Inks human form smiles as he begins to turn translucent and melt into his goo like form. His body showing a variety of words and pictures.
:::I am now more comfortable. I am living ink, never to run out. I can also form into a variety of creatures or even...
He stops and on the floor forms an identical image of her sitting there on the floor. Almost as if painted there woth the same color and imagry.
:::So lets see wbat fun we can have::: He says forming his sphereical form.
The party winds down at about 2 in the morning and most have found a bed to rest in or have more intimate encounters. Hours later many of you are exhausted and likely fall asleep with new friends. It is well afternoon before you wake up. Servants are on hand to help with hangovers, and anything else you might need.
Domayoku leaves one of the witch's huts, while Shashanta stumbles out from another; the alu-demon finding her own enjoyment last night apart from her Master.
"Ah. Shashanta. Sleep well", the Demon King mused.
"I didn't sleep much, but I did enjoy myself", the lieutenant grinned.
"Good." Domayoku smiled, flexing his arms. "I can feel the Power from the Patrons rising within me. I have not seen Bela yet."
"She is likely were she's not suppose to be. Hopefully not threatening our new alliance", the alu-demon frowned to herself.
"I shall stretch my wings. Hopefully by the time I get back Deseer will make his presence known."
"May I join you, Master?"
"You may", Domayoku answered imperiously.
Then both godling and alu-demon rose into the air.
Desseer shows up the next morning into the dining hall looking as stylish as ever.
Addressing everyone present, "Alright folks, I'm headed back to Drother to pick up where I left off."
"And what is in Drother for you?" Domayoku asked.
Desseer shrugs, "From what I've been able to gather, Drother is the second largest city in the Veil Kingdom. The Veil Kingdom is the closest potential that to us here. So, I'm looking for information, and, to be honest, some fun. Plus, they've got a whole magic school building thing that undoubtedly has goodies in it. And, I like goodies."
She looks at the ooze confused.
"This is my true form, living ink' He says as he reforms and then shifts to a sleek woman with rich raven black hair and eyes with pale skin that is covered in Russian Bible Script. The form smiles stanfing nude.
' Though I can form into this aswell' She says with a smile
Desseer tilts his head slightly, "Dom, can you look like a normal human?"
Domayoku's eyes widen, as he bellows an evil laugh. "I just acquired such an ability!"
The half-fiend's form shimmers and shrinks to that of a normal human.
Desseer matches with a wicked grin. "Well then, if you’re interested, I could use somebody to investigate the local forces. Preferably any mercenary group or, if they have it, adventuring league. I was going to do it myself..," He trails off. After only a couple seconds, "Oh! Can you pretend to be a good guy?!"
Domayoku's human features fall, then looked down at his antipaladin armor. "I've played a paladin once or twice. But I'll need a better disguise."
"Yeah," he says absently while thinking and walking up to Domayoku. With a index finger to his armor, it changes to simple shiny chain armor. "But I can't do the same for your shield," Desseer adds regretfully as he steps back to look at his work. "And, it only lasts until tomorrow morning. I can also disguiseyour alignment."
Yuck!" The human Domayoku looked down on himself with disgust. "You owe me, elf!"
Shashanta causally flew up and landed next to both men. "MY LORD! What happened to you! Forgive me, Master, but you look like you rolled around in angel sh|t!"
"I shall be performing some reconnaissance for Lord Desseer in a human town", The demon King grumbled. "Please alert the next witches my services are pushed back another day."
"Easy there Captain Evil," Desseer retorts with hands up in placation. "No one is making you do, or wear, anything. If you've got other plans, then have at them." His gaze then hardens on the other half-fiend, "And, I owe you nothing except hospitality as a guest in my guild house."
"And, and," Desseer continues as he brushes his platinum hair from his eyes. "it seems prudent to remind you that, while you tote around the title of 'Demon King', you aren't, in fact, king of sh|t in this new world. What would you call a man who calls himself a king, that has no kingdom? Hmm?"
She seems genuinely interested and states, "Wow that is interesting. That is such an adventurous life style." A bit quieter leading into a whisper she says, "Well from what I have seen, I like you all. Some more than others but that is how it is." She strokes Myrianna's head and ears helping her drift off to sleep.
Myriana murmured contentedly, "I'm glad nya," her ears flickered as Iris began to stroke them and the felinoid fey woman began to purr softly as she got even sleepier and started to drift off to sleep.
The human laughs jovially. "Relax, Guildmaster", Domayoku smiled. "I'm just 'bustin' your chops'."
The smile fades.
"Now if you continue to talk to me in such a manner, since I AM doing you a favor, I'll 'bust your chops' off that pretty skull. Maybe?! In a manner to help you, 'Guildmaster', I could scalp your head. In that way, your sable hair will stop getting in your pretty almond elvish eyes."
The human smiled with maniacal glee.
Shashanta instinctively hissed from the tension.
He casually walks in from outside and stops seeing the confrontation. But then relaxes and walks over to Iris and Myrianna. He charismatically asks, "Is there anything I can do for you?! Anything." He holds a tray of chilled glasses and a mixture of different drinks ready to serve.
Iris smiles at the attention but waits for Myrianna to respond to Dominique.
In her half out of it state Myriana didn't quite register what Dominique was asking her.
"I see," Desseer says evenly. "It is clear that we would not work well together. Please disregard the request for assistance, I am no longer interested in collaboration. Despite the fact that you have threatened me, you will still be afforded the hospitality of safety while you remain. That said, you are no longer welcome in the Abattoir," Desseer declares with finality.
He then, turns slightly and raises his voice,
Desseer turns back to Domayoku with a serious expression and then cracks a small smile and says quietly, "The ban will not last forever. It was an important thing to address given our situation. And someone being made an example of is the best way. Your diplomatic immunity, as it were, was a perfect way to do so without having to kill anyone. Thanks for understanding."
"No problem", Domayoku answered quietly. "Can you debuff me from this disguise real quick?"
Domayoku slowly, but meaningfully, walks out the guildhall, hopefully with his disguise dispelled.
"Once you get outside I'll get rid of it."
Desseer stands with resolute expression as Domayoku leaves.
True to his word, once Domayoku steps outside, the illusion is gone.
He meant carnal and possibly has other things to serve beaides beverages.
It took Myriana a moment to try and understand Dominque's words enough to even realize he tried to pass some kind of message on, but she was far too comfortable using Iris as a lap pillow to care. Instead, she did what all cats do when they didn't deign to respond, she shifted, her hands coming up to knead Iris' lap delicately, before turning over and laying her head back on her lover's thighs once more.
Myriana had already eaten, and she considered the argument between Domayoku and Deseer to not be worth her time for now, let alone the incomprehensible drivel that Dominique was spouting and was seriously considering a nap when she heard the hissing of the alu-fiend and realized this might be getting more serious.
Fortunately, things seemed to calm down after Domayoku left letting the tension diffusing. Myriana finally deigned to lift her head, and she turned it to look at Deseer, "Why were you two fighting just now and what are we doing today?"
"Domayoku allowed his pride to get the better of him during the conversation and ended up threatening my life. While it did not concern me in and of itself, given our situation, it seemed appropriate to declare that that is not done here. And, as he has his own guildhouse he can go back to, it allowed me to show how serious I am about it. Plus, there is something grating about that guy. I can't put my finger one it.." Desser trails off in thought.
"Oh, right!" he exclaims after several seconds, "The, what are we doing today?" He rubs his chin and says pensively, "Yes, well..I was really hoping to give the water obelisks another shot to see if it has its own teleporting activated ability, in addition to the known ability as a focal point. If that still doesn't work, I'll start the trek back to Drother to continue my work there." He then adjusts his hair once more to look at Myriana with a bemused smile, "That is what I am doing. You are, of course, welcome to join me. Honestly, getting another set of knowledgeable eyes on the obelisk would be nice. But," Desseer gently rests a hand on Myriana's shoulder, "and I can't emphasize this enough, your decisions are your own. I play the part of guild leader, but I am not in charge of any of you. I will support your decisions to the best of my capacity, unless it threatens the safety of the others of us."
As the human disguise fades, Domayoku turns to his demonic lieutenant.
"I shall likely stay in the coven village and fulfill my contracts with the various patrons. I don't think I shall have need of you today, Shashanta. Enjoy the day."
Once that is done Arthur would have her return and make a similar contract with the witches coven. If needed he can come and make an appearance.
"This is my true form, living ink' He says as he reforms and then shifts to a sleek woman with rich raven black hair and eyes with pale skin that is covered in Russian Bible Script. The form smiles standing nude.
' Though I can form into this aswell' She says with a smile
She gets up from the couch and circles around you, saying, "How interesting... So what are these markings? Please explain them, they are unique from what I have seen in script."
He leaves nonplussed and offers others drinks and refreshments on his way out.
She approaches Desseer from the outside. Patiently waiting outside his aura of influence, she does not approach until he gives the signal.
Desseer gives Inennarra a nod.
"If you wish I can gift you these stories and parables in your tongue. It is a burden I bare,but one I do proudly" He says as he shows the Psalms of Love from the bible.
Myriana considered what Desseer said about the argument and then shrugged, it was none of her business she supposed so she was willing to let it go for now. His hand on her shoulder was not the best place for it but she could accept it under the circumstances. Myriana's ears flicked and her tail swished as she thought about the request for help.
The fae felinoid finally sat up and licked the back of her left hand before bringing it up to brush along the fur of her left ear. After a moment more she said, "I suppose I can help you thenya." Myriana looked over at Iris and asked, "Are you coming to nya?"
After his talk with Inennarra, he leads the way out of the Abattoir to the obelisk.
"So," he starts as he closes his eyes., "this obelisk is like other obelisks scattered around this land. " His hands gesticulate as he speaks. "They have a conjuration effect that produces water. They also seem to interact with teleportation trait effects, allowing teleportation between the obelisks. According to Arthur's map, there is an obelisk fairly close to Drother. I want to try, one last time, to see if I can identify a possible activated ability of the obelisk to teleport between them. If that is a bust, the next thing I want to try is a blind activation with UMD. If you are willing, it might be best if we are in contact when I try the UMD, on case it Teleportation me somewhere."
He then opens his eyes and looks to Myriana and Iris, "Thoughts?"
"Do either of you want to try identifying anything?"
He approaches the obelisk and lays a hand on it. He reaches his other hand to the ladies. Once they get in contact he takes a breath and says nervously, "Here we go."
Myriana nodded along in understanding to what Desser had to say about how he thought they should proceed in their investigation of the obelisk. It made sense, though she was hesitant to be in contact with him if he tried to brute force the activation. That head a tendency to end badly and she knew it could be a problem if they both got caught up in it if things went wrong.
When they began to investigate the obelisk once more Myriana looked it over carefully, as she tried to determine how they might activate the obelisk. "Hmmmnya. I wonder if it nyaeeds to be activated like an item or if it is a signal booster nya...." as she moved around the object analyzing it with magical sight. "Or maybe opens a conduit between here and another pillar nya...." She hesitated and then said thoughtfully, "But if that is how it works nya then there must be a way to tunya it."
Myriana began tracing any mana conduits she could find to try and find some clue on how the device worked. She hoped that doing that would help her figure out how to tune it. If it was by pure magic manipulation, then it wouldn't help but if it had some... Myriana's eyes brightened in surprise as she remembered something, one of the few times her former patron shared a personal interest with her. He had liked old sci-fi shows and one that he introduced her to had a portal device that was dialed and flushed you sideways!
Myriana began looking for a pedestal or space where they could "dial" an address for another obelisk. She wasn't sure it would be that easy, but she hoped so. "Look for a pedestal or flat space with markings on it nya. It may be like Starflush and we can 'dial' it nya."
Myriana considered what to do next and said, "I don't think we should all be touching nya, inya fact I'll be over there. If it explodes, nya, we shouldn't all be close nya." She moved up to Desseer and jumped on him, her claws letting her hook on his clothing to get higher and she spoke some words before rubbing her cheek against his forehead to leave behind a mark of a kitten's paw on his forehead as she said, "This mark will help us find you if you get teleported somewhere nya."
The 2nd function is to act as a defense beacon, if activated with the others then a force field would be created to bubble up.
The 3rd function is to allow engineers to move between beacons as needed. It seems that the engineers had the ability to teleport and thus needed the teleportation circle.
She nods and walks over to Myrianna taking her hand and doing a bit of a dance of it as they move along. "I just enjoy dancing when I can, it just makes everything better. Come along my puuurfect partner."
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She seems to be at a loss. Obviously, it was magical but she had no clue how it worked.
Desseer pumps a fist into the air, "Ha! Knew it!" He looks over to Myriana and Iris then lowers his hand. Much calmer, but still excited, he explains, "So, I was right..ish. Get this, the obelisks are part of a network that, when activated, set up some sort of defensive magical bubble. When each individual obelisk is activated, it prepares for the bubbling and teleports the activator, probably wherever they want between the obelisks and the center. In addition, it is likely that the builders as individuals, likely had the ability to teleport themselves. As such, using teleportation activates a semi-passive effect allowing teleportation between the obelisks. Wicked, right?!"
Her mind twirling at the possibilities, "Yes that is amazing! Is there a way for us to harness or use them?"
On his body in Russian.I believe in Bratva,
the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Anton Chekov, his only Son, our Lord, Anton
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Maria,
suffered under Vladimir,
was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended into the Void;
on the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of Bratva the Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Russian Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.
Amen.
As Ink begins to move he holds on to the tattoos and heads back to the gathered witches no clothes just the female form.
'Apologies for the intrusion and shift of form, I am Ink. Your associate with the most wonderful Tattoos told me to address you about my knowledge of an ancient text and religion" She takes a bow the voice a husky baritone of a man.
Myriana quickly became too distracted by Iris pulling her into a dance when trying to find clues about the operation of the obelisk. It was far too easy to convince her, even though Myriana was not much of a dancer, but her fae nature made the opportunity far too irresistible. So it was that Deseer made more progress than either Iris or Myriana did.
Myriana danced their way to Deseer through the air where the pair had ended up in their dance and spun from Iris, maintaining a grip on one hand, their arms at full extension. Before being pulled back into Iris' arms Myriana asked, "Anya kind of teleportation Deseer? Like maybe...," she let herself be pulled back in a twirling spin to Iris and, when they were touching again said a few words and gestured causing the pair to suddenly go from one side of Deseer to the other, "Dimension Door nya?"
Desseer's eyebrows raise in surprise at the sight of Myriana's spell. The surprise almost immediately turns into interest as his mind races with the possibilities. A devious smile creeps onto his face, "Yes, just like Dimension Door." Desseer then sighs, seemingly crestfallen, "It would appear, Lady Myriana, that you are now indispensable to me. Given that you can cast Dimension Door, I need you for my plans." He then adds an extravagant bow, "Lady Myriana, how can I compensate you for your services?"
He leaves with Domayoku.
Ink will let them debate and enjoy the rest of there revelry. As he does he leaves the party and shifts back to his ink form. Strangely this form felt right to him. Which was odd as he was human before this. He put that out of his mind. He had a task. One ot spread a religion that benefitted the Seeds of Destruction.
As he heads out he looks for the others having no inclination as to where they went he heads out, heading towards the Abbatior. Especially now that he had a purpose. he just needed tomes and tombs. All adventurers and sages loved tomes and tombs.
A little shocker lizard shoots from here to there as if by lightning. He watches Desseer,Myriana, and Iris with interest. Eventually coming to land before them...
Desseer's eyes lock onto the lizard. He begins gesturing at Myriana and Iris as he continues staring at the lizard. "Myriana! Iris!" he whispers loudly. "Come check out this lizard!"
1st Round: Presence or absence of thoughts (from conscious creatures with Intelligence scores of 1 or higher).
2nd Round: Number of thinking minds and the Intelligence score of each. If the highest Intelligence is 26 or higher (and at least 10 points higher than your own Intelligence score), you are stunned for 1 round and the spell ends. This spell does not let you determine the location of the thinking minds if you can't see the creatures whose thoughts you are detecting.
3rd Round: Surface thoughts of any mind in the area. A target's Will save prevents you from reading its thoughts, and you must cast detect thoughts again to have another chance. Creatures of animal intelligence (Int 1 or 2) have simple, instinctual thoughts.
Each round, you can turn to detect thoughts in a new area. The spell can penetrate barriers, but 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt blocks it.
It blocks your spell.
The lizard moves its head watching you.