>>1274332
Miellewds-guy here. Let's get our new pets clothes first.

>>1274332
Here. clothes sound fine, also dose "Eldric brings the cowgirls home" still sound good?

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>>1274351
Io was thinking on a play on words, since cum means and in latin, it could be Eldric cum the cowgirls

Too horrible? if so, i guess we'll go with yours.

***

And so, we're sitting inside the shop of master Tazar's shop, sipping lemon tea while the two beastkin girls stand in a small platform and our dwarven friend sketches next to us while asking for some input from time to time.

"Cow spots swimsuits are a must" -we say
"What is a cow...?"
"...right. Like these, simple, see?"
"Aren't those just blots?"
"Please indulge me."
"Alright... is it alright if I accesorize them a little?"
"Sure."

*sketch sketch sketch*

"Since they're pets, they can't get any benefit from clothing as armor, thus I'm just thinking on endurance, self repair and self cleaning. Does that sound good to you?"
"Of course."

*notes down*

"How about a couple of small robes? Just the right kind of short to be almost practical, of course."
"Of course."

By this world's standards, our friend Tazar is a heretic. That's because he's not affected by things like app and cha, and instead sees all as art in progress. I think?

Maybe he just imagines it on a 'real girl's body' and work from that mindset? Either way, he's amazing in being the only other person we know of that can look at our pets and dancers and still see a sexy girl, you know? Instead of a bunch of stats, like everyone else, I mean.

"Almost long enough?"
"Yes, you know, like this..."

He shows us a sketch of a tiny robe just baaaarely holding the cowgirl's generous breasts, and aaaaalmost reaching down to their thighs.

*nod nod*

"Make them bright and colorful."
"Of course. Is it okay to accessorize a little with some gold thread and such?"
"Of course."

"Hm. Is it alright to add long lace hanging here and there? won't they get in the way?" -we ask
"Would they?" -he asks, genuinely curious about our words

Come think about it, I don't think I've ever seen a monster try to grab someone, even when it would make sense... I guess there's no such thing as a 'grab' option in battle, uh?

That time when those spies grabbed Mako, it was always out of combat...

Well, I guess that means accessories are alright.

Oh! With that in mind, maybe we could make something truly fun for Lyann to wear?

>Sure, something with lots of hanging lace lines, bells and flowing silks that -almost- cover her would be fun!
>Ah, we shouldn't tease our childhood friend too much.
>Blushing Lyann is best Lyann

*cough* "Anyway, about the shoes..."
"Ah, those shoes you talked about, uh? I'm pretty sure you can have them count as monster accessories if you assign them to a cuff slot. In that case, they wouldn't be damaged no matter what, though some skills would allow for them to be stolen..."
"Right, Lyann has the entire [Steal] ability series unlocked."

1/?

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>>1274456


"Does she? What an interesting missy. Anyway, the advantage is that accessories can't be damaged, only stolen, so the benefit is that you can make them as delicate as you'd like, and they're practically indestructible."
"I see. I see."

Then, things such as crystal shoes would be feasible, and high heels would never fall off, right? But if we make them as accessories, due to cost, it wouldn't be practical to have more than a single set.

Also, they would pretty much be an 'always on' item, right?

Uhmm... I do want to have Crema and Moccha wear super high hoof shoes, though...

>Sure, let's have Tazar design them, and then have Grumnir craft them as accessories.
>Ah, let's just get several pairs of shoes made.

I feel like I somehow scratched at why RPG characters often seem tow ear the exact same clothes no matter what...

>>1274456
>Sure, something with lots of hanging lace lines, bells and flowing silks that -almost- cover her would be fun!

>>1274463
>Ah, let's just get several pairs of shoes made.

>>1274456
>Eldric cum the cowgirls
ya that just sounds like bad grammar

>>1274463
>Sure, something with lots of hanging lace lines, bells and flowing silks that -almost- cover her would be fun!
>Ah, let's just get several pairs of shoes made.

>>1274456
>Eldric cum the cowgirls
That just sounds terrible in English.

>>1274456

>Sure, something with lots of hanging lace lines, bells and flowing silks that -almost- cover her would be fun!

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>>1274484
>>1274467
>>1274464
>>Sure, something with lots of hanging lace lines, bells and flowing silks that -almost- cover her would be fun!

>>1274465
>>1274467
>>Ah, let's just get several pairs of shoes made.

"Let's have the shoes be shoes. I'll ask Grumnir for proper accessories instead."
"Alright, in that case, let's see... " *sketch cketch* "Like this..."

He shows us a pair of heel-less high shoes that would keep them on their toes, with a solid-looking single piece sole and a firm-looking structure, as well as some wooden mules to use as sandals, also with high bearing and no heels.

"I think they'll look great in those. Can they be any taller?"
"Like this... and this..." -he adds a little bit of extra sole under the toes at an ankle, and lifts the whole shoe a little bit further up- "They'll probably have a tough time learning to walk in these, though."
"That's okay, because they'll look amazing."

We both nod nod to each other

"And for the missy?"
"How about making this bit shorter... like up to here..."
"That won't even hide her underwear, though?"
"We designed some really beautiful underwear for her, right? Isn't it a shame if its hidden all the time?"
"Ooooh, you're right!" -Tazar admits after a few moments
"And if we make this extra frilly... in fact, let's add several micro skirts as decorations... they start right under her breasts and reach to just over her panties, like this..."
"Hn... that looks interesting. It looks more like a shirt, however. I think she may just accessorize with a pair of pants if she wants to, and it'll look completely natural..."
"She won't."
"How come?"
"I won't let her."
"Oho, such confidence."
"She's weak against me begging and crying."
"...that's a scary trype of strenght."
*chuckles* "Thank you."
"...alright."

"That reminds me, are the new underwear
done?"
"Yes. You can have them now. Here." -he hands us the package

Yup, this would make Victoria's Secret 2017 look boring and tame. It's great.

"So, how about a long flowing shirt, like this..."
"Have it held by one button. Ah, not really, just have it look that way."
"Oh, I see, I see."
"Its better if it hangs naturally downwards and looks as if there will be some extra exposure..."
"Uhmm... could add a bit of metal thread to have it retain the shape for no apparent reason. Here over the breast and over the shoulders... yeah, that would make it near impossible for it to open up even with the button off."
"Looking at just the design, it looks more like an armor piece."
"Right, well, it's technically cloth armor, after all."
"Oh, you're right. Wait, you said it wouldn't open no matter what?"

1/?

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>>1274509
"Right. It just looks as if it was hanging there by chance, but there's no way there will be an accident so long as she's not upside down, you know?"
"In that case, can we just get rid of the brooch holding both sides together?"
"Sure, but I sort of wanted to add a nice accessory as brooch..."
"Let's make two pairs, then."
"You're my favorite customer, young master."

We look at the 'jacket' design for a bit.

"Ah, add long sleeves to one set, I think."
"Sure. What about the lower body, pants or skirt?"
"Could it be leggins? they're like pants, but not really... like this, see?"
"Oh! that looks really dancer-like!"

At that time, Lyann can't help but to feel a shiver down her spine, somehow.

Well, with master Tazar's talent, the kamisk's for Crema and Moccha take under a minute each, thanks to his high level [Craft] skill. They reach just to the beginning of their thighs, and have heavy metal thread on the low edges, so they hang down without a need for a waist rope.

Well, as pets, it wouldn't turn a head or raise an eyebrow even if they were nude, so this is largely for our own enjoyment.

Yup, suggest, rather than show, it's best for everyday life.

The shoes are a first, so master Tazar feels it will be about 4 days before he has a good working set. After that first set, of course, he can [Craft] as many as we want, so we'll have to come back later.

In the meantime, they've lived their entire lives without shoes out on the field, so I very much doubt they will find any problem going barefoot for a few more days on the smooth floors of palaces and homes.

We're also getting a pair of hoof-boots and cowgirl spotted bikini for Lyann, though...

"Looks great. As always, thank you."
"No, you are not just my best customer, you're also the most fun to work with, young master, so come back soon, alright? Your ideas are so refreshing."

We nod to each other.

As for accessories...

Collar slot, wrist cuff slots, ankle cuff slots, harness slot, and two generic accessories slots for things like earrings and the like, which would get adapted to the body of any pet.

Let's see... are we assigning them to a group of pets permanently, or do we plan on switching them around?

If we assign them to a permanent team, we could get them just a set of fire resistance and water breathing, one for each, and have them go one with Fahira and one with Lyra. I think it would be good for their teamwork to get used to each other and work closely as a team.

If we plan on rotating them, we probably should get them each a set of fire resistance and water breathing, but it would be more flexible...

>Permanent parties
>Rotating party members
>Other

>>1274525
>Rotating party members

>>1274525
>Rotating party members

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>>1274544
>>1274532
>>Rotating party members

Its probably better to get them used to working with everyone, so lets spend a little more money to buy extra accessories for each.

Yup, probably better.

With our new pets properly accessorized and with some cloth on them, it feels like it would be alright to show up at the office now.

Ah! Right, weapons. Let's see... in out experience, axes and greatclubs have a slightly lower average damage, but a higher crit chance, while spears and greatswords have a higher average damage, with a lower crit chance.

Well, we want them as meatshields for the other girls, so perhaps we should go with plank and sword?

>Two handed weapon
>Sword and shield
>Other

>>1274612
How's this one for Crema, btw? I mean the pic

>>1274612
Sword and shield. They're meant to be tanks, not dps.

>>1274618
I like it.

>>1274612
>>Sword and shield

>>1274618
that is a nice pic

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>>1274677
>>1274653
>>>Sword and shield

So you guys prefer a more western art style instead of the cutesy manga style?

***

Thankfully, equipment on this world has no level requirements, so we are able to deck Moccha and Crema with the best possible gear right away.

Uhmm... they should be able to rise up way faster if we let them grind on their own... something to consider at lenght, later.

We [Treestride] to the imperial palace, and come out from the garden's central tree, just in time to see Ren as the young empress enjoys a walk through her gardens.

"Duke, you are alone today?" - she greets us as she approaches, standing on her tiptoes to try and look at us on eye level.

Uh.. did she have a problem with her height? I always thought she and Mako were of the perfect, girly and huggable size for us...

Ah, we have Moccha behind us, so is that why she's feeling like trying to grow a bit taller?

"Yes and no, your highness." -we greet her politely and use her proper title, as we are in the middle of the palace, in plain sight- "It was my intention to help a tribe of beastkin to secure land, and change their status from monsters unto that of royal citizens."
"Oh? That sounds interesting." -she says after a moment, while hiding her expression behind her fan

>Invite her to come along
>Excuse ourselves and go about our work
>Other

I just remembered that we DID indeed recruit the new girls to be melee dps! So, want to change your votes? We have Krabby and the blue harpy of happiness to be melee tanks, remember?

>>1274734

>Invite her to come along
>Two handed weapon
And mybe a armor platering there horns for raming?

>>1274734
>Invite her to come along
I will keep my previous vote of sword and shield. Having only two tanks for two teams doesn't seem like enough on the harder levels. Having an off-tank would be safer and 4 tanks means 4 parties can be grinding on the non-boss levels.

>>1274734
>>Invite her to come along
I thought we got them because we had to many casters not enough physical fighters? anyway i'll keep my previous choice.

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>>1274751
>>1274738
>>Invite her to come along

Alright so we're keeping them with sword and shield, it seems.

***

"As your highness wishes." -we bow
"Indeed." -the young empress smiles and takes our hand into her own.

Well, we're not going to be the ones to pull our hand away from the empress with her courtiers watching.

Plus, she's cute, you know? Yup. Cute

Ah, its always fun to sww Yin's reaction when she spots Ren. There's this initial, warm and happy smile when she thinks its Mako for just a moment, and then the sinking realization is visible on her face right before she gets to say anything, and there's this drop of sweat that forms at the very tip of her nose when she's really worried about stuff... well, you could just watch how her usually fluffy and relaxed tails all stand up and go straight up at the same time for her reaction, but that's not as fun.

"YOUR HIGHESS! WELCOME!" -she cries out as she bows fast and deep enough to slam her forehead on the small ink bottle on the desk.

She doesn't even flinch as the ink splatters on her face and dress, either.

"Yin Aillyn. Have you been well?" -we can see Ren is actually letting out a very kind and warm smile behind her fan, thanks to her being next to us, but to Yin, she must look extremely mischievous right now.

"Y-Yes! Your highness worry is unneccessary- no, I mean, it's wasted on this servant! On this humble serant!" -she seems to panic a little bit
"The duke was telling us about a method to reclaim a lost beastkin tribe on behalf of civilization, that is as simple as the stroke of a pen. And so, we wish to see this life-changing event by ourselves."
"...ai?" -Yin looks at us with curiosity. Well, it can't be helped, we didn't tell her in advance.

And so, we invite Ren to take a seat while Yin goes to clean herself, and we redact the documents while explaining to Ren that, as long as a tribesman owns some land and property, its entire tribe will still be considered as a person rather than a wild monster, and about how previous invasions of the [ERROR]s have doubtlessly destroyed cultures and civilizations in the past, causing many tribes to become forgotten and then known again only as monsters.

"We understand. And thus, you aim to correct this situation? Very admirable." - we know her well enough by now to know that she's giving us a timid, beautiful smile behind her fan, even if she looks mischievous and a little cold from behind her fan.

Hn. She really cares about the people in her kingdom, doesn't she? She's a good ruler. She's a good girl.

*nod nod*

As Yin comes back, Ren gently gestures for her to approach and sit next to her, then just flops down on her fluffy tails with a delighted expression.

Yin's face is bright red, and she looks as if she's about to faint.

Ren is nice and kind to her people, but she really loves the things she likes, and she really likes to touch fluffy tails, uh?

1/?

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>>1274792

"Proceed" -she says with a serious look without getting off/up from Yin's tail
"Yes, your highness."

Well, its not very epic, but it certainly its quite important a moment for our new girl's tribe, as with one pencil stroke, we grant custody in perpetuity (custody, not ownership, because the empress owns all the land in the empire, after all) of a large island off shore.

This should return their status as citizens to them, as soon as they have built new homes there, and since it is off shore, they should have plenty of time to do so undisturbed.

"And now, they have to build their homes there." -we add
"And that's it?" -says Ren while just her eyes are visible from the middle of the fluffy tails
"That is correct. In the near furute, their tribe will be recognized as citizens once more."
"Hmm... does that hold true for other species?"
"Yes. Any species that can build a home."
"In that case, we should create a department of government with the mission of rescue citizens who have fallen from the civilized status, and bring them back unto the empire." -says the young empress
"As you wish."
"Fluffy...." -she says while she huggles Yin's tails, causing our assistant to tense up and sweat buckets of cold sweat

>Rescue Yin by asking her to bring in fresh tea
>Lay down with Ren on Yin's fluffy tails
>Other

Anyway guys, let's stop here for tonight. I hope you've been enjoying it.

See you tomorrow, God willing.

>>1274816
>Rescue Yin by asking her to bring in fresh tea

>>1274816

>Lay down with Ren on Yin's fluffy tails
All the snuggles

>>1274816
>>Rescue Yin by asking her to bring in fresh tea

>>1274816
>Lay down with Ren on Yin's fluffy tails
Let's hope I am not too late to balance the votes

>>1274816
>>Lay down with Ren on Yin's fluffy tails

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>>1275762
>>1275680
>>1274836
>>Lay down with Ren on Yin's fluffy tails

>>1274831
>>1274969
>>>Rescue Yin by asking her to bring in fresh tea

Uhm... im happy more people are voting. Is a bit early to start but I dont think anyone will complain if I just take the time to make long, relaxed posts

***

Yin's cold sweat turns into a nervous blush as the duke moves over to lay down on her fluffy tails next to the empress.

He grabs a few of her tails and pulls them together to make himself a pillow, then lays down next to Ren. His new pets make as if to approach but he has them stop and stand next to the door.

"So soft..." - the empress soft voice leaks out as she hugs an armful of fluffy tails. Her usually flawlessly elegant behavious tends to crumble at times like these, and she looks more like an adorable young woman.

With her robes sliding just a little bit out of place, Ren's pearly skin is exposed here and there, making an amazing contrast against her midnight black hair and the vibrant colors of her robes.

Her arms and legs are adorned with complicated accessories made from several precious metals, and while they are normally hidden from sight, the little bit exposed now is enough to make us realize the high level enhancements and enchantments on them.

She kicks off her gita sandals softly, and rolls over unto her tummy to sink her face into Yin's fluffy tails.

>Her robe has slid down, and her shoulders are completely exposed. It may be a good time to caress and kiss them while she's relaxed and mellow.
>Ah, let's just admire the young empress for a bit.
>Let's pretend we don't see anything and get up, covering her with the remaining tails. Then take a picture with our graphology box (camera)
>Other

>>1275819
>Her robe has slid down, and her shoulders are completely exposed. It may be a good time to caress and kiss them while she's relaxed and mellow.
>Other: Check with her Shadows that it's alright
If it's Mia that's on-duty today, send her a lusty look.

>>1275819

>Let's pretend we don't see anything and get up, covering her with the remaining tails. Then take a picture with our graphology box (camera)

>>1275819
>>Ah, let's just admire the young empress for a bit.

>>1275876
>>1275837
>>1275835
I guess I will wait a little then roll 1d3

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1- Admire
2- Kiss
3- Photo

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>>1275976

Seeing our beautiful empress being all cuddly and vulnerable, we can't help but to lean in and gently kiss her exposed shoulder.

"Mmm..." - Ren doesn't seems to mind, just happily squeezing Yin's tails between her arms as she sensually stretches and rubs her legs together over them.
"Your highness is very beautiful." -says Eldric before giving her shoulder another kiss.
"Hnn..." -she lets out a soft little coo... and while she doesn't seems to mind, we can see her going through a full body blush.

"Ah... w-what should I do...?" - Yin is understandably nervous, being right in the middle of this in more ways than one.

"Duke..." -Ren turns around to face us, ling on her back, her arms over her head, sinking into Yin's tails, while her robe falls open, exposing her long legs as she rubs her thighs against each other.- "wouldn't you become our consort?"

Ah...! Dangerous! So dangerously hard to resist!

"I think that'd made your sister sad." -we say with a guilty smile
"...so it would..." -she seems saddened at the thought- "...in that case, can we get a proper kiss?"

Leaning down over her soft, shapely body, we reach for her lips with our own, and give the young empress her first proper adult kiss. Our hand reaches under her to hold her back. The lingering kiss lasts for quite a while before we finally manage to pull ourselves away.

"We will do the rest another time." -she smiles
"Yes, your highness." -we reply obediently

We wake up the fainted Yin, and plow through the rest of our administrative work, while Ren just watches without moving from her spot on the fox girl's tails.

"It is time for lunch. Would you join us in our private rooms?" - asks Ren as she starts sitting up, two of her shadows immediately emerging from somwhere to spotlessly fix her clothes.

She lifts her arms and keeps herself off the way while they work on her seamlessly, with such perfect coordination that it would indeed be easy to think of them as extra limbs, as the process seems just that natural and casual.

>We need to go back to the university and show up at the lab. Its evening over there, so we've been absent the whole day
>Let's take Ren along with us so she can meet with Mako
>Let's go with Ren to her room
>Other

>>1276037

>Let's go with Ren to her room
Its an irder from the emps
Cant say no

>>1276037
>Let's take Ren along with us so she can meet with Mako
We have to stop slacking off.

>>1276037
>>Let's take Ren along with us so she can meet with Mako

>>1276037
>Let's go with Ren to her room

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So I guess I'm tossing the coin again...

1)
>>1276069
>>1276046
>>Let's go with Ren to her room

2)
>>1276065
>>1276055
>>Let's take Ren along with us so she can meet with Mako

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>>1276121

"Rather, wouldn't your highness enjoy visiting your sister and sharing dinner with her?" -we suggest as we offer her a hand
"Oh. That does sound quite lovely." -she nods nods with a smile

Noticing she's lacking her fan, she quickly has one of her shadows fetch and hand it to her, so she can hide her smile behind it again.

Well, we've known for a while that her late mother's fan is her sexurity blanket, so to speak. Plus she's surprisingly weak when she can't hide her smile.

"Yin, good work today. Go home and rest well, alright?"
"Ah... yes sir."

We congratulate our assistant, and finally [Treestride] away to the university, so we can head towards the labs while scorting Ren.

Due to time zone differences, it is already evening, and classes are done with. As the orange and gold rays of sunset bathe the university campus, a few butterflies still linger around the soon-to-close flowers, and the birds chirp away their songs of goodbye to the setting sun.

A fresh breeze blows through the gardens, playing gently with the empress' hair, causing it to float in mid air for a few moments, and daring to pick up the lower edges of her robe for a short moment.

"Ah. It is very fresh." - Ren comments while looking around, seemingly impervious to shame (as long as she has her fan at hand)

A colorful dragonfly attempts to set on her hair, and is instantly snatched away by one of her shadows, that appearing from nowhere in the blink of an eye, dissapears even faster than that, having made sure no unwanted touch would dirty her empress.

We pick up a little bit of a cold sweat. Would we have been just as swiftly 'taken away' if Ren had been displeased with our kiss?

On the other hand, it is a extraordinary thing, to think that we can reach out for the young empress that no other living being can touch uninvited.

"Ah!" - said young empress lets out a charming, innocent voice leaks out, as she spots her sister on the gardens.

Mako spots Ren at the same time, and the beauties quickly walk towards each other, holding hands and exchanging greetings and news at the same time, somehow easily talking at listening without interruption.

"President, you're late." - the beautiful elven princess approaches us with a reproacheful look, while taking out a clipboard from her book bag, and pointing at our expected schedule for today.

Aritsu's radiant golden hair is tainted with a bronze shine under the sunset's light, the same that also gives her normally fair skin a seductively tanned glow, making us smile at how beautiful she looks despite her mildly annoyed state.

"I'm sorry. Can we have a meal before doing any more work? I just spent all day at the office, you see?"
"...it can't be helped if you were working." -she says after a few moments

>Go to the labs to pick up Portia, Lyann and Zoe for a meal
>Go have a meal right away, then go work on the labs
>Other

>>1276149
>>Go have a meal right away, then go work on the labs

>>1276149
>>Go have a meal right away, then go work on the labs

>>1276149
>Go have a meal right away, then go work on the labs

>>1276149

>Go have a meal right away, then go work on the labs

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>>1276203
>>1276183
>>>Go have a meal right away, then go work on the labs

Rather than taking Aritsu, Mako and Ren home (while leaving Lyann, Portia and Zoe at the labs), Eldric takes the small group to the college gardens' resting area, and arranges for a light meal by pulling out some ready meals from his [Item Box].

Nothing too fancy, but nobody really cares about that at the moment. Our elven princess is happy so long as we sit with her and have her go "aaaah" as we feed her little fruit treats, while Ren and Mako are happy so long as they can be around each other, with Mako showing Ren the unfamiliar (for Ren) treats of Albion food, having her go "aaah" in turn.

"So, what should I worry about first?" -we ask Aritsu as we pull her a bit closer next to us.

We would pull her unto our lap if we were in private, but even as our fiancepe, pulling a princess to our lap in public would be a bit too much, sadly.

Ah, she's really light and soft.

"Let me see..." -she says while looking away and reaching for a small notebook inside her book bag- "The probe prototype is ready. Miss Zoe says that it can be either launched or used as a template for making new probes. It seems..."

>...launching right now would provide instant data about the [ERROR]s world(?) and their arranged forces, so we should go with that right away!
>...using it as a template would allow us to [Craft] new probes quickly and cheaply. It would take a few more weeks, but we could mass launch the probes to go with a basic "spray and pray" strategy about the probes survival.
>Other

>>1276260
>...launching right now would provide instant data about the [ERROR]s world(?) and their arranged forces, so we should go with that right away!

>>1276260

>...launching right now would provide instant data about the [ERROR]s world(?) and their arranged forces, so we should go with that right away!

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>>1276282
>>1276274
>>...launching right now would provide instant data about the [ERROR]s world(?) and their arranged forces, so we should go with that right away!

"Alright, I'll convince them to launch as soon as possible, what else?"
"Lady Portia reports that the 'cage' is ready, and they can start producing isolating barriers."

Indeed, with a pyramid-like structure popping up from the ground around a [ERROR], we can catch one without first killing it, which should greatly help to its study.

"We should craft as many as we can and set them in the Jade Island's capital before they attack." -we nod nod convincedly- "Is that all?"
"Mostly, yes. Lyann is with the lab teams, checking their reports and notes, just in case."

We enjoy feeding our cutesy elf princess with a slice of apple bathed in honey, and think about it for a bit.

Between the traps and the plant monsters, we should be able to organize quite the welcome for the [ERROR]s, but showing our hand before their main invasion may be a mistake...

>Let's go ahead and set up traps and plant monsters at their projected drop point. We need samples, and testing our devices in battle before their final invasion is better than keeping them in reserve and finding out they don't work at the worst of times.

>It's better to keep our strength hidden until the final battle. If they learn about it, they can develop countermeasures against it.

>Other

>>1276315
>>It's better to keep our strength hidden until the final battle. If they learn about it, they can develop countermeasures against it.

>>1276315
>>It's better to keep our strength hidden until the final battle. If they learn about it, they can develop countermeasures against it.

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>>1276327
>>>It's better to keep our strength hidden until the final battle. If they learn about it, they can develop countermeasures against it.

"For now, let's see how the plants do. They've have been the [ERROR]s natural enemies and predators for a long time, so it won't be a surprise if they eat their army." -we pause to eat an apple slice- "On the other hand, the traps would be a completely new thing, so let's keep it hidden if we can."

Our cute elf nods nods obediently, and then goes 'aaah' as we feed her an apple slice.

We turn around when we feel ourselves being stared at, to find Mako and Ren looking at us being all cute and cuddly with Aritsu. They're sitting next to each other, on top of a blanket.

*cough* "Well, if everyone is done, we should head to the labs. Would you prefer to stay here? I can come pick you up later and take your highness back to the palace then..."
"No. We want to see how your work is going."

Mako nods nods in agreement to Ren's words.

And so, we head over towards the labs, where we find the rest of our group working and discussing about last minute changes and ideas.

"Big brother!" - Zoe happily walks over and stands in front of us nestling the small probe in her arms- "Look, it is done!"

She has this disarmingly obvious 'praise me!' look... we pat pat her head and give her a little smooch on her right ear, then take the prototype from her.

It is shaped like a hawk, or rather, like a mostly spherical tool with hawk-like traits here and there.

The neck is short, and leads to a large lens, with plenty of sensor arrays encrusted on its body. It has four wings, and no legs. The wings are currently folded against its body, but once the probe is turned on, they should spread and start flapping to stabilize it in mid air.

It isn't meant to land again. Its power core should last for as much as a decade... but honestly, if we manage to get a couple of hours of data before it is destroyed, we would think ourselves lucky.

Of course, it is shielded (even if the shield is currently off), but with enough pressure, the shield should eventually give up, causing the probe to explode. Hopefully that will stop them from learning anything from it.

"It's very well done. You did a great work." -we praise Zoe and Portia as they wait for our comments.

Portia looks quite happy, as she obviously hopes it will help us rescue her mom all the sooner.

Let's launch as soon as possible.

"Where do we launch from?" - we ask while holding it up
"Anywhere is fine." -replies someone from behind us

Ah, at some point, Dawn sneaked up from behind. She is holding a bunch of books in both arms, and snacking on a candy bar.

A literal bar made of hard solid candy, mind you..

"...but, we probably want to be in the lab to record any and all data." -she continues

*nod* "Alright, in that case, let's go to the lab."

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"Just a moment." - says Zoe, as she holds our hand for a moment- "Lyann went to invite lady Kya and lady Honoria for the launch."
"Alright."

In the meantime, we make it to the lab and start checking the recording mechanisms.

We installed all the sensors we could inside the probe, as well as half of a graphology machine, so it could send 'photos' back to us.

When Lyann comes back with Kya and Honoria, we are ready to launch.

"It is finally ready. Do you hope for its return?" - Kya greets us and takes a spot behind us so she can see the screens
"Not really. But we should be able to record every little bit of information before it is snuffed."
"Next time, let us dwarves make some armor for it." -suggests Honoria with a smile as she stands on tiptoes so she can peek at the lower screens over the edge of the instrument's desk.
"Will do."

Dawn actually shows she's kinder than she lets on, by quietly pushing a tall chair behind Honoria for the dwarf princess to sit on, then quickly going away so she isn't around to be thanked to.

"Neh, neh, if it exploded upon entry, you'll let me punish the probe team, right?" -sne then she screw up her newly improved impression by going over to us, rubbing on our side and suggesting we let her tease everyone in the probe engineering team... well...

...she's just trying to defuse everyone's nervousness.

We sigh and playfully grab one of her horns to push her back as we press the launch button.

The probe comes to life, and immediately starts floating a few feet off its platform (its really just a chalk circle on the grass, though) before opening its wings and beginning to dart upwards towards the black moon.

"So... how long will it take it to get there?" -asks Dawn while still smirking as she tries to move over to our side again.

"Three hours." -reples Lyann, as she grabs Dawn's other horn to pull her away.
"Eh, eh? Then can't we take a break and have some snacks meanwhile?" -she argues
"I'd rather watch the screens."
"Me too."
"Likewise."
"Nn Nn"

Our friends dismiss the idea of leaving. Everyone is too interested in what the probe may find, specially Portia. Well, of course she secretly hopes to see her mom right away, but... the chances of that are basically none.

With everyone waiting tensely, the time seems to drag on at a snail's pace before the probe finally approaches the black moon, when everyone gets ready and stop anything they're doing to watch the screens.

The probe finally 'collides' with the black moon, and leaves our world. Or rather, our dimension.

Black beyond black, darkness stretches in every direction... is what we expected, but instead, we can see a pillar of red light far away, with what looks like moths floating en masse at some point of its lenght.

>Head towards the light
>Confirm our surroundings in every direction and look for other landmarks
>Other

>>1276486
>>Confirm our surroundings in every direction and look for other landmarks

>>1276486
>>Confirm our surroundings in every direction and look for other landmarks

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>>1276535

We instantly find a version of the black moon, only that this one is a round cutout of a starry sky... it's our starry sky.

That much should be obvious. If the black moon in our world is a portal to the [ERROR]s place, in their own dimension, it would be a portal to ours, and show us the view of the sky from their side.

There appear to be no other features, albeit the probe suddenly cries out an alert and dodges out of the way of something, enormous and primitive, which had just tried to swallow it whole.

Against the stars of the portal, we can see the sillhouette of a immense maw and some fins as long and articulated as tentacles. A creature that seems to flow rather than fly, albeit by the probe's sensors, there is air, rather than water on that side of the gate.

Of course, it is 'air' only in the sense that it is not magma or water or ground. It is light enough that the probe can 'fly' through it, but it is certainly not something that we could breathe, and the sensors cannot find a single known element on it.

It looks as if the probe would have been eaten right away if we hadn't paused to look around, but it doesn't means it is not in danger anymmore. That thing is out of sight, but losing track of a perfectly black thing in a perfectly black place only means it could be anywhere, ramming us with an open mouth once again.

It could be just one of thousands, in fact.

>Start evasive maneuvers and focus on not getting swallowed while recording as much data as possible.
>Start flying towards the beam of light.
>Other

>>1276579
>>Start evasive maneuvers and focus on not getting swallowed while recording as much data as possible.

>>1276579
>>Start evasive maneuvers and focus on not getting swallowed while recording as much data as possible.

>>1276579

>Start flying towards the beam of light.

>>1276579
>Start evasive maneuvers and focus on not getting swallowed while recording as much data as possible.

>>1276435
If we don't capture an [ERROR] on the first pass, that's the months before we have a chance to catch another one, and a much shorter time to research before the next incursion. You had better have a good reason for putting our research timetable on a much shorter schedule.

>>1276646
>>1276629
>>>Start evasive maneuvers and focus on not getting swallowed while recording as much data as possible.
>>1276630
>>Start flying towards the beam of light.
>>1276652
Well, we can instruct Flora to hold back the plants to try and catch some [ERROR]s alive. Its an enemy they know about and won't be surprised by their existence, though they might be surprised as to why are they there, and in such numbers, after their millenia-long campaign to discretic plant monsters.

We focus on dodging incoming attacks, while absorbing and transmitting as much information as possible,

Gravity seems to be directional somehow. Whenever we move the probe in any direction, gravity pulls us in that direction instantly, and whenever we adjust direction, gravity shifts in that direction. In other words, we fall in any direction we want to move.

This would explain why the natives are so enormous. They never had to fight gravity at all.

Being large and heavy makes you faster here. As such, our small, light probe, which has obvious maneuverability advantages in our universe, is terribly outclassed here.

It's only advantage is that these creatures are completely unused to the way in which we maneuver, and it causes them to constantly miscalculate how we will dodge, causing them to err over and over, albeit it cannot last for very long.

While we are busy maneuvering the probe (which is interesting by itself, as it implies we can in real time, send and receive data), our friends and team are busy manipulating its sensors and storing as much data as possible.

Still, the last thing we manage to record is a long shot of the red light pillar. It doesn't seems to have a beginning we can record, in either direction, but the shapes around it appear to be mostly amorphous, rather than those of living beings.

Perhaps rocks? The last image we get before the probe is finally destroyed, is that of something that looks like an orb circling one of the unknown shapes.

"Well, it lasted longer than I thought it would." - Lyann comments throughfully after the screens go black
"Wait, is it destroyed, or just inside a monster's mouth?" - Dawn points out that the probe is still transmitting
"I... have no idea."

The probe is not transmitting visual data, but... well, after a few moments it is redundant since it is finally smashed.

"Well, at least it wasn't captured by any intelligent [ERROR]" - Zoe is working in a coordinate system for the [ERROR]s world, which must prove interesting without a clear direction for gravity to use as a 'down'
"You don't know that." -Kya sits down as she speaks- "For all we know, those big things could just be their leaders. Just because something isn't humanoid shaped, it doesn't means they're simple minded."

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"Ladies, please calm down. We have a lot of data to go over." - Eldric looks at the many 'pictures' that the probe took in a short an interval as possible.

Highest priority to..

>atmospherical data
>biology of the [ERROR]s we saw
>the beam of light
>new propulsion systems
>Other

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>>atmospherical data

>>1276731
>biology of the [ERROR]s we saw

>>1276731

>the beam of light

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>>1276763
>>1276757

Uh... I wonder if I should roll a dice? Anyway, let's stop here for this week, guys.

I hope you had fun. See you next week, God willing.

Will probably do an Omake on sunday with Zoe as Eldric's 'slave for a day' thing, hopefully.

>>1276775

Oh my.
And god wils it

>>1276775
can I get a description.

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>>1282095

Uhmm... Probing the Dark, 'I, the Dark moon, got probed by aliens and all I got is this T-shirt to show for it', 'Probe Launched, probe eaten'...

Anyway, I cant find a really good way to go about the slave thing in a natural way. Feels quite forced so I think I'll just go with her sneaking into his room sometime... honestly, I think its unlikely to get a lewd Zoe scene until something major happens and I don't really have any real plans for that.

I guess we can have a lewd sidestory with any of a lot of other girls so we should think that's quite enough and pick among them, after all.

Cutesy lewd with Aritsu (we should give her a properly cute lewd time sometime as well. We somehow always treat her roughly during sex)
Naughty with Lyann (Properly treating her the way she wants to sometimes, I think?)
Fun casual naughty with Dawn (because fun casual sex with Dawn)
Cutesy kissy touchy with Mako (because Mako)
Training 1 or more of the pets (suggestions?)

Otherwise, could maybe do a serious sidestory with someone else. Maybe Stella and Alard's trip to the east?

Oh, come think of it, I have been meaning to write about how Okaba and Aura are doing, as well.

>>1284468
>Probe Launched, probe eaten
this one looks good

last was EP114 so this one should be EP115 right?

>>1295283
it was? I guess i saw the numbers wrong

New thread here

>>1296638