There is a silence as the request of Al-Arad weight in the air, and of course on you, this old man has a rather strange… aura, perhaps it’s simply your intuition or some form of paranoia, but this man seems sharp, for a lack of a better word, thus you decide to limit the information you send, you start by stepping down the stone platform, your two companions following you and stopping after you do, reducing the distance with the headmaster.

‘’I am here, first and foremost, to recover lost memories’’
This does seem to surprise him as his expression change, but the man softens again and nod.

‘’Amnesia? Hmm, a very rare condition that, unfortunately, has no known cure. I would advise you not to say your current predicament to our alchemist as he might go… overeager at the chance of ``practice``’’

Sees that Al-Arad has a rather sour opinion of this alchemist. However the man quickly tap on the stones doors, you feel the very clear and brief use of magic and, with a sudden but fast illumination, the doors start to open at turtle pace, slowly unraveling a long hallway with torches quietly burning that lead to some stairs, everything being made of solid stones with gothic carving, no windows in sight yet.
>Field too long

‘’We are at the highest part of the college save the roof’’
As you step out of the room, you start the feel the big presence of magic all around the area, impossible to pin point anything due to the sheer power and numbers.

‘’Most of the people present are teachers, unfortunately, we do have a small amounts of students but you’ll probably not see any of them unless you explore the area specified for them, this whole manor is going to feel empty and very open for all of you’’
Al-Arad starts walking ahead, but stops at the stairs.

‘’It isn’t entirely unheard of to have monsters in our hall, but for the sake of safety and avoiding panic, I ask that, please, the three of you stay together until people are used to it. All our staff and student know the difference between Feral, but I can’t promise anything over old belief’ thankfully the church has no power here.’’

As you walk, accompanied by your two companions slightly behind you, you feel slightly overwhelmed at how big this place seem to be.

‘’If you so wish I could arrange for a guide’’

The old man offer

Will give a slight bump

Also previous threads

>>17341026

Aw hell forgot the link

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Monster%20Girls%20Quest

>>17340923
We accept, of course. This place has got to be huge.

>unfortunately, has no known cure.
Does this mean there is no magic specializing in mental manipulation?
And while we're on the matter, what about divination?

>‘’If you so wish I could arrange for a guide’’

"That would be most appreciated, thank you.
Even if we find clues to my lost past I don't know how long it will take. We don't want to intrude on your hospitality, but would it be possible to arrange some kind of accommodation?"

>>17341099

Divination seem to be reserved to the church, hwoever it is said that some of the strongest monsters are gifted oracle. As for magic of the mind, the only thing yo uahve experience with is Charm, it seem that the whole area of affecting mind is very taboo

>>17341122
Figures. Would have been too easy.

>Sorry for the delay, trying to get back into my groove.

There no real downside to such an offer, this place really does seem to be on the needlessly huge and a quick tour of the area could help you, even if your objective lies outside, in the forest, however you nod at the old man.

‘’We accept, having a tour could be helpful, thank you for the offer Al-Arad’’

The mage give you a brief smile and nod to you, his face gentle and serene, then he start walking down the stairs with solid footstep, chasing any doubt of fragility over his frames that saw many winters. You quickly follow suit, the stairs leading to another small hallway closed by a single, wooden door that the man open, the next room being a rather small area filled with some rather gloomy architecture and various furniture, the biggest being the desk where the mage sit, tap his finger a bit, then use magic very briefly, you aren’t really certain what just happened here but he nod at you and your two companions.

‘’You should wait outside, she will come shortly’’

Nodding, you look at Athena a bit who proceed to the door and exist, more than likely taking the initiative to secure the area as Sylphis stay at your side, and you look at the man behind his desk who keeps rubbing his beard.

‘’I have no idea how long my search will take, could I ask some accommodation?’’

Again the man gives you a calm, serene smile and nod
‘’We barely have a skeleton crew, our numbers of students is very low, thus, a lot of chambers are open. I’ll have something prepared so that the three of you don’t stay separated’’


>field too long

Even in his calm state you can’t help but think that this man is troubled. But your business here is done, with Sylphis at your heels; you exit the room and come to a rather large corridor, more than enough for the three of you to stand shoulder to shoulders, Athena is already looking at you and, once the door close, voice her concern.
‘’Milord, while I am more than happy to help you pursue your quest, I can’t help but feel… a bit agitated’’

Thus she say, you feel magic being used absolutely everywhere and the hallway, while devoid of windows, is illuminated in all area by torches, Sylphis simply stay silent, behind your back.

It doesn’t take long to hear footstep coming from your right, you see a figure opening the far door, a rather young and attractive woman who walk to your group in silence, looking only at you, trying her best to ignore your companions.

‘’On such short notice… Headmaster Al-Arad asked me to be your guide, my name is Vila, I am a senior student here, are you and your company ready to depart?’’

>>17341252
"We are. I hope we aren't inconveniencing you."

>>17341252
Look at your companions. If they are ready, you're ready.

"Let's get started, shall we."

>>17341252
Let's introduce ourselves and our companions, don't want to seem rude.
Maybe make some small talk while we're walking (where exactly?), ask her what kind of magic she studies etc.. This would give a good chance to probe for some info on the college form someone who doesn't seem as sharp as the headmaster.

With a brief look toward your two companions who both nod at you at the same time, your gaze turn back toward the younger girl, you decide before hand to level your authority, it does tend to be a rather bad habits of yours to speak in a heavy voice with people you do not know.

‘’We are, before we depart, I would like to introduce ourselves.’’

With a gesture toward the lizardwoman who look as sharp as you the way she’s gazing at the student.

‘’Her names is Athena, the one behind me who has yet to completely show herself is Sylphis’’

While the knight nod, the mantis simply stay behind you and doesn’t move, tough her antenna are poking you lightly on the back.

The girl, Vila, blink a bit and seem to stay stunned for a few seconds, but then nod, looking at Athena with a bit of a fearful gaze, probably intimidated by her sword.

‘’W-well, we really don’t have visitors often…’’

She turns around and starts walking a bit, but keep looking over her shoulder.

‘’If I may ask, what studies did you went through?’’

There a brief silence as she continue looking forward, stopping at the door and opening it, leading you to a bigger hall with various corridor extending in a number of directions

>field too long

There a brief silence as she continue looking forward, stopping at the door and opening it, leading you to a bigger hall with various corridor extending in a number of directions.

‘’I have been found with a rather mild gift in magic, my origins seem to be ``force`` but I mostly study here out of interest, part of me wonder if I should become a chronicler…’’

You don’t really have any idea where she’s leading you, but for now it doesn’t seem there any other people are that you’ll be descending stairs.

‘’Where are you leading us?’’

This question came from Athena

‘’Ah, well, I am simply showing you the rather large estate, but it might be best to avoid the area where most of the remaining students are, there really isn’t a lot of people present, most of the teacher went out in the country to gather gifted people from the commoners’’

>Could skip until you have a general idea of the whole place if you guys wish.

>>17341558
Go ahead. We can ask questions later, I guess.

>>17341558
Timeskip is fine by me

The whole tour took quite a while, the most of two hours as you were led through the entire building by the reserved student who, it seems, had a rather good impression of you as she became rather talkative during the trips, talking about various little happening here and there, notably how an elder student was expelled for debauchery (or almost as she put it).

She showed you the general’s area, chambers for the various years, the dining hall and some rather large, empty spacious place made for the practice of magic but the most important place were, without a doubt, the library, the alchemist workshop and the invocation circle.

Since you are in an organization of mages, your expectation of a large collection of books was more than true. Library had many books, mostly the past history of the world and various legends (with quite a bit of recollection of the ``13 heroes``), but the biggest part was reserved for the various known discipline of magic with quite a big collection of the monsters.
The alchemist workshop was closed, but you felt the very distinctive use of a magic, seems like Vila didn’t want to linger around, so you didn’t but you know how to reach the place if you needed too.

>field too long

Lastly, the invocation room was… unique, an area with many large pentagrams of various colors, some books, an extremely high concentration of magic, an area that you aren’t certain to fully understand, however Vila did explain that this place was very important, always locked (you could see inside thank to the various windows) and made to create thralls, it would seems however that it wasn’t used in quite a while.

You also know the various, numerous, exit, leading to a ground of snow and an area of forest. After a brief rest and some small talk with your followers, you have to admit to not being entirely certain how to proceed.

Vila left to return to the student wards, and she truly was the sole company you had in this place, beside your companions.

>>17341737
I suggest we start with the library. If our companions are willing and able to help us look, we can get an overview of all the history we're missing, and perhaps some clues as to the nature of our condition and how to cure it.

You came here for your past, the dream you had about the Yukiwarashi, followed by the ``woman with no face`` in an area eerily similar to what you saw outside still burn in your mind, but maybe this could also be the best opportunity to gather information’s about your amnesia, and what better way to collect information than a rich collection of books?
Thus you stand, clapping your feet on the wooden ground rather loudly.

‘’Searching the library might be the best course of actions.’’

You look at the two monsters who are simply stating at you in silence.

‘’Would the two of you help? The place was far too big for me’’

You see Athena smiling while Sylphis look away, embarrassment coming through the link.

‘’You would like to collect information’s about the Lady of snows, milord? I could help, reading is not a handicap for me.’’

Sylphis stay silent, so you stare at her a bit then walk in her direction, but she interrupts you.

‘’Hum, well… I’ll help…’’

She doesn’t add anything else, you don’t need to also.
Navigating the empty halls with ease, it take a good 10 minutes to backtrack to the library, now that you are there, what, exactly, do you want to research?

>>17341890
We should brush up a bit on our history, just so we're not as out of the loop as we have been so far. We should also search for references to the Yukiwarashi and information about the place we saw.

The area around the school like its geology, monster/animals that have bin known to be around, and im kinda intrested in thoughs 13 heroes

>>17341890
Look up the Yukiwarashi and any no faced woman monsters. Also if they have detailed records of previous students and alumni there might be something there but only really worth a shot if they give more than just name/year

>infodump incoming

Thus you divide the work.

Due to your amnesia, brushing up on what happened in the last few years would greatly help you in the future so you aren’t… as out as you are now, as well as studying the Yukiwarashi, since you are indeed linked to one. You had Athena searching the library for some book that describe the general area of the Mage College, not its history, which prove very difficult as she Lizardwoman is restlessly searching the numerous little corridors of books, growing increasingly frustrated.

Sylphis expressed interest in the ``13 heroes`` and quickly pulled a book, a rather small one, while you went around taking a small collection.

Most books are rather small after all, perhaps 20 to 30 pages, but it doesn’t mean it take some time to read.
In the most recent times, about 30 years ago, there was a rather important conflict in the south that ended with the church taking a major amount of powers and managing to throw an scouting army of the Demon Lord, while the center suffered greatly from Pandemonium influence, ended up with a crusade of the church and massacring almost the whole ruling family, the Southern area never knew peace as it was and always will be the first line of direct defense against the monsters. But it seemed that the lizardman population grew more and more sympathetic to the humans with a very prominent Salamander rising, only to be cut in her prime by the church.

The most recent years saw the rising of a ``democracy`` in the Center that, in the end, ended up with the 4 most powerful nobles family ruling as they saw fit. The various books were quite bitter; many said that the ruling lord was just a figurehead.

As for the Yukiwarashi…

They are known as creature of spirit, elusive in nature and probably one of the most sympathetic being toward human kind, so much that some of the researcher calls them Outsiders, for it seems they existed during the reign of the previous, viciously bloodthirsty Demon Lord and never really changed. What is certain, is that, as being of spirit, the various emotions they feel may very well give shape to they’re very being, thus a calm and serene Yukionna would have no trouble keeping her physical form and imposer her will upon the world like any mage, but they magic they wield is of an entirely different nature.

But the various books gave no information’s at all on their capacity, hell some of them had various line hidden in ink.
If a Yukionna, or their younger version, the Yukiwarashi, were to feel extreme negative emotion like anger or sadness, it could very well lead to their death in the worst case. In all recorded case, any Lady of the Snows that were heartbroken became something of an permanent ‘’magic area’’ in what was their home, allowing as much time as needed for their heart to heal, sleeping for as long as century and completely forgetting their own identity if need be.

Anger can lead to drastic result, where the very basic of the physical form of the monster change to a creature of dread, an icy death that pull the very soul of man, and-.

>field too long

It ended there, you found only two books on the lady of snows, both written by the same man, a simple ``Rickard``.

You had Athena look up some chronic of the past students, the discovery was interesting: All the noble family, save the most religious ones, attended the college for some time. That goes for all head of the Shieffer family and even they’re immediate family, thus, the most recent ruler of said family and his own mother attended the college for a long while, and had full mage training, both becoming arch mage at young ages.

Sylphis… still seem to be on her book, her antenna move in frustration as she let out a growl here and there. All the reading took quite a few hours and if you could place a general time, you’d say the end of the afternoon.

>>17342204
Well, time to go back to your room, freshen up and have dinner. During dinner, you can talk about the information you've discovered

>>17342204
Are there any other books by Rickard?

Ask Sylphis if she's alright.

You try to scout the large library for more book about this ``Rickard`` but the area is simply too big to try to pinpoint anything, like finding a tree in a forest.

But now, the fact that Sylphis seem rather frustrated and even a bit sad, make you concerned, thus you sit next to her and pat her head a bit.

‘’Having problems?’’

You look down at her book, talking about the various exploit of these 13 Heroes, the mantis frown and poke at the pages with her antenna but look down.

‘’I well... I can’t read very well’’

All the while you were and Athena were flipping through pages, the mantis silently forged on and tried to read her book, and now she seem quite ashamed and sad to her not being able to help you, perhaps she’s thinking of herself as useless or even a liability given the… past record.

Athena is looking at the two of you in silence with a small smile on her lips; also the feeling of magic in the area seemed to have subsided a bit.

Still, do you exist now and go back to your assigned rooms?

>>17342321
Are there any books in this library more suited for a beginning reader? If not, let's take the book she was trying to read with us.

"I didn't realize. I'm sorry, I should have been paying more attention. If you'd like, I'd be happy to teach you. There's plenty we can learn from each other. We all have different strengths. If we didn't, I wouldn't be around to talk about it, now would I?"

>perhaps she’s thinking of herself as useless or even a liability given the… past record.

>>17342321
How much time did we spend in the library?

>>17342415

You entered in the middle of the afternoon, a few horus passed, you'd say probably 3 hours

Not everyone is used to reading, now that the girl struggled all this while with her book, you do feel thankful for the simple fact of your ability. However it doesn’t seem like this area contains anything to help someone read, all the books are somewhat neatly organized.

The mantis is quite ashamed and embarrassed, seem like this fault is a bit touchy for her, she’s not looking at the book, nor you, simply staring down at her legs with quite the blush on her face. Seem like she’s more embarrassed than anything else.

‘’I didn’t realize, I’m sorry, I should have been paying more attention’’

You pat the younger girl on the hand, rubbing the base of her antenna

‘’If you’d like I’d be happy to teach you, there plenty we can learn from each other’s after all, different strengths and weakness make the individual’’

Sylphis stay silence but stare up at the book, then shake her hand lightly.

‘’Well… it would take too much time’’

What of it?

You don’t really have time to say that, because Athena suddenly turn her heard sharply to the entrance where a man is standing, looking at all of you, frowning, with some kind of... thing on his face, supported by his nose?

‘’Since when are we allowing monsters here, are they live experiment?’’

Well that was a bit rude

>>17342519
"I suggest you refrain from insulting my companions, Sir. They can be temperamental, though they do not hold a candle to me."

Maximum authority.

If we can make fun of a drunk orange guy we can make fun of this ass

You can feel quite a bit of animosity from the Knight, while Sylphis, even if she was clearly embarrassed, was having quite a good time, the bloodlust coming from the younger girl almost make you wince, however you are the only one to rise –slowly- to your feet, walking rather slowly toward the edge of the table and taking place at the middle, with the two girls sitting, facing one another.

‘’I suggest you refrain from insulting my companions, Sir’’

You voice is crystal clear with as much weight as you can put; now you know that, when you talk seriously, people listen. And now, as you look at the man between the door, pure intimidation ooze out of you, as well as anger, you seriously disliked that. Really.

He doesn’t seem fazed, you see him opening him mouth, drawing breath him, and then ruthlessly cut him off.

‘’They can be temperamental, like all of us, but they do not hold a candle to me’’

His face become quite annoyed and he make a rather uncharismatic grimace.

‘’Mind you place, boy, visitors should in no way go ahead and tell senior staff, especially someone with the full responsibility of alchemy, what to do. Monsters are a rarity here, still maybe we can salvage this situation, and if you’d allow me a scale from those two, and I guess we’d both gain from this encounter. Not like I can read in peace with rude people now’’

Part of you wants to Focus

Decline his reqest and head back to our room theres no point in dealing with peaple like him

>>17342690
"The situation will be salvaged when you apologize. Either when you do it of your own volition, or when you are forced to. I do not take kindly to having my companions insulted in such a manner, and regardless of your position or authority I find it disgusting that you allow yourself to treat guests as you have."

Do not Focus yet. We will wait for him.

>>17342690

"allow you a scale? sir, these are not experiments for you to study, these are my companions.."

The two girls stand up quietly, both simply walking at your side, you yourself take a step forward, making a small triangle as you lock the alchemist in the eyes, the fact that he’s alone does seem to faze him, but your anger is cold and merciless, yet will voice shall remain clear, strong, commanding. Dominating.

‘’I shall ``let`` you do nothing, this situation will be salvaged when you apologize.’’

He let out a growl while rubbing his forehead, the effect of your intimidation slowly eroding him.

‘’If it need to be forced, so be it, I do not take kindly to someone sullying the honors of my allies, and as someone of authority, your actions of insulting a guest is in very poor taste’’

He’s glaring at you in silence, but tries to place a word

‘’You are not my g-‘’

Yet you interrupt him, your voice much more clear than his own, unsure voice, to his credit, there was no real sign of weakness in his display.

‘’They are not, never will be, experiment for you to study’’
Again, this man let a growl as he step back, looking at you intensely, one hand in his pocket but not making any sudden move.

‘’What does a mage like you even know anyway? Why are you treating monsters like equal? Bah, you’ll end up raped or something worse, see if I care’’

It seems he’s attempting to leave, if you’d allow any of your companions, they’d probably knock him out in an instant.

Missing trip, better now

let him leave, we don't need unneccassary fighting, especially since people will most likely blame the girls

>>17342929

what sort of mage is an alchemist, just for clarification?

>>17342957

Its actually a bit iffy, Alchemy is more or less a science, but every experiment is really costly and the only things they're really able to do is construct stuff, like Homonculus and golems.

For all you know, he could be a mage of water like you.

>>17342972

forgot to add that its very magical in nature, most Alchemist usually go in the field because they have a good origin for it, like telekinesis or some stuff like that, everything is heavily pwoered by magic however, thus they usually need a large staff.

>>17342929
Follow him to the door, but let him leave.

"I know enough not to insult my betters in such a callous manner. Should we meet again, you would do well to remember one word. Mercy."

Keep our companions close by. Don't let them go after him.

As he step back, you advance, so do the girls, flanking you like perfect training, his face start to sweat a bit and, after a few seconds, the man is almost out of the room, but you aren’t entirely done with him just yet.

‘’I know enough to not insult my betters in such a callous manners’’

You stop, making the point that this argument will stay verbal.

‘’Should we meet again, you would do well to remember one word’’

The man growl and decide he had enough, he’s leaving in large steps, but your voice carry your last word

‘’Mercy’’

The atmosphere stay for a little while, but soon enough, Sylphis let out a sight, while Athena release her sword, making you frown

‘’You didn’t need to do that’’

The knight blink, then look at you, but soon realize what you are saying when you gesture to her sword.

‘’I don’t have any excuse. What shall we do now, milord? Maybe this man will try to salvage his humiliation, maybe not, but we do have something to do’’

Sylphis is already past you, near the door, looking left and right.

‘’Nothing to see’’

also the link is telling, both of them are in a good mood

>>17342929
>>17342972
>>17342987

good to know. lets not insult him excessively- we are not to be trifled with, but lets not make enemies that could prove useful (or possibly very powerful) later if we don't really need to.

the guy was kind of a dick, but he didn't go out of his way to make trouble for us.

>>17343084
"We've been in this library long enough. Perhaps we should return to our room and prepare for dinner. I might as well leave it up to you - If my pride gets the better of me again I could very well lead us into battle."

‘’We’ve been in this library long enough’’

The lizardwoman nod at you, looking back at the huge collections of book, in the end you did found some precious information’s, but now how to act on it?

‘’Perhaps going back to our room for dinner would be the best course of action’’
While walking, Sylphis come back to your side, while the Knight quickly catches.

‘’I am afraid that I am… lacking knowledge on how to cook’’
She’s not looking at you, preferring her boot as her tail is swinging ever so slightly.

‘’If my pride get the better of me I might very well lead us into battle, beside I’m sure there some meal available’’

There a silence as she’s looking at you in slight shock.

‘’Um… well, a Lord pride is important, it is after all what allow your followers to stay beneath you’’

So say the knight, the journey to the room stay uneventful and lonely as the three of you encounter nobody in the large hallways of the college.

Soon enough, the three of you are in the same room, yours to be exact, ready to exchange information’s over a warm meal that was made free, hospitality of the Headmaster.

‘’What do you intend to do, milord? Investigate this area? Or try to go for the Lady of the Snows?’’

Sylphis is eating in silence, but listening nonetheless.
Indeed what to do, you have to admit, as the days passed, you felt a rather strange… unease.

>>17343262
"What do you two think we should do? I value your input, though I guess it doesn't always seem like it. We are in this together."

My preference is to seek the Lady of the Snows.

>>17343262

investigating the lady of the snow might help us remember our childhood, but I'm afraid our companions might not like it.

Checking the surrounding area might yield some information about our past as well but we did piss off some alchemist who might be stronger than us or have friends stronger than us.

so check the surrounding area just in case.

>>17343262
lets try and find the lady of snows

>>17343262
I'd like to get the lay of the land before marching off towards a mysterious snow lady. We might not get another good chance to check this place out so quick look around and then go after snow lady.

I say we stick together and look for the Yukiwarashi
On a side note I dont trust that alchemist he seems like the type thatd go after the girls if we left them alone

>>17343367
this, even just 6 hours of getting a feel for the area before heading out searching may end up saving our asses

lets go for a brief walk outside and look for something familiar, but not stay out too long.. we can do a full search by the light of day.

>music because I can http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnLIzZg34qI

You take some precious minute as you mull over the decision, recalling this rather eventful week, the dreams you had after you cured Sylphis of her corruption…

An area of tress and snow outside the college of mage, there standing a girl looking mischievous who lead you back during a blizzard.

An area of trees and snows.

The image that sprout in your mind is rather murky, yet feel you with an immense feeling of sad nostalgia that make you wince, your eyes open toward Athena, with Sylphis slowly walking to you.

‘’Siggy…’’

Only one of them speak, but the concern is there, whatever this memory is, it seems to leave a strong, sad aftertaste, the memory of one childhood will always stay strong.

‘’Worry not, it was only temporary’’

Thus you steel yourself.

You don’t even know the name of this girl, yet you are setting out to find her, an elusive spirit of cold, hidden in the small forest near the Mage College.

Yet, maybe setting out would be a bad idea, perhaps exploring the forest, getting a general feel of the area…
Yet your heart hurt ever so slightly, maybe, just maybe, you won’t be able to stay completely cool headed.

‘’Lets head outside’’

The image of tree and snows burned in your mind, the three of you take the long walk outside, the girls remaining solemn.
The cold is bitter, yet nobody voice a complaint. Unlike you, the girls have heavier, sturdy clothes.

>field too long

You see the popular path of the establishment leading down the mountain, in front of you is a forest, trees, your boots in the snow, your breath escaping in warm gust out of your mouth.

As the clock tickle, you continue feeling dreary; the big establishment behind you seems safe, yet dangerous.
Yet the forest in front of you is empty of life and magic save… one area, resonating, like a strong pulse of nature.

You see some students, rather young, playing far to your left, away from the forest, they steal glance at you and your retinue, and soon head inside.

How do you proceed? This forest seems deep and large indeed… and the light of the sun is of a warm, bright orange as its setting beneath the horizon

>>17343516
While our goal is probably the resonating pulse of nature, wandering into dark magical forest right when the sun is setting seems like a recipe for getting dead. Explore the grounds a bit and see if we can't find someone to give us more information on the forest, local legends about it that sort of thing.

>>17343516
I think it would be extremely unwise to venture deep into the forest when the sun is already setting. Besides, the consensus seems to be that we should explore a bit first.

note where the magic is coming from but wait till dawn to go after it, even with sturdy clothes athena probably won't do so well after the sun sets and the temperature starts dropping below freezing

>>17343579
insects do do very well in the cold either...

>>17343594
>don't do

herped a little there

Magic is everywhere, absolutely EVERYTHING, even the very air itself, has trace of it and you can’t help but feel disoriented, for everything you see, you feel it within you, keeping your concentration is getting more and more difficult, is this place truly that hard on the mind for the mages present? Is the concentration of magic truly that…?
Dangerous?

This feeling of dread you had at the library is bugging you constantly, as if your very nature is rejecting this place.

You pat your forehead a bit, Athena is shaking slightly form the cold and rubbing her clawed hands.

‘’Maybe, looking in the forest a bit…’’

Your voice is not as strong, your legs carry you near the tree, you stand to face them, feeling the pulse of the forest, mesmerizing, hypnotizing…

The magic is strong.

Sylphis grab your hand with a gentleness that warm you heart, she nod at you a bit, but you look at the forest. While the cold is hard on her, she voices no complaint.

Did you really come here?

Only for that elusive, spirit, the lady of the Snow?

What is there to identify here? Nothing, its trees, nothing but tree, a landmark…

It doesn’t feel right.

No it doesn’t…

But out there is a girl, one that left you with regret.

Magic all around you, a good way to describe your state now would be… foggy.

crap forgot to said

Roll 1d6

rolled 5 = 5

>>17343645

>>17343649

awesome roll

>>17343649

i vote to stick with this roll

rolled 1 = 1

i wonder if shed reconize our magic if we enterd focuse or would it be drowned out by all the magic around us?

>>17343695
stop using 56k man.

Wait…

Wait!

You have stepped inside the forest, your companions at your sides, the stench of magic absolutely everywhere, almost suffocating you.

The memory of the lady of the snow, the young Yukiwarashi, she said she’d lead you back, the fog in your mind, the magic surrounding you…

Something in you awakens a void of eternal hunger.
The magic from the college, it pulse unnaturally, as if pumping out of a heart, a strength that would crumble the will of anyone able to feel it.

The stench of corruption.

Yes it’s only a small part, one that makes it possible to affect even you but…

As you stepped inside the forest, the load on your mind seems to have lifted ever so slightly.

‘’Siggy!’’ Its the voice of a girl

Your companions, of courses, don’t understand they are looking at you with concern, but soon they see what you see.

There, in the snow, is a small girl with a mischievous smile, her form ethereal, transparent, her clothes gracious, her small hand on her mouth, looking at you and your group. It’s easy to understand that she is not of this world… maybe, a fragment?

‘’Huhu! I’m gonna teach you how to be good!’’

‘’Wait!’’

Yet your scream fall on nothing, as the young lady of the snow walks ahead and vanish in the scenery.

When you stepped in the forest, you finally felt this corruption in the college, but the magic is what affected your mind.

Something is definitely very wrong here.

‘’Milord…’’

Athena, your knight at your side.

‘’Is everything all right?’’

Sometime, those deaf to magic are gifted.

>>17343752
"No. Everything is not all right. I can feel it now."

Tell them what we saw, and what we felt.

>>17343752
Weird-ass magic corruption shit at the college that I couldn't notice when there. When I got to the forest I was able to notice it. Subtle Corruption and mind affecting magic to make it hidden. We should trust the college as little as possible.

>>17343752

fill in our companions, can we make a check on what our senses and our instinct is telling up? i don't like this predicament, despite having on reason to not trust the snow girl.

Warm breath escaping your mouth, the dread finally escape, the erosion is repaired, your mental defense are rebuilt, strong as ever, but the image of this young ghost is burned brightly on your mind.

This forest feels like a sanctuary, now you can feel it, this magic, maybe you could call it suggestion? It was a process that could only affect magic users, subtly infiltrating you; perhaps the dread was a way of your mind to warn you?
When you stepped here, in this forest, something definitely lifted this curse.

‘’No. there is a menace in the college’’

Thus you explain what you felt, what you saw. The dread, the fog, and the Yukiwarashi.

‘’It might be safe to assume that you were close to her’’

Sylphis say, as she’s looking back in the forest, the link tell you of interest and a… gentle feeling that you can’t name.

‘’I felt uneasy when we entered milord, but after we spent time in the library…’’

Athena trail off, there only one answer.

‘’Whatever is emitting this magic changed its nature after we came’’

Only a hypothesis, but Athena nod

‘’Yes I believe so, I may lack knowledge of magic, but I think this may seriously be the only possible explanation’’

The lizardwoman is rubbing her pommel, expecting conflict.

‘’Siggy…’’

The mantis is shaking a bit, obviously cold.

‘’It’s safe here, I think we should continue your search…’’

The sun shines a brilliant, the sky and clouds a brilliant orange, the quiet girl voice her opinion, but both of them are weak to the cold.

How do you proceed?

>>17343874

take the girls under our arms while we walk, we may discover something good, but we don't want them to suffer for it. but at the same time, we need to be thinking about a warm place to sleep, even if it's sleep with one eye open

try to either find or build a basic shelter, the college isn't safe and the girls need somewhere to stay at least a bit warmer

pic related if the snow is deep enough or if our magic lets us make enough snow to make the snow deep enough

>>17343910

unfortunatly the snow is only up to about half your feet, while you could create snow with your magic you'd have to constantly keep it supplied with magic, meaning no sleep.

One wants to go further in the forest, while the other wants confrontation, but this conflict of interest won’t create tension, as you walk toward the mantis, your arm find itself around her shoulder and you press her to you, making her embarrassed, but she doesn’t say anything, even try to cuddle a bit.

‘’I think exploring the forest might be for the best, the college is clearly unsafe for now, I know that the two of you are weak to the cold, thus I will try my best to make this as fast as possible and maybe find shelter, here lets walk close to one another so as to keep warm’’

So you say with a gentle smile, the knight look away, mumbling under her breath but still conquer her stubbornness and settle next to you, her body cold, she’s start to yawn.

Yet the sky is still of a bright orange.

The pulse of the forest is as strong and present as ever.

Do you head toward it? Or try to find a shelter?

>>17344037
Deeper in the forest where there is more tree cover and the like will give us better opportunities for shelter and finding the magic pulse of the forest is a priority.

we'll have to go back at some point, or hopefully we find some shelter.

lets look for a few hours then head back.

So are we calling it a night?

Aw man I'm sorry about the dissapearance, Cloudflare fucking up on me or something.

I'll try to do the next session soon around the same hours, I'm seriously sorry about that one, wil lstill archive as some good information was thrown around

Remind me that archiving while dead tired is not a good thing

Where the hell is the first part of this?

>>17344129

I fucked up the tags in sutg for this update

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Monster%20Girls%20Quest

Here the whole thing, the take one of part 6 barely had progress, only seeting foot in the college and talking to the headmaster a bit

Could I trouble you for more bug-women?