Private High March Animancy lessons in hazardous lands

Herrscher · Jul 26, 2022

Herrscher's eyes widen as she is pulled closer to Kaede. Blinking rapidly as she is set in an awkward position once again. She just stares directly into Kaede's eyes, falling for every move of hers. The whispering voice made it hard to think and concentrate but in the end, she pushes through. Talking to Kaede had really tested her limit. It was difficult to keep speaking to someone as attractive as Kaede. Especially this close.

"Y-You're right, I... I can't even harm someone or something even if it means I have to. Everything just feels and looks so real here. It's challenging to say the least."

She sighs. With how hyper realistic things are, it can definitely take the toll of weak-willed individuals. And she was no exception. Later, her face is pulled and now resting on Kaede's bosom. She is held in a protective manner and Kaede pretty much confirms that she will help protect Herrscher when it comes to it. She was both relieved and terrified.

When Kaede asked her biggest question so far in this conversation, Herrscher felt like everything had just stopped. She has been thinking about so many negative things. She does not want to die nor does she want to get stuck here. Herrscher received that little push to boost her confidence and stance. So she gently moves away from Kaede, looking at her with proper confidence.

"I... No... No. I won't die and get stuck here. I want to help people. I can't do that if I keep thinking like I'm a burden or something worthless... I need to move forward. Stop being afraid. Though I can't do that alone... Kaede... do you mind helping me in my journey then?"

Darkness · Jul 26, 2022

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Kaede would tip her head a bit, had she not already made it clear she was going to help the girl on her journey with teaching her how to get stronger? Sometimes she forgot people needed also be told or shown things so she would give a light huff before moving forward and claiming the woman's lips pulling her closer and for the first time getting a light blush herself as she broke away from the kiss. Keeping the woman close to her as she spoke.

"Does that give a response to your question?~ If you need someone to teach you how to be bold and do as you like, well I like to think myself one of the best at that.~ Though I do hold back as I've wanted to steal your lips this whole time since you mentioned reward and having done it now I want more but that we can save for a different time unless you want to go right to the deep end?~"

Kaede would muse and hum as she spoke, refusing to let the girl go and even reaching down to Herrcher's lower back and pulling her closer so they pressed against each other while licking her lips after the last part of her reply to the question she was asked. Then, after giving the girl a moment to consider the offer she would let her go to likely try and calm down or run away from her like a few others had when she got to forward. Kaede wanted to help everyone, it was the only thing she felt would make up for the bad she done and sometimes that wish her her desires got cross wired and led to such outcomes.

If the girl did not run, Kaede would give a full smile, though if she stayed close to Kaede it would keep the light blush on the elf's face as she wondered how to go about things now that she had calmed down her lust for the moment in regard to training. Totetsu running over to them holding the rope and the small puppy giving Kaede a decent idea. Shifting to point at the shadow puppy as she spoke up again.

"Back to training otherwise.~ So, as you seemed to say your puppy here is custom made, as such you should be alter them in action as needed. So focus on that, as I think Totetsu is sad she does not have an equal matchup despite size down... not like that stops her strength but still.~"

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Herrscher · Jul 26, 2022

The attempt was made but of course Herrscher won't be able to escape Kaede's grasp so soon. In fact, she was pulled even closer and taken into a deeper kiss. Staying this close to Kaede for so long started to make her feel weird. She was straight in real life but... things are slowly changing in Terrasphere.

"Ehehehe... M-Maybe that's a little too much. Hold it back a little with kisses maybe? We're still strangers for the most part after all."

She blushes. She did say that she was willing to pay a reward for Kaede's teachings but she does have a limit still. She is still human. Then when Kaede brought up Prizrak after the two animal companions return to their masters, Herrscher quickly clarifies a few things.

"Oh, Prizrak isn't a shadow spirit I molded. He... He's actually a puppy I found lying dead on the road on the first day I logged into Terrasphere. I felt really bad that he didn't get to experience what it means to live a life so I gave him a second chance. Sort of..."

Prizrak hops after Totetsu before noticing that his master was feeling sad. He lets out a high pitched bark to call her attention before standing up a bit and resting his cute little paws on her leg. Simply showing that he was all right.

"You're a good boy, Prizrak..."

Another innocent chuckle leaves her lips as she looks down at her pet. Shortly after that, Herrscher begins to hum. She never thought about it but what if she was capable of redesigning the shadow of a creature. She proceeds to glance over to Totetsu and gets an idea.

"Could you let me go for a second, Kaede? I want to try something."

Darkness · Jul 26, 2022

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It seemed like Kaede needed to consider it for a moment, but eventually she would let the woman go and step away humming to herself and tracing her lips with her finger. She would have to eventually get the maybe a bit more ok with taking hints but she also was rather sure this was not the time of place to take those kinds of hints so lesson for another time as she wondered why she was looking to Totetsu.

"Would you prefer him in full size before you try messing with things? Compact muscles are a big chew task.~"

Kaede mused as she tapped her waist to get Totetsu to focus then ran two fingers over her left ear as the hound barked and moved away while growing to her full size for the first time in a while. Kaede was not exactly super shocked at the slightly larger then elephant sized hound who would lay down to drop the rope. Part of Kaede could tell the hound was still growing as last time the hound was smaller then this but waving a hand for Herrscher to try while she summoned a smaller undead to use as a backup.

If she decided not to try working on Totetsu Kaede would make the same tapping motion on her thigh before running her two fingers across her right ear to sign for the hound to go back to normal size. She would then however cough and wave at her own or the undead's shadow with a playful laugh. She got a rough idea what was the goal, not sure how it would effect the physical body but it was something she did similar things with Animancy for other things.

"Your welcome to experiment on me, so long is it is not longer then ten minutes of altering me I can deal with it using Chronomancy. It will also let me know if what your trying to do can be harmful to the person. Only advice I can give is don't mess with my ears please, everything else is fair game.~"

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Herrscher · Jul 29, 2022

Sensing that his presence is needed, Prizrak circles around his master (Herrscher) and sits in front of her like a good boy. The shadow pup panting, tilting his head side to side as he waits in anticipation. It is honestly quite relieving for Herrscher to see her companion in a fine state after playing with such a powerful dog that is Totetsu.

Seeing Kaede offer herself as an experiment, Herrscher was actually considering the idea. In the end, she decided to work with Prizrak. She was afraid she might alter Kaede's appearance, even if it was just for a moment, to something she would not like.

"Ah! No, no. I am just going to manipulate Prizrak's body. By draining the darkness around us, I am able to increase his size. I think. So here it goes..."

With a deep breath, Herrscher closes her eyes and begins to channel her Shadowmancy magic. Kaede can see the eye-patch wearing player pull her hands together, moving it in a manner as if she was pulling something heavy. Eventually the shadows of nearby trees and stones can be seen being drained and ripped away from its source. This exotic element (shadows) start to move towards the puppy which proceeds to enlarge his size quite a bit. The end result being quite amazing for Herrscher.

No longer was Prizrak this cute little shadow puppy. Now, he is this huge creature with an intimidating appearance. Though not strong or as big as Totetsu, Prizrak had gained plenty of strength. The additional shadows buffed him, turning him into a reliable companion in combat now. Prizrak just sits where he is, though occupying much more space. Looking more disciplined and stern rather than being this playful and positive entity.

"Hah... I-I did it! Look at you, Prizrak."

Kaede can see how proud Herrscher was of her own work. She can be seen walking up to the huge shadow dog and hugging him. Prizrak, in return to Herrscher's affection, licks her. Though she was not slobbered with saliva. The feeling was warm though. This just made Herrscher chuckle.

Darkness · Jul 30, 2022

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Kaede would sit and watch as Herrscher pulled the shadows, her eyebrow raised slightly as it was one of her first time seeing the early stages of the magic or it used in this way. The result was enough to make her chuckle and reach a hand to ruffle the girl's hair before trying to hock an arm to pull her back in with a playful giggle. There was a lot of custom uses for each magic and it was a welcome to see new spins on things she got so used to being used as a tool for an assassin.

"Not what was expecting it to be used for, but not bad kid. Maybe focus more to stretch the shadows not rip them as it is normal for them to grow with light shifting so likely will take less strain but more time if you can afford it."

Kaede considered the ideas more on how to give advise, part of her wanted to 'absentmindedly' mess with Herscher's attire or body while she gave the advise but she was already told to play nice much to her inner protest. Humming over a few ideas as Kaede would pull and Undead from her stash of common ones wearing robes and dark attire as she waved at it calmly.

"Attempt to distort it without touching the physical form... so use your shadow to attack it's shadow? Not sure if that will work but might help you to attack things without looking like you are.~ Always good to have a secret weapon or such."

Kaede would reach a hand calmly down along Herrscher's shoulder had she been allowed to get close again and attempt to distract her as her hand grew deathly cold and ran along her skin. The goal was partly to see how she would handle under pressure and knew if she was 'attacking' it would be more along the lines of play fighting and so she restrained from such for the being, maybe after the training during her reward she would get to have such fun.~

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Herrscher · Aug 1, 2022

"Stretch the shadow... I think I can do that. Yeah."

Shortly after Kaede's advice was shared, another undead follower appears. A lesser one. Herrscher would look at it curiously, tilting her head a bit and wondering what this creature was in its past life. But when Herrscher was told to attack it, her eyes widen. Looking fairly confused.

"A-Are you sure? It's your follower but all right... Sorry about this."

She looks towards the common undead follower and attempts to follow Kaede's instructions the best way she can. Fortunately enough, Herrscher manages to do just that. Herrscher proceeds to stretch her own shadow rather than rip it and as it moves towards the undead follower's own shadow, it proceeds to "connect." This then allowed Herrscher to restrain the undead follower, making it stuck and preventing it from moving a single muscle. It would require some level of strength in order to escape this shadowy bonds.

"Like that?"

Herrscher asks, looking back at Kaede to see what she thought of her performance. Thankfully Kaede's distraction wasn't enough to put Herrscher out of focus. Maybe she'd have to do something more extreme or say something more distracting to really mess with her.

Darkness · Aug 1, 2022

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A light hum of approval, she managed to do the first part, but holding the undead of someone who was albeit in a different league would prove a lot harder then that. Kaede's once cold hand flicking a finger to the undead as it would break free and begin to approach Prizrak drawing it's weapon. Kaede's evil side showing a little as she would order the undead to attack the summoner's hound until it was dealt with. While the attacks would not do much harm it was still clear the intent even before Kaede would speak.

"Most my followers are from a time I'm not proud of, what happens to them matters little to me. I did not pick this magic, I just recall having it when I got control back and been forced to live with it and the things I did when I was hiding from the world in my own mind."

Kaede would tap her foot as more random undead would rise from the ground, Some dressed like guards, some cultist, some even commoners both young and old. All had weapons, all distorted and badly injured showing the ruthless side Kaede knew was inside her since her first time fighting back against a bully. But this was another level even for her, it did not consider them human, merely plaything before turning them into puppets.

"So if you feel like ripping them apart like I would go ahead. But if you don't they just might do the same to your shadows..."

It was time for the harsh lesson of how cruel the world could be. waving as she moved away from Herrscher and her partner in this upcoming fight as the undead hoard would rush to attack them. She would provide support if she felt it needed, and would spare them if things looked grim but the current air that was given was simply murder and mindless frenzy. Would the girl try to speak reason to Kaede, or would she fight back?

Undead hoard
DC 45 to hit | 15 retaliation damage

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OOC: Using auto monster format, attack roll needs to be 45-89 to deal 1LP damage, 90+ will deal 2 damage. Each time you attack or buff 15 damage will befall you. Good luck rookie.~