>>32462213

You’re just putting your books away for next session when you see an unfamiliar face waltz up – one of the jocks of your class, swaggering in an exaggerated fashion up to your desk. You manage to calm your breathing and look up impassively as he idly sits on your table. You can almost feel Thomas fuming from over by the far wall.

“So! Turned into a girl, didja? Not really that surprising, but- have you seen the other girls in the changing room yet? I bet that’d be a good sight for you, wouldn’t it? Or are you into boys now?”

Getting fawned over is definitely something new, and the approach probably could have done with some fine-tuning, you decide.

“Well, hey, don’t look at me like that! I’m trying to break the ice again! Should we treat you like one of the guys, Michael, or one of the girls? I’m sure that everyone would want to know, and it’d help people stop crowding round you, I’d bet!”

Timothy. That’s what his name was. -His smile was actually rather reassuringly pure and benign, now you actually focused on him, rather than how you’d seen him before.

[ ] Still one of the guys – you can’t change what’s on the inside!
[ ] Well, the girls have already invited me in to their side of things, and how could I say no to that?
[ ] I’m still working things out about that, thanks.
[ ] Refuse to give an answer.
[ ] Write in

>>32462240
[X] Still one of the guys – you can’t change what’s on the inside!

>>32462240
[x] Flirt.

>>32462240
>swaggering in an exaggerated fashion
>Not really that surprising
So, arrogance and an implied insult while trying to hit on us. Why should we bother with this buffoon?

>>32462240
>[ ] Well, the girls have already invited me in to their side of things, and how could I say no to that?

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>>32462687
This please

>>32462308
>>32462329
Wri-

>>32462687
>>32462871
augh-
Writing!

>>32462915
>[ ] Well, the girls have already invited me in to their side of things, and how could I say no to that?

I'll break the tie then.

“Well, the girls have already invited me in to their side of things,” You speak cleanly, draw a hand up to your chest. “It’d be a shame to turn down that offer, wouldn’t it?”

His gaze drops, and you smirk ever so slightly as you lean back. Not quite sure what’s come over you, but teasing the guy for coming on so hard and crudely isn’t too terrible, is it?

“So… Were you after something in particular? Or just coming over to ogle me?” That got a rise out of him – he shifts back as well, face reddening. “I mean, what exactly are you staring at, Tim?”

“Not at all, I mean-“ Timothy coughs, and shakes his head. “Well, even with you being one of the girls, you’re still.. still Michael, right? Friends with Thomas and all that kinky stuff?”. You can almost feel the smile frosting over on your face.

“Oh, so that’s how you were thinking of me, was it?” Speaking distinctly, over the faint mutters in the background.

“No! I – argh. Look, even with that body-” his hands make a wide, round cupping movement that takes you a couple of moments to work out what he’s referring to, and your rear shifts uncomfortably on its seat. And here he lowers his voice as he leans in closer. “You’ve got access to the girl’s locker rooms now, because, you know. Girl body and everything. You wouldn’t mind taking a few pics, would you?”

Your jaw drops at the blatant request. It’s about then Roberta cuts in, dropping her bag on the other side of the desk.
“We’re going to be late for the next class, M-.. Michael! Let’s get moving!”

You wouldn’t have thought yourself be quite so happy as to see her. “Right! Well, I’d best move out the way for now!”

>>32462240
>[ ] Still one of the guys – you can’t change what’s on the inside!

>>32463159

“Not quite what I expected,” you mutter as you stride off. “Sort of a jerk worse than Thomas. What’s with people who’s names start with T?”

Roberta’s hurrying to catch up as she follows along. The corridors were somewhat noisy with the bustle of changing classrooms, but amongst the anonymity of the crowd you felt somewhat comfortable not being the centre of attention quite so much.

“Say, Michael, were you up to anything tonight? I was thinking that the girls and I might take a look around-“

“Sorry, I’ve been invited by Angelica to a boardgame night,” you reply carelessly, mind still thinking on the surprise request.”

“Aw. That’s a shame- wait, isn’t Angelica ill today?” You stop for a second, feeling the taller girl nearly bump into you.

“She should have cancelled, if that was the case… Well, still booked, unfortunately.”

Roberta nods her head, and pats you on the back. “Still! Got through the fires with Timothy! Good job not putting up with his nonsense. You’ll learn that boys have not too many things on their minds! All out for themselves!”

“Right,” you groan. Tonight couldn’t come fast enough.

[ ] Consider the enemy
[ ] Consider the game
[ ] Consider the school issues

>>32463175
>[ ] Consider the enemy
The rogue rapeseed planter should kinda be on the forefront of our mind right now.

>>32463175
>[ ] Consider the game

>>32463175
>[x] Consider the enemy
There's still someone capable of planting rape demons around.

>>32463175
>[X] Consider the enemy
That's still pretty important..

>>32463175
[X] Consider the game

>>32463175

>[X] Consider the game

Enjoy game night, we can worry about the attack afterwards. I mean, they probably won't try so soon again, so just relax and clear our head for a bit so we can get back to it with a fresh look on things.

>>32463203
>>32463397
>>32463407
Wr-
>>32463253
>>32463431
>>32463734
...Writing.

>>32463860
>consider the game
t-t-t-tiebreaker

[x] Consider the enemy
[x] Consider the game

The thoughts of worse demons being unleashed play on your mind through the day. Demons you stood a good chance at defeating as long as they weren’t too fearsome, but any sort of person powerful enough to be pulling the strings behind them would be a fearsome enemy indeed. And, for something like that, you weren’t powerful OR experienced enough to know how to defeat them.

Though, other methods could bring about such delightful results, I’m sure…

Or seduce them. Maybe. Possibly.

Countermeasures… You consider your options, your meagre number of magics available and the ability of fine speech… it would be a risk to rely on it to reason solely with an opponent, especially ones without sense, but it could do well in a pinch. And more than that, the one person who WAS reliable – to an extent –

Jean. The only other magical friend you had, the one that saved you from two of the three demons you’d encountered. Did this hidden enemy know about her? It was possible. But, she seemed to be able to teleport to you in fifteen minutes or so last time, so…if you could keep in contact with her, that might definitely help, especially if you got the drop on whoever this person was.

Hopefully, they’d not show themselves for a long time. With the last battle still vividly humiliating in your mind, you’d not want to go up against things like that if you could help it. As long as it didn’t threaten anyone you cared about, of course…

>>32464347

Speaking of getting the drop on someone – You text Angelica about whether the game’s still on or not – might as well check. It’s a while before you get a reply text that goes off in class, that you just about manage to prevent your phone being confiscated and reading the message –

/Ill, but game still on. Sending backup GM to walk you through start of campaign & meet other players. Pls be at Cassie’s house./

That… works? It was a bit odd, but Ivan, if he was the backup, would be a decent enough GM for the start. A high fantasy game around not-LoTR stuff, with your own elven gravity sorceresses and rival pyromaniac for Thomas in hijinks searching for “The Rod of Lordship”. Somehow, you felt a little pang of regret of Angelica not being there – she’d managed to make things so immersive, last time.

Still. At least it was some time off for the searches for demons and fearing for your friends and loved one’s lives. And next week, if all went well, would be just as fun.

Before school finished for the day and heading over to Cassie's house -
[ ] You checked up with the girls, see if mixing with them officially is going to cause any waves.
[ ] You made sure you’d caught up with all your classwork. You couldn’t afford to slack off with no time free at home.
[ ] Catching up with Thomas, you discussed a few ideas before heading back for the game!

>>32464369
>[x] You checked up with the girls, see if mixing with them officially is going to cause any waves.

>>32464369
>[ ] You checked up with the girls, see if mixing with them officially is going to cause any waves.

>>32464369
>[ ] You checked up with the girls, see if mixing with them officially is going to cause any waves.
>[ ] You made sure you’d caught up with all your classwork. You couldn’t afford to slack off with no time free at home.

>>32464369
>[X] You checked up with the girls, see if mixing with them officially is going to cause any waves.

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>>32464369

>[X] You made sure you’d caught up with all your classwork. You couldn’t afford to slack off with no time free at home.

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>>32464434
>>32464484
>>32464553
>>32464559
Writing!

>>32464649
[x] You checked up with the girls, see if mixing with them officially is going to cause any waves.

Making sure to double-check all your work was packed in your bag, you catch Roberta at a jog in the winding corridors once again. She’s quite disgruntled, it seems – her bag slung over her shoulder almost hits you as you step up to her side.

“Woah, what’s got into you? Something up?”

Roberta sniffs, and turns away to move out from the hall. “There was one of Angelica’s special party things on today, and I wasn’t invited this time, either. I thought it was cancelled because she was ill, but nooo, apparently everyone’s going. I don’t even know what they do at the things!” You boggle a bit at that - was Angelica quite so popular?

“She’s the senior with fingers in everyone’s pies! – Not like that! She’s popular with everyone, and she’s involved with half the clubs, and… well, it’s hard to describe. She’s the in person to be with. That’s the whole point about it!”

“Ah. So… that’s why?” Keeping up with her is a bit of a hassle, but you manage. “She said she wouldn’t be there herself, I’m sure she wouldn’t mind if you come along?”

“What’s the point of that, exactly? It’s nice of you to offer, but…” The girl shakes her head, brown hair shifting from side to side. “Ah, well. You’re already in the in-group with her, so you don’t need to worry. I’ll get to properly meet with her at some point. Go enjoy yourself, why don’t you?”

>>32466177

It’s with that in mind that you find Cassie’s house full of girls. Replete with maps and little booklets and sheets of stats that look distantly familiar, with little obscure figurines and clothes as they lounge about Thomas’ room. He looks rather overwhelmed, with a girl either side of him poring over his character sheet. As expected, you don't see Angelica around.

“You’re late! Michael, isn’t it? I’m Holly, I’m handling GMing for today!” Holly – a slightly pudgy girl with dark hair and tan beckons you over, as you unfurl your own sheet.
“We needed you for the startup… let’s see… She left you after the starting section… betrayed as you went after the Rod of Lordship. Ok! Drop your mini on board and let’s get started!”

The session begins swiftly, with Thomas and you trapped in the Magician’s lair, desperately trying to find your way out. With your supplies low and unwilling to draw her close with the use of magic, it was a dangerous game of hide and seek you played.

“How do you plan on getting out of this level in this state, Michael, Thomas?” Holly asks, handing you a set of dice. “Oh, roll for magic detection, too.”


[Roll 2d6 against magic, declare a shadow token use if you wish to double your score!]

[ ] We’ll sneak our way out. Two Sorceresses might not be the best at sneaking, but using magic would bring down the enemy on our heads.
[ ] Magic’ll hold sway best here. With both of us working together, we’ll be able to blast our way out before they can react.
[ ] Let’s see if we can’t talk our way out. With so many guards, one of them’s bound to be able to be persuaded that it’s worth us being let out without sounding the alarm.
[ ] Wouldn’t getting out be so much easier with a distraction? If we get Thomas to sacrifice himself we should be able to slip away that much more easily…
[ ] Write-in

Rolled 2, 6 = 8

>>32466196
>[ ] Magic’ll hold sway best here. With both of us working together, we’ll be able to blast our way out before they can react.

Rolled 5, 5 = 10

>>32466196

>[X] Magic’ll hold sway best here. With both of us working together, we’ll be able to blast our way out before they can react.

Mmmmmmagic!

>>32466196
>[x] Wouldn’t getting out be so much easier with a distraction? If we get Thomas to sacrifice himself we should be able to slip away that much more easily…

>>32466233
>>32466410
Writing!

>>32466712
[rolled 2, 12 = 14: 2 successes!]

[x] Magic’ll hold sway best here. With both of us working together, we’ll be able to blast our way out before they can react.

You give the nod to Thomas, who starts cackling wildly.
“We’ll blitz our way out! These puny walls can’t stop us!”

There is an air of unreality around you as you look around at the Magician’s harem, the girls surrounding you. You can sense the flow of Aether buildup prickling up your spine as you instinctively grasp at your own magic. They’re trying to seize you, to stop you from casting – grappling with your rival, your best friend, tackling you. You force them back with magic, gravity pulling them up, off the two of you. Holly is frantically turning pages in the campaign manual.

“I’ll burn them off me!” Thomas tosses the dice, watching them bouncing across the table, hopping up in the air in a spinning movement to land out of your sight.

“With each use of magic, the ominous feeling increases – as you drive back the Magician’s girls, you feel the presence looming – until-“

The Magician arrives, phasing through the window as if it were immaterial, as if she were the only thing that mattered. Her dark smile sends a friction of fear to the pit of your stomach, a horrific, delighted sensation of oppressiveness by her very nature.

“I heard a pair of little mice sneaking about,” the magician speaks – her voice so very familiar, a steel core of cold in a velvet softness. “I wonder, if such pests could be tamed?”

>>32467205

“A horrifying, yet seductive, mind-warping essence that’s taken a fierce stance against you! Fight, or flee?!”

“Fight! We’ll burn her down!” Thomas is already eager, quivering at the edge of his seat. Yet, there was something disturbing about the way Holly describes it, about the dark depth of panic that’s filling you as you stare at the Magician.

[ ] Fight her! You can’t leave a friend (or rival) to face a foe like this alone!
[ ] Flee! There’s no dignity in facing such a powerful foe, even in a game such as this!
[ ] Parley! You can try to talk her down, if you're able to put up a good enough suggestion!
[ ] Seduce! She looks like she'd be amenable to that sort of act!
[ ] Write-in

>>32467301
[ ] Seduce! She looks like she'd be amenable to that sort of act!

>>32467301

[ ] Parley! You can try to talk her down, if you're able to put up a good enough suggestion!

But if that fails, I guess there's always the tried and true PC method of;

[ ] Seduce! She looks like she'd be amenable to that sort of act!

>>32467301
>[X]Seduce! She looks like she'd be amenable to that sort of act!
Because why not, it's not real... right?

>>32467301
>[ ] Seduce! She looks like she'd be amenable to that sort of act!

>>32467301
>[x] Seduce! She looks like she'd be amenable to that sort of act!

>>32467301
>[ ] Parley! You can try to talk her down, if you're able to put up a good enough suggestion!
>[ ] Seduce! She looks like she'd be amenable to that sort of act!
We can offer ourselves to let thomas go free.

>>32467406
>>32467423
>>32467449
>>32467462
>>32467500
>>32467502
Writing!

>>32467530
[x] Seduce! She looks like she'd be amenable to that sort of act!

“Hold-!” you cry out, your breath catching in your throat as you raise your hand in the symbol of peace. The sword in your palm facing away from the Magician.

“But-“ Thomas looks back in surprise and curiosity, and that was all the time the Magician needed to take hold of your friend.

“Hold, you say? Well, I don’t mind if I do-! Such a lovely specimen, don’t you think?”

The dark magic courses into Thomas’ body as her hands wrap around, clutching possessively the gasping form against herself, using your comrade as a living shield. She nibbles along that exposed neck, nipping down with every look of enjoyment on her face. As breasts burgeon out from Thomas’ chest, as the waist shrinks and hips grow with creaking bone. A pleasured gasp from her mouth, as gloved fingertips trace their way down between those now silky legs. Another gasp – and a small shriek of delight as she moulds your friend into a female form.

Holly is flicking through the pages of her book wildly, trying to find the right section. You cry out as an ambient rush of magic pings across you, and you step towards the two girls. Still you pursue her, carefully sheathing your sword once more, letting the Magician’s harem drop from the ceiling slowly. They gather themselves around her like pets pawing at their mistress, and she smiles as you approach.

“She- she got me-“ Thomas’s voice is higher in pitch, now, clothes tight round her chest, snug trousers squeezing about her hips. Not as big as yours, an abstract note in your mind keeps track of.

>>32468545

“I’ve been after you for quite some time now,” the Magician murmurs (where have you heard her voice before?!), stretching out her hand to you. You take it without thinking, and in an instant, the fear in your gut warps into heat, into warmth. “And you’re just so very happily offering yourself up to me? Well, now, that’s hardly sporting, is it?”

You’re losing your way. You should be the one taking charge! Your shadow helps perk you up, sharpen your senses. You were seducing her to get a moment of freedom to escape, and being dragged into the Magician’s harem wasn’t going to let you go free at any time soon.

She’s toying with Thomas before your eyes, and you’re lost for a moment as you watch each little gasp and moan of Thomas’ cute mouth, as you water at the sight of her lick your friend’s neck.

“There is another I’d have in my collection – my closest, dearest collection like I would have the two of you… would you be able to procure it for me?” You raise her hand to your mouth, and she – she actually blushes for a moment. “How gentlemanly-! But, before you can give yourself to me, first, I would have this one’s sister. You can do that for me, can you not~? But go for too long, and I’ll have to come after you!”

[ ] Chance to escape – This is it! The bluff worked, and you’ll be able to get help. Thomas will survive on his- her own for a bit!
[ ] Take a new master – This quest was a bust, it has been for a long time. Would it truly be so bad as to join under this powerful Magician in her “innermost collection”?
[ ] Wait… wasn’t this supposed to be a wholesome game…? This wasn’t what you had asked for, not at all.
[ ] Write-in

>>32468572
>[ ] Write-in
Go off about how much easier it would be to lure the girl back here with her sister at your side- of course, she would have to undo her changes for the time being, she wouldn't want the poor thing getting suspicious.

>>32468572
>Surprise shank the magician
Sorry Thomas, your character will just have to be a girl forever.

>>32468572.
> [x] Wait… wasn’t this supposed to be a wholesome game…? This wasn’t what you had asked for, not at all.

Inb4 we're under a demons effect

>>32468701
This.

>>32468799
We 100% are. Thomas was already playing a sorceress, so that male to female transformation had to have been real life.

>>32468572

>[X] Take a new master – This quest was a bust, it has been for a long time. Would it truly be so bad as to join under this powerful Magician in her “innermost collection”?

What could possibly go wrong?

>>32468701
>>32468821
Shanking someone using a friend as a shield.
How do you breathe without assistance?

Changing vote >>32468715
to >>32468924

What could possibly go wrong?

>>32468572
>>32468821
>>32468914
>Somethings wrong here. Can we sense any real magic?

>>32468925
If we're close enough to kiss her hand we're close enough to attack from the side, around Thomas. You super retard.

>>32469014
The problems is we only have our sheathed sword (no convenient stabbing knives), so someone's going to notice if we pull it out to shank her...

>>32469170
no duh they'll notice us drawing a sword and stabbing their master

I'm gambling on the fact that we're faster than they are.

[Currently, 3 votes for shanking, two for taking a new master, one for bluff, one for checking for magic. Attacking option succeeds!]
[In future, please mark your votes clearly with "[x] Full voting Vote" or it will be discounted!]

[You have gained a shadow token for trying to seduce the Magician.]

[Please roll 4d6 for Fury attack! If you wish to use a shadow token for this roll, please state this in your rolling post!]

Rolled 6, 6 = 12

>>32469283
>At least one shadow token!
If we have more than 3 I say we use 2.

Rolled 6, 1, 2, 1 = 10

>>32469283
Yeah let's use a token

Rolled 3, 5, 3, 3 = 14

>>32469331
And of course I roll the wrong dice...

>>32469331
(I'll accept the first roll if someone rolls another 2d6 to total it up. Only one shadow token can be used per roll.)

Rolled 5, 3, 6, 6 = 20

>>32469283
Yea, use a token

Rolled 1, 4 = 5

>>32469376
Go another 2 sixes

Rolled 2, 5 = 7

>>32469376

Rolled 3, 6 = 9

>>32469376

>>32469419
>>32469452
>>32469517
Oh my god: 1,2,3 for the first roll 4,5,6, for the second roll...

>>32469540
It is a sign from the Dice Gods!

>>32469377
[5,3,12,12 x2 = 64: 7 successes!]
[You have gained 3 magical bursts so far. You have used 1 Shadow token!]

[ ] Strike down the Magician, before she has a chance of avoiding it.

In desperation of the scene before her, Holly speaks at a feverish pace to try to keep up with events, describing each act as it happens – until her voice rasps to a halt and events carry on without the commentary.

You tremble with each moment your hand lingers in hers, as the smile playing across the Magician’s lips widen into a smirk. Thomas is writhing in her grasp in slow, twitching movements, all but grinding herself on the hand keeping her up. You wish for a moment that it could be you in that place – no, not such unwanted hands ever again-

-and then you strike, yanking hard on those proffered fingers, pulling the Magician forwards even as you are snatching your blade from its fourth-dimensional sheathe.

A slicing draw, aiming for the front of her body and neck – a strike that had your blade been double-sided would have cut your own arm right the way from elbow to shoulder.

An unseen force bears Thomas to the floor with a high-pitched yelp, keeping him out the way as you saw the blade back and forth viciously. Blood splaying out in zero-G, little bubbles of blackness splaying out as you angle inwards.

Somehow, she had twisted in your grip, parrying the edge with her own shoulder. A move of desperation or brilliance, you could not tell – but all the same you follow up on the attack, twisting and dragging her centre of mass up with your half-drawn powers. The same eagerness that had lead you to try to seduce the Magician has drawn you to cut her down, to take her as best you can. As yours, or in pieces.

>>32470897

You yank upwards hard, the blade whipping upwards towards the ceiling.
Someone is screaming, and you’re not sure if it’s your voice or another of the harem. Something red and dark floats by as you stumble backwards – your sword no longer shines with its pure gleaming, anointed with a layer of blood not meant for it. You barely avoid tripping over Thomas’ female body, feeling your boots plant themselves firmly for another attack.

Yet-

Yet something was wrong, so very wrong. The magic – mind-fogging effects - clouding your judgement - fades, revealing the world as it is, as it had been, as it should be. The magic all about you, now, the room overflowing with it.

Cassie’s house had gone utterly quiet, the girls slumped around you as if puppets with their strings cut. Quiet enough that you could hear the drip of blood from the tip of yours sword,

There’s feral grin on the Magician’s face as she sees her own blood.
Between the two of you, a detached arm floats. Blood still spurting out from it, hovering in the air as though it was still alive and beating.

This was no game. You wondered when it had stopped becoming one.

>>32470917
The Magician- you knew her name – draws back. Her limb has been removed at the shoulder and she is smiling serenely at you. Slow pulses of blood from her shoulder that feed back into itself, a telekinetic field looping her blood back into herself.

You knew her. And she knows you, oh so well.

Angelica looks to you, and nods, as though you had done her a great service.

“You acted impulsively. And you did so with such violence. You- you even hurt me!”

The fact that she says such a thing with excitement, without even a twinge of horror or shock at the loss of an arm speaks for itself.

“I can’t even use half my abilities like this! Aren’t you amazing?” The Magician – no, Angelica, announces, even as you shift back for a second cut. “Ah, but you’ll have to do better than that if you’d wish to strike down a fully fledged Witch in one go. Do you think you could do that to the rest of me, my beloved Michael?

Around the both of you, the walls of the house flicker and warp, the existence of the building fluctuating.

“Do you want to try?”

You wonder – no, hope, in fact – that this was all a terrible dream.

No such luck.

Breaker Quest 12, end.

Thank you for following Breaker Quest, and apologies for the delay and somewhat poor quality at the end. I suspect I am up past what's a good time to be awake at.

This quest arc will be wrapping up ideally within the next couple of weeks, and there will likely be a hiatus for a time after that due to starting at a new job.

I hope you have enjoyed reading so far!

>>32471044
Thanks for running Fae!

>>32471044
witches OP
Thanks for running man

>>32471044
Thanks, for running