Raskreia: “You don’t say? Makes me wish that I stayed.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAhgDNXwkDd1
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvcXpQ0PzaB
For the last ten minutes, the courtyard tried to go back to some normalcy. As for Raskreia, she was sitting with Zander, Kirche, Tabitha, and surprisingly Jake.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAL4nYcNC3p2
432Please respect copyright.PENANAWM9y6igHeg
He immediately jumped off his tree when he saw Raskreia appear. But before she can help him, she needed to know what the heck happened. Zander took up the task of explaining things to her.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA48TumHN7h0
432Please respect copyright.PENANA6HReGuilwW
Zander: “I have a feeling things would have escalated even further if you were there.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANApkdI8g7vkc
432Please respect copyright.PENANA22DWizJbA5
Raskreia: “Ha, you’re probably right.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANASd2vveKMLo
432Please respect copyright.PENANAIL4tPe4YuL
Jake: “Alright! You’re done with the recap and learning who those 2 are. Can you help me get back home now?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGyDd1o1FST
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOcL5TV3Nw6
Raskreia: “Sure kid. What’s you’re world like?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAITYfiiLV65
432Please respect copyright.PENANAqbM3Pcc3hH
So Jake did. Not everything, but enough for Raskreia to get a good sense of earth. He refused to answer any of the questions Kirche may have had. He just wanted to get this done as quickly as possible. Raskreia did enjoy Kirche and Tabitha’s shocked expressions though.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAsNWtHR01V4
432Please respect copyright.PENANAzxhgRB9KCQ
Raskreia: “Well, I didn’t expect that. Considering your powers, I was sure your world would have been some, no offensive, hellscape.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAjshHmIBAbo
432Please respect copyright.PENANAnfETtWkJsj
Jake: “I’m not the norm and I didn’t…ask for these abilities.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANArzfjngpG9I
432Please respect copyright.PENANAn7MnOlCLPp
Raskreia: “…Understood. Well, your world does sound interesting. I can probably find it by asking around and using gate to move the possible candidates. But the time frame is still the same. You’re okay with that right?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA7T4g4BUrtY
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOSkiF5fInl
Jake: “…Yes.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAksS8gW2Iaq
432Please respect copyright.PENANA7DD5qJlzbd
He says that he is boiling inside. If it wasn’t for Zander, he might rampaged to let off some steam. Jake ponders what he should do in the meantime.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA8OqOyJRSNe
432Please respect copyright.PENANA7tEkIYWlZt
Blackwatch was still alive. The virus was still alive. But Aunt Dana was also still alive. She’s smart so she could hack any system and expose Blackwatch and Gentek for their little dirty deeds.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAu67ca8uxK8
432Please respect copyright.PENANAYW7yOwt0tx
Jake: ‘On the other hand, she could be found and killed…’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAI2QKpYGeGJ
432Please respect copyright.PENANAUxBh5FRX7F
Jake: “Damn it…”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAW3pgFt7RCx
432Please respect copyright.PENANAWV7IOKhWZK
He whispered his frustrations as the situation further set in. Jake wanted to kill those bastards for the people of New York. For the things they did. But most of all…for his parents. Yet he’s stuck here until this woman finds his world.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAiEIm6w3ZXC
432Please respect copyright.PENANAuHLUyRAhlT
A strange sensation snapped Jake out of his mind. A warm and gentle feeling at his sides.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGw9EPgKf2q
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJa7sxK4DCM
Raskeria: “Awwww.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAD0x0e3FLsi
432Please respect copyright.PENANArhTXoIBWYN
Jake looks down to see Sylphid…nuzzling him. Sylphid began purring, in an attempt to soothe Jake.
432Please respect copyright.PENANANaJNsFnlDG
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1ATfCAt68q
Jake: “What…is this thing doing?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAlddsQf3jDg
432Please respect copyright.PENANAii3Ln83W9m
Raskeria: “I think she likes you.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA0oO6oyn480
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJqORFChS51
Jake: “Make it stop or I’ll make it stop.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2UPtnGQKpM
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGomQosoAhW
Zander: “Jake, Sylphid is not trying to attack you so there’s no need for that.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA5GCCeMh68V
432Please respect copyright.PENANA8qM5mrgZQH
Jake: “I don’t care.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANACDB6exzFpN
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJycxr3HN89
Jake got out of his chair and moved away from Sylphid. Sylphid didn’t follow but did look at Jake with…sympathy.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAZdKvyUYHbE
432Please respect copyright.PENANAM5T7vEEkLU
Jake: ‘Monsters don’t comfort and they definitely don’t need sympathy.’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAT1rnPxVjOy
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJwTiViZ0a9
Jake: “Keep that dragon away from me. When you get a lead on my world, contact me so I can go with you. Even if it’s a false lead, it might have something for me to kill.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAMgkmPjMyMk
432Please respect copyright.PENANA3MBzmATtZI
Jake gave a dangerous glare at Slyphid before going back into the forest.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2AZJsMSJ3w
432Please respect copyright.PENANAA5bK2ERisv
Raskeria: “Tabitha, you’re dragon is cute but she might also be suicidal if she wants to cuddle up with Jake.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1XOvwMdr1Y
432Please respect copyright.PENANAAfec2P4KW9
Tabitha said nothing but took the statement into consideration. Slyphid interest in Jake is definitely strange.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAcmAx5b5uXo
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvgbLuYloP9
Raskeria: “Well, before I go on that realm hunt I better get used to this place. Maybe meet up with the rest of the group. I’m really interested in meeting this Tech kid.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKvXMh3kbp1
432Please respect copyright.PENANA5tP6bk2bap
Raskeria left the group and started exploring the academy. As for Zander, he still has to deal with Kirche.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA7oJE0fPXoV
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9PFy3x2SO
Kirche: “Now, where were we?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAB9TxEKg7YN
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1Jk1fjujvf
She says while pressing her best assets against Zander.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAzIToCQl4rN
432Please respect copyright.PENANAk1EKHvqnI9
Zander sighs before answering her.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvkCYJLnfxX
432Please respect copyright.PENANAK25BORTSnQ
Zander: “Miss Zerbst, I’d appreciate my arm back.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANARJBnjbgyag
432Please respect copyright.PENANAzoUlMqfLba
Kirche blinked when Zander removed his hand from between her great valleys. But Kirche won’t give up that easily. She curled her hair with her fingers, angling her body in a way that showed off her chest.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1uPDrbNbkf
432Please respect copyright.PENANAaGsElPTn4L
Kirche: “Of course. My mistake. They say my family is the passionate kind. Burning hot, like the fires of the sun. Forgive me for my moments of…uncontrollable need. I will do my best to restrain myself around you. Until of course, you say otherwise.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAomhmOiTlIn
432Please respect copyright.PENANAIgvJC7Uu5X
Zander: “Forgiven. Now if you’ll excuse me, I probably should check in with my own realm. I’m Raskeria and the others can handle Jake if he acts up.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAEZANGJxnrL
432Please respect copyright.PENANAL9VzntN3kk
Kirche: “So you have gate spell just that woman? When will you be back?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAz4y3WxG1qB
432Please respect copyright.PENANAULLRZNt3ur
Zander: “I’ll be back by tomorrow. I don’t want to miss the big fight.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAas8ECcG88i
432Please respect copyright.PENANAk53bcHGhgA
Zander gestured with his hand, warping space around his fingers. Kirche and even Tabitha were awe-struck by the portal. Non-euclidean shapes appeared within the warped space where light failed to penetrate.
432Please respect copyright.PENANASsF00pGm8s
432Please respect copyright.PENANAIOWImY4c5R
Zander stepped through the warp, disappearing completely into murky shadows. They seemed to grow within themselves like monsters trapped beyond a mirror.
432Please respect copyright.PENANACe5CmECTlL
432Please respect copyright.PENANAHhuFJ3mJjg
Kirche: “Haaa, Tabitha I think I’m in love.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAjoK3zbN0Z1
432Please respect copyright.PENANAIDcyMcmiiI
Tech: “So you’re the one who accepted the familiar thing?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKJYkX1QeHm
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2lbtRjv4mZ
Tech just finished his repairs and fixed the glitches he experienced outside. Right now, he and the maid trio are in the nurse’s office. Tech is on the bed while the 3 girls are sitting around him. Only Siesta seemed shocked by the nature of his repairs.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAws2Cpt5xvG
432Please respect copyright.PENANAEoVGloFqTj
Flamma: “I have my reasons.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAhpHQbynrw2
432Please respect copyright.PENANANTnV4vj98f
Tech: “I don’t there is ever a good reason to be branded.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANABF11jP7Hm8
432Please respect copyright.PENANAHiIxWmPHT9
Dove: “I agree but I won’t judge. It’s your life.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGwnoy171H6
432Please respect copyright.PENANAPTiYaThYlr
Tech: “If I ever was stupid enough to accept that, I’d want someone to slap me out of it.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAS1v0ixxX96
432Please respect copyright.PENANA620aPWE3Sd
Flamma: “It’s not that bad. It’s not like I let Louise command like a dog. I’m not a masochistic.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAPk1ovWUuNm
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2lRp5Xmbkf
While they debate over the ethics of the familiar system, Siesta is filled with worrying thoughts. She’s overjoyed that she made friends who are willing to fight for her.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvd0xU2M86S
432Please respect copyright.PENANAxSVBCImSoU
But she is also terrified for them. If they died for her…
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvveFJt0017
432Please respect copyright.PENANA6Jcr1caQg8
Siesta: “You shouldn’t have done that.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANASVjiVz0TLu
432Please respect copyright.PENANAX57npFMZcb
She says softly but it still got the three to pay attention.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAyDyvQN14fy
432Please respect copyright.PENANAP7YM18vMyD
Dove: “Do what?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANABVWb6xWnMV
432Please respect copyright.PENANAZZUoqLQ7XG
Siesta: “Accepted Guiche’s challenge! It’s too dangerous!”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA0MNi27yJuX
432Please respect copyright.PENANAw3EzkxyGxm
Tech: “Ha, dangerous for him maybe.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1RGw92VzMd
432Please respect copyright.PENANAkVp5ueiisX
Siesta: “B-But, he has magic! Us commoners do not have their powers!”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAuv5sU6Ceth
432Please respect copyright.PENANAWpZvTvG0oz
Tech: “Please, magic can’t defeat science. I’m almost ready to build my lab and once I do, I’ll have all the power I need.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAc8nr1pBaLP
432Please respect copyright.PENANAY9XHl8hqsu
Flamma: “I don’t really agree with his first statement but I do agree that we have the power to win.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAWY59PqdLzd
432Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4PiiuRCbZ
Dove: “Don’t worry Siesta, we can handle anything that child throws at us.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOj8wsPmSwv
432Please respect copyright.PENANAubzMGm0Hp9
Siesta: “But…”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAwGNQtKDpQv
432Please respect copyright.PENANA05XM7WXtAz
Flamma put her hand on Siesta’s shoulder and smiled softly.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA8U7Wl6Gy7Q
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvfw4Duj1AO
Flamma: “Trust us Siesta. You’ll be pleasantly surprised if you do.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA7y6zYbmoJ8
432Please respect copyright.PENANAouAblS7Lr5
Siesta looked at her friends and could almost cry. They had no fear, only confidence that the fight could only end in one way. Victory.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGyUyn3mEfo
432Please respect copyright.PENANABlP4j8y5mZ
Siesta: “Okay, I trust you.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAyzsqPXm2Hj
432Please respect copyright.PENANAd4aIiIxw5z
What else could she say in front of that?
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1m0OVdCxgN
432Please respect copyright.PENANAPbpNHa4Lss
Flamma: “Great. Now, I better check on Louise. I bet she’s going crazy by now. I also now have another great story to tell her.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAubCMOhIref
432Please respect copyright.PENANAtLP4FrRYzQ
Siesta: “I-I should get back to work. What about you Dove?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2IisdQ6FWR
432Please respect copyright.PENANAAGhzQVhSqh
Dove: “I’ll come with you.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAMXFsHxCsES
432Please respect copyright.PENANAxpCQYXkkHn
Tech: “Damn, I actually wanted to show off the lab.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANANAKqKp0Pkl
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2tGijEs84p
Dove: “If I have time, I’ll visit. Where will it be?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA0yEnbUObUH
432Please respect copyright.PENANAueKq2Hdzm9
Dove: ‘Maybe then I can reveal my true nature to him and use magic to heal his body. If he’ll even let me.’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAeesOoRgOGl
432Please respect copyright.PENANAwoJW7uleQQ
Tech: “Probably somewhere with enough room. Probably one of the courtyards.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAldqNhXZ9AC
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKW14YGjjlZ
Siesta: “Then may I suggest Vestail Courtyard. That section of the outside area should be big enough and close to where you’ll…fight Lord Guiche.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJH9FQpJduf
432Please respect copyright.PENANA8mSllkdGTV
Tech: “Perfect. But please don’t call Guiche lord. Almost made me gag.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA9xA93aSIDX
432Please respect copyright.PENANAl7a2g2LJtt
Siesta: “But-”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvGMLXqaSsC
432Please respect copyright.PENANARopPMbSm3i
Dove: “You’re a commoner and he’s a noble, we know. But around us, you don’t have to do that.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKxfd6Uk8w7
432Please respect copyright.PENANAgVETFuw7cs
Siesta: “…Alright. Thank you, for everything.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAUlbksRt1zz
432Please respect copyright.PENANAcmQ9n6PVW2
Dove: “Think nothing of it, what else are friends for.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOpIP3AmFYY
432Please respect copyright.PENANAtuukcZcXR3
With that, Dove and Siesta left Tech for his final repairs.
432Please respect copyright.PENANABAhI43ttdG
432Please respect copyright.PENANAt6kh50Rd6Y
Louise would have gone crazy from the boredom and maybe anger at her double. But her thoughts were on what her familiar told her.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAXJBu2lCrxy
432Please respect copyright.PENANAW2evpTpRNJ
Louise: ‘Otherworlds. Metal monsters. Wandless magic. It’s all so much to take in. I wouldn’t have even believed it if I wasn’t there for some of it. And I have a feeling it’s only getting to get more crazy.’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAel1qypnNAg
432Please respect copyright.PENANA8oX2yaoLNq
Louise laid down after eating her food delivered by her familiar and a maid. But she still barely had the energy to move.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAXTiuzeCLUk
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvbuen8rrNe
Louise: “Argh! When I get my hands on that faker, I’ll tear her apart! I hate being stuck like this!”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJDwqKZ2vzd
432Please respect copyright.PENANACpvOoJg5Fq
“Do you need sssome asssissstance massster?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAnMoD8pCG6u
432Please respect copyright.PENANAejw8oSiGB9
Louise: “Who’s there!? Familiar?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAiiAChwuiuN
432Please respect copyright.PENANAwhvK8DRBLg
“Ooooone of theeem.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA9LSXv7jTkw
432Please respect copyright.PENANAZzjYD9IimI
A white snake slithered out of the darkness of the room and raised it’s head so Louise can see it.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA7y5gBnMvzc
432Please respect copyright.PENANABf6xdPljQw
Louise: “Are you…like that dragon? How can you talk?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAR6sUEglCpB
432Please respect copyright.PENANADpF9nfeaYf
“My former masssster taught me to ssspeak.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAzNKgif8SI0
432Please respect copyright.PENANAkuTCnSsV7r
Louise: “You were someone’s familiar before?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANASLL6oBR1dN
432Please respect copyright.PENANAHkGogxLEP8
“Oh yesss. I sssserved a mossst powerful wizard.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANASh3DWXpblq
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJdmSeAM4z7
Louise: “Great, so I stole a familiar from a noble…”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOUrHFvqc9W
432Please respect copyright.PENANAg81n9Gv3x7
Louise: ‘I should be glad that I have Flamma as familiar but I’m not. She’s just a commoner. This snake could have worked but he’s already taken…’
432Please respect copyright.PENANATfXrzKvdNS
432Please respect copyright.PENANAXSVvxwC6i4
“Dooont’ worrrry, my masssster died a long time ago.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAhWTcQkVVQW
432Please respect copyright.PENANAR1aKnaJFbU
That put some hope in Louise’s eyes. Maybe she can make this snake her familiar. Much better than that commoner.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAz0f9vUhzmV
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1Bfo2yaDNW
Louise: “Then…will be my familiar?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGxCldJHNXB
432Please respect copyright.PENANADZIbpPmjb8
For a while, there was nothing but silence. Louise was about to decide between forcing the matter or crying. Instead, the snake asked a question.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA5OBrk5RCSo
432Please respect copyright.PENANASSGWtX6gbW
“Do you haaaave the streength?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAjaebklHW7N
432Please respect copyright.PENANAYc3Bl0pAjf
Louise: “Always! Just bring me my wand and come to me and I can do it.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAqPv2IJ53c8
432Please respect copyright.PENANAX9Qjn0Zq8U
“Caaan you haaave mooore thaaan one faaamiliar?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAX6tGioGXjn
432Please respect copyright.PENANAFvye8tulil
Louise: “I…don’t know for sure. But since I summoned you all, it should work.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAWDvtMacyDY
432Please respect copyright.PENANAjpKWsS9NHS
What seemed like a smirk flashed on the snake’s face.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAc5aix3uB79
432Please respect copyright.PENANA6EoRY0Hvii
“Theeen yeees, I’ll beee your faaamiliar.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANArDRiKY7QTx
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvtqZew6HpD
Louise: “Great! Then bring me what I need familiar!”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJULVlZP7EV
432Please respect copyright.PENANAjbe1dQdKnQ
Aeoron: “My naaame is Aeron, my soooon to be master.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAMhysNrdEm8
432Please respect copyright.PENANAlPPYBE70S7
The snake did as he was asked. Louise used some of her remaining strength to sit up and take her wand from the snake’s mouth. The snake then laid on her bed, awaiting Louise’s next action.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAho0vVhhCb5
432Please respect copyright.PENANAb5J3iqc5cT
Louise: “Be grateful, you’re the second of my familiars. I will conquer the rest and then…”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAS58sNTQE8N
432Please respect copyright.PENANADCN5zHaXXp
Louise: ‘I’ll be the greatest mage in the world. No longer will I be Louise the Zero. Not when I have seven familiars at my beck and call. Two of which are dragons.’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAy6Z0kAxPI3
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOrc0T2A58i
Louise smiled and placed her wand on the snake’s forehead before chanting.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAbape1ANYOt
432Please respect copyright.PENANACf8fAxGF3P
Louise: “My name is Louise Francoise le Blanc de la Valliere, Pentagon of the Five Elemental Powers. Bless this humble being, and make her my familiar.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAx8wMRwYc5q
432Please respect copyright.PENANAxkl8NFpFXo
After chanting, she removed her wand from his forehead and stretched forward to kiss him.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1zH2M6ozJg
432Please respect copyright.PENANAnEUH8NATb7
After a few moments, a new and different brand appears on the snake.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOk4LVQJVnQ
432Please respect copyright.PENANAfssi3Tavdk
Louise: “Now you’re my familiar. I’m the only one in the world with two. Soon, I’ll be the only one with seven.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAUkqrJtqyYo
432Please respect copyright.PENANAbxh8hGL9SR
Louise expected to fall right to sleep after performing another ritual, but instead, she feels fine. Better than fine actually. Almost normal.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAe24UMM4lqM
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2hSlndfu9v
Louise: “I thought I would be tired after that.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAeAYx4vTxeZ
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKugLVqMSxR
Aeron: “I took the liberty to heal you of your affliction using a spell.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOt7rB6AAGm
432Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3wASQNyfp
Louise: “Really? Wait, what do you even know about magic, you're just a familiar."
432Please respect copyright.PENANAzsFUKK1km9
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGKpL9qajl0
Aeron: "I know a LOT about magic, I have asssisssted my former massster and learned the arcane artsss over the yearsss, if you wisssh…I could teach you."
432Please respect copyright.PENANAgR1WNwmBQo
432Please respect copyright.PENANA8mPAbne3CW
Louise was stunned, the possibility that an animal could learn magic was preposterous. Magic was Brimir’s gift to humans, not animals. That dragon was from another world so she didn’t count but this snake…
432Please respect copyright.PENANAx70yeV9Bum
432Please respect copyright.PENANAhp6Otifof8
Louise: "HOW DARE YOU!"
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvqYBK0S2XP
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvYJUcR6iD2
Aeron: "Have I sssaid sssomething wrong?"
432Please respect copyright.PENANApJqesw2xy5
432Please respect copyright.PENANAXPNAxRmtmz
Louise: "Magic is a holy gift from the Founder himself, only those of noble blood can use it!"
432Please respect copyright.PENANAiLMJWctZ1P
432Please respect copyright.PENANAcp5qTBVuZn
Aeron: “…Baleful Polymorph."
432Please respect copyright.PENANAPsxZ9dFmXu
432Please respect copyright.PENANAdwoMDr5gWr
A flash of light illuminated the room as the spell did its job. Louise blinked, her familiar spoke something, and then the world went white.
432Please respect copyright.PENANANXCjXszKKb
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOqqIt8w2uH
Aeron: "Ah, you're still awake, perfect"
432Please respect copyright.PENANAaVGs4DvXPU
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKzw93cXA49
She didn't hear the voice as much as she felt it in her mind. The girl looked at her surroundings...and spotted Aeron, but he was different. The snake was bigger than she remembered, in fact, it was bigger than she was.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAsFBuX5NXk1
432Please respect copyright.PENANAjM6ny8LA1N
Louise: "W-What happened?"
432Please respect copyright.PENANARzEW8YggFI
432Please respect copyright.PENANA9M1DA6zqgc
Is what she wanted to say but instead only made a Ribbit-Ribbit sound. Looking over the room it seemed larger, that is until she spotted her reflection in the big mirror.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKhiWnhVHs0
432Please respect copyright.PENANAaRi43T1A0n
Where she was supposed to be, was now a toad standing beside Aeron. She would have screamed but only more strange noises emerged.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA9KZ9zwHqhq
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJyoYYDhf1O
Louise: ‘W-What h-happened to me? Is this a dream? Y-Yes, a nightmare, it has to be a nightmare, I will wake up and all will be fine. Flamma will be next to my bed like this morning. She’ll probably have a crazy new story for me to listen to while I eat.’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAMek4F9iFtv
432Please respect copyright.PENANAR9DyTTk5Fi
Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard Aeron laugh.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAgqHIzonKQN
432Please respect copyright.PENANAgD5TdnjKKK
Aeron: "Sss-sss-sss-sss, thisss isss no dream little one, thisss isss asss real asss it getsss. Asss to what happened, I turned you into a toad, and a toad you ssshall remain."
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2baWcvtfz
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOEJi18ch9I
Louise: ‘Why?!’
432Please respect copyright.PENANA3xrjGSRRiI
432Please respect copyright.PENANAtVNa0OASEM
She tries to ask with her mouth but only animals escape it.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA0c9tBvrm8I
432Please respect copyright.PENANApi4aThcuFq
Aeron: "Don't try to talk, you can't ssspeak in your form. Itsss enough to think what you want to asssk. I’ll read it from your mind that way. Asss to why, I wasss hoping to teach you real magic, not the parlor tricksss your peers perform. Sssadly it ssseamsss I misssjudged you and ssso I'm now finishing lossse endesss.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAdo8Nefz5x6
432Please respect copyright.PENANAu8mQdYw38o
Louise: ‘I will learn! I will learn! Please just turn me back!’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAv6x7mQQASj
432Please respect copyright.PENANAf8t6mZyNkY
Aeron: "I don't think you can, magic demandsss an open mind and a lot of concentration. You on the other hand are impulsssive and narrow-minded. I'm an excellent teacher, but even I have my doubtsss that my knowledge would pierce all of the falssse information that you were indoctrinated with. No, you will remain like this until you die."
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2vpmPcm0Cz
432Please respect copyright.PENANAYNzNnhHf4t
Louise: ‘I command you to turn me back familiar!’
432Please respect copyright.PENANArMsQeEaC0G
432Please respect copyright.PENANAjWG9o8anqv
Aeron: "You command me? The lassst entity who wanted to command me wasss a Merilith, a demonic general. You ssshould have ssseen the demons ssshock when I captured her, even now asss we ssspeak ssshe isss imprisssoned in my pocket realm, sssubjected to torture that would make Asssmodeusss proud. Itsss not easssy to break a demonsss ssspirit, but I will find a way, I have time. Ssso tell me massster, why ssshould I lisssten to you?"
432Please respect copyright.PENANAuokLplVdiV
432Please respect copyright.PENANAwONDDgG3BU
Louise: ‘Because...you're my familiar?’
432Please respect copyright.PENANASCnXKMy8V3
432Please respect copyright.PENANA7E9CG5Cglm
Aeron: "Goodbye little one"
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKhEn3rWqIq
432Please respect copyright.PENANAXHRUBUB4D3
Aeron changed his shape back into his human form and started to meld into the shadow of the room.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGQ6zdaMNMG
432Please respect copyright.PENANAcJFQR6mVqI
Seeing that Louise began to panic. She had to convince him to turn her back, but how? She could not command him to do it, what else is there?
432Please respect copyright.PENANAunmK6KIYWX
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvE8i0UJzCK
Louise: ‘Wait! You are presuming that I would not learn because of my prejudices, is that not the same for you? You told me basically that I should not judge blindly, so why not give me a chance to prove that I can learn?’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAy2xlQMRGi1
432Please respect copyright.PENANAzVVhR7rjD6
Nothing, no reply came to her desperate plea. She collapsed on the bed, too tired to do anything. Her life is really finished. As cold reality starts to set in, Louise’s mind drifts to Flamma, her first familiar.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAAfppVRc5kL
432Please respect copyright.PENANAc6VSb2umrH
She doesn’t know why Flamma came to her mind. She didn’t know her that long. But…her presence was comforting. She accepted her when all other familiars rejected her. She brought her food when she was weak and even stayed by her side until her duties as a maid called for her.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAsjAJpcAoFY
432Please respect copyright.PENANAqzl7GkwnZi
But now? Even she wouldn’t want to be a familiar to a frog. Flamma won’t grace her with that sweet smile she gave while she told her story anymore.
432Please respect copyright.PENANArjxvkfITt8
432Please respect copyright.PENANAnrQAshzeiH
Before despair fully broke her, she heard laughter coming from the darkness that surrounded her.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAr1UaExGYMS
432Please respect copyright.PENANA7jEaAfB8LO
Aeron: “Hahahaha, how amusing. Indeed you are learning. Threats and begging for mercy never pay off. The best option is to bring your foe to see things your way. Though we will have to work on your persuasion skills, they are somewhat lacking."
432Please respect copyright.PENANAW9lCKBVP2h
432Please respect copyright.PENANAxDJdVBtNGK
Aeron emerged from the shadows and snapped his fingers.Louise found herself back on the bed, looking at her hands.
432Please respect copyright.PENANABp32uC0mWj
432Please respect copyright.PENANAig2wlKO9z2
Louise: ‘I’m…back.’
432Please respect copyright.PENANArOYi2kKloy
432Please respect copyright.PENANAemNrOnYvDf
She smiled and let her tears flow freely. It was certainly a one-of-a-kind experience, one that she didn't want to repeat as long as she lived…
432Please respect copyright.PENANARQ2IgfKvb9
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6xLsEHB3w
After she got a hold of herself, she spotted Aeron, not as a snake but as a human.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA4xPlAwxSlE
432Please respect copyright.PENANAzYPGQ8H2o6
He was around two meters tall, dressed in black leather armor. His head was hidden behind a hood and his face covered by a mask, making it difficult to see any facial features. He carried on his belt a black...glass?
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOyvi8pAqvG
432Please respect copyright.PENANAzS6k8U32TG
There was also a long sword and an evil-looking dagger strapped to the belt. On his hands were long black gloves, with metal depicting the bones of the human hand and a lot of rings on his fingers. On his chest was a picture of a silver skull in a purple sun.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAnmnD2CK5NW
432Please respect copyright.PENANA7aBp5vXWeH
Louise: "So, w-why can you use magic? A-Are you a noble?"
432Please respect copyright.PENANA5o6ow3OeY2
432Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZRVddItOr
Chuckling Aeron seated himself in one of the chairs in the room.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAppPYBes6k8
432Please respect copyright.PENANAWGrJGdotqZ
Aeron: "Now we are getting somewhere. As I have mentioned my name is Aeron and I would appreciate it if you used it instead of familiar. To answer your questions no I'm not a noble and yes I am a mage."
432Please respect copyright.PENANAm7s4xgVQCd
432Please respect copyright.PENANAD0NNbc9Tdh
Louise: "But how? Nobility comes from magic. Unless…you’re not from this world. Just like the others.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAy1v0KQl8Rz
432Please respect copyright.PENANAZtXIotimgt
Aeron: “Correct, but I’m not from whatever worlds they came from. Truly, impressive dragging us all here. 7 different worlds all connected to this one.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANANPOMmyyZxE
432Please respect copyright.PENANAA33Nyzn8RY
Aeron: “Now, back to teaching you magic. First, let go of the wand. You won’t need it for my magic.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAFI2hoMiA2D
432Please respect copyright.PENANAbhkO6WDTjQ
Louise: “So you’ll be teaching me what that Raskeria girl did.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAmQExccoXeY
432Please respect copyright.PENANAQAOu4kHyAI
Aeron: “…Something like that.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOIH6KTrbQA
432Please respect copyright.PENANABpvu8vI1sC
Louise: “Can I…really do that? I’m not from your world.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAuwtboYCVG1
432Please respect copyright.PENANArbqvNY9NTd
Aeron: “Trust me. Unless…you want to be a Zero all your life.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANATAU1PrMSql
432Please respect copyright.PENANAfz3IA8FHkW
Louise: “NO!”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAhJNIDFvtWG
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2xIgmtfiEK
Aeron: “Then let go of the wand.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAdazlgjlgHC
Louise looked at her wand, the wand that had been with her for her whole life. They’ve been through a lot, but it was time to move on. To bigger and better things. She let the wooden stick roll off her palm and onto the floor.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAHGw8ob5nSc
432Please respect copyright.PENANAT8G1A5lglN
Aeron then proceeded to crush it underfoot, sending its pieces across the floor. That part of her life…is now dead.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAbJPOO9GoSK
432Please respect copyright.PENANAur0Ymfq6yn
Aeron: “When I’m done, you’ll be able to do that binding ritual with a finger. Now…”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAV2LgLjol4M
432Please respect copyright.PENANANfzS3SGwFg
Aeron snapped his fingers again and a book appeared levitating in front of him, from it a single piece of paper floated up to where Louise was.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA8kQsXFG7om
432Please respect copyright.PENANA3bUlMLGwM4
Her eyes were wide open at the display of power made by her familiar, it took a minute before she snapped out of it and took the paper that was floating in front of her.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA9h4YlUTyIB
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJWJO3u4kfv
Louise: "Whats this?"
432Please respect copyright.PENANApdxG2jIcDp
432Please respect copyright.PENANAi1twWm72wW
Aeron: "Its a spell of ′Silent Image′, a nice and safe low-level spell for beginners. You will memorize the scroll and then cast it. Simple as that."
432Please respect copyright.PENANAxz415XsCxT
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJPBG9efF6m
Louise: "...I...can't read these runes."
432Please respect copyright.PENANA0cjmdNRQ4S
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1B8B6Q9VaZ
She was not happy about admitting there was something she was unable to do. But if she wanted to learn Aeron’s magic, then there was no other way around it. It's not like these runes were drastically different from those she knew. True, some were absolutely foreign to her, but mostly it was the unfamiliar way the runes were inscribed in relation to one another that made no sense.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA3S47mgd3dk
432Please respect copyright.PENANAnn0JTkNaFs
Aeron smirked behind his mask.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAjNv3xHpZsk
432Please respect copyright.PENANAqChiEGQ6rm
Aeron: “I will teach you how to read them, but before that would master be so kind as to tell me more about what you know about magic? It would save some time if I don't repeat what you already know."
432Please respect copyright.PENANA0FA8Zx26ZG
432Please respect copyright.PENANAyi52fmjIlZ
She thought about it for a second before she nodded. Louise sat up straight demurely, lifted a finger, and started explaining, proud as a peacock.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAoN73hb8Vi6
432Please respect copyright.PENANA4S6v9o6FBE
Louise: "Listen, magic is divided into the five elements, Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, and the lost element of Void. The number of elements that a mage uses can be increased, and his class changes accordingly. A mage who can use only one element is a dot, ability to have two – makes one a line, being able to use three – triangle and four a square mage. Spells are also applied to the class. The spells from three elements are called 'Triangle spells'. Each time the spell class rises, the consumption of willpower doubles."
432Please respect copyright.PENANA4EYahpjv3d
432Please respect copyright.PENANAINRfGrdVgO
After she explained her magic system she puffed out her chest and allowed herself a small smile. After all, the written exams were her strong side.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAQXdZS40Q5Z
432Please respect copyright.PENANAkb7pdbB71F
Aeron looked blankly at her before continuing on.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAs5S4dPN8Z3
432Please respect copyright.PENANAIwBL3pkOxB
Aeron: "Okay, how long have you studied magic?"
432Please respect copyright.PENANAECA6UhysnH
432Please respect copyright.PENANAFABAMmvbph
Louise: "Since I could lift a wand. I am a noble after all"
432Please respect copyright.PENANAMTRqQHxv9H
432Please respect copyright.PENANA6fuVWdIEXC
Aeron: "Very well, I will show you the spell and you pay attention"
432Please respect copyright.PENANALYYBEjbDae
432Please respect copyright.PENANA5p5JpcefVO
He spoke so she could understand him easily and memorize it.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAg5JHb9IhJw
432Please respect copyright.PENANAuGit1mHmDt
Aeron: "Silent Image."
432Please respect copyright.PENANA9VT6Oxx3tw
432Please respect copyright.PENANAXPdSfenX1o
In front of them, an illusion of Professor Colbert appeared, his lips moved but no sound was forthcoming. And with a hand gesture, Aeron willed the image to disappear.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA4R5dXcx5bd
432Please respect copyright.PENANAkuEOboyNeD
Aeron: "Have you memorized the incantation?"
432Please respect copyright.PENANAxuaryImcHz
432Please respect copyright.PENANAYRqMH7YICe
Louise nodded.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAFenvTuACf3
432Please respect copyright.PENANAnwEpDlmZkv
Aeron: "Excellent. Now from what I’ve learned from you and idle talk around this place, you should already know how to use your willpower. All you need now is to imbue your fingers and tongue with magic as you would do with your wand. You will feel a slight tingling in them, if you put too much magic it will start to hurt so be careful."
432Please respect copyright.PENANA28pnfTe5CI
432Please respect copyright.PENANAWJ6CzORlKJ
The girl nodded again and closed her eyes. After a few minutes of testing the spell in her thoughts, she took a deep breath.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAOMqDDpTB3R
432Please respect copyright.PENANA3V5Yz2Lj4h
She opened her eyes and focused her mind on the spell, moving her delicate fingers she spoke.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAACMftFXFbK
432Please respect copyright.PENANAp4I1o7eeju
Louise: "Silent Image!"
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvFxPzJOjNB
432Please respect copyright.PENANAf27DghkrkE
In front of her, an illusion of Flamma appeared and smiled at Louise. Tears began to run down Louise’s face as she stared at the illusion.
432Please respect copyright.PENANADL0OLl63EL
432Please respect copyright.PENANA0zxGdNc2rw
Louise: “I did it…I cast…a spell…”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAVPFTR2VTYU
432Please respect copyright.PENANAim40zPf1nA
She continued to sob as Aeron rolled his eyes. But that roll instantly turned into a gaze of alertness.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAU2JW9UV0nK
432Please respect copyright.PENANAnBEodf9eaO
Aeron: ‘Seems like the fun is over for now.’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAkIOGErl4r9
432Please respect copyright.PENANAIKUKSUz2Is
Aeron got up and dispelled the illusion of Flamma.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAZaZN2Qd6Kc
432Please respect copyright.PENANAd9XMPXWePi
Aeron: “Louise, I need you to keep what we’re learning from the other familiars and even the teachers and students..”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAgLyQwveOUw
432Please respect copyright.PENANASTKRVmI1cd
Louise wiped away her tears and turned to her true teacher.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAW8mWZQ74nP
432Please respect copyright.PENANAZzTLbBs0JI
Louise: “But why?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2uKGFiLMis
432Please respect copyright.PENANAfcOYgRWlks
Aeron: “The commoners among your familiars will be jealous. They may even want me to teach them. I want to help only you so that can’t happen. Let’s wait until your training is complete and then surprise them.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAS9IM5tyyJc
432Please respect copyright.PENANA6YJQk9wA86
Louise: “I guess…that makes sense.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAyOOVKDimxm
432Please respect copyright.PENANARgdLJ2k6Ga
Louise: ‘Shame, I did want to brag to Flamma.’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAij2pKAMxmh
432Please respect copyright.PENANA4kTDrpu18y
Louise: “But why not the teachers and students?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANArvmv8IzMCk
432Please respect copyright.PENANAb2utpRnlpw
Aeron: “Similar reasons. This magic is beyond them. Wouldn’t want them to, I don’t know, ban me from teaching you.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANABonGxQg4Zz
432Please respect copyright.PENANAPppo60nrst
Louise: “I won’t let that happen!”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAllBC8fV54B
432Please respect copyright.PENANAXmMukxabij
Aeron: “Good. Now, I’ll see you later. When you’re alone once again.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAtCyj1xRxtE
432Please respect copyright.PENANAcin0RphlOz
With that, Aeron faded into the darkness of the room. Just in time for the door to open, revealing Flamma.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAz9Lcc5mWHf
432Please respect copyright.PENANAN7a4buxvVF
Flamma: “Hey Louise wait until I…are you crying?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA0jiPpWwnUD
432Please respect copyright.PENANAo32lyr5bfM
Flamma knelt beside Louise and looked at her with worry.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAaIEwuS0Nye
432Please respect copyright.PENANAa9dSVhBvNf
Louise: “No, I just had something in my eye.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANApasuez6j7B
432Please respect copyright.PENANAgVPxL0NSNg
Flamma: “Are you sure? Nothing happened while I was gone right?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA4xeFKd4paX
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJwsGaZxUCj
Louise: “No, I’m fine Flamma.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAYIFa5JezEK
432Please respect copyright.PENANAjH2MfKL6Qx
Flamma: “Oh, no familiar. What did I do to deserve this treatment?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1tMHX4TBhD
432Please respect copyright.PENANA8yAfkSTHyP
Louise: “Hmph, you’re still my familiar. But you also have a name. It’s also much easier to say than familiar.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAkilx5cy0FO
432Please respect copyright.PENANA16ACD2rWZh
Flamma: “Awww, thanks. That’s probably why everyone calls me that instead of my first name. Anyway, I’ve got a new story to tell you.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA0VmufopRct
432Please respect copyright.PENANAjvfi2eBntk
Louise: “Something else happened?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA8TQfQ7s2Lf
432Please respect copyright.PENANA8oIkEdoy9b
Flamma: “You know it. You summoned some interesting characters.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAp9yLV49kJq
432Please respect copyright.PENANAlQbhkjj3xC
As Flamma began to retell the events of the day, Louise couldn’t help but softly smile. Her life was really looking up.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAInhSaB9Xtp
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1CS73fOuB6
It was almost time for bed but that didn’t stop Tech. He was determined to sleep in his lab tonight. The place suggested by Siesta was more than big enough for him to set up a Lab, HVSF(Heavy Vehicle Station Factory), COM Tower, and one landing pad.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAPLx0BCRptj
432Please respect copyright.PENANAClnSLPnMyD
Tech: ‘And thanks to subspace technology, it can all fit in a small space and leave lots of room. I love science.’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAq5Qo4P2Isf
432Please respect copyright.PENANAHrKF5Qng8R
He went to work by first getting out a Nanocube to construct the foundation to put his things on. Once the tiny bots were released they began to work the molecular structure of the ground into solid Granite Steel.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAtFoK20bDUW
432Please respect copyright.PENANAR2feUvDtzM
Once the ground was stable and flat Tech got out another cube, this one all gray with yellow slanted lines. He walked over to the 50 by 50-foot pad and set it in the center before backing out. It was then the Energy Storage cube started its work.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA16t3FxeSWk
432Please respect copyright.PENANAFpbEjOlRTm
First, an outline of the HVSF's supports began to show before filling in with steel beams. Next, floors were made followed by walls and grava-pads in the back. Then it made one sub-space connection floor to transport any number of vehicles in and out of this room and into another.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAYz0ZhC8gXj
432Please respect copyright.PENANA6oUu1G3buE
He proceeded to walk inside and type in a command to make another 50 by 50 overhang to his right and placed a red cube with black ripples into a open section in the console and got to work.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAAEVmuCRM3q
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKSrEnOhBMP
On its right, a skeletal overhang folded out and stabilized itself before it began to fill in with another skeletal structure being the COM tower. The bottom where it would stand was held by many thin legs, holding cylinders with many tall rods. Some with blinking red lights.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAv9I8VjZvMh
432Please respect copyright.PENANArZnkJHHfx1
He then put in two last cubes. One green with a rectilinear black and yellow warning strip for Landing Pad. One white cube with blue spots for the lab.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAIomrN5dvkz
432Please respect copyright.PENANArWQtIly99G
And after another 5 minutes, it was complete. HVSF on ground level. Lab on top. Landing Pad on the left overhang and COM Tower on the right overhang.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAUCc34zLq06
432Please respect copyright.PENANAD5RC5ZBTXA
Normally a 50 by 50 spaced lab and vehicle station wouldn't be much. But that problem could be tossed aside as all the rooms are connected to a Sub-space induced area.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJVGyrmf1At
432Please respect copyright.PENANAmbpB5rJ6zp
The inside was 200 feet and had 20 doors leading to 15ft living rooms, 12ft bedrooms, two different shower rooms, and a 10ft kitchen.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA7PPeVCsE7b
432Please respect copyright.PENANANt25Wzk2fo
Then came the lower Sub-Spaced sections to the HVSF. This place had a grand total of 800ft filled with both ground and air vehicles. But that was the first 400ft. The rest was used as both a factory and repair station with crates, spare parts, a game room, and other things.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKaAs7UrOkh
432Please respect copyright.PENANAtR6Kz7Ar4w
Dove: “Amazing.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAa6ZqO8tUOJ
432Please respect copyright.PENANAXuD5nvUTTa
Tech looked behind him looking at his creation in awe.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3VLMBJuot
432Please respect copyright.PENANARzCkzvkjAW
Tech: “Right, isn’t science amazing?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAxYJHXPHsZx
432Please respect copyright.PENANA43WB31IYjG
Dove: “Indeed, it reminds me of the Dwemer but far more advanced. The world you come from must be quite the sight.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANANc7lcrj0ns
432Please respect copyright.PENANAyuG64hAChB
Tech: “Yep. But what’s a…Dwemer?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA81sH7WBJRR
432Please respect copyright.PENANA9YpnPxc1Gk
Dove: “Right, since no one else is around I can tell you. I’m another one of the being summoned by Louise. The dragon to be exact.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANATZiz1LJ7IT
432Please respect copyright.PENANA48ZbLcGNxA
Tech: “Oh, you’re the one Colbert was talking about. But why are you hiding.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAEK5yYYGcd6
432Please respect copyright.PENANASIDXu1Z91b
Dove: “Long story short, I’m a wood elf and people here don’t like elves. So I’m keeping my dragon and elf self separate. The elf self has to cover her ears as well.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANARLXLgwxU4l
432Please respect copyright.PENANAtFufN5lyed
Tech: “Religion?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvpwkfNcslR
432Please respect copyright.PENANADlM4SCkC2L
Dove: “Yeah.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANACZR1K9Hudz
432Please respect copyright.PENANAzFucQzEcyO
Tech: “Tch, primitives. Well, I won’t judge you. So, about Dwemer?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAk0fePXEx4e
432Please respect copyright.PENANAW5vkjSi0bx
Dove: “The Deep Elves and they were the most advanced race on Nirn. Their machines still exist to this day.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0RoR8QuO3
432Please respect copyright.PENANABpsrD6Rtmk
Tech: “Were? Oh, let me guess. They blew themselves up to kingdom come.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAz5GYxz9DuT
432Please respect copyright.PENANAsWiYcFw20b
Dove: “More like messed with the heart of a god and thus erased their entire race from existence in an instant.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANATDBpN43UBf
432Please respect copyright.PENANAyJAcRBo7PG
Tech: “…Okay, didn’t expect that. I’m assuming this was thousands of years ago.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANApn7Bv97K57
432Please respect copyright.PENANAMImr5zvjOX
Dove: “Before you say it’s an exaggeration, don’t. It wasn’t that long ago and some elves do remember what happened.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAFyEP9Qe37c
432Please respect copyright.PENANA677FYbIU27
Tech: “…Fine, but I’m not taking your word for it. I mean come on, the heart of a god just wiping an entire species away? That’s crazy!”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKBdlyXmwkc
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGlOKRcwSiD
Dove: “The multiverse is a crazy and mysterious place. But enough about that, can I come in?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAH6uGTy8zL8
432Please respect copyright.PENANAECcUNjJVpD
Putting that crazy conversation behind him, Tech nodded and walked to the blue pad. Dove joined and they waited for the grava lift to kick in.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAb8x0EzGKQN
432Please respect copyright.PENANAMsmAjYHh56
When it did, it brought the due to Tech’s lab. He breathed in the air in it and sighed in joy.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAeAASv9m9TO
432Please respect copyright.PENANAULUfV2ayDa
Tech: "Thank you lord for filtered air!"
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2XociGZYFc
432Please respect copyright.PENANAnvNpDUtHbO
Dove: “This place feel…weird.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANALdXKaK7dRX
432Please respect copyright.PENANAH1CS204BRw
Tech: “That’s super clean air for you. Breathe it in and enjoy.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAs9h3iD1m0A
432Please respect copyright.PENANATVF1nqSGCN
Tech practically skipped to his most beloved thing, something he dearly missed. The TTACCOA or The Totally Awesome Command Chair Of Awesomeness.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAxsRWKCLtA5
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1uMXQTHVNM
He soon sat down on the comfy leather. The chair can spin 360 degrees. It’s complete with holo keypads, security feed, games, blueprint makers, and total control over all Tech’s toys and so much more.
432Please respect copyright.PENANApvLt2zNAg8
432Please respect copyright.PENANAUYpuY65i9e
Dove: “You look like you’re having fun.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAqSlfdlINTq
432Please respect copyright.PENANAEkYIUjhfhf
Tech: “This is my happy place.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANARLs9Q1Eeaq
432Please respect copyright.PENANAtG5Xn2fVm2
Dove: “A chair?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAFQlfD6bdUb
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGBpCWexk3G
Tech: “The most awesome chair you’ll ever see! Because I don’t want you sitting in it. This baby is all for me.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANABOATRaTpaJ
432Please respect copyright.PENANA0udypMnhws
Dove: “Don’t worry, I won’t touch your…baby.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAD3AKNUJ669
432Please respect copyright.PENANARJHMp7ody6
Tech: “Good, because I sadly have to leave it. I need a Nano-Bath to further repair my body for the work ahead.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAcTq4d7RVT0
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJB40LZOGKT
Dove: “You know, I do healing magic so-”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAgJlff0ACDB
432Please respect copyright.PENANAM5rVhj5zII
Tech: “No thanks, I’m good. No offense, but I’ll trust science over magic any day. Besides, I don’t mind earning my health back through my own genius.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANANPlx3pGMM6
432Please respect copyright.PENANAsDwg5Elzbf
Dove sighed before letting Tech have his way. He’s definitely the most interesting and strangest of the familiars summoned.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAcB4FyNtt7W
432Please respect copyright.PENANAhack9B3QXT
Tech: “Feel to look around and marvel. There will be signs to show you around.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2Xq4Tn4dcd
432Please respect copyright.PENANAFkOTuCug7a
With that, Tech got up and wandered to the area where the Nano-Baths were. Dove made her way through the place, admiring the high technology.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2LDHa6GjXh
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKg0dva573k
If there was one thing that Dove didn’t like though, it was the aesthetic. It was metal and sterile. It made her miss the outdoors already. But as she visited the individual rooms, she had another thought.
432Please respect copyright.PENANANsAdi5vAHV
432Please respect copyright.PENANAfzfFHi89Rq
Dove: ‘If they can be customized, this would be a nice base for all of us. Secure, clean, and enough room for everyone. I’m sure they’d prefer this over sleeping outside or going through the trouble of teleporting home. Or in Flamma’s case, on hay.’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGjHFFfd19j
432Please respect copyright.PENANANqba3ZyO62
Dove continued her tour of the various areas of the base until she got bored and returned back to the lab. When she entered, she heard a somewhat familiar voice.
432Please respect copyright.PENANA1VtDeArMtW
432Please respect copyright.PENANALYzGZDM22R
“What the hell is this?!”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAwTBHHGqUDm
432Please respect copyright.PENANAlsWEbLIiYL
Dove: “Who’s there?!”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAPbXSIY4TNe
432Please respect copyright.PENANAWjTQtnmuiU
Dove said while looking around for any possible enemy.
432Please respect copyright.PENANALwLs1IF1C3
432Please respect copyright.PENANAFol3djIkQL
Tech: “It’s a sound transmission from outside Dove, no one is attacking.’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAhKxGTqWeTU
432Please respect copyright.PENANAP08LUsFiG9
Dove turned to face Tech who looks healthier than before. He also has some strange armor over his body. The armor is dark green and black. He sat down and typed some commands to bring up a visual.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAn0dOPEohCQ
432Please respect copyright.PENANAuCW1kKRXCS
Standing outside is Raskreia who is looking at the screen with an interested look.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAC39Yif58NM
432Please respect copyright.PENANALWM9enkQD7
Raskreia: “Oh, I get it. Okay, who built this? I swear it wasn’t the last time I checked.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA5cctxBfBou
432Please respect copyright.PENANARr6Cmj3iCF
Tech: “One of us?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANArSbBFTlfca
432Please respect copyright.PENANAWXPlQL1TML
Dove: “Yeah, the one who can use the gate spell to go back home. She’s currently helping Jake first.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAVz6cACelQg
432Please respect copyright.PENANA5vfucqoNMk
Tech: “Really? I was sure she tricked everyone and left on her own. Well, let’s go greet her.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAfXCJkvReKW
432Please respect copyright.PENANAVEpAIqyJIW
The duo exited the lab and went back to the grava lift. It took no time to get back to the surface and greet Raskreia.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAemqWjsQFf0
432Please respect copyright.PENANA3lYd1PFwqQ
Raskreia: “Whoa, aren’t that sick kid from back then?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAo8JCEbVeAY
432Please respect copyright.PENANAikUn7r09Iy
Tech: “Yeah, I got better.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANASpkTCVNVS7
432Please respect copyright.PENANAzZBlFdu73m
Raskreia: “I see, and who is this?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAipf4FSwkSJ
432Please respect copyright.PENANAkCy4jNFhN6
Dove: “I’m Dovahkiin. Call me Dove when I’m in this form.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAQfYARuAxHn
432Please respect copyright.PENANAoxCB91NfLP
Raskreia: “No way, really? Zander didn’t mention that. Does that mean you’re undercover or something?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA5SNfmdiVzW
432Please respect copyright.PENANAUqqQLvVTDL
Dove: “Something like that, I’ll tell you on the way. Come in.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAJHyTbq0Exn
432Please respect copyright.PENANAulWculcuPg
Tech: “You know, it should be me inviting her in. This is my base after all.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAeAIuyX3vVX
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGlanqGEFu8
Dove: “Can she come in?”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAKdmgVj8VF5
432Please respect copyright.PENANAvB0y4uJDE6
Tech: “I didn’t say she couldn’t. Just…come on.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAn4Po4MJ1xz
432Please respect copyright.PENANAfD9Wc8z1BS
The trio went back inside and headed toward the lab. Dove filled Rask in on their situation.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAFCEKg6jizF
432Please respect copyright.PENANAoS8xgthKSJ
Raskreia: “Wow, I probably shouldn’t leave then. The next time I come back, the entire country might be in flames.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAXStDVklmEj
432Please respect copyright.PENANA2myRFKVXex
Raskreia: ‘I probably shouldn’t reveal my true form either. These people would go nuts!’
432Please respect copyright.PENANA3vOW5DMKwJ
432Please respect copyright.PENANANmdQdO6l0l
Dove: “No need to worry about that, I wouldn’t let it happen. I have a 100% success rate in saving the world.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAb1xhSVnmk1
432Please respect copyright.PENANA61JRjSWPqX
Tech: “Well, since you’re here make yourself a home and marvel at my creations. It’s going to get even more amazing tomorrow.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANArI3o8hwTHy
432Please respect copyright.PENANAojdcCUOz0o
Raskreia: “Yeah, the fight. I’m so there for it. But it’s interesting that you just let me hang around your base without supervision.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA8VsE3elZ5m
432Please respect copyright.PENANAol9LEhxoqd
Tech: “Oh don’t worry, I have systems in place in case you’re feeling suicidal.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA78z1RIO3jF
432Please respect copyright.PENANAm9qm2eRiyq
Raskreia: “Ha, I like you kid. I’ll think stick around then.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAUSCLNLlRMU
432Please respect copyright.PENANAWpCtelxCkL
Tech: “Fine, pick a room and-”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA0ToV8VJK6e
432Please respect copyright.PENANA5gAWWIXBqV
Dove: “Speaking of, can we customize them? They are kind of plain as is.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAN36ODt3l94
432Please respect copyright.PENANAYOfQ3cCE91
Tech: “Easy, but can we save it for tomorrow? Even I need rest.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAhs7Ooxy2FS
432Please respect copyright.PENANAGQCWUEZe1z
Dove: “Sure. After I show Raskreia to the living rooms, I’ll probably have to leave and fly around the academy. I wouldn’t want people to worry that a large dragon is missing and on the loose.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAETPgjoWEDd
432Please respect copyright.PENANAqDQnev20US
Raskreia: “That must suck. You’ll probably have to sleep on the roof then.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAgQInlk7OZx
432Please respect copyright.PENANADSIxyXfCJI
Dove: “I’m sure it won’t be so bad.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANA0cvGRNVSkP
432Please respect copyright.PENANAEtr9mSw4kn
Dove: ‘Great, just when I found an actual bed to sleep in…’
432Please respect copyright.PENANAcI3QCCjUgt
432Please respect copyright.PENANAz6wUh57kcG
Tech: “I’m actually curious about your dragon form. I’ll walk out with you when you’re ready.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAqnki5F0SND
432Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0Bb7wuZc2
Dove: “Alright.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAQee4nLSZDV
432Please respect copyright.PENANArGH2Sw3Jqv
So Dove showed Raskreia to one of the living rooms and she proceeded to flop on the bed. Leaving her to get comfortable, the duo left the base for the surface.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAo8y8IDGGLg
432Please respect copyright.PENANAVmBGCFsAQC
Dove got a good distance away from before using her dragon aspect shout to transform into a dragon. She then took off and flew around the academy.
432Please respect copyright.PENANAhprAnlz9Ve
432Please respect copyright.PENANAnljZBZUXwa
Tech: “Fine, I’ll admit that transforming into a dragon is cool and beyond what I’m capable of. I mean I could make a mechanical dragon. Note to self, post that as a future project and pit it against Dove.”
432Please respect copyright.PENANAVoJjL8aFNo
432Please respect copyright.PENANAemSVP9u1Hh
With that, Tech went back into his lab to finish a few preparations for tomorrow. And then finally getting a good night’s sleep.
ns18.116.239.69da2