>>46018184
>Give her the antidote
>Give her a Mindbalm

Blue has walked out the door, leaving you alone with Elle. You can’t help but feel at least a little bad for what you and Hiss have done here. Even Elle finds it within herself to look troubled.
“That’s my fault isn’t it?” she asks. “I hurt her feelings somehow.”
She holds you tighter.

“Don’t you remember her at all?”

Elle looks lost.
“No? But I don’t remember a lot from the bad times. I was a different type of person back then, you know? A bad person.”

You sigh and gently push her away as you look around. Her room is completely bare save for a crumpled-up rug on the ground where you suspect she sleeps. She doesn’t have anything else and as far as you can tell, she just sits there and stares at the wall all day when neither you nor Hiss have need of her.
“You...really are. Do you ever miss who you used to be?”

“No. Why would I? I was a very bad person, I tried to hurt you. YOU! Every day I am thankful that the Queen had the mercy in her heart to remake me instead of killing me. I...I probably deserve to die.”

“It wasn’t mercy,” you mutter as you start searching through your pack. Hiss did it out of spite.

“You’ll tell her I said that, right?”

“Pardon?”

“Every day I am thankful. I am thankful and I am always praising her and thanking her for how she spared me. I’m doing my best so please tell her that.”

“I will. Now drink this.”
You hand her the antidote to the love potion and she drinks it without a second thought. She grimaces just a moment later.

“What is this? Not that I don’t trust you Cennen, I trust you more than anything! But...this potion feels bad.”

“How so?”

She steps away from you.
“I can’t explain it. But now I feel cold and ugly and empty and you know I love you right? I really do. I really do. But it doesn’t feel the same.”
1/2

>>46018206
She looks at you with new eyes, desperate to still see the alchemy-induced spark but unable to do so.

“You’ll understand soon enough.”
You pass her the Mindbalm.

Elle drinks it and sinks back down onto the floor, clutching the blanket to her chest.
“This isn’t good,” she mumbles. “Something’s wrong. There’s a problem with me.”

You pat her on the head and she doesn’t even seem to notice it. She’s practically staring right through you now.
“I’m very small,” she whispers.

“Pardon?”
She looks the same size as ever to you.

“Small and broken and I didn’t even know! Why did you have to show me?”
She curls up and hides underneath the blanket like a child.
“I’m sorry. Leave me alone please.”


>Leave

>Give her another potion (Specify)

>”You are but you don’t have to stay like that forever.”

>You can’t leave her here.

>Pet snake.

>Nobble.

>Other

>>46018232
>>”You are but you don’t have to stay like that forever.”
>Pet snake.
as in headpats

>>46018232
Hug the snake then leave

>>46018232
>”You are but you don’t have to stay like that forever.”
>Pet snake.
You will grow, there's a blue streaked snake that will help you.

>>46018232
>”You are but you don’t have to stay like that forever.”
>You can’t leave her here.
Hiss did say she was ours now. Let's heal her over time.

>>46018232
>”You are but you don’t have to stay like that forever.”
>You can’t leave her here.
Let's rebuild her soul as our alchemy assistant and friend

>>46018232
>”You are but you don’t have to stay like that forever.”
>"I'll help you grow back to what you used to be"
>Other
Take a soulsight and inspect the process her soul is undergoing

>”You are but you don’t have to stay like that forever.”
>Pet snake.

You pat her on the head again. She might as well be a sack of potatoes for all she responds but it makes you feel better anyway.
"I'm going to lie, you are all of those things. But you don't have to stay like that forever."

You do your best to embrace her for a moment before standing back up. Hiss probably won't be happy about this but she did tell you that Elle was yours now. So you can heal her if you want.

"We'll talk later, alright?"

She grunts softly in response and looks away. You leave the room and shut the door softly as you go.
And almost run right into Orange as you do so.

He dances back just a little to avoid you, still wearing the same clothes he did when his human form was female. Really, no man has any business looking that feminine.
"Visiting the prisoner, eh Cennen?"

"How much of that did you see?"

"All of it."
At least Orange sounds apologetic.
"I'm not sure if you should be treating her so kindly. She's like she is now for a reason you know. Her Majesty won't look too kindly on it."

"She's my prisoner," you grumble. "Surely I can do what I want with her. How is Hiss anyway? You're still her errand-boy?"

Orange sniffs in disapproval.
"I'm her Personal Assistant, she gave me a new rank and title and everything."

If you've learned anything from Hiss' brief stint as Queen so far it's that she absolutely loves handing out titles.
"Yeah, you're her regular right hand man alright."

"She doesn't keep me in her hand, more around her-...Never mind. Cennen, I can't help but feel that you're not taking my new title seriously."

"I'm more surprised you actually are taking it seriously. Don't you ever get tired of doing all her busywork?"

"Only a little. Sometimes. Maybe a lot of times."
Orange deflates a little.
"I'm tired nearly all of the time actually."
1/2

>>46018250
Head pats have already failed, weeb

>>46018742
>"I'm tired nearly all of the time actually."
SOMETHING TO SOLVE WITH ALCHEMY

>>46018838
Agreed. Hell we have our test subject for that stay awake brew.

>>46018838
We have so many better things to do with our time though

>>46018742
"But I don't let that get me down! I can't expect you to understand Cennen but none of the other snakes are nearly as good as I am at looking at pieces of human paper! I can count and I can order and I can write things down and it's all very fun. I'm having a lot of fun. It might not look like it but you wouldn't believe the uh, amount of personal satisfaction and fulfilment I get out of being the Queen's Personal Assistant. It is absolutely a non-zero amount."
Orange is starting to look a little frazzled.

"Okay, okay. What are you here for? Does Hiss want to see me?"

"Not exactly. She's sent me down to tell everyone that we have another headquarters now. She has a list of essential personnel that she wants to be moved and you...you..."
Orange rustles through the stack of papers that have become omnipresent around him before nearly dropping them all.
"You are one of them. She wants you to pack up and move."


>"Sure." Better get packing.

>"Nah, I like this place."

>Offer Orange some refreshment.

>"You're not going to tell Hiss about what I was doing with Elle, are you?"

>"Orange, do you agree with all that Hiss has been doing?"

>Other

>>46018903
>Offer Orange some refreshment.
>"Sure." Better get packing.

>>46018903
>"Sure." Better get packing.
>Offer Orange some refreshment.
Restoration brew would work right?

>>46018903
>"Sure." Better get packing.
>Offer Orange some refreshment.

After refreshments are quaffed:
>"Orange, do you agree with all that Hiss has been doing?"

>>46018903
>Offer Orange some refreshment.
I have something that might put some pep back in your step. Hiss hates the taste, but it helps.
>I'll get around to it, Once I have my projects done.

>>46018903
Ask if Aash, and Zigzag are allowed to come. If not, bring them anyway.

>>46018903
>Offer Orange some refreshment.
>"Sure." Better get packing.
And this >>46018988
Bring Elle as well

>>46018988
Yeah let's bring Aash, Zigzag, Elle, and our homunculi.

>"Sure." Better get packing.
>Offer Orange some refreshment.

"Sounds reasonable enough. I think I'd be insulted if I wasn't on that list actually. Now here, let me fix something up for you."
You set your pack down and settle into an alchemist's squat as you start to mix up a basic Restoration brew.

"Of course you're on the list Cennen, the Queen thinks very highly of you. You're her favourite human and an extremely useful asset. A-and her lover."
Orange does his best to look distasteful at that last part.

"Oh don't tell me you're still hung up on that."

"I'm not, I'm starting to understand the attraction to humans a little. After all, he Queen's human form is very attractive and soft. Uh. I mean, it's just a little weird to say."

You fix Orange with your stare as you hand him the restoration brew.
"And how would you know just how soft Hiss is, huh?"

Orange is beginning to panic on the inside.
"Well she fee-, I mean she looks...not scaled? Yes. She is not scaly in her human form. That's what I meant. And even if I understand her tastes I don't share them. No offence Cennen but the idea of intercourse with a human is very strange to say the least!"

That's not really what you asked at all but Orange is much too busy jamming both feet into their mouth.

>"Right." Just go get your stuff and leave.

>"Really? If I recall correctly you were the one practically begging for it back when we first met."

>Push the issue regarding him and Hiss.

>Offer him another potion (Specify)

>Other

>>46019309
>>"Really? If I recall correctly you were the one practically begging for it back when we first met."
>Just keep in mind that I stood with Hiss when she deposed the King, and all that entails.

>>46019309
>Push the issue regarding him and Hiss.
Don't even think about it. Find your own girl.

>>46019309
>"Really? If I recall correctly you were the one practically begging for it back when we first met."

>alchemist's squat
Is cennen a slav?

>>46019309
I'm glad you're starting to understand but I don't enjoy sharing like snakes. Fair warning.

>>46019309
>"Really? If I recall correctly you were the one practically begging for it back when we first met."
>Push the issue regarding him and Hiss.
Got someone you like? Stop using Hiss as a example

>>46019309
>>46019485
Supporting fitting this in. My snake. Mine.

Nthe for Orange a cuter than Hiss

>"Really? If I recall correctly you were the one practically begging for it back when we first met."

"It's strange, is it? Big words for someone who was practically begging for it back when we first met."

Orange crosses their arms and glares at you.
"That was different. I was desperate and I was trying to make you use up your wishes after you wishbound me for virtually NO reason I might add."

"Yeah but think, if I had just left you alone you would never have arisen to the glorious heights of Her Majesty's Pet Assistant."

"Personal Assistant."

"Same thing right?"

Orangle grumbles almost inaudibly.
"It's an important job."

"I never said it wasn't. And one more thing, don't push your luck with Hiss. I don't know what you've got going on there but it isn't going to work out."

"I don't choose where she puts me!"
Orange blushes bright red and stomps away before you can reply or ask just what the hell he's talking about.

That leaves you with the task of rounding up all of your equipment and your companions for the big move. Neither Zigzag nor Aashenpreet are on the list but you want them to come anyway. And naturally you have to bring Eva and Hom. And you can't leave Elle behind either, not after that.

You have no trouble locating the first three, Eva having apparently activated the water of the shared bath out of curiosity. You find Zigzag and Aash sprawled out over the bar giggling their heads off from a massive dose of Snake Oil while Eva just stares at them in confusion.
Once again you do your best not to look at Aashenpreet while Eva helps her get dressed and you help Zigzag with the same.

Hom loads himself up on the cart without any complaints but that's only to be expected isn't it? How the hell is he going to complain about anything? At least he's stopped deforming back to his original shape most of the time.

It's harder to get Elle out of her room but you eventually coax her back into her natural form and let her slide into your pack.
1/2

The journey to your new headquarters goes by uneventfully and what headquarters they are! It's a mansion, one fully stocked with human staff at that and with guards supplemented by Hiss' own walking dead.
The staff and the servants all appear very deferential and you get the sneaking suspicion that some snakes have already had a very long talk with all of them.

And once you settle down and night begins to fall, you have free reign of the place.

>It's time to brew.

>You should teach your homunculi.

>Find Hiss.

>Work on Caster stuff.

>You need to start work on a third homunculus.

>Just explore the place first.

>Work on trying to heal Elle.

>Other

>>46019976
>>Just explore the place first.
Bring anyone in shape to explore with us.

>>46019976
>Work on Caster stuff.
Let the homunculi learn by watching and our explanation

>>46019976
>It's time to brew.

>>46019976
>You should teach your homunculi.
Let's teach them the basics, give them some ingredients, and then let them brew while we brew our own stuff. Check on them every once in a while though.

>>46019976
>>Work on trying to heal Elle.
Should check how her soul is growing

>>46019976
>You should teach your homunculi.
Hom needs some specialized anti spirit CQC training.

>>46019976
>You should teach your homunculi.

We are a good dad.

>>46020203
Sounds like a job for both cennen and oster.

>You should teach your homunculi.

Hom has been corporeal for a few days now and it feels like you really haven't taught him much about brewing. That's got to change. You gather up him and Eva II in your room as you unpack your laboratory.
"So...how have you two been?"

"aaaaaaa."

"Fine."
Eva stares at Hom's human form for a little bit.
"We've been getting along just fine."

"Good. Now, Hiss is likely going to make some pretty absurd demands of us soon so we should really work on your brewing skills. Who's up for some lessons?"

Both Eva and Hom seem eager so you don't waste any time.

>Teach them some new potions (Specify which ones)

>Teach them all you know.

>Instruct them in swordfighting and other means of combat.

>Other

>>46020275
Were is Oster come to think of it? Feels like we haven't seen him in a while. Wonder if he needs another mind balm? And we should definitely give him a Champion Elixir or two.

>>46020369
>Teach them all you know.

Lets start with the basics of, well life I guess.

>>46020369
Heal-all
Soulsight
Antimagic
Weakening cloud
Shapeshifting brew
Spiritbane
Champions elixir
Souldrift

>>46020369
Teach them about spirits and how to fight them. Find oster for actual physical training

>>46020532
This

Kinda slow tonight.

>>46020369
>>46020532
sure

>>46020532
Shit, forgot potence and regen. Those too.

>>46020575
Choosing brews takes a while.

Won't Hom's brews be all screwed up by the brews in his soul and body?

>>46020685
We might learn something from that

>>46020532
Fuck I wanted bloodkin too. Oh well.

>Teach them potions.

You spend the rest of the night instructing them on how to brew certain potions. You choose the most immediately useful brews to teach, specifically Heal-all, Soulsight, Antimagic, Weakening Cloud, Shapeshifting Brew, Spiritbane, Champion Elixir, Souldrift, Potence and Regen.
Now that's a hefty selection! Eva and Hom should be able to take on damn near anything with those capabilities.

What's curious is that the homunculi don't seem to distinguish between Journeyman and Master level brews, they create them with the exact same amount of effort. You suppose that makes sense.

They're quick learners as well but not THAT quick so by the time you've finished teaching and demonstrating it's been hours and you're starting to feel very tired. You could fix that with a Restoration brew but it's getting late and you need to sleep some time after all.

You inspect their potions one last time. Eva's are of a significantly higher quality than Hom's. The poor mute just doesn't seem to match up to her in that area. But he's serviceable nonetheless.

"That's enough of that, you two go get some sleep or whatever. We can revisit this tomorrow."

"Of course."
"aaaaa"

Be silent, wretch. I will never allow you to be alone with him again.

You cock your head.
"Is something wrong Eva?"

"No, it's just easier to talk to him like that. Sorry."
The two homunculi take their leave.

Time for you to get some sleep as well. But where?

>Just sleep here, it's your room after all.

>Find Hiss.

>Who needs sleep? Pump yourself full of stimulants and keep working on!

>Other

>>46020827
>Find Hiss.
I kinda wanna find out the game plan for the near future

>>46020827
>>Find Elle

>>46020827
>Find Hiss.

>>46020827
>Find Hiss.

>>46020827
>Find Hiss.

I wish I knew why Eva hates Hom so much.

>>46020955
We should copy knowledge of their language with the speech elixir and eavesdrop sometime. Maybe we could go to the art heart and chat with some spiders too.

>>46020986
We've got lots of avenues of research for soul/spirit/spider stuff.
>Have Hom and Eva watch with bloodkin as we use a dethaw brew
>Use dream oil to inspect our dethawed soul
>Have Hom kill a spirit so it becomes a spider with a bane
>Talk with Naja more
>Talk to spiders
>Attempt to modify soul birth to make normal non-spider souls or spirits

>>46020955
Aye. I get that he is a souless abomination but damn girl, he really hasn't done anything that we know aboutto warrant such hate. But I'm happy Eva is a good girl and wants to keep her dad safe.

>Find Hiss.

It's not particularly difficult to find Hiss. You just corner a cowering servant and ask them where the master bedroom is.
You open the doors and stride in to find Hiss lounging on the gigantic double-bed as if she owned the place. Which you guess she does.

She's reading through a sheath of papers but she sets them down when she sees you. She puts her hand to her mouth in mock astonishment.
"You know what, I was just about to send Orange to get you Cennen. You read my mind."

You don't see Orange anywhere.

"Oh? And what would you have had in mind?"

Hiss rolls her eyes.
"Let's not be coy about this, you know exactly what I want."
She beckons you over to the bed.
"Unless you have something else in mind?"

"Uh yeah actually, I was wondering about your plans for the near future. What's the next step from here?"

Hiss laughs.
"Don't worry your pretty little head about that."

>"Try me."

>Pet snake.

>Tell her about Elle.

>Nobble.

>Use Potion (Specify)

>Other

>>46021086
Hopefully we can do some of that in the morning. I also want to make another homunculus because I think I've perfected the soulshape process

>>46021158
>"Try me."
>Pet snake.
Try not to think about using a similar tactic with Naja

>>46021158
>"Try me."
>Pet Nobble
Leave elle till tomorrow

>>46021158
>"Try me."
>Pet snake.

>>46021158
>"Try me."
>Pet snake.


Works on Naja, works on her too. We cheat.

>>46021158
>"Try me."

>>46021158
>>"Try me."

>>46021202
>>46021263
>inb4 whatever hiss tells us is equally unsettling

>"Try me."
>Pet snake.

You sit down beside her on the bed.
"Why don't you try me?"

Hiss sighs.
"Haven't I already explained the whole plan to you? You don't really need to know much more. You should really just leave it to me because, to be quite perfectly honest, I'm bette-"

She shuts up when you shove a hand up her tunic and get to work. Hiss is hopelessly sensitive.
"What was that? Better at what?"

"Better a..."
She stops again as your other hand gets into her pants.

"Pardon?"
You can feel her already starting to buck beneath you.

"Better at thinking," Hiss eventually pants.

"Really? You don't look very good at thinking right now."

"Screw you."
She really wants to.

"So what's the plan?"

Hiss moans incoherently and is unable to provide an immediate answer.

"Yeah, I guess you're not actually that much smarter than I am."

"...Idiot. I am your Queen!"
And yet she isn't exactly pushing you away like she easily could.

"Take your tunic off already."

You're feeling a little bit unsteady, unused to playing a dominant role with her like this but she wastes no time in doing exactly as you ask.

"Hold on Cennen, I think you're misunderstanding just who is supposed to be in charrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...stop that!"

"Sure."
You stop, leaving her trembling on the bed beside you.

It takes maybe five seconds before she cracks.
"I uh, I didn't mean STOP."

"Maybe when you tell me about your short-term plans."

It takes about five minutes for Hiss to drop the details on you, extended as she seems to regularly forget the exact details or gets them wrong. It's nothing that you didn't already expect. She's funnelling money into solving the public unrest that she caused and is already the ruler of Melire in all but name.
Ruler of all Melire save this bedroom apparently.

"There's nothing else," Hiss says. "Now get back to work."
She's starting to regain her confidence.

>Do as she says.

>It's about time you do this on your terms.

>Nobble.

>Use Potion (Specify)

>>46021756
>It's about time you do this on your terms.
We took charge with a potence once and she didn't like it. Drink a potence but make extra sure she enjoys it this time.

>>46021756
>>It's about time you do this on your terms.
>Do as she says.

>>46021756
>It's about time you do this on your terms.

>>46021816
Actually she DID which scared her. Which is why she said she didn't.

>>46021756
>It's about time you do this on your terms.
>>46021816
>implying she didn't like it
She just didn't like that she liked it since she's a control freak

>>46021756
>It's about time you do this on your terms.
We need to go lewder.

>>46021756
>It's about time you do this on your terms.
Dom Cennen awakens

>It's about time you do this on your terms.

"Just a moment."
You walk back over to your pack and start to unpack your cauldron. You don't have any Potences left so you're going to have to brew another one.

"Excuse me? What do you think you're doing?"

"Sssh."
Amazingly Hiss actually stops talking, mostly out of pure surprise. That gives you enough time to complete and down the brew.

By the time you've finished drinking it Hiss' anger and frustrations have been well and truly roused. She gets up and strides over to you, any haughty impression ruined by the fact that she's still topless.
"Didn't you hear me? I said get back here an-"

You put your hand over her mouth. She makes a yelp that is as astonished as it is muffled before she raises her hand to strike you.
You easily catch it by the wrist. She presses harder and harder but you don't budge. With your already-enhanced strength combined with the Potence you feel like you could probably give Aashenpreet a run for her money. And Hiss feels incredibly weak. You push her arm back to her side with minimum effort.
There are no other snakes around either so she can't use Royal Blood to gain a boost, it's just you and her.

"As you wish, your highness."

After a few seconds she gives up on trying to struggle and surrenders herself entirely to you. After all, isn't this what she wanted? Granted, she wanted to be in control while you did it but in the heat of the moment those concerns tend to melt away and before long she's outright begging you for more and doing exactly as you tell her.

A few times during the act you can feel her scales flare up beneath your grasp but you don't feel bad. She's not hurt. Hiss is completely immune to harm so there's no need to hold anything back.

Some time later the two of you are lying back on the broken double-bed, both of you completely exhausted. Hiss is having a hard time looking at you.
"What's wrong Hiss?"

"I thought we talked about this last time."

1/2

>>46022181
"Oh come on, it's nothing compared to what you do to me."

"That's different."

"But you liked it, didn't you?"
You supplement this question with a little tactile aid.

"Hey hey hey...yes! Yes, I liked it! It's awful and horrible and I liked it."

"It's not a bad thing to surrender control once in a while Hiss. I do it virtually all the time when we're together."

"But that's you. It's different for me because I'm the Queen. I have to be in control at all times."

"So all the better to be able to drop that burden every now and then right? To stop being the responsible one and let someone else make the decisions."

Hiss groans.
"It was...fun. But don't you dare expect this to be a regular occurrence."

"We'll see."

Hiss grumbles before turning on her side, clearly intent on getting some sleep. You do the same.

"Uh, Cennen?"
Hiss' voice is very quiet. Ashamed, even.

"Yes?"

"Do you remember when we were wishbound together?"

"How could I not?"

"You were a perfect gentleman and servant the entire time, you always used your wishes politely and with consent no matter how much I provoked you."

"Mmm. And?"

"Back then every now and then I almost wanted you to use them for something different."

Silence.

"Not that I want you to or anything."

Silence.

"But it might have been exciting."

Silence.

"Goodnight Cennen."
Hiss falls asleep.

>Go to sleep as well, you're super-tired.

>Nobble.

>Get back up and go to your own room.

>Other

>>46022388
>>Nobble.
>>46021210
>Pet Nobble

>>46022388
>Nobble.
k-kawaii

>>46022388
>nobble

>>46022388
>Go to sleep as well, you're super-tired.
Sort of a bad idea when she's queen.

>>46022388
>>Go to sleep as well, you're super-tired.
>Be the Big spoon (unintentional nobbling)

>>46022388
>>46022481
This, it's gentle and might not even work, so it's half-intentional

>>46022181
>broken double bed
damn Cennen

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>>46022520
To be fair Hiss could do the same if she wanted to but she normally has to worry about not breaking Cennen in half. But with the Potence up Cennen is even stronger and Hiss is invulnerable so there's not much reason not to.

We should make a serpentbane that only breaks wishbonds. Then let hiss keep them and keep her wishbound. That way nobody else can ever wishbond her but she can break it at any time if necessary.

>>46022481
Seconding

>>46022570
Or we could just break it by drinking a serpentbane personally if we're in mortal danger

>>46022570
Sounds like a good way for her to justify her borderline wishbond fetish to herself

>>46022551
Temptation to get a pet snake rising

>Sleep
>Nobble

The bed isn't particularly comfortable now that it's at a distinct tilt so you let yourself roll down towards Hiss, wrapping your arms around her. She sighs happily in her sleep and bites at the air.

.......

"Cennen..."

"Wake up Cennen."

"Wake up."

"Wake up!"

You open your eyes blearily to find sunlight peeking in through the window. Hiss is still in your arms, whether she likes it or not. She wriggles and writhes against you in a way that is most pleasing but for some reason is incapable of breaking free or getting up.

Oh right, you didn't sleep very long before dawn so the Potence might still be active. Even when you're sleeping she's not strong enough to break out of your grip. You let go of her.
"Sorry."

"You will be," she mutters darkly as she gets up.

"Why didn't you just bite me or something?"

Hiss looks a little bashful.
"Uh...you know that's discouraged."

It takes you a few seconds but you get it eventually.
"Oh, oh shit! I accidentally captured you. Sorry."

Hiss stands up, her form framed against the window's light in a way that quickly causes you to stand too, at least in spirit.
"Now hurry up and break the wish-bond already. Where's my Serpentbane?"

>Offer her a Serpentbane.

>Offer her a different potion but say it's a Serpentbane (Specify)

>Hide her Serpentbane.

>Make a wish (Specify)

>Go back to sleep.

>Other

>>46022852
>Make a wish (Specify)
censored lewd wish

>>46022852
>>Make a wish (Specify)
_________

>>46022852
>Make a wish (Specify)
lewd
Then
>Offer her a Serpentbane.
and
>Sorry who'd have thought cuddling was that dangerous?
Also did our potence duration extend?

>>46022933
Lasts for a day, I think

>>46022852
>Make a wish (Specify)
Deactivate venom for nauseatingly passionate and intimate kissing and lovemaking

>>46022970
SO yeah an extension since it used to only last an hour-ish.

Calling it for a nondescript lewd wish apparently. Dang it you lazy assholes, you're making me do all the legwork.

Well screw you, you have to choose:

>Just wish for her to come back to bed.

>Ask her to make some alterations to her human form or the clothing thereof.

>Wish for her to be auto-submissive whenever you engage.

>You've gone down on her plenty of times but she's never returned the favour.

>Deactivate her Art.

>Wish that she'd instantly forget about being in a wish-bond or about any other wishes you make.

>Wish for her to get somebody else in on this (Specify)

>Other thing (Specify)

>>46023194
>You've gone down on her plenty of times but she's never returned the favour.
>Also no venom
I only censored my lewd wish because I thought you would keep it vague anyway

>>46023194
>You've gone down on her plenty of times but she's never returned the favour.
I don't think anyone else would be willing to join desu fampai

>>46023234
> I thought you would keep it vague anyway
Oh I will but nondescript wishes trigger me in ways I had previously thought impossible.

>>46023234
How about no venom whenever we kiss or do anything lewd but she can still use it when necessary

>>46023194
>You've gone down on her plenty of times but she's never returned the favour.
> no venom whenever we kiss or do anything lewd but she can still use it when necessary
69 then into regular (Cennen dominant) lewds?

>>46023194
>You've gone down on her plenty of times but she's never returned the favour.

>>46023258
I know of someone who might, but she's in a land far far away

>>46023288
This. But make it sex in the missionary position with handholding, kissing, and extended eye contact. Hiss always seems more lustful than loving during sex. Fuck I feel weird voting for stuff like this.

>>46023343
me too.
during the next unintentional extended hiatus we should pressure ouro to write smut in recompense though

>>46023194
>Ask her to make some alterations to her human form or the clothing thereof.
Get her to change her clothes to the lewdest lacy sorta thing she can remember form the catalog.
And make herself slightly smaller.
>Soft loving sex
>You've gone down on her plenty of times but she's never returned the favour.

>>46023425
No

>>46023425
SssssssssSSSSSSSSSSsSSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssssssssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssssssssssssssssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssssss

>Wish

You interrupt Hiss' searching with your first wish. She stares at you in utter shock. What, did she not expect you to be THAT bold?

She blushes furiously and glares wordlessly at you as she kneels before you.
You've never done this with Hiss before though she's certainly been eager for the other way around. Yet all the same at least one of her human souls was a master because she's very good at it.
To be honest, this all feels really weird to you. Sexy but weird. You're not used to being in control of Hiss of all people, much less...this.

She doesn't do it by half-measures either, you get the feeling that she'd stay on until you were completely finished if you hadn't interrupted her by making your second wish.

What follows is more mutual but, as a distinct difference from nearly anything you've done with Hiss before, is soft and slow and loving. You hold hands a lot and your third and final wish is to disable her venom for the time being so that you can kiss.
And that might not sound like much but it's an extreme novelty when your girlfriend is venomous.

But all good things come to an end and eventually the two of you are parted. Hiss is aglow but also looks faintly disconcerted at the whole thing.

"So, how about that huh?"

She sighs.
"I regret saying that dumb thing about the wish-bonds. But it could have been worse. Just don't think I won't make you pay later."

"I'll expect it."

Hiss quickly whips in and out of transformation, returning herself to a completely fresh and clean clothed state.
"Now if you don't mind, I have an army to run. And you have...potions to make or whatever."
She pats you on the head as she goes to leave.

"So what you're telling me is that it was good?"

"Yes."
She shuts the door behind her.

Nice.

It's a fresh new day and you're tired already. You should probably have a bath. But once you're done with that, what next?
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>>46023629

>Brews!

>Making a new homunculi.

>Spending time with Eva and Hom.

>Spending time with friends (Specify)

>Helping Elle.

>Other (Specify)

>>46023644
>Brews!

>>46023644
>>Spending time with friends (Specify)
Aash, asking what she wants her in homoncu baby.

>>46023644
>Brews!
We've hardly made any non-homunculus brews lately

>>46023644
>Brews!

>>46023425
>asking me to finish a pastebin of any sort.
hahahaahhahahahahahAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAH

But no seriously, this is as lewd as I'll ever get it and it's only just this once. We are at the very edge of the Lewd Threshold here and we're not stepping across it.

>>46023644
>Helping Elle.

>>46023720
>Religions of the World: Unfinished
>Snakecatcher Summary: Unfinished
>since May 31st, 2015
don't really care about the summary though desu

>>46023699
Let's make some more physical empowerment brews and use them for our next homunculus right after. Fuck, caster brews are tempting too though.

>>46023644
>Making a new homunculi.

>>46023798
What other sorts of homunculi should we make? Eva is the pure homunculus and best alchemist
Hom is soul/spirit/spider specialist and spirit slayer
I think a physically strong and more general combat-oriented homunculus would be a good idea. What else though? Anyone else have an idea?

Calling for brews.

>>46023771
Summary is basically a lost cause at this point. Religion is slow because I cannot control myself when it comes to worldbuilding stuff that is mostly irrelevant. Like did you know that the Sisters for prayer and devotion/Brothers for finance and security split in the Grey Sisters stems from being an artifact of the old Avalonian worldly/mystical gender split that Analon still adheres to even though Teleran doesn't particularly subscribe to it anymore?
You see? Useless.


You know as much as you need to about religion from what's been mentioned in-Quest anyway,

>>46023860
A stealthy one? If we make an art copying brew instead of an art stealing brew we can let aash help us make an invisible homunculus.

Sorry for the delay on this one, was eating.
>Brews!

You set your lab up in the master bedroom and get yourself ready to spend a few hours experimenting. You top yourself up with a Restoration brew firstly to sate your hunger and then you get to work.

>More brews from Moldrun

>Experiment with reagents.

>Brews focussing on physical empowerment.

>Brews focussing on shapeshifting or changing things.

>Spiritual brews.

>Mix some brews together (Specify)

>Other

>>46024058
>Spiritual brews.

>>46024058
>Brews focussing on physical empowerment.
Merging Champion, regen and potence?

>>46024058
>Brews focussing on physical empowerment.

>>46024058
>Mix some brews together (Specify)
Communion brew+ thoughtbrew so we can make the homunculus soul into any form we want by making it hallucinate that it truly is our desired form

>>46024058
Caster brews

>>46024091
I don't think that would do anything special except make us have to drink one brew instead of three

>>46024058
>Mix some brews together (Specify)
Regen+heal all, have Eva help brew to empower it further. I'm pretty sure team brewing is a thing.

>>46024058
>Mix some brews together (Specify)
Something for physical empowerment AND spiritual empowerment!

>>46024228
So snake blood + champion brew and potence?

>>46024058
>Spiritual brews
What would happen if someone with an unharmed soul drank a mindbalm.
Also, we could try modifying the thoughtbrew to produce temporal alterations to the soul

>tfw nobody likes my brew that vastly improves homunculus production

>>46024269
Go away, Moldrun.

>>46024280
My idea literally prevents us from making abominations like Hom or Tatterdamlion or whatever again. That's the whole point of it.

>>46024309
I like your idea anon, but right now i want us to investigate soul roids and not!meth

Interlude 23

Gepe shied away as the men in the center of the square roared at each other and shook their fists. Some of them had weapons but none were yet willing to use them. It had been the pub closing down that had done it, Gepe reckoned.
This district had already gone to shit but it wasn’t as bad as the worst of them. But then the local pub, center of fraternity and a hard night’s relaxation for Teln culture everywhere, had closed down due to the increase in prices caused by the unrest and now men were spilling into the streets and pooling about with nowhere to go.

“So what? Those cunts up north want to do nothing while we get all of the trouble AND now they won’t let us even have a fucking drop?”

“I can’t live like this!”

“They still got a pub down by Southersby I reckon. Saw it yesterday.”

“FUCK SOUTHERSBY.”

“Buncha cunts, why don’t we go over there if they want to have a go?”

The rest of the crowd was leaning in and watching closely, many of them already getting incited but Gepe did his best to keep a distance. He knew a forming riot when he saw one and this one was about to burst. There was going to be broken glass and bones by the end of this.

But then the men were parted and the crowd was stilled by a sound most peculiar. It didn’t grip Gepe right so he kept his head and watched as everyone else began to calm. What the fuck?

A man strode into the square, flanked by three of those strange shambling folk that had started to become a common fixture of Melire. They, and the weird lizard-circle crest stamped across the man’s tabard marked him as one of...hers. The witch.
There was something queer about the man too or at least there was to Gepe’s eye. He didn’t move right. Not like the shamblers but kind of the opposite. His steps were too smooth and too precise. He was too clean for someone walking through these streets. Even the nobles got dirty down here.

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>>46024397
“Desist.”
The crowd was already beginning to back away, cowed by that strange rattling noise that seemed to echo around the square everywhere and anywhere. The man nodded.
“Fear not. Her Majesty has heard your cries and you shall not go without relief.”

He snapped his fingers and in from behind him came at least a dozen more of the shambling men and women. They were pulling a cart. A cart stacked high with beer, many of them with stickers saying ‘Property of Lord Branth’ that had only been half torn-off.

Damn, Gepe thought. This witch bint might be a woman but she really gets us.

Rolled 6 (1d6)

Anyway, rolling the tie-breaker between spiritual and physical. Evens the former odds the latter.

>>46024412
God damn I'm enjoying Fantasy Australia

>Spiritual

Why not focus where you are strongest?

>Modify Thoughtbrew to induce temporary alterations to a soul.

>Modify a pre-existing soul brew to affect spirits or spiders (Specify)

>A brew that can induce a similar effect to a Spiritbane upon the drinker for a day.

>A brew that forms a soul-link between the two drinkers that temporarily swaps their souls for an hour.

>A soul substitute that can be fed to snakes.

>>46024520
>>A soul substitute that can be fed to snakes.

>>46024520
>>A soul substitute that can be fed to snakes.

>>46024520
>>A soul substitute that can be fed to snakes.
I thought our homunculus soul could do that, albeit being tasteless.

>Modify a pre-existing soul brew to affect spirits or spiders (Specify)
Something to manipulate them, if possible. If not, just something to not make them want to kill us all of the time so.

>>46024587
>I thought our homunculus soul could do that, albeit being tasteless.

They can but those are way too time-consuming to make for that purpose. Besides Cennen had problems with Zigzag eating the original Eva.

>>46024520
>Modify a pre-existing soul brew to affect spirits or spiders (Specify)
Soulbirth to make a spirit? Maybe use the Journey brew? We'd need something to make it energy neutral though... maybe mix one of hiss' saved souls with the homunculus spider soul?

>>46024520
>Modify Thoughtbrew to induce temporary alterations to a soul.
With this we could make our homunculi into whatever we want

>>46024520
>Modify Thoughtbrew to induce temporary alterations to a soul.

>>46024520
>Modify Thoughtbrew to induce temporary alterations to a soul

>Modify thoughtbrew
>Soul Substitute

Hours pass and the day winds on as you toil over your cauldron. Your first subject is one that has weighed on your mind for...well, ever since you first met Zigzag.

You can't make a REAL fake soul, not just yet but you might be able to make something that gives off the same feeling when it's being eaten. In the end you wind up with a bottle of Soul Substitute, brewed mostly out of snake blood and a few drops of your own to simulate humanity.
You look around for Zigzag to test it but you can't find her in the mansion. You can't find Aashenpreet either. Weird.

You consider investigating that but in the end the siren's call of the cauldron works its magic on you and you wander back and spend a few more hours working until you finish up your Advanced Thoughtbrew.
It works in the same way a Thoughtbrew does but allows the modifications to go soul-deep. This lets you, among other things, implant temporary memory by suggestion!
Too bad you can't test it on yourself.

>Find somebody to test it on.

>Keep brewing!

>Time to work on your third homunculi.

>What are Hom and Eva up to?

>Where's Hiss?

>Other

>>46024893
>Keep brewing!

>>46024893
>What are Hom and Eva up to?

>>46024893
>Find somebody to test it on.
Ziggy and/or Aash. Or Orange in a pinch.

>>46024893
>Keep brewing!
Guys we've neglected the caster so much

>>46024893
>What are Hom and Eva up to?
inb4 they're abusing the brews we taught them

>>46024893
Wait could we not find anyone in the mansion?

>>46024968
It's way too powerful, though. Loaded with a danger flask it can shoot trough anything and kill everything

>>46025003
Alchemy fight?

>>46024968
True.

>>46025031
No, just Zigzag and Aash.

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>>46025045
>too powerful

>>46024893
>Find somebody to test it on
Remind them of that time we saved their entire family from a fire

>>46025045
I just feel like we're wasting its potential and I have a feeling some intense combat is coming soon

>>46025045
>danger flask
we are not putting the venomous soul nuke in the caster

>>46024893
>Time to work on your third homunculi.
>Find somebody to test it on.
Can we even modify homunculus souls?

>>46025067
How would you make it even more OP?
>>46025091
We could train with it/teach oster how to use it

>>46024893
> What are Hom and Eva up to?

The most dangerous time for children is not when they're loud, but when they are quiet.

It occurs to me, Eva might hat Hom simply out of sibling rivalry.

But I feel we should get them involved in making the next homonculi so we don't do anything . . . Disturbing to it.

>>46025140
Thats the hissbrew

Calling it for finding somebody to test it on and then checking out the homunculi. Writan'

>>46025177
-Danger Flask: A Snakebreaker mixed with Hiss, along with empowered venom and snake blood. Extremely dangerous.

Interlude 50
Zigzag laughed as she was hurled out of the pub and hit the cobblestones rolling. She wasn’t hurt but this was turning out to be a lot of fun! The man that had thrown her loomed through the doorway as the people on the street averted their eyes. This wasn’t a particularly good part of town and it had only gotten worse with recent events so this was a sight they were all used to. But even still, such a small and pretty girl being thrown around by a man made some onlookers twitch and ball their fists.

“Hey shorty! What do you think you’re doing coming down here dressed like that?”

Zigzag inspected her clothes with detached concern. What had she done wrong? Her human manners had been impeccable hadn’t they? And what was wrong with her clothes? They were the same trousers, shirt and suspenders that she always wore. She had the feeling that pants were somewhat uncommon on human woman but it probably wasn’t too bad.

“Some fucking toff’s daughter like you huh? You trying to fit in and slum it down with us or something? While your daddies take all of our money? You know what we do to little noble girls down here?”

He grabbed her by the sleeve and pulled her to her feet, letting Zigzag inspect her own cuffs. Oh. Her clothes and appearance were probably too flawless for these people. But shouldn’t that be a good thing? Humans were dumb!
The man was still hoisting her in the air but Zigzag wasn’t particularly concerned. Over a century of being utterly invulnerable had deadened the usual bite instinct almost completely and replaced it with a sort of...hungry apathy. She could shred the man’s hand or knock him out but Cennen might be annoyed if she does anything like that where people could see it.
Zigzag didn’t like this, having signed up for the Queen’s crusade primarily so that she could finally slither through human lands without having to hide herself or her appetites but...she didn’t want to make Cennen angry.

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>>46025213
...cowering up against the wall, weak and human...he reached over with snake-eyes and fangs for her soul…

Zigzag shuddered.
“Excuse me sir,” she addressed the man holding her in the air with all of the human manners she could muster. “Could you please drag me away somewhere private?”
Then she could eat him without Cennen knowing about it.

Apparently that means something completely different for humans because the man roared as if she was mocking him. Zigzag smiled because that was good. Most humans deserved to be mocked or eaten.

Then he punched her in the face. She barely felt it but pretended she did so Cennen wouldn’t be mad at her later. She landed in a heap in the cobbles and the man started kicking her in the gut repeatedly.

Zigzag just sighed and curled into a ball so that the man would at least feel like his kicks were doing something. Was he going to stop and go away if she just lay here for long enough? Maybe. That was boring though. What else was there to do?
Maybe the cobbles tasted good.

They did not.

>>46025234
Zigzag a best.

>>46025234
. . . . Did we accidentally waifu Ziggy?

Although I guess we could tell her it's okay to eat people in self defense and create a Night Haunter vigilante.

>>46025234
BEST SNEK
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>>46025283
I was thinking more like daughter'd.

>>46025206
Frag grenade with poisoned armor piercing sharpnel. The hissbrew is literally a scorched-earth potion

>Find someone to test it on.
>Check up on your homunculi

You wander the mansion looking for someone you know. Who do you want to use this on? Preferably someone you know so-ahah!

You nearly collide with Orange for a second time in just as many days as the redhead frantically runs up a hallway with a comically oversized stack of paper blocking his view. You help catch the stack and prevent it from falling just in time.

"Hi Cennen. Sorry about that, urgent business."

"Hold on Orange, you look pretty tired."

He stares at you defensively.
"Maybe. Maybe not."

"Well here, just try another restoration brew."

Orange takes it gladly.
"Thanks. Much obliged."
He downs it in a single draught and then frowns.
"I don't feel particularly refreshed."

>Choose a memory to mess around with Orange.

>>46025317
Hissbrew is a "kill anything mortal" potion
Dangerflask is a "Kill ANYTHING SHORT OF THE CREAOR ITSLEF AND MAYBE EVEN THAT" potion


>>46025343
The Elle memory

>>46025308
Yeah, we boss snek.

Can you imagine if she saw us back when we went full Dragon?

Speaking of which, we should focus on making an . . . Aggressively non-magical body/homunculus next. Because I would really like EmprHiss to be powerless when she gets her body.

>>46025343
>Choose a memory to mess around with Orange.
Got his genders mixed up again.

>>46025283
>. . . . Did we accidentally waifu Ziggy?
It's less of a 'I want to please Cennen-senpai' and more of 'I am still traumatized by Cennen nearly eating me alive' thing.

>>46025343
Hmm... make him think we nobbled him yesterday and he owes us three wishes?

>>46025343
> The Elle memory

Good call. We should also see if he knows where Blue is so we can let her know we've somewhat healed Elle, but that she needs a friend. One who understands weakness, and that it isn't the end of the world.

Also to make sure she doesn't resent Hiss. She can resent you, bit she was punished for a reason.

I kind of assume Blue will still be around Eva.

>>46025394
So we're basically like a snake parent to her now.

>>46025317
Don't forget the snake blood makes it soul related too somehow.

>>46025394
Honestly, with how Zigzag is, that's closer than I ever thought we would get.

>>46025402
This

>>46025423
What do you mean by Elle memory?

>>46025382
> Muh fetish

>>46025402
Lack of wishbond.

I would also like people to not know we can change their memories.

>>46025423
I think we should have her resent hiss and not us

>>46025343
Make him think we helped raise him as a baby snek

>>46025343
> The Elle memory

Alternatively

> Make him think he accidentally came on to Hiss and she rejected him

Or

> full confusion, give him a memory of the best sex with intimacy and love and all those feelings snakes don't get . . . . with Cennen.

The Elle memory? What?

>>46025493
Nah man. Elle is going to resent us, but Blue won't. This way we just don't have Blue driving Elle away trying to make her like us intentionally.

Really I don't give a fuck how Elle feels, I just don't want to deal with her starting shit against Hiss again and having that come back at us.

>>46025423
We took Eva with us to this mansion and left Blue at the inn.

>>46025558
Is >>46018742 ?

>>46025609
So we're implanting a memory of something he has already seen? I don't understand

>>46025639
I'm pretty sure you could distort the memories, not just implant something new.

>>46025584
Well shit, let's give Orange a memory of Hiss telling him to make sure Blue stays around the Homunculi to be her snake influence on them because "Cennen might forget about them entirely/I need him to do things other than babysit unkowns" and go get her for us.

Calling it for the Elle memory. Writan'

>>46025639
Erasing/altering/overwriting.

>>46025685
So how are we distorting it? People just said "the elle memory" and left it at that

Interlude 51

Zigzag winced when she felt glass breaking against her skin. The man’s kicks had broken open the Warmth Brew that she had taken to requesting almost daily from Cennen. It helped her forget the gunk warmth.
You know what else would help her forget the gunk warmth? Eating this man.

But alas, a third party intervened before she could do anything. Another young man pushed himself between her and her ‘assailant’, the rest of the crowd muttering and booing the man that had attacked her. Some things were just too far and they were finally stepping in.

“Strewth! You wanna go-”
The drunk man was dropped with a single left hook by Zigzag’s would-be rescuer. He knelt down beside her, taking one of her hands in his.
She briefly contemplated shredding him with her scales but kept the urge hidden. Like most other humans in Zigzag’s perception, this new man was something meant for food or other base sensations but was something she was not allowed to eat and so the kind of attention she paid to him was a thoughtless void.
If she had, she would have noticed the red on the man’s cheeks as he lifted her up and carried her to safety and she would have been utterly perplexed by it.

“Here, you’ll be safe here.”
A small home on the second floor of a little stone building. The man’s home apparently.
“Don’t worry about Old Sten, he’s a nut. Do you want me to get some guards or-”

Now certain that they were absolutely alone, Zigzag breathed venom in his face and sent him toppling to the ground. He made a little baffled ‘eeee’ sound, the only power his vocal cords had left as Zigzag clumsily slithered over to his limp hand and began stuffing it into her mouth.

>>46025639
I just wanted to mess with him but we did something retarded that we won't even be able to notice instead

>>46025724
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHA

>>46025730
I thought we were gonna test the soul substitute on him at first

>>46025724
Haha fuck I thought she might have been developing empathy a tiny bit

>Mess with Orange.

The window to suggest memories should only be a few seconds to a minute long so you best use that time wisely. You sigh.
"Sorry, must have messed that up. The one I made for you yesterday worked, right?"

Orange nodded.

"Come to think of it, that was when I was talking to Elle. You remember that?"

Orange nods and is about to speak but you stop him.

"How? You only came in after I left. You didn't hear us talk."

Orange's eyes cloud as he briefly witnesses two conflicting events. But the beautiful thing about memory was that if you didn't dwell on it then you just tended to...paper over it. Orange blinks.
"Oh, sorry. Yeah. What were you talking about anyway?"

"Not much."
There. You don't know how long that'll stick. Probably just for a few hours and then however long it is before Orange recalls the situation again. It could be ages before Orange remembers your potentially treasonous conversation with Elle.

And while you're here, why not mess with him a little bit more? This could be useful. After all, you've just remembered that you left Blue at the inn.
"By the way are you going to fetch Blue?"

"Blue?"

"Yeah. Remember? Hiss told you to make sure she was around to babysit Eva."

Orange pales.
"I forgot! I have to go get her before the Queen notices I haven't!"

"No worries!," you call out as he flees. And then, a few more words.
"And stop coming onto Hiss! She already shot you down and humiliated you in front of everyone."

You watch Orange's retreating back cringe just a little bit more as that temporary memory sets in.
Good times.

With that taken care of, you search the mansion for Eva and Hom. Where have they gone?

If you touch me again you will be my next ingredient.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Hold it steady!

You find them down in the basement, both of them bent over a large iron pot that they must have taken from the kitchen.
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>>46025730
Anon, why do you want to do something that will let everyone know we can fuck with their memories?

Because you're fucking stupid, that is why.

Instead, we're blocking an information leak and testing out our brew and not making any unnecessary enemies.

>>46025900
The pot is bubbling and boiling in a most alchemical fashion. What are they doing?

>Keep watching from the shadows.

>Burst in as if nothing is wrong.

>"Oi! What are you two up to?"

>Other

>>46025394
Reminds me, we really need to "borrow" Artskin from Elle so we can Permanence up a couple of potions with less worrying about magical attacks sticking. Just try not to go power mad this time.

>>46025900
Please tell them how nice it is to see them getting along. It's good for siblings to help each other out.

Seriously, Eva sounds more and more like an older sister who didn't want another kid taking away our attention.

>>46025922
>>Burst in as if nothing is wrong.
Nice to see you two getting along. Whatcha doing kiddos?

>>46025922
>Keep watching from the shadows.
We made an inspection brew to demonstrate it to the homunculi earlier right? Drink it and keep watching.

>>46025922
>Keep watching from the shadows.

> Feel paternal pride.

>>46025900
SNAKE BULLY 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

>>46025922
>Keep watching from the shadows.

Fuck, did we literally make a wish for Hiss to suck our dick?

>>46025946
Nah we didn't teach them the identification brew.

>>46025206
Is that in the alchemy paste? I feel like it is lacking a number of brews.

>>46025985
All our brews are listed in the party pastebin

>>46025922
>Burst in as if nothing is wrong.

>>46025922
>>Keep watching from the shadows.
Is this how a father feels

>>46025922
>Keep watching from the shadows.
And seconding feeling proud.

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>>46026002
And I am a dumbass. Thank you anon.

>Keep watching from the shadows.

You decide to hang back for now. They're not just brewing...they're experimenting. They're trying to make something new. You can't help but feel proud. So why not just watch?

You stay in the shadows and watch...and watch...and watch...and holy shit it's been over an hour. Even an experimental brew should be done by now, especially for these two. What the fuck?
You can't understand them either because they keep gabbling in their nonspeak.

As time goes on you grow impatient and drink an Identification brew. Ouch. Just looking at the homunculi with this brew up gives you a headache. But you manage to look pas them and spot what's in the vat.
It's another brew like them.

They're making more homunculi.

>Demand an explanation.

>Stay back, keep watching.

>Enter and pretend you dont know what's going on.

>Other

>>46026175
>Enter and pretend you dont know what's going on.

>>46026175
>Enter and pretend you dont know what's going on.
Did Eva watch us make Hom? How do they know the recipe?

>>46026175
>Demand an explanation.
In the calmest and most supportive way possible from Eva II. If it turns out to be something bad, it's belt time for the both of them. Like a real father would do.

>>46026175
>Demand an explanation.

>>46026208
They're trying to figure it out right now through experimentation and they're very good at it

>>46026175
>Enter and pretend you dont know what's going on.
I just want to see if Eva will lie about it

>>46026175
>Enter and pretend you dont know what's going on.

I wish I could think of some dadjokes

Interlude 52
Zigzag gnawed on the man’s hand to little effect. Human teeth just aren’t very good at this and even when she bares her fangs it didn’t make much of a difference. Fangs aren’t made for chewing. But while she had broken the skin in multiple places and supped on his blood, she had run into her age-old enemy when it came to eating humans.
Size differences.

Even in her human form, much larger than her snake form, she couldn’t force the man into her mouth. She couldn’t even fit his whole arm down there! Maybe she should have stolen some of Cennen’s potions. He used one of them to make a human really small once so that she could eat him in one gulp! Or maybe something that worked the other way round. If she was as big as Aashenpreets true form then she’d be able to eat this man no problem.
But for now all she could do was chew pointlessly and make the paralyzed human whimper in pain. Zigzag wasn’t like the Queen so his whimpers carried no intrinsic value for her.

She could always eat the soul?
Zigzag much preferred to eat meat rather than souls. They didn’t sit right inside of her. She always dissolved them as quickly as she could because of that. But still, better than nothing. Maybe she could take the soul first to tide her over and then get to work slowly biting off his fingers. Sounds like a plan!

And yet as she dragged herself on top of him and looked into his fear-filled eyes...she remembered. She remembered it all. She had once been in this man’s exact position. Oh no. Oh no no no no. She felt sick for some reason. Not the gunk sickness either but a twisting in her stomach. She knew what it felt like now. For the first time in her life she knew how a human felt in the last few moments before the end.
Most snakes handle this rather well. To them empathy is but an obstacle to be overcome. But Zigzag is not most snakes and she had never felt anything so human before.
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>>46026365
She had no context for this feeling and so she didn’t know how to defeat it. Or how to handle it.

She threw herself away from the sprawled out man and began to twitch.

>>46026384
Wow. I guess we could call our little project with zigzag a success?

>>46026365
>>46026384
I really wish we'd spend more time in fully reforming our snakes instead of leaving them in half-broken states.

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>>46026365
>But Zigzag is not most snakes and she had never felt anything so human before.

Wow. I feel both terrible for traumatizing her so thoroughly and happy that that she might actually become a better person from it. With some help.

>>46026437
It's a process anon. We can't instantly make a snake a better person.

>>46026437
Its a quest. The protagonist IS going to have ADD at best and schizophrenia at worst.

>>46026437
We have lots of things going on rather than being an armchair psychologist 24/7

>>46026448
Here's hoping she comes to Cennen after this.

>Enter and pretend you dont know what's going on.

You sneak back to the door and then swing it open loudly as you walk in.
"Hey you lot, what are you doing? Got something brewing?"

Hom stares at you while Eva drops the ladle that she had appropriated from somewhere.
"Hello?"

"Quick, hide the seed. Hide the seed. You worthless piece of trash.

"What kind of brew is this?"

"aaaaa."

"Just an experiment," Eva says smoothly.

"An experiment for what?"

Eva looks into the middle distance for a moment.
"We are improving the Serpentbane."

Is..Is she lying to you? She fucking is!

This is your fault.

>Go along with it, see how far she goes.

>Call her on her bluff.

>"I'm not mad, just disappointed."

>"You won't mind if I have a drink then, right?"

>"Carry on." Go back into hiding.

>Other

>>46026384
Fuck, that guys gonna remember everything she did when he was paralyzed right?

>>46026494
I hope so. Going to her ourselves wouldn't feel right because of meta so we can only hope.

>>46026514
>Go along with it, see how far she goes.

>>46026514
I'm not mad about you making the homunculus. In the future you should make it with me though. But lying to me about it is unacceptable. Why would you try to hide this from me?

>>46026514
>Eva II spilling spaghetti
Neat.

>Go along with it, see how far she goes.
>Kek fatherly

>>46026514
>>Go along with it, see how far she goes.
Grin spreaaading

>>46026514
>Go along with it, see how far she goes.
Nice. I was thinking it could be improved to only target the wishbond and leave the snakes collected souls attached. Let's work together.

>>46026514
Damnit blue! She must be a bad influence on our perfect daughter!

>>46026514
>Go along with it, see how far she goes.
I'm thinking they want more homunculi because their whole mission as spiders is to use as much art as possible from the art heart.

>>46026514
>Go along with it, see how far she goes.

>>46026593
Something like this. Let them know how much you enjoy being able to have people to work with that you trust and how proud you are they are taking initiative.

>Go along with it, see how far she goes.

You can't stop your grin from spreading. You're pretty sure neither of them can properly read expressions anyway.
"Is that so? That's fantastic! Can I help?"

"What do we do now?"

"aa."

"Yes you can. But...we would like to do most of the work ourselves. To know we can."

You nod.
"That's fair. I know the feeling. It's great to just sit back and work with someone you can trust."

You sit down and watch them continue brewing. Eva keeps taking furtive glances in your direction.
They're also not actually brewing anything right now. They're doing their best to look like they are but they're just in a holding pattern, keeping the brew as it is while they wait for you to leave.

"I'm so proud of you two. Actually taking the initiative and everything."

You wait several more minutes as they chatter with each other in their unvoices.

"I have a new plan. Stay here.

Eva stops stirring.
"I'm sorry. We lied to you."

You can't stop yourself from smiling.
"I know that. So what is it then? And why?"

Eva looks you dead in the eye with her soulless orbs.
"I don't know! Hom's been forcing me to make it! He told me that if I didn't help him he'd kill me!"

Wait. Is that true? Could Hom be forcing Eva to brew homunculi against her will? But why would Hom do that?
But then again, Hom has always been...strange.

Eva circles until you're between her and Hom. Hom remains still and impassive.
"Hom is an out of control beast. He threatens me constantly whenever you're not around. You destroyed him once, you need to do it once more!"

>Fuck, this could be serious. Get Hom away from the brew.

>"I find it a little hard to believe that my star pupil wouldn't recognize a homunculi brew when she saw one."

>"Wait. How did Hom 'tell' you anything?"

>Maybe Hom does need to be checked over.

>Other

>>46026782

>"Wait. How did Hom 'tell' you anything?"

> "Is it through the communication system you have? I think I can brew something up to work with that!"

>>46026782
Let's save this for when she lies again.

"I find it a little hard to believe that my star pupil wouldn't recognize a homunculi brew when she saw one."

Then we can ask her why she tried to blame Hom.

Seriously this is the kind of sociopathic shit kids do to their siblings. She probably already tried to sacrifice him to the Goblin King.

>>46026782
Eva I am disappoint. Hom a good boy, he dindu nuffin.

>>46026813
Supporting.

>>46026782
>"I find it a little hard to believe that my star pupil wouldn't recognize a homunculi brew when she saw one."
>"Wait. How did Hom 'tell' you anything?"
We both know he's incapable of speech in any language

>>46026782
>"Wait. How did Hom 'tell' you anything?"
>"I find it a little hard to believe that my star pupil wouldn't recognize a homunculi brew when she saw one."

>>46026842
It's all because she wants a little sister not a little brother. She was making Hom brew a homunculi to replace him and tell us that it was him and that she had fixed him.

>>46026782
>"I find it a little hard to believe that my star pupil wouldn't recognize a homunculi brew when she saw one."
homunculi is plural, homunculus is singular

>>46026875
Alright everyone. Thanks to this joker it's now a whole SPAWN of them. Good luck.

>>46026861
That is all kinds of fucked up. Starting to think Hom might be the normal one. Ya know, aside from being a pig abomination. Not to say we don't love him all the same.

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>>46026935

>tfw Australia time hasn't changed but US time has

>>46026875
At least it wasn't spelled homonculus this time

>>46026985
Don't bully the Ouro.

>>46026974
>2016
>getting adequate sleep
pleb

>>46026949
It's honestly bog-standard fare for how an older sibling might treat a younger competitor.

Also I don't actually know her reasons. After all, she did seem concerned about leaving Hom alone with us.

>"Wait. How did Hom 'tell' you anything?"
>"I find it a little hard to believe that my star pupil wouldn't recognize a homunculi brew when she saw one."

There's a few things in her story here that just aren't right! You hold up your hand.
"Hold on. How did Hom 'tell' you anything? He's a mute."

"We have our ways."

"What ways?"

"Ways!"

You just look at her for a moment before shaking your head.
"I find it a little hard to believe that my star pupil wouldn't recognize a homunculus brew when she saw one."

"Hom. Take your true form and menace him. Do it. Do it. Do it now. Do it. Do it now."

"a"

Eva eventually gives up.
"He didn't force me to do anything, it was a joint partnership. We just wanted to make a sibling."

"Aww, it's okay. I understand. Just ask me next time alright?"
You draw her into a hug. It's like a hugging a slimy corpse. Eva remains as stiff as a board.

"Do you mind if I help?"

Eva shakes her head slowly.
"We would like to do it on our own. As a test. Unsupervised."

>"Sure." Pretend to leave but don't.

>"Alright. But only because I'm proud of you." Leave but remember to check back on them later.

>"That seems kind of dangerous. I want to help."

>"Did...did you really just try to get me to kill Hom for no reason?"

>"At least let me watch."

>"How about I leave and start work on one of my own. It can be a race!"

>Other

>>46026985
I'm spelling it that way from now on.

So we have a bunch of Homonculus in this post now? Makes sense since they are nooks despite their talent.

>>46027035
>"Did...did you really just try to get me to kill Hom for no reason?"

>>46025975
Yes. I'm surprised we never did it earlier.

>>46027035
>"Did...did you really just try to get me to kill Hom for no reason?"
>Next time you lie I'll take away your brewing privileges

>>46027035
>>"Did...did you really just try to get me to kill Hom for no reason?"
>>"At least let me watch."

>>46027035
>"Did...did you really just try to get me to kill Hom for no reason?"
>"At least let me watch."
I'm curious to see your embodiment technique.

>>46027035
>"Did...did you really just try to get me to kill Hom for no reason?"
He's your brother, you two need to take care of each other. You make a pretty good team.
>"At least let me watch

There's still one last Ziggy interlude coming btw

>>46027146
hype. I hope she doesn't get wishbonded to that guy whose hand she nibbled.

>>46027175
I kind of hope she does.

...where did they get the snake blood from?

>"Did...did you really just try to get me to kill Hom for no reason?"

You look at Eva with a little bit of uncertainty that is entirely distinct from the uncertainty you normally feel when you look at her.
"Were you really trying to get me to kill Hom for nothing?"

Eva pauses and then shakes her head.
"No. I would have stopped you. It was just a bad lie. I'm sorry."

"I would not miss you however."

"That's not proper sibling behaviour, Eva. We're going to have a talk about this later, okay?"

"Of course."

"I'll be right upstairs so if anything bad happens with the brew I can come in right away. Have fun!"

You climb the stairs and leave them to it. You doubt they'll succeed today anyway, that brew didn't look great.
And you're not planning on leaving them as alone as they think. Maybe you'll peer through the door or use a Souldrift to spy on them or...

Orange taps you on the shoulder.
"Cennen! Hiss wants to see you!"

...Or you could not watch them at all because Hiss wants to fuck you or something. Or wants to give you a mission or deliver a relatively nice guy to a brutal death. All equally likely at this point.

>"Sorry Orange, I'll see her later. I've got something important to do right now."

>Follow Orange.

>Bully Orange.

>Nobble Orange.

>Act like you're following Orange to get them to go away but double back so you can keep watching the homunculi.

>Use Potion (Specify)

>Other

>>46027278
>Follow Orange.
I guess I'll just trust them. Hom's a good guy.

>>46027278
>Bully Orange.

Well, since you brought Blue over I suppose it's safe to let the kids brew while she watches them. You DID bring Blue over, yes? Because otherwise I NEED to watch over this.

>>46027278
>Follow Orange.

>>46027278
>>46027351
Second

>>46027278
Make soul guise and bloodkin and have orange deliver the bloodkin to hiss after we drink the guise and then start the link

Interlude 53

“It’s called empathy, Zigzag.”

Zigzag looked up at the familiar voice as part of the plaster wall suddenly differentiated itself from the whole. A woman stepped forward, her skin the same pattern as the world around her for just a brief moment before she returned to her normal self. Aashenpreet.
When did she get so good at camouflage?
“What’s that?”
She had thought that she had dodged the constrictor’s oversight hours ago but apparently not. Had she been following her secretly this entire time?

“Empathy is one of the guiding lights that Aashimid has seen fit to grant our souls. To empathize is to understand others, to know what it’s like to be them.”

Zigzag groaned and clutched her head.
“Just tell me how to make it go away.”

Aashenpreet knelt beside her, one hand on Zigzag’s head as if offering protection.
“I’m sorry but there is no cure for empathy. Nor should there be. Accept it.”

Zigzag settled for just groaning again.
“I don’t want to! It just makes me feel bad all of the time.”

Aashenpreet smiled and smoothed the prone girl’s hair back so she could get a better look at her face. Having the constrictor so close made Zigzag uncomfortable. Like she was about to be attacke. But she was invulnerable, wasn’t she? Unfortunately for Zigzag, there are many different ways to be vulnerable beyond the physical and all of them were beyond the understanding. So she had no comprehension to just how weak she was to Aashenpreet right now. Of course, Aashenpreet herself would not think of it that way.
“If empathy makes a person feel bad then that is not the fault of the emotion but rather that of the person themselves. A truly pure and good person can possess all of the empathy in the world and yet walk with a light heart for they know that what they do is the best they can. Only those who do wrong must run and suffer from empathy’s touch.”

1/?

>>46027423
“So how do I get rid of it?”

Aashenpreet laughed.
“I don’t think you understand Ziggy. The trick is not to get rid of it but to become someone so righteous and good that empathy will not hurt.”

“How do I do that? I want to eat people.”

“Don’t worry. What if I told you you can be a good person and still eat humans?”

Zigzag’s eyes widened.
“How?”

“First, you’re going to have to stop your current eating habits. Prioritizing the flesh over the soul is spiritually unhealthy and destroying those souls you eat is the worst sin of all. Let me ask you something. Have you ever thought about how life must be like as a human?”

Zigzag shrugged.

“I didn’t think so. Another advantage of empathy. The truth is that many humans live short sad lives full of pain and suffering. Suffering is the bedrock of the human existence. And when they die they spin upon the wheel and are reborn as humans again. To suffer again.”

“Wait. Humans get reborn?”
She’d never heard of that but Zigzag knew she didn’t know much about humans. And Aashenpreet was very smart even if she was also very annoying.

“Absolutely. And the Wheel is their prison, to be reborn over and over into a life of pain and...humanity. Only by ascending the Wheel and forever leaving the cycle of rebirth can they be free. And you know the only way that can happen, don’t you?”

Zigzag looked down at herself.

“Correct. Only through being eaten and gently nursed within our gullets can humans enjoy a proper afterlife free of suffering and rebirth. That is why what you do is wrong Zig. You shred their souls and send them to oblivion when you could be granting them paradise.”

“And if I do that I’ll stop feeling bad?”

“Yes but only if you TRULY believe it. You must be certain in the goodness of your actions and strong in the faith. When you know that your deeds are good then empathy will be only boon and never a curse.”

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