing about you?//] The bartender says as he pokes Mason in arm.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you not say it like that?//] Mason says, still face down on the bar.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm just saying it like it is.//] He says to Mason before looking at you (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got him for a loop and he hasn't stopped mumbling about you for the last 30 minutes.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No offence, but i personally don't know why he'd be into your fluffy gray self. But i won't judge, i've had people in here that wanted to fuck dragons for gods' sake.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, do you have anything to eat? or at least something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You want steamed fish and milk?//] He jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ha, ha, Very funny.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'll take your quip as a order for some bread and a glass of water.//] He says as he grabs some bread from a cupboard and pours some water into a wooden mug before handing it to you. It's not much, but it'll last you while you eat something nicer tommorow.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//And if you want to order anything alcoholic later. The water's for people like you, not to water down my drinks.//] He says as you start to eat the bread he's given you. You then put down two shiny gold coins on his counter when you finish.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Could i get another dring? I think i want another one.//] Mason says as the bartender grabs the two gold coins before pouring him another drink.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure you don't want to drown your pains too? You don't look too hot yourself.//] He asks you. You're still a bit traumatized from the events of two days ago, but maybe a few drinks is what you need to not feel so weird all the time.
[[Fuck it->d2 pub2drunk (s&s)]]
[[No, thanks->d2 pub2end (s&s)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fuck it, give me a drink.//] You say to the bartender
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//That's the spirit.//] He says as he grabs the empty mug of water, wipes it with a piece of cloth and begins to pour in some liquor before ploping it down infront of you.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Enjoy.//] He says as you (text-style:"blur")[start to] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[oh fucj]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[The following story segment has 2 versions, please choose one.]
[[The realistic version->drunk(s&s)]]
[[The "Artistic enterpretation"->shit(s&s)]] (text-colour:red)[(Not recommended for first time readers, or people who are sane.)](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, thanks.//] You tell the bartener.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//]
The bartender says nothing as Mason takes a large swig from his mug.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, something's real off about you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What, the fact that i'm half cat, half human.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I mean at a cursory glance, sure but that's not it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got a thousand yard stare, like you've seen some shit that i'd rather not hear about.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean... Kind of.//] You say as you hear Mason pound the drink down on the bar, hard. He then looks at you and sighs
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//cat... i'm going back to camp.//] He says, he's pretty drunk now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Why?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//just shut up. i'm going back to camp.//] He says drunkenly, before getting up and leaving through the door. He leaves some gold on the bar for the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, i guess you better g-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll tip you an extra gold coin if you ''stop quipping'', please.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Fine, fine.//] He says as you get up and leave a single coin infront of where you were seated. You run as fast as you can to try and catch up or find Mason.
After a few minutes of searching, you find him at the entrance of town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason what the hell? Don't run away like that.//] You say as you catch up to him and grab him by the collar of his shirt, you can't lift him up due to you lack of strenght, or height, or etc. But you do stop him in his tracks.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck... look cat, i don't... know how to tell you this, exactly.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Tell me wh-//] You say, but are interupted by Mason
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//can you stop, grabbing my shirt, please.//] He complains as you release his shirt from your grip.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you tell me whatever it is you want to tell me?//]
He just keeps staring at you, sometimes looking to the left or righ-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck it.//] he says as he quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//] He says as he gets up from the grass and extends his arm to yours.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You two walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town, when you feel a tap on your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're done talking.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no we're not, because i feel... you feel the same wa-.//] He says as you start to blush again, interrupting him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're ''completely'' done. No more words, just silence.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Didn't your clothes sag on you? and why are your boobs so sti-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Stop'', shut the ''FUCK'' up for 2 minutes, please.//] You yell at him from the top of your rollercoaster of emotions. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy right? You just refit all your clothes so that your temporarly female and cat-like body doesn't get in the way of the things you do normally. The bra was just so that your back wouldn't hurt as much and so your nipples didn't chaffe against the cloth of your cloak, right? ''right?''
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I went to the pub after getting my clothes refit and he was there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... I walked into the Pub, he was there, face down with his arms crossed. The bartender tell me that he's been there for some time, just drinking. I ate something at the bar and turned down a drink. I talked to the bartender for a bit and Mason just storms out.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I left the pub after him and found him at the entrance of town. I asked him what he was doing and well."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... he ''kissed'' me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? That's it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But what if i infected him by him kissing me?.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, he looked fine. To me at least.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I... liked it.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 pub2dream (s&s)]].(text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you try to remember your family's old cat. Weren't cats not able to drink alcohol without getting poisoned? Fuck, that might be it. At least that'll make forgeting your pains a hell of a lot easier.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bi-
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, Cat. Let me pay for our meals.//] He says as he produces a small leather wallet.
(text-colour:#347450)[//The boss carries most of our party's gold, but we do keep a bit for ourselves just in case.//] he says as he hands it over to the waiter.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well then you might not want to pool mine in there. It's mostly stolen gold.//] You say as you both get out of the restaurant and walk away.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, does that mean you'll be joining us?//] Halkmir asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't see why not.//] You reply. You might've scoffed at the idea a couple of days ago, but they've grown on you. You might as well.
Plus, they're probably the only adventurer group that'll take your fluffy gray titties in with them. You two make your way to the center of town, but Mason isn't there
(text-colour:#347450)[//The boss really should be here by know, smithing a sword really shouldn't take more than half a day.//]
You two look around parts of town in order to find him, but end up empty handed. You two regroup at the center of town again and then you start to see Mason waddling towards you two, with a large, muscular old man behind him.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//hey, cat. hey, halkmir.//] Mason says, stumbling a bit as he walks over to you two. He's pretty drunk, not as drunk as you were a few days ago. Shoul've checked the pub, huh?
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is this wreck of confused emotions yours Ms. "Cat"?.//] A man behind Mason says
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean we know him, but who are you?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm the bartender at the local pub, and i had to drag this guy out because he wouldn't want to leave and/or stop talking about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, no...//] He hickups (text-colour:#01ad79)[//dont tell them that.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, guess that spoils your little suprise.//] The bartender says as you just stand there quietly, not knowing how to react to the indirect confesion of Mason's love for you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ah well... i tried. now can i have another drink to forget this already.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No, just head home with your crazy cat wife.//] He says as he shoves Mason fowards. The bartender walks away afterwards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ignore what he said, he's full of ''shit''... i didn't say nothing.//] Mason slurs as he stumbles into your shoulder.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What the hell is gotten into you Mason? You've never acted like this.//] Halkmir says, as he drags Mason away from your shoulder, holding him by the arms.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well...//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, i don't wanna talk right now. can we just head back to camp?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine.//] He angrily says to Mason before releasing his grip on his arms. (text-colour:#347450)[//Are you just gonna stand there, or are you coming too, Cat?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, just... I'll be right there.//] You say as you begin to walk with them. You three make it to the outskirts of town, when Mason taps Halkmir on the shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//halk, can we... stop for a moment.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//For what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, i just want to have a word with cat.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You've got a minute, no more.//] Halkmir says as Mason starts walking over to you, drunkenly. He then locks eyes with you, you start to blush a bit as you try to avoid eye contact. It feels like he's been staring at you for half a minute already.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Are you just going to stand there, making her uncomfortable or are you gonna say som-.//] Halkmir says, but is interrupted as Mason quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//''MASON WHAT THE HELL?!'' ''WHAT THE IN THE GODS' NAME WERE YOU THINKING?!''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i said, shut the hell up. and take me to camp.//] Mason says as Halkmir quickly grabs him by the arm and drags him away from your still unresponsive self.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look Cat, let's move before this drunk jackass gets any more funny ideas.//] He says, still holding Mason away from you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't let him do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You three walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir?//] You say, trying to break the eerie quiet walk home. He tries to remain quiet, but he speaks up.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't want to talk right now, Cat.//] He says.
You three walk for a few more minutes before seeing the overlook in the distance. Then, you three make the walk up to the camp, Halkmir takes Mason to his tent and lays him down to sleep. Halkmir then walks over to you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//]
You say nothing in return, just staring at the fire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] He repeats.
You at least look at him this time, you still don't say anything though, you just give him a sad look.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... I don't even know what to say.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well... I'm worried... What if i infected Mason by him kissing me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//It's fine, he did resucitate you yesterday. Remember?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I... liked it.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 rest2dream (s&s)]].After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H, like i told you earlier.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, It's getting pretty late.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, just that everything fits like it should now, they even cut a small hole in the back of your pants so you can stick your tail through. It makes your curves, really, ''really'' obvious though. It kind of reminds you how Saraa dressed when she met you at the pub.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip).
You walk back towards the center of town, now a lot more agile due to not being in a constant fight against your own cloak. Mason is there, but not Halkmir.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//whah, oh. hey, cat.//] Mason says, stumbling a bit as he turns over to look at you. He's pretty drunk, not as drunk as you were a few days ago.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is this wreck of confused emotions yours Ms. "Cat"?.//] A man behind Mason says
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean i know him, but who are you?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm the bartender at the local pub, and i had to drag this guy out because he wouldn't want to leave and/or stop talking about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, no...//] He hickups (text-colour:#01ad79)[//dont tell her that.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Kind of too late there, pal.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ah well... i tried. now can i have another drink to forget this already.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No, just head home with your crazy cat wife.//] He says as he shoves Mason fowards. The bartender walks away afterwards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ignore what he said, he's full of ''shit''... i didn't say nothing.//] Mason slurs as he stumbles into your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//now can you take me back to... camp? i cant find halkmir, anywhere and i think... im too drunk to walk in the woods alone.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//.... Fine.//] You spatter out, still on a rollercoaster of emotions as mason indirectly confeses his love for you. You grab his hand and drag him all the way to the outskirts of town before he taps you on the shoulder to tell you something.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//you, uh... thinking what i'm thinking?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//maybe we could you know, go over there and see... what happens.//] He says as he makes you blush. He just openly admited to wanting to do //that// to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//why, not?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I can't, i'll infect you. And besides, i'm still a guy.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well if youre a guy, then why do you look so much curvier now?//] You blush deeply as he drunkenly notes your refit clothes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, they were getting in the way. And my boobs were hurting my back.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i didnt mention anything about boobs? wait does that mean you have a-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', now can you ''shut the hell up'' and stop ''hitting on me''.//] You say as your face looks more red than grey at this point.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fine, fine.//] He drunkenly mumbles. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy right? You just refit all your clothes so that your temporarly female and cat-like body doesn't get in the way of the things you do normally. The bra was just so that your back wouldn't hurt as much and so your nipples didn't chaffe against the cloth of your cloak, right? ''right?''
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I was getting my clothes refit and this guy just showed up drunk at the center of town.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... The bartender had brought him to the center of town, he had stayed at the bar even after closing time. He was "mubling about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it". He even tried to deny it after the bartender told me so.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, he just flat out sayed he wanted to "take me over there and see what happened."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And you said no. right?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Of course i told him no.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Great, then i'm sure everything's fine.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, he made me feel something that i can't really explain easily.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Just try.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, if 2 days ago a man told me that they wanted to fuck me in the middle of the forest, the answer would always be no.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//So?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I considered saying yes.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//But you don't know what'll happen if you do! You might just end up losing your own mind and his in the process!//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know. But there was something within me that just wanted to say yes. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 Tailor2dream (s&s)]].(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, thanks.//] You tell the bartener.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//] You yell at the bartener, you saw what happened to you after just a swig of wine, imagine after a whole pint of hard liquor.
The bartender says nothing as Mason takes a large swig from his mug.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, something's real off about you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What, the fact that i'm half cat, half human.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I mean at a cursory glance, sure but that's not it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got a thousand yard stare, like you've seen some shit that i'd rather not hear about.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean... No.//] You say as you hear Mason pound the drink down on the bar, hard. He then looks at you and sighs
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//cat... i'm going back to camp.//] He says, he's pretty drunk now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Why?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//just shut up. i'm going back to camp.//] He says drunkenly, before getting up and leaving through the door. He leaves some gold on the bar for the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, i guess you better g-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll tip you an extra gold coin if you ''stop quipping'', please.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Fine, fine.//] He says as you get up and leave a single coin infront of where you were seated. You run as fast as you can to try and catch up or find Mason.
After a few minutes of searching, you find him at the entrance of town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason what the hell? Don't run away like that.//] You say as you catch up to him and grab him by the collar of his shirt, you can't lift him up due to you lack of strenght, or height, or etc. But you do stop him in his tracks.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck... look cat, i don't... know how to tell you this, exactly.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Tell me wh-//] You say, but are interupted by Mason
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//can you stop, grabbing my shirt, please.//] He complains as you release his shirt from your grip.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you tell me whatever it is you want to tell me?//]
He just keeps staring at you, sometimes looking to the left or righ-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck it.//] he says as he quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//] He says as he gets up from the grass and extends his arm to yours.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You two walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town, when you feel a tap on your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're done talking.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no we're not, because i feel... you feel the same wa-.//] He says as you start to blush again, interrupting him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're ''completely'' done. No more words, just silence.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i know youre fighting hard against it, but you really dont wan-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Stop'', shut the ''FUCK'' up for 2 minutes, please.//] You yell at him from the top of your rollercoaster of emotions. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy. In fact, you didn't refit your clothes so that you didn't have to refit them again. Your nipples are really chaffing against your cloak though, and your other part too. And the back pain is unbearable sometim-
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I went to the pub after grabbing somthing to eat and he was there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... I walked into the Pub, he was there, face down with his arms crossed. The bartender tell me that he's been there for some time, just drinking. I ate something at the bar and turned down a drink. I talked to the bartender for a bit and Mason just storms out.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I left the pub after him and found him at the entrance of town. I asked him what he was doing and well."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... he ''kissed'' me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? That's it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But what if i infected him by him kissing me?.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//It's fine, he did resucitate you yesterday. Remember?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... Just... Came at me so suddenly//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I really... Well...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 pub1dream (s&s)]].(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ugh... //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mon ase yuo fil taht de dring difnt go dowen two gud.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yuo okey misi? U dontn loke two gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//uim... fins. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu sey will puting donw teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I tihnk u mite b a byt fof alitewait.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//ime not... a fucfgine, ligewaige...//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Nto two ldilik ether, nted.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''IME NNOTE A LDEE!''//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Wlle wat ar yu, a mand? Yo dnt loko lile two mchu of a gy.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//isa loneg sortory. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mombol befr falin doen to de flor, it hurtes a litel.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[manson sis yu on de flor an he shugs de ress of is dringe doen.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//yu knoe waht cta?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Grate noe de 2 lobevirds ar drung togter.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wa sisit mansone?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i fuken... lveo yu.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//rily?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y... ye. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[manson ses as yu sloly gte up.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//ten gime a... ksie! //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you ses ass manson come to yu adn kise u onede liss.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u wana.. walge bag to campe twogeter? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he ses ass eh stars to bag awey form yur lisp.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wy note?? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu ses ass yuo bofe walhg oute ofe de ppubs. evribodi logs ate yu too ase yu sumble true towne. yu too don tdrip becausae u too habe aech oders armes arund der sholder.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu too maige it aledeway two de ousrits ofe tonew wen manson trun to faic yu.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ffugit... yu wana go ofer too dat bsuhe ober dere anse wahapsns?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//bute wone yu sope bengin humn?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//idone gifa shid. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he ses ase he puses yu ino de buss befor jompin on tope oyu. you sart blusin as he sartss lfin yure clock up revilin yure bar tu de man.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//you bote a bar?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//jup, idin wan dise tins to sag wene i gete odl. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you ses ase he unbukels de back ofe yur bar, lifin it to revael yur beig basongas. he sarts to garb dem and szuese dem wif his hans it mais you fiel relli goode. he den kises yuo one moar tim ase he pus a han donw an stiCKS IN ''IN!'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''O FUK HES GOTE, WATH THE FCUK WAS DAT YOU FIL LIGE YUR GETIN THE BES SES YUR EVRE HAD AN HES JUSS GOTE A FGER IN YUR PSI! HE DEN SARST TO PULE DON YOUR PANS WIFE DE ODER HAN AN HE OH, FUG OH. WHART GFIHkjj...'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[wuh... wuh happened, h''e OH GOOooooH HES GOING IN AND OUT OF OFGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. FUUUUUUCK...'']
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up.->d2 drunk dream (s&s)]](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ugh... xwx //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[You m''w''oan as you fee''w'' that the d''w''ink didn't go down too g''w''ood.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You okay miss? U dont ''w''ook t''w''o gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//im''w''... fine. pwp //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say whi''w''e putting do''w''n teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I think u m''w''ight be a bit of a ''w''ight''w''eight//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//im''w'' not... a fucking, ''w''ight''w''eight... >:C//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Not t''w''o ''w''ady''w''ike eithe''w'', noted.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''IMw NOT A WADY!'' >:C//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//''W''e''ww''e wat are u, a m''w''an? U dont ''w''ook ''w''ike t''w''o m''w''uch of a gy.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//its a ''w''ong sto''w''y. pWp //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u m''w''um''w''ble before fa''ww''ing down to de f''w''oo''w'', it hurts a ''w''itt''w''e.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[m''w''anson sees u on de f''w''oo''w'' and he chugs the ''w''est of is d''w''ink do''w''n.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u kno''w'' ''w''hat cat?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//G''w''eat no''w'' the t''w''o ''w''ovebi''w''ds a''w''e d''w''unk togethe''w''.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''hat is it m''w''ason?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i fucking... ''w''ove u.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''ea''ww''y?, OwO//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y... yes. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[m''w''anson says as you s''w''o''ww''y get up.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//then gimme a... kiss! OwO //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you says as m''w''ason comes to you and kisses u on the ''w''ips.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u ''w''anna.. ''w''alk back t''w''o camp t''w''ogethe''w''? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he says as he sta''w''ts to back away f''w''om ur ''w''ips.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''hy not? x3//](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as u both ''w''alk out of the p''w''ub. ev''w''ybody ''w''ooks at you t''w''o as you stumb''w''e th''w''ough to''w''n. you t''w''o dont t''w''ip because u t''w''o have each othe''w''s a''w''ms around th''w''ie''w'' shou''w''de''w''.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u t''w''o m''w''ake it all the ''w''ay t''w''o the outski''w''ts of to''w''n ''w''hen m''w''ason turns to face u.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//f-fuck it... u ''w''anna go ove''w'' t''w''o that b''w''ush ove''w'' the''w''e and see ''w''hat happens?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//but ''w''ont u stop being h''w''uman? OwO//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i... dont give a shit. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he says as he p''w''ushes u into the b''w''ush befo''w''e jumping on top of u. you sta''w''t b''w''ushing as he sta''w''ts ''w''ifting ur c''w''oak up ''w''evea''w''ing ur b''w''a t''w''o the m''w''an.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u bought a b''w''a?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//yup, i didnt want these things to sag wene i get o''w''d. OwO //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as he unbuck''w''es the back of ur b''w''a, ''w''ifting it to ''w''evea''w'' ur b''w''easts. he sta''w''ts to g''w''ab them and sq''w''eeze them ''w''ith his hands it makes you fee''w'' ''w''ea''ww''y. he then kisses u one moar time as he puts a hand do''w''n and stiCKS IN ''IN!'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''OH FUCK HES GOT, WHAT THE FCUK WAS DAT YOU FIL LIGE YUR GETIN THE BES SES YUR EVRE HAD AN HES JUSS GOTE A FGER IN YUR PSI! HE DEN SARST TO PULE DON YOUR PANS WIFE DE ODER HAN AN HE OH, FUG OH. WHART GFIHkjj...'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[wuh... wuh happened, h''e OH GOOooooH HES GOING IN AND OUT OF OFGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. FUUUUUUCK...'']
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[''W''ake Up.->d2 drunk dream (s&s)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[What the hell happened?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You know fully well what happened.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No really, i was too drunk to know what color the sky was.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You ''know'' what happened]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you stop being- And ''don't'' cut me off here. So fucking vague?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Fine, you fucked Mason.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[wha-->d3 wakeupdrunk (s&s)]]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 pub2wakeup (s&s)]](text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you try to remember your family's old cat. Weren't cats not able to drink alcohol without getting poisoned? Fuck, that might be it. At least that'll make forgeting your pains a hell of a lot easier.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bi-
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, Cat. Let me pay for our meals.//] He says as he produces a small leather wallet.
(text-colour:#347450)[//The boss carries most of our party's gold, but we do keep a bit for ourselves just in case.//] he says as he hands it over to the waiter.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well then you might not want to pool mine in there. It's mostly stolen gold.//] You say as you both get out of the restaurant and walk away.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, does that mean you'll be joining us?//] Halkmir asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't see why not.//] You reply. You might've scoffed at the idea a couple of days ago, but they've grown on you. You might as well.
Plus, they're probably the only adventurer group that'll take your fluffy gray titties in with them. You two make your way to the center of town, but Mason isn't there
(text-colour:#347450)[//The boss really should be here by know, smithing a sword really shouldn't take more than half a day.//]
You two look around parts of town in order to find him, but end up empty handed. You two regroup at the center of town again and then you start to see Mason waddling towards you two, with a large, muscular old man behind him.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//hey, cat. hey, halkmir.//] Mason says, stumbling a bit as he walks over to you two. He's pretty drunk, not as drunk as you were a few days ago. Shoul've checked the pub, huh?
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is this wreck of confused emotions yours Ms. "Cat"?.//] A man behind Mason says
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean we know him, but who are you?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm the bartender at the local pub, and i had to drag this guy out because he wouldn't want to leave and/or stop talking about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, no...//] He hickups (text-colour:#01ad79)[//dont tell them that.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, guess that spoils your little suprise.//] The bartender says as you just stand there quietly, not knowing how to react to the indirect confesion of Mason's love for you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ah well... i tried. now can i have another drink to forget this already.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No, just head home with your crazy cat wife.//] He says as he shoves Mason fowards. The bartender walks away afterwards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ignore what he said, he's full of ''shit''... i didn't say nothing.//] Mason slurs as he stumbles into your shoulder.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What the hell is gotten into you Mason? You've never acted like this.//] Halkmir says, as he drags Mason away from your shoulder, holding him by the arms.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well...//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, i don't wanna talk right now. can we just head back to camp?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine.//] He angrily says to Mason before releasing his grip on his arms. (text-colour:#347450)[//Are you just gonna stand there, or are you coming too, Cat?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, just... I'll be right there.//] You say as you begin to walk with them. You three make it to the outskirts of town, when Mason taps Halkmir on the shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//halk, can we... stop for a moment.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//For what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, i just want to have a word with cat.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You've got a minute, no more.//] Halkmir says as Mason starts walking over to you, drunkenly. He then locks eyes with you, you start to blush a bit as you try to avoid eye contact. It feels like he's been staring at you for half a minute already.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Are you just going to stand there, making her uncomfortable or are you gonna say som-.//] Halkmir says, but is interrupted as Mason quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//''MASON WHAT THE HELL?!'' ''WHAT THE IN THE GODS' NAME WERE YOU THINKING?!''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i said, shut the hell up. and take me to camp.//] Mason says as Halkmir quickly grabs him by the arm and drags him away from your still unresponsive self.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look Cat, let's move before this drunk jackass gets any more funny ideas.//] He says, still holding Mason away from you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't let him do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You three walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir?//] You say, trying to break the eerie quiet walk home. He tries to remain quiet, but he speaks up.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't want to talk right now, Cat.//] He says.
You three walk for a few more minutes before seeing the overlook in the distance. Then, you three make the walk up to the camp, Halkmir takes Mason to his tent and lays him down to sleep. Halkmir then walks over to you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//]
You say nothing in return, just staring at the fire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] He repeats.
You at least look at him this time, you still don't say anything though, you just give him a sad look.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... I don't even know what to say.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well... I'm worried... What if i infected Mason by him kissing me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//It's fine, he did resucitate you yesterday. Remember?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I... liked it.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 rest2dream (DumbR)]].Double-click this passage to edit it.I'm actually really close to being able to release the Demo, the account i made to actually have one on the forum has enough actual posts on it to submit already. But i don't want to release a unfinished demo. I at least need to wrap up the storylines that i started, or at least up until the night of day 2.
Worked on finally finishing the two Smart routes, and now they're finished. So if i work efficiently, i can get the day 1 of the other partial routes and maybe even some of the day 2.
So, here's to actually having something releaseable soon.(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 rest2wakeup (s&s)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 tailor2wakeup (s&s)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 pub1wakeup (s&s)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What, What the ''hell''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[There's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I just got ''fucked'' for the first time and you're just gonna leave me here in this black void?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You're an anti-climactic asshole.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you already got to experience climax so i don't have to give you another one.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck off.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (s&s)]]
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(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (s&s)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (s&s)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
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(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (s&s)]]
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(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (s&s)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-colour:#430707)[''Bad End.'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You suck at diving.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Is that really a good skill to learn in a job field like mine?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nope, but would've come in handy right now.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Yeah, and in no other situation.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[But this situation was the one that did you in.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Wait did i die already?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Y- No, you're actually being pulled away from me right now.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Hah, (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[suck it->resus (smartP)]]](text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fuck, i'm trying.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, he's gone alright. It's been 3 minutes already.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I think i feel a heartbeat.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You sure?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Probably.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//I'm not raising my hopes too much.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Why are you so gods-damned pesimistic?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#347450)[//I'm not acting pesimistic, just realistic.//]
You cough out some water as you draw breath once more.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'll be damned.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Now that you're done making out with that thing, can you explain to me ''WHY IN THE ACTUAL FUCK WOULD YOU DO THIS''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, as Halkmir said, It's a long story that we don't exactly have a lot of time to explain.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''YES YOU DO YOU GODS-DAMNED IMBECILES, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT STORY JUSTIFIES BREAKING QUARANTINE TO KISS THAT GOOD FOR NOTHING BASTARD ON THE SUPPOSED SAFE SIDE OF THOSE WALLS.''//]
(text-style:"subscript","smear")+(text-colour:#978deb)[//can, you...//] You cough through your words (text-style:"subscript","smear")+(text-colour:#978deb)[//shut the, fuck up...//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//What did you say. ''WHAT DID YOU FUCKING SAY TO ME YOU LITTLE SHIT. I EXPECT SOME GODS-DAMNED RESPECT FROM YOU, SEEING AS I HAVE THE POWER TO THROW THE THREE OF YOU FUCKING SHITHEADS BACK INTO THAT HELLHOLE OVER THERE.''//] He screams at you before turning around.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Oh gods, what did i do to deserve this ''FUCKING'' torture fest of fucking dumbasses.//] He then sighs before turning back to face the three of you.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Look, i should ''NOT'' be doing this. ''AT ALL''. But you've been the only actual people to try and cross the wall.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//So as long as there haven't been any new developments over in ''that shitshow'' over the lake, i think you three should get moving before i change my mind.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Then go on. Get the hell out of here, please.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Specially you, you fucking cutpurse.//] He says, pointing at you as the two adventurers drag you up on their shoulders. They drag you by the shoulders until the convoy of guards pass you by and disappear over hills. After some time, you ask the two of them to put you down. You wobble a bit before getting your bearings and following the others ahead until you reach a crossroads in the path. To the right of you is the bridge that leads into the city and to the left is a pretty tall overlook.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We've got enough supplies to set up a camp over there.//] The human says while pointing at the overlook. You three walk towards a small incline on the side of it.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Halkmir, you go ahead and set up the camp.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Got it.//] He replies as he starts to make his way up to the overlook.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//And you, Adventurers don't usually carry around enough things for two full-sized tents, you're gonna have to sleep with one of us.//] He says as he turns to face you.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Eh, i'm used to sleeping cramped up.//] You reply, half-joking, half-telling the truth.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Also, tell Halkmir that i'll be gone for a few hours while i go do some things.//] He tells you as you start to walk up the incline.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Thief.//] The Dwarf says as you arrive at the top of the overlook.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Can't you call me something else that doesn't seem like you're about to arrest me?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, seeing as you've never actually told us your name. I though it be nice to get you a nickname.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Eh, used to it anyways.//] You joke.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Anyways, can you help me push these stakes in?//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//You know i'm not good for hard labor.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What are you good for then//] He says as he stops hammering and tilts his head to look at you.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//You know what i'm good at.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Touche, can you at least keep me company here?//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//I don't see why not.//]
You two chat for a bit as he hammers in the stakes for the tents, as he finishes, the sun starts to set over Imperial City. The overlook is at a perfect position to see it too.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Well isn't this romantic?//] You joke.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yup, sometimes the world has it's few concesions, silver linings if you will.//] Halkmir replies.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Anyways, before, well. What's his name?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, his name is Mason. You already know i'm not a big fan of names over nicknames.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Well, before Mason comes back, you wanna just talk for a bit?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't see why not.//]
You two talk for another while as the sun comes down over the City. As the moon starts to shine, Mason comes back to the camp.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'm back, I hope i didn't miss much.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well you did miss me chatting a bit with our here Thief.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No luck on finding a better nickname for him?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nope, plus i think he'd rather die than tell us his real name.//] Halkmir says as you lay against a tree with your arms crossed.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Speaking of, I got you something so you don't have to be sleeping on the grass.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Wha- Oh.//] You say as Mason shoves a bedroll into your arms (text-colour:#978deb)[//Well, uh. I apreciate it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No problem.//] Mason says as he walks over to the middle of the camp to start a fire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Now i know we talked a bit earlier, but you never really told me what you plan on doing after today.//] Halkmir says to you as he's still sat on the ground next to you.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Eh, i really don't even know myself. I'll probably decide on what i'll do tommorrow.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i hope you really think about it. You've been suprisingly pleasant to talk to for a bit.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Oh please, my work's suprising people. Either it be a good or bad suprise.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That's certainly a funny way to put it.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Yup.//] You say as you see Halkmir looking up to the sky.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, it's getting late. If you wanna sleep in my tent. You've got an open invitation. Otherwise, i won't put it against you if you think mine's a little cramped.//] He says before getting up and walking to his tent.
You're now alone in your little corner of the camp, so you decide in which tent you're gonna sleep in.
[[Sleep in the Mason's Tent->MasonSleep (smartP)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->HalkSleep (smartP)]]Maybe this'll take a lot more work actually.
Mainly because i've had to rewrite most of the Bits for the partial route. really can't reuse a lot of the stuff, purely because of what the player looks like during it. I did finish the Smart aproach for the partial route up until day 1, and i'm working on the direct aproach right now. Plus, i forgot that you could just abandon the others in the partial path after you get found out.
Also wrote some descriptions of the player, you can get to them by clicking on the first "You" of the day, every day. It's got some description of the player's physical state. Plus it's narrated in the player's mental state, so it describes the player's mental state too.
Will still keep focusing on this, maybe i'll get that demo version soon enough.
//PS: The File of the Game is now 1 MB//(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well i'm glad you're getting used to things now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Eh, you could say it like that.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[So you're accepting that you're like this.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No, no. Not that used to it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Then, what type of "//used to it//" are you on then.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[The mild annoyance type.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[We'll see if that mentallity stays through today.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Gods, you just love being (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[vague don't y-->d2 wakeup (dWander)]]][[You->Description (d2 dWander)]] open your eyes up to the sunlight gleeming through the window on your left. You get out of bed, still feeling fuzzy on what happened yesterday before some agressive jiggling inside of your shirt reminds you kindly.
You're still in the room you rented yesterday. So at least the bartender hasn't reported you to the guards for no reason. You decide to grab your clothes and put them on again. They all slide on easily, but they do start drooping and sagging around again. You then open the door to your room and walk out before making your way down the stairs.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Hey miss Catlady, glad to know you're real and i didn't go insane last night. Did you find your room comfortable last night.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I would've probably been better than my actual bed. Well, if i still wasn't getting used to all my new appendages.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, anyways that'll be 5 gold.//] He says as you reach into your gold pouch and pull out 5 shiny coins before dropping them on the bar.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Anyways, i'd like to talk to you about some things i want to know.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Sure ask away.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Do you know anyone who can possibly help me get back to my old self?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well i don't know much about magic mumbo-jumbo, but this town doesn't really have a lot of wizards either. All the wizards i've ever met were from Imperial City or from Nevelle.//]
Oh yeah, Nevelle. That's the one Elven Capitol City. It's still technically under the wing of the empire, but it's allowed a lot more autonomy than most other cities. It's not that big for a city, really looking more like a town. But their buildings reach very far into the sky using magical elven building techniques. If you can't find help there, you can't find help anywhere.
Unluckly, the city's a very long travel away. Imperial City is pretty much in the heart of the continent, that's why it's always been so important. But Nevelle is about as Far south as it gets for the continent. The last time you went there, it took at least 3 days by horse and buggy. You can't even imagine trying to leg that.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Is there really no one else you know?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//There is Marl, the Heroes' wizard.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm not talking to those assholes again.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I guess you've got bad blood with them.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You could say that.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Welp, what are you gonna do then.//]
There's absolutely no way you're talking to those two again, but you do have to do something. You can't just stay like this forever. But hell, the trip over to Nevelle will probably take forever.
Or really, you could just give up.
[[Go to Nevelle]]
[[Eh...]]You decide to sleep in the Mason's tent.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Thief.//] He says as you come in.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Yo.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//So, uh. Anything interesting happen on the camp today?//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Not really.//] You say as you toss your bedroll on the floor.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Like absolutely nothing important, or interesting in any way.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//I did talk to Halkmir for a bit, but you know that, and it's not really that interesting.//] You say as you get into the bedroll.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Huh, well goodnight, i guess.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Goodnight.//] You say as you close your eyes and turn away from Mason.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->masonleep (smartP Dream)]]You decide to sleep in Halkmir's Tent.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Hey, Halkmir.//] You say as you come into the tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh hey, i though my invitation would tempt you.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Well seeing as we're becoming fast friends, i'd though i'd sleep in here. Even if it is a little crowded.//] You say as you drop down your bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I did tell you that there was gonna be very little space in here.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Well it's not that crowded, i can still lay down flat.//] You say as you lay down on your bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Huh, well either my tent's grown or you've somehow shrunk. Because Mason can barely fit in here, and he's about as tall as you.//] Halkmir jokes.
You laugh it off, knowing full well that he's probably hit the nail on the head.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Welp. I'm getting tired, think i'll get some shut-eye right about now.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Yeah, me too.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Goodnight.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Oh, goodnight to you to.//] You say as you flip around and close your eyes
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->halksleep (smartP dream)]]Worked on the Wander path today, plus did some things for the direct approach.
Didn't have a lot of time to work on this today, did a lot of things in real life.(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you're a lying sack of shit.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Are you really gonna shame me for doing what i did to survive?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I am shaming you, because you don't know that your actions have deep consecuences.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Like what.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Like losing your gods-damned mind and destoying the world with your infectous self.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Oh. Well, i didn't really think it ''All'' through.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you better hope that this somehow works itself in the end. Because no matter how much you try to slow it down, it will not stop spreading.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d2 wakeup (smartP)]]You're you. The Thief. You're 30-something. You were born here, in the Imperial City. and you'll probably die somewhere here too.
You're about 6 foot tall, even though you're hunched over most of the time. It's not like you're a hunchback, you just tend to sculk around most of the time. You're not really fit, or scrawny for that case. You're just kind of average in terms of physique. Sure, there may be manlier men than you, but you're not really androgynous either.
Under the hood of your midnight blue cloak, is your brown head of hair. Luckly it hasn't fallen out like your dad's did at his age. The irises of your eyes are a gray-ish green, your mom's probably the reason for that. You've got a bit of a shadow, but no actual beard or substantial facial hair for that matter.
Other than the afformentioned cloak, you wear a pale brown shirt under it. Some pants that are just a darker shade of that color and some boots that are actually a lighter shade of that color. Oh and your belt, can't forget about your trusty belt. It usually hangs around your hip and holds all your tools, weapons, money, stolen money, stolen goods and even some of those fun potions that are definetly illegal.
Of course, you'd be wearing that, ''usually''. But you're in a jail cell right now, spending the night over some petty theft you commited yesterday. So you're just wearing a cheap cloth shirt and pants right now.
Oh yeah, speaking of, the guard's looking at you funny for not quipping at him in the last half a minute.
[[Quip->wakeup]]You're still you. The Thief. You're 30-something. You were born here, in the Imperial City. and you'll probably die somewhere here too.
You're about 6 foot tall, even though you're hunched over most of the time. It's not like you're a hunchback, you just tend to sculk around most of the time. You're not really fit, or scrawny for that case. You're just kind of average in terms of physique. Sure, there may be manlier men than you, but you're not really androgynous either.
Under the hood of your midnight blue cloak, is your brown head of hair. Luckly it hasn't fallen out like your dad's did at his age. The irises of your eyes are a gray-ish green, your mom's probably the reason for that. You've got a bit of a shadow, but no actual beard or substantial facial hair for that matter.
Other than the afformentioned cloak, you wear a pale brown shirt under it. Some pants that are just a darker shade of that color and some boots that are actually a lighter shade of that color. Oh and your belt, can't forget about your trusty belt. It usually hangs around your hip and holds all your tools, weapons, money, stolen money, stolen goods and even some of those fun potions that are definetly illegal.
You did wake up in the sewer, but at least you're a free man. With no recollection of what happened last night, but free nonetheless.
[[Continue->Vague nonsense]]You're still you, right? The Thief? You're probably still the 30-something you know and love. You were born over there, in the Imperial City.
You're about 5 foot tall now, or slightly shorter. Even Halkmir's about chest height to you. You're pretty petite, even when not looking at how tall you are. You've also got those two now. Either your perspective's off or the Receptionist was right and you've got a rather impressive rack on you. Probably the latter, as even through your very baggy clothes they tent out pretty far.
Under the hood of your baggy midnight blue cloak, is your weird cat/human hybrid head. You've still got something you can sort of call hair on your head, it's some type of fluffier fur that's longer and a lighter color than the rest of your fur. The rest of your gray fur is very fluffy too, just not as much as your "hair". It also has some dark gray stripes sometimes, and your chest and most of the front part of your body is covered in white fur. Your eyes are still green, but a lighter shade, and your pupils are sharp and jagged. //Like a cat's//.
Other than the afformentioned baggy cloak, you wear a pale brown shirt under it. It would be baggy too, if it weren't for that neckline busting cleavage that shows through. Although the cloak covers it completely now, so you don't have to worry about showing some fur. You've still got those pants, which are constantly trying to sag down to your feet. But your wide hips stop them from dropping down. In fact, if you were to lift your cloak up, you would be showing half of your ass and your tail. You've still got those boots, but they're too big now. And even if they were smaller, it would still be a bit weird walking in them. Because they're flat, and you walk on your toes now, so they try to roll around every now and then. Oh and your belt, never forget about the belt. It hangs around the rim of your pants now, for obvious reasons.
But enough gawking at yourself, there's things to be done. And you've still got hope of returning to your dick having self.
[[Continue->day 2 wakeup (direct)]]You're still you, right? The Thief? You're probably still the 30-something you know and love. You were born over there, in the Imperial City.
You're about 5 foot tall now, or slightly shorter. Even Halkmir's about chest height to you. You're pretty petite, even when not looking at how tall you are. You've also got those two now. Either your perspective's off or the Receptionist was right and you've got a rather impressive rack on you. Probably the latter, as even through your very baggy clothes they tent out pretty far.
Under the hood of your baggy midnight blue cloak, is your weird cat/human hybrid head. You've still got something you can sort of call hair on your head, it's some type of fluffier fur that's longer and a lighter color than the rest of your fur. The rest of your gray fur is very fluffy too, just not as much as your "hair". It also has some dark gray stripes sometimes, and your chest and most of the front part of your body is covered in white fur. Your eyes are still green, but a lighter shade, and your pupils are sharp and jagged. //Like a cat's//.
Other than the afformentioned baggy cloak, you wear a pale brown shirt under it. It would be baggy too, if it weren't for that neckline busting cleavage that shows through. Although the cloak covers it completely now, so you don't have to worry about showing some fur. You've still got those pants, which are constantly trying to sag down to your feet. But your wide hips stop them from dropping down. In fact, if you were to lift your cloak up, you would be showing half of your ass and your tail. You've still got those boots, but they're too big now. And even if they were smaller, it would still be a bit weird walking in them. Because they're flat, and you walk on your toes now, so they try to roll around every now and then. Oh and your belt, never forget about the belt. It hangs around the rim of your pants now, for obvious reasons.
But enough gawking at yourself, there's things to be done. And you've still got hope of returning to your dick having self.
[[Continue->day 2 wakeup (s&s)]]You're still you, right? The Thief? You're probably still the 30-something you know and love. You were born over there, in the Imperial City.
You're about 5 foot tall now, or slightly shorter. Even Halkmir's about chest height to you. You're pretty petite, even when not looking at how tall you are. You've also got those two now. Either your perspective's off or the Receptionist was right and you've got a rather impressive rack on you. Probably the latter, as even through your very baggy clothes they tent out pretty far.
Under the hood of your baggy midnight blue cloak, is your weird cat/human hybrid head. You've still got something you can sort of call hair on your head, it's some type of fluffier fur that's longer and a lighter color than the rest of your fur. The rest of your gray fur is very fluffy too, just not as much as your "hair". It also has some dark gray stripes sometimes, and your chest and most of the front part of your body is covered in white fur. Your eyes are still green, but a lighter shade, and your pupils are sharp and jagged. //Like a cat's//.
Other than the afformentioned baggy cloak, you wear a pale brown shirt under it. It would be baggy too, if it weren't for that neckline busting cleavage that shows through. Although the cloak covers it completely now, so you don't have to worry about showing some fur. You've still got those pants, which are constantly trying to sag down to your feet. But your wide hips stop them from dropping down. In fact, if you were to lift your cloak up, you would be showing half of your ass and your tail. You've still got those boots, but they're too big now. And even if they were smaller, it would still be a bit weird walking in them. Because they're flat, and you walk on your toes now, so they try to roll around every now and then. Oh and your belt, never forget about the belt. It hangs around the rim of your pants now, for obvious reasons.
But enough gawking at yourself, there's things to be done. And you've still got hope of returning to your dick having self.
[[Continue->day 2 wakeup (bc)]]You're still you, right? The Thief? You're probably still the 30-something you know and love. You were born over there, in the Imperial City.
You're about 5 foot tall now, or slightly shorter. Even Halkmir's about chest height to you. You're pretty petite, even when not looking at how tall you are. You've also got those two now. Either your perspective's off or you've got a rather impressive rack on you. Probably the latter, as even through your very baggy clothes they tent out pretty far.
Under the hood of your baggy midnight blue cloak, is your weird cat/human hybrid head. You've still got something you can sort of call hair on your head, it's some type of fluffier fur that's longer and a lighter color than the rest of your fur. The rest of your gray fur is very fluffy too, just not as much as your "hair". It also has some dark gray stripes sometimes, and your chest and most of the front part of your body is covered in white fur. Your eyes are still green, but a lighter shade, and your pupils are sharp and jagged. //Like a cat's//.
Other than the afformentioned baggy cloak, you wear a pale brown shirt under it. It would be baggy too, if it weren't for that neckline busting cleavage that shows through. Although the cloak covers it completely now, so you don't have to worry about showing some fur. You've still got those pants, which are constantly trying to sag down to your feet. But your wide hips stop them from dropping down. In fact, if you were to lift your cloak up, you would be showing half of your ass and your tail. You've still got those boots, but they're too big now. And even if they were smaller, it would still be a bit weird walking in them. Because they're flat, and you walk on your toes now, so they try to roll around every now and then. Oh and your belt, never forget about the belt. It hangs around the rim of your pants now, for obvious reasons.
But enough gawking at yourself, there's things to be done. And you've still got hope of returning to your dick having self.
[[Continue->day 2 wakeup (direct)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you're a lying sack of shit.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Are you really gonna shame me for doing what i did to survive?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I am shaming you, because you don't know that your actions have deep consecuences.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Like what.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Like losing your gods-damned mind and destoying the world with your infectous self.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Oh. Well, i didn't really think it ''All'' through.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you better hope that this somehow works itself in the end. Because no matter how much you try to slow it down, it will not stop spreading. And they're already getting a bit suspicious.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d2 wakeup (smartP)]]Fuck it.
There's probably no actual way to reason with him, he's about as thick-headed as they come. You'd rather risk getting examinated, than try to ask him to not do that.
You follow the other two into the only solid looking building in the makeshift guard camp on the bridge and oh hey, that lady's here.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh hey, you're back in here. At least nothing happened to you over there.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Lucy, please don't socialize with posible contaminants, please.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Fine, but you're just probably going to let that one out with a warning again.//] Lucy says as the guard stops, seems to get angry for a second, before breathing in deep and exhaling. He then pushes the three of you into a room with a few jail cells.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really, jail cells?//] The dwarf scofs
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Look, i'm giving you three plenty of mercy as is. So can you sit in a jail cell for 10 minutes without infecting someone?//]
The others say nothing, so you keep your mouth shut as well as you put your things on the table outside and step into the jail cell. The guard locks the jail cells and then leaves. This is probably where you die, so you try to enjoy those sweet final breaths.
The guard returns after a bit with 3 checklists and some tools.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//So, it took me some time to find some info on you two, but yours?//] He says as he points at you. (text-colour:#272e58)[//I pretty much have your file on my counter always.//] He says with a menacing grin. You would be quipping at him right now, but he does kind of have your life in his hands right now.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//First, the Dwarf... Halkmir right?//] The guard says as he moves 2 jail cells to the right. Oh gods, he's even going to make you wait the longest. He's fucking with you right now and he's loving every second of it. Hell, he probably already knows something isn't right about you. Is he just natively suspicious of you? Did he see something? Oh gods, oh gods, fuck, fuck, ''fuck''. You're so nervous now that you can't even hide it, you're sweating profusely, your eyes are shifting around quickly and your legs are real wobbly. Wait, ''oh no''.
That's not nervous leg wobbling, there's something warm rolling down your legs. But you're not horny right now, how could you be changing?
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Oh gods, please just give me one chance.] You pray in your head. Despite this, the changes aren't stopping. Your legs aren't wobbling anymore, but you do feel something weird rolling around in your pants. It's slowly inching downwards and it's 100% a tail.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Fuck fuck fuck fuck ''fuck''] You curse in your head as you feel the strange warmth starts spreading upwards. Where it passes through, makes that area of your body feel fluffy. The warmth finally reaches your neck as you start to feel something bump up against your shirt. Yup, those are boobs. And they're rather big and unhideable, In fact, they're streching the hell out of the neck of your shirt so you can see that they're very big and furry.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Shit...] You exclaim mentally as the fur finally starts marching upwards towards your head, morphing it and melding it as you see a snout start to pop into your view. You also feel something bumping with the top of your hood, those are definetly ears.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Well, i guess this is the end] You tell yourself as you prepare to lose your mind, it's been a good run. But at least you wont feel the moment they chop your head off. Topping it all off, you see the world become bigger as you feel yourself become smaller. Your pants almost fall off, but your also expanding thighs stop them from touching the floor. The warmth suddenly stops.
Welp, here's the moment.
Mental death.
Not with a bang,
But with a, wuh?
Why are you still thinking clearly.
Hell, you can still move your head.
Wait you're still in control!
But you're still going to die, so that's bad.
The guard's probably finishing up with the Human by now. In fact, you can hear him coming this way. Fuck, you've got to really think fast now.
You decide to turn around, your clothes are really baggy now so he'll probably question why you're looking at ''THE WINDOW!''
There's a window in the cell!, your old self probably wouldn't fit in there. But taking a educated guess, nope. Even with your new small body. No way you're getting through that. The untrained eye might think you could though.
But hell, even if you could fit through there, maybe leaping out of a window on a heavily guarded camp would probably exacerbate everything. You're gonna have to just swallow your pride and face death like a sligthly corwardly man.
[[Stand still nervously]]Ah hell, let's try to put some rougish charm into it.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Look, we don't have time for this.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Yes you do.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//No, i mean that checking us is just a waste of time.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//I can afford wasting time if it saves lives.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//I know you've got some sort of saviour complex, but we're all good.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Yes, and i want to know with 100% certainty if that's true.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, the Thief is kind of right. There's no real point to checking if we're human if you can only be 100% human or 100% infected.//] The human adds
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Oh gods, don't take his side.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What about you? Do you know with 100% certainty that you even need to check us?//] The dwarf adds.
The guard sighs.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Fine, fine. It is rather pointless.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//But if i find out that any of you have done as much as given someone a cough. ''I will be there to personally hang you''.//] The guard says while grabbing you by the scruff of your shirt. He then releases his grip on you before pointing at the other two.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Same for you two dolts. Now get out of my sight before i start to reason with myself.//] He says as you three take the hint and start hauling ass out of the camp.
Gods, you actually did it. You reasoned with the most thick headed man in the entire city. And all it took was the backing of these two. You still better hope that you don't end up losing your mind at the end of your transformation, or at least you wont feel yourself getting hanged after it.
[[Continue->Camp (Pdirect)]]You're going to face death like a ma-
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Thief.//] The guard says as you feel him eyeing up the back of you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah what is it.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you please turn around.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Are you sure?//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//What do you mean am i sure? Are you really joking at a time like this you ''dense'' fuck?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, look. I'll turn around, but can you please promise me that you won't stab me inmmeadiately//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//What do y- ''OH MY GODS WHAT THE FUCK?!''//] He screams as you turn around. His face a mixture of disgust and anger.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I can explain. Please.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN EXPLAIN, YOU WALKING, TALKING AFRONT TO THE GODS' CREATIONS?!''//] He screams as you hear metallic rustling as the others try to peak through the bars of their cells.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i don't fucking know what's happening to me, but i'm still me. I haven't lost my mind.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''YES YOU HAVE, YOU LYING CUTPURSE! YOU JUST WANT TO BE LET BACK OUT SO YOU CAN INFEST EVERYONE BEYOND THE WALL!''//]
Fuck, you knew he really wasn't going to buy it. Hell, you might not even buy your own lie. What makes you think that you wouldn't just infect everyone the moment he lets you go.
Wait, You've got an idea.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But i won't.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Yes you will.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You've seen those things, they clearly aren't capable of thinking things through. So why am i talking to you?//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//That still doesn't change anything, you could just be lying to me like you clearly lied to these two dolts. Why am i even talking to ''you''?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Because if i really wanted to infect people i would be outside doing it right now.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're in a cell.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//There's a glass window behind me.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Fuck, ''FUCK''.//] He screams before turning around and sighing.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Look, Fuck it. You've planted doubt in my head.//]
A guard passes by and gives him a rolled piece of parchment. He unfurrows it and clears his throat.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you please sign this statement that you won't go around spreading whatever it is you got inside that body.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure. Let me see it.//] You say as he opens the cell gate before extending his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement. You grab it and make a writing gesture while looking at him, he looks around before grabbing his quil from the desk set up outside the cell, Dipping it a little in the ink well before handing it to you.
//By royal decree of the mighty Agean Empire, I Shan't harm a single soul of any imperial citizen with my newly recieved affliction. May i fail this agreement, i shall be punished by hanging of the neck.// The statement reads, you quickly sign it and hand it over to the Guard, who slowly reaches out and grabs it quickly before looking at it.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Fine, let me get these two out before you.//] He says as he grabs some keys and starts unlocking the cells adjacent to you. You hear the other two rush out, probably too afraid to even look at you.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You can go now.//] He says as he opens the jail cell, as you walk out you trip a bit on your boots. But you maintain your balance. The guard is trying to maintain his distance between him and you as you walk out.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, can i have that paper back?//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Why should i oblidge you this.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//So those two, or anyone else for that matter don't cut my head off.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Sure then, here.//] He says before he extends his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement back.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, wait a second] Your mind screams as you realize that you signed with your real name. You blush a bit before quickly correcting the mistake by brushing the ink off with a bit of your cloak.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Knew you'd do that.//] The guard chuckles. as you grab the quil and write "Thief" on the statement.
[[Grab your things->grabthings (PFdirect)]]You grab the your belt before heading out of the door, You then see the lady at the counter again.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//I knew he was gonna let- ''Oh my gods.''//] She says as she spots your changes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Don't ask.//] You pout as you keep walking and flash the statement at her.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Of course i'm going to ask, what the hell happend to you in there?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i don't know.//] You say as you stop and turn around to face her.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well, i think you look nice.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Appreciate the complement, but i gotta go.//] You say as you take the belt in your hands and slide it down your body, you put it in the spot where it always hangs at, but it slides all the way down to the top of your thighs.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Might want to get that refited.//] She comments (text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and get a big bra too, and a good one at that, you look to be about a H or so and you ''definetly'' don't want those puppies to sag later.//]
You blush coyly as you turn away from the judging gaze of the receptionist.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//What?, i do this to other women all the time. I studied fashion for gods' sake//] She says as you pan your head around for a second.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i'm still getting used to it, ok. I don't even know if i'll be like this for long now.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Fine, you do you. But you would look nice in a white dress. Oh and really consider the bra, those things ''will'' kill your back.//]
You shudder at the though and get out of the makeshift station before she can put any more mental images of you in women's clothing.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Did you actually see what he looked like?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//A little. Don't know how the guard didn't inmmeadiately get suspicious when he opened his mouth.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I did notice how weirdly squeaky his voice got.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, but you should shut up, //](text-colour:#347450)[//i think he's coming out.//]
You sigh as you spot the two, waiting outside of the building.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//You lied to us.//] The human speaks out
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I know, i know. Look, i did what i did to stay alive.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Alive is a big word.//] The dwarf says as he pushes the human aside.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I took a big risk, and it worked out in the end. Really, i was ready to die in there if things went wrong.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//But you were still risking too much. You're acted ''extremely'' selfishly.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Really, i'm sorry. Really, really sorry.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I don't even know if we can trust you anymore.//] The human adds before they both turn away and start walking out of the camp.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''NO'', No, no ''please''.//] You say in a extremely worried voice as you try to make them come back.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I, I don't want to stay like this, ''please''.//] You plead at the two adventurers, almost bowing at them as they walk away. The human turns around to face you. He sighs as he sees you on the floor, almost crawling. He grips your furry hand and lifts you up on your feet.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fuck, why am i doing this.//] He sighs as your eyes meet (text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine, you can come with us. But there better not be any more suprises.//] He says as you go in for a hug. You really don't know why you're doing it, but you're feeling rather emotional right now.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I said, no more suprises.//] He says as you snap back to reality.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Sorry'', sorry, sorry.//] You yelp as you give him some personal space. The three of you then walk off towards the edge of the camp.
[[Continue->Camp (PFdirect)]]Got all of the day 1 content done for the partial route today, also rewrote some things around the full path. Things that i though were out of place, or seemed weird.
Not much other than that, sure it might not sound like much work. But i've been at it since the start of the day. Could probably get this releaseable in 1-2 days. Not shitting this time, really 1-2 days.
Also, decided that making the charater get transformed only when he was horny wasn't really good for the story. I wrote it so that it's controlled by getting emotional, it just happens that getting horny is one way of getting really emotional.(text-colour:#01ad79)[//There's an overlook over there, we can set up a camp over there to plan our next moves.//]
You three start to walk away from the quarantine camp on the outer banks of the bridge, making your way towards the overlook.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Halkmir, can you go on ahead and start setting up the camp.//] The human says as you arrive at the incline that leads to the overlook.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure.//] The Dwarf says, as he splits off from you two. he walks up towards the overlook. Sometimes staring back at you as he walks up the incline.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//And you. Can we talk?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure.//] You say coyly.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you please treat me like a normal human being, you're being too clingy.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh, sorry.//] You say, blushing.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'm gonna go get some things from a nearby town, tell Halkmir i'll be back in a few hours.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok.//] You say as you start walking up the incline towards the top of the overlook.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Thief.//] The Dwarf says as you arrive at the top of the overlook.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Hey Halkmir.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where's the Boss?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh, he said he'd be back in a few hours.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Ok. But can you help me with these stakes? They're being pretty annoying.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure.//] You say as you grab a mallet and start helping Halkmir with some of the camp work.
You two chat for a bit as you both hammer in the stakes for the tents, as you finish, the sun starts to set over Imperial City. The overlook is at a perfect position to see it too.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//This looks nice.//] You comment as you take in the view.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yup, sometimes the world has it's few concesions, silver linings if you will.//] Halkmir replies.
(text-colour:#347450)[//But, uh. I've got a bit of a burning question.//] He says as he sits down on a wooden log by a unlit campfire in the middle of the camp
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What is it.//] You ask as you sit besides him.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Why are you acting so shy?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know.//] You could descibe the way you said that as "while shrinking in your clothes" but it already looks like you've shrunk in your clothes.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, if this is about what happened on the bridge. We didn't really mean it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//We were just in shock of what had happened, we didn't even know how to react.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well... Thanks Halkmir//] You say as you rest your head on his shoulder.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Ok, but can you not do that.//] Halkmir says as he gently moves your head away from his shoulder.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sorry, sorry.//] You say as you blush and scoot a little to the left to give Halkmir some personal space.
The camp becomes quiet for a bit.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look. You know how i call the Boss, the Boss right?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah? What's his name anyways.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//His name's Mason. I don't really like saying actual names, but neither do i like the name "Thief". What's your name?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I really don't want to say it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, ok. Then how about we get you a new nickname?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure, go ahead.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//How about... Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean, it's a bit generic. But sure.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well than Cat, how about you tell me about that boat story you mentioned.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's a bit crude, but sure.//] You say as the two of you socialize for some time as the sun goes down and the moon rises over the landscape.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'm back, I hope i didn't miss much.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well you did miss me chatting a bit with our here Cat.//] The dwarf says, with a open palm pointing towards you in a presenting manner.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Speaking of, Can you please come over here with me?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure.//] You say as you walk over to a secluded bit at the back of the camp with Mason.
Mason looks to the right and clears his throat. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//About you.//] He begins
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What about me?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I know you're in a lot of pain. Not physical, because that's the type i'd expect a person like you to be very expressive about.//] Your face goes from question to a droopy sadness.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Your world just got turned upside-down and twisted around for good measure. And you're very much desperate for any help you could get.//] He says as you start to tear up slightly.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I can help you.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Our other party members, Saraa and Marl. They can help you, hell, even old Halkmir over there can help you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks Mason...//] Are the only words you can muster.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Now, other than that. I got you an extra bedroll from a nearby town. Just throw it in whichever tent you want and i'm sure neither me or Halkmir will mind some company.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Also, before you go... Sorry about what i've said to you or done for that matter. I've been acting out of fear all day, and i've felt really bad about it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok... Thanks...//] You answer, still a bit teary-eyed. You grab the bedroll and decide where you're gonna sleep tonight.
[[Sleep in Mason's Tent->MasonSleep (PFdirect)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->HalkSleep (PFdirect)]]Yes that is spelt correctly, i googled it.
Coy as in shy, ly as in doing it right now. So acting really shy.
It's not spelt Coily, because that means that something has a bunch of coils. It's spelt Coyly.You decide to sleep in Mason's tent, he's still outside so you just place your bedroll down and wait for him to come.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Cat.//] He says as he comes in after a few minutes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You're gonna start calling me that too?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, you never really gave us your name. Speaking of which, how did you know mine?, i never told you it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir told it to me while we were talking earlier.//] You say as Mason walks over to another spot in the tent, dropping his bedroll down and sitting in it.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then you've warmed up to us pretty nicely//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean, it's a preferable outcome than just being left at the bridge.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Mhmm.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yup.//]
The tent is filled with an awkward silence before Mason breaks it again.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look... I'm just gonna be blunt with you. You make me feel strange.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Strange?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Very much so.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Before all this, i always though you were some lonesome cutpurse that just drowned his pains away with liquor. But you've changed a lot today, and extremely quickly.//] He says as you blush.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mhmm?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yup.//]
The tent is again filled with an awkward silence.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, i never really liked you. But you're actually pretty kind. I like you.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Mhmm?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yup.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it's getting pretty late. I Think i'll go to bed now, Goodnight Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight, Mason.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->masonsleep (PFdirect dream)]]You decide to sleep in Halkmir's tent
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Hey Halkmir.//] You say as you come into his tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well if it isn't the lovely Ms. Cat. Come to give me company?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah sure, i hope you don't mind me sleeping here.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nah, lay that mat down like you own the place.//] Halkmir says as he pats the floor.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You seem pretty nice to me after we talked for a bit.//] You say as you plop down your bedroll in a nice comfortable spot.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I tend to get pretty dumb and unnecesarily hostile when something threathens the people i like to be around. But, i'm glad you broke through the ice of my stubborn ways.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm just glad that you two let me back in after my lie unraveled.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That was more of Mason's idea. I was still mainly focused on being afraid of you. I can tell you sort of did something to him.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What do you mean.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, he did shoo you away when you hugged him. But he's been acting real weird ever since. Can't really point anything out yet, but i reckon he's got something on you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh, really...//] You say, blushing a bit.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I wouldn't blame him really, you are a rather pretty sight for sore eyes.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh...//] You say, now definetly blushing.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Welp, i think it's getting pretty late. I'm gonna hit the hay... Goodnight Miss Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight Halkmir.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->halksleep (PFdirect dream)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Man, you're really falling deep into this aren't you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You said "Oh" with a blush]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yeah, i kinda was...]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You ''were'', in fact, you're doing it right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I am? ''I am''.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Ah hell, can you cool it with the girliness, you're weirding even me out.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[How? i'm just acting normally.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well try not to act so "Normally" today.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I mean, i'll try.](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Man, you're really falling deep into this aren't you?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You were blushing through half of that conversation.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yeah, i kinda was...]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You ''were'', in fact, you're doing it right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I am? ''I am''.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Ah hell, can you cool it with the girliness, you're weirding even me out.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[How? i'm just acting normally.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well try not to act so "Normally" today.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I mean, i'll try.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[am i?->day 2 wakeup (PFDir)]]](text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, we can set up a camp up on this Overlook.//] The human says while pointing at the overlook. You three walk towards a small incline on the side of it.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Halkmir, you go ahead and set up the camp.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Got it.//] He replies as he starts to make his way up to the overlook.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//And you, Adventurers don't usually carry around enough things for two full-sized tents, you're gonna have to sleep with one of us.//] He says as he turns to face you.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Eh, i'm used to sleeping cramped up.//] You reply, half-joking, half-telling the truth.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Also, tell Halkmir that i'll be gone for a few hours while i go do some things.//] He tells you as you start to walk up the incline.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Thief.//] The Dwarf says as you arrive at the top of the overlook.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Can't you call me something else that doesn't seem like you're about to arrest me?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, seeing as you've never actually told us your name. I though it be nice to get you a nickname.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Eh, used to it anyways.//] You joke.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Anyways, can you help me push these stakes in?//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//You know i'm not good for hard labor.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What are you good for then//] He says as he stops hammering and tilts his head to look at you.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//You know what i'm good at.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Touche, can you at least keep me company here?//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//I don't see why not.//]
You two chat for a bit as he hammers in the stakes for the tents, as he finishes, the sun starts to set over Imperial City. The overlook is at a perfect position to see it too.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Well isn't this romantic?//] You joke.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yup, sometimes the world has it's few concesions, silver linings if you will.//] Halkmir replies.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Anyways, before, well. What's his name?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, his name is Mason. You already know i'm not a big fan of names over nicknames.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Well, before Mason comes back, you wanna just talk for a bit?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't see why not.//]
You two talk for another while as the sun comes down over the City. As the moon starts to shine, Mason comes back to the camp.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'm back, I hope i didn't miss much.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well you did miss me chatting a bit with our here Thief.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No luck on finding a better nickname for him?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nope, plus i think he'd rather die than tell us his real name.//] Halkmir says as you lay against a tree with your arms crossed.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Speaking of, I got you something so you don't have to be sleeping on the grass.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Wha- Oh.//] You say as Mason shoves a bedroll into your arms (text-colour:#978deb)[//Well, uh. I apreciate it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No problem.//] Mason says as he walks over to the middle of the camp to start a fire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Now i know we talked a bit earlier, but you never really told me what you plan on doing after today.//] Halkmir says to you as he's still sat on the ground next to you.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Eh, i really don't even know myself. I'll probably decide on what i'll do tommorrow.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i hope you really think about it. You've been suprisingly pleasant to talk to for a bit.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Oh please, my work's suprising people. Either it be a good or bad suprise.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That's certainly a funny way to put it.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Yup.//] You say as you see Halkmir looking up to the sky.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, it's getting late. If you wanna sleep in my tent. You've got an open invitation. Otherwise, i won't put it against you if you think mine's a little cramped.//] He says before getting up and walking to his tent.
You're now alone in your little corner of the camp, so you decide in which tent you're gonna sleep in.
[[Sleep in the Mason's Tent->MasonSleep (Pdirect)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->HalkSleep (Pdirect)]]You decide to sleep in the Mason's tent.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Thief.//] He says as you come in.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Yo.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//So, uh. Anything interesting happen on the camp today?//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Not really.//] You say as you toss your bedroll on the floor.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Like absolutely nothing important, or interesting in any way.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//I did talk to Halkmir for a bit, but you know that, and it's not really that interesting.//] You say as you get into the bedroll.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Huh, well goodnight, i guess.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Goodnight.//] You say as you close your eyes and turn away from Mason.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->masonleep (Pdirect Dream)]]You decide to sleep in Halkmir's Tent.
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Hey, Halkmir.//] You say as you come into the tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh hey, i though my invitation would tempt you.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Well seeing as we're becoming fast friends, i'd though i'd sleep in here. Even if it is a little crowded.//] You say as you drop down your bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I did tell you that there was gonna be very little space in here.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Well it's not that crowded, i can still lay down flat.//] You say as you lay down on your bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Huh, well either my tent's grown or you've somehow shrunk. Because Mason can barely fit in here, and he's about as tall as you.//] Halkmir jokes.
You laugh it off, knowing full well that he's probably hit the nail on the head.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Welp. I'm getting tired, think i'll get some shut-eye right about now.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Yeah, me too.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Goodnight.//]
(text-colour:#978deb)[//Oh, goodnight to you to.//] You say as you flip around and close your eyes
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->halksleep (Pdirect dream)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you're a lying sack of shit.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Are you really gonna shame me for doing what i did to survive?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I am shaming you, because you don't know that your actions have deep consecuences.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Like what.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Like losing your gods-damned mind and destoying the world with your infectous self.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Oh. Well, i didn't really think it ''All'' through.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you better hope that this somehow works itself in the end. Because no matter how much you try to slow it down, it will not stop spreading. And they're already getting a bit suspicious.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d2 wakeup (PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you're a lying sack of shit.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Are you really gonna shame me for doing what i did to survive?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I am shaming you, because you don't know that your actions have deep consecuences.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Like what.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Like losing your gods-damned mind and destoying the world with your infectous self.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Oh. Well, i didn't really think it ''All'' through.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you better hope that this somehow works itself in the end. Because no matter how much you try to slow it down, it will not stop spreading.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d2 wakeup (PDirect)]]You're you. In your head, but physically you're some sort of catgirl. At least you still know that you're in your 30-somethings. You were born over at Imperial City.
You're about 5 foot tall now, or slightly shorter. You're pretty petite, even when not looking at how tall you are. You've also got those two now. Either your perspective's off or the Receptionist was right and you've got a rather impressive rack on you. Probably the latter, as you're only wearing your shirt and your boobs tent out like mountains over the busted neckline of the shirt.
You head is some type of weird cat/human hybrid head. You've still got something you can sort of call hair on your head, it's some type of fluffier fur that's longer and a lighter color than the rest of your fur. The rest of your gray fur is very fluffy too, just not as much as your "hair". It also has some dark gray stripes sometimes, and your chest and most of the front part of your body is covered in white fur. Your eyes are still green, but a lighter shade, and your pupils are sharp and jagged. //Like a cat's//.
Right now you're only wearing your baggy brown shirt and your underwear. The shirt acting as a shirt and skirt at the same time as it sags down to the the middle of your ass. Normally, you'd be wearing your cloak over it with your pants and your boots. But they're over there, strewn over the cabinets. But they are equally unfitting, seeing as you looked like a kid in adult clothes yesterday. Oh and your belt, it stopped hanging in the spot that it always did. It dropped down to your ass yesterday.
But enough gawking at yourself, there's things to be done. And you've still got hope of returning to your dick having self.
[[Continue->d2 wakeup (dWander)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I guess that only leaves me with one choice, doesn't it.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You're going all the way to Nevelle, right?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yup, unless you've got any other ideas.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, actually. I really liked having you around. You're a fun gal to talk to, really.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But i'm no gal. And i'm going to Nevelle.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Suit yourself.//] He says as he turns to prepare the bar for when he opens it tonight.
After a few hours of searching, you find a wagon that's going to Nevelle. After explaining your situation, they let you come with. And you ride off into the Great Elven City.
[[Ride Off Into The Sunset->End (Wanderer)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well...//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well what.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fuck it. I'm not going over there.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So you're just gonna stay like this?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I guess so.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Huh.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You've decided to give up->End (giveupbar)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[In the end, you decided to give up on all hope of ever going back to your old self.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You got used to your new body rather quickly, other than some strange looks from travellers sometimes. Things faded into normality after a while. You got a job at the Pub to have some way of making money other than endlessly stealing things. You later get into a more commited relationship with Louis, the bartender. It's not exactly the way you would've wanted to end up. But you're happy to be with someone you love. Even if you did end up as the female part of the relationship.]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[Without the Thief, Mason and Halkmir went back into the city in search for Saraa and Marl. After reuniting with them, they prepared for an all out assault on the Imperial Senate, where the Lich was hiding. They were never seen again.]
(text-colour:#741818)[The Lich remained in Imperial City, he tried getting out many times to exact his ideals on the rest of the world. But planning, preparations and defenses stopped him in his tracks always. He still remains stuck in the ruins of the Imperial City, where he's turned the city into a cesspit of constant sexual interaction between the infected populace of the city.]
(text-colour:#272e58)[Due to Pyle's importance in stopping all of the Lich's advances and the disappearance of the Emperor, he was put in Charge of running the Empire in his wake. He places an order to destroy all ways in and out of the city eventually. Turning the once proud simbol of the Empire's might, into nothing more than a abandoned ruin which you can see in the distance as you walk around the lake that sorrounds the city.]
(text-colour:#deb8ce)[As you grew old, the number of people like you grew. Your catlike DNA spreading through the land as your children had children. The new race of Felines was here to stay. Most people know the Felines as great Rouges, Hunters and Shopkeepers. Their small stature and flexible frames being perfect for sneaking. As well as their keen knowledge on all things Mixological. You really can't beat a expensive Feline drink.]
(text-colour:#e68759)[The Town of Gatemeir, even if you weren't there to see it grow as you passed away from old age, became the most important City in all the Empire. Becoming the new home of All things bureaucratic in the Empire. Most of it's populace are Humans, but it does boast the largest Feline population in the entire Empire. Some punny wordsmiths even call it //Empurrrial City// as a lame attempt at a joke.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[And so the Story of the Rouge comes to an End. Whether she knew it or not, she became one of the most important people in the history of the Empire.
And with her actions, the world was forever changed.]
//''The End''//
//Ending: The Bartender's Wife.//
[[Start Over->Start]]Started writing day 2 of the Partial route, started by writing the wander path. There's not a lot of places i can take the wander path without it being boring to read through or to write for that matter. So i actually decided to make it be the quickest path to the game's first actual ending.
Decided to make the endings like Fallout's endings, where you're narrated about the things that have happened because of you. Or important things that have happened after the end.
PS: if you zoomed out on the whole project today, it looked like a pixelated cat getting punted.(text-style:"blur","fidget")[In the end, you decided to ride off towards Nevelle, in desperate search of a way back to normal.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[In Nevelle, you found nothing but more questions. Even finding the most powerful and intelligent Elven wizard couldn't turn you back to your old self forever, Your DNA was forever altered by whatever happened to you back in the Old Imperial City. In the end, you decided to remain like you were as the cost of all the polymorph spells started adding up. You left the elven city in a mixture of anger and sadness, knowing that you were stuck like this for the rest of your life. After that, you kept wandering.]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[Without the Thief, Mason and Halkmir went back into the city in search for Saraa and Marl. After reuniting with them, they prepared for an all out assault on the Imperial Senate, where the Lich was hiding. They were never seen again.]
(text-colour:#741818)[The Lich remained in Imperial City, he tried getting out many times to exact his ideals on the rest of the world. But planning, preparations and defenses stopped him in his tracks always. He still remains stuck in the ruins of the Imperial City, where he's turned the city into a cesspit of constant sexual interaction between the infected populace of the city.]
(text-colour:#272e58)[Due to Pyle's importance in stopping all of the Lich's advances and the disappearance of the Emperor, he was put in Charge of running the Empire in his wake. He places an order to destroy all ways in and out of the city eventually. Turning the once proud simbol of the Empire's might, into nothing more than a abandoned ruin which you can see in the distance as you walk around the lake that sorrounds the city.]
(text-colour:#deb8ce)[As you grew old, you decided to settle down in a field. Jaded from your life of crime and armed with hundreds of new skills learnt from all your days of wandering and the help of a few friends you've met while wandering, you succesfully build a small farming town somewhere down the river that leads to the Ruins of the Imperial City. Years later, you are no longer queen of the town, as you've let your son take care of the position as you grew older and older. Your DNA now roams the land as your children have children, creating a new race of Felines. They are known for being Charismatic Nobles and Rougish Wanderers. The town you established during your lifetime acting as the main hub for the race.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[And so the Story of the Rouge comes to an End. Whether she knew it or not, she became one of the most important people in the history of the Empire.
And with her actions, the world was forever changed.]
//''The End''//
//Ending: The Wanderer.//
[[Start Over->Start]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[I can see that you're a pretty straight foward guy.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Sometimes, the front door is the best option.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[It really wasn't but ok.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[What.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing, nothing.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Anyways, did you try to convince the guard not to check you?]
[[No, i took the examination->PM partbridgeF]]
[[Yes, i did->PM partbridgeH]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Even when you're a few thoughts away from growing tits, you really can't let your old self die, can you?]
(text-colour:#978deb)[It's what i do. Hell, i'll probably die doing it eventually.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Anyways, did- Oh.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I'm actually out of questions.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Ok then, can you drop me here.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure, sure.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up->d2 wakeup (smartP)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[At least you didn't drown.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[See? why can't you be this positive always?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Because you still fuck up on the swim there.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Fuck.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Anyways, did you do beat your cleat?]
[[Uhh...->PM partDumbF]]
[[No.->PM partDumbH]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wow, you didn't even try to hide it.]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Shut up, please.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh so you just want to be stuck in this black void now?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[''No'', no, no.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Anyways, can't ask you more questions.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Why not?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[This is literally the end of the list of questions i'm allowed to ask me.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Well then, can you get me out of here?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up->day 2 wakeup (PFDir)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Real lucky that the people you're lying to are gullible enough to cover for you.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Can you really not say it like that.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I'm saying it like it is, you asshole.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Well fuck you too.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Anyways, oh. I'm fresh out of questions.]
(text-colour:#978deb)[Good, can you let me go then.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Fine.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up->d2 wakeup (PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[That's what you get, you horny bastard.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Fuck off.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I really should be saying //bastardess.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[And i should be calling you //Assholess.//]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah yeah, anyways. Did you go back to those two or no?]
[[Yeah, i did.->PM partDumbFC]]
[[No, fuck those guys->PM partDumbFW]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh well, you're still getting some tits so i don't care.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Wait, what.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, look down.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[There's no- ''Fuck''.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, yeah. You'll have time to introduce yourself to them later.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh, actually. I'm out of questions.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Well then, can you dump me out of whichever void you seem to live in?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure, and stop insulting my home while you're in it.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up->d2 wakeup (PDumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're very forgiving to the people who tied you up and beat you senseless.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I mean they're probably one, or hell, the only chance i have to be a man again.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[That or you're actually a bit masochistic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wha- No, just ''no''. Ask the next question, please.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, oh. I'm actually out of questions.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Well then, can you dump me out of whichever void you seem to live in?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure, and stop insulting my home while you're in it.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->day 2 wakeup (PFDumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[So you just abandoned your biggest chance for a way back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I don't need those two, they're crutches.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Whatever you say. But there's no more questions, i gotta drop you here.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d2 wakeup (dWander)]][[You->Description (d2PFDumb)]] open your eyes, a faint hope that you wake up in that jail cell in the city still glimmers withing you before being rudely broken by the huge lumps in your bedroll. You yawn and strech your arms before getting out of the bedroll and walking towards the flap of the tent and opening it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, i think we should stop waisting time and get back inside the city to rescue those two.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look Halkmir, we haven't eaten in a whole day, we barely had enough supplies to set up a camp and you want to go back in? I don't even have my ''sword'' on me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then where the hell did you leave it?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Over there.//] He says, pointing towards the city in the distance. They then both realize that you're standing there.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, Cat's woken up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, good morning. I guess.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We were just discusing how dumb it would be to just waltz back in there without any supplies or a weapon.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Speak for yourself, by the time we get ready Saraa and Merl will be long gone.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, Halkmir, you know them. They'll be alright. Saraa is probably somewhere safe and Marl is probably disecting one of those things as we speak.//]
The Dwarf sighs (text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, you got me there. I'll concede that it does sound like a bad plan.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Great, now can you two tell me what we're gonna do today?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, there is that town that's nearby. It's a pretty big town at that. I think it's called Gatemeir? We could go there and stock up on things before we jump the wall again.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, let's get moving.//] You say, knowing full well that you're going to have a lot of explaining to do today.
You three walk back down the incline towards the path, reaching it and following it through the Imperial Forest until you start to see road signs for the town of Gatemeir.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's to the right now, we're pretty close.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look.//] You say arching your spine backwards (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can we take a quick break? My back's killing me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i can probably give you ''two'' reasons for that.//] Halkmir jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you not say it like that, please.//] You reply as he chuckles a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck, i'm starting to think the receptionist was right about these things] You say as you start to move again.
Finally after walking for what felt like a couple of hours you make it to Gatemeir before Midday. The people around you all look at you funny, but you pull out the statement and they go back to their business.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Im gonna go get a new sword at the blacksmith, you two find something to do while he makes it.//]
There's a few things to do in town, There's a fancy restaurant in the town, you're pretty fucking famished after not eating for 2 days. There's also a tailor in the town, maybe you could treat yourself to not having back pain anymore.
[[Go eat->d2 Rest1 (PFD)]]
[[Go to the Tailor->d2 Tailor1 (PFD)]]You're still you, right? The Thief? You're probably still the 30-something you know and love. You were born over there, in the Imperial City.
You're about 5 foot tall now, or slightly shorter. Even Halkmir's about chest height to you. You're pretty petite, even when not looking at how tall you are. You've also got those two now. Either your perspective's off or the Receptionist was right and you've got a rather impressive rack on you. Probably the latter, as even through your very baggy clothes they tent out pretty far.
Under the hood of your baggy midnight blue cloak, is your weird cat/human hybrid head. You've still got something you can sort of call hair on your head, it's some type of fluffier fur that's longer and a lighter color than the rest of your fur. The rest of your gray fur is very fluffy too, just not as much as your "hair". It also has some dark gray stripes sometimes, and your chest and most of the front part of your body is covered in white fur. Your eyes are still green, but a lighter shade, and your pupils are sharp and jagged. //Like a cat's//.
Other than the afformentioned baggy cloak, you wear a pale brown shirt under it. It would be baggy too, if it weren't for that neckline busting cleavage that shows through. Although the cloak covers it completely now, so you don't have to worry about showing some fur. You've still got those pants, which are constantly trying to sag down to your feet. But your wide hips stop them from dropping down. In fact, if you were to lift your cloak up, you would be showing half of your ass and your tail. You've still got those boots, but they're too big now. And even if they were smaller, it would still be a bit weird walking in them. Because they're flat, and you walk on your toes now, so they try to roll around every now and then. Oh and your belt, never forget about the belt. It hangs around the rim of your pants now, for obvious reasons.
But enough gawking at yourself, there's things to be done. And you've still got hope of returning to your dick having self.
[[Continue->day 2 wakeup (PFDumb)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Clothes are a secondary worry and i feel like i'm starving right now, i'm gonna go get some food.] You tell yourself as you walk to the restaurant. people still giving you death stares as you go through the double doors.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the Whi- ''Uh''.//] the waiter says as he spots you walking in.
(text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh my fucking gods. //](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story. Can you just give me a table for one.//] You say as you slide the statement on the waiter's stand. The waiter looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Ok ''um''... Miss? We've got plenty of empty tables. You can just choose one at your leisure.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks.//] You say in the meanest tone your girly voice can muster. You sit down on the table least visible to other people dining, you don't want to cause more alarm than your mear presence is causing. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like, every now and then glancing over the menu to see people giving you stares.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello... Madam.//] Another waiter coyly says as he aproaches you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You know you could just talk to me like i'm a normal person.//] You scof at the waiter.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Yes, i am terribly. ''Uh'', sorry for my manners. What will you be having.//] He says, still in a bit of disbelief.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Uh, right away.//] He says before turning around and speedwalking away. You sigh and bury your face in the table, before hearing a few steps and the clinking of plate armor.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//You there, you're coming with us.//] You hear a voice say, you turn your head to the right and seeing a few guards.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, go away.//] You say, handing the guard closest to you the statement. He backs up for a second until he realizes that you're holding up a piece of parchment and he extends his arm to grab it. He reads it before handing it back to you, still keeping his distance.
They then give eachother embarassed looks and storm off before they make a bigger ass of themselves (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//And tell everyone to stop staring!//] You yell at them as they file out of the restaurant. Fuck, half of this day has been explaining your situation to angry mobs of confused people. The other half being walking and back pain. You just want all of this to blow over so you can go back to stealing your way to the top of Imperial City, why does life just have to throw you shit-covered curve balls whenever you've got a good thing going?
Not that it was really ''that'' good. Most of the money you have on you still is from unreported crimes, otherwise you'd probably have a million gold to your name, not just a measly 778. And most of your nights were spent in jail cells, in fact, you've pretty much learnt to tolerate prison gruel. Eh, but enough reminising about yourself. The waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are Madam.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be in desbelief of you. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but you keep under or overestimating where your mouth is and end up munching on air or fork before correcting your mistake, you end up looking like a bit of a doof but that's probably the thing that'll get the least looks about you.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Waiter! //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup inbetween sentences. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Could i get some water instead? //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say as he starts coming closer to you.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away madam. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says before heading back to the kitchen, getting a pitcher full of water and a glass before coming back to you wit it. He then pours the some of it into the glass before putting it down on your table.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say trying not to sound like an asshole.]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest1end (PFD)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck it, if i'm gonna be like this for a long while. I might as well look like i didn't steal my clothes from someone 2 sizes larger.] You tell yourself as you tug on your saggy cloak.
You walk over to the tailor, people still giving you death stares as you open the door.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Welcome to- What the ''hell?''//] The tailor says as you walk in.
(text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh my fucking gods. //](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story. I'll explain if you just shut up and listen.//] You say as you slide the statement on the counter. The tailor looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, uh... Welcome to my shop, uh miss...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cat. Just call me Cat.//] You say, sighing.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what brings you here?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Do you want the long list or the shortened list.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Don't spare me the details, i'll work tirelessly to make sure everything fits just rig-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//My cloak doesn't fit, my shirt doesn't either, My pants droop down to my thighs, my belt keeps sliding down, my boots want to flip around and to top it all off, i don't have something for these.//] You interrupt him with your large order.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, i can refit most of the things you've mentioned. You're gonna have to talk to a cobbler about your boots though. Oh, and i'll have to call my wife over for, ''those'', things//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll wait.//] You say as you find a chair to sit in and wait. He walks over to the back and gets some equipment, he then gets a piece of parchment and writes something on it. He puts all his tools and equipment on the counter and walks outside for a moment, with the note he wrote in his hand. He stops a person on a horse, wearing a blue shirt with the words "Imperial Express" on it and hands him the note. The messenger then rides off in the direction you came. The tailor comes back in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Do you have any spare clothes on you?//] He asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//] You reply.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Then wait in that room over there and slide your clothes through the slot on the door.//] He says as you walk over to the room before entering it.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hang on you like a really big blanket if it weren't for your boobs, which tent out heavily over your chest. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
Not wanting to keep the tailor waiting, you take off your clothes and shove them through the slot in the door. You hear them drop on the other side, before the tailor walks over and takes them over to the back. You turn back to the mirror and catch a glimpse of your naked body. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs (And even then, you're walking on your toes instead of your whole foot now), You still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
As you turn away from the mirror in embarassment, your ears perk up as you hear the tailor say something on the other side of the shop.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Lucy, honey. She's in there, Can you get me some measurements with this so i can get to work.//] He says before you hear a knock on the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Can i come in?.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, it's her.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Uh, sure.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey, I recognise that voice.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//You do? Then you also know why i called it "A special case" right?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yes, i know. I spoke to her //](text-colour:#bf8093)[//at the bridge.//] She says as she opens the door. You cover up your nasty bits with your arms in a attempt to avoid further embarassment.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Seriously...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?..//] You say, still hinding your shame.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Look. This'll be quick, now can you stop doing that and tent your arms up like this.//] She says before standing in a A-pose.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She then moves the band around different, important parts of your body. Taking measurements of not only your waist, but also your hips, your arms and well, your bust.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailor1end (PFD)]].After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H, like i told you earlier.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, i've got to get back to work.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, just that everything fits like it should now, they even cut a small hole in the back of your pants so you can stick your tail through. It makes your curves, really, ''really'' obvious though. It kind of reminds you how Saraa dressed when she met you at the pub.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip for not calling the guards inmmeadiately).
You walk out of the Tailor and go back to the center of town, now very agile due to not having to fight with your clothes as you move. it's pretty damn close to sunset so you can probably do one more thing before everything closes down for the day.
The restaurant is still an option, it closes pretty late and this might be your last chance for a nice, gourmet meal in a long while. Or you could maybe hit the local pub. No drinking this time though, You could say you've got some trauma with the bottle.
[[Go eat.-> d2 Rest2 (PFD)]]
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub2 (PFD)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Now that all my clothes fit, i feel like i'm starving right now. I'm gonna go get some food.] You tell yourself as you walk to the restaurant. people still giving you death stares as you keep walking.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Cat. You're looking, curvaceous...//] Halkmir says as you get close to the restaurant. You blush a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, i was kind of getting tired of having to fight my clothes everytime i did something.//] You say as he starts following you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nice, where are you headed?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//To go get something to eat, haven't eaten since 2 days ago.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, well i was actually headed over there right now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Great, that'll make some of the awkward explaining less so.//] You joke as you both arrive at the restaurant.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the Whi- Oh, it's you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah. Do you want an autograph from the Catlady or will you get me a table for two.//]
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Ok Miss. We've got a few empty tables. You can just choose one at your leisure.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Thank you.//] Halkmir says as you two go into the dining room while you give the waiter a annoyed look.
You both sit down on a random empty table. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like, every now and then glancing over the menu to see people giving you stares.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't mind them, they'll get used to you quick.//] Halkmir says politely.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean, it just makes me feel like i'm being judged.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't worry about it, Cat. You know full well you're no threat to anyone.//]
You stay quiet. Still weirded out by Halkmir's niceness to you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look cat, i know why you're giving me the silent treatment. I'm just trying to make up for what i did to you yesterday, don't make me feel like more of an ass. Please?//]
You sigh. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir, i forgive you, you don't need to treat me like a goddess because you've got a guilty conscience.//]
He keeps quiet for a bit before speaking up again. (text-colour:#347450)[//Well, thanks Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you pick something before the waiter starts to get pissed at us.//] You say as the waiter stands behind Halkmir.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello Mister... and Madam.//] Another waiter coyly says as he aproaches you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You know you could just talk to me like i'm a normal person.//] You scof at the waiter.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Yes, i am terribly. sorry for my manners. What will you be having.//] He says, still in a small bit of disbelief.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I'll have a steak with some boiled potatoes with a bit of water to wash it down, not feeling too fancy today.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away.//] He says before turning around and walking away.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Did you always like duck or are you trying it out?//] Halkmir says in a attempt to kill the silence with some small talk.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's my favorite, used to only have it when i had enough gold to go to that one restaurant in the city, but i had heard this one's a close second in terms of quality.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That place? I used to really like the deserts they made there. You know, you'd try to not eat too much you'd still have some room in ya' for some pumpkin pie.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Room for food's the least of my worries right now, i haven't eaten in two whole days.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? You must be beyond starving. Didn't you eat something the day before everything happened?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Nah, the time you four saw me coming out of the guard station was when i woke up, the most i had in me was a few pints of mead. Didn't at all help my hangover the next day.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well hopefully you'll amend your relationship with the bottle someday.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure hope.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You know, you're acting a heck of a lot girly. Of course, not completely ladylike. But somewhere inbetween maybe.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Eh, i'm just getting used to my predicament, i guess. If i start exuding something, it's purely unintentional.//] You say as the waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be in desbelief of you. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He also plops Halkmir's meal on the table too. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but you keep under or overestimating where your mouth is and end up munching on air or fork before correcting your mistake, you end up looking like a bit of a doof but that's probably the thing that'll get the least looks about you. Halkmir doesn't care about table manners, he just agresively starts to cut pieces of his steak off and eat it like someone's gonna take it away from him at a determined time limit.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You good? You don't look too bright right now.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup halfway through the sentence. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, could we... Swap drinks?//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says as he swaps your glass around for his glass of water.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks. //]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest2end (PFD)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. Not feeling too fancy today.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm. There's a few people that still give you strange looks, but most of them point and say something to the tune of "Look, it's that catlady." Word does seem to spread quick, specially about strange ocurrences such as yourself.
You enter the Pub and see Mason, face down on the bar with his arms crossed. Knowing him, you sit down next to him and tap him on the shoulders. You're sure he won't mind the company.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Whah, oh. Hey, Cat.//] He says, a bit groggy. He doesn't seem too drunk, but he has probably been drinking for a while.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What are you doing here all by yourself?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, the sword got done a while ago. I just wanted to drown down a few before heading back to camp.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but alone?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, i thought you'd still have a bit of trauma from 2 days ago and Halkmir quit the drinking a few months ago.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, do you mind if i sit here anyways?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go ahead.//] He says as he slumps back into his original pose, sometimes bobbing his head out to take another swig. Does he usually drink or have you just been pushing all the wrong buttons in him? He seemed like a bit of a clean-cut guy, even if he seemed like a bit of an asshole.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh hey catlady, come to join your friend in his wallowing about you?//] The bartender says as he pokes Mason in arm.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you not say it like that?//] Mason says, still face down on the bar.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm just saying it like it is.//] He says to Mason before looking at you (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got him for a loop and he hasn't stopped mumbling about you for the last 30 minutes.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No offence, but i personally don't know why he'd be into your fluffy gray self. But i won't judge, i've had people in here that wanted to fuck dragons for gods' sake.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, do you have anything to eat? or at least something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You want steamed fish and milk?//] He jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ha, ha, Very funny.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'll take your quip as a order for some bread and a glass of water.//] He says as he grabs some bread from a cupboard and pours some water into a wooden mug before handing it to you. It's not much, but it'll last you while you eat something nicer tommorow.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//And if you want to order anything alcoholic later. The water's for people like you, not to water down my drinks.//] He says as you start to eat the bread he's given you. You then put down two shiny gold coins on his counter when you finish.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Could i get another dring? I think i want another one.//] Mason says as the bartender grabs the two gold coins before pouring him another drink.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure you don't want to drown your pains too? You don't look too hot yourself.//] He asks you. You're still a bit traumatized from the events of two days ago, but maybe a few drinks is what you need to not feel so weird all the time.
[[Fuck it->d2 pub2drunk (PFD)]]
[[No, thanks->d2 pub2end (PFD)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fuck it, give me a drink.//] You say to the bartender
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//That's the spirit.//] He says as he grabs the empty mug of water, wipes it with a piece of cloth and begins to pour in some liquor before ploping it down infront of you.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Enjoy.//] He says as you (text-style:"blur")[start to] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[oh fucj]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[The following story segment has 2 versions, please choose one.]
[[The realistic version->drunk(PFD)]]
[[The "Artistic enterpretation"->shit(PFD)]] (text-colour:red)[(Not recommended for first time readers, or people who are sane.)](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, thanks.//] You tell the bartener.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//]
The bartender says nothing as Mason takes a large swig from his mug.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, something's real off about you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What, the fact that i'm half cat, half human.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I mean at a cursory glance, sure but that's not it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got a thousand yard stare, like you've seen some shit that i'd rather not hear about.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean... Kind of.//] You say as you hear Mason pound the drink down on the bar, hard. He then looks at you and sighs
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//cat... i'm going back to camp.//] He says, he's pretty drunk now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Why?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//just shut up. i'm going back to camp.//] He says drunkenly, before getting up and leaving through the door. He leaves some gold on the bar for the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, i guess you better g-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll tip you an extra gold coin if you ''stop quipping'', please.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Fine, fine.//] He says as you get up and leave a single coin infront of where you were seated. You run as fast as you can to try and catch up or find Mason.
After a few minutes of searching, you find him at the entrance of town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason what the hell? Don't run away like that.//] You say as you catch up to him and grab him by the collar of his shirt, you can't lift him up due to you lack of strenght, or height, or etc. But you do stop him in his tracks.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck... look cat, i don't... know how to tell you this, exactly.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Tell me wh-//] You say, but are interupted by Mason
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//can you stop, grabbing my shirt, please.//] He complains as you release his shirt from your grip.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you tell me whatever it is you want to tell me?//]
He just keeps staring at you, sometimes looking to the left or righ-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck it.//] he says as he quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//] He says as he gets up from the grass and extends his arm to yours.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You two walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town, when you feel a tap on your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're done talking.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no we're not, because i feel... you feel the same wa-.//] He says as you start to blush again, interrupting him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're ''completely'' done. No more words, just silence.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Didn't your clothes sag on you? and why are your boobs so sti-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Stop'', shut the ''FUCK'' up for 2 minutes, please.//] You yell at him from the top of your rollercoaster of emotions. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy right? You just refit all your clothes so that your temporarly female and cat-like body doesn't get in the way of the things you do normally. Plus, you didn't even want to go there. It was Lucy that dragged you all the way through town to go there, even if you payed, and it fits you all nicely, and it makes you look go-
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I went to the pub after getting my clothes refit and he was there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... I walked into the Pub, he was there, face down with his arms crossed. The bartender tell me that he's been there for some time, just drinking. I ate something at the bar and turned down a drink. I talked to the bartender for a bit and Mason just storms out.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I left the pub after him and found him at the entrance of town. I asked him what he was doing and well."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... he ''kissed'' me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? That's it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But what if i infected him by him kissing me?.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, he did resucitate you yesterday. Remember?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I still looked Human back then.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Does it really matter if you still looked human?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I... liked it.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 pub2dream (PFD)]].(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ugh... //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mon ase yuo fil taht de dring difnt go dowen two gud.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yuo okey misi? U dontn loke two gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//uim... fins. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu sey will puting donw teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I tihnk u mite b a byt fof alitewait.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//ime not... a fucfgine, ligewaige...//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Nto two ldilik ether, nted.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''IME NNOTE A LDEE!''//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Wlle wat ar yu, a mand? Yo dnt loko lile two mchu of a gy.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//isa loneg sortory. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mombol befr falin doen to de flor, it hurtes a litel.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[manson sis yu on de flor an he shugs de ress of is dringe doen.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//yu knoe waht cta?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Grate noe de 2 lobevirds ar drung togter.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wa sisit mansone?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i fuken... lveo yu.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//rily?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y... ye. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[manson ses as yu sloly gte up.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//ten gime a... ksie! //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you ses ass manson come to yu adn kise u onede liss.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u wana.. walge bag to campe twogeter? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he ses ass eh stars to bag awey form yur lisp.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wy note?? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu ses ass yuo bofe walhg oute ofe de ppubs. evribodi logs ate yu too ase yu sumble true towne. yu too don tdrip becausae u too habe aech oders armes arund der sholder.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu too maige it aledeway two de ousrits ofe tonew wen manson trun to faic yu.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ffugit... yu wana go ofer too dat bsuhe ober dere anse wahapsns?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//bute wone yu sope bengin humn?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//idone gifa shid. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he ses ase he puses yu ino de buss befor jompin on tope oyu. you sart blusin as he sartss lfin yure clock up revilin yure bar tu de man.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//you bote a bar?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//jup, idin wan dise tins to sag wene i gete odl. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you ses ase he unbukels de back ofe yur bar, lifin it to revael yur beig basongas. he sarts to garb dem and szuese dem wif his hans it mais you fiel relli goode. he den kises yuo one moar tim ase he pus a han donw an stiCKS IN ''IN!'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''O FUK HES GOTE, WATH THE FCUK WAS DAT YOU FIL LIGE YUR GETIN THE BES SES YUR EVRE HAD AN HES JUSS GOTE A FGER IN YUR PSI! HE DEN SARST TO PULE DON YOUR PANS WIFE DE ODER HAN AN HE OH, FUG OH. WHART GFIHkjj...'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[wuh... wuh happened, h''e OH GOOooooH HES GOING IN AND OUT OF OFGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. FUUUUUUCK...'']
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up.->d2 drunk dream (PFD)]](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ugh... xwx //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[You m''w''oan as you fee''w'' that the d''w''ink didn't go down too g''w''ood.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You okay miss? U dont ''w''ook t''w''o gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//im''w''... fine. pwp //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say whi''w''e putting do''w''n teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I think u m''w''ight be a bit of a ''w''ight''w''eight//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//im''w'' not... a fucking, ''w''ight''w''eight... >:C//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Not t''w''o ''w''ady''w''ike eithe''w'', noted.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''IMw NOT A WADY!'' >:C//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//''W''e''ww''e wat are u, a m''w''an? U dont ''w''ook ''w''ike t''w''o m''w''uch of a gy.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//its a ''w''ong sto''w''y. pWp //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u m''w''um''w''ble before fa''ww''ing down to de f''w''oo''w'', it hurts a ''w''itt''w''e.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[m''w''anson sees u on de f''w''oo''w'' and he chugs the ''w''est of is d''w''ink do''w''n.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u kno''w'' ''w''hat cat?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//G''w''eat no''w'' the t''w''o ''w''ovebi''w''ds a''w''e d''w''unk togethe''w''.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''hat is it m''w''ason?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i fucking... ''w''ove u.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''ea''ww''y?, OwO//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y... yes. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[m''w''anson says as you s''w''o''ww''y get up.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//then gimme a... kiss! OwO //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you says as m''w''ason comes to you and kisses u on the ''w''ips.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u ''w''anna.. ''w''alk back t''w''o camp t''w''ogethe''w''? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he says as he sta''w''ts to back away f''w''om ur ''w''ips.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''hy not? x3//](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as u both ''w''alk out of the p''w''ub. ev''w''ybody ''w''ooks at you t''w''o as you stumb''w''e th''w''ough to''w''n. you t''w''o dont t''w''ip because u t''w''o have each othe''w''s a''w''ms around th''w''ie''w'' shou''w''de''w''.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u t''w''o m''w''ake it all the ''w''ay t''w''o the outski''w''ts of to''w''n ''w''hen m''w''ason turns to face u.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//f-fuck it... u ''w''anna go ove''w'' t''w''o that b''w''ush ove''w'' the''w''e and see ''w''hat happens?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//but ''w''ont u stop being h''w''uman? OwO//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i... dont give a shit. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he says as he p''w''ushes u into the b''w''ush befo''w''e jumping on top of u. you sta''w''t b''w''ushing as he sta''w''ts ''w''ifting ur c''w''oak up ''w''evea''w''ing ur b''w''a t''w''o the m''w''an.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u bought a b''w''a?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//yup, i didnt want these things to sag wene i get o''w''d. OwO //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as he unbuck''w''es the back of ur b''w''a, ''w''ifting it to ''w''evea''w'' ur b''w''easts. he sta''w''ts to g''w''ab them and sq''w''eeze them ''w''ith his hands it makes you fee''w'' ''w''ea''ww''y. he then kisses u one moar time as he puts a hand do''w''n and stiCKS IN ''IN!'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''OH FUCK HES GOT, WHAT THE FCUK WAS DAT YOU FIL LIGE YUR GETIN THE BES SES YUR EVRE HAD AN HES JUSS GOTE A FGER IN YUR PSI! HE DEN SARST TO PULE DON YOUR PANS WIFE DE ODER HAN AN HE OH, FUG OH. WHART GFIHkjj...'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[wuh... wuh happened, h''e OH GOOooooH HES GOING IN AND OUT OF OFGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. FUUUUUUCK...'']
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[''W''ake Up.->d2 drunk dream (PFD)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[What the hell happened?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You know fully well what happened.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No really, i was too drunk to know what color the sky was.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You ''know'' what happened]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you stop being- And ''don't'' cut me off here. So fucking vague?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Fine, you fucked Mason.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[wha-->d3 wakeupdrunk (PFD)]]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What, What the ''hell''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[There's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I just got ''fucked'' for the first time and you're just gonna leave me here in this black void?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You're an anti-climactic asshole.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you already got to experience climax so i don't have to give you another one.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck off.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (PFDumb)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 pub2wakeup (PFD)]]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (PFDumb)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you try to remember your family's old cat. Weren't cats not able to drink alcohol without getting poisoned? Fuck, that might be it. At least that'll make forgeting your pains a hell of a lot easier.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bi-
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, Cat. Let me pay for our meals.//] He says as he produces a small leather wallet.
(text-colour:#347450)[//The boss carries most of our party's gold, but we do keep a bit for ourselves just in case.//] he says as he hands it over to the waiter.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well then you might not want to pool mine in there. It's mostly stolen gold.//] You say as you both get out of the restaurant and walk away.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, does that mean you'll be joining us?//] Halkmir asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't see why not.//] You reply. You might've scoffed at the idea a couple of days ago, but they've grown on you. You might as well.
Plus, they're probably the only adventurer group that'll take your fluffy gray titties in with them. You two make your way to the center of town, but Mason isn't there
(text-colour:#347450)[//The boss really should be here by know, smithing a sword really shouldn't take more than half a day.//]
You two look around parts of town in order to find him, but end up empty handed. You two regroup at the center of town again and then you start to see Mason waddling towards you two, with a large, muscular old man behind him.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//hey, cat. hey, halkmir.//] Mason says, stumbling a bit as he walks over to you two. He's pretty drunk, not as drunk as you were a few days ago. Shoul've checked the pub, huh?
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is this wreck of confused emotions yours Ms. "Cat"?.//] A man behind Mason says
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean we know him, but who are you?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm the bartender at the local pub, and i had to drag this guy out because he wouldn't want to leave and/or stop talking about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, no...//] He hickups (text-colour:#01ad79)[//dont tell them that.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, guess that spoils your little suprise.//] The bartender says as you just stand there quietly, not knowing how to react to the indirect confesion of Mason's love for you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ah well... i tried. now can i have another drink to forget this already.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No, just head home with your crazy cat wife.//] He says as he shoves Mason fowards. The bartender walks away afterwards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ignore what he said, he's full of ''shit''... i didn't say nothing.//] Mason slurs as he stumbles into your shoulder.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What the hell is gotten into you Mason? You've never acted like this.//] Halkmir says, as he drags Mason away from your shoulder, holding him by the arms.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well...//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, i don't wanna talk right now. can we just head back to camp?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine.//] He angrily says to Mason before releasing his grip on his arms. (text-colour:#347450)[//Are you just gonna stand there, or are you coming too, Cat?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, just... I'll be right there.//] You say as you begin to walk with them. You three make it to the outskirts of town, when Mason taps Halkmir on the shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//halk, can we... stop for a moment.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//For what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, i just want to have a word with cat.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You've got a minute, no more.//] Halkmir says as Mason starts walking over to you, drunkenly. He then locks eyes with you, you start to blush a bit as you try to avoid eye contact. It feels like he's been staring at you for half a minute already.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Are you just going to stand there, making her uncomfortable or are you gonna say som-.//] Halkmir says, but is interrupted as Mason quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//''MASON WHAT THE HELL?!'' ''WHAT THE IN THE GODS' NAME WERE YOU THINKING?!''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i said, shut the hell up. and take me to camp.//] Mason says as Halkmir quickly grabs him by the arm and drags him away from your still unresponsive self.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look Cat, let's move before this drunk jackass gets any more funny ideas.//] He says, still holding Mason away from you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't let him do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You three walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir?//] You say, trying to break the eerie quiet walk home. He tries to remain quiet, but he speaks up.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't want to talk right now, Cat.//] He says.
You three walk for a few more minutes before seeing the overlook in the distance. Then, you three make the walk up to the camp, Halkmir takes Mason to his tent and lays him down to sleep. Halkmir then walks over to you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//]
You say nothing in return, just staring at the fire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] He repeats.
You at least look at him this time, still not saying anything and giving him a sad look.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... I don't even know what to say.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well... I'm worried... What if i infected Mason by him kissing me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//It's fine, he did resucitate you yesterday. Remember?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I... liked it.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 rest2dream (PFD)]].(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 rest2wakeup (PFD)]]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (PFDumb)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you try to remember your family's old cat. Weren't cats not able to drink alcohol without getting poisoned? Fuck, that might be it. At least that'll make forgeting your pains a hell of a lot easier.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bill as you walk out. You're feeling a lot better now, mainly due to having a full stomach, but also not being a bit drunk anymore. You walk back to the center of town, No one you know is there and there's still a few hours before everything closes so you decide to do one more thing.
You could go to the Tailor, he's still open and it would be nice to have fitting clothes. Or you could go to the pub, no drinking of course. You know full well what happened to you after half a glass of wine, you don't want to know what'll happen to you after a pint of hard liquior.
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub1 (PFD)]]
[[Go to the Tailor.->d2 Tailor2 (PFD)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. I don't really want to pay to refit my clothes, and then again when i turn back to normal.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm. There's a few people that still give you strange looks, but most of them point and say something to the tune of "Look, it's that catlady." Word does seem to spread quick, specially about strange ocurrences such as yourself.
You enter the Pub and see Mason, face down on the bar with his arms crossed. Knowing him, you sit down next to him and tap him on the shoulders. You're sure he won't mind the company.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Whah, oh. Hey, Cat.//] He says, a bit groggy. He doesn't seem too drunk, but he has probably been drinking for a while.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What are you doing here all by yourself?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, the sword got done a while ago. I just wanted to drown down a few before heading back to camp.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but alone?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, i thought you'd still have a bit of trauma from 2 days ago and Halkmir quit the drinking a few months ago.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, do you mind if i sit here anyways?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go ahead.//] He says as he slumps back into his original pose, sometimes bobbing his head out to take another swig. Does he usually drink or have you just been pushing all the wrong buttons in him? He seemed like a bit of a clean-cut guy, even if he seemed like a bit of an asshole.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh hey saggy catlady, come to join your friend in his wallowing about you?//] The bartender says as he pokes Mason in arm.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you not say it like that?//] Mason says, still face down on the bar.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm just saying it like it is.//] He says to Mason before looking at you (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got him for a loop and he hasn't stopped mumbling about you for the last 30 minutes.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No offence, but i personally don't know why he'd be into your fluffy gray self, specially when you're dressed like a kid in adult's clothes. But i won't judge, i've had people in here that wanted to fuck dragons for gods' sake.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, do you have anything to eat? or at least something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You want steamed fish and milk?//] He jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ha, ha, Very funny.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'll take your quip as a order for some bread and a glass of water.//] He says as he grabs some bread from a cupboard and pours some water into a wooden mug before handing it to you. It's not much, but it'll last you while you eat something nicer tommorow.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//And if you want to order anything alcoholic later. The water's for people like you, not to water down my drinks.//] He says as you start to eat the bread he's given you. You then put down two shiny gold coins on his counter when you finish.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Could i get another dring? I think i want another one.//] Mason says as the bartender grabs the two gold coins before pouring him another drink.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure you don't want to drown your pains too? You don't look too hot yourself.//] He asks you.
[[No, thanks->d2 pub1end (PFD)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck it, if i'm gonna be like this for a long while. I might as well look like i didn't steal my clothes from someone 2 sizes larger.] You tell yourself as you tug on your saggy cloak.
You walk over to the tailor, people still giving you death stares as you open the door.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Welcome to- Oh, it's you.//] The tailor says as you walk in.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah. Do you want an autograph from the Catlady or will you just take my order.//] You say as you slide the statement on the counter. The tailor looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, uh... Welcome to my shop, uh miss...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cat. Just call me Cat.//] You say, sighing.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what brings you here?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Do you want the long list or the shortened list.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Don't spare me the details, i'll work tirelessly to make sure everything fits just rig-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//My cloak doesn't fit, my shirt doesn't either, My pants droop down to my thighs, my belt keeps sliding down, my boots want to flip around and to top it all off, i don't have something for these.//] You interrupt him with your large order.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, i can refit most of the things you've mentioned. You're gonna have to talk to a cobbler about your boots though. Oh, and i'll have to call my wife over for, ''those'', things. She's getting off work at 8PM, but she can tell her boss to let her go a bit early.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine, i'll wait.//] You say as you find a chair to sit in and wait. He walks over to the back and gets some equipment, he then gets a piece of parchment and writes something on it. He puts all his tools and equipment on the counter and walks outside for a moment, with the note he wrote in his hand. He stops a person on a horse, wearing a blue shirt with the words "Imperial Express" on it and hands him the note. The messenger then rides off in the direction you came. The tailor comes back in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Do you have any spare clothes on you?//] He asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//] You reply.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Then wait in that room over there and slide your clothes through the slot on the door.//] He says as you walk over to the room before entering it.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hang on you like a really big blanket if it weren't for your boobs, which tent out heavily over your chest. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
Not wanting to keep the tailor waiting, you take off your clothes and shove them through the slot in the door. You hear them drop on the other side, before the tailor walks over and takes them over to the back. You turn back to the mirror and catch a glimpse of your naked body. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs, you still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
As you turn away from the mirror in embarassment, your ears perk up as you hear the tailor say something on the other side of the shop.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Lucy, honey. She's in there, Can you get me some measurements with this so i can get to work.//] He says before you hear a knock on the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Can i come in?.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh shit, it's her.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Uh, sure.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey, I recognise that voice.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//You do? Then you also know why i called it "A special case" right?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yes, i know. I spoke to her //](text-colour:#bf8093)[//at the bridge.//] She says as she opens the door. You cover up your nasty bits with your arms in a attempt to avoid further embarassment.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Seriously...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?..//] You say, still hinding your shame.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Look. This'll be quick, now can you stop doing that and tent your arms up like this.//] She says before standing in a A-pose.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She then moves the band around different, important parts of your body. Taking measurements of not only your waist, but also your hips, your arms and well, your bust.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailor2end (PFD)]].After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H, like i told you earlier.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, It's getting pretty late.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, just that everything fits like it should now, they even cut a small hole in the back of your pants so you can stick your tail through. It makes your curves, really, ''really'' obvious though. It kind of reminds you how Saraa dressed when she met you at the pub.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip).
You walk back towards the center of town, now a lot more agile due to not being in a constant fight against your own cloak. Mason is there, but not Halkmir.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//whah, oh. hey, cat.//] Mason says, stumbling a bit as he turns over to look at you. He's pretty drunk, not as drunk as you were a few days ago.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is this wreck of confused emotions yours Ms. "Cat"?.//] A man behind Mason says
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean i know him, but who are you?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm the bartender at the local pub, and i had to drag this guy out because he wouldn't want to leave and/or stop talking about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, no...//] He hickups (text-colour:#01ad79)[//dont tell her that.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Kind of too late there, pal.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ah well... i tried. now can i have another drink to forget this already.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No, just head home with your crazy cat wife.//] He says as he shoves Mason fowards. The bartender walks away afterwards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ignore what he said, he's full of ''shit''... i didn't say nothing.//] Mason slurs as he stumbles into your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//now can you take me back to... camp? i cant find halkmir, anywhere and i think... im too drunk to walk in the woods alone.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//.... Fine.//] You spatter out, still on a rollercoaster of emotions as mason indirectly confeses his love for you. You grab his hand and drag him all the way to the outskirts of town before he taps you on the shoulder to tell you something.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//you, uh... thinking what i'm thinking?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//maybe we could you know, go over there and see... what happens.//] He says as he makes you blush. He just openly admited to wanting to do //that// to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//why, not?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I can't, i'll infect you. And besides, i'm still a guy.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well if youre a guy, then why do you look so much curvier now?//] You blush deeply as he drunkenly notes your refit clothes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, they were getting in the way. And my boobs were hurting my back.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i didnt mention anything about boobs? wait does that mean you have a-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', now can you ''shut the hell up'' and stop ''hitting on me''.//] You say as your face looks more red than grey at this point.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fine, fine.//] He drunkenly mumbles. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy right? You just refit all your clothes so that your temporarly female and cat-like body doesn't get in the way of the things you do normally. The bra was just so that your back wouldn't hurt as much and so your nipples didn't chaffe against the cloth of your cloak, right? ''right?''
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I was getting my clothes refit and this guy just showed up drunk at the center of town.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... The bartender had brought him to the center of town, he had stayed at the bar even after closing time. He was "mubling about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it". He even tried to deny it after the bartender told me so.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, he just flat out sayed he wanted to "take me over there and see what happened."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And you said no. right?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Of course i told him no.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Great, then i'm sure everything's fine.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, he made me feel something that i can't really explain easily.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Just try.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, if 2 days ago a man told me that they wanted to fuck me in the middle of the forest, the answer would always be no.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//So?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I considered saying yes.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//But you don't know what'll happen if you do! You might just end up losing your own mind and his in the process!//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know. But there was something within me that just wanted to say yes. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 Tailor2dream (PFD)]].(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 tailor2wakeup (PFD)]]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (PFDumb)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, thanks.//] You tell the bartener.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//] You yell at the bartener, you saw what happened to you after just a swig of wine, imagine after a whole pint of hard liquor.
The bartender says nothing as Mason takes a large swig from his mug.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, something's real off about you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What, the fact that i'm half cat, half human.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I mean at a cursory glance, sure but that's not it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got a thousand yard stare, like you've seen some shit that i'd rather not hear about.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean... No.//] You say as you hear Mason pound the drink down on the bar, hard. He then looks at you and sighs
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//cat... i'm going back to camp.//] He says, he's pretty drunk now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Why?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//just shut up. i'm going back to camp.//] He says drunkenly, before getting up and leaving through the door. He leaves some gold on the bar for the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, i guess you better g-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll tip you an extra gold coin if you ''stop quipping'', please.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Fine, fine.//] He says as you get up and leave a single coin infront of where you were seated. You run as fast as you can to try and catch up or find Mason.
After a few minutes of searching, you find him at the entrance of town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason what the hell? Don't run away like that.//] You say as you catch up to him and grab him by the collar of his shirt, you can't lift him up due to you lack of strenght, or height, or etc. But you do stop him in his tracks.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck... look cat, i don't... know how to tell you this, exactly.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Tell me wh-//] You say, but are interupted by Mason
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//can you stop, grabbing my shirt, please.//] He complains as you release his shirt from your grip.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you tell me whatever it is you want to tell me?//]
He just keeps staring at you, sometimes looking to the left or righ-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck it.//] he says as he quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//] He says as he gets up from the grass and extends his arm to yours.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You two walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town, when you feel a tap on your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're done talking.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no we're not, because i feel... you feel the same wa-.//] He says as you start to blush again, interrupting him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, we're ''completely'' done. No more words, just silence.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i know youre fighting hard against it, but you really dont wan-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Stop'', shut the ''FUCK'' up for 2 minutes, please.//] You yell at him from the top of your rollercoaster of emotions. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy. In fact, you didn't refit your clothes so that you didn't have to refit them again. Your nipples are really chaffing against your cloak though, and your other part too. And the back pain is unbearable sometim-
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I went to the pub after grabbing somthing to eat and he was there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... I walked into the Pub, he was there, face down with his arms crossed. The bartender tell me that he's been there for some time, just drinking. I ate something at the bar and turned down a drink. I talked to the bartender for a bit and Mason just storms out.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I left the pub after him and found him at the entrance of town. I asked him what he was doing and well."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... he ''kissed'' me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? That's it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But what if i infected him by him kissing me?.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, he looked fine. To me at least.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... Just... Came at me so suddenly//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I really... Well...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 pub1dream (PFD)]].(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 pub1wakeup (PFD)]]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (PFDumb)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]I have all these paths, and i'm going to have to stop naming them by the things you do and just numbering them so it's easier to make this after day 3.[[You->Description (d2 PDumb)]] open your eyes, a faint hope that you wake up in that jail cell in the city still glimmers withing you befo- ''Oh gods.'' Those are, yup. You've got those things. And they're really big. Luckly it seems that no one's noticed them exept you, or you'd probably be getting hanged right now.
You pull on the neckline of your shirt to inspect the damage and ''oh gods''. You really shouldn't be shocked anymore, but the only still human looking part of your body are your hands and your head. Other than that you're 100% womanly and catlike.
You look around desperately for something to at least cover your boobs from easy view. You find some medical bandages in the back of the tent and you wrap them around your chest before t''IGHT. FUCK THAT HURTS.'' You loosen the wrap a bit and nope, they just spill out again. Guess you'll just have to live with the p''AIN. FUCK, FUCK.''
There, you still look pretty girly bodywise. But the slight sag of your clothes hides most of your curves. And your boobs are very painfully being reduced to 75% flatness. It just looks like you've got really big pecs or man boobs now.
Anyways, enough hiding yourself. It's time for the moment of truth. You walk towards the flap of the tent and open it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, Mason. i think we should stop waisting time and get back inside the city to rescue those two.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Halkmir, we haven't eaten in a whole day, we barely had enough supplies to set up a camp and you want to go back in? I don't even have my ''sword'' on me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then where the hell did you leave it?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Over there.//] He says, pointing towards the city in the distance. They then both realize that you're standing there.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, the Thief's woken up.//]
Oh gods, you have to say something. Just act natural and pray that your voice isn't too girly now.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well, good morning. I guess.//]
Fuck, you do sound really girly. shit shit ''shit''.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We were just discusing how dumb it would be to just waltz back in there without any supplies or a weapon.//]
''Oh thank the gods''. They didn't notice.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Speak for yourself, by the time we get ready Saraa and Merl will be long gone.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, Halkmir, you know them. They'll be alright. Saraa is probably somewhere safe and Marl is probably disecting one of those things as we speak.//]
The Dwarf sighs (text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, you got me there. I'll concede that it does sound like a bad plan.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yeah, good for you. But what about me?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well didn't you tell me yesterday what you were gonna do?//]
If you were in any other situation, you'd probably just fuck off and go back to business as usual, but in that one town that's nearby, not in Imperial City. But you'd probably be abandoning your only way out of dying as a big titted catgirl. Their wizard's probably the only one in the inmediate area, all of the others are probably somewhere in the Elven Lands. And even if you did find one, Polymorph's not exactly a spell that every wizard knows.
You could pretend to be interested in helping them do whatever it is they want to do until you can get to their wizard, you then reveal your situation and because you've been with them for really long, they'll trust you and help you. Great, as long as you don't keep transforming, you'll be fine.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Then i was actually thinking of sticking with you guys for a bit.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really? Well, we could use all the help we can get.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Ok, so what are we doing exactly?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, there is that town that's nearby. It's a pretty big town at that. I think it's called Gatemeir? We could go there and stock up on things before we jump the wall again.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Ok then, let's get moving.//]
You three walk back down the incline towards the path, reaching it and following it through the Imperial Forest until you start to see road signs for the town of Gatemeir.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's to the right now, we're pretty close.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Look.//] You say panting as you try and catch your breath (text-colour:#df93ea)[//Can we take a quick break? I need to catch my breath.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wow, i'd though you'd be more athletic for a thief.//] Halkmir jokes.
You give him a annoyed stare back as he chuckles a bit. But really, you're getting winded real easy. It could by a byproduct of your changes, or it could just be that you're currently strangling your boobs and have barely any room to breathe. Probably the latter.
Finally after walking for what felt like a couple of hours you make it to Gatemeir before Midday. You three stop in the middle of town before Mason turns around to face the both of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Im gonna go get a new sword at the blacksmith, you two find something to do while he makes it.//]
There's a few things to do in town, There's a fancy restaurant in the town, you're pretty fucking famished after not eating for 2 days. You could also go get into some of your classic antics around the park. Even make a bit of gold while your at it.
[[Go eat->d2 rest1 (PDumb)]]
[[Make some Gold->d2 theive1 (PDumb)]]You're still you. The Thief. You're the 30-something you've always known and loved. All of the things that are happening to you are just temporary while you get back to normal. You were born over there, in the Imperial City.
You're about 5' 5" or so foot tall now. Halkmir's head reaches to your hips, he's very short so that's worrying. You seem like you've lost some of the little muscle mass you had. You look pretty androgynous and there's no denying it. Oh, apparently you have tits now. They're really big and they tent out heavily over your slightly baggy clothes.
Under the hood of your midnight blue cloak, is your brown head of hair. Luckly that part of your body hasn't changed yet, it seems too late for the rest of your body though.
Other than the afformentioned cloak, you wear a pale brown shirt under it. They both fit rather loosely now, they visibily sag a lot. Exept the chest area, that's thight as hell and you can even see the outlines of your nipples through there. You're also wearing your pants and your boots, the pants still sort of fit, drooping only sometimes. There's also your tail in there, it keeps moving around all the time but it just ends up wrestling with the fabric. Your boots keep fighting you and trying to twist around, probably because you're actually walking on your toes now, rather than the whole foot. Oh and your belt, it's around the area it always used to hang at, exept it droops down to your belly every now and then.
But enough gawking at yourself, there's things to be done. And you've still got hope of returning to your dick having self.
[[Continue->d2 wakeup (PDumb)]](text-colour:#df93ea)[Too hungry to do anything fun. I'm gonna go eat.] You tell yourself as you begin walking towards the restaurant at the other side of town.
You walk into the restaurant and see the person that works the desk. He probably handles reservations, but there's not enough people around for there to be a reason to take reservations.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the White Dragon, How could i be of service.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yeah could i get a table for one.//]
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Sure, we've got plenty of empty tables, so just go ahead and choose one at your leisure.//] The desk worker says before you head into the dining hall.
You then sit down on a random empty table. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like. For once, it's actually nice to not get strange looks. Of course you're still getting them right now, but they're probably about the way you're dressed and how you don't look affluent enough to be here. Anyways, you decide what to get from the menu as you see the waiter start to inch closer to your table.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello Madam. What will you be having?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yeah ca- What.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Is there a situation mis-//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yeah i'm a guy.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Oh, ''oh'', i'm terribly sorry. My mistake. Now what will you be having?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away.//] He says before turning around and walking away. You feel a bit embarassed by the (not too out of left field) misunderstanding of the waiter, but you calm yourself down.
Do people that don't know you really think you look like a woman? Certainly gives more reason to the strange looks you're still getting from the noble shitlords that seem to like hanging around here. You really can't wait to meet that wizard so you can just put this entire escapade behind you and never talk or think about it again.
Oh hey, the waiter's coming back.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be a bit ashamed of his mistake. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Waiter! //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup inbetween sentences. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Could i get some water instead? //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say as he starts coming closer to you.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says before heading back to the kitchen, getting a pitcher full of water and a glass before coming back to you wit it. He then pours the some of it into the glass before putting it down on your table.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Thanks. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say trying not to sound like an asshole.]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest1end (PDumb)]](text-colour:#df93ea)[Maybe doing some theiving might get my mind off of things.]
There's a quite a few people around the plaza that you're standing in. None of them look particularly poor. In fact, most of them look like they have quite a bit of gold to their names. But there's too many eyes on everyone, that guy's looking at that guy, this guy's staring around, that guy's just perving on that girl over there, fucking creep. Anyways, there are two people that stood out to you.
The first one's sitting on a bench over by the river. He's got no one looking at him and he seems like he's just chilling over by that bench. Easy pickings for some gold. You should still watch his behaviour for a bit if you decide to rob this guy.
The second one's over by an alleyway enbetween a stonemason and a pub. He looks rather shady, probably up to no good himself. But he is relatively easier than trying to pickpocket someone in broad daylight. Still, he'll probably be more alert than most people in or around the plaza.
[[Go for the river guy]]
[[Go for the alley guy]](text-colour:#df93ea)[The guy in the alley looks too shady, i'm gonna go for the guy by the river.] You say to yourself as you walk towards the bench he's seated on. You find a comfortable corner by a tailor and lay your back against a wall while looking at the guy on the bench.
He's just sitting there, doing nothing really. He is looking at the river though. Maybe he's just sightseeing, maybe he's just as bored as you are. Anyways, you decide to strike right now and walk towards him when all the people walking by aren't looking.
You wait for a bit and you get your chance, you walk over to him and stick your hand slowly in his pocket so he doesn't notice the intruding digits. You feel around the things in his pocket and feel a sack full of small metallic objects. Jackpot.
You grab the bag and pull it out slowly, making sure it doesn't tug on anything or tap anything. It's out and you've got yourself a nice, pretty and clinky bag with some go-
There's a tap on your shoulder, coming from the direction of the guy you just pickpocketed.
[[UH->d2 theive1stay (PDumb)]]
[[RUN->d2 theive1run (PDumb)]](text-colour:#df93ea)[I mean, the guy in the alley is suspicious, but the guy by the river isn't moving from there and that's making me more suspicious.] You say to yourself as you walk towards the alleyway where that guy's standing. You pass by him and continue until you find another alleyway, you then grab onto some things that you can use to climb up to the top of the building that's next to you. Now on top of the building, you look down and inspect the man from a distance.
He's leaning against the wall of the building, the paces around sometimes so he's not just loitering, he's clearly waiting for something. Something that might be more valuable than just robbing him right now.
You wait for a bit and another man starts to aproach him, he's equally shady. He's carrying a leather bag with some things in it before handing it over to the guy who was already in the alley. Ok now, you're plainly interested in whatever the fuck is going on here. And you really want to know what's in that bag.
The two guys in the alleyway then split up and leave, no money exchanged, so either they already had this exchange payed for, or this is some type of illegal thing charity. Eitherway, the guy who was already in the alleyway is making his way out so you come back down from the building and tail him around town. After a few minutes of following, he goes into a house.
You look around the house before sneaking in through a open window. Inside the house is pretty dark, the only illumination is from the open window and a few dim oil lanterns. The guy's nowhere to be seen so he's probably somewhere else in the house. But the bag is right there.
You don't even hesitate to sneak a peak inside the bag and- what.
That's dynamite, like pure dynamite, and a lot of it. Like enough to blow a whole structure to smithereens. Thinking about the greater good for once in your life, you decide that someone as shady as this guy doesn't deserve to have this much blasting powder at his disposal. So you grab it and stuff it somewhere on your person before sneaking back out of the house. You either ruined some clandestine mining operation, or just ruined some type of plot, so eitherway greater good right?
It's getting pretty late in the afternoon by now, so you just dunk the dynamite into the river before your clothes start smelling of explosives. You're not a miner, a grenadieer or some type of explosive weilding maniac to have any good uses for the dynamite anyways.
There's still the restaurant in town if you want to eat something Gourmet before the chance is up. If not, you're probably going to have to eat bread at the camp or something. Or there is a Pub in town, you could go there to kill some time and not drink. You've got some unresolved trauma with the bottle.
[[Go eat.-> d2 Rest2 (PDumb)]]
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub2 (PDumb)]]''UH''...
Uh...
What?..
You- Wh- Huh?..
Paralized in shock, you turn around to face the hand and oh gods oh fuck its the guy you just stole from, you try to move away but he's gripping very hard on the side of your cloak and it's either going to rip it and reveal your changes physique or fall of and reveal your changed physique.
Welp, you're boned. Should've though fast.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//I told you a pocket full of gold with a dwarven movement sensor was a good idea for catching pickpocketers.//] The man who's grabbing you says to no-one, he's just looking at a-
Oh there's an actual guard over there, sweet.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//I thought that theives would be smart enough to get suspicious from seeing a man with a pocket full of gold sit by a bench alone.//] The guard says as he aproaches you and the man. Great, they're in kahoots too.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Well you though wrong, isn't that right friend?//] The man on the bench says as he tugs on the grip he has on you.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Fuck off.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Language, please.//] The guard says.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//What are you gonna do, charge me with proffanity?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No, but it certainly won't help your case in court.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Don't care, i know when i'm fucked. Don't even read me my rights, just throw me in the slammer already.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//If you say so.//] The guard says as he ties your hands behind your back. The man on the bench then releases his grip on your clothes, before the guard starts dragging you away to the guard station. Usually, they make you spend a few hours in there before they can get a judge or something to give you an actual sentence. Of course, they do post the bail before so. Wouldn't want to miss out on any gold now wouldn't they?
The guard pushes you into a backroom of the station, there's a bunch of cheap cloth shirts and oh gods, they're gonna make you put one on aren't they. Fuck, so much for protecting your secret.
Guess you could just play it cool and maybe they'll at least take away your belt or something.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Look, can you really not put me in one of those things?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//I got a rash on my chest and the cheap fabric will irritate it.//] You bluff.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Can't do the time, don't do the crime.//]
Fuck, he's really gonna make you put that shit on isn't he.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//It's a really bad rash. Like i'll probably pass out in the jail cell.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Again, don't care. It's standard procedure.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Can't you just take my belt? All my things are in there.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Yes, we will take your belt. But we also have to take the rest of your clothes in case you're concealling anything dangerous.//]
Shit. This is probably it. No way out. No, no. There's always desperation.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Please?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Really?//] You say as you feel the guard angrily ''GRAB YOUR CLOAK OH GODS.''
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//''NO NO NO NO, DON'T''//] You say as you try to tug down with your hands bound.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//It's just a fucking shi-//] He says as your bound hands slip and send his flying up with both your cloak and shirt in his grip. and ''HE'S IN PURE SHOCK, HE'S SEEN EVERYTHING FUCK, FUCK.''
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE GODS?!''//] He screams as he recoils back, letting you go. You try to sprint away desperately, but you bump into the door and it's locked.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU... THING!''//] He screams as you turn around and see him point a sword in your direction, he's about as distant from you as he posibly can be in the room.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Look-//] You say before you're interrupted by the (text-style:"blurrier")[door slamming you in, the...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You are unconscious->d2 uncon (Pdumb)]]Oh hell no. You're not standing around and getting caught, it's time to run the fuck away inmmediately. You don't even think it over for a second, you're just running with the gold. There's a yell in the distance, it's probably for you but you're focused on running away.
There's a few guards up ahead so you stop yourself before dodging into an alleyway enbetween some stores. You run through it before ending at a locked gate. Fuck.
You jump up before grabbing the top of the gate's arch and try to pull yourself up. You're really light now so it's real easy. Unluckly, the guards that were ahead of you have taken advantage of the gate situation and are grabbing your boots in a aggresive attempt to pull you down.
Fuck, there's only one way of getting out of this one. You're either going to have to let them arrest you, or you're going to have to loose the boots. Either way, no good outcome.
[[Let the Guards arrest you.->d2 theive1runA (PDumb)]]
[[Sacrifice your Boots.->d2 theive1runB (PDumb)]]You loose your grip and let the guards pull you down, knowing that at least your fluffy secret will probably still be maintained. You almost land on your feet, but one of the guards is holding you by the neck of the shirt.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Listen here, you have-//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//The right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used in the imperial court of law, yadda, yadda. Please just throw me in a jail cell already, i don't have time for this.//] You rush him as you start to feel your boots slip a bit. Luckly, the guard puts you down and ties your hands up before they can do so.
You're taken all the way to the guard station in the town. Usually, they make you spend a few hours in there before they can get a judge or something to give you an actual sentence. Of course, they do post the bail before so. Wouldn't want to miss out on any gold now wouldn't they?
A guard pushes you into a backroom of the station, there's a bunch of cheap cloth shirts and oh gods, they're gonna make you put one on aren't they. Fuck, so much for protecting your secret.
Guess you could just play it cool and maybe they'll at least take away your belt or something.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Look, can you really not put me in one of those things?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//I got a rash on my chest and the cheap fabric will irritate it.//] You bluff.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Can't do the time, don't do the crime.//]
Fuck, he's really gonna make you put that shit on isn't he.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//It's a really bad rash. Like i'll probably pass out in the jail cell.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Again, don't care. It's standard procedure.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Can't you just take my belt? All my things are in there.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Yes, we will take your belt. But we also have to take the rest of your clothes in case you're concealling anything dangerous.//]
Shit. This is probably it. No way out. No, no. There's always desperation.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Please?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Really?//] You say as you feel the guard angrily ''GRAB YOUR CLOAK OH GODS.''
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//''NO NO NO NO, DON'T''//] You say as you try to tug down with your hands bound.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//It's just a fucking shi-//] He says as your bound hands slip and send his flying up with both your cloak and shirt in his grip. and ''HE'S IN PURE SHOCK, HE'S SEEN EVERYTHING FUCK, FUCK.''
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE GODS?!''//] He screams as he recoils back, letting you go. You try to sprint away desperately, but you bump into the door and it's locked.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU... THING!''//] He screams as you turn around and see him point a sword in your direction, he's about as distant from you as he posibly can be in the room.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Look-//] You say before you're interrupted by the (text-style:"blurrier")[door slamming you in, the...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You are unconscious->d2 uncon (Pdumb)]]You pull harder on the arch of the gate until you feel the force of the guards' hands pop off from your legs, you then quickly haul the rest of your body over the arch and land on your fe- ''OH GODS, OH FUCK YOUR FEET.''
''SHIT SHIT SHIT, THEY'RE OUT AND YOU LET THEM GET OUT AND EVERYONE AROUND YOU CAN SEE. PEOPLE ARE RUNNING AND SCREAMING FUCK FUCK FUCK, NO.''
This isn't happening, oh gods. One of the guards just broke through the fence and is about to d(text-style:"blurrier")[eck you in the back of, the...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You are unconscious->d2 uncon (Pdumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[And there's your cumupins.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Can you be at least a bit less cheerful for my upcoming public execution?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh, please. You'll be dead before then.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Neat, Still gonna die though.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yea- Wait, you're waking up.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that good?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Probably not, but at least you'll get to enjoy a last few seconds of life before losing your mind.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d2 interog (PDumb)]](text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Hey you.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Thief.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Wake the ''hell'' up, Thief!//]
You jump up slightly, You half expect everything to be back to the way they were two days ago for a little bit, but you look down and see a snout in the middle of your face. That's not good at all. You're locked and tied up inside a jail cell, oh and you're in your normal clothes still. They are really baggy now though. Guess the guards really didn't want to take any chances. You're probably along for the ride now, kind of like one of those stories of people getting possesed by sorcerers.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''Well''?//]
You're just sitting there, limp. Is your new, infected mind just really dumb, or is it playing dumb?
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Hello? ''I KNOW YOU'RE AWAKE YOUR EYES ARE OPEN!''//]
Your body is still just sitting there, you guess it's just playing dead so they can let it out. It's really obvious that it's not though, as you're still breathing.
The guard then turns around an-
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Ow'', fuck.//] You yelp as you put a hand on your forehead, the guard threw a pebble at i- ''Wait what.'' You reacted to it. Not as in, like instictivelly. Well, maybe a little instictivelly. But you felt like you did that. You moved your arm.
Are you still in control? Ok, let's try something.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cornbread.//] You say before putting on a face of amazement. You're still in control! Great!
But you still do look like this so you're probably still going to be executed. Not great.
Also you should probably answer the guard as you just said the word "//Cornbread//" for absolutely no reason and he's looking at you like you've gone mental. Well, more mental than he expects you to be right now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh, oh sorry, sorry.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well, you're certainly very polite, and ''stupid'' for a ''walking, TALKING BREACH OF QUARANTINE!''//]
Ok, you've still got your mind. But you're talking to the Empire's most stubborn man. So convincing him that you're still mentally human is probably going to kill you from exhaustion before he can. Nevertheless, it's worth trying to not get your head chopped off.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I literally thought i was dead 10 seconds ago.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Wh- ''ARE YOU TRYING TO ACT LIKE THAT FUCKER JUST SO I CAN LET YOU OUT?!''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I am "''that fucker''".//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Oh yeah? Then where were you 2 days ago in the morning?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Jail cell, Imperial City. Getting startled awake by a certain guard.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//That proves nothing, You could just be delving into his memories. Why am i even still talking to you and not arranging your ''execution''?//]
He really isn't buying it. You probably wouldn't buy it either if you weren't the one with the cat body in this situation either. Wait, you've got an idea.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Because i'm still me.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Unlikely, Prove it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Because i'm not trying to infect you.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're tied up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You mean with the regular ropes that i can cut with these?//] You say as you free your hand, paw, things with their new claws before presenting them to the guard.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//W- Fuck. ''FUCK''.//]
The guard sighs. (text-colour:#272e58)[//Look, Fuck it. You've planted doubt in my head.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm glad a skull as thick as yours is still open to reason.//]
Another guard passes by and gives him a rolled piece of parchment. He unfurrows it and clears his throat.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you please sign this statement that you won't go around spreading whatever it is you got inside that body.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure. Let me see it.//] You say as he opens the cell gate before extending his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement. You grab it and make a writing gesture while looking at him, he looks around before grabbing his quil from the desk set up outside the cell, Dipping it a little in the ink well before handing it to you.
//By royal decree of the mighty Agean Empire, I Shan't harm a single soul of any imperial citizen with my newly recieved affliction. May i fail this agreement, i shall be punished by hanging of the neck.// The statement reads, you quickly sign it and hand it over to the Guard, who slowly reaches out and grabs it quickly before looking at it.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//There, Happy?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//To not be on the chopping block? Yeah.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well, you're still gonna have to serve a 2 day sentence for pickpocketing and theft.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh yeah, that. Still better than getting executed.//] You say as the guard starts to leave the room. He then loops back and drops the statement on a table next to your jail cell.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're probably gonna want this in 2 days. And you should probably check what you signed on there.//] He says before actually leaving this time. You rip off the rest of the ropes holding you down and you get up, sticking your thin arms throught the bars and grabbing the document, there's nothing really weir- Oh, you signed with your real name. Better, you know. replace that.
You spend the next few minutes trying to grab a quil and writing "Thief" on the statement. As you finish doing so, you hear the door of the cell room open and a few steps.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#e68759)[//Why do you even want to pay her bail?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//He was probably confused and scared of what was happening to him when he did whatever he did.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Well, whatever you say mi- What do you mean, he?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well he is a m-.//] The lady says as she looks over at you, sat down on the floor. (text-colour:#bf8093)[//I guess, was a man.//]
Good to know that she made it out of the city unscathed, plus she's bailling you out, so that's a bonus.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Now, can you let her out?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Sure.//] The guard says as he unlocks your jail cell and leaves you with the lady.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//And you, get off the floor, it's filthy.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you stop calling me that first.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//What, filthy? i didn't call you filthy, i was talking about the fl-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, no. The S Word//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Sh- Oh, sure.//] She says as she extends an arm to lift you up.
[[Get up->freedumb (PCD)]]You get up and look down to meet her vi- Look up actually, to meet her view.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Wow, you're uh. Very short.//] She says as you blush a bit. You were pretty tall when compared to her before, but you barely reach her shoulders now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah. Now can you let me get out?//] You say as you lean over her shoulders.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Not until you tell me what happened to you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story, but i'm fine. What about you, why did you bail me out?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well i overheard Pyle reading a letter he got from this station and i inmmeadiately knew it was you. "Some hooded thing you should see" usually means you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but ''why'' did you bail me out?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well i heard that something had happened to you after you were caught, and i just wanted to see if you were ok, and you're clearly not. I mean look at yourself! You're a fashion ''disaster''!//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Please, i've got bigger fish to fry.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//No, no, we're heading to my husband's shop right now. You even got your boobs wrapped up like that, how are you even breathing correctly?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i'm still trying to get used to ''them'' being there. Can you not be so pushy?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//''No'', we are going, ''now''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine...//] You say as she starts to drag you throught the station and all the way to the town's tailor. On the way there, people look at you funny. But you point the statement at them, and they look away. As you two arrive at the Tailor, she hides you behind the door as she walks in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Oh Lucy, honey. You're home early.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yeah, and i got you a customer in dire need of some work done.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Sure, then let them in.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//I will, if you ''promise'' not to freak out.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ok? I don't see why i would- OH MY GODS WHAT IS THAT TH-//] He yells as she pulls you into the store.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//''SHHH'', i told you to not freak out. This is that thief i always talked to you about, he or she or whatever has had a situation and now they're stuck like this right now.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what is it?.. That you need, of course.//] He says nervously to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i really didn't want to come here. But since i'm here i might as well.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Yes, but what is it you need.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//She probably needs her cloak to be refit, the shirt and the belt too, those pants need some adjusting too and the boots are definatly not helping either. Plus, you gotta get some support for those two. Is that ok with you?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//S.. Sure.//] You answer coyishly.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Then get in that fitting room, i'll be right there to measure you.//] She says as she shoves you into the fitting room and closes the door behind you.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hangs on you like a really big blanket. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
You hear a knock on the door that interupts your self-inspection. (text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//''I got the things! Can i come in?''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//S.. Sure! Go ahead!//] You reply as she bursts through the door.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Really?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//You're still in those saggy things.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh, fine.//] You say as you start to take your clothes off. You cover yourself up with your hands as you turn back to her.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//The bandages too.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine.//] You say as you untie the bandages, letting your boobs free for a few seconds before covering them up with your arms.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//And stop doing that, i need you to be in a perfect A pose for this.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She moves the measuring band all over different parts of your body, as she does you look at yourself in the mirror again, naked this time. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs (And even then, you're walking on your toes instead of your whole foot now), You still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailorend (PCD)]].After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, It's getting pretty late.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, exept if your old self was really short, curvaceous and looked like a cat. Everything feels real snug and comfy though, like it did when it actually fit. You also kind of look like Saraa.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip). All and all, you didn't want to come here, but your clothes are very comfortable now and you can at least appreciate that. Even if having them hug your curves so tightly makes you feel strange.
You walk out of the Tailor and go back to the center of town, now very agile due to not having to fight with your clothes as you move. it's nighttime right now, the moon's barely up, but you should head back to camp and come clean to those two now. There's probably still no other way of being human, and more importantly, being male than being honest with them for once and helping them out.
You make your way back to camp, it's still not too late for them to be asleep, and you do see the campfire in the distance. So it's time to come clean about everything.
You climb the incline all the way until you barely make it to the camp, you don't want to just waltz in there and get killed out of fear. So you then circle around in the shadows and hide in a bush next to where Halkmir and Mason are sitting. You're waiting for a break in their conversation for you to chime in from inside the bush.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well anyways, Halkmir. Have you seen the Thief around? I looked for him for a good while after getting a sword.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nope. I had even brought him something to eat if he hadn't at the town.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Maybe he just changed his mind and decided to walk his own way.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh, probably. I'm gonna miss him a bit, if that's so.//] Halkmir says as a silence takes the camp.
Here's the moment, you gulp as you steel your nerves for this. You're still in the bush, for obvious reasons. But you're gonna have to speak up soon and hope for the best.
You sigh before speaking up. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm in the bush.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wu- Oh. What the hell are you doing in there? And where have you been?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Doing things, and i owe you two something.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//You do?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i haven't been being honest with you two at all.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What do you mean?//]
You sigh before tossing out the statement in the direction of the two adventurers, you hear it land on the wooden log that Halkmir's sitting on. You hear him pick it up as you prepare yourself for the big moment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm gonna come out now, please don't say or do anything and i'll explain everything.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Sure?..//] Mason says as you practically feel Halkmir's eyes widening as he finished reading the statement. You then come out of the bush, slowly, with your hands up.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''WHAT THE H-''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Shut up, i told you i would explain absolutely everything.//] You say as you slowly start approaching with your hands still up in the air. Halkmir pans his head quickly to you and he stumbles out of the log he's sat in while his eyes practically pop out of their sockets from fear and suprise. He stands up by the campfire area, but he clearly doesn't want to be close to you right now. You sit down and Mason does the same, but infront of you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you two ''please'' stop freaking out, it's making me more of a nervous wreck than i already am.//] You plead as the two of them try to calm their fear down a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I've been lying to you this entire time, and i'd like to be honest with you two for once.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I was infected, i just changed real slowly for some reason. I was afraid you two would leave me to die or kill me yourselves if i told you the truth. I really tried my best to keep it hidden from you two, but after what happened to me today, i couldn't keep it hidden anymore.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Today i wanted to get into some of my old antics, maybe even get my mind off of me changing and see if that worked somehow, but it didn't. I was caught and i finished transforming while i was arrested.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I thought i was going to die, or was already dead. Hell, when the guard came to interrogate me, i didn't even move for a solid minute thinking i had no control over my body anymore. But when i tried to do something, i was still me.//] You say as your catlike face starts to droop down into a sort of sad expression.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I talked to the guard, and after a bit of convincing, he realized that i was really me. He gave me that statement you have, Halkmir. After that, he left me there to serve the sentence for robbing someone earlier.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, uh. How did you get here?//] He says with a tinge of fear still in his voice.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//A lady i know, Lucy. She was the desk lady at the old Guard Station in Imperial City, she bailed me out before dragging me over to her husband's tailor shop. That's why my clothes look like this.//]
You sigh as you start looking downwards (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I just don't know what to do anymore, everytime i do something, or say something or anything really. I try to think like i did, but those thoughts just clash with new thoughs. And it just doesn't stop. I still have a bit of hope of going back, but at this point, you two are my only hope.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//L... Look, it's ok. We'll help you.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really Halkmir? How can you trust him so quickly?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//How do you ''not'' trust him so quickly. He just spilled his guts out to you and the only thing you can think about is how he could be lying about something he's clearly very emotional about?//] Halkmir says as he walks around the campfire and stands infront of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look... I just don't know.//] He says as he puts a hand on his face.
(text-colour:#347450)[//He said he's been infected for about 2 days by now. So if she really wanted to harm us she'd done it by now.//] Halkmir yells at Mason.
Mason sighs deeply. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine... You can stay with us.//] He says as he gets up.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Really?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yes... Now please let me go to sleep.//] He says as he walks over to his tent before getting in.'
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, i guess that solves that.//] He says as he turns to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, could i ask for one more thing.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//The food you said you got me, i'm starving.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh sure.//] He says as he reaches for a bag, he then hands you the bag. It's filled with bread and things, not exactly gourmet stuff, but you'll take it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, if you don't need anything else, i'm gonna go hit the hay too.//] Halkmir says before walking off and going in his tent. You just keep grabbing handfulls of bread until you quench the hunger you had.
After a while, you're feeling pretty tired yourself. Guess you'll go to bed too. Mason probably won't want you anywhere near his tent until he gets used to you being like this in a while. So you decide to follow Halkmir into his tent.
[[Get in the Tent->Halksleep (PCD)]]You decide to sleep in Halkmir's tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Hey.//] You say as he comes into the tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh hey, Thief. You're gonna sleep over here too?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, i don't think Mason would want me anywhere near his tent right now.//] You say as you place down your bedroll on the floor of the tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't worry about him, he'll get over the whole, thing, you've got right now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I was actually expecting you to be more afraid of the whole situation.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I mean, i was, for a bit. But they way you just spilled your guts out for us really hit me in the heart. Can't just let someone in as much grief as you suffer for no reason.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, thanks.//] You say as you lay down in the bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Welp, i think it's getting pretty late. I'm gonna hit the hay... Goodnight.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->halksleep (PCD dream)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're being strangely honest with everyone.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yeah, i'm kind of done lying.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wow, ''you're'' saying that.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yeah, i know what i'm saying.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You know, you're acting a bit girly.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[And there goes your niceness.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No really, what the hell.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is there anything wrong with being nice to the people who're helping me?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, but you could maybe cool it with the girliness while you do it.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 theivewakeup (PCD)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Huh.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (PDumb)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]Actually forgot to write one of these yesterday, woops. Did work on this yesterday though, so this'll be a log for today and yesterday.
Been working on the part of the dumb path where you're not fully transformed at the start of day 2. Had a brief power surge and the edit file deleted itself from twine. I opened up the HTML file of the story and everything was fine, exept for some dream dialogue and the part where you don't run away from getting tapped on the shoulder. I hadn't passed those over to the HTML file when it happened.
Working on getting those back and any other things i might have not saved.The skip to day menu is designed to only be useful for players that want to get to a specific point in the story without having to just click through the story. Or at least, not the whole story up until a point.
It's also hidden in the undersection of the first page so that would-be story skippers and/or confused people that can't see the hyperlink on the "What?" don't click it. And it's designed so that even if they scroll down to it and click it, they'll be thoroughly confused by it and make them want to go back. And not skip through the story.(text-colour:#df93ea)[Now that it probably did something good, let me reward myself with a good meal.] You tell yourself as you begin walking towards the restaurant at the other side of town. On the way there you feel someone tailing you, it's Halkmir.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Thief.//] Halkmir says as he catches up to you.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Oh hey Halkmir.//] You say as he starts following you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//You doing something?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Getting something to eat, haven't eaten since 2 days ago.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, well i was actually headed over there right now.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Great, don't mind some company.//] You say as you both arrive at the restaurant.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the White Dragon, How could i be of service.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yeah could i get a table for two.//]
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Sure, we've got plenty of empty tables, so just go ahead and choose one at your leisure.//] The desk worker says before you two head into the dining hall.
You both sit down on a random empty table. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like.
(text-colour:#347450)[//So, uh. Up to no good?//] Halkmir says as he puts down his menu, trying to initiate some small talk.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Maybe.//] You say as you keep browsing the menu. Oh, they've got Duck on the menu. Your favorite.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What do you mean.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well, i did do something. But i'm not really sure if i did good or bad.//] You say as you finally put down the menu.
(text-colour:#347450)[//If you're saying that, that probably means that it's good.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//I'll tell you about it if you remind me later.//] You say as you see the Waiter nearing the table.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello Mister and Madam. What will you be having?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yeah ca- What.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Is there a situation mis-//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yeah i'm a guy.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Oh, ''oh'', i'm terribly sorry. My mistake. Now what will you be having?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I'll have a steak with some boiled potatoes with a bit of water to wash it down, not feeling too fancy today.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away.//] He says before turning around and walking away. You feel a bit embarassed by the (not too out of left field) misunderstanding of the waiter, but you calm yourself down.
(text-colour:#347450)[//So, uh...//] Halkmir says in a attempt to break the silence. You just keep hanging your head down in shame.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, really. Why are you acting so, weird?//] He says as he leans in fowards slightly.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//What do you mean.//] You say trying to act as normally as possible now, he's obviously getting suspicious of you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//You know, you're acting shifty.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//I act like that norma-//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And your clothes, they're sagging a bit.//] He says as he pulls on the side of your shirt.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well, I haven't eaten in two days.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh. Still kind of weird.//] Halkmir says before panning his head around the restaurant, he sometimes shifts his eyes back to you, making you feel a bit nervous. After a while of doing this he starts fiddling around with the silverware on the table. You then notice the waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be a bit ashamed of his mistake. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He also plops Halkmir's meal on the table too. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but Halkmir doesn't care about table manners, he just agresively starts to cut pieces of his steak off and eat it like someone's gonna take it away from him at a determined time limit.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You good? You don't look too bright right now.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//I'm. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup halfway through the sentence. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Fine.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Actually, could we... Swap drinks?//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says as he swaps your glass around for his glass of water.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Thanks. //]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest2end (PDumb)]](text-colour:#df93ea)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. Not feeling too fancy today.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm.
You enter the Pub and see Mason at the Bar, he's chatting at someone who you assume is the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So that's all you know about what happened in Imperial City.//] The bartender says to Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah.//] Mason says back to him.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Nothin' more?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Nothing more.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You were holding the Lich's head until it started blasting magic.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//And i'm not the Lich, so i can't give you more info than whatever i saw.//] Mason says to the Bartender as he spots you coming near.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh hey, Thief.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Hey Mason.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Do you know this guy?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I mean, he was the guy that came out of Imperial City with us.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well i guess we're in good company. Even if i was expecting someone manlier.//] The bartender says as he extends his hand over the bar to shake yours. You take a moment but you accept the handshake.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Anyways, you look like a shady figure that might have a couple of stories to tell.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//You could say that.//] You say as you sit down next to Mason.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, could you tell us one or something.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//If you can get me something to eat, maybe something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Aw c'mon, you too? Both of you are no fun.//] He jokes as he grabs some bread and fills a mug up with regular water. He then plops it down infront of you before you start to eat it.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, how about a story. Maybe how you met this guy, just to know if he's not skimping on details.//] He says as he stares down Mason, before turning his gaze back to you.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well, everyone knows Mason and his group. Hell, i had even taken a job from them at one point. But i'm here with him because we made it out of the city together.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yeah, i know that, he told me earlier. I was more talking about what sorts of things you did to end up with them.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Before, well, everything happened. I was coming out from serving a sentence for some petty crime i can't even remember. I decided afterwards that i wanted a drink or something so i went over to the Marvelous Mistake and pourred a few down.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, why are you so adverse to alcohol today.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Because i got drunk as hell, stumbled to the Ceremony and survived by falling into a sewer.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh, i could see why you'd have a problem with it then.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yeah, and after that i had a moment, found this guy and his friend, got interrogated by them until they figured i was human and escaped the city with them.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//I mean, yeah.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure.//] He says as he gets in real close.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yes, ''i am sure''.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//If you say so.//] He says while backing up.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hey, if i can interrupt. Could you give me something to sip on? I got no more water in here.//] Mason interupts before the bartender brings him a new mug full of water.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Sure, and what about you? Do you want anything?//] He says while pointing at you.
It could be a terrible, horrible, no good idea. But it will ''really'' put your mind off things.
[[Nah.->d2 pub2end (PDumb)]]
[[Actually...->d2 pub2drunk (PDumb)]]Took another short break, just for 3 days this time. Had to do some things.
Still working on the Partial Dumb Route, real close to wrapping it up too. All i gotta do is finish the rest1 route.
Gonna start only writing these when something interesting happens, so it's not redundant.(text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you notice a heat in your hands. Yup, fluffy now. Fuck, but you're not feeling horny right now. Hell, you're a mixture of tipsy, angry, embarassed and scared right now. A right proper emotional mess. ''Fuck'', fuck. Just try to calm down and think about nothing.
Absolutely.]
//Nothing.//
You then start to feel the warmness fade out, phew.
Halkmir hasn't noticed anything off about your hands yet, plus your sleeves can probably hide them. As long as you don't stick them out or shake someone's hand, you'll be fine. Wait, that's not fine. Halkmir's finishing his food and you're done already. You're gonna have to ask him to pay, otherwise he might see something when you stick your hands in your belt. Ok, time to ask.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Hey, Halkmir.//] You say sheepishly.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What?//] He gargles as he chews through the steak.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Look, i don't have much gold on me right now.//] You bluff as he puts a hand up while swallowing the food in his mouth.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't worry about it. I got some gold on me.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Oh, thank you.//] You say, relieaved.
(text-colour:#347450)[//So does that mean that you want to leave? Because i'm feeling pretty full right now.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//I mean, yeah.//] You say in the least sketchy sounding way possible. You've aroused plenty of suspicion from Halkmir today, don't want to push it too far.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well then.//] He says before putting down the sliverware and getting up. You quickly follow behind him, making sure that your sleeves are properly down and hiding your "hands". Can you even still hold things? Now that would put a huge monkey wrench in everything. Luckly, you think you feel a thumb in there. So you can probably still hold things.
You then snap back to reality as you start to feel the sleeves slip. Halkmir's paying right now so he's seen nothing.
After paying the two of you quietly walk off towards the middle of town. Mason's there.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ah, there you two are.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Boss.//] Halkmir says as Mason joins the two of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Where did you two go?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, after i got all the things we might need to go back in the city. I started getting a bit peckish, so i went to eat.//] He starts as you three appropriately start to walk out of town.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I ran into him along the way, he was pretty hungry too so we went over to the restaurant together. But what about you, what did you do?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I got the sword//] Mason says as he taps his back, right where his sword is holstered. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//After that, i decided to kill some time over at the pub. No drinks, i know you'd hate to see ''me'' drinking.//] He jokes as Halkmir begins to chuckle, probably some inside joke that'll take you a month or two to understand.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//But, uh. What about you? What did you do?//] He says while looking at you. You stay quiet for a bit.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//The usual.//] You blurt out uncomfortably.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ok, i guess.//]
The group is consumed by a eerie quiet as you keep walking through the woodlands that lead back to the camp. Halkmir peers at you occasionally as you three walk through the path back home, each gaze making you want to sink deeper into the ground with anxiety. Luckly, the camp's just a bit ahead.
You three then make it to the edge of the camp as Halkmir taps you on the shoulder. Mason feels the two of you stop in their tracks, before looking back and going in his tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, thief.//] He says with a sigh, oh gods he's gonna ask you if you're really ok isn't he.
(text-colour:#347450)[//You look real anxious, is there really ''nothing'' bothering you.//]
Fuck. Just keep quiet before you say something you might regret.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hello?//]
Oh gods. You're barely holding it together at this point.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Thief?//]
[[Keep the Lie going]]
[[Come Clean]](text-colour:#347450)[//Are you really just going to stay quiet?//]
Fuck, fuck.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, really. Tell me about it. You've been acting weird ever since we saw you in the sewers.//]
No, no. You can't do it. Just keep the lie going and hope for the best.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//I'm good. Stop worrying about it.//] You bark at Halkmir.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, fine.//] He answers (text-colour:#347450)[//I'll stop bothering you about it if you really don't want to talk about it.//] He says before turning and walking towards his tent, giving you one last look before going inside.
Fuck that was close.
You start to feel a bit tired though, so you decide to crawl into Mason's tent. Things are obviously going to be a bit awkward between you and Halkmir.
Mason looks at you as you come in, before turning back to lay in his bedroll. He gave you a bit of an awkward look, so he probably heard everything.
You just lay down in your bedroll before he starts asking questions too.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 rest2dream (Pdumb)]](text-colour:#347450)[//Are you really just going to stay quiet?//]
Fuck, fuck.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, really. Tell me about it. You've been acting weird ever since we saw you in the sewers.//]
Fuck it. This is as good a time as any.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Fine.//] You sigh. (text-colour:#df93ea)[//There's something that's been really bothering me for the past 2 days.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then what is it. Tell me about it, please.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Look, i'll tell you, but please don't do anything sudden. I'm already plenty anxious about telling you.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure, sure. Just please tell me, it's been bugging me all day.//]
You give him a deep sigh before closing your eyes and rolling back one of your sleeves. It's been a few seconds and he's not saying anything, so you open your eyes and see that he's just standing there in shock.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wh- Wuh?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Please, just please don't tell anyone, please.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What the hell? You could've infected us.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//And i didn't tell either of you because you would've killed me then and there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//So we could let you out and you could doom the rest of the world?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Look, i don't know. I just don't want to die.//] You say with a whimper as you start to feel a warm feeling around your neck.
(text-colour:#347450)[//We should've let you to rot in that sewer.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Please, how about this.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What?//] He says angrily.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//You can just leave me to sleep outside tonight. Hell, you could even tie me up if you're not sure about it. If i start trying to get one you, you've got my full permission to just kill me right then and there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine.//] He says as he grabs a bundle of rope from the back of his bag before tying your arms and legs down. You're now sat on the ground, inmobile.
(text-colour:#347450)[//There, now you better not do anything that might make any of us regret this.//] He says as he walks away from you, keeping you within his view at all times. He then goes inside his tent, making sure that the cloth entrance is closed as tight as it can.
You lay your head down and stare at the moon in the sky. Your arms are uncomfortably behind your back, but it isn't the first time you've slept like this in your lif-
What the fuck is that at the bottom of your vision? Oh gods, it's a snout. Fuck, this is it isn't it. At least you're tied up and can't do anything to harm anyone after you lose your mind. Your face is probably full cat by now, and there's probably not much left before that. You then pan your view down to your legs as you feel the warmth at your face start to spread to every part of your body. You see your legs inch closer towards the center of your body before starting to stress the ropes on your legs a bit. The warmth then fades away from your body.
This is it.
This is what if feels like to die in your own mind.
Not with a bang, but with a whimper.
Not a bad sight to leave on.
The stars are rather nice out tonight.
You're feeling pretty tired.
Guess you'll go to sleep then.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep?->d2 selfdream (PDumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wow, that was...]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[High class existential dread fuel? Yeah.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[So that's it? You're just gonna let yourself walk quietly in the figurative night?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[It's better than fighting it and failing.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You can't just give up like this.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[''Fuck'', look. If you really want to try and see if you can fight it, why don't you try it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No really you've got to at least try.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, fine. I'll try.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Try->d3 wakeup (Tied)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You just gave me a whole pep talk about not giving up and you just give up.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (PDumb)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Still think you can keep the house of cards going?]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Of course i can, i'm dead if i don't.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[But you're dead if you do.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[I probably won't even feel it when it happens, if it happens.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Still hopeful of finding that wizard before shit goes down?]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[I have to be.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Good luck with that then.]
[[Wake Up->d3 rest2wakeup (Pdumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[So i'm just gonna be stuck here instead of finding a way to not die.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (PDumb)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-colour:#df93ea)[//No, thanks.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//]
Mason drinks from his mug as the bartender stands there in silence, looking at you.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, there really is something off about you.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Like what.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I don't know, you're just exude some sort of nervousness and fear.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//So you're a bartender and a shrink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No really, you're giving me the same feeling that soldiers about to get deployed give off.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Neat, now can you please go bother someone else.//] You say a bit defensively as he shrugs and walks away to clean the rest of the bar table. Mason's looking at you strangely but he's not doing anything really. He then turns to look at the bartender for a bit before turning back to you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it is getting pretty late. I'm gonna head out.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well you go ahead, i'll follow.//] You say as the both of you leave some gold on the bar before leaving. You two then go to the center of town, where Halkmir is waiting patiently for the two of you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, there you are.//] He says as the two of you walk up to him. (text-colour:#347450)[//Where did you two go?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We hit the pub, didn't drink anything of course, you'd hate that.//] He jokes as Halkmir laughs. Probably a inside joke you'll understand in a month or two. You three then start to walk towards the town entrance, continuing until you're deep into the Imperial Forest on the way to the camp. After walking a bit through the forest you feel a tap on the back of your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hey, Thief.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yeah?//] You say as you turn your head to face Mason while walking fowards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Are you sure you're fine?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yes. I am sure.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really sure?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yes.//] You say again, now sounding a bit frustrated.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, ok.//] Mason says as he starts drifting away from you while not breaking eye contact.
Finally, you make it to the Camp. Everyone's real tired so they go directly to their tents. You're still outside and are deciding which one to sleep in.
[[Sleep in Mason's Tent->d2 MasonSleep (Pdumb)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->d2 HalkSleep (Pdumb)]](text-colour:#df93ea)[//Actually, give me a drink, like a real drink.//] You say to the bartender
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//That's the spirit.//] He says as he grabs the empty mug of water, wipes it with a piece of cloth and begins to pour in some liquor before ploping it down infront of you. (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Enjoy.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really? If Halkmir was here, he'd punch you.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//What, is he my dad or something.//] You say as you (text-style:"blur")[start to] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[oh fucj]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[The following story segment has 2 versions, please choose one.]
[[The realistic version->drunk(PDumb)]]
[[The "Artistic enterpretation"->shit(PDumb)]] (text-colour:red)[(Not recommended for first time readers, or people who are sane.)](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Ugh... //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mon ase yuo fil taht de dring difnt go dowen two gud.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yuo okey miser? U dontn loke two gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//uim... fins. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu sey will puting donw teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I tihnk u mite b a byt fof alitewait.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//ime not... a fucfgine, ligewaige...//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//o gos halmis gona kil yu wen ou go bag to cams.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he sey ase he graps u bi de arm an dras yu outata pub.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//yr uie comin outata bup?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//becos ife yucans hanel uan dring, imajin drigin tou.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//focof... imm nos a liswayse.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//den wasar u.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//uel... somin dide hafen, tu me.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//yea iea, i noe.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//no... isno dat, il tel yuo laer.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u ses ase mabson dras u to hasmir woos ina de midel of taun.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//o gos what did u tu do.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i wuas juss etin ate de pbu, is no me falt he can consrol imselve.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//gess yul haf tu helf im lige u hepled me.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[halmil joos ase u wakk tru de forss dat leas tu de camf.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//cans yu, sopp draign me arunns?//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu ses ase mabson keep draing yuo aron.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, bicos yuor gona waner o-.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''OUGHhh''. o gos wawas sat? o yuo trifed and fall. yur onsopt of magson.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//woa ar u tu ok?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ye- wadefoisat?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//waswas?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ders somin soph in yur ches//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//o, dos ar my bosb.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y- yur was//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//my bobs... i gotem tide upe fosom rison.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu ses ase u sart to unrap de bins dat hol yur tis, dey den spfil otno marson. ders a wird wamf in yur negk too.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''WADEFO?!''//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he scrims ase he baks awei fom yu cuicly.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wase prolem? isder somin wron-//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''UOUGHhh''. wha? dide hamir,] (text-style:"blurrier","subscript","buoy")[qick u inde... fez.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[What?->drunkKO]](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+[//Ugh...//](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[You moan as you fee''w'' that the drink didn't go down too good.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//U okay miste''w''? U dont look too good.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//im... fine...//](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[You say while putting down the mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I think u might be a bit of a light''w''eight.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//im not... a fucking, light''w''eight...//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh gods halkmi''W'''s gonna kill you ''W''hen you go back to camp.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[He says as he grabs u by the arm and d''w''ags you out of the pub.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//''w''hy are ''w''e coming out of the pub?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Because if u can't handle one d''w''ink, imagine drinking t''w''o.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//fuck off... im not a light''w''eight.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then ''w''hat are u.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//''W''ell... something did happen, to me.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah, Yeah, i kno''w''.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//no... its not that, ill tell u late''w''.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as Mason drags u to halkmi''w'', who's in the middle of to''w''n.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh gods ''W''hat did u two do.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I ''w''as just eating at the pub, it's not my fault he can't cont''W''ol himself.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Guess you'll have to help him ''w''ike u helped me.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Halkmi''w'' jokes as u walk through the fo''w''est that leads to the camp.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//can you, stop d''w''aging me around?//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[U say as Mason keep draging you a''w''ound.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No, because you're gonna ''W''ander o-.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''OUGHhh''. Oh gods ''w''hat was that? oh you tripped and fell. You'''w''e on top of Mason.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//''W''oah, are u two ok?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yea- ''W''hat the fuck is that?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//what's ''w''hat?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//The''w''e's something soft on your chest//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//oh, those a''w''e my boobs.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Y- ur what.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//my boobs... i got em' tied up for some ''w''eason.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as u start to un''w''ap the binds that hold you''w'' tits, they then spill onto Mason. There's a wei''w''d warmth in you''W'' neck too.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''WHAT THE FUCK?!''//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[He sc''W''eams as he backs a''W''ay f''W''om u q''W''ick''W''y.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#df93ea)[//''W''hat's the p''W''ob''W''em? is the''W''e something ''W''ron-//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''UOUGHhh''. Wha? did Halkmi''W'',] (text-style:"blurrier","subscript","buoy")[kick u in the... face.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[What?->drunkKO]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're fucking stupid.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[What the fuck happened?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You didn't learn from your mistakes, that's what happened.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You can see what happened by just looking at your nose.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wha//- ''WHAT''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, you fucked up.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[What?->d2 nightinterrog]](text-style:"blurrier")[Wuh?]
(text-style:"blur")[Why is...]
Why can't you move?
Oh you're tied up and being carried on Mason's shoulder. Did you just get too drunk and passed out? Or-
''Why are those two hanging loose?''
Oh gods, they know something's up. Can you even do anything anymore or are you just going to watch yourself get hanged. At least you probably won't feel it when it happens, just a sudden drop followed by a short dr-
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''wWUGH.''//] You yelp as Mason readjusts you on his shoulder as he feels you slipping of- ''Wait'', you said that. Or at least it feels like you said that. Are you still actually you?
Neat, still going to get hanged probably.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey Boss, i think it's waking up.//] Halkmir says.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Does it really matter? It can't move.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But "it" can talk, you fucking assholes.//] You grunt at Halkmir as he walks behind Mason.
(text-colour:#347450)[//See? It's even quipping at us.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Where are you taking me?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//The gallows probably.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wh- What? ''No!''//]
Oh yeah, they want you dead alright.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look Halkmir, do we really need to send it to die? We knew him, for a bit at least.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Why are you simpathetic to it? He lied to us and endagered ''everyone''.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's not simpathy, it's that i have a few doubts.//]
Oh, you've got an idea.
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, can we talk about this?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Why should we even let you tal-.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Halkmir, shut the hell up and let it talk.//] He says as he stops and pans his head around to face Halkmir. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//In the time that we ran through the Imperial City, did any of those things try to actually reason with us?. I think that's reason enough to at least hear it out for a second.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, it's reasoning with us because it's about to go with the gods. It just wants you to let it free so it can finish trying to infect us.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//And i could've done that any of the moments that we were at the camp, but i didn't because i'm not one of those things.//] You bicker at Halkmir.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Prove it.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you put me down first?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Why, so you can run away?//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, so i can breathe normally.//] You say as Mason puts a hand on your back.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, don't-//] He says before Mason puts you down on the grass next to the path.
(text-colour:#347450)[//''Mason, WHAT THE HELL?''//] Halkmir yells at Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's not running away like that, the least i can do is put it down.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//''HOW DO YOU KNOW IT ISN'T GOING TO DO THAT?''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look.//] Mason says to Halkmir as he points to you just laying in the grass with your hands and legs tied.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can i talk now?//] You say as the two adventurers just stare at you on the ground.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll take that as a yes.//]You shake around until your sat down on the grass rather than lain on your side.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok so, I'm still me, the thief, or at least still am me on the inside. I remember everything short of the drunken stupor i was in a few minutes ago.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//So? That still doesn't prove you're really still the thief, you could just be tapping into his memories or something.//]
Fuck, he's not buying it. Well, you probably wouldn't buy it either if the roles were inverted. There must be someth- Wait. You're a cat right?
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir you dense blockhead, if i wanted to infect one of you i would be doing it right now.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And how, you're tied up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You mean with the regular ropes that i can cut with these?//] You say as you free your hand, paw, things with their new claws before presenting them.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fuh...//] He grunts before putting his hand on his face and sighing deeply.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Do you trust him yet or does he need to lay in the grass for a few more minutes.//] Mason says as he grabs his sword and points it at the ropes tying your legs together.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, You're the boss.//] Halkmir sighs as Mason cuts the ropes. Halkmir then moves towards you and extends his hand out to you while looking in a different direction. You grab onto his hand to lift yourself off the ground but the sudden soft feel of your hand startles him and he releases his grip. He then gets a guilty expresion and takes hold of your hand, lifting you off the ground.
Why is everyone-? Oh you're even shorter now, great. And your clothes are extremely baggy now, your shirt is barely visible enbetween your cloak and your boots just want to come off and flip around with each step. Plus, you can see strangely well in the night. Even if the only light in the area is moonlight and a lantern that Halkmir has. Oh and the nose, it's part of your mouth now and it's gonna take a while before you stop seeing it in your line of sight. Neat.
Anyways, Mason and Halkmir are just standing around you as you inspect yourself, so you should probably do something other than oogle.
[[Start Moving Towards The Camp->d2 NinterrogEnd]]After an Awkward few moments Halkmir and Mason start walking again, so you decide to follow them before you're left behind.
Eventually, you make it back to camp and Halkmir just Be-Lines it to his tent, he doesn't even say anything, he just gives you a shamed look as he goes inside.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, i guess Halkmir doesn't want me anywhere near his tent right now. Could i sleep in yours?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''S''- Sure...//] Mason stammers a bit as he gives you a strange look.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, can you please not make this more awkward than this already is and treat me like a normal person.//] You plead timidly.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'll try.//] He says back to you as he goes inside his tent. You then shortly follow behind. You quickly put down your bedroll and lay in it before you get any more strange looks, or give them out too. Everything's real weird and soft and just overloading your senses. You just want to go to sleep and not feel anything for a few hours.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 masonleep (PDdumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well that went better than expected.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yeah, problem is i still have to wake up tommorow.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh, yeah. Good luck with that.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Really? That's it? No insightful commentary?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're confused, i'm confused. I've got nothing more to say.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Maybe i really have lost my mind then.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 wakeupdrunk (PDdumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well actually, one more thing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What is it then.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[There's no more story.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Huh.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (PDumb)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]I'm still working on this, i haven't given up on it yet. Been taking bigger and bigger breaks inbetween writting sessions and it just sort of spiraled until i forced myself to sit down and write.
Oh but i have been working on this in breif intervals for the past few days. Like i said in the past log, i'm starting to find it redundant to just write half a paragraph saying "i didn't do much today" and go on to the next day. So future logs are gonna be more of a recap than a "here's what i did today."
Decided that the other partial dumb paths were a bit dry, so i added some extra options that do things. There's currently 5 (//Update: 13 actually, with some extra work and throwing in the "give in" option's subpaths//) different subpaths to the partial dumb route and one more once i start writing "rest1". I've been skimping on it for no particular reason, just haven't actually written it yet.
Oh yeah, also happy 1 month of working on this, me!Yeah, i'm aware that there's less Ws in the early parts of the text, that's intentional.
You haven't gone full yet, so there's less Ws.No, you don't.
Do you die in any other path when you go full?
No?
Exactly.
It's just some drama that makes sense for what your character knows at the moment.Descriptions were actually an afterthough, i didn't have them planned from the start. You were just supposed to infere what your character looked like from a mixture of descriptors in the actual story and your own imagination.
But that's kind of lame, so i though up the descriptions and gave one to the start of every day of every path.There's like 4 death scenes in this whole fucking thing and they're all down here, what the fuck.Here's some dumb, yet fun stats about the story.
There's ''523'' Passages in the whole story.
The word "Fuck" is said in ''228'' passages.
The word "You" is said in ''494'' passages.
The Gods are blasphemed in ''116'' passages
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[We talk in ''496'' passages]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[We get called "Thief" in ''88'' passages]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We get called "Cat" in ''77'' passages]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We had, //a moment//... In ''33'' passages. And you know what i mean by a moment.]
(text-colour:#272e58)[I'm in ''30'' passages, and you're still a fucking low-life bastard.]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[Hey! I'm in ''44'' passages. That's more than Pyle!]
(text-colour:#cb89f8)[I'm in only ''2'' passages, including this one. Can't wait to meet the new you soon.]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[Yo, i'm in ''150'' passages. And i really hope whatever happened after we went out drinking doesn't have any permanent consequences.]
(text-colour:#347450)[I'm here too, and i'm in ''137'' passages.]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[Me? I'm in 77 passages, but i'm still the envy of this cast. Mainly because i'm the only one you can marry right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can we leave now?]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Yeah but more importantly why are there two of us?]
I don't fucking know, you tell me. Anyways, there's a door over there.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ok thanks.]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Actually, before you go. Can we like, do something real quick.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you ha- Hey wait a fucking minute, i know that fucking tone. Are you really trying to get into your own pants right now.]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[''NO'', NO, no, //no//... //Well//, unless you want to.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm just gonna fucking leave. Gods i was a fucking womanizing asshole.]
(text-colour:#8bc2c7)[Wow, turned down by ''myself''... I'm down badder than any man has ever been.]That's something you'll learn later.
:)Mason's already suspicious of you. Avoiding him even more will probably make him even more suspicious.
You go inside and Mason's getting down into his bedroll.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Hey Mason.//] You say as he realizes you're coming in.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, hey Thief.//] He says while getting into his bedroll. You put your bedroll down trying to not spark any more conversation with him-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look really, something's off about you.//]
Fuck, he's really not gonna let up about that isn't he. Play it cool, you can get out of this one too.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//You've been saying that ever since we left the pub, can you please elaborate.//] You say as you get into your bedroll.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Like your clothes are all saggy, you're sounding weird, you lag behind us if we walk too fast and you're really apprehensive about it.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well i feel alright, it could just be me coming up with a cold or something.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then why are you being so evasive about it.//]
Ah shit, he's pressing the question. Just keep evading and hope for the best.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Look i just don't like talking about the things that ale me, alright?//] You bicker at Mason as you start laying on your back.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No really, i want to know. Just tell me whatever's happening and i'll see what i can do. Even if it's just a cold or something.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//It's nothing Mason. Can i go to bed now please.//] You almost bark at him in frustration.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Please, i'm just trying to help.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Oh Gods, please.//] You sigh (text-colour:#df93ea)[//I'm just going to go to bed.//] You grunt as you turn your back to Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, i'm pleading right now.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//''Shut the hell up please.''//] You grunt at him while not even moving, your head feeling red and hot from frustration.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine.//] He sighs angrily before you hear his head hit the back of his bedroll.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 MasonDream (PDumb)]]Mason's giving you funny looks the whole time since you two were at the pub, better not push things and just lay low by sleeping in Halkmir's tent.
You go inside and Halkmir's laying down in his bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey Thief.//] He says as he rolls his head up from the bedroll, he sounds groggy so he was probably about to fall asleep.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Hey Halkmir.//] You say as you enter the tent fully.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I though you'd be sleeping with the Boss tonight.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well, he's making me a bit uncomfortable.//] You say as you put down your bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh, i can sort of tell. It's not entirely unwarrented though, you have been acting rather strange today.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Like what?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Like lagging behind us to catch your breath, sounding strangely different. You know, weird stuff.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Oh... I could be coming up with a cold or something.//] You say before getting in your bedroll
(text-colour:#347450)[//Probably. Why you'd be so apprehensive to Mason about it however, i don't know.//] He says before a awkward silence permiates the tent.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well i better stop worrying you with my state of health, you do sound pretty tired.//] You say before rolling onto your side.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i guess so. Goodnight.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Goodnight.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 HalkDream (PDumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[A cold huh?]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Really, we're doing this now?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes, because you keep adding more and more lies to everything and just making things worse for yourself.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Look, if i hadn't been lying i'd be dead by now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Are you sure about that.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Yes, i'm //sure//.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[If you say so.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 HalkWakeup (PDumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're a real asshole you know that.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Why because i didn't accept his "Help" that would most likely get me killed? ''Fuck off'', i don't have time for this.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh don't worry, you're getting your cumupins.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Look at your nose.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wha//- ''WHAT''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, you fucked up.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 wakeupMason (Pdumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh hey, lucky you, there's no more story here.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ha! i didn't get my "//cumupins//". ''Suck''. ''My''. ''Dick!'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Which one.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck you.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Likewise.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Anyways, do i just float here in victory or is there anything i can do.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Since when do you care about climactic events.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Since you got away with being a shithead scott-free.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[So i'm just gonna be stuck here instead of finding a way to not die.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Probably some weird effect of whatever's happening to you so you probably shouldn't drink any more alcohol in the future.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bill as you walk out. You're feeling a lot better now, mainly due to having a full stomach, but also not being a bit drunk anymore. You walk back to the center of town, No one you know is there and there's still a few hours before everything closes so you decide to do one more thing.
There's not too many people in the streets anymore and everyone looks like they're not carrying much on them, so that leaves just one thing you could do. There's a Pub by the south side of the town, you could go there and socialize. No drinking of course, just talking. If you got tipsy by just drinking a half a glass of wine, you don't wanna see what would happen after a whole pint of hard liquor.
[[Go to the Pub ->d2 Pub1 (PDumb)]](text-colour:#df93ea)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. Not feeling too fancy today.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm.
You enter the Pub and see Mason at the Bar, he's chatting at someone who you assume is the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So that's all you know about what happened in Imperial City.//] The bartender says to Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah.//] Mason says back to him.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Nothin' more?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Nothing more.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You were holding the Lich's head until it started blasting magic.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//And i'm not the Lich, so i can't give you more info than whatever i saw.//] Mason says to the Bartender as he spots you coming near.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh hey, Thief.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Hey Mason.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Do you know this guy?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I mean, he was the guy that came out of Imperial City with us.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well i guess we're in good company. Even if i was expecting someone manlier.//] The bartender says as he extends his hand over the bar to shake yours. You take a moment but you accept the handshake.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Anyways, you look like a shady figure that might have a couple of stories to tell.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//You could say that.//] You say as you sit down next to Mason.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, could you tell us one or something.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//If you can get me something to eat, maybe something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Aw c'mon, you too? Both of you are no fun.//] He jokes as he grabs some bread and fills a mug up with regular water. He then plops it down infront of you before you start to eat it.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, how about a story. Maybe how you met this guy, just to know if he's not skimping on details.//] He says as he stares down Mason, before turning his gaze back to you.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well, everyone knows Mason and his group. Hell, i had even taken a job from them at one point. But i'm here with him because we made it out of the city together.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yeah, i know that, he told me earlier. I was more talking about what sorts of things you did to end up with them.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Before, well, everything happened. I was coming out from serving a sentence for some petty crime i can't even remember. I decided afterwards that i wanted a drink or something so i went over to the Marvelous Mistake and pourred a few down.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, why are you so adverse to alcohol today.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Because i got drunk as hell, stumbled to the Ceremony and survived by falling into a sewer.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh, i could see why you'd have a problem with it then.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yeah, and after that i had a moment, found this guy and his friend, got interrogated by them until they figured i was human and escaped the city with them.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//I mean, yeah.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure.//] He says as he gets in real close.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yes, ''i am sure''.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//If you say so.//] He says while backing up.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hey, if i can interrupt. Could you give me something to sip on? I got no more water in here.//] Mason interupts before the bartender brings him a new mug full of water.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Sure, and what about you? Do you want anything?//] He says while pointing at you.
No, you're not drinking a single drop of alcohol.
[[No.->d1 pub1end (PDumb)]](text-colour:#df93ea)[//No, thanks.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//]
Mason drinks from his mug as the bartender stands there in silence, looking at you.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, there really is something off about you.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Like what.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I don't know, you're just exude some sort of nervousness and fear.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//So you're a bartender and a shrink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No really, you're giving me the same feeling that soldiers about to get deployed give off.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Neat, now can you please go bother someone else.//] You say a bit defensively as he shrugs and walks away to clean the rest of the bar table. Mason's looking at you strangely but he's not doing anything really. He then turns to look at the bartender for a bit before turning back to you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it is getting pretty late. I'm gonna head out.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well you go ahead, i'll follow.//] You say as the both of you leave some gold on the bar before leaving. You two then go to the center of town, where Halkmir is waiting patiently for the two of you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, there you are.//] He says as the two of you walk up to him. (text-colour:#347450)[//Where did you two go?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We hit the pub, didn't drink anything of course, you'd hate that.//] He jokes as Halkmir laughs. Probably a inside joke you'll understand in a month or two. You three then start to walk towards the town entrance, continuing until you're deep into the Imperial Forest on the way to the camp. After walking a bit through the forest you feel a tap on the back of your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hey, Thief.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yeah?//] You say as you turn your head to face Mason while walking fowards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Are you sure you're fine?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yes. I am sure.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really sure?//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Yes.//] You say again, now sounding a bit frustrated.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, ok.//] Mason says as he starts drifting away from you while not breaking eye contact.
Finally, you make it to the Camp. Everyone's real tired so they go directly to their tents. You're still outside and are deciding which one to sleep in.
[[Sleep in Mason's Tent->d2 MasonSleep2 (Pdumb)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->d2 HalkSleep2 (Pdumb)]]Mason's already suspicious of you. Avoiding him even more will probably make him even more suspicious.
You go inside and Mason's getting down into his bedroll.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Hey Mason.//] You say as he realizes you're coming in.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, hey Thief.//] He says while getting into his bedroll. You put your bedroll down trying to not spark any more conversation with him-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look really, something's off about you.//]
Fuck, he's really not gonna let up about that isn't he. Play it cool, you can get out of this one too.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//You've been saying that ever since we left the pub, can you please elaborate.//] You say as you get into your bedroll.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Like your clothes are all saggy, you're sounding weird, you lag behind us if we walk too fast and you're really apprehensive about it.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well i feel alright, it could just be me coming up with a cold or something.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then why are you being so evasive about it.//]
Ah shit, he's pressing the question. Just keep evading and hope for the best.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Look i just don't like talking about the things that ale me, alright?//] You bicker at Mason as you start laying on your back.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No really, i want to know. Just tell me whatever's happening and i'll see what i can do. Even if it's just a cold or something.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//It's nothing Mason. Can i go to bed now please.//] You almost bark at him in frustration.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Please, i'm just trying to help.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Oh Gods, please.//] You sigh (text-colour:#df93ea)[//I'm just going to go to bed.//] You grunt as you turn your back to Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, i'm pleading right now.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//''Shut the hell up please.''//] You grunt at him while not even moving, your head feeling red and hot from frustration.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine.//] He sighs angrily before you hear his head hit the back of his bedroll.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 MasonDream2 (PDumb)]]Mason's giving you funny looks the whole time since you two were at the pub, better not push things and just lay low by sleeping in Halkmir's tent.
You go inside and Halkmir's laying down in his bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey Thief.//] He says as he rolls his head up from the bedroll, he sounds groggy so he was probably about to fall asleep.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Hey Halkmir.//] You say as you enter the tent fully.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I though you'd be sleeping with the Boss tonight.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well, he's making me a bit uncomfortable.//] You say as you put down your bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh, i can sort of tell. It's not entirely unwarrented though, you have been acting rather strange today.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Like what?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Like lagging behind us to catch your breath, sounding strangely different. You know, weird stuff.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Oh... I could be coming up with a cold or something.//] You say before getting in your bedroll
(text-colour:#347450)[//Probably. Why you'd be so apprehensive to Mason about it however, i don't know.//] He says before a awkward silence permiates the tent.
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Well i better stop worrying you with my state of health, you do sound pretty tired.//] You say before rolling onto your side.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i guess so. Goodnight.//]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[//Goodnight.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 HalkDream2 (PDumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[A cold huh?]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Really, we're doing this now?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes, because you keep adding more and more lies to everything and just making things worse for yourself.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Look, if i hadn't been lying i'd be dead by now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Are you sure about that.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Yes, i'm //sure//.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[If you say so.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 HalkWakeup2 (PDumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're a real asshole you know that.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Why because i didn't accept his "Help" that would most likely get me killed? ''Fuck off'', i don't have time for this.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh don't worry, you're getting your cumupins.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Look at your nose.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wha//- ''WHAT''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, you fucked up.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 wakeupMason2 (Pdumb)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[So i'm just gonna be stuck here instead of finding a way to not die.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh hey, lucky you, there's no more story here.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ha! i didn't get my "//cumupins//". ''Suck''. ''My''. ''Dick!'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Which one.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck you.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Likewise.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Anyways, do i just float here in victory or is there anything i can do.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Since when do you care about climactic events.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Since you got away with being a shithead scott-free.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]I say what i said last log and i inmedieatly write another log the next day.
Anyways, finally got absolutely everything from the dumb route done. It can go ahead and start working on the final 2 plans and actually have something releaseable.
Hooray for me i suppose.[[You->Description (d2smartP)]] open your eyes, a faint hope that you wake up in that jail cell in the city still glimmers withing you before you realize that you're still in the tent you slept in yesterday. You yawn and strech your arms before getting out of the bedroll and walking towards the flap of the tent and opening it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, Mason. i think we should stop waisting time and get back inside the city to rescue those two.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Halkmir, we haven't eaten in a whole day, we barely had enough supplies to set up a camp and you want to go back in? I don't even have my ''sword'' on me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then where the hell did you leave it?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Over there.//] He says, pointing towards the city in the distance. They then both realize that you're standing there.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, the Thief's woken up.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, good morning. I guess.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We were just discusing how dumb it would be to just waltz back in there without any supplies or a weapon.//]
Oh shit, Mason wants to wait on going back into the city. If you can't control your horniness today, you'll probably die before finding a way back.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Speak for yourself, by the time we get ready Saraa and Merl will be long gone.//]
You too probably.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, Halkmir, you know them. They'll be alright. Saraa is probably somewhere safe and Marl is probably disecting one of those things as we speak.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I think going into the city is better for you two. Hell, i'd agree to help you two if you want.//]
The Dwarf sighs (text-colour:#347450)[//Actually Thief, while i appreciate the help. It really is a suicide mission without supplies.//]
Fuck, now you're the only one who wants to go into the city. Trying to convince them will probably make them feel suspicious about you. Better just buckle up and hope you can cool your libido for a day.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Fine, the offer of help is still up though.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Great, if you want to come with us, we're gonna head into that town over there to get supplies.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Then you two go ahead, i'll follow.//]
Here goes nothing.
You three walk back down the incline towards the path, reaching it and following it through the Imperial Forest until you start to see road signs for the town of Gatemeir.
Finally after walking for what felt like a couple of hours you make it to Gatemeir before Midday. You three stop in the middle of town before Mason turns around to face the both of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Im gonna go get a new sword at the blacksmith, you two find something to do while he makes it.//]
There's a few things to do in town, There's a fancy restaurant in the town, you're pretty fucking famished after not eating for 2 days. You could also go get into some of your classic antics around the park. Even make a bit of gold while your at it.
[[Go eat->d2 rest1 (smartP)]]
[[Make some Gold->d2 theive1 (smartP)]]You're still you. The Thief. You're the 30-something you've always known and loved. All of the things that are happening to you are just temporary while you get back to normal. You were born over there, in the Imperial City.
You're about 5' 5" or so foot tall now. Halkmir's head reaches to your hips, he's very short so that's worrying. You seem like you've lost some of the little muscle mass you had. You look pretty androgynous and there's no denying it. Half of your body is covered fully in fur, luckly only everything under the waistline so you look fine from the waist up.
Under the hood of your midnight blue cloak, is your brown head of hair. Luckly that part of your body hasn't changed yet, as long as you act fast and find someway back you'll probably be fine.
Other than the afformentioned cloak, you wear a pale brown shirt under it. They both fit rather loosely now, they visibily sag a lot. You're also wearing your pants and your boots, the pants still sort of fit, drooping only sometimes. There's also your tail in there, it keeps moving around all the time but it just ends up wrestling with the fabric. Your boots keep fighting you and trying to twist around, probably because you're actually walking on your toes now, rather than the whole foot. Oh and your belt, it's around the area it always used to hang at, exept it droops down to your belly every now and then.
But enough gawking at yourself, there's things to be done. And you've still got hope of returning to your dick having self.
[[Continue->d2 wakeup (smartP)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[Too hungry to do anything fun. I'm gonna go eat.] You tell yourself as you begin walking towards the restaurant at the other side of town.
You walk into the restaurant and see the person that works the desk. He probably handles reservations, but there's not enough people around for there to be a reason to take reservations.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the White Dragon, How could i be of service.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah could i get a table for one.//]
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Sure, we've got plenty of empty tables, so just go ahead and choose one at your leisure.//] The desk worker says before you head into the dining hall.
You then sit down on a random empty table. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like. For once, it's actually nice to not get strange looks. Of course you're still getting them right now, but they're probably about the way you're dressed and how you don't look affluent enough to be here. Anyways, you decide what to get from the menu as you see the waiter start to inch closer to your table.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello Madam. What will you be having?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah ca- What.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Is there a situation mis-//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah i'm a guy.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Oh, ''oh'', i'm terribly sorry. My mistake. Now what will you be having?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away.//] He says before turning around and walking away. You feel a bit embarassed by the (not too out of left field) misunderstanding of the waiter, but you calm yourself down.
Do people that don't know you really think you look like a woman? Certainly gives more reason to the strange looks you're still getting from the noble shitlords that seem to like hanging around here. You really can't wait to meet that wizard so you can just put this entire escapade behind you and never talk or think about it again.
Oh hey, the waiter's coming back.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be a bit ashamed of his mistake. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Waiter! //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup inbetween sentences. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Could i get some water instead? //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say as he starts coming closer to you.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says before heading back to the kitchen, getting a pitcher full of water and a glass before coming back to you wit it. He then pours the some of it into the glass before putting it down on your table.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Thanks. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say trying not to sound like an asshole.]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest1end (smartP)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[Maybe doing some theiving might get my mind off of things.]
There's a quite a few people around the plaza that you're standing in. None of them look particularly poor. In fact, most of them look like they have quite a bit of gold to their names. But there's too many eyes on everyone, that guy's looking at that guy, this guy's staring around, that guy's just perving on that girl over there, fucking creep. Anyways, there are two people that stood out to you.
The first one's sitting on a bench over by the river. He's got no one looking at him and he seems like he's just chilling over by that bench. Easy pickings for some gold. You should still watch his behaviour for a bit if you decide to rob this guy.
The second one's over by an alleyway enbetween a stonemason and a pub. He looks rather shady, probably up to no good himself. But he is relatively easier than trying to pickpocket someone in broad daylight. Still, he'll probably be more alert than most people in or around the plaza.
[[Go for the river guy->d2 theiveRiver (smartP)]]
[[Go for the alley guy->d2 theiveAlley (smartP)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[The guy in the alley looks too shady, i'm gonna go for the guy by the river.] You say to yourself as you walk towards the bench he's seated on. You find a comfortable corner by a tailor and lay your back against a wall while looking at the guy on the bench.
He's just sitting there, doing nothing really. He is looking at the river though. Maybe he's just sightseeing, maybe he's just as bored as you are. Anyways, you decide to strike right now and walk towards him when all the people walking by aren't looking.
You wait for a bit and you get your chance, you walk over to him and stick your hand slowly in his pocket so he doesn't notice the intruding digits. You feel around the things in his pocket and feel a sack full of small metallic objects. Jackpot.
You grab the bag and pull it out slowly, making sure it doesn't tug on anything or tap anything. It's out and you've got yourself a nice, pretty and clinky bag with some go-
There's a tap on your shoulder, coming from the direction of the guy you just pickpocketed.
[[UH->d2 theive1stay (smartP)]]
[[RUN->d2 theive1run (smartP)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[I mean, the guy in the alley is suspicious, but the guy by the river isn't moving from there and that's making me more suspicious.] You say to yourself as you walk towards the alleyway where that guy's standing. You pass by him and continue until you find another alleyway, you then grab onto some things that you can use to climb up to the top of the building that's next to you. Now on top of the building, you look down and inspect the man from a distance.
He's leaning against the wall of the building, the paces around sometimes so he's not just loitering, he's clearly waiting for something. Something that might be more valuable than just robbing him right now.
You wait for a bit and another man starts to aproach him, he's equally shady. He's carrying a leather bag with some things in it before handing it over to the guy who was already in the alley. Ok now, you're plainly interested in whatever the fuck is going on here. And you really want to know what's in that bag.
The two guys in the alleyway then split up and leave, no money exchanged, so either they already had this exchange payed for, or this is some type of illegal thing charity. Eitherway, the guy who was already in the alleyway is making his way out so you come back down from the building and tail him around town. After a few minutes of following, he goes into a house.
You look around the house before sneaking in through a open window. Inside the house is pretty dark, the only illumination is from the open window and a few dim oil lanterns. The guy's nowhere to be seen so he's probably somewhere else in the house. But the bag is right there.
You don't even hesitate to sneak a peak inside the bag and- what.
That's dynamite, like pure dynamite, and a lot of it. Like enough to blow a whole structure to smithereens. Thinking about the greater good for once in your life, you decide that someone as shady as this guy doesn't deserve to have this much blasting powder at his disposal. So you grab it and stuff it somewhere on your person before sneaking back out of the house. You either ruined some clandestine mining operation, or just ruined some type of plot, so eitherway greater good right?
It's getting pretty late in the afternoon by now, so you just dunk the dynamite into the river before your clothes start smelling of explosives. You're not a miner, a grenadieer or some type of explosive weilding maniac to have any good uses for the dynamite anyways.
There's still the restaurant in town if you want to eat something Gourmet before the chance is up. If not, you're probably going to have to eat bread at the camp or something. Or there is a Pub in town, you could go there to kill some time and not drink. You've got some unresolved trauma with the bottle.
[[Go eat.-> d2 Rest2 (smartP)]]
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub2 (smartP)]]''UH''...
Uh...
What?..
You- Wh- Huh?..
Paralized in shock, you turn around to face the hand and oh gods oh fuck its the guy you just stole from, you try to move away but he's gripping very hard on the side of your cloak and it's either going to rip it and reveal your changes physique or fall of and reveal your changed physique.
Welp, you're boned. Should've though fast.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//I told you a pocket full of gold with a dwarven movement sensor was a good idea for catching pickpocketers.//] The man who's grabbing you says to no-one, he's just looking at a-
Oh there's an actual guard over there, sweet.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//I thought that theives would be smart enough to get suspicious from seeing a man with a pocket full of gold sit by a bench alone.//] The guard says as he aproaches you and the man. Great, they're in kahoots too.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Well you though wrong, isn't that right friend?//] The man on the bench says as he tugs on the grip he has on you.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Fuck off.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Language, please.//] The guard says.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//What are you gonna do, charge me with proffanity?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No, but it certainly won't help your case in court.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Don't care, i know when i'm fucked. Don't even read me my rights, just throw me in the slammer already.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//If you say so.//] The guard says as he ties your hands behind your back. The man on the bench then releases his grip on your clothes, before the guard starts dragging you away to the guard station. Usually, they make you spend a few hours in there before they can get a judge or something to give you an actual sentence. Of course, they do post the bail before so. Wouldn't want to miss out on any gold now wouldn't they?
The guard pushes you into a backroom of the station, there's a bunch of cheap cloth shirts and oh gods, they're gonna make you put one on aren't they. Fuck, so much for protecting your secret.
Guess you could just play it cool and maybe they'll at least take away your belt or something.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Look, can you really not put me in one of those things?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I got a rash on my chest and the cheap fabric will irritate it.//] You bluff.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Can't do the time, don't do the crime.//]
Fuck, he's really gonna make you put that shit on isn't he.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//It's a really bad rash. Like i'll probably pass out in the jail cell.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Again, don't care. It's standard procedure.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Can't you just take my belt? All my things are in there.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Yes, we will take your belt. But we also have to take the rest of your clothes in case you're concealling anything dangerous.//]
Shit. This is probably it. No way out. No, no. There's always desperation.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Please?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Really?//] You say as you feel the guard angrily ''GRAB YOUR CLOAK OH GODS.''
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey, hey, Let fucking go!//] You grunt as you try to tug down with your hands bound.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//It's just a fucking shirt.//] He says as your bound hands slip and send his flying up with both your cloak and shirt in his grip.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//See, now where's the that rash you were mentioning?//] He says as he throws you the shirt.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Do i look honest to you?//] you say as you put on the shirt.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Ok, now the pants.//] He says as he lifts a pair of- ''fuck he's gonna make you wear those too isn't he.''
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Look, what's wrong with my pair.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//That you're being rather defensive about them.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I got nothing concealled under he-//] You say as you're interrupted by the gu''ARD GRABBING AT YOUR FUCKING PANTS, SHIT HE'S SEEING YOUR LEGS AND HE'S BACKING UP IN RECOIL.''
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE GODS?!''//] He screams as he recoils back, letting you go. You try to sprint away desperately, but you bump into the door and it's locked.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU... THING!''//] He screams as you turn around and see him point a sword in your direction, he's about as distant from you as he posibly can be in the room.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Look-//] You say before you're interrupted by the (text-style:"blurrier")[door slamming you in, the...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You are unconscious->d2 uncon (smartP)]]Oh hell no. You're not standing around and getting caught, it's time to run the fuck away inmmediately. You don't even think it over for a second, you're just running with the gold. There's a yell in the distance, it's probably for you but you're focused on running away.
There's a few guards up ahead so you stop yourself before dodging into an alleyway enbetween some stores. You run through it before ending at a locked gate. Fuck.
You jump up before grabbing the top of the gate's arch and try to pull yourself up. You're really light now so it's real easy. Unluckly, the guards that were ahead of you have taken advantage of the gate situation and are grabbing your boots in a aggresive attempt to pull you down.
Fuck, there's only one way of getting out of this one. You're either going to have to let them arrest you, or you're going to have to loose the boots. Either way, no good outcome.
[[Let the Guards arrest you.->d2 theive1runA (smartP)]]
[[Sacrifice your Boots.->d2 theive1runB (smartP)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[And there's your cumupins.]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Can you be at least a bit less cheerful for my upcoming public execution?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh, please. You'll be dead before then.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Neat, Still gonna die though.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yea- Wait, you're waking up.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that good?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Probably not, but at least you'll get to enjoy a last few seconds of life before losing your mind.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d2 interog (smartP)]](text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Hey you.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Thief.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Wake the ''hell'' up, Thief!//]
You jump up slightly, You half expect everything to be back to the way they were two days ago for a little bit, but you look down and see a snout in the middle of your face and some giangantic orbs of fat on your chest. That's not good at all. You're locked and tied up inside a jail cell. You're still in your pants and that shirt the guard gave you, it's real streched to hell now thanks to those two down there. Guess the guards really didn't want to take any chances. You're probably along for the ride now, kind of like one of those stories of people getting possesed by sorcerers.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''Well''?//]
You're just sitting there, limp. Is your new, infected mind just really dumb, or is it playing dumb?
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Hello? ''I KNOW YOU'RE AWAKE YOUR EYES ARE OPEN!''//]
Your body is still just sitting there, you guess it's just playing dead so they can let it out. It's really obvious that it's not though, as you're still breathing.
The guard then turns around an-
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Ow'', fuck.//] You yelp as you put a hand on your forehead, the guard threw a pebble at i- ''Wait what.'' You reacted to it. Not as in, like instictivelly. Well, maybe a little instictivelly. But you felt like you did that. You moved your arm.
Are you still in control? Ok, let's try something.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cornbread.//] You say before putting on a face of amazement. You're still in control! Great!
But you still do look like this so you're probably still going to be executed. Not great.
Also you should probably answer the guard as you just said the word "//Cornbread//" for absolutely no reason and he's looking at you like you've gone mental. Well, more mental than he expects you to be right now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh, oh sorry, sorry.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well, you're certainly very polite, and ''stupid'' for a ''walking, TALKING BREACH OF QUARANTINE!''//]
Ok, you've still got your mind. But you're talking to the Empire's most stubborn man. So convincing him that you're still mentally human is probably going to kill you from exhaustion before he can. Nevertheless, it's worth trying to not get your head chopped off.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I literally thought i was dead 10 seconds ago.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Wh- ''ARE YOU TRYING TO ACT LIKE THAT FUCKER JUST SO I CAN LET YOU OUT?!''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I am "''that fucker''".//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Oh yeah? Then where were you 2 days ago in the morning?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Jail cell, Imperial City. Getting startled awake by a certain guard.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//That proves nothing, You could just be delving into his memories. Why am i even still talking to you and not arranging your ''execution''?//]
He really isn't buying it. You probably wouldn't buy it either if you weren't the one with the cat body in this situation either. Wait, you've got an idea.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Because i'm still me.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Unlikely, Prove it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Because i'm not trying to infect you.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're tied up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You mean with the regular ropes that i can cut with these?//] You say as you free your hand, paw, things with their new claws before presenting them to the guard.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//W- Fuck. ''FUCK''.//]
The guard sighs. (text-colour:#272e58)[//Look, Fuck it. You've planted doubt in my head.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm glad a skull as thick as yours is still open to reason.//]
Another guard passes by and gives him a rolled piece of parchment. He unfurrows it and clears his throat.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you please sign this statement that you won't go around spreading whatever it is you got inside that body.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure. Let me see it.//] You say as he opens the cell gate before extending his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement. You grab it and make a writing gesture while looking at him, he looks around before grabbing his quil from the desk set up outside the cell, Dipping it a little in the ink well before handing it to you.
//By royal decree of the mighty Agean Empire, I Shan't harm a single soul of any imperial citizen with my newly recieved affliction. May i fail this agreement, i shall be punished by hanging of the neck.// The statement reads, you quickly sign it and hand it over to the Guard, who slowly reaches out and grabs it quickly before looking at it.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//There, Happy?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//To not be on the chopping block? Yeah.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well, you're still gonna have to serve a 2 day sentence for pickpocketing and theft.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh yeah, that. Still better than getting executed.//] You say as the guard starts to leave the room. He then loops back and drops the statement on a table next to your jail cell.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're probably gonna want this in 2 days. And you should probably check what you signed on there.//] He says before actually leaving this time. You rip off the rest of the ropes holding you down and you get up, sticking your thin arms throught the bars and grabbing the document, there's nothing really weir- Oh, you signed with your real name. Better, you know. replace that.
You spend the next few minutes trying to grab a quil and writing "Thief" on the statement. As you finish doing so, you hear the door of the cell room open and a few steps.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#e68759)[//Why do you even want to pay her bail?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//He was probably confused and scared of what was happening to him when he did whatever he did.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Well, whatever you say mi- What do you mean, he?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well he is a m-.//] The lady says as she looks over at you, sat down on the floor. (text-colour:#bf8093)[//I guess, was a man.//]
Good to know that she made it out of the city unscathed, plus she's bailling you out, so that's a bonus.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Now, can you let her out?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Sure.//] The guard says as he unlocks your jail cell and leaves you with the lady.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//And you, get off the floor, it's filthy.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you stop calling me that first.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//What, filthy? i didn't call you filthy, i was talking about the fl-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, no. The S Word//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Sh- Oh, sure.//] She says as she extends an arm to lift you up.
[[Get up->freedumb (PCS)]]You get up and look down to meet her vi- Look up actually, to meet her view.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Wow, you're uh. Very short.//] She says as you blush a bit. You were pretty tall when compared to her before, but you barely reach her shoulders now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah. Now can you give me my cloak back?//] You say as you look down at her hand, gripping your things tightly.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Sure, but you might want to turn around now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wh-//] You say as you start to lift the cheap shirt off (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh... Yeah, those.//]
You then turn around, tilting you head back to check that no one (specially her) is peaking. You then slip back into your old clothes, which pretty much just hang on to your body by gravity.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//There.//] You say as you turn around (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can i go now?//] You say as you lean over her shoulders.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Not until you tell me what happened to you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story, but i'm fine. What about you, why did you bail me out?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well i overheard Pyle reading a letter he got from this station and i inmmeadiately knew it was you. "Some hooded thing you should see" usually means you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but ''why'' did you bail me out?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well i heard that something had happened to you after you were caught, and i just wanted to see if you were ok, and you're clearly not. I mean look at yourself! You're a fashion ''disaster''!//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Please, i've got bigger fish to fry.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//No, no, we're heading to my husband's shop right now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Really? I don't plan on being like this forever you know.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//''No'', we are going, ''now''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine...//] You say as she starts to drag you throught the station and all the way to the town's tailor. On the way there, people look at you funny. But you point the statement at them, and they look away. As you two arrive at the Tailor, she hides you behind the door as she walks in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Oh Lucy, honey. You're home early.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yeah, and i got you a customer in dire need of some work done.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Sure, then let them in.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//I will, if you ''promise'' not to freak out.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ok? I don't see why i would- OH MY GODS WHAT IS THAT TH-//] He yells as she pulls you into the store.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//''SHHH'', i told you to not freak out. This is that thief i always talked to you about, he or she or whatever has had a situation and now they're stuck like this right now.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what is it?.. That you need, of course.//] He says nervously to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i really didn't want to come here. But since i'm here i might as well.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Yes, but what is it you need.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//She probably needs her cloak to be refit, the shirt and the belt too, those pants need some adjusting too and the boots are definatly not helping either. Plus, you gotta get some support for those two. Is that ok with you?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//S.. Sure.//] You answer coyishly.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Then get in that fitting room, i'll be right there to measure you.//] She says as she shoves you into the fitting room and closes the door behind you.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hangs on you like a really big blanket. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
You hear a knock on the door that interupts your self-inspection. (text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//''I got the things! Can i come in?''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//S.. Sure! Go ahead!//] You reply as she bursts through the door.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Really?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//You're still in those saggy things.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh, fine.//] You say as you start to take your clothes off. You cover yourself up with your hands as you turn back to her.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//And stop doing that, i need you to be in a perfect A pose for this.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She moves the measuring band all over different parts of your body, as she does you look at yourself in the mirror again, naked this time. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs (And even then, you're walking on your toes instead of your whole foot now), You still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailorend (PCS)]].After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, It's getting pretty late.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, exept if your old self was really short, curvaceous and looked like a cat. Everything feels real snug and comfy though, like it did when it actually fit. You also kind of look like Saraa.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip). All and all, you didn't want to come here, but your clothes are very comfortable now and you can at least appreciate that. Even if having them hug your curves so tightly makes you feel strange.
You walk out of the Tailor and go back to the center of town, now very agile due to not having to fight with your clothes as you move. it's nighttime right now, the moon's barely up, but you should head back to camp and come clean to those two now. There's probably still no other way of being human, and more importantly, being male than being honest with them for once and helping them out.
You make your way back to camp, it's still not too late for them to be asleep, and you do see the campfire in the distance. So it's time to come clean about everything.
You climb the incline all the way until you barely make it to the camp, you don't want to just waltz in there and get killed out of fear. So you then circle around in the shadows and hide in a bush next to where Halkmir and Mason are sitting. You're waiting for a break in their conversation for you to chime in from inside the bush.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well anyways, Halkmir. Have you seen the Thief around? I looked for him for a good while after getting a sword.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nope. I had even brought him something to eat if he hadn't at the town.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Maybe he just changed his mind and decided to walk his own way.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh, probably. I'm gonna miss him a bit, if that's so.//] Halkmir says as a silence takes the camp.
Here's the moment, you gulp as you steel your nerves for this. You're still in the bush, for obvious reasons. But you're gonna have to speak up soon and hope for the best.
You sigh before speaking up. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm in the bush.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wu- Oh. What the hell are you doing in there? And where have you been?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Doing things, and i owe you two something.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//You do?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i haven't been being honest with you two at all.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What do you mean?//]
You sigh before tossing out the statement in the direction of the two adventurers, you hear it land on the wooden log that Halkmir's sitting on. You hear him pick it up as you prepare yourself for the big moment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm gonna come out now, please don't say or do anything and i'll explain everything.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Sure?..//] Mason says as you practically feel Halkmir's eyes widening as he finished reading the statement. You then come out of the bush, slowly, with your hands up.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''WHAT THE H-''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Shut up, i told you i would explain absolutely everything.//] You say as you slowly start approaching with your hands still up in the air. Halkmir pans his head quickly to you and he stumbles out of the log he's sat in while his eyes practically pop out of their sockets from fear and suprise. He stands up by the campfire area, but he clearly doesn't want to be close to you right now. You sit down and Mason does the same, but infront of you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you two ''please'' stop freaking out, it's making me more of a nervous wreck than i already am.//] You plead as the two of them try to calm their fear down a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I've been lying to you this entire time, and i'd like to be honest with you two for once.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I was infected, i just changed real slowly for some reason. I was afraid you two would leave me to die or kill me yourselves if i told you the truth. I really tried my best to keep it hidden from you two, but after what happened to me today, i couldn't keep it hidden anymore.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Today i wanted to get into some of my old antics, maybe even get my mind off of me changing and see if that worked somehow, but it didn't. I was caught and i finished transforming while i was arrested.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I thought i was going to die, or was already dead. Hell, when the guard came to interrogate me, i didn't even move for a solid minute thinking i had no control over my body anymore. But when i tried to do something, i was still me.//] You say as your catlike face starts to droop down into a sort of sad expression.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I talked to the guard, and after a bit of convincing, he realized that i was really me. He gave me that statement you have, Halkmir. After that, he left me there to serve the sentence for robbing someone earlier.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, uh. How did you get here?//] He says with a tinge of fear still in his voice.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//A lady i know, Lucy. She was the desk lady at the old Guard Station in Imperial City, she bailed me out before dragging me over to her husband's tailor shop. That's why my clothes look like this.//]
You sigh as you start looking downwards (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I just don't know what to do anymore, everytime i do something, or say something or anything really. I try to think like i did, but those thoughts just clash with new thoughs. And it just doesn't stop. I still have a bit of hope of going back, but at this point, you two are my only hope.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//L... Look, it's ok. We'll help you.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really Halkmir? How can you trust him so quickly?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//How do you ''not'' trust him so quickly. He just spilled his guts out to you and the only thing you can think about is how he could be lying about something he's clearly very emotional about?//] Halkmir says as he walks around the campfire and stands infront of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look... I just don't know.//] He says as he puts a hand on his face.
(text-colour:#347450)[//He said he's been infected for about 2 days by now. So if she really wanted to harm us she'd done it by now.//] Halkmir yells at Mason.
Mason sighs deeply. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine... You can stay with us.//] He says as he gets up.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Really?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yes... Now please let me go to sleep.//] He says as he walks over to his tent before getting in.'
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, i guess that solves that.//] He says as he turns to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, could i ask for one more thing.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//The food you said you got me, i'm starving.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh sure.//] He says as he reaches for a bag, he then hands you the bag. It's filled with bread and things, not exactly gourmet stuff, but you'll take it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, if you don't need anything else, i'm gonna go hit the hay too.//] Halkmir says before walking off and going in his tent. You just keep grabbing handfulls of bread until you quench the hunger you had.
After a while, you're feeling pretty tired yourself. Guess you'll go to bed too. Mason probably won't want you anywhere near his tent until he gets used to you being like this in a while. So you decide to follow Halkmir into his tent.
[[Get in the Tent->Halksleep (PCS)]]You decide to sleep in Halkmir's tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Hey.//] You say as he comes into the tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh hey, Thief. You're gonna sleep over here too?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, i don't think Mason would want me anywhere near his tent right now.//] You say as you place down your bedroll on the floor of the tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't worry about him, he'll get over the whole, thing, you've got right now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I was actually expecting you to be more afraid of the whole situation.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I mean, i was, for a bit. But they way you just spilled your guts out for us really hit me in the heart. Can't just let someone in as much grief as you suffer for no reason.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, thanks.//] You say as you lay down in the bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Welp, i think it's getting pretty late. I'm gonna hit the hay... Goodnight.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->halksleep (PCS dream)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're being strangely honest with everyone.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yeah, i'm kind of done lying.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wow, ''you're'' saying that.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yeah, i know what i'm saying.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You know, you're acting a bit girly.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[And there goes your niceness.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No really, what the hell.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is there anything wrong with being nice to the people who're helping me?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, but you could maybe cool it with the girliness while you do it.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 theivewakeup (PCS)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Huh.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (smartP)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]You loose your grip and let the guards pull you down, knowing that at least your fluffy secret will probably still be maintained. You almost land on your feet, but one of the guards is holding you by the neck of the shirt.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Listen here, you have-//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//The right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used in the imperial court of law, yadda, yadda. Please just throw me in a jail cell already, i don't have time for this.//] You rush him as you start to feel your boots slip a bit. Luckly, the guard puts you down and ties your hands up before they can do so.
You're taken all the way to the guard station in the town. Usually, they make you spend a few hours in there before they can get a judge or something to give you an actual sentence. Of course, they do post the bail before so. Wouldn't want to miss out on any gold now wouldn't they?
A guard pushes you into a backroom of the station, there's a bunch of cheap cloth shirts and oh gods, they're gonna make you put one on aren't they. Fuck, so much for protecting your secret.
Guess you could just play it cool and maybe they'll at least take away your belt or something.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Look, can you really not put me in one of those things?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I got a rash on my chest and the cheap fabric will irritate it.//] You bluff.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Can't do the time, don't do the crime.//]
Fuck, he's really gonna make you put that shit on isn't he.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//It's a really bad rash. Like i'll probably pass out in the jail cell.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Again, don't care. It's standard procedure.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Can't you just take my belt? All my things are in there.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Yes, we will take your belt. But we also have to take the rest of your clothes in case you're concealling anything dangerous.//]
Shit. This is probably it. No way out. No, no. There's always desperation.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Please?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Really?//] You say as you feel the guard angrily ''GRAB YOUR CLOAK OH GODS.''
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey, hey, Let fucking go!//] You grunt as you try to tug down with your hands bound.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//It's just a fucking shirt.//] He says as your bound hands slip and send his flying up with both your cloak and shirt in his grip.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//See, now where's the that rash you were mentioning?//] He says as he throws you the shirt.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Do i look honest to you?//] you say as you put on the shirt.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Ok, now the pants.//] He says as he lifts a pair of- ''fuck he's gonna make you wear those too isn't he.''
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Look, what's wrong with my pair.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//That you're being rather defensive about them.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I got nothing concealled under he-//] You say as you're interrupted by the gu''ARD GRABBING AT YOUR FUCKING PANTS, SHIT HE'S SEEING YOUR LEGS AND HE'S BACKING UP IN RECOIL.''
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE GODS?!''//] He screams as he recoils back, letting you go. You try to sprint away desperately, but you bump into the door and it's locked.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU... THING!''//] He screams as you turn around and see him point a sword in your direction, he's about as distant from you as he posibly can be in the room.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Look-//] You say before you're interrupted by the (text-style:"blurrier")[door slamming you in, the...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You are unconscious->d2 uncon (smartP)]]You pull harder on the arch of the gate until you feel the force of the guards' hands pop off from your legs, you then quickly haul the rest of your body over the arch and land on your fe- ''OH GODS, OH FUCK YOUR FEET.''
''SHIT SHIT SHIT, THEY'RE OUT AND YOU LET THEM GET OUT AND EVERYONE AROUND YOU CAN SEE. PEOPLE ARE RUNNING AND SCREAMING FUCK FUCK FUCK, NO.''
This isn't happening, oh gods. One of the guards just broke through the fence and is about to d(text-style:"blurrier")[eck you in the back of, the...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You are unconscious->d2 uncon (smartP)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[Now that it probably did something good, let me reward myself with a good meal.] You tell yourself as you begin walking towards the restaurant at the other side of town. On the way there you feel someone tailing you, it's Halkmir.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Thief.//] Halkmir says as he catches up to you.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Oh hey Halkmir.//] You say as he starts following you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//You doing something?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Getting something to eat, haven't eaten since 2 days ago.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, well i was actually headed over there right now.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Great, don't mind some company.//] You say as you both arrive at the restaurant.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the White Dragon, How could i be of service.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah could i get a table for two.//]
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Sure, we've got plenty of empty tables, so just go ahead and choose one at your leisure.//] The desk worker says before you two head into the dining hall.
You both sit down on a random empty table. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like.
(text-colour:#347450)[//So, uh. Up to no good?//] Halkmir says as he puts down his menu, trying to initiate some small talk.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Maybe.//] You say as you keep browsing the menu. Oh, they've got Duck on the menu. Your favorite.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What do you mean.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, i did do something. But i'm not really sure if i did good or bad.//] You say as you finally put down the menu.
(text-colour:#347450)[//If you're saying that, that probably means that it's good.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I'll tell you about it if you remind me later.//] You say as you see the Waiter nearing the table.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello Mister and Madam. What will you be having?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah ca- What.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Is there a situation mis-//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah i'm a guy.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Oh, ''oh'', i'm terribly sorry. My mistake. Now what will you be having?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I'll have a steak with some boiled potatoes with a bit of water to wash it down, not feeling too fancy today.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away.//] He says before turning around and walking away. You feel a bit embarassed by the (not too out of left field) misunderstanding of the waiter, but you calm yourself down.
(text-colour:#347450)[//So, uh...//] Halkmir says in a attempt to break the silence. You just keep hanging your head down in shame.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, really. Why are you acting so, weird?//] He says as he leans in fowards slightly.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//What do you mean.//] You say trying to act as normally as possible now, he's obviously getting suspicious of you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//You know, you're acting shifty.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I act like that norma-//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And your clothes, they're sagging a bit.//] He says as he pulls on the side of your shirt.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, I haven't eaten in two days.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh. Still kind of weird.//] Halkmir says before panning his head around the restaurant, he sometimes shifts his eyes back to you, making you feel a bit nervous. After a while of doing this he starts fiddling around with the silverware on the table. You then notice the waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be a bit ashamed of his mistake. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He also plops Halkmir's meal on the table too. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but Halkmir doesn't care about table manners, he just agresively starts to cut pieces of his steak off and eat it like someone's gonna take it away from him at a determined time limit.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You good? You don't look too bright right now.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I'm. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup halfway through the sentence. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Fine.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Actually, could we... Swap drinks?//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says as he swaps your glass around for his glass of water.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Thanks. //]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest2end (smartP)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. Not feeling too fancy today.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm.
You enter the Pub and see Mason at the Bar, he's chatting at someone who you assume is the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So that's all you know about what happened in Imperial City.//] The bartender says to Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah.//] Mason says back to him.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Nothin' more?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Nothing more.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You were holding the Lich's head until it started blasting magic.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//And i'm not the Lich, so i can't give you more info than whatever i saw.//] Mason says to the Bartender as he spots you coming near.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh hey, Thief.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey Mason.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Do you know this guy?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I mean, he was the guy that came out of Imperial City with us.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well i guess we're in good company. Even if i was expecting someone manlier.//] The bartender says as he extends his hand over the bar to shake yours. You take a moment but you accept the handshake.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Anyways, you look like a shady figure that might have a couple of stories to tell.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//You could say that.//] You say as you sit down next to Mason.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, could you tell us one or something.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//If you can get me something to eat, maybe something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Aw c'mon, you too? Both of you are no fun.//] He jokes as he grabs some bread and fills a mug up with regular water. He then plops it down infront of you before you start to eat it.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, how about a story. Maybe how you met this guy, just to know if he's not skimping on details.//] He says as he stares down Mason, before turning his gaze back to you.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, everyone knows Mason and his group. Hell, i had even taken a job from them at one point. But i'm here with him because we made it out of the city together.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yeah, i know that, he told me earlier. I was more talking about what sorts of things you did to end up with them.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Before, well, everything happened. I was coming out from serving a sentence for some petty crime i can't even remember. I decided afterwards that i wanted a drink or something so i went over to the Marvelous Mistake and pourred a few down.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, why are you so adverse to alcohol today.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Because i got drunk as hell, stumbled to the Ceremony and survived by falling into a sewer.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh, i could see why you'd have a problem with it then.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah, and after that i had a moment, found this guy and his friend, got interrogated by them until they figured i was human and escaped the city with them.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I mean, yeah.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure.//] He says as he gets in real close.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yes, ''i am sure''.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//If you say so.//] He says while backing up.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hey, if i can interrupt. Could you give me something to sip on? I got no more water in here.//] Mason interupts before the bartender brings him a new mug full of water.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Sure, and what about you? Do you want anything?//] He says while pointing at you.
It could be a terrible, horrible, no good idea. But it will ''really'' put your mind off things. Plus, no women around so your libido and therefore your body, will probably be intact even after a drink.
[[Nah.->d2 pub2end (smartP)]]
[[Actually...->d2 pub2drunk (smartP)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[//No, thanks.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//]
Mason drinks from his mug as the bartender stands there in silence, looking at you.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, there really is something off about you.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Like what.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I don't know, you're just exude some sort of nervousness and fear.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//So you're a bartender and a shrink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No really, you're giving me the same feeling that soldiers about to get deployed give off.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Neat, now can you please go bother someone else.//] You say a bit defensively as he shrugs and walks away to clean the rest of the bar table. Mason's looking at you strangely but he's not doing anything really. He then turns to look at the bartender for a bit before turning back to you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it is getting pretty late. I'm gonna head out.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well you go ahead, i'll follow.//] You say as the both of you leave some gold on the bar before leaving. You two then go to the center of town, where Halkmir is waiting patiently for the two of you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, there you are.//] He says as the two of you walk up to him. (text-colour:#347450)[//Where did you two go?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We hit the pub, didn't drink anything of course, you'd hate that.//] He jokes as Halkmir laughs. Probably a inside joke you'll understand in a month or two. You three then start to walk towards the town entrance, continuing until you're deep into the Imperial Forest on the way to the camp. After walking a bit through the forest you feel a tap on the back of your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hey, Thief.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah?//] You say as you turn your head to face Mason while walking fowards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Are you sure you're fine?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yes. I am sure.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really sure?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yes.//] You say again, now sounding a bit frustrated.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, ok.//] Mason says as he starts drifting away from you while not breaking eye contact.
Finally, you make it to the Camp. Everyone's real tired so they go directly to their tents. You're still outside and are deciding which one to sleep in.
[[Sleep in Mason's Tent->d2 MasonSleep (smartP)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->d2 HalkSleep (smartP)]][//Actually, give me a drink, like a real drink.//] You say to the bartender
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//That's the spirit.//] He says as he grabs the empty mug of water, wipes it with a piece of cloth and begins to pour in some liquor before ploping it down infront of you. (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Enjoy.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really? If Halkmir was here, he'd punch you.//]
[//What, is he my dad or something.//] You say as you (text-style:"blur")[start to] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[oh fucj]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[The following story segment has 2 versions, please choose one.]
[[The realistic version->drunk(smartP)]]
[[The "Artistic enterpretation"->shit(smartP)]] (text-colour:red)[(Not recommended for first time readers, or people who are sane.)](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Ugh... //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mon ase yuo fil taht de dring difnt go dowen two gud.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yuo okey miser? U dontn loke two gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//uim... fins. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu sey will puting donw teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I tihnk u mite b a byt fof alitewait.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//ime not... a fucfgine, ligewaige...//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//o gos halmis gona kil yu wen ou go bag to cams.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he sey ase he graps u bi de arm an dras yu outata pub.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//yr uie comin outata bup?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//becos ife yucans hanel uan dring, imajin drigin tou.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//focof... imm nos a liswayse.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//den wasar u.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//uel... somin dide hafen, tu me.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//yea iea, i noe.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//no... isno dat, il tel yuo laer.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u ses ase mabson dras u to hasmir woos ina de midel of taun.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//o gos what did u tu do.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i wuas juss etin ate de pbu, is no me falt he can consrol imselve.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//gess yul haf tu helf im lige u hepled me.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[halmil joos ase u wakk tru de forss dat leas tu de camf.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//cans yu, sopp draign me arunns?//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu ses ase mabson keep draing yuo aron.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, bicos yuor gona waner o-.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''OUGHhh''. o gos wawas sat? o yuo trifed and fall. yur onsopt of magson.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//woa ar u tu ok?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//yea-//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//''wasehel isat onede tiff''//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//waswas?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//ders a ting oneur bakc.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//oh, de tel?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//t- de waht.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//my tel... is ben stcuk in dere fosom timr.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u sesy as yu sart to wglge ite arong. dese's a werd warmf in yur nck two.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''WADEFO?!''//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he scrims ase he baks awei fom yu cuicly.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#c794e9)[//wase polem ise der somin rong-//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''UOUGHhh''. wa? did hasmi,] (text-style:"blurrier","subscript","buoy")[kick u in the... face.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[What?->drunkKO (smartP)]](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Ugh...//](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[You moan as you fee''w'' that the drink didn't go down too good.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//U okay mister? U dont look too good.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//im... fine...//](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[You say while putting down the mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I think u might be a bit of a lightweight.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//im not... a fucking, lightweight...//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh gods halkmi''w'''s gonna kill you when you go back to camp.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[He says as he grabs u by the arm and drags you out of the pub.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//why are we coming out of the pub?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Because if u can't handle one drink, imagine drinking two.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//fuck off... im not a light''w''eight.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then what are u.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well... something did happen, to me.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah, Yeah, i know.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//no... its not that, ill tell u late''w''.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as Mason drags u to halkmir, who's in the middle of town.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh gods what did u two do.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I was just eating at the pub, it's not my fault he can't control himself.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Guess you'll have to help him like u helped me.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Halkmi''w'' jokes as u walk through the forest that leads to the camp.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//can you, stop d''w''aging me around?//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[U say as Mason keep draging you around.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No, because you're gonna wander o-.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''OUGHhh''. Oh gods what was that? oh you tripped and fell. You'''w''e on top of Mason.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Woah, are u two ok?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yea-//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//''What the hell is that on the thief.''//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//what's ''w''hat?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//There's a thing on your back.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//oh, the tail?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//T- the what.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//my tail... its been stuck in there fo''w'' some time.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as u start to wiggle it around. There's a wei''w''d warmth in you''w'' neck too.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''WHAT THE FUCK?!''//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Mason screams as he backs a''w''ay f''w''om u q''W''ick''W''y.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#c794e9)[//''W''hat's the p''W''ob''W''em? is the''W''e something ''W''ron-//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''UOUGHhh''. Wha? did Halkmi''W'',] (text-style:"blurrier","subscript","buoy")[kick u in the... face.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[What?->drunkKO (smartP)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're fucking stupid.]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[What the fuck happened?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You didn't learn from your mistakes, that's what happened.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You can see what happened by just looking down.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wha//- ''WHAT''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, you fucked up.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[What?->d2 nightinterrog (smartP)]](text-style:"blurrier")[Wuh?]
(text-style:"blur")[Why is...]
Why can't you move?
Oh you're tied up and being carried on Mason's shoulder. Did you just get too drunk and passed out? Or-
''Oh fuck you've got tits.''
Oh gods, they know something's up. Can you even do anything anymore or are you just going to watch yourself get hanged. At least you probably won't feel it when it happens, just a sudden drop followed by a short dr-
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''wWUGH.''//] You yelp as Mason readjusts you on his shoulder as he feels you slipping of- ''Wait'', you said that. Or at least it feels like you said that. Are you still actually you?
Neat, still going to get hanged probably.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey Boss, i think it's waking up.//] Halkmir says.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Does it really matter? It can't move.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But "it" can talk, you fucking assholes.//] You grunt at Halkmir as he walks behind Mason.
(text-colour:#347450)[//See? It's even quipping at us.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Where are you taking me?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//The gallows probably.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wh- What? ''No!''//]
Oh yeah, they want you dead alright.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look Halkmir, do we really need to send it to die? We knew him, for a bit at least.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Why are you simpathetic to it? He lied to us and endagered ''everyone''.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's not simpathy, it's that i have a few doubts.//]
Oh, you've got an idea.
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, can we talk about this?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Why should we even let you tal-.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Halkmir, shut the hell up and let it talk.//] He says as he stops and pans his head around to face Halkmir. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//In the time that we ran through the Imperial City, did any of those things try to actually reason with us?. I think that's reason enough to at least hear it out for a second.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, it's reasoning with us because it's about to go with the gods. It just wants you to let it free so it can finish trying to infect us.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//And i could've done that any of the moments that we were at the camp, but i didn't because i'm not one of those things.//] You bicker at Halkmir.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Prove it.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you put me down first?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Why, so you can run away?//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, so i can breathe normally.//] You say as Mason puts a hand on your back.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, don't-//] He says before Mason puts you down on the grass next to the path.
(text-colour:#347450)[//''Mason, WHAT THE HELL?''//] Halkmir yells at Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's not running away like that, the least i can do is put it down.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//''HOW DO YOU KNOW IT ISN'T GOING TO DO THAT?''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look.//] Mason says to Halkmir as he points to you just laying in the grass with your hands and legs tied.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can i talk now?//] You say as the two adventurers just stare at you on the ground.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll take that as a yes.//]You shake around until your sat down on the grass rather than lain on your side.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok so, I'm still me, the thief, or at least still am me on the inside. I remember everything short of the drunken stupor i was in a few minutes ago.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//So? That still doesn't prove you're really still the thief, you could just be tapping into his memories or something.//]
Fuck, he's not buying it. Well, you probably wouldn't buy it either if the roles were inverted. There must be someth- Wait. You're a cat right?
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir you dense blockhead, if i wanted to infect one of you i would be doing it right now.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And how, you're tied up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You mean with the regular ropes that i can cut with these?//] You say as you free your hand, paw, things with their new claws before presenting them.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fuh...//] He grunts before putting his hand on his face and sighing deeply.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Do you trust him yet or does he need to lay in the grass for a few more minutes.//] Mason says as he grabs his sword and points it at the ropes tying your legs together.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, You're the boss.//] Halkmir sighs as Mason cuts the ropes. Halkmir then moves towards you and extends his hand out to you while looking in a different direction. You grab onto his hand to lift yourself off the ground but the sudden soft feel of your hand startles him and he releases his grip. He then gets a guilty expresion and takes hold of your hand, lifting you off the ground.
Why is everyone-? Oh you're even shorter now, great. And your clothes are extremely baggy now exept at the chest area, for very big and obvious reasons. Your shirt is barely visible enbetween your cloak and your boots just want to come off and flip around with each step. Plus, you can see strangely well in the night. Even if the only light in the area is moonlight and a lantern that Halkmir has. Oh and the nose, it's part of your mouth now and it's gonna take a while before you stop seeing it in your line of sight. Neat.
Anyways, Mason and Halkmir are just standing around you as you inspect yourself, so you should probably do something other than oogle.
[[Start Moving Towards The Camp->d2 NinterrogEnd (smartP)]]Story answer: Adrenaline? Or at least the emotions that adrenaline causes.
The real reason: Because i say so.After an Awkward few moments Halkmir and Mason start walking again, so you decide to follow them before you're left behind.
Eventually, you make it back to camp and Halkmir just Be-Lines it to his tent, he doesn't even say anything, he just gives you a shamed look as he goes inside.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, i guess Halkmir doesn't want me anywhere near his tent right now. Could i sleep in yours?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''S''- Sure...//] Mason stammers a bit as he gives you a strange look.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, can you please not make this more awkward than this already is and treat me like a normal person.//] You plead timidly.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'll try.//] He says back to you as he goes inside his tent. You then shortly follow behind. You quickly put down your bedroll and lay in it before you get any more strange looks, or give them out too. Everything's real weird and soft and just overloading your senses. You just want to go to sleep and not feel anything for a few hours.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 masonleep (smartPD)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well that went better than expected.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yeah, problem is i still have to wake up tommorow.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh, yeah. Good luck with that.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Really? That's it? No insightful commentary?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're confused, i'm confused. I've got nothing more to say.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Maybe i really have lost my mind then.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 wakeupdrunk (smartPD)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well actually, one more thing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What is it then.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[There's no more story.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Huh.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (smartP)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]Mason's already suspicious of you. Avoiding him even more will probably make him even more suspicious.
You go inside and Mason's getting down into his bedroll.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey Mason.//] You say as he realizes you're coming in.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, hey Thief.//] He says while getting into his bedroll. You put your bedroll down trying to not spark any more conversation with him-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look really, something's off about you.//]
Fuck, he's really not gonna let up about that isn't he. Play it cool, you can get out of this one too.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//You've been saying that ever since we left the pub, can you please elaborate.//] You say as you get into your bedroll.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Like your clothes are all saggy, you're sounding weird, you lag behind us if we walk too fast and you're really apprehensive about it.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well i feel alright, it could just be me coming up with a cold or something.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then why are you being so evasive about it.//]
Ah shit, he's pressing the question. Just keep evading and hope for the best.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Look i just don't like talking about the things that ale me, alright?//] You bicker at Mason as you start laying on your back.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No really, i want to know. Just tell me whatever's happening and i'll see what i can do. Even if it's just a cold or something.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//It's nothing Mason. Can i go to bed now please.//] You almost bark at him in frustration.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Please, i'm just trying to help.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Oh Gods, please.//] You sigh (text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I'm just going to go to bed.//] You grunt as you turn your back to Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, i'm pleading right now.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//''Shut the hell up please.''//] You grunt at him while not even moving, your head feeling red and hot from frustration.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine.//] He sighs angrily before you hear his head hit the back of his bedroll.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 MasonDream (smartP)]]Mason's giving you funny looks the whole time since you two were at the pub, better not push things and just lay low by sleeping in Halkmir's tent.
You go inside and Halkmir's laying down in his bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey Thief.//] He says as he rolls his head up from the bedroll, he sounds groggy so he was probably about to fall asleep.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey Halkmir.//] You say as you enter the tent fully.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I though you'd be sleeping with the Boss tonight.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, he's making me a bit uncomfortable.//] You say as you put down your bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh, i can sort of tell. It's not entirely unwarrented though, you have been acting rather strange today.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Like what?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Like sounding strangely different, acting a bit hostile to any doubts. You know, weird stuff.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Oh... I could be coming up with a cold or something.//] You say before getting in your bedroll
(text-colour:#347450)[//Probably. Why you'd be so apprehensive to Mason about it however, i don't know.//] He says before a awkward silence permiates the tent.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well i better stop worrying you with my state of health, you do sound pretty tired.//] You say before rolling onto your side.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i guess so. Goodnight.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Goodnight.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 HalkDream (smartP)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[A cold huh?]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Really, we're doing this now?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes, because you keep adding more and more lies to everything and just making things worse for yourself.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Look, if i hadn't been lying i'd be dead by now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Are you sure about that.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Yes, i'm //sure//.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[If you say so.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 HalkWakeup (smartP)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[So i'm just gonna be stuck here instead of finding a way to not die.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (smartP)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're a real asshole you know that.]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Why because i didn't accept his "Help" that would most likely get me killed? ''Fuck off'', i don't have time for this.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh don't worry, you're getting your cumupins.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Look down.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wha//- ''WHAT''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, you fucked up.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 wakeupMason (smartP)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh hey, lucky you, there's no more story here.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ha! i didn't get my "//cumupins//". ''Suck''. ''My''. ''Dick!'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Which one.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck you.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Likewise.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Anyways, do i just float here in victory or is there anything i can do.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Since when do you care about climactic events.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Since you got away with being a shithead scott-free.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (smartP)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]Really close to finishing the demo by now, about a path and a half left until all the partials get to the end of day 2.
Of course, i can be a bit more lazy with them now that they're written. But i can't be as lazy as i was in the full paths as the player's at different stages of transformation in all of them, requiring some rewritting of certain scenes.
Could actually have this done by tomorrow if i focus on this, get it out and into the grubby hands of the masses by then.
Convenient too, as it makes a perfect rectangle of logs in this bit up here.(text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#c794e9)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you notice a heat in your chest. It's getting real weird in there, luckly nothing noticeable yet. Fuck, but you're not feeling horny right now. Hell, you're a mixture of tipsy, angry, embarassed and scared right now. A right proper emotional mess. ''Fuck'', fuck. Just try to calm down and think about nothing.
Absolutely.]
//Nothing.//
You then start to feel the warmness fade out, phew.
Halkmir hasn't noticed anything off about you just yet, plus you still don't have //those things// (or at least they're not big enough to be noticeable) so you're in more luck than you might think.
Anyways, Halkmir is finishing up with his food and you're done too. He then gets up and you quickly follow behind him. Of course, making sure that any fluffy bits of yours can't be seen.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//So am i paying?//] You say to Halkmir as you two walk up to the counter at the entrance of the restaurant.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nah, i got this.//] He says as he produces a sack of gold from his person. It's not that big or filled up, but Mason carries most of these guys' gold.
But really, how noticeable is whatever's going on in your chest. It doesn't feel too normal, like these these tiny sacks of fat in there that can sort of be described as boobs but not really. They tent out a bit from your shirt, but it just kind of looks like normal shirt sag so you're fine.
And you should probably be looking at Halkmir right now because he's been done paying for the last half a minute.
After snapping back to reality, the two of you quietly walk off towards the middle of town. Mason's there.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ah, there you two are.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Boss.//] Halkmir says as Mason joins the two of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Where did you two go?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, after i got all the things we might need to go back in the city. I started getting a bit peckish, so i went to eat.//] He starts as you three appropriately start to walk out of town.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I ran into him along the way, he was pretty hungry too so we went over to the restaurant together. But what about you, what did you do?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I got the sword//] Mason says as he taps his back, right where his sword is holstered. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//After that, i decided to kill some time over at the pub. No drinks, i know you'd hate to see ''me'' drinking.//] He jokes as Halkmir begins to chuckle, probably some inside joke that'll take you a month or two to understand.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//But, uh. What about you? What did you do?//] He says while looking at you. You stay quiet for a bit.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//The usual.//] You blurt out uncomfortably.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ok, i guess.//]
The group is consumed by a eerie quiet as you keep walking through the woodlands that lead back to the camp. Halkmir peers at you occasionally as you three walk through the path back home, each gaze making you want to sink deeper into the ground with anxiety. Luckly, the camp's just a bit ahead.
You three then make it to the edge of the camp as Halkmir taps you on the shoulder. Mason feels the two of you stop in their tracks, before looking back and going in his tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, thief.//] He says with a sigh, oh gods he's gonna ask you if you're really ok isn't he.
(text-colour:#347450)[//You look real anxious, is there really ''nothing'' bothering you.//]
Fuck. Just keep quiet before you say something you might regret.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hello?//]
Oh gods. You're barely holding it together at this point.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Thief?//]
[[Keep the Lie going->d2 RestLie (smartP)]]
[[Come Clean->d2 RestTruth (smartP)]](text-colour:#347450)[//Are you really just going to stay quiet?//]
Fuck, fuck.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, really. Tell me about it. You've been acting weird ever since we saw you in the sewers.//]
No, no. You can't do it. Just keep the lie going and hope for the best.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//I'm good. Stop worrying about it.//] You bark at Halkmir.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, fine.//] He answers (text-colour:#347450)[//I'll stop bothering you about it if you really don't want to talk about it.//] He says before turning and walking towards his tent, giving you one last look before going inside.
Fuck that was close.
You start to feel a bit tired though, so you decide to crawl into Mason's tent. Things are obviously going to be a bit awkward between you and Halkmir.
Mason looks at you as you come in, before turning back to lay in his bedroll. He gave you a bit of an awkward look, so he probably heard everything.
You just lay down in your bedroll before he starts asking questions too.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 rest2dream (smartP)]](text-colour:#347450)[//Are you really just going to stay quiet?//]
Fuck, fuck.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, really. Tell me about it. You've been acting weird ever since we saw you in the sewers.//]
Fuck it. This is as good a time as any.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Fine.//] You sigh. (text-colour:#c794e9)[//There's something that's been really bothering me for the past 2 days.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then what is it. Tell me about it, please.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Look, i'll tell you, but please don't do anything sudden. I'm already plenty anxious about telling you.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure, sure. Just please tell me, it's been bugging me all day.//]
You give him a deep sigh before closing your eyes and pulling up your shirt to reveal the fur hidden under it. It's been a few seconds and he's not saying anything, so you open your eyes and see that he's just standing there in shock.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wh- Wuh?//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Please, just please don't tell anyone, please.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What the hell? You could've infected us.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//And i didn't tell either of you because you would've killed me then and there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//So we could let you out and you could doom the rest of the world?//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Look, i don't know. I just don't want to die.//] You say with a whimper as you start to feel that warm feeling in your chest come roaring back.
(text-colour:#347450)[//We should've let you to rot in that sewer.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Please, how about this.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What?//] He says angrily.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//You can just leave me to sleep outside tonight. Hell, you could even tie me up if you're not sure about it. If i start trying to get one you, you've got my full permission to just kill me right then and there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine.//] He says as he grabs a bundle of rope from the back of his bag before tying your arms and legs down. You're now sat on the ground, inmobile.
(text-colour:#347450)[//There, now you better not do anything that might make any of us regret this.//] He says as he walks away from you, keeping you within his view at all times. He then goes inside his tent, making sure that the cloth entrance is closed as tight as it can.
You lay your head down and stare at the moon in the sky. Your arms are uncomfortably behind your back, but it isn't the first time you've slept like this in your lif-
What the fuck is that? Oh gods, those are boobs, like full sized at this point. Fuck, this is it isn't it. At least you're tied up and can't do anything to harm anyone after you lose your mind. Your face is probably next on the list. Hell, there it is, a snout. There's probably not much left after this. You then pan your view down to your legs as you feel the warmth at your face start to spread to every part of your body. You see your legs inch closer towards the center of your body before starting to stress the ropes on your legs a bit. The warmth then fades away from your body.
This is it.
This is what if feels like to die in your own mind.
Not with a bang, but with a whimper.
Not a bad sight to leave on.
The stars are rather nice out tonight.
You're feeling pretty tired.
Guess you'll go to sleep then.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep?->d2 selfdream (smartP)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wow, that was...]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[High class existential dread fuel? Yeah.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[So that's it? You're just gonna let yourself walk quietly in the figurative night?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[It's better than fighting it and failing.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You can't just give up like this.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[''Fuck'', look. If you really want to try and see if you can fight it, why don't you try it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No really you've got to at least try.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, fine. I'll try.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Try->d3 wakeup (Tied smartP)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You just gave me a whole pep talk about not giving up and you just give up.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (smartP)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Still think you can keep the house of cards going?]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Of course i can, i'm dead if i don't.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[But you're dead if you do.]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[I probably won't even feel it when it happens, if it happens.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Still hopeful of finding that wizard before shit goes down?]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[I have to be.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, good luck with that then.]
[[Wake Up->d3 rest2wakeup (smartP)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[So i'm just gonna be stuck here instead of finding a way to not die.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (smartP)]]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Probably some weird effect of whatever's happening to you so you probably shouldn't drink any more alcohol in the future.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bill as you walk out. You're feeling a lot better now, mainly due to having a full stomach, but also not being a bit drunk anymore. You walk back to the center of town, No one you know is there and there's still a few hours before everything closes so you decide to do one more thing.
There's not too many people in the streets anymore and everyone looks like they're not carrying much on them, so that leaves just one thing you could do. There's a Pub by the south side of the town, you could go there and socialize. No drinking of course, just talking. If you got tipsy by just drinking a half a glass of wine, you don't wanna see what would happen after a whole pint of hard liquor.
[[Go to the Pub ->d2 Pub1 (smartP)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. Not feeling too fancy today.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm.
You enter the Pub and see Mason at the Bar, he's chatting at someone who you assume is the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So that's all you know about what happened in Imperial City.//] The bartender says to Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah.//] Mason says back to him.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Nothin' more?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Nothing more.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You were holding the Lich's head until it started blasting magic.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//And i'm not the Lich, so i can't give you more info than whatever i saw.//] Mason says to the Bartender as he spots you coming near.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh hey, Thief.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey Mason.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Do you know this guy?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I mean, he was the guy that came out of Imperial City with us.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well i guess we're in good company. Even if i was expecting someone manlier.//] The bartender says as he extends his hand over the bar to shake yours. You take a moment but you accept the handshake.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Anyways, you look like a shady figure that might have a couple of stories to tell.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//You could say that.//] You say as you sit down next to Mason.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, could you tell us one or something.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//If you can get me something to eat, maybe something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Aw c'mon, you too? Both of you are no fun.//] He jokes as he grabs some bread and fills a mug up with regular water. He then plops it down infront of you before you start to eat it.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, how about a story. Maybe how you met this guy, just to know if he's not skimping on details.//] He says as he stares down Mason, before turning his gaze back to you.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, everyone knows Mason and his group. Hell, i had even taken a job from them at one point. But i'm here with him because we made it out of the city together.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yeah, i know that, he told me earlier. I was more talking about what sorts of things you did to end up with them.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Before, well, everything happened. I was coming out from serving a sentence for some petty crime i can't even remember. I decided afterwards that i wanted a drink or something so i went over to the Marvelous Mistake and pourred a few down.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, why are you so adverse to alcohol today.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Because i got drunk as hell, stumbled to the Ceremony and survived by falling into a sewer.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh, i could see why you'd have a problem with it then.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah, and after that i had a moment, found this guy and his friend, got interrogated by them until they figured i was human and escaped the city with them.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I mean, yeah.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure.//] He says as he gets in real close.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yes, ''i am sure''.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//If you say so.//] He says while backing up.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hey, if i can interrupt. Could you give me something to sip on? I got no more water in here.//] Mason interupts before the bartender brings him a new mug full of water.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Sure, and what about you? Do you want anything?//] He says while pointing at you.
No, you're not drinking a single drop of alcohol.
[[No.->d1 pub1end (smartP)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[//No, thanks.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//]
Mason drinks from his mug as the bartender stands there in silence, looking at you.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, there really is something off about you.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Like what.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I don't know, you're just exude some sort of nervousness and fear.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//So you're a bartender and a shrink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No really, you're giving me the same feeling that soldiers about to get deployed give off.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Neat, now can you please go bother someone else.//] You say a bit defensively as he shrugs and walks away to clean the rest of the bar table. Mason's looking at you strangely but he's not doing anything really. He then turns to look at the bartender for a bit before turning back to you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it is getting pretty late. I'm gonna head out.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well you go ahead, i'll follow.//] You say as the both of you leave some gold on the bar before leaving. You two then go to the center of town, where Halkmir is waiting patiently for the two of you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, there you are.//] He says as the two of you walk up to him. (text-colour:#347450)[//Where did you two go?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We hit the pub, didn't drink anything of course, you'd hate that.//] He jokes as Halkmir laughs. Probably a inside joke you'll understand in a month or two. You three then start to walk towards the town entrance, continuing until you're deep into the Imperial Forest on the way to the camp. After walking a bit through the forest you feel a tap on the back of your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hey, Thief.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah?//] You say as you turn your head to face Mason while walking fowards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Are you sure you're fine?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yes. I am sure.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really sure?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yes.//] You say again, now sounding a bit frustrated.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, ok.//] Mason says as he starts drifting away from you while not breaking eye contact.
Finally, you make it to the Camp. Everyone's real tired so they go directly to their tents. You're still outside and are deciding which one to sleep in.
[[Sleep in Mason's Tent->d2 MasonSleep2 (smartP)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->d2 HalkSleep2 (smartP)]]Mason's already suspicious of you. Avoiding him even more will probably make him even more suspicious.
You go inside and Mason's getting down into his bedroll.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey Mason.//] You say as he realizes you're coming in.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, hey Thief.//] He says while getting into his bedroll. You put your bedroll down trying to not spark any more conversation with him-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look really, something's off about you.//]
Fuck, he's really not gonna let up about that isn't he. Play it cool, you can get out of this one too.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//You've been saying that ever since we left the pub, can you please elaborate.//] You say as you get into your bedroll.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Like your clothes are all saggy, you're sounding weird, you lag behind us if we walk too fast and you're really apprehensive about it.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well i feel alright, it could just be me coming up with a cold or something.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then why are you being so evasive about it.//]
Ah shit, he's pressing the question. Just keep evading and hope for the best.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Look i just don't like talking about the things that ale me, alright?//] You bicker at Mason as you start laying on your back.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No really, i want to know. Just tell me whatever's happening and i'll see what i can do. Even if it's just a cold or something.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//It's nothing Mason. Can i go to bed now please.//] You almost bark at him in frustration.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Please, i'm just trying to help.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Oh Gods, please.//] You sigh (text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I'm just going to go to bed.//] You grunt as you turn your back to Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, i'm pleading right now.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//''Shut the hell up please.''//] You grunt at him while not even moving, your head feeling red and hot from frustration.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine.//] He sighs angrily before you hear his head hit the back of his bedroll.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 MasonDream2 (smartP)]]Mason's giving you funny looks the whole time since you two were at the pub, better not push things and just lay low by sleeping in Halkmir's tent.
You go inside and Halkmir's laying down in his bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey Thief.//] He says as he rolls his head up from the bedroll, he sounds groggy so he was probably about to fall asleep.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey Halkmir.//] You say as you enter the tent fully.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I though you'd be sleeping with the Boss tonight.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, he's making me a bit uncomfortable.//] You say as you put down your bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh, i can sort of tell. It's not entirely unwarrented though, you have been acting rather strange today.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Like what?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Like sounding strangely different, acting a bit hostile to any doubts. You know, weird stuff.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Oh... I could be coming up with a cold or something.//] You say before getting in your bedroll
(text-colour:#347450)[//Probably. Why you'd be so apprehensive to Mason about it however, i don't know.//] He says before a awkward silence permiates the tent.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well i better stop worrying you with my state of health, you do sound pretty tired.//] You say before rolling onto your side.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i guess so. Goodnight.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Goodnight.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 HalkDream2 (smartP)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[A cold huh?]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Really, we're doing this now?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes, because you keep adding more and more lies to everything and just making things worse for yourself.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Look, if i hadn't been lying i'd be dead by now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Are you sure about that.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Yes, i'm //sure//.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[If you say so.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 HalkWakeup2 (smartP)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're a real asshole you know that.]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Why because i didn't accept his "Help" that would most likely get me killed? ''Fuck off'', i don't have time for this.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh don't worry, you're getting your cumupins.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Look down.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wha//- ''WHAT''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, you fucked up.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 wakeupMason2 (smartP)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[So i'm just gonna be stuck here instead of finding a way to not die.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (smartP)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh hey, lucky you, there's no more story here.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ha! i didn't get my "//cumupins//". ''Suck''. ''My''. ''Dick!'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Which one.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck you.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Likewise.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Anyways, do i just float here in victory or is there anything i can do.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Since when do you care about climactic events.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Since you got away with being a shithead scott-free.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]][[You->Description (d2PDirect)]] open your eyes, a faint hope that you wake up in that jail cell in the city still glimmers withing you before you realize that you're still in the tent you slept in yesterday. You yawn and strech your arms before getting out of the bedroll and walking towards the flap of the tent and opening it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, Mason. i think we should stop waisting time and get back inside the city to rescue those two.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Halkmir, we haven't eaten in a whole day, we barely had enough supplies to set up a camp and you want to go back in? I don't even have my ''sword'' on me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then where the hell did you leave it?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Over there.//] He says, pointing towards the city in the distance. They then both realize that you're standing there.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, the Thief's woken up.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, good morning. I guess.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We were just discusing how dumb it would be to just waltz back in there without any supplies or a weapon.//]
Oh shit, Mason wants to wait on going back into the city. If you can't control your horniness today, you'll probably die before finding a way back.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Speak for yourself, by the time we get ready Saraa and Merl will be long gone.//]
You too probably.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, Halkmir, you know them. They'll be alright. Saraa is probably somewhere safe and Marl is probably disecting one of those things as we speak.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I think going into the city is better for you two. Hell, i'd agree to help you two if you want.//]
The Dwarf sighs (text-colour:#347450)[//Actually Thief, while i appreciate the help. It really is a suicide mission without supplies.//]
Fuck, now you're the only one who wants to go into the city. Trying to convince them will probably make them feel suspicious about you. Better just buckle up and hope you can cool your libido for a day.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Fine, the offer of help is still up though.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Great, if you want to come with us, we're gonna head into that town over there to get supplies.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Then you two go ahead, i'll follow.//]
Here goes nothing.
You three walk back down the incline towards the path, reaching it and following it through the Imperial Forest until you start to see road signs for the town of Gatemeir.
Finally after walking for what felt like a couple of hours you make it to Gatemeir before Midday. You three stop in the middle of town before Mason turns around to face the both of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Im gonna go get a new sword at the blacksmith, you two find something to do while he makes it.//]
There's a few things to do in town, There's a fancy restaurant in the town, you're pretty fucking famished after not eating for 2 days. You could also go get into some of your classic antics around the park. Even make a bit of gold while your at it.
[[Go eat->d2 rest1 (PDirect)]]
[[Make some Gold->d2 theive1 (PDirect)]]You're still you. The Thief. You're the 30-something you've always known and loved. All of the things that are happening to you are just temporary while you get back to normal. You were born over there, in the Imperial City.
You're about 5' 5" or so foot tall now. Halkmir's head reaches to your hips, he's very short so that's worrying. You seem like you've lost some of the little muscle mass you had. You look pretty androgynous and there's no denying it. Half of your body is covered fully in fur, luckly only everything under the waistline so you look fine from the waist up.
Under the hood of your midnight blue cloak, is your brown head of hair. Luckly that part of your body hasn't changed yet, as long as you act fast and find someway back you'll probably be fine.
Other than the afformentioned cloak, you wear a pale brown shirt under it. They both fit rather loosely now, they visibily sag a lot. You're also wearing your pants and your boots, the pants still sort of fit, drooping only sometimes. There's also your tail in there, it keeps moving around all the time but it just ends up wrestling with the fabric. Your boots keep fighting you and trying to twist around, probably because you're actually walking on your toes now, rather than the whole foot. Oh and your belt, it's around the area it always used to hang at, exept it droops down to your belly every now and then.
But enough gawking at yourself, there's things to be done. And you've still got hope of returning to your dick having self.
[[Continue->d2 wakeup (PDirect)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[Too hungry to do anything fun. I'm gonna go eat.] You tell yourself as you begin walking towards the restaurant at the other side of town.
You walk into the restaurant and see the person that works the desk. He probably handles reservations, but there's not enough people around for there to be a reason to take reservations.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the White Dragon, How could i be of service.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah could i get a table for one.//]
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Sure, we've got plenty of empty tables, so just go ahead and choose one at your leisure.//] The desk worker says before you head into the dining hall.
You then sit down on a random empty table. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like. For once, it's actually nice to not get strange looks. Of course you're still getting them right now, but they're probably about the way you're dressed and how you don't look affluent enough to be here. Anyways, you decide what to get from the menu as you see the waiter start to inch closer to your table.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello Madam. What will you be having?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah ca- What.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Is there a situation mis-//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah i'm a guy.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Oh, ''oh'', i'm terribly sorry. My mistake. Now what will you be having?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away.//] He says before turning around and walking away. You feel a bit embarassed by the (not too out of left field) misunderstanding of the waiter, but you calm yourself down.
Do people that don't know you really think you look like a woman? Certainly gives more reason to the strange looks you're still getting from the noble shitlords that seem to like hanging around here. You really can't wait to meet that wizard so you can just put this entire escapade behind you and never talk or think about it again.
Oh hey, the waiter's coming back.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be a bit ashamed of his mistake. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Waiter! //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup inbetween sentences. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Could i get some water instead? //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say as he starts coming closer to you.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says before heading back to the kitchen, getting a pitcher full of water and a glass before coming back to you wit it. He then pours the some of it into the glass before putting it down on your table.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Thanks. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say trying not to sound like an asshole.]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest1end (PDirect)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[Maybe doing some theiving might get my mind off of things.]
There's a quite a few people around the plaza that you're standing in. None of them look particularly poor. In fact, most of them look like they have quite a bit of gold to their names. But there's too many eyes on everyone, that guy's looking at that guy, this guy's staring around, that guy's just perving on that girl over there, fucking creep. Anyways, there are two people that stood out to you.
The first one's sitting on a bench over by the river. He's got no one looking at him and he seems like he's just chilling over by that bench. Easy pickings for some gold. You should still watch his behaviour for a bit if you decide to rob this guy.
The second one's over by an alleyway enbetween a stonemason and a pub. He looks rather shady, probably up to no good himself. But he is relatively easier than trying to pickpocket someone in broad daylight. Still, he'll probably be more alert than most people in or around the plaza.
[[Go for the river guy->d2 theiveRiver (PDirect)]]
[[Go for the alley guy->d2 theiveAlley (PDirect)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[The guy in the alley looks too shady, i'm gonna go for the guy by the river.] You say to yourself as you walk towards the bench he's seated on. You find a comfortable corner by a tailor and lay your back against a wall while looking at the guy on the bench.
He's just sitting there, doing nothing really. He is looking at the river though. Maybe he's just sightseeing, maybe he's just as bored as you are. Anyways, you decide to strike right now and walk towards him when all the people walking by aren't looking.
You wait for a bit and you get your chance, you walk over to him and stick your hand slowly in his pocket so he doesn't notice the intruding digits. You feel around the things in his pocket and feel a sack full of small metallic objects. Jackpot.
You grab the bag and pull it out slowly, making sure it doesn't tug on anything or tap anything. It's out and you've got yourself a nice, pretty and clinky bag with some go-
There's a tap on your shoulder, coming from the direction of the guy you just pickpocketed.
[[UH->d2 theive1stay (PDirect)]]
[[RUN->d2 theive1run (PDirect)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[I mean, the guy in the alley is suspicious, but the guy by the river isn't moving from there and that's making me more suspicious.] You say to yourself as you walk towards the alleyway where that guy's standing. You pass by him and continue until you find another alleyway, you then grab onto some things that you can use to climb up to the top of the building that's next to you. Now on top of the building, you look down and inspect the man from a distance.
He's leaning against the wall of the building, the paces around sometimes so he's not just loitering, he's clearly waiting for something. Something that might be more valuable than just robbing him right now.
You wait for a bit and another man starts to aproach him, he's equally shady. He's carrying a leather bag with some things in it before handing it over to the guy who was already in the alley. Ok now, you're plainly interested in whatever the fuck is going on here. And you really want to know what's in that bag.
The two guys in the alleyway then split up and leave, no money exchanged, so either they already had this exchange payed for, or this is some type of illegal thing charity. Eitherway, the guy who was already in the alleyway is making his way out so you come back down from the building and tail him around town. After a few minutes of following, he goes into a house.
You look around the house before sneaking in through a open window. Inside the house is pretty dark, the only illumination is from the open window and a few dim oil lanterns. The guy's nowhere to be seen so he's probably somewhere else in the house. But the bag is right there.
You don't even hesitate to sneak a peak inside the bag and- what.
That's dynamite, like pure dynamite, and a lot of it. Like enough to blow a whole structure to smithereens. Thinking about the greater good for once in your life, you decide that someone as shady as this guy doesn't deserve to have this much blasting powder at his disposal. So you grab it and stuff it somewhere on your person before sneaking back out of the house. You either ruined some clandestine mining operation, or just ruined some type of plot, so eitherway greater good right?
It's getting pretty late in the afternoon by now, so you just dunk the dynamite into the river before your clothes start smelling of explosives. You're not a miner, a grenadieer or some type of explosive weilding maniac to have any good uses for the dynamite anyways.
There's still the restaurant in town if you want to eat something Gourmet before the chance is up. If not, you're probably going to have to eat bread at the camp or something. Or there is a Pub in town, you could go there to kill some time and not drink. You've got some unresolved trauma with the bottle.
[[Go eat.-> d2 Rest2 (PDirect)]]
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub2 (PDirect)]]''UH''...
Uh...
What?..
You- Wh- Huh?..
Paralized in shock, you turn around to face the hand and oh gods oh fuck its the guy you just stole from, you try to move away but he's gripping very hard on the side of your cloak and it's either going to rip it and reveal your changes physique or fall of and reveal your changed physique.
Welp, you're boned. Should've though fast.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//I told you a pocket full of gold with a dwarven movement sensor was a good idea for catching pickpocketers.//] The man who's grabbing you says to no-one, he's just looking at a-
Oh there's an actual guard over there, sweet.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//I thought that theives would be smart enough to get suspicious from seeing a man with a pocket full of gold sit by a bench alone.//] The guard says as he aproaches you and the man. Great, they're in kahoots too.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Well you though wrong, isn't that right friend?//] The man on the bench says as he tugs on the grip he has on you.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Fuck off.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Language, please.//] The guard says.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//What are you gonna do, charge me with proffanity?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No, but it certainly won't help your case in court.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Don't care, i know when i'm fucked. Don't even read me my rights, just throw me in the slammer already.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//If you say so.//] The guard says as he ties your hands behind your back. The man on the bench then releases his grip on your clothes, before the guard starts dragging you away to the guard station. Usually, they make you spend a few hours in there before they can get a judge or something to give you an actual sentence. Of course, they do post the bail before so. Wouldn't want to miss out on any gold now wouldn't they?
The guard pushes you into a backroom of the station, there's a bunch of cheap cloth shirts and oh gods, they're gonna make you put one on aren't they. Fuck, so much for protecting your secret.
Guess you could just play it cool and maybe they'll at least take away your belt or something.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Look, can you really not put me in one of those things?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I got a rash on my chest and the cheap fabric will irritate it.//] You bluff.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Can't do the time, don't do the crime.//]
Fuck, he's really gonna make you put that shit on isn't he.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//It's a really bad rash. Like i'll probably pass out in the jail cell.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Again, don't care. It's standard procedure.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Can't you just take my belt? All my things are in there.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Yes, we will take your belt. But we also have to take the rest of your clothes in case you're concealling anything dangerous.//]
Shit. This is probably it. No way out. No, no. There's always desperation.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Please?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Really?//] You say as you feel the guard angrily ''GRAB YOUR CLOAK OH GODS.''
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey, hey, Let fucking go!//] You grunt as you try to tug down with your hands bound.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//It's just a fucking shirt.//] He says as your bound hands slip and send his flying up with both your cloak and shirt in his grip.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//See, now where's the that rash you were mentioning?//] He says as he throws you the shirt.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Do i look honest to you?//] you say as you put on the shirt.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Ok, now the pants.//] He says as he lifts a pair of- ''fuck he's gonna make you wear those too isn't he.''
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Look, what's wrong with my pair.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//That you're being rather defensive about them.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I got nothing concealled under he-//] You say as you're interrupted by the gu''ARD GRABBING AT YOUR FUCKING PANTS, SHIT HE'S SEEING YOUR LEGS AND HE'S BACKING UP IN RECOIL.''
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE GODS?!''//] He screams as he recoils back, letting you go. You try to sprint away desperately, but you bump into the door and it's locked.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU... THING!''//] He screams as you turn around and see him point a sword in your direction, he's about as distant from you as he posibly can be in the room.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Look-//] You say before you're interrupted by the (text-style:"blurrier")[door slamming you in, the...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You are unconscious->d2 uncon (PDirect)]]Oh hell no. You're not standing around and getting caught, it's time to run the fuck away inmmediately. You don't even think it over for a second, you're just running with the gold. There's a yell in the distance, it's probably for you but you're focused on running away.
There's a few guards up ahead so you stop yourself before dodging into an alleyway enbetween some stores. You run through it before ending at a locked gate. Fuck.
You jump up before grabbing the top of the gate's arch and try to pull yourself up. You're really light now so it's real easy. Unluckly, the guards that were ahead of you have taken advantage of the gate situation and are grabbing your boots in a aggresive attempt to pull you down.
Fuck, there's only one way of getting out of this one. You're either going to have to let them arrest you, or you're going to have to loose the boots. Either way, no good outcome.
[[Let the Guards arrest you.->d2 theive1runA (PDirect)]]
[[Sacrifice your Boots.->d2 theive1runB (PDirect)]]You loose your grip and let the guards pull you down, knowing that at least your fluffy secret will probably still be maintained. You almost land on your feet, but one of the guards is holding you by the neck of the shirt.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Listen here, you have-//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//The right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used in the imperial court of law, yadda, yadda. Please just throw me in a jail cell already, i don't have time for this.//] You rush him as you start to feel your boots slip a bit. Luckly, the guard puts you down and ties your hands up before they can do so.
You're taken all the way to the guard station in the town. Usually, they make you spend a few hours in there before they can get a judge or something to give you an actual sentence. Of course, they do post the bail before so. Wouldn't want to miss out on any gold now wouldn't they?
A guard pushes you into a backroom of the station, there's a bunch of cheap cloth shirts and oh gods, they're gonna make you put one on aren't they. Fuck, so much for protecting your secret.
Guess you could just play it cool and maybe they'll at least take away your belt or something.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Look, can you really not put me in one of those things?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I got a rash on my chest and the cheap fabric will irritate it.//] You bluff.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Can't do the time, don't do the crime.//]
Fuck, he's really gonna make you put that shit on isn't he.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//It's a really bad rash. Like i'll probably pass out in the jail cell.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Again, don't care. It's standard procedure.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Can't you just take my belt? All my things are in there.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Yes, we will take your belt. But we also have to take the rest of your clothes in case you're concealling anything dangerous.//]
Shit. This is probably it. No way out. No, no. There's always desperation.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Please?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Really?//] You say as you feel the guard angrily ''GRAB YOUR CLOAK OH GODS.''
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey, hey, Let fucking go!//] You grunt as you try to tug down with your hands bound.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//It's just a fucking shirt.//] He says as your bound hands slip and send his flying up with both your cloak and shirt in his grip.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//See, now where's the that rash you were mentioning?//] He says as he throws you the shirt.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Do i look honest to you?//] you say as you put on the shirt.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Ok, now the pants.//] He says as he lifts a pair of- ''fuck he's gonna make you wear those too isn't he.''
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Look, what's wrong with my pair.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//That you're being rather defensive about them.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I got nothing concealled under he-//] You say as you're interrupted by the gu''ARD GRABBING AT YOUR FUCKING PANTS, SHIT HE'S SEEING YOUR LEGS AND HE'S BACKING UP IN RECOIL.''
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE GODS?!''//] He screams as he recoils back, letting you go. You try to sprint away desperately, but you bump into the door and it's locked.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//''GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU... THING!''//] He screams as you turn around and see him point a sword in your direction, he's about as distant from you as he posibly can be in the room.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Look-//] You say before you're interrupted by the (text-style:"blurrier")[door slamming you in, the...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You are unconscious->d2 uncon (PDirect)]]You pull harder on the arch of the gate until you feel the force of the guards' hands pop off from your legs, you then quickly haul the rest of your body over the arch and land on your fe- ''OH GODS, OH FUCK YOUR FEET.''
''SHIT SHIT SHIT, THEY'RE OUT AND YOU LET THEM GET OUT AND EVERYONE AROUND YOU CAN SEE. PEOPLE ARE RUNNING AND SCREAMING FUCK FUCK FUCK, NO.''
This isn't happening, oh gods. One of the guards just broke through the fence and is about to d(text-style:"blurrier")[eck you in the back of, the...]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[You are unconscious->d2 uncon (PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[And there's your cumupins.]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Can you be at least a bit less cheerful for my upcoming public execution?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh, please. You'll be dead before then.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Neat, Still gonna die though.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yea- Wait, you're waking up.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that good?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Probably not, but at least you'll get to enjoy a last few seconds of life before losing your mind.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d2 interog (PDirect)]](text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Hey you.//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#272e58)[//Thief.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Wake the ''hell'' up, Thief!//]
You jump up slightly, You half expect everything to be back to the way they were two days ago for a little bit, but you look down and see a snout in the middle of your face and some giangantic orbs of fat on your chest. That's not good at all. You're locked and tied up inside a jail cell. You're still in your pants and that shirt the guard gave you, it's real streched to hell now thanks to those two down there. Guess the guards really didn't want to take any chances. You're probably along for the ride now, kind of like one of those stories of people getting possesed by sorcerers.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//''Well''?//]
You're just sitting there, limp. Is your new, infected mind just really dumb, or is it playing dumb?
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Hello? ''I KNOW YOU'RE AWAKE YOUR EYES ARE OPEN!''//]
Your body is still just sitting there, you guess it's just playing dead so they can let it out. It's really obvious that it's not though, as you're still breathing.
The guard then turns around an-
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Ow'', fuck.//] You yelp as you put a hand on your forehead, the guard threw a pebble at i- ''Wait what.'' You reacted to it. Not as in, like instictivelly. Well, maybe a little instictivelly. But you felt like you did that. You moved your arm.
Are you still in control? Ok, let's try something.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cornbread.//] You say before putting on a face of amazement. You're still in control! Great!
But you still do look like this so you're probably still going to be executed. Not great.
Also you should probably answer the guard as you just said the word "//Cornbread//" for absolutely no reason and he's looking at you like you've gone mental. Well, more mental than he expects you to be right now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh, oh sorry, sorry.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well, you're certainly very polite, and ''stupid'' for a ''walking, TALKING BREACH OF QUARANTINE!''//]
Ok, you've still got your mind. But you're talking to the Empire's most stubborn man. So convincing him that you're still mentally human is probably going to kill you from exhaustion before he can. Nevertheless, it's worth trying to not get your head chopped off.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I literally thought i was dead 10 seconds ago.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Wh- ''ARE YOU TRYING TO ACT LIKE THAT FUCKER JUST SO I CAN LET YOU OUT?!''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I am "''that fucker''".//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Oh yeah? Then where were you 2 days ago in the morning?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Jail cell, Imperial City. Getting startled awake by a certain guard.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//That proves nothing, You could just be delving into his memories. Why am i even still talking to you and not arranging your ''execution''?//]
He really isn't buying it. You probably wouldn't buy it either if you weren't the one with the cat body in this situation either. Wait, you've got an idea.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Because i'm still me.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Unlikely, Prove it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Because i'm not trying to infect you.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're tied up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You mean with the regular ropes that i can cut with these?//] You say as you free your hand, paw, things with their new claws before presenting them to the guard.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//W- Fuck. ''FUCK''.//]
The guard sighs. (text-colour:#272e58)[//Look, Fuck it. You've planted doubt in my head.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm glad a skull as thick as yours is still open to reason.//]
Another guard passes by and gives him a rolled piece of parchment. He unfurrows it and clears his throat.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Can you please sign this statement that you won't go around spreading whatever it is you got inside that body.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure. Let me see it.//] You say as he opens the cell gate before extending his arm as long as he can to hand you the statement. You grab it and make a writing gesture while looking at him, he looks around before grabbing his quil from the desk set up outside the cell, Dipping it a little in the ink well before handing it to you.
//By royal decree of the mighty Agean Empire, I Shan't harm a single soul of any imperial citizen with my newly recieved affliction. May i fail this agreement, i shall be punished by hanging of the neck.// The statement reads, you quickly sign it and hand it over to the Guard, who slowly reaches out and grabs it quickly before looking at it.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//There, Happy?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//To not be on the chopping block? Yeah.//]
(text-colour:#272e58)[//Well, you're still gonna have to serve a 2 day sentence for pickpocketing and theft.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh yeah, that. Still better than getting executed.//] You say as the guard starts to leave the room. He then loops back and drops the statement on a table next to your jail cell.
(text-colour:#272e58)[//You're probably gonna want this in 2 days. And you should probably check what you signed on there.//] He says before actually leaving this time. You rip off the rest of the ropes holding you down and you get up, sticking your thin arms throught the bars and grabbing the document, there's nothing really weir- Oh, you signed with your real name. Better, you know. replace that.
You spend the next few minutes trying to grab a quil and writing "Thief" on the statement. As you finish doing so, you hear the door of the cell room open and a few steps.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#e68759)[//Why do you even want to pay her bail?//]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//He was probably confused and scared of what was happening to him when he did whatever he did.//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Well, whatever you say mi- What do you mean, he?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well he is a m-.//] The lady says as she looks over at you, sat down on the floor. (text-colour:#bf8093)[//I guess, was a man.//]
Good to know that she made it out of the city unscathed, plus she's bailling you out, so that's a bonus.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Now, can you let her out?//]
(text-colour:#e68759)[//Sure.//] The guard says as he unlocks your jail cell and leaves you with the lady.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//And you, get off the floor, it's filthy.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you stop calling me that first.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//What, filthy? i didn't call you filthy, i was talking about the fl-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, no. The S Word//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Sh- Oh, sure.//] She says as she extends an arm to lift you up.
[[Get up->freedumb (PCDir)]]You get up and look down to meet her vi- Look up actually, to meet her view.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Wow, you're uh. Very short.//] She says as you blush a bit. You were pretty tall when compared to her before, but you barely reach her shoulders now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, yeah. Now can you give me my cloak back?//] You say as you look down at her hand, gripping your things tightly.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Sure, but you might want to turn around now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wh-//] You say as you start to lift the cheap shirt off (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh... Yeah, those.//]
You then turn around, tilting you head back to check that no one (specially her) is peaking. You then slip back into your old clothes, which pretty much just hang on to your body by gravity.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//There.//] You say as you turn around (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can i go now?//] You say as you lean over her shoulders.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Not until you tell me what happened to you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story, but i'm fine. What about you, why did you bail me out?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well i overheard Pyle reading a letter he got from this station and i inmmeadiately knew it was you. "Some hooded thing you should see" usually means you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but ''why'' did you bail me out?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well i heard that something had happened to you after you were caught, and i just wanted to see if you were ok, and you're clearly not. I mean look at yourself! You're a fashion ''disaster''!//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Please, i've got bigger fish to fry.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//No, no, we're heading to my husband's shop right now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Really? I don't plan on being like this forever you know.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//''No'', we are going, ''now''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine...//] You say as she starts to drag you throught the station and all the way to the town's tailor. On the way there, people look at you funny. But you point the statement at them, and they look away. As you two arrive at the Tailor, she hides you behind the door as she walks in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Oh Lucy, honey. You're home early.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yeah, and i got you a customer in dire need of some work done.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Sure, then let them in.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//I will, if you ''promise'' not to freak out.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ok? I don't see why i would- OH MY GODS WHAT IS THAT TH-//] He yells as she pulls you into the store.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//''SHHH'', i told you to not freak out. This is that thief i always talked to you about, he or she or whatever has had a situation and now they're stuck like this right now.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what is it?.. That you need, of course.//] He says nervously to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i really didn't want to come here. But since i'm here i might as well.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Yes, but what is it you need.//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//She probably needs her cloak to be refit, the shirt and the belt too, those pants need some adjusting too and the boots are definatly not helping either. Plus, you gotta get some support for those two. Is that ok with you?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//S.. Sure.//] You answer coyishly.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Then get in that fitting room, i'll be right there to measure you.//] She says as she shoves you into the fitting room and closes the door behind you.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hangs on you like a really big blanket. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
You hear a knock on the door that interupts your self-inspection. (text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//''I got the things! Can i come in?''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//S.. Sure! Go ahead!//] You reply as she bursts through the door.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Really?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//You're still in those saggy things.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh, fine.//] You say as you start to take your clothes off. You cover yourself up with your hands as you turn back to her.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//And stop doing that, i need you to be in a perfect A pose for this.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She moves the measuring band all over different parts of your body, as she does you look at yourself in the mirror again, naked this time. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs (And even then, you're walking on your toes instead of your whole foot now), You still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailorend (PCDir)]].After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, It's getting pretty late.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, exept if your old self was really short, curvaceous and looked like a cat. Everything feels real snug and comfy though, like it did when it actually fit. You also kind of look like Saraa.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip). All and all, you didn't want to come here, but your clothes are very comfortable now and you can at least appreciate that. Even if having them hug your curves so tightly makes you feel strange.
You walk out of the Tailor and go back to the center of town, now very agile due to not having to fight with your clothes as you move. it's nighttime right now, the moon's barely up, but you should head back to camp and come clean to those two now. There's probably still no other way of being human, and more importantly, being male than being honest with them for once and helping them out.
You make your way back to camp, it's still not too late for them to be asleep, and you do see the campfire in the distance. So it's time to come clean about everything.
You climb the incline all the way until you barely make it to the camp, you don't want to just waltz in there and get killed out of fear. So you then circle around in the shadows and hide in a bush next to where Halkmir and Mason are sitting. You're waiting for a break in their conversation for you to chime in from inside the bush.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well anyways, Halkmir. Have you seen the Thief around? I looked for him for a good while after getting a sword.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nope. I had even brought him something to eat if he hadn't at the town.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Maybe he just changed his mind and decided to walk his own way.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh, probably. I'm gonna miss him a bit, if that's so.//] Halkmir says as a silence takes the camp.
Here's the moment, you gulp as you steel your nerves for this. You're still in the bush, for obvious reasons. But you're gonna have to speak up soon and hope for the best.
You sigh before speaking up. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm in the bush.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wu- Oh. What the hell are you doing in there? And where have you been?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Doing things, and i owe you two something.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//You do?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i haven't been being honest with you two at all.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What do you mean?//]
You sigh before tossing out the statement in the direction of the two adventurers, you hear it land on the wooden log that Halkmir's sitting on. You hear him pick it up as you prepare yourself for the big moment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm gonna come out now, please don't say or do anything and i'll explain everything.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Sure?..//] Mason says as you practically feel Halkmir's eyes widening as he finished reading the statement. You then come out of the bush, slowly, with your hands up.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''WHAT THE H-''//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Shut up, i told you i would explain absolutely everything.//] You say as you slowly start approaching with your hands still up in the air. Halkmir pans his head quickly to you and he stumbles out of the log he's sat in while his eyes practically pop out of their sockets from fear and suprise. He stands up by the campfire area, but he clearly doesn't want to be close to you right now. You sit down and Mason does the same, but infront of you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you two ''please'' stop freaking out, it's making me more of a nervous wreck than i already am.//] You plead as the two of them try to calm their fear down a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I've been lying to you this entire time, and i'd like to be honest with you two for once.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I was infected, i just changed real slowly for some reason. I was afraid you two would leave me to die or kill me yourselves if i told you the truth. I really tried my best to keep it hidden from you two, but after what happened to me today, i couldn't keep it hidden anymore.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Today i wanted to get into some of my old antics, maybe even get my mind off of me changing and see if that worked somehow, but it didn't. I was caught and i finished transforming while i was arrested.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I thought i was going to die, or was already dead. Hell, when the guard came to interrogate me, i didn't even move for a solid minute thinking i had no control over my body anymore. But when i tried to do something, i was still me.//] You say as your catlike face starts to droop down into a sort of sad expression.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I talked to the guard, and after a bit of convincing, he realized that i was really me. He gave me that statement you have, Halkmir. After that, he left me there to serve the sentence for robbing someone earlier.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, uh. How did you get here?//] He says with a tinge of fear still in his voice.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//A lady i know, Lucy. She was the desk lady at the old Guard Station in Imperial City, she bailed me out before dragging me over to her husband's tailor shop. That's why my clothes look like this.//]
You sigh as you start looking downwards (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I just don't know what to do anymore, everytime i do something, or say something or anything really. I try to think like i did, but those thoughts just clash with new thoughs. And it just doesn't stop. I still have a bit of hope of going back, but at this point, you two are my only hope.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//L... Look, it's ok. We'll help you.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really Halkmir? How can you trust him so quickly?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//How do you ''not'' trust him so quickly. He just spilled his guts out to you and the only thing you can think about is how he could be lying about something he's clearly very emotional about?//] Halkmir says as he walks around the campfire and stands infront of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look... I just don't know.//] He says as he puts a hand on his face.
(text-colour:#347450)[//He said he's been infected for about 2 days by now. So if she really wanted to harm us she'd done it by now.//] Halkmir yells at Mason.
Mason sighs deeply. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine... You can stay with us.//] He says as he gets up.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Really?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yes... Now please let me go to sleep.//] He says as he walks over to his tent before getting in.'
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, i guess that solves that.//] He says as he turns to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, could i ask for one more thing.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//The food you said you got me, i'm starving.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh sure.//] He says as he reaches for a bag, he then hands you the bag. It's filled with bread and things, not exactly gourmet stuff, but you'll take it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, if you don't need anything else, i'm gonna go hit the hay too.//] Halkmir says before walking off and going in his tent. You just keep grabbing handfulls of bread until you quench the hunger you had.
After a while, you're feeling pretty tired yourself. Guess you'll go to bed too. Mason probably won't want you anywhere near his tent until he gets used to you being like this in a while. So you decide to follow Halkmir into his tent.
[[Get in the Tent->Halksleep (PCDir)]]You decide to sleep in Halkmir's tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Hey.//] You say as he comes into the tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh hey, Thief. You're gonna sleep over here too?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, i don't think Mason would want me anywhere near his tent right now.//] You say as you place down your bedroll on the floor of the tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't worry about him, he'll get over the whole, thing, you've got right now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I was actually expecting you to be more afraid of the whole situation.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I mean, i was, for a bit. But they way you just spilled your guts out for us really hit me in the heart. Can't just let someone in as much grief as you suffer for no reason.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, thanks.//] You say as you lay down in the bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Welp, i think it's getting pretty late. I'm gonna hit the hay... Goodnight.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Goodnight.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->halksleep (PCDir dream)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're being strangely honest with everyone.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yeah, i'm kind of done lying.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wow, ''you're'' saying that.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yeah, i know what i'm saying.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You know, you're acting a bit girly.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[And there goes your niceness.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No really, what the hell.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is there anything wrong with being nice to the people who're helping me?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, but you could maybe cool it with the girliness while you do it.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 theivewakeup (PCDir)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Huh.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (PDirect)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]Oh shit, i'm done!
Everything's finished!
There's only some polish work left to be done for all paths, i'll go through them indiviually and check for any continuity errors, spelling mistakes or any other things like that.
After that, it's about time i release this damn thing.
So, enjoy i guess.
Update: Doing grammar work, searching for each individual mention of the gods and checking to see if it's plural. This is important, to me at least.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Joke's on him though, he wasted 20 minutes of his time before he realized that the 6 extra words that didn't come up for the search query "gods", where just us saying the word "goddess" when we were eating with Halkmir.]
just because of this little 4th wall breaking escapade i went back and made her be true with herself in the final scene of the full after direct partial path.
(//here is another wall break, because really, i just wanted to rewrite those scenes and i though this would be funny. the total of broken walls is at 16 right now.//)(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Now that it probably did something good, let me reward myself with a good meal.] You tell yourself as you begin walking towards the restaurant at the other side of town. On the way there you feel someone tailing you, it's Halkmir.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Thief.//] Halkmir says as he catches up to you.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Oh hey Halkmir.//] You say as he starts following you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//You doing something?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Getting something to eat, haven't eaten since 2 days ago.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, well i was actually headed over there right now.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Great, don't mind some company.//] You say as you both arrive at the restaurant.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the White Dragon, How could i be of service.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah could i get a table for two.//]
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Sure, we've got plenty of empty tables, so just go ahead and choose one at your leisure.//] The desk worker says before you two head into the dining hall.
You both sit down on a random empty table. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like.
(text-colour:#347450)[//So, uh. Up to no good?//] Halkmir says as he puts down his menu, trying to initiate some small talk.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Maybe.//] You say as you keep browsing the menu. Oh, they've got Duck on the menu. Your favorite.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What do you mean.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, i did do something. But i'm not really sure if i did good or bad.//] You say as you finally put down the menu.
(text-colour:#347450)[//If you're saying that, that probably means that it's good.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I'll tell you about it if you remind me later.//] You say as you see the Waiter nearing the table.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello Mister and Madam. What will you be having?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah ca- What.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Is there a situation mis-//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah i'm a guy.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Oh, ''oh'', i'm terribly sorry. My mistake. Now what will you be having?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I'll have a steak with some boiled potatoes with a bit of water to wash it down, not feeling too fancy today.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away.//] He says before turning around and walking away. You feel a bit embarassed by the (not too out of left field) misunderstanding of the waiter, but you calm yourself down.
(text-colour:#347450)[//So, uh...//] Halkmir says in a attempt to break the silence. You just keep hanging your head down in shame.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, really. Why are you acting so, weird?//] He says as he leans in fowards slightly.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//What do you mean.//] You say trying to act as normally as possible now, he's obviously getting suspicious of you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//You know, you're acting shifty.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I act like that norma-//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And your clothes, they're sagging a bit.//] He says as he pulls on the side of your shirt.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, I haven't eaten in two days.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh. Still kind of weird.//] Halkmir says before panning his head around the restaurant, he sometimes shifts his eyes back to you, making you feel a bit nervous. After a while of doing this he starts fiddling around with the silverware on the table. You then notice the waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be a bit ashamed of his mistake. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He also plops Halkmir's meal on the table too. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but Halkmir doesn't care about table manners, he just agresively starts to cut pieces of his steak off and eat it like someone's gonna take it away from him at a determined time limit.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You good? You don't look too bright right now.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I'm. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup halfway through the sentence. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Fine.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Actually, could we... Swap drinks?//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says as he swaps your glass around for his glass of water.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Thanks. //]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest2end (PDirect)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. Not feeling too fancy today.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm.
You enter the Pub and see Mason at the Bar, he's chatting at someone who you assume is the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So that's all you know about what happened in Imperial City.//] The bartender says to Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah.//] Mason says back to him.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Nothin' more?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Nothing more.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You were holding the Lich's head until it started blasting magic.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//And i'm not the Lich, so i can't give you more info than whatever i saw.//] Mason says to the Bartender as he spots you coming near.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh hey, Thief.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey Mason.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Do you know this guy?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I mean, he was the guy that came out of Imperial City with us.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well i guess we're in good company. Even if i was expecting someone manlier.//] The bartender says as he extends his hand over the bar to shake yours. You take a moment but you accept the handshake.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Anyways, you look like a shady figure that might have a couple of stories to tell.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//You could say that.//] You say as you sit down next to Mason.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, could you tell us one or something.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//If you can get me something to eat, maybe something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Aw c'mon, you too? Both of you are no fun.//] He jokes as he grabs some bread and fills a mug up with regular water. He then plops it down infront of you before you start to eat it.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, how about a story. Maybe how you met this guy, just to know if he's not skimping on details.//] He says as he stares down Mason, before turning his gaze back to you.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, everyone knows Mason and his group. Hell, i had even taken a job from them at one point. But i'm here with him because we made it out of the city together.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yeah, i know that, he told me earlier. I was more talking about what sorts of things you did to end up with them.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Before, well, everything happened. I was coming out from serving a sentence for some petty crime i can't even remember. I decided afterwards that i wanted a drink or something so i went over to the Marvelous Mistake and pourred a few down.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, why are you so adverse to alcohol today.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Because i got drunk as hell, stumbled to the Ceremony and survived by falling into a sewer.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh, i could see why you'd have a problem with it then.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah, and after that i had a moment, found this guy and his friend, got interrogated by them until they figured i was human and escaped the city with them.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I mean, yeah.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure.//] He says as he gets in real close.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yes, ''i am sure''.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//If you say so.//] He says while backing up.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hey, if i can interrupt. Could you give me something to sip on? I got no more water in here.//] Mason interupts before the bartender brings him a new mug full of water.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Sure, and what about you? Do you want anything?//] He says while pointing at you.
It could be a terrible, horrible, no good idea. But it will ''really'' put your mind off things. Plus, no women around so your libido and therefore your body, will probably be intact even after a drink.
[[Nah.->d2 pub2end (PDirect)]]
[[Actually...->d2 pub2drunk (PDirect)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[//No, thanks.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//]
Mason drinks from his mug as the bartender stands there in silence, looking at you.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, there really is something off about you.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Like what.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I don't know, you're just exude some sort of nervousness and fear.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//So you're a bartender and a shrink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No really, you're giving me the same feeling that soldiers about to get deployed give off.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Neat, now can you please go bother someone else.//] You say a bit defensively as he shrugs and walks away to clean the rest of the bar table. Mason's looking at you strangely but he's not doing anything really. He then turns to look at the bartender for a bit before turning back to you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it is getting pretty late. I'm gonna head out.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well you go ahead, i'll follow.//] You say as the both of you leave some gold on the bar before leaving. You two then go to the center of town, where Halkmir is waiting patiently for the two of you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, there you are.//] He says as the two of you walk up to him. (text-colour:#347450)[//Where did you two go?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We hit the pub, didn't drink anything of course, you'd hate that.//] He jokes as Halkmir laughs. Probably a inside joke you'll understand in a month or two. You three then start to walk towards the town entrance, continuing until you're deep into the Imperial Forest on the way to the camp. After walking a bit through the forest you feel a tap on the back of your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hey, Thief.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah?//] You say as you turn your head to face Mason while walking fowards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Are you sure you're fine?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yes. I am sure.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really sure?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yes.//] You say again, now sounding a bit frustrated.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, ok.//] Mason says as he starts drifting away from you while not breaking eye contact.
Finally, you make it to the Camp. Everyone's real tired so they go directly to their tents. You're still outside and are deciding which one to sleep in.
[[Sleep in Mason's Tent->d2 MasonSleep (PDirect)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->d2 HalkSleep (PDirect)]][//Actually, give me a drink, like a real drink.//] You say to the bartender
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//That's the spirit.//] He says as he grabs the empty mug of water, wipes it with a piece of cloth and begins to pour in some liquor before ploping it down infront of you. (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Enjoy.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really? If Halkmir was here, he'd punch you.//]
[//What, is he my dad or something.//] You say as you (text-style:"blur")[start to] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[oh fucj]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[The following story segment has 2 versions, please choose one.]
[[The realistic version->drunk(PDirect)]]
[[The "Artistic enterpretation"->shit(PDirect)]] (text-colour:red)[(Not recommended for first time readers, or people who are sane.)](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Ugh... //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mon ase yuo fil taht de dring difnt go dowen two gud.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yuo okey miser? U dontn loke two gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//uim... fins. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu sey will puting donw teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I tihnk u mite b a byt fof alitewait.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//ime not... a fucfgine, ligewaige...//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//o gos halmis gona kil yu wen ou go bag to cams.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he sey ase he graps u bi de arm an dras yu outata pub.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//yr uie comin outata bup?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//becos ife yucans hanel uan dring, imajin drigin tou.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//focof... imm nos a liswayse.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//den wasar u.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//uel... somin dide hafen, tu me.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//yea iea, i noe.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//no... isno dat, il tel yuo laer.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u ses ase mabson dras u to hasmir woos ina de midel of taun.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//o gos what did u tu do.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i wuas juss etin ate de pbu, is no me falt he can consrol imselve.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//gess yul haf tu helf im lige u hepled me.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[halmil joos ase u wakk tru de forss dat leas tu de camf.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//cans yu, sopp draign me arunns?//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu ses ase mabson keep draing yuo aron.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, bicos yuor gona waner o-.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''OUGHhh''. o gos wawas sat? o yuo trifed and fall. yur onsopt of magson.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//woa ar u tu ok?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//yea-//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//''wasehel isat onede tiff''//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//waswas?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//ders a ting oneur bakc.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//oh, de tel?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//t- de waht.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//my tel... is ben stcuk in dere fosom timr.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u sesy as yu sart to wglge ite arong. dese's a werd warmf in yur nck two.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''WADEFO?!''//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he scrims ase he baks awei fom yu cuicly.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#c794e9)[//wase polem ise der somin rong-//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''UOUGHhh''. wa? did hasmi,] (text-style:"blurrier","subscript","buoy")[kick u in the... face.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[What?->drunkKO (PDirect)]](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Ugh...//](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[You moan as you fee''w'' that the drink didn't go down too good.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//U okay mister? U dont look too good.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//im... fine...//](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[You say while putting down the mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I think u might be a bit of a lightweight.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//im not... a fucking, lightweight...//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh gods halkmi''w'''s gonna kill you when you go back to camp.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[He says as he grabs u by the arm and drags you out of the pub.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//why are we coming out of the pub?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Because if u can't handle one drink, imagine drinking two.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//fuck off... im not a light''w''eight.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then what are u.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well... something did happen, to me.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah, Yeah, i know.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//no... its not that, ill tell u late''w''.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as Mason drags u to halkmir, who's in the middle of town.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh gods what did u two do.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I was just eating at the pub, it's not my fault he can't control himself.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Guess you'll have to help him like u helped me.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Halkmi''w'' jokes as u walk through the forest that leads to the camp.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//can you, stop d''w''aging me around?//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[U say as Mason keep draging you around.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No, because you're gonna wander o-.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''OUGHhh''. Oh gods what was that? oh you tripped and fell. You'''w''e on top of Mason.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Woah, are u two ok?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yea-//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//''What the hell is that on the thief.''//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//what's ''w''hat?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//There's a thing on your back.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//oh, the tail?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//T- the what.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//my tail... its been stuck in there fo''w'' some time.//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as u start to wiggle it around. There's a wei''w''d warmth in you''w'' neck too.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''WHAT THE FUCK?!''//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Mason screams as he backs a''w''ay f''w''om u q''W''ick''W''y.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#c794e9)[//''W''hat's the p''W''ob''W''em? is the''W''e something ''W''ron-//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''UOUGHhh''. Wha? did Halkmi''W'',] (text-style:"blurrier","subscript","buoy")[kick u in the... face.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[What?->drunkKO (PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're fucking stupid.]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[What the fuck happened?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You didn't learn from your mistakes, that's what happened.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You can see what happened by just looking down.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wha//- ''WHAT''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, you fucked up.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[What?->d2 nightinterrog (PDirect)]](text-style:"blurrier")[Wuh?]
(text-style:"blur")[Why is...]
Why can't you move?
Oh you're tied up and being carried on Mason's shoulder. Did you just get too drunk and passed out? Or-
''Oh fuck you've got tits.''
Oh gods, they know something's up. Can you even do anything anymore or are you just going to watch yourself get hanged. At least you probably won't feel it when it happens, just a sudden drop followed by a short dr-
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''wWUGH.''//] You yelp as Mason readjusts you on his shoulder as he feels you slipping of- ''Wait'', you said that. Or at least it feels like you said that. Are you still actually you?
Neat, still going to get hanged probably.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey Boss, i think it's waking up.//] Halkmir says.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Does it really matter? It can't move.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But "it" can talk, you fucking assholes.//] You grunt at Halkmir as he walks behind Mason.
(text-colour:#347450)[//See? It's even quipping at us.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Where are you taking me?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//The gallows probably.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wh- What? ''No!''//]
Oh yeah, they want you dead alright.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look Halkmir, do we really need to send it to die? We knew him, for a bit at least.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Why are you simpathetic to it? He lied to us and endagered ''everyone''.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's not simpathy, it's that i have a few doubts.//]
Oh, you've got an idea.
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, can we talk about this?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Why should we even let you tal-.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Halkmir, shut the hell up and let it talk.//] He says as he stops and pans his head around to face Halkmir. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//In the time that we ran through the Imperial City, did any of those things try to actually reason with us?. I think that's reason enough to at least hear it out for a second.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Yeah, it's reasoning with us because it's about to go with the gods. It just wants you to let it free so it can finish trying to infect us.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//And i could've done that any of the moments that we were at the camp, but i didn't because i'm not one of those things.//] You bicker at Halkmir.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Prove it.//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you put me down first?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Why, so you can run away?//]
(text-style:"smear")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, so i can breathe normally.//] You say as Mason puts a hand on your back.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Mason, don't-//] He says before Mason puts you down on the grass next to the path.
(text-colour:#347450)[//''Mason, WHAT THE HELL?''//] Halkmir yells at Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's not running away like that, the least i can do is put it down.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//''HOW DO YOU KNOW IT ISN'T GOING TO DO THAT?''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look.//] Mason says to Halkmir as he points to you just laying in the grass with your hands and legs tied.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can i talk now?//] You say as the two adventurers just stare at you on the ground.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll take that as a yes.//]You shake around until your sat down on the grass rather than lain on your side.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok so, I'm still me, the thief, or at least still am me on the inside. I remember everything short of the drunken stupor i was in a few minutes ago.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//So? That still doesn't prove you're really still the thief, you could just be tapping into his memories or something.//]
Fuck, he's not buying it. Well, you probably wouldn't buy it either if the roles were inverted. There must be someth- Wait. You're a cat right?
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir you dense blockhead, if i wanted to infect one of you i would be doing it right now.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And how, you're tied up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You mean with the regular ropes that i can cut with these?//] You say as you free your hand, paw, things with their new claws before presenting them.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fuh...//] He grunts before putting his hand on his face and sighing deeply.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Do you trust him yet or does he need to lay in the grass for a few more minutes.//] Mason says as he grabs his sword and points it at the ropes tying your legs together.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, You're the boss.//] Halkmir sighs as Mason cuts the ropes. Halkmir then moves towards you and extends his hand out to you while looking in a different direction. You grab onto his hand to lift yourself off the ground but the sudden soft feel of your hand startles him and he releases his grip. He then gets a guilty expresion and takes hold of your hand, lifting you off the ground.
Why is everyone-? Oh you're even shorter now, great. And your clothes are extremely baggy now exept at the chest area, for very big and obvious reasons. Your shirt is barely visible enbetween your cloak and your boots just want to come off and flip around with each step. Plus, you can see strangely well in the night. Even if the only light in the area is moonlight and a lantern that Halkmir has. Oh and the nose, it's part of your mouth now and it's gonna take a while before you stop seeing it in your line of sight. Neat.
Anyways, Mason and Halkmir are just standing around you as you inspect yourself, so you should probably do something other than oogle.
[[Start Moving Towards The Camp->d2 NinterrogEnd (PDirect)]]After an Awkward few moments Halkmir and Mason start walking again, so you decide to follow them before you're left behind.
Eventually, you make it back to camp and Halkmir just Be-Lines it to his tent, he doesn't even say anything, he just gives you a shamed look as he goes inside.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, i guess Halkmir doesn't want me anywhere near his tent right now. Could i sleep in yours?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//''S''- Sure...//] Mason stammers a bit as he gives you a strange look.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, can you please not make this more awkward than this already is and treat me like a normal person.//] You plead timidly.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I'll try.//] He says back to you as he goes inside his tent. You then shortly follow behind. You quickly put down your bedroll and lay in it before you get any more strange looks, or give them out too. Everything's real weird and soft and just overloading your senses. You just want to go to sleep and not feel anything for a few hours.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 masonleep (PDDir)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well that went better than expected.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Yeah, problem is i still have to wake up tommorow.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh, yeah. Good luck with that.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Really? That's it? No insightful commentary?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're confused, i'm confused. I've got nothing more to say.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Maybe i really have lost my mind then.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 wakeupdrunk (PDDir)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well actually, one more thing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What is it then.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[There's no more story.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Huh.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (PDirect)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]Mason's already suspicious of you. Avoiding him even more will probably make him even more suspicious.
You go inside and Mason's getting down into his bedroll.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey Mason.//] You say as he realizes you're coming in.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, hey Thief.//] He says while getting into his bedroll. You put your bedroll down trying to not spark any more conversation with him-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look really, something's off about you.//]
Fuck, he's really not gonna let up about that isn't he. Play it cool, you can get out of this one too.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//You've been saying that ever since we left the pub, can you please elaborate.//] You say as you get into your bedroll.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Like your clothes are all saggy, you're sounding weird, you lag behind us if we walk too fast and you're really apprehensive about it.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well i feel alright, it could just be me coming up with a cold or something.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then why are you being so evasive about it.//]
Ah shit, he's pressing the question. Just keep evading and hope for the best.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Look i just don't like talking about the things that ale me, alright?//] You bicker at Mason as you start laying on your back.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No really, i want to know. Just tell me whatever's happening and i'll see what i can do. Even if it's just a cold or something.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//It's nothing Mason. Can i go to bed now please.//] You almost bark at him in frustration.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Please, i'm just trying to help.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Oh Gods, please.//] You sigh (text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I'm just going to go to bed.//] You grunt as you turn your back to Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, i'm pleading right now.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//''Shut the hell up please.''//] You grunt at him while not even moving, your head feeling red and hot from frustration.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine.//] He sighs angrily before you hear his head hit the back of his bedroll.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 MasonDream (PDirect)]]Mason's giving you funny looks the whole time since you two were at the pub, better not push things and just lay low by sleeping in Halkmir's tent.
You go inside and Halkmir's laying down in his bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey Thief.//] He says as he rolls his head up from the bedroll, he sounds groggy so he was probably about to fall asleep.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey Halkmir.//] You say as you enter the tent fully.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I though you'd be sleeping with the Boss tonight.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, he's making me a bit uncomfortable.//] You say as you put down your bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh, i can sort of tell. It's not entirely unwarrented though, you have been acting rather strange today.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Like what?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Like sounding strangely different, acting a bit hostile to any doubts. You know, weird stuff.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Oh... I could be coming up with a cold or something.//] You say before getting in your bedroll
(text-colour:#347450)[//Probably. Why you'd be so apprehensive to Mason about it however, i don't know.//] He says before a awkward silence permiates the tent.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well i better stop worrying you with my state of health, you do sound pretty tired.//] You say before rolling onto your side.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i guess so. Goodnight.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Goodnight.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 HalkDream (PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[A cold huh?]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Really, we're doing this now?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes, because you keep adding more and more lies to everything and just making things worse for yourself.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Look, if i hadn't been lying i'd be dead by now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Are you sure about that.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Yes, i'm //sure//.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[If you say so.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 HalkWakeup (PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[So i'm just gonna be stuck here instead of finding a way to not die.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (PDirect)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're a real asshole you know that.]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Why because i didn't accept his "Help" that would most likely get me killed? ''Fuck off'', i don't have time for this.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh don't worry, you're getting your cumupins.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Look down.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wha//- ''WHAT''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, you fucked up.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 wakeupMason (PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh hey, lucky you, there's no more story here.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ha! i didn't get my "//cumupins//". ''Suck''. ''My''. ''Dick!'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Which one.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck you.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Likewise.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Anyways, do i just float here in victory or is there anything i can do.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Since when do you care about climactic events.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Since you got away with being a shithead scott-free.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (PDirect)]]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#c794e9)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you notice a heat in your chest. It's getting real weird in there, luckly nothing noticeable yet. Fuck, but you're not feeling horny right now. Hell, you're a mixture of tipsy, angry, embarassed and scared right now. A right proper emotional mess. ''Fuck'', fuck. Just try to calm down and think about nothing.
Absolutely.]
//Nothing.//
You then start to feel the warmness fade out, phew.
Halkmir hasn't noticed anything off about you just yet, plus you still don't have //those things// (or at least they're not big enough to be noticeable) so you're in more luck than you might think.
Anyways, Halkmir is finishing up with his food and you're done too. He then gets up and you quickly follow behind him. Of course, making sure that any fluffy bits of yours can't be seen.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//So am i paying?//] You say to Halkmir as you two walk up to the counter at the entrance of the restaurant.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nah, i got this.//] He says as he produces a sack of gold from his person. It's not that big or filled up, but Mason carries most of these guys' gold.
But really, how noticeable is whatever's going on in your chest. It doesn't feel too normal, like these these tiny sacks of fat in there that can sort of be described as boobs but not really. They tent out a bit from your shirt, but it just kind of looks like normal shirt sag so you're fine.
And you should probably be looking at Halkmir right now because he's been done paying for the last half a minute.
After snapping back to reality, the two of you quietly walk off towards the middle of town. Mason's there.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ah, there you two are.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Boss.//] Halkmir says as Mason joins the two of you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Where did you two go?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, after i got all the things we might need to go back in the city. I started getting a bit peckish, so i went to eat.//] He starts as you three appropriately start to walk out of town.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I ran into him along the way, he was pretty hungry too so we went over to the restaurant together. But what about you, what did you do?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I got the sword//] Mason says as he taps his back, right where his sword is holstered. (text-colour:#01ad79)[//After that, i decided to kill some time over at the pub. No drinks, i know you'd hate to see ''me'' drinking.//] He jokes as Halkmir begins to chuckle, probably some inside joke that'll take you a month or two to understand.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//But, uh. What about you? What did you do?//] He says while looking at you. You stay quiet for a bit.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//The usual.//] You blurt out uncomfortably.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Ok, i guess.//]
The group is consumed by a eerie quiet as you keep walking through the woodlands that lead back to the camp. Halkmir peers at you occasionally as you three walk through the path back home, each gaze making you want to sink deeper into the ground with anxiety. Luckly, the camp's just a bit ahead.
You three then make it to the edge of the camp as Halkmir taps you on the shoulder. Mason feels the two of you stop in their tracks, before looking back and going in his tent.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, thief.//] He says with a sigh, oh gods he's gonna ask you if you're really ok isn't he.
(text-colour:#347450)[//You look real anxious, is there really ''nothing'' bothering you.//]
Fuck. Just keep quiet before you say something you might regret.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hello?//]
Oh gods. You're barely holding it together at this point.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Thief?//]
[[Keep the Lie going->d2 RestLie (PDirect)]]
[[Come Clean->d2 RestTruth (PDirect)]](text-colour:#347450)[//Are you really just going to stay quiet?//]
Fuck, fuck.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, really. Tell me about it. You've been acting weird ever since we saw you in the sewers.//]
No, no. You can't do it. Just keep the lie going and hope for the best.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//I'm good. Stop worrying about it.//] You bark at Halkmir.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, fine.//] He answers (text-colour:#347450)[//I'll stop bothering you about it if you really don't want to talk about it.//] He says before turning and walking towards his tent, giving you one last look before going inside.
Fuck that was close.
You start to feel a bit tired though, so you decide to crawl into Mason's tent. Things are obviously going to be a bit awkward between you and Halkmir.
Mason looks at you as you come in, before turning back to lay in his bedroll. He gave you a bit of an awkward look, so he probably heard everything.
You just lay down in your bedroll before he starts asking questions too.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 rest2dream (PDirect)]](text-colour:#347450)[//Are you really just going to stay quiet?//]
Fuck, fuck.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, really. Tell me about it. You've been acting weird ever since we saw you in the sewers.//]
Fuck it. This is as good a time as any.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Fine.//] You sigh. (text-colour:#c794e9)[//There's something that's been really bothering me for the past 2 days.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then what is it. Tell me about it, please.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Look, i'll tell you, but please don't do anything sudden. I'm already plenty anxious about telling you.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure, sure. Just please tell me, it's been bugging me all day.//]
You give him a deep sigh before closing your eyes and pulling up your shirt to reveal the fur hidden under it. It's been a few seconds and he's not saying anything, so you open your eyes and see that he's just standing there in shock.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wh- Wuh?//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Please, just please don't tell anyone, please.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What the hell? You could've infected us.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//And i didn't tell either of you because you would've killed me then and there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//So we could let you out and you could doom the rest of the world?//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Look, i don't know. I just don't want to die.//] You say with a whimper as you start to feel that warm feeling in your chest come roaring back.
(text-colour:#347450)[//We should've let you to rot in that sewer.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//Please, how about this.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What?//] He says angrily.
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//You can just leave me to sleep outside tonight. Hell, you could even tie me up if you're not sure about it. If i start trying to get one you, you've got my full permission to just kill me right then and there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine.//] He says as he grabs a bundle of rope from the back of his bag before tying your arms and legs down. You're now sat on the ground, inmobile.
(text-colour:#347450)[//There, now you better not do anything that might make any of us regret this.//] He says as he walks away from you, keeping you within his view at all times. He then goes inside his tent, making sure that the cloth entrance is closed as tight as it can.
You lay your head down and stare at the moon in the sky. Your arms are uncomfortably behind your back, but it isn't the first time you've slept like this in your lif-
What the fuck is that? Oh gods, those are boobs, like full sized at this point. Fuck, this is it isn't it. At least you're tied up and can't do anything to harm anyone after you lose your mind. Your face is probably next on the list. Hell, there it is, a snout. There's probably not much left after this. You then pan your view down to your legs as you feel the warmth at your face start to spread to every part of your body. You see your legs inch closer towards the center of your body before starting to stress the ropes on your legs a bit. The warmth then fades away from your body.
This is it.
This is what if feels like to die in your own mind.
Not with a bang, but with a whimper.
Not a bad sight to leave on.
The stars are rather nice out tonight.
You're feeling pretty tired.
Guess you'll go to sleep then.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep?->d2 selfdream (PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wow, that was...]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[High class existential dread fuel? Yeah.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[So that's it? You're just gonna let yourself walk quietly in the figurative night?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[It's better than fighting it and failing.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You can't just give up like this.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[''Fuck'', look. If you really want to try and see if you can fight it, why don't you try it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No really you've got to at least try.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fine, fine. I'll try.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Try->d3 wakeup (Tied PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You just gave me a whole pep talk about not giving up and you just give up.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (PDirect)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Still think you can keep the house of cards going?]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Of course i can, i'm dead if i don't.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[But you're dead if you do.]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[I probably won't even feel it when it happens, if it happens.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Still hopeful of finding that wizard before shit goes down?]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[I have to be.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, good luck with that then.]
[[Wake Up->d3 rest2wakeup (PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[So i'm just gonna be stuck here instead of finding a way to not die.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (PDirect)]]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Probably some weird effect of whatever's happening to you so you probably shouldn't drink any more alcohol in the future.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bill as you walk out. You're feeling a lot better now, mainly due to having a full stomach, but also not being a bit drunk anymore. You walk back to the center of town, No one you know is there and there's still a few hours before everything closes so you decide to do one more thing.
There's not too many people in the streets anymore and everyone looks like they're not carrying much on them, so that leaves just one thing you could do. There's a Pub by the south side of the town, you could go there and socialize. No drinking of course, just talking. If you got tipsy by just drinking a half a glass of wine, you don't wanna see what would happen after a whole pint of hard liquor.
[[Go to the Pub ->d2 Pub1 (PDirect)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. Not feeling too fancy today.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm.
You enter the Pub and see Mason at the Bar, he's chatting at someone who you assume is the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So that's all you know about what happened in Imperial City.//] The bartender says to Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Yeah.//] Mason says back to him.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Nothin' more?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Nothing more.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You were holding the Lich's head until it started blasting magic.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//And i'm not the Lich, so i can't give you more info than whatever i saw.//] Mason says to the Bartender as he spots you coming near.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh hey, Thief.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey Mason.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Do you know this guy?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//I mean, he was the guy that came out of Imperial City with us.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well i guess we're in good company. Even if i was expecting someone manlier.//] The bartender says as he extends his hand over the bar to shake yours. You take a moment but you accept the handshake.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Anyways, you look like a shady figure that might have a couple of stories to tell.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//You could say that.//] You say as you sit down next to Mason.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, could you tell us one or something.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//If you can get me something to eat, maybe something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Aw c'mon, you too? Both of you are no fun.//] He jokes as he grabs some bread and fills a mug up with regular water. He then plops it down infront of you before you start to eat it.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, how about a story. Maybe how you met this guy, just to know if he's not skimping on details.//] He says as he stares down Mason, before turning his gaze back to you.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, everyone knows Mason and his group. Hell, i had even taken a job from them at one point. But i'm here with him because we made it out of the city together.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yeah, i know that, he told me earlier. I was more talking about what sorts of things you did to end up with them.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Before, well, everything happened. I was coming out from serving a sentence for some petty crime i can't even remember. I decided afterwards that i wanted a drink or something so i went over to the Marvelous Mistake and pourred a few down.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//So, why are you so adverse to alcohol today.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Because i got drunk as hell, stumbled to the Ceremony and survived by falling into a sewer.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh, i could see why you'd have a problem with it then.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah, and after that i had a moment, found this guy and his friend, got interrogated by them until they figured i was human and escaped the city with them.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I mean, yeah.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure.//] He says as he gets in real close.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yes, ''i am sure''.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//If you say so.//] He says while backing up.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hey, if i can interrupt. Could you give me something to sip on? I got no more water in here.//] Mason interupts before the bartender brings him a new mug full of water.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Sure, and what about you? Do you want anything?//] He says while pointing at you.
No, you're not drinking a single drop of alcohol.
[[No.->d1 pub1end (PDirect)]](text-colour:#aa95e8)[//No, thanks.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//''Yes'', i am sure.//]
Mason drinks from his mug as the bartender stands there in silence, looking at you.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, there really is something off about you.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Like what.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I don't know, you're just exude some sort of nervousness and fear.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//So you're a bartender and a shrink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No really, you're giving me the same feeling that soldiers about to get deployed give off.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Neat, now can you please go bother someone else.//] You say a bit defensively as he shrugs and walks away to clean the rest of the bar table. Mason's looking at you strangely but he's not doing anything really. He then turns to look at the bartender for a bit before turning back to you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, it is getting pretty late. I'm gonna head out.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well you go ahead, i'll follow.//] You say as the both of you leave some gold on the bar before leaving. You two then go to the center of town, where Halkmir is waiting patiently for the two of you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, there you are.//] He says as the two of you walk up to him. (text-colour:#347450)[//Where did you two go?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We hit the pub, didn't drink anything of course, you'd hate that.//] He jokes as Halkmir laughs. Probably a inside joke you'll understand in a month or two. You three then start to walk towards the town entrance, continuing until you're deep into the Imperial Forest on the way to the camp. After walking a bit through the forest you feel a tap on the back of your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Hey, Thief.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yeah?//] You say as you turn your head to face Mason while walking fowards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Are you sure you're fine?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yes. I am sure.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Really sure?//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Yes.//] You say again, now sounding a bit frustrated.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, ok.//] Mason says as he starts drifting away from you while not breaking eye contact.
Finally, you make it to the Camp. Everyone's real tired so they go directly to their tents. You're still outside and are deciding which one to sleep in.
[[Sleep in Mason's Tent->d2 MasonSleep2 (PDirect)]]
[[Sleep in Halkmir's Tent->d2 HalkSleep2 (PDirect)]]Mason's already suspicious of you. Avoiding him even more will probably make him even more suspicious.
You go inside and Mason's getting down into his bedroll.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey Mason.//] You say as he realizes you're coming in.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, hey Thief.//] He says while getting into his bedroll. You put your bedroll down trying to not spark any more conversation with him-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look really, something's off about you.//]
Fuck, he's really not gonna let up about that isn't he. Play it cool, you can get out of this one too.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//You've been saying that ever since we left the pub, can you please elaborate.//] You say as you get into your bedroll.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Like your clothes are all saggy, you're sounding weird, you lag behind us if we walk too fast and you're really apprehensive about it.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well i feel alright, it could just be me coming up with a cold or something.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Then why are you being so evasive about it.//]
Ah shit, he's pressing the question. Just keep evading and hope for the best.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Look i just don't like talking about the things that ale me, alright?//] You bicker at Mason as you start laying on your back.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//No really, i want to know. Just tell me whatever's happening and i'll see what i can do. Even if it's just a cold or something.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//It's nothing Mason. Can i go to bed now please.//] You almost bark at him in frustration.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Please, i'm just trying to help.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Oh Gods, please.//] You sigh (text-colour:#aa95e8)[//I'm just going to go to bed.//] You grunt as you turn your back to Mason.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, i'm pleading right now.//]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[//''Shut the hell up please.''//] You grunt at him while not even moving, your head feeling red and hot from frustration.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Fine.//] He sighs angrily before you hear his head hit the back of his bedroll.
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 MasonDream2 (PDirect)]]Mason's giving you funny looks the whole time since you two were at the pub, better not push things and just lay low by sleeping in Halkmir's tent.
You go inside and Halkmir's laying down in his bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey Thief.//] He says as he rolls his head up from the bedroll, he sounds groggy so he was probably about to fall asleep.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Hey Halkmir.//] You say as you enter the tent fully.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I though you'd be sleeping with the Boss tonight.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well, he's making me a bit uncomfortable.//] You say as you put down your bedroll.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Eh, i can sort of tell. It's not entirely unwarrented though, you have been acting rather strange today.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Like what?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Like sounding strangely different, acting a bit hostile to any doubts. You know, weird stuff.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Oh... I could be coming up with a cold or something.//] You say before getting in your bedroll
(text-colour:#347450)[//Probably. Why you'd be so apprehensive to Mason about it however, i don't know.//] He says before a awkward silence permiates the tent.
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Well i better stop worrying you with my state of health, you do sound pretty tired.//] You say before rolling onto your side.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i guess so. Goodnight.//]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[//Goodnight.//]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Sleep->d2 HalkDream2 (PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[A cold huh?]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Really, we're doing this now?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yes, because you keep adding more and more lies to everything and just making things worse for yourself.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Look, if i hadn't been lying i'd be dead by now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Are you sure about that.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Yes, i'm //sure//.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[If you say so.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 HalkWakeup2 (PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Wait, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, there's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[So i'm just gonna be stuck here instead of finding a way to not die.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[Is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#aa95e8)[This sudden stop is anti-climactic.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Touche.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->d2 wakeup (PDirect)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're a real asshole you know that.]
(text-colour:#c794e9)[Why because i didn't accept his "Help" that would most likely get me killed? ''Fuck off'', i don't have time for this.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh don't worry, you're getting your cumupins.]
(text-colour:#df93ea)[What do you mean.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Look down.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Wha//- ''WHAT''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, you fucked up.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up->d3 wakeupMason2 (PDirect)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Oh hey, lucky you, there's no more story here.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Ha! i didn't get my "//cumupins//". ''Suck''. ''My''. ''Dick!'']
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Which one.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck you.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Likewise.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Anyways, do i just float here in victory or is there anything i can do.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[We could do that. This entire time.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Since when do you care about climactic events.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Since you got away with being a shithead scott-free.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]][[You->Description (d2PFDir)]] open your eyes, a faint hope that you wake up in that jail cell in the city still glimmers withing you before being rudely broken by the huge lumps in your bedroll. You yawn and strech your arms before getting out of the bedroll and walking towards the flap of the tent and opening it.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look, i think we should stop waisting time and get back inside the city to rescue those two.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look Halkmir, we haven't eaten in a whole day, we barely had enough supplies to set up a camp and you want to go back in? I don't even have my ''sword'' on me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Then where the hell did you leave it?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Over there.//] He says, pointing towards the city in the distance. They then both realize that you're standing there.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, Cat's woken up.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well, good morning... I guess.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//We were just discusing how dumb it would be to just waltz back in there without any supplies or a weapon.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Speak for yourself, by the time we get ready Saraa and Merl will be long gone.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Look, Halkmir, you know them. They'll be alright. Saraa is probably somewhere safe and Marl is probably disecting one of those things as we speak.//]
The Dwarf sighs (text-colour:#347450)[//Fine, you got me there. I'll concede that it does sound like a bad plan.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok, now can you two tell me what we're gonna do today?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, there is that town that's nearby. It's a pretty big town at that. I think it's called Gatemeir? We could go there and stock up on things before we jump the wall again.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You guys go ahead, i'll follow.//] You say, knowing full well that you're going to have a lot of explaining to do today.
You three walk back down the incline towards the path, reaching it and following it through the Imperial Forest until you start to see road signs for the town of Gatemeir.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//It's to the right now, we're pretty close.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look.//] You say arching your spine backwards (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can we take a quick break? My back's killing me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i can probably give you ''two'' reasons for that.//] Halkmir jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Very funny.//] You reply as he chuckles a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Really starting to think the receptionist was right about these things.] You say as you start to move again.
Finally after walking for what felt like a couple of hours you make it to Gatemeir before Midday. The people around you all look at you funny, but you pull out the statement and they go back to their business.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Im gonna go get a new sword at the blacksmith, you two find something to do while he makes it.//]
There's a few things to do in town, There's a fancy restaurant in the town, you're starving after not having eaten in 2 days. There's also a tailor in the town, maybe you could get the sag in control there.
[[Go eat->d2 Rest1 (PFDir)]]
[[Go to the Tailor->d2 Tailor1 (PFDir)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Clothes are a secondary worry and i'm real hungry, i'm gonna go get some food.] You tell yourself as you walk to the restaurant. people still giving you death stares as you go through the double doors.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the Whi- ''Uh''.//] the waiter says as he spots you walking in.
(text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh gods. //](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story. Can you just give me a table for one.//] You say as you slide the statement on the waiter's stand. The waiter looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Ok ''um''... Miss? We've got plenty of empty tables. You can just choose one at your leisure.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks.//] You say. You sit down on the table least visible to other people dining, you don't want to cause more alarm than your mear presence is causing. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like, every now and then glancing over the menu to see people giving you stares.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello... Madam.//] Another waiter coyly says as he aproaches you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Could you maybe act like i'm normal, please.//] You tell at the waiter.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Yes, i am terribly. ''Uh'', sorry for my manners. What will you be having.//] He says, still in a bit of disbelief.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Uh, right away.//] He says before turning around and speedwalking away. You sigh and bury your face in the table, before hearing a few steps and the clinking of plate armor.
(text-colour:#e68759)[//You there, you're coming with us.//] You hear a voice say, you turn your head to the right and seeing a few guards.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh gods, just please go away.//] You say, handing the guard closest to you the statement. He backs up for a second until he realizes that you're holding up a piece of parchment and he extends his arm to grab it. He reads it before handing it back to you, still keeping his distance.
They then give eachother embarassed looks and storm off before they make a bigger ass of themselves (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//And tell everyone to stop staring please!//] You yell at them as they file out of the restaurant. Half of this day has been explaining your situation to angry mobs of confused people. The other half being walking and back pain. You just want all of this to blow over so you can go back to stealing your way to the top of Imperial City, why does life just have to flip everything about your life on it's head in the most confusing way possible.
Not that your old life was really ''that'' good. Most of the money you have on you still is from unreported crimes, otherwise you'd probably have a million gold to your name, not just a measly 778. And most of your nights were spent in jail cells, in fact, you've pretty much learnt to tolerate prison gruel. Eh, but enough reminising about yourself. The waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are Madam.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be in desbelief of you. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but you keep under or overestimating where your mouth is and end up munching on air or fork before correcting your mistake, you end up looking like a bit of a doof but that's probably the thing that'll get the least looks about you.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Waiter! //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup inbetween sentences. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Could i get some water instead? //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say as he starts coming closer to you.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away madam. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says before heading back to the kitchen, getting a pitcher full of water and a glass before coming back to you wit it. He then pours the some of it into the glass before putting it down on your table.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You say trying not to sound like an asshole.]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest1end (PFDir)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Even after today, it's probably going to be a long time before i even have a chance to return to normal. Maybe getting some fitting clothes might not be too bad.] You tell yourself as you tug on your saggy cloak.
You walk over to the tailor, people still giving you death stares as you open the door.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Welcome to- What the ''hell?''//] The tailor says as you walk in.
(text-style:"subscript")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Oh gods. //](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's a long story.//] You say as you slide the statement on the counter. The tailor looks at it while glancing at you and back to the statement multiple times.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, uh... Welcome to my shop, uh miss...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cat. Just call me Cat.//] You say, sighing.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what brings you here?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//A lot of things.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Don't spare me the details, i'll work tirelessly to make sure everything fits just rig-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//My cloak doesn't fit, my shirt doesn't either, My pants droop down to my thighs, my belt keeps sliding down, my boots want to flip around and to top it all off, i don't have something for these.//] You interrupt him with your large order.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, i can refit most of the things you've mentioned. You're gonna have to talk to a cobbler about your boots though. Oh, and i'll have to call my wife over for, ''those'', things//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll wait then.//] You say as you find a chair to sit in and wait. He walks over to the back and gets some equipment, he then gets a piece of parchment and writes something on it. He puts all his tools and equipment on the counter and walks outside for a moment, with the note he wrote in his hand. He stops a person on a horse, wearing a blue shirt with the words "Imperial Express" on it and hands him the note. The messenger then rides off in the direction you came. The tailor comes back in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Do you have any spare clothes on you?//] He asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//] You reply.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Then wait in that room over there and slide your clothes through the slot on the door.//] He says as you walk over to the room before entering it.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hang on you like a really big blanket if it weren't for your boobs, which tent out heavily over your chest. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
Not wanting to keep the tailor waiting, you take off your clothes and shove them through the slot in the door. You hear them drop on the other side, before the tailor walks over and takes them over to the back. You turn back to the mirror and catch a glimpse of your naked body. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs (And even then, you're walking on your toes instead of your whole foot now), You still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
As you turn away from the mirror in embarassment, your ears perk up as you hear the tailor say something on the other side of the shop.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Lucy, honey. She's in there, Can you get me some measurements with this so i can get to work.//] He says before you hear a knock on the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Can i come in?.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh, it's her.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Uh, sure.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey, I recognise that voice.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//You do? Then you also know why i called it "A special case" right?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yes, i know. I spoke to her //](text-colour:#bf8093)[//at the bridge.//] She says as she opens the door. You cover up your nasty bits with your arms in a attempt to avoid further embarassment.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Seriously...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?..//] You say, still hinding your shame.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Look. This'll be quick, now can you stop doing that and tent your arms up like this.//] She says before standing in a A-pose.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She then moves the band around different, important parts of your body. Taking measurements of not only your waist, but also your hips, your arms and well, your bust.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailor1end (PFDir)]].You don't know what or who you are anymore. You still dress like your old self, so that's unchanged at least. Oh, and you know you were born over there, in the Imperial City.
You're about 5 foot tall now, or slightly shorter. Even Halkmir's about chest height to you. You're pretty petite, even when not looking at how tall you are. You've also got those two now. They're, //rather big//. They even tent out pretty far through your very baggy clothes.
Under the hood of your baggy midnight blue cloak, is your weird cat/human hybrid head. You've still got something you can sort of call hair on your head, it's some type of fluffier fur that's longer and a lighter color than the rest of your fur. The rest of your gray fur is very fluffy too, just not as much as your "hair". It also has some dark gray stripes sometimes, and your chest and most of the front part of your body is covered in white fur. Your eyes are still green, but a lighter shade, and your pupils are sharp and jagged. //Like a cat's//.
Other than the afformentioned baggy cloak, you wear a pale brown shirt under it. It would be baggy too, if it weren't for //those two//. Although the cloak covers it completely now, so you don't have to worry about showing some fur. You've still got those pants, which are constantly trying to sag down to your feet. But your hips are now wide enough to stop them from dropping down. In fact, if you were to lift your cloak up, you would be showing half of your ass and your tail. You've still got those boots, but they're too big now. And even if they were smaller, it would still be a bit weird walking in them. Because they're flat, and you walk on your toes now, so they try to roll around every now and then. Oh and your belt, never forget about the belt. It hangs around the rim of your pants now, for obvious reasons.
But enough looking at yourself, there's things to be done. You're still alive, and that means there's still hope for going back, //right?//
[[Continue->day 2 wakeup (PFDir)]]After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H, like i told you earlier.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, i've got to get back to work.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, just that everything fits like it should now, they even cut a small hole in the back of your pants so you can stick your tail through. It makes you look... //Good// actually. It kind of reminds you how Saraa dressed when she met you at the pub.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip for not freaking out more than he did).
You walk out of the Tailor and go back to the center of town, now very agile due to not having to fight with your clothes as you move. it's pretty close to sunset so you can probably do one more thing before everything closes down for the day.
The restaurant is still an option, it closes pretty late and this might be your last chance for a nice, gourmet meal in a long while. Or you could maybe go to the local pub. No drinking this time though, You don't want to repeat events from 2 days ago.
[[Go eat.-> d2 Rest2 (PFDir)]]
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub2 (PFDir)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Now that all my clothes fit, i feel like i'm starving right now. I'm gonna go get some food.] You tell yourself as you walk to the restaurant. people still giving you death stares as you keep walking.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Hey, Cat. You're looking, curvaceous...//] Halkmir says as you get close to the restaurant. You blush a bit.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, i was kind of getting tired of having to fight my clothes everytime i did something.//] You say as he starts following you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Nice, where are you headed?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//To go get something to eat, haven't eaten since 2 days ago.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Oh, well i was actually headed over there right now.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Great, that'll make some of the awkward explaining less so.//] You joke as you both arrive at the restaurant.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Welcome to the Whi- Oh, it's you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you please just give me a table for two.//] You sigh.
(text-colour:#d3ae85)[//Ok Miss. We've got a few empty tables. You can just choose one at your leisure.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Thank you.//] Halkmir says as you two go into the dining room while you give the waiter a annoyed look.
You both sit down on a random empty table. There's a menu already laid out on the table so you open it and try to find something you'll like, every now and then glancing over the menu to see people giving you stares.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Don't mind them, they'll get used to you quick.//] Halkmir says politely.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean, i'm used to the looks if they're not used to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really, don't worry about it Cat. You know full well you're no threat to anyone.//]
You stay quiet. Still weirded out by Halkmir's niceness to you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look cat, i know why you're giving me the silent treatment. I'm just trying to make up for what i did to you yesterday, don't make me feel like more of an ass. Please?//]
You sigh. (text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir, i forgive you, you don't need to treat me like a goddess because you've got a guilty conscience.//]
He keeps quiet for a bit before speaking up again. (text-colour:#347450)[//Well, thanks Cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you pick something before the waiter starts to get pissed at us.//] You say as the waiter stands behind Halkmir.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Hello Mister... and Madam.//] Another waiter coyly says as he aproaches you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You know you could just talk to me like i'm a normal person.//] You scof at the waiter.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Yes, i am terribly. sorry for my manners. What will you be having.//] He says, still in a small bit of disbelief.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll have some duck with a bit of lettuce and some wine.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//I'll have a steak with some boiled potatoes with a bit of water to wash it down, not feeling too fancy today.//]
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Right away.//] He says before turning around and walking away.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Did you always like duck or are you trying it out?//] Halkmir says in a attempt to kill the silence with some small talk.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's my favorite, used to only have it when i had enough gold to go to that one restaurant in the city, but i had heard this one's a close second in terms of quality.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//That place? I used to really like the deserts they made there. You know, you'd try to not eat too much you'd still have some room in ya' for some pumpkin pie.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Room for food's the least of my worries right now, i haven't eaten in two whole days.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? You must be beyond starving. Didn't you eat something the day before everything happened?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Nah, the time you four saw me coming out of the guard station was when i woke up, the most i had in me was a few pints of mead. Didn't at all help my hangover the next day.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well hopefully you'll amend your relationship with the bottle someday.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Sure hope.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You know, you're acting a heck of a lot girly. Of course, not completely ladylike. But somewhere inbetween maybe.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Eh, i'm just getting used to my predicament, i guess. If i start exuding something, it's purely unintentional.//] You say as the waiter's coming back with your food.
(text-colour:#dcc77c)[//Here you are.//] He says trying to be as polite as posible, still seeming to be in desbelief of you. He places your plate down on the table before ploping down a wine glass and pouring in a bit of wine. He also plops Halkmir's meal on the table too. He then walks away as you grab a fork and a knife and start to dig into your meal. You try to maintain good table manners but you keep under or overestimating where your mouth is and end up munching on air or fork before correcting your mistake, you end up looking like a bit of a doof but that's probably the thing that'll get the least looks about you. Halkmir doesn't care about table manners, he just agresively starts to cut pieces of his steak off and eat it like someone's gonna take it away from him at a determined time limit.
You feel a bit parched after going through half the meal, so you decide to pick up the wine glass and drink some (text-style:"blur","buoy")[and oh fuck that did not feel good. You knew you were a lightweight, but not enough to get tipsy over half a glass of wine.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")[You decide to put down the glass and maybe get some water before events start repeating.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//You good? You don't look too bright right now.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'm. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[You hickup halfway through the sentence. ](text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Fine.//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Actually, could we... Swap drinks?//]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#347450)[//Sure. //](text-style:"blur","buoy")[He says as he swaps your glass around for his glass of water.]
(text-style:"blur","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks. //]
[[Finish Eating->d2 Rest2end (PFDir)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. Not feeling too fancy today.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm. There's a few people that still give you strange looks, but most of them point and say something to the tune of "Look, it's that catlady." Word does seem to spread quick, specially about strange ocurrences such as yourself.
You enter the Pub and see Mason, face down on the bar with his arms crossed. Knowing him, you sit down next to him and tap him on the shoulders. You're sure he won't mind the company.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Whah, oh. Hey, Cat.//] He says, a bit groggy. He doesn't seem too drunk, but he has probably been drinking for a while.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What are you doing here all by yourself?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, the sword got done a while ago. I just wanted to drown down a few before heading back to camp.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but alone?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, i thought you'd still have a bit of trauma from 2 days ago and Halkmir quit the drinking a few months ago.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, do you mind if i sit here anyways?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go ahead.//] He says as he slumps back into his original pose, sometimes bobbing his head out to take another swig. Does he usually drink or have you just been pushing all the wrong buttons in him? He seemed like a bit of a clean-cut guy, even if he seemed like a bit of an asshole.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh hey catlady, come to join your friend in his wallowing about you?//] The bartender says as he pokes Mason in arm.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you not say it like that?//] Mason says, still face down on the bar.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm just saying it like it is.//] He says to Mason before looking at you (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got him for a loop and he hasn't stopped mumbling about you for the last 30 minutes.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No offence, but i personally don't know why he'd be into your fluffy gray self. But i won't judge, i've had people in here that wanted to fuck dragons for gods' sake.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah yeah, do you have anything to eat? or at least something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You want steamed fish and milk?//] He jokes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ha, ha, Very funny.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'll take your quip as a order for some bread and a glass of water.//] He says as he grabs some bread from a cupboard and pours some water into a wooden mug before handing it to you. It's not much, but it'll last you while you eat something nicer tommorow.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//And if you want to order anything alcoholic later. The water's for people like you, not to water down my drinks.//] He says as you start to eat the bread he's given you. You then put down two shiny gold coins on his counter when you finish.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Could i get another dring? I think i want another one.//] Mason says as the bartender grabs the two gold coins before pouring him another drink.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure you don't want to drown your pains too? You don't look too hot yourself.//] He asks you. You're still a bit traumatized from the events of two days ago, but maybe a few drinks is what you need to not feel so weird all the time.
[[Fuck it->d2 pub2drunk (PFDir)]]
[[No, thanks->d2 pub2end (PFDir)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Give me a drink.//] You say to the bartender after sighing.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//That's the spirit.//] He says as he grabs the empty mug of water, wipes it with a piece of cloth and begins to pour in some liquor before ploping it down infront of you.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Enjoy.//] He says as you slowly (text-style:"blur")[start to dr... ] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[oh fucj]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[The following story segment has 2 versions, please choose one.]
[[The realistic version->drunk(PFDir)]]
[[The "Artistic enterpretation"->shit(PFDir)]] (text-colour:red)[(Not recommended for first time readers, or people who are sane.)](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, thanks.//] You tell the bartener.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah.//]
The bartender says nothing as Mason takes a large swig from his mug.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, something's real off about you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What, the fact that i'm half cat, half human.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I mean at a cursory glance, sure but that's not it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got a thousand yard stare, like you've seen some shit that i'd rather not hear about.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean... I don't know.//] You say as you hear Mason pound the drink down on the bar, hard. He then looks at you and sighs
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//cat... i'm going back to camp.//] He says, he's pretty drunk now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Why?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//just shut up. i'm going back to camp.//] He says drunkenly, before getting up and leaving through the door. He leaves some gold on the bar for the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, i guess you better g-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll tip you an extra gold coin if you ''stop quipping'', please.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Fine, fine.//] He says as you get up and leave a single coin infront of where you were seated. You run as fast as you can to try and catch up or find Mason.
After a few minutes of searching, you find him at the entrance of town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason what the hell? Don't run away from me like that.//] You say as you catch up to him and grab him by the collar of his shirt, you can't lift him up due to you lack of strength, or height, or etc. But you do stop him in his tracks.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck... look cat, i don't... know how to tell you this, exactly.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Tell me wh-//] You say, but are interupted by Mason
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//can you stop, grabbing my shirt, please.//] He complains as you release his shirt from your grip.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you tell me whatever it is you want to tell me?//]
He just keeps staring at you, sometimes looking to the left or righ-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck it.//] he says as he quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//] He says as he gets up from the grass and extends his arm to yours.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You two walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town, when you feel a tap on your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What the hell is it Mason?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i feel...//] He says as you start to blush again, interrupting him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Feel what Mason, i'm already in ''deep'' with confusion and you're not helping at all.//] You angrily say.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i really feel like, you feel so too.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Stop'', shut the hell up for 2 minutes, please.//] You yell at him from the top of your rollercoaster of emotions. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy right? You just refit all your clothes so that your female and cat-like body doesn't get in the way of the things you do normally. and it fits you all nicely, and it makes you look kinda good, and ''aw hell'' just fucking //do it// already.
You grab the drunk Mason with both of your arms and just fucking kiss him as deeply as you can. As he realizes what's happening, his eyes light up before slowly going back down. After a moment that seems to last forever, you release your hold on Mason before backing your lips up. Mason stumbles back as you do so.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//did, you just-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yes. I did.//] You say as you turn back around and start dragging Mason by the arm again.
Even through the awkward silence, you eventually make it to the camp.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I went to the pub after getting my clothes refit and he was there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, we well...//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me. But then i kind of just made it worse in the heat of the moment//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did you two do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... I walked into the Pub, he was there, face down with his arms crossed. The bartender tell me that he's been there for some time, just drinking. I ate something at the bar and turned down a drink. I talked to the bartender for a bit and Mason just storms out.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I left the pub after him and found him at the entrance of town. I asked him what he was doing and well."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... he ''kissed'' me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? That's it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No... because i went back in for seconds.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You, You what?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it was just the heat of the moment ok?. My mind was foggy and i just didn't know what i was doing.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//No, no, it's fine. I just thought you... Well, i though you were gonna just avoid it and get angry about it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I am angry about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You really don't seem that angry about it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, Halkmir. I just don't know anymore.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm really myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 pub2dream (PFDir)]].(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ugh... //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mon ase yuo fil taht de dring difnt go dowen two gud.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Yuo okey misi? U dontn loke two gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//uim... fins. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu sey will puting donw teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I tihnk u mite b a byt fof alitewait.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//ime not... a fucfgine, ligewaige...//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Nto two ldilik ether, nted.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''FOKODF!''//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[Yu mombol befr falin doen to de flor, it hurtes a litel.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[manson sis yu on de flor an he shugs de ress of is dringe doen.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//yu knoe waht cta?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Grate noe de 2 lobevirds ar drung togter.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wa sisit mansone?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i fuken... lveo yu.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//rily?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y... ye. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[manson ses as yu sloly gte up.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//ten gime a... ksie! //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you ses ass manson come to yu adn kise u onede liss.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u wana.. walge bag to campe twogeter? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he ses ass eh stars to bag awey form yur lisp.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//wy note?? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu ses ass yuo bofe walhg oute ofe de ppubs. evribodi logs ate yu too ase yu sumble true towne. yu too don tdrip becausae u too habe aech oders armes arund der sholder.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[yu too maige it aledeway two de ousrits ofe tonew wen manson trun to faic yu.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ffugit... yu wana go ofer too dat bsuhe ober dere anse wahapsns?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//bute wone yu sope bengin humn?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//idone gifa shid. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he ses ase he puses yu ino de buss befor jompin on tope oyu. you sart blusin as he sartss lfin yure clock up revilin yure bar tu de man.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//you bote a bar?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//jup, idin wan dise tins to sag wene i gete odl. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you ses ase he unbukels de back ofe yur bar, lifin it to revael yur beig basongas. he sarts to garb dem and szuese dem wif his hans it mais you fiel relli goode. he den kises yuo one moar tim ase he pus a han donw an stiCKS IN ''IN!'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''O FUK HES GOTE, WATH THE FCUK WAS DAT YOU FIL LIGE YUR GETIN THE BES SES YUR EVRE HAD AN HES JUSS GOTE A FGER IN YUR PSI! HE DEN SARST TO PULE DON YOUR PANS WIFE DE ODER HAN AN HE OH, FUG OH. WHART GFIHkjj...'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[wuh... wuh happened, h''e OH GOOooooH HES GOING IN AND OUT OF OFGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. FUUUUUUCK...'']
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake Up.->d2 drunk dream (PFDir)]](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ugh... xwx //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[You m''w''oan as you fee''w'' that the d''w''ink didn't go down too g''w''ood.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You okay miss? U dont ''w''ook t''w''o gud.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//im''w''... fine. pwp //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say whi''w''e putting do''w''n teh mug.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I think u m''w''ight be a bit of a ''w''ight''w''eight//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//im''w'' not... a fucking, ''w''ight''w''eight... >:C//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Not t''w''o ''w''ady''w''ike eithe''w'', noted.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''fWuck off!'' >:C//] (text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u m''w''um''w''ble before fa''ww''ing down to de f''w''oo''w'', it hurts a ''w''itt''w''e.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[m''w''anson sees u on de f''w''oo''w'' and he chugs the ''w''est of is d''w''ink do''w''n.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u kno''w'' ''w''hat cat?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//G''w''eat no''w'' the t''w''o ''w''ovebi''w''ds a''w''e d''w''unk togethe''w''.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''hat is it m''w''ason?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i fucking... ''w''ove u.//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''ea''ww''y?, OwO//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//y... yes. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[m''w''anson says as you s''w''o''ww''y get up.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//then gimme a... kiss! OwO //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[you says as m''w''ason comes to you and kisses u on the ''w''ips.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u ''w''anna.. ''w''alk back t''w''o camp t''w''ogethe''w''? //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he says as he sta''w''ts to back away f''w''om ur ''w''ips.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''w''hy not? x3//](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as u both ''w''alk out of the p''w''ub. ev''w''ybody ''w''ooks at you t''w''o as you stumb''w''e th''w''ough to''w''n. you t''w''o dont t''w''ip because u t''w''o have each othe''w''s a''w''ms around th''w''ie''w'' shou''w''de''w''.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u t''w''o m''w''ake it all the ''w''ay t''w''o the outski''w''ts of to''w''n ''w''hen m''w''ason turns to face u.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//f-fuck it... u ''w''anna go ove''w'' t''w''o that b''w''ush ove''w'' the''w''e and see ''w''hat happens?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//but ''w''ont u stop being h''w''uman? OwO//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i... dont give a shit. //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[he says as he p''w''ushes u into the b''w''ush befo''w''e jumping on top of u. you sta''w''t b''w''ushing as he sta''w''ts ''w''ifting ur c''w''oak up ''w''evea''w''ing ur b''w''a t''w''o the m''w''an.]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//u bought a b''w''a?//]
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//yup, i didnt want these things to sag wene i get o''w''d. OwO //](text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[u say as he unbuck''w''es the back of ur b''w''a, ''w''ifting it to ''w''evea''w'' ur b''w''easts. he sta''w''ts to g''w''ab them and sq''w''eeze them ''w''ith his hands it makes you fee''w'' ''w''ea''ww''y. he then kisses u one moar time as he puts a hand do''w''n and stiCKS IN ''IN!'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[''OH FUCK HES GOT, WHAT THE FCUK WAS DAT YOU FIL LIGE YUR GETIN THE BES SES YUR EVRE HAD AN HES JUSS GOTE A FGER IN YUR PSI! HE DEN SARST TO PULE DON YOUR PANS WIFE DE ODER HAN AN HE OH, FUG OH. WHART GFIHkjj...'']
(text-style:"blurrier","buoy")[wuh... wuh happened, h''e OH GOOooooH HES GOING IN AND OUT OF OFGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. FUUUUUUCK...'']
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[''W''ake Up.->d2 drunk dream (PFDir)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[What the hell happened?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You know fully well what happened.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[No really, i was too drunk to know what color the sky was.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You ''know'' what happened]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you stop being- And ''don't'' cut me off here. So fucking vague?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Fine, you fucked Mason.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[wha-->d3 wakeupdrunk (PFDir)]]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What, What the ''hell''?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[There's no more story here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I just got ''fucked'' for the first time and you're just gonna leave me here in this black void?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yup.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[You're an anti-climactic asshole.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well you already got to experience climax so i don't have to give you another one.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Fuck off.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (PFDir)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[You fucking, ''Kissed'' him?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Look, i'm not in the mood to talk right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're losing the gods-damned plot here.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I said, that i didn't want to fucking talk.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, you're going to answer me ''gods damn it''.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not going to give you any fucking answers until you realize that you're in denial of this whole situation and still actually think that it's not really happening.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wh- How fucking dare you take the spotlight from me like that.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Then learn how to be fucking rational if you want it back.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 pub2wakeup (PFDir)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Aw, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, no more story right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I actually was pretty curious to see what would happen.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Not to hard to notice.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Anyways, is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait. we could do that?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I guess so.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (PFDir)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you try to remember your family's old cat. Weren't cats not able to drink alcohol without getting poisoned? Fuck, that might be it. At least that'll make forgeting your pains a hell of a lot easier.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bi-
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, Cat. Let me pay for our meals.//] He says as he produces a small leather wallet.
(text-colour:#347450)[//The boss carries most of our party's gold, but we do keep a bit for ourselves just in case.//] he says as he hands it over to the waiter.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well then you might not want to pool mine in there. It's mostly stolen gold.//] You say as you both get out of the restaurant and walk away.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Wait, does that mean you'll be joining us?//] Halkmir asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't see why not.//] You reply. You might've scoffed at the idea a couple of days ago, but they've grown on you. You might as well.
Plus, they're probably the only adventurer group that'll take your fluffy gray titties in with them. You two make your way to the center of town, but Mason isn't there
(text-colour:#347450)[//The boss really should be here by know, smithing a sword really shouldn't take more than half a day.//]
You two look around parts of town in order to find him, but end up empty handed. You two regroup at the center of town again and then you start to see Mason waddling towards you two, with a large, muscular old man behind him.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//hey, cat. hey, halkmir.//] Mason says, stumbling a bit as he walks over to you two. He's pretty drunk, not as drunk as you were a few days ago. Shoul've checked the pub, huh?
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is this wreck of confused emotions yours Ms. "Cat"?.//] A man behind Mason says
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean we know him, but who are you?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm the bartender at the local pub, and i had to drag this guy out because he wouldn't want to leave and/or stop talking about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, no...//] He hickups (text-colour:#01ad79)[//dont tell them that.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, guess that spoils your little suprise.//] The bartender says as you just stand there quietly, not knowing how to react to the indirect confesion of Mason's love for you.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ah well... i tried. now can i have another drink to forget this already.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No, just head home with your crazy cat wife.//] He says as he shoves Mason fowards. The bartender walks away afterwards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ignore what he said, he's full of ''shit''... i didn't say nothing.//] Mason slurs as he stumbles into your shoulder.
(text-colour:#347450)[//What the hell is gotten into you Mason? You've never acted like this.//] Halkmir says, as he drags Mason away from your shoulder, holding him by the arms.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well...//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well, what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, i don't wanna talk right now. can we just head back to camp?//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Fine.//] He angrily says to Mason before releasing his grip on his arms. (text-colour:#347450)[//Are you just gonna stand there, or are you coming too, Cat?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, just... I'll be right there.//] You say as you begin to walk with them. You three make it to the outskirts of town, when Mason taps Halkmir on the shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//halk, can we... stop for a moment.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//For what?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, i just want to have a word with cat.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You've got a minute, no more.//] Halkmir says as Mason starts walking over to you, drunkenly. He then locks eyes with you, you start to blush a bit as you try to avoid eye contact. It feels like he's been staring at you for half a minute already.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Are you just going to stand there, making her uncomfortable or are you gonna say som-.//] Halkmir says, but is interrupted as Mason quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//''MASON WHAT THE HELL?!'' ''WHAT THE IN THE GODS' NAME WERE YOU THINKING?!''//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i said, shut the hell up. and take me to camp.//] Mason says as Halkmir quickly grabs him by the arm and drags him away from your still unresponsive self.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look Cat, let's move before this drunk jackass gets any more funny ideas.//] He says, still holding Mason away from you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine, Just... I don't know.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You three walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Halkmir.//] You say, trying to break the eerie quiet walk home. He tries to remain quiet, but he speaks up.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't want to talk right now, Cat.//] He says.
You three walk for a few more minutes before seeing the overlook in the distance. Then, you three make the walk up to the camp, Halkmir takes Mason to his tent and lays him down to sleep. Halkmir then walks over to you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//]
You say nothing in return, just staring at the fire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Cat.//] He repeats.
You at least look at him this time, still not saying anything and giving him a sad look.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... I don't even know what to say.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Well... I'm worried... What if i infected Mason by him kissing me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//It's fine, he did resucitate you yesterday. Remember?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//It's not just that.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I... liked it.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 rest2dream (PFDir)]].(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know what you wanted to do.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I don't want to talk about it.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're losing the gods-damned plot here.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I said, that i didn't want to fucking talk.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, you're going to answer me ''gods damn it''.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not going to give you any fucking answers until you realize that you're in denial of this whole situation and still actually think that it's not really happening.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wh- How fucking dare you take the spotlight from me like that.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Then learn how to be fucking rational if you want it back.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 rest2wakeup (PFDir)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Aw, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, no more story right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I actually was pretty curious to see what would happen.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Not to hard to notice.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Anyways, is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait. we could do that?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I guess so.]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of this day->day 2 wakeup (PFDir)]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of Yesterday->Vague nonsense]]
(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]]text-style:"blur")[As you finish up eating, some of your tipsyness starts to fade. Why did you even get tipsy at all? Was that some of the world's strongest wine? Did the waiter try to poison you? Maybe your new body is just extrem-]
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait a second. ](text-style:"blur")[You say to yourself as you try to remember your family's old cat. Weren't cats not able to drink alcohol without getting poisoned? That really might be it, guess that pretty much completely rules out casual drinking for the forseable future.]
You finish up eating and walk out of the restaurant's dining room, paying your bill as you walk out. You're feeling a lot better now, mainly due to having a full stomach, but also not being a bit drunk anymore. You walk back to the center of town, No one you know is there and there's still a few hours before everything closes so you decide to do one more thing.
You could go to the Tailor, he's still open and it would be nice to have fitting clothes. Or you could go to the pub, no drinking of course. You know full well what happened to you after half a glass of wine, you don't want to know what'll happen to you after a pint of hard liquior.
[[Go to the Pub.-> d2 Pub1 (PFDir)]]
[[Go to the Tailor.->d2 Tailor2 (PFDir)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'll go to the Pub and see what's there. I don't really want to pay that much to refit my clothes.] You tell yourself as you start nearing the Pub. It's not as fancy as the one you know and love in Imperial City, but it's got it's charm. There's a few people that still give you strange looks, but most of them point and say something to the tune of "Look, it's that catlady." Word does seem to spread quick, specially about strange ocurrences such as yourself.
You enter the Pub and see Mason, face down on the bar with his arms crossed. Knowing him, you sit down next to him and tap him on the shoulders. You're sure he won't mind the company.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Whah, oh. Hey, Cat.//] He says, a bit groggy. He doesn't seem too drunk, but he has probably been drinking for a while.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What are you doing here all by yourself?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Oh, the sword got done a while ago. I just wanted to drown down a few before heading back to camp.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, but alone?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Well, i thought you'd still have a bit of trauma from 2 days ago and Halkmir quit the drinking a few months ago.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Ok then, do you mind if i sit here anyways?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Go ahead.//] He says as he slumps back into his original pose, sometimes bobbing his head out to take another swig. Does he usually drink or have you just been pushing all the wrong buttons in him? He seemed like a bit of a clean-cut guy, even if he seemed like a bit of an asshole.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Oh hey saggy catlady, come to join your friend in his wallowing about you?//] The bartender says as he pokes Mason in arm.
(text-style:"blur")+(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Can you not say it like that?//] Mason says, still face down on the bar.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm just saying it like it is.//] He says to Mason before looking at you (text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got him for a loop and he hasn't stopped mumbling about you for the last 30 minutes.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No offence, but i personally don't know why he'd be into your fluffy gray self, specially when you're dressed like a kid in adult's clothes. But i won't judge, i've had people in here that wanted to fuck dragons for gods' sake.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, do you have anything to eat? or at least something non-alcoholic to drink.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You want steamed fish and milk?//] He jokes.
You sigh.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'll take your sigh as a order for some bread and a glass of water.//] He says as he grabs some bread from a cupboard and pours some water into a wooden mug before handing it to you. It's not much, but it'll last you while you eat something nicer tommorow.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//And if you want to order anything alcoholic later. The water's for people like you, not to water down my drinks.//] He says as you start to eat the bread he's given you. You then put down two shiny gold coins on his counter when you finish.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//Could i get another dring? I think i want another one.//] Mason says as the bartender grabs the two gold coins before pouring him another drink.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You sure you don't want to drown your pains too? You don't look too hot yourself.//] He asks you.
[[No, thanks->d2 pub1end (PFDir)]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[Even after today, it's probably going to be a long time before i even have a chance to return to normal. Maybe getting some fitting clothes might not be too bad.] You tell yourself as you tug on your saggy cloak.
You walk over to the tailor, people still giving you death stares as you open the door.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Welcome to- Oh, it's you.//] The tailor says as you walk in.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, can you please just take my order.//] You say, putting your head on the counter in shame.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, uh... Welcome to my shop, uh miss...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Cat. Just call me Cat.//] You say, sighing.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//So uh, what brings you here?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//A lot of things.//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Don't spare me the details, i'll work tirelessly to make sure everything fits just rig-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//My cloak doesn't fit, my shirt doesn't either, My pants droop down to my thighs, my belt keeps sliding down, my boots want to flip around and to top it all off, i don't have something for these.//] You interrupt him with your large order.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, i can refit most of the things you've mentioned. You're gonna have to talk to a cobbler about your boots though. Oh, and i'll have to call my wife over for, ''those'', things//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I'll wait then.//] You say as you find a chair to sit in and wait. He walks over to the back and gets some equipment, he then gets a piece of parchment and writes something on it. He puts all his tools and equipment on the counter and walks outside for a moment, with the note he wrote in his hand. He stops a person on a horse, wearing a blue shirt with the words "Imperial Express" on it and hands him the note. The messenger then rides off in the direction you came. The tailor comes back in.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Do you have any spare clothes on you?//] He asks.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//] You reply.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Then wait in that room over there and slide your clothes through the slot on the door.//] He says as you walk over to the room before entering it.
It's a simple fitting room, it has a bench in the back, a few shelves to put clothes on and a mirror. You take a look in the mirror and see your reflection. You blush a bit as you see your changed physique, your cloak hang on you like a really big blanket if it weren't for your boobs, which tent out heavily over your chest. Your pants haven't fallen off because your ass is too big to let them fall off. In fact, if you lift your cloak just a little bit half of your ass gets exposed. Also, you've probably lost an entire foot of height as you look short, even for a woman. Using the handy measuring stick next to the mirror, your new height is around 5' 0" or 4' 11". Lastly, the sleeves of your cloak run all the way down to your dainty hands, covering them up unless you pull them back.
Not wanting to keep the tailor waiting, you take off your clothes and shove them through the slot in the door. You hear them drop on the other side, before the tailor walks over and takes them over to the back. You turn back to the mirror and catch a glimpse of your naked body. The only thing that still makes you look human is the fact that you're walking on two legs (And even then, you're walking on your toes instead of your whole foot now), You still have thumbs on your hands and that you only have one pair of boobs. Aside from that, you are irrecognisable as human.
As you turn away from the mirror in embarassment, your ears perk up as you hear the tailor say something on the other side of the shop.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Lucy, honey. She's in there, Can you get me some measurements with this so i can get to work.//] He says before you hear a knock on the door.
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Can i come in?.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Oh, it's her.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Uh, sure.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Hey, I recognise that voice.//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#b8c098)[//You do? Then you also know why i called it "A special case" right?//]
(text-style:"blurrier")+(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Yes, i know. I spoke to her //](text-colour:#bf8093)[//at the bridge.//] She says as she opens the door. You cover up your nasty bits with your arms in a attempt to avoid further embarassment.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Seriously...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What?..//] You say, still hinding your shame.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Look. This'll be quick, now can you stop doing that and tent your arms up like this.//] She says before standing in a A-pose.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//F... Fine.//] You say as you move your arms away. She moves uncomfortably close behind you and starts taking measurements with a band around your waist.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Can you give a little bit of room to breathe?//] You say, red at the face.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Do you want the correct measurements or not.//] She says as you give her a sigh.
She then moves the band around different, important parts of your body. Taking measurements of not only your waist, but also your hips, your arms and well, your bust.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//All done. Now just wait here and i'll be back with your things.//] She says as she turns to leave.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh and cover those things up before you start to make me jealous.//] She jokes as she closes the door behind her. You let out a sigh of relief as she leaves. Now all you have to do, is [[wait->d2 Tailor2end (PFDir)]].After a couple of hours of you sitting in the fitting room, you hear a knock on the door as the lady comes back in.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Here you go. On the things that needed widening we tried to match the colour and on things that needed shortening, we tried our best to hide the seams. We even got the town Cobbler to refit your old boots.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Thanks, now can you give them to me. Please?//]
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh sorry.//] She says as she hands you the clothes. You start to put them on, starting with your underwear.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Oh, for your underwear we just scrapped the boxers and made you some new things. You might not get it now, but all that moving around will really make you chafe against the boxers. Oh, and a bra of course. You're an H, like i told you earlier.//] You blush a little bit as you put the rest of your clothes on. You know very little about bra sizes, but you do know that H is pretty big.
(text-colour:#bf8093)[//Well there you go!, All nice now. My husband's waiting outside to tally up the cost of everything. And if you'll excuse me, It's getting pretty late.//] She says as she turns around and leaves through the door. As you stand up to head out to the counter, you see yourself in the mirror. You still look like your old self in these clothes, just that everything fits like it should now, they even cut a small hole in the back of your pants so you can stick your tail through. It makes your curves, really, ''really'' obvious though. It kind of reminds you how Saraa dressed when she met you at the pub.
Ah well, with her being a rogue like you, the comparison was inevitable. You then turn towards the door and make your way to the counter.
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Ah there you are.//] The Tailor says. (text-colour:#b8c098)[//I hope that you found everything nice and fitting?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah, now how much do i owe you?//]
(text-colour:#b8c098)[//Well, the materials cost me about 15 or so gold, then the labor costs, the cost of getting the cobbler. That'll be 55 Gold.//] He says as you reach for your belt, that now hangs right where it used to instead of sliding down to your ass and hand him the gold that he's owed (Plus an extra 5 in there as a tip).
You walk back towards the center of town, now a lot more agile due to not being in a constant fight against your own cloak. Mason is there, but not Halkmir.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//whah, oh. hey, cat.//] Mason says, stumbling a bit as he turns over to look at you. He's pretty drunk, not as drunk as you were a few days ago.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Is this wreck of confused emotions yours Ms. "Cat"?.//] A man behind Mason says
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean i know him, but who are you?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I'm the bartender at the local pub, and i had to drag this guy out because he wouldn't want to leave and/or stop talking about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//no, no...//] He hickups (text-colour:#01ad79)[//dont tell her that.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Kind of too late there, pal.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ah well... i tried. now can i have another drink to forget this already.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//No, just head home with your crazy cat wife.//] He says as he shoves Mason fowards. The bartender walks away afterwards.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//ignore what he said, he's full of ''shit''... i didn't say nothing.//] Mason slurs as he stumbles into your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//now can you take me back to... camp? i cant find halkmir, anywhere and i think... im too drunk to walk in the woods alone.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//.... Fine.//] You spatter out, still on a rollercoaster of emotions as mason indirectly confeses his love for you. You grab his hand and drag him all the way to the outskirts of town before he taps you on the shoulder to tell you something.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//you, uh... thinking what i'm thinking?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//maybe we could you know, go over there and see... what happens.//] He says as he makes you blush. He just openly admited to wanting to do //that// to you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//why, not?..//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I can't, i'll infect you. And besides, i'm still a guy.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//well if youre a guy, then why do you look so much curvier now?//] You blush deeply as he drunkenly notes your refit clothes.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, they were getting in the way. And my boobs were hurting my back.//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i didnt mention anything about boobs? wait does that mean you have a-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Yes'', now can you ''shut the hell up'' and stop ''hitting on me''.//] You say as your face looks more red than grey at this point.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fine, fine.//] He drunkenly mumbles. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy right? You just refit all your clothes so that your temporarly female and cat-like body doesn't get in the way of the things you do normally. The bra was just so that your back wouldn't hurt as much and so your nipples didn't chaffe against the cloth of your cloak, right? ''right?''
You kill that train of though as you start to see the overlook a few meters away from you. You're still pulling the drunk Mason up it as Halkmir is waiting at the campfire.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I was getting my clothes refit and this guy just showed up drunk at the center of town.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, he well.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//He what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did he do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... The bartender had brought him to the center of town, he had stayed at the bar even after closing time. He was "mubling about how much he loves you but doesn't want to say it". He even tried to deny it after the bartender told me so.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, he just flat out sayed he wanted to "take me over there and see what happened."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And you said no. right?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Of course i told him no.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Great, then i'm sure everything's fine.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, he made me feel something that i can't really explain easily.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Just try.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, if 2 days ago a man told me that they wanted to fuck me in the middle of the forest, the answer would always be no.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//So?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I considered saying yes.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//But you don't know what'll happen if you do! You might just end up losing your own mind and his in the process!//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, i know. But there was something within me that just wanted to say yes. Don't know if i'm slowly losing my mind or being myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 Tailor2dream (PFDir)]].(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Hey.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[I know, i just wanted to say something.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[What?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Nothing. I've got nothing.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Is that it?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Can you just let me be here for a while.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Sure.]
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(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Silence.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Just as like you wanted, and needed.]
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(t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Go back to the start of the story->wakeup]](text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, thanks.//] You tell the bartener.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//... You sure?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yeah.//]
The bartender says nothing as Mason takes a large swig from his mug.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You know, something's real off about you.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Is it the whole, cat situation.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//I mean at a cursory glance, sure but that's not it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What is it then?//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//You've got a thousand yard stare, like you've seen some shit that i'd rather not hear about.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I mean... I don't know.//] You say as you hear Mason pound the drink down on the bar, hard. He then looks at you and sighs
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//cat... i'm going back to camp.//] He says, he's pretty drunk now.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Why?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//just shut up. i'm going back to camp.//] He says drunkenly, before getting up and leaving through the door. He leaves some gold on the bar for the bartender.
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Well, i guess you better g-.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Please just ''shut up''.//]
(text-colour:#cff9a2)[//Fine, fine.//] He says as you get up and leave. You run as fast as you can to try and catch up or find Mason.
After a few minutes of searching, you find him at the entrance of town.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason what the hell? Don't run away from me like that.//] You say as you catch up to him and grab him by the collar of his shirt, you can't lift him up due to you lack of strength, or height, or etc. But you do stop him in his tracks.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck... look cat, i don't... know how to tell you this, exactly.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Tell me wh-//] You say, but are interupted by Mason
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//can you stop, grabbing my shirt, please.//] He complains as you release his shirt from your grip.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Now can you tell me whatever it is you want to tell me?//]
He just keeps staring at you, sometimes looking to the left or righ-
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//fuck it.//] he says as he quickly grabs hold of your head by the chin and starts kissing you. You open your eyes wide as you feel his lips on yours. He then backs away and sits down in the grass besides the path. You are left paralized in disbelief, you're not even looking at Mason anymore. You're still looking in the direction he was when he, well, kissed you.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... wha, wh, w-//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//shut up and take me back to camp, i'm drunk as hell.//] He says as he gets up from the grass and extends his arm to yours.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... Fine. Just don't do that again, Please.//] You say, your face more red than gray at this point. You two walk off through the path, making your way to the camp. You see the crossroad that leads to the town, when you feel a tap on your shoulder.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//look, cat.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//What the hell is it Mason?//]
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i feel...//] He says as you start to blush again, interrupting him.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Feel what Mason, i'm already in ''deep'' with confusion and you're not helping at all.//] You angrily say.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//i really feel like, you feel so too.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//''Stop'', shut the hell up for 2 minutes, please.//] You yell at him from the top of your rollercoaster of emotions. He might just be extremely drunk and just acting on pure instinct, but something about his words has your head tossing and turning. I mean, you're still a guy right? You just refit all your clothes so that your female and cat-like body doesn't get in the way of the things you do normally. and it fits you all nicely, and it makes you look kinda good, and ''aw hell'' just fucking //do it// already.
You grab the drunk Mason with both of your arms and just fucking kiss him as deeply as you can. As he realizes what's happening, his eyes light up before slowly going back down. After a moment that seems to last forever, you release your hold on Mason before backing your lips up. Mason stumbles back as you do so.
(text-colour:#01ad79)[//did, you just-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Yes. I did.//] You say as you turn back around and start dragging Mason by the arm again.
Even through the awkward silence, you eventually make it to the camp.
(text-colour:#347450)[//Where the hell were you two? Please tell me you didn-//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No i didn't. I went to the pub after getting my clothes refit and he was there.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Well i'm glad you two are safe, even if you two seem a little, off.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, we well...//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You what...//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Mason, could you go away please.//] You tell the drunk Mason as he stumbles behind you. He nods and drunkenly walks into his tent.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't want to talk about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You saying that sentence don't boad well, ever.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it's something he did to me. But then i kind of just made it worse in the heat of the moment//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//What did you two do then? Please, you've got me nervous.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//... I walked into the Pub, he was there, face down with his arms crossed. The bartender tell me that he's been there for some time, just drinking. I ate something at the bar and turned down a drink. I talked to the bartender for a bit and Mason just storms out.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Is that it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No, I left the pub after him and found him at the entrance of town. I asked him what he was doing and well."//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//And?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//He... he ''kissed'' me.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Really? That's it?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//No... because i went back in for seconds.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You, You what?//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, it was just the heat of the moment ok?. My mind was foggy and i just didn't know what i was doing.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//No, no, it's fine. I just thought you... Well, i though you were gonna just avoid it and get angry about it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I am angry about it.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//You really don't seem that angry about it.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//Look, Halkmir. I just don't know anymore.//] You say with a tinge of embarassment.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//But i know i don't know what'll happen if i kept going. But there was something within me that just wanted to just keep going and going, making that kiss neverending. Don't know if i'm really myself anymore.//] A tear rolls down your cheek as you tell him.
The camp is consumed by the quiet as Halkmir just looks at you.
(text-colour:#347450)[//I don't know.//]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//I don't know either.//]
(text-colour:#347450)[//Look... just go to bed and try not to think about it. You can come with me in my tent.//] You don't react, you just stare at the fire with no words. Not even another tear, just silent contemplation.
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[//You go ahead, i'll be here for a bit.//] You say as Halkmir walks away, sometimes looking back as you keep staring into the fire.
You sit there for what feels like a eternity, thinking about everything. Are you really even you anymore?
You eventually get up and walk towards Halkmir's tent. You say nothing as you put down your bedroll and (t8n-depart:"fade-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[go to sleep->d2 pub1dream (PFDir)]].(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You fucking, ''Kissed'' him?]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Look, i'm not in the mood to talk right now.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[You're losing the gods-damned plot here.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I said, that i didn't want to fucking talk.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[No, you're going to answer me ''gods damn it''.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I'm not going to give you any fucking answers until you realize that you're in denial of this whole situation and still actually think that it's not really happening.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Wh- How fucking dare you take the spotlight from me like that.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Then learn how to be fucking rational if you want it back.]
(t8n-depart:"slide-right")+(t8n-time:1s)[[Wake up.->d3 pub1wakeup (PFDir)]](text-style:"blur","fidget")[Your story ends here right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Aw, really?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, no more story right now.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I actually was pretty curious to see what would happen.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Not to hard to notice.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Anyways, is there anything i can do or do i just float here for a few weeks.]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Well, you could go back.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[Wait. we could do that?]
(text-style:"blur","fidget")[Yeah, i just though that it might be anti-climactic.]
(text-colour:#eb92c5)[I guess so.]
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